306 – Misery Whip

Misery Whip serves as War Chief to The Cold Hands, a smaller swarm active in the Eastern Fields Beyond Reckoning. Like many of the minor swarms in the Eastern Fields, the Cold Hands are a vassal swarm to the area’s dominant swarm, the Weepers. Prior to 1925, the Weepers were quickly expanding through the area, subsuming lesser swarms in their mad accumulation of urchin territory. It was only through Misery Whip’s tactical prowess that the Cold Hands were able to resist, damaging Weeper border patrols to the point that Weeper Swarmlord Sir Reginald Burlap was forced to negotiate a truce. As a result, The Cold Hands continue to operate as an independent swarm, albeit one that must send regular tributes of apple cores and raccoon carcasses to its much larger, more powerful neighbor.

Misery Whip served three terms in the Garbagetown karzer and two terms in the Chesapeake Bay Urchin Detension Camp, but escaped every time.