307 – The Dapper Lads

The Dapper Lads are individually known as Silent Eustace and Miss Trix, but urchins believe it to be bad luck to mention either one of this brother-sister duo by name. The pair are self-appointed executioners and assassins in fanatical service to the cult of the Unseen Mother who Waits for Us All. The Garbage Council claims to hold authority over the Lads, but they answer Council summons only when it suits their whims — which is rarely. They chew bones. Silent Eustace was born without vocal cords and urchin superstition posits that chewing the bones of a tattletale will bestow the gift of gab on the chewer. Miss Trix appears to chew them socially.

The Dapper Lads mostly pay their calls on tattletales, whiners, spittleoath breakers, and the accursed.