Crawler gang

Crawler gang, sometimes just Crawler, is the term for various factions within Bassuras of Hellcatch Valley. The name is derived from crawlers, constructs with spiked wheels and mechanical legs, which the gangs often ride for both transport and racing.

Description
Crawlers refers both to the members of the Crawler gangs and to the constructs that provide them transportation. Although the Valley is nominally governed by the Bassuras Republic, it lacks a true centralized governmental or legal structure, and standards are primarily enforced by the Crawler gangs that holds power.

The gangs do not so much as hold territory as exist within a constantly-shifting hierarchy, as of 843 PD, with Gajakhandas indefinably in charge. Most of the city's unspoken laws deal with Crawler gang infighting punishable by the Gajakhandas or the union of Crawler gangs within the city limits, with everything else being a free-for-all. Where there is a contest between rival gangs, there is either a violent resolution or a tense agreement to go their own separate ways.

Many crawler gangs scavenge materials to build or repair their crawlers.

Known crawler gangs

 * Paragon's Call, a mercenary group that has since branched out from Bassuras. Their base is the Seat of Disdain.
 * Gajakhandas, who serve as guards of the city walls and seem to be high up in the hierarchy. Their symbol, tattooed upon their members, is a black sun.
 * All-Minds-Burn
 * Fists of the Ruiner, who are described by Ashton Greymoore as being "whatever the fuck they want to be at any moment" within the loose hierarchy of the gangs. High-ranking members are marked by red, tear-like streaks underneath their one or both of their eyes, as if crying blood and the religious symbology of the Ruiner.