The bats have left the bell tower
The victims have been bled
I was listening to some old-school goth last night, and of course Bela Lugosi’s Dead came on. For whatever reason, that lyric really stuck with me, and I immediately thought, “The Bell Tower” would make an awesome gang HQ.
That quickly turned into an Escher gang concept: The Belfry Babes.
I’m picturing them with a trad goth aesthetic. Their colors would be black, white, purple, and oxblood, and they breed specially trained carrion bats to scout and harass their enemies. Their territory is permanently blanketed in rolling gray-green, toxic ground fog, and they’re known for fighting from above, using zip lines and rappelling to move through the battlefield.
That’s about as far as I’ve gotten.
Anyone want to help me flesh out their lore? I’m especially interested in ideas for their backstory, customs, leaders, rivals, or any weird little details that would make them feel like they really belong in the Underhive.