THE CRAWLER'S COMPANIONpatch notes for the apocalypse

The Bloom

also known as The Party

First seen: Book 1, Chapter 36

An ultra-nationalist political party in the kua-tin home system. Held under 15% of the vote back when Mordecai signed his own indentureship contract; now controls the entire kua-tin system government outright, which it has run into bankruptcy. All kua-tin are now required to wear a badge showing whether or not they're a member.

GalacticRuling PartyIdeology

Appearance

A small, dahlia-shaped pin, seen for the first time worn on Loita's chestB3C35

Connections

The Borant Corporation:

Its home government pressures Borant, one of its own corporations, to end each season as fast as possible, despite most of Borant's own revenue only unlocking once a season closesB1C36

Carl:

Reportedly delighted with him, per Zev, once a viral video humiliates a prince of the rival Skull Empire; sits oddly against the still-open question of how hard the kua-tin government is working to get him killedB1C44

History by chapter
Book 1
Chapter 36
  • RELATIONSHIP The Borant Corporation: Its home government pressures Borant, one of its own corporations, to end each season as fast as possible, despite most of Borant's own revenue only unlocking once a season closes
  • TAG Ruling Party: Controls the entire kua-tin system government outright; has run it into bankruptcy
  • TAG Galactic: The ruling political party of the kua-tin home system
Chapter 44
  • RELATIONSHIP Carl: Reportedly delighted with him, per Zev, once a viral video humiliates a prince of the rival Skull Empire; sits oddly against the still-open question of how hard the kua-tin government is working to get him killed
Book 3
Chapter 35
  • PHYSICAL Party Symbol: A small, dahlia-shaped pin, seen for the first time worn on Loita's chest
Book 4
Chapter 18
  • TAG Ideology: Per Loita, holds humans and their culture to be a "dry" contagion, values what she calls system strength, True Unity, and the Great Consensus, and means to close its system's borders once every human in the crawl is dead