The Ishbi Yardies were one of the two major gangs left standing at the end of a centuries-long period of accretion that saw many small gangs merge with, get taken over by, or wiped out by, other, larger gangs. They fought the Internecine War against the Haven's Children gang, and were subsequently forcibly disbanded by the Scatterhomeans, who had had enough of enduring collateral damage from the gang wars.