The Lawn Ornaments are a group of Gnomish Adventurers "lead" (in the loosest sense of the word possible) by Mobead Headkicker. According to what little coherent information that Mobead has given, the guild was formed in the aftermath of the Dark Iron-Gnomish War, which he served in. Realising that the Dark Irons remained a threat and almost certainly were involved with the destruction of Gomeregan, he formed a private army to invade Blackrock Mountain and end the Dark Iron menace for all time. More specifically, they were formed as a result of his numerous clashes with a dangerous Dark Iron commando force known as the Black Flames.