The Madrantes

One of the most influential gangs in the city of Fol Atzo, the Madrantes answer to Boss Madrante alone. What they lack in sheer numbers, they more than make up for in their network of allies. However, in recent years, their overexertion of their power has gotten them little more than an ever-growing amount of enemies, and some of their allies have soured towards working with the Madrantes for the same reason. The Madrantes now walk a dangerous line in maintaining the alliances they already have without appearing weak to their opportunistic enemies.
==History==
The Madrantes as a gang go back to around the year 4296, making them older than most remaining gangs in Fol Atzo. Their first leader, Striscante Madrante, was employed by the Fol Atzo police to bust the numerous drug cartels that were using the city as a go-between point or a base of operations. Her efficiency, ruthlessness, and cunning in this task resulted in Fol Atzo becoming almost drug-fee within a decade, but little the police knew that Striscante herself was taking a portion of the drug barons' goods and trading them off on her own. Before long, Striscante Madrante was the drug trader that all others had to answer to, and her children were her runners for her illegal cargo.
Although the Madrantes' scheme was eventually discovered, they had grown too powerful to dispose of easily. Instead, the Madrantes and the police came to an agreement; the Madrantes would continue to "serve" as vigilantes of sorts and keep crime off the streets without being officially affiliated with the government. In return for a portion of the money they "acquired" for their vigilantism, the police would leave them alone. Perhaps afraid to do otherwise, Fol Atzo's government agreed. True to their word, the Madrantes did do away with quite a lot of crime that plagued Fol Atzo -- but they specifically targeted rival gangs and anyone who caused trouble for them.
In the year 4321, Cadenzo Madrante took over the gang from the elderly Striscante Madrante, his mother. He was significantly more ruthless than her, and it is thought that he was behind several of the "accidents" that happened to his siblings when Striscante started to speak of someone inheriting the family business. However, his more cutthroat behavior exchanged short-term profit for long-term enemies, a decision that would haunt the Madrantes for years to come.
Category:Gangs