Emerald MC/History

==History==
Founding
Emerald MC was started by Jim Collins after he had a revelation about his past. In his past he had been beaten by a group in leather jackets who he had always assumed were Police due to one of them being called Sergeant, however after meeting members of the Lost and finding a Lost Compound he found out it had been a MC that had beaten him up.
After finding this information Jim decided to create his own MC so he would never be beaten by an MC again. He explained this plan to his friend Dani Bratton and, with her help, began fulfilling this idea. After various meetings with people like the Hellions of Grapeseed MC and a previous business partner Edward Wilson, he decided to commit to the idea and claim the Rogers Scrapyard as his base of operations with the idea the MC would run a scrapping business out of it.
Rebranding
On January 23rd, 2024 the Emerald President Jim Collins decided that their image as an MC needed to change due to many people considering the Motor Club to be a Southside gang before they considered them an MC. To get rid of this concept Jim Collins decided to look for a new territory for his club. In his travels he found Vespucci and decided it would be a good area for the club. However he found multiple tags from multiple gangs including both KIMC and the Vagos who both are trying to claim it as their own. 
President Jim Collins alongside Freddy held a meeting with KIMC who told them they were still going for Vespucci. After the meeting they became torn between two possible territories; Chumash or Vespucci. Eventually they came to the conclusion to take Chumash for themselves and wait out the KIMC's eventual demise as a club due to EMC's belief that they are a disorganized group who will most likely fall apart in the coming wars they will most likely have to fight for Vespucci, and once they're weak EMC will take Vespucci and patch over the remnants of KIMC. Sgt-at-Arms Edward Wilson aka Freddy came up with the potential concept that EMC could eventually control all the beach fronts in the city. Later after meetings with the W/S Vista Park Locos, they decided to say fuck it and claim Vespucci and deal with the aftermath later. Jim created his concept for his future business and clubhouse, deeming it The Village.
Welcome to the Village!
On February 3rd, 2024 Jim Collins woke up and found that the place he had designated for his future business had its signs destroyed with red x's painted over it. He quickly made the call that the x on the sign had to have been KIMC. In response he tagged over one of their tags with a large emerald green 'X'. Later while hanging out with his friend Katrina he noticed a person he knew to be KIMC on the directory. With Katrina's help he bough a knife and she bought a gun, and they started planning an attack on this supposed member of KIMC, Sunny Smith. They got her number from the person Katrina bought her gun and then they drove up to Paleto and called in that they needed a repair at the Lumber Yard. When Sunny Smith and her friend arrived they were ambushed by Jim Collins and Katrina who then told them that EMC was claiming Vespucci Beach now and to have KIMC stay out before executing both of them and using their blood to make a sign saying "Welcome to the Village". 
Afterwards Jim received a call from a member of Hellions of Grapeseed MC, Sheamus Sweeney who admonished Jim for how quickly he rushed into bloodshed. He told Jim that days or a day prior KIMC had dissolved, he didn't know if they folded under a new group or lost respect in their leader, but he knew for certain the group had disbanded. He recommended to Jim that in the future he should be more cautious, lest he put disrespect on the Outlaw name and earn the ire of the of the other clubs in the city. Later Jim attempted to contact Sunny Smith and apologize that "his sword struck the wrong stone" and was instead contacted by a friend of Sunny who explained the situation with KIMC and how it had disbanded earlier that day because of a lack of trust in the Club President, Erin Stormbringer. They arranged a meeting between Jim and Sunny's Group for the next day.
Post-Hawk Fallacy
On February 7th, 2024 Emerald President Jim Collins was contacted by the VP of Hellions of Grapeseed MC, Jonny Hawk to have a meeting. Jim and Katrina went to the meeting where Hawk and 2 other members of H.O.G.S came to speak on what had happen with the Sunny situation. After a long discussion, Hawk told Jim he had done too many fuck ups, and if he wanted to continue living this life he was going to have to think before he acts. The H.O.G.S members pulled out guns and held Katrina up and made her watch as Hawk took his hatchet to Jim's shoulder as he excepted the consequences of his actions. Hawk then told the other members to let Katrina go so she could take Jim to the hospital and recover so he could learn from his consequences. When Jim woke up from the hospital returned to his clubhouse at The Village and called Jonny Hawk to make him aware he understood why what happened happened.
Blood in the sand
After the situation with Hawk and the Hellions of Grapeseed MC Jim began to respect Katrina due to her views on the situation and her willingness to help Jim back to his feet. He brought her up to The Village and talked to her about what had happened, and discussed with her the MC life and if she truly wanted to be a part of it. After affirming this is a lifestyle she was willing to live, Jim prepared her to be blooded in. He took his knife and carved an 'E' into her back. Jim took her to the hospital and had her brought back up to her feet after making a few jokes about knife-play with the presiding Doctor. When she was back up, Jim put a kutte on her and officially patched her in. 
Once Katrina was patched, Jim decided to call up Otis Bigsby who has been a prospect working under EMC for awhile and told him to meet up. Jim told Katrina that is was about time Otis got his 'E' too. Otis met them on the rocks at Vespucci Beach and after a brief conversation about how much Otis has contributed, and welcomed him into the family by carving an 'E' into his back like he had done with Katrina. Jim then took Otis to the hospital where he was helped back to his feet. Otis was officially part of the EMC family as a patched member.
Hel Comes
On February 11th, 2024 Emerald Prez Jim Collins was told by a member of The Families, Tommy Kingston that there were a few gangs pining for Vespucci that might become EMC's problem. One of which was Helheim MC which was a group Jim had been told in the past had disbanded. After a few calls he found out they did not disband and instead went into seclusion. Jim then made it his goal to have a meeting with them, and quickly found the Prez of Helheim MC at the DMV. Jim and Helheim Prez Colt Valentine discussed how the Helheim MC was doing and if they were ready to go to war with the W/S Vista Park Locos because they had put up their tags on the area the W/S Vista Park Locos had been claiming for weeks. Colt implied that Hellions of Grapeseed MC and all the other MC groups would be willing to fight on the behalf of Helheim MC and that the original plan was for Helheim to take Vespucci and later expand into Chumash, to lock the North as complete MC turf. 
This conversation made Jim think that Colt was implying that EMC would have to go at some point. To counter this Jim scheduled a meeting and came up with two ideas he plans to bring up at this meeting. Option 1 for the club is merge with Helheim MC and try and get a HC position for Jim so his previous members don't get mistreated. Option 2 for the club is to move to one of their earlier options for turf, Chumash, and claim it so that the Helheim MC can leave their warfare in Vespucci. Jim brought this up to Patched Member Katrina Caliento and they both discussed the pros and cons of each option for some time. Eventually Katrina met up with Jim at the Chumash Pier to discuss everything further. They reached a potential consensus that moving to Chumash rather than merging would be best for the club merging. After the meeting, Katrina and Jim stumbled upon Sgt. Louis Bloom smoking and contemplating. They decided to humor his offering of a conversation and ended up having a long conversation. This conversation made Jim reflect on himself and discuss what happened with the Sunny Smith situation vaguely with Bloom, comparing their situation. It ended with Jim having a clear understanding of the situation and the similarities between him and this LSSD Sergeant.
Till the End
On February 12th, 2024, Jim Collins went to meet with Kevin Dill Jr. the president of the Angels of Death MC to talk about his club growth and to apologize for anything his club did early on as a gang leader. Kevin revealed he was still angry from their first meeting, and the fact the apology has taken this long pissed him off more. Kevin revealed to him that Colt Valentine the president of the Helheim MC had went to the MC Roundtable and called Jim a lapdog of The Families for hanging out with Tommy Kingston. The Roundtable according to Kevin had decided that Emerald MC could no longer bear the MC name, and after revealing that various members of Angels of Death MC and The Reapers MC, sister MCs of Paleto, Kevin ordered that they be opened fire upon. Jim was shot in the head, and Edward Wilson was shot various times. After receiving his head wound, Emerald President Jim Collins, died shortly thereafter from blood loss. He was brought to morgue, and Freddy was brought to the ICU. One of his possessions was a VP patch he had made for Katrina Caliento.
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