Maranzalla

Maranzalla is the Don of the Maranzalla Crime Syndicate, and was at one time the most powerful crime lord in Great Britain until that was role was taken by Rabe Maniels.

"I think we need to have some strict assurance from Shadow that as time goes by and his position grows stronger he will not attempt any kind of vendetta."-Maranzalla's little speech.

## Maranzalla

### Relatives

Unnamed ParentsUnnamed Brother

Unnamed Sister

Unnamed Wife

Unnamed Kids

### Affiliation

The Maranzalla Crime SyndicateThe Rabe Maniels Crime Syndicate

The Dryden Gang formerly

The Vinci Gang

The Marconi Crime Syndicate formerly

Rabe Maniels deceased

Frank Vinci deceased

Granny Dryden formerly

Rocco Scarpa deceased

Luigi Goterelli

Frankie Lampone deceased

Mickey Hamfists deceased

Tony Ciparini formerly

## Overview

The head of an incredibly powerful crime syndicate, Maranzalla was once the most powerful man in Great Britain's criminal underworld until that role was taken by Rabe Maniels. Like the other gang leaders, Maranzalla sided with Rabe Maniels during The Great Gang War which ultimately proved to be his undoing as he and his top men were killed outside the Palace of Justice by Officer Ran.

## Background

Born in Sicily in 1961, Maranzalla was involved in crime from a young age always getting involved in small town stickups. In 1981, Maranzalla met Rocco Scarpa when the pair tried to rob each other over some precious gemstones. Eventually, the pair realising each other's strengths worked together to steal the gems, and narrowly escaped a shootout with the cops. They moved to London and founded The Maranzalla Crime Syndicate, and enforced a large extortion racket across the Italian sector of the city. They eventually expanded their operations across the entire country, and even had small numbers who ran drug factories up in Wales. Maranzalla realising that gambling and extortion wasn't enough decided to get involved in drugs, and became London's top supplier. Maranzalla had a good public presence as he often donated his drug money to charities, and also helped with building of the city's planetarium having always had a love for astronomy. Maranzalla also put his kids put through to the best schools in the country which again gave him a good public image and helped hide his true status as Great Britain's most powerful criminal mind.

## The Mint Sauce War

In 1991, The Dryden Gang went to war with The Marconi Crime Syndicate. Maranzalla had always been a close friend of Salvatore Marconi, and was on Marconi's side until Granny Dryden showed her cunningness by killing two of Marcu Morello's best gunmen. Maranzalla offered his friendship to The Dryden Gang who gratefully accepted the offer, and the two gangs began expanding into each other's territories with Dryden providing Maranzalla with political protection which allowed for him to deal drugs in areas which were previously inaccessible like the Garment Centre.

## Getting Rid Of Ciparini

During The Great Gang War, Maranzalla went into hiding, and left his two capos Tony Ciparini and Luigi Goterelli in charge of handling the business. Maranzalla and Rocco suspected that someone in the syndicate was talking, and lieutenant Mickey Hamfists informed them that his contact in the police department told him that Ciparini was planning on handing the Syndicate's account books over to the police in exchange for immunity. Maranzalla infuriated ordered Ciparini to be killed, but Ciparini managed to survive and killed Rocco. He then revealed that he had been a traitor all along, but was actually working for The Lost Episode Resistance not the police as Mickey claimed.

## Partnership With Maniels

In August, Maranzalla provided assistance to Rabe Maniels by luring Resistance underboss Lazarus Marmite into a trap in order to avenge the deaths of Johnny Buggerton and Rocco Scarpa. Maranzalla had some of his gunmen shoot up Lazarus's DVD store Marmite Media in order to draw him out into the open. Marmite got ambushed and gunned down on the freeway by Hamfists and his crew. Maranzalla later appeared at the peace summit where like Maniels and Frank Vinci was not moved by The Shadow Reader's speech whatsoever, and remained very arrogant and even mocked Shadow for his attire. He was later paid by Vinci to bust a drug deal between Granny Dryden and some local street hoods who were thinking of muscling in on Maranzalla's territories which had become vacant because of The Great Gang War. Maranzalla ordered his bodyguard Frankie Lampone to bust the deal by disguising himself and his crew as police officers. Lampone and his crew busted the deal, and though Lampone was shot in the chest by Steve Coin he managed to survive by wearing a bulletproof vest.

## The Offer

In September, Maranzalla tried his best to gain one over the Resistance by taking over what little police help they had left. He paid for Officer Ran to be arrested, and appeared on the scene to personally offer Ran an ultimatum. He offered Ran immunity if he told Maranzalla about the Resistance's operations in the Garment Centre. Ran refused, and was left to be killed by Maranzalla's crew. He managed to survive, and swore to get revenge.

## Death

On the day of the baptism of Otterton, Maranzalla, Lampone, and Hamfists attended a conference at the Palace of Justice. Upon leaving the courthouse, they discovered that Maranzalla's personal driver was being issued a ticket by Officer Ran. Before Maranzalla could get a chance to recognise Ran, Hamfists and Lampone are both killed by Ran. Maranzalla attempts to make a break for it by running upstairs, but is shot four times in the back by Ran, and dies instantly while rolling down the staircase. Ran is then picked up by his son Fred, and the two race back to the comfort of the Cornwall Compound.

## Appears In

Mafia II Cursed Copy

The Fall Of Rabe Maniels Part One: The Dreamers Of The Day

The Fall Of Rabe Maniels Part Two: Swings & Roundabouts

The Fall Of Rabe Maniels Part Three: At Home With Maniels

The Fall Of Rabe Maniels Part Four: Broken Pedestals

The Fall Of Rabe Maniels Part Five: Per Aspera Ad Astra (Killed)

## Trivia

* Despite being credited as Officer Ran's main antagonist, he doesn't have any where near as many encounters with him as Joe Galtosino did.
* Interestingly, Galtosino actually claimed to owe tribute for Maranzalla, but it is later revealed that he actually worked for Rabe Maniels. It is unknown if Maranzalla and Galtosino had even met or knew each other.
* He was 59 years old at the time of his death.
* Maranzalla had several kids who had all attended the best schools in the country.
* He loves astronomy which is why he helped fund the city's planetarium.
* He appears in more funnypastas than Frank Vinci.
* He owns a massive luxury mansion in Kensington: the royal borough up top.
* He was close friends with Toad John.