The Ingaro Crime Family

The Ingaro is currently one of the most sophisticated organized crime operations in Aramoor to date. They are responsible for the creation of the Shadow Council, a secret organization of criminals attempting to rule Aramoor from the shadows. The family started their rise to power after the end of the war with the Occidere Empire. No one is certain who they were before their rise to the top of the criminal underworld, but now everyone knows of the Ingaros. The saying goes if you have been to Aramoor you have had dealings with the Ingaro either directly or indirectly.

The family has a deep history with Aramoor and has helped shape the city into what it is today. To understand this we start with Giovanni Ingaro. The Ingaro first appeared in written history on an invoice recovered from an Occidere warehouse. The invoice was from Ingaro Fabrics invoicing the delivery of a ton of cotton to the Occidere.

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## Giovanni Ingaro

Giovanni (pictured at the end of his life) ran a successful cotton mill with his wife and two kids in a township that had been violently subdued by the Occidere some years back. During the war, Ingaro Fabrics was one of the many merchants and companies within the Empire forced into contracts to supply material for division uniforms.

During the war, many skirmishes were fought between the Allied Kingdoms and the Occidere Empire. On one occasion the Allied Kingdoms divisions had set up camp outside the township. Rumor spread through the town that the war had finally reached them. The next morning at dawn the town awoke to the sound of steel clashing steel, dragon fire scorching the crops, and screams of other humanoids being cut down as the Allied Kingdom forces ransacked the town.

The town's small militia was attempting to defend the town but as the day went and the sun started to fall in the sky, the air thick with ash and the stench of death the sounds of battle grew louder and louder. The people of the town, afraid, barricaded their homes and awaited.

Night had fallen upon the township and the Allied Kingdom now fighting in the streets of the town. The towns militia routed the Allied Kingdoms set about pillaging destroying several key structures within the town linked the production of the Occidere armies supplies.

Word of the towns defeat and ransacking had reached the Occidere general staff and the general in charge of the area overseeing the town. The egotistical general saw it as a slight to his reputation that a town under his oversight could be defeated by the Allied Kingdoms. The General took it upon himself to go to the town with a regiment of soldiers to assess the damage.

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### Punishment

A week later the township had rebuilt and continued with their lives as best they could with the war going on. Just as some sense of normality had reestablished itself, the Occidere division marched down the main road, headed by the general and into the center of the town. A man stood beside the general and read from a scroll. Every man, woman, and child were summoned to the center of town.

Nervously all 56 humanoids that made up the town’s population gathered into the town center surrounded by soldiers. When the last person entered the general nodded to the man with the scroll and he continued. The man read out that the town was charged and found guilty of the crime of treason against the Occidere Empire, failing to protect and maintain the supply of resources. As punishment, every 4th humanoid would be cut down.

The people started to panic, trying to escape they shouted and pushed against the armed soldiers surrounding them. Realizing their fate was sealed they soon complied. As the people became complacent the man continued. He read out a list of five names, one of which was Giovanni’s, these individuals were important to the Occidere, as they were the ones who facilitated the movement of goods to the Empire. They were not to be included in the punishment.

Dragged kicking and screaming from their families and friends, the five were restrained and held off to the side. Giovanni attempting to escape his bindings, lunged away from the soldiers stood behind him. One of the soldiers reached forward and grabbed the side of Giovanni’s face accidentally driving his forefinger into Giovanni's left eye.

Next came the counting followed by the sound of cold steel rendering flesh then muttered crying. Every 4 seconds the sounds repeated over and over until it was done, 52 seconds later and 12 people had been killed. The dead were left where they fell and the division satisfied with their punishment marched out of the town.

Giovanni and the other 4 rushed to their families. Giovanni found his youngest son, Marcello, crying beside the corpse of his wife and oldest son. Giovanni embraced and consoled Marcello. Giovanni carried his wife and eldest son back to the family home.

He built a pyre and cremated their remains. Giovanni did not weep for their passing; he had to be strong for Marcello. He swore to himself, that whatever comes next he needs to build a life for Marcello at least if not himself, as the flames engulfed the pyre completely

The flames began to die out, Giovanni left Marcello in the yard and went into the house. He grabbed two packs and packed simple camping supplies, a change of clothes, food, and whatever glimmer was available.

Giovanni returned to Marcello in the yard, the pyre now embers and ash, he knelt to Marcello and hugged him. Knowing Marcello couldn’t see him Giovanni allowed a single tear to roll down his face. Releasing his embrace  Giovanni wiped his cheek and put a pack on Marcello back. The two left the town that night, never to return.

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### Aramoor

The two traveled across Aether towards Aramoor, Giovanni and Marcello sought refuge among the Allied Kingdoms. As they traveled war-torn Aether it became apparent that the Occidere had been just as brutal to other towns and villages.

Passing by burnout town, trees with many a humanoid hung from them. All victims of Occideres hubris and greed. Giovanni did not stop, there was nothing he could do for the dead, and right now his priority was to get to Aramoor, to get to safety.

After three weeks of hard hiking, the number of refugees on the road started to grow denser, the closer they got to Aramoor more and more people were on the road. Finally, five weeks after leaving their town Giovanni and Marcello had arrived outside Aramoor.

Touted as the center of the world, and a shining example of Aether life and society, the city that Giovanni saw was one on the brink. The war had victims on both sides, but Aramoor bled just as much as the others. Before Aramoors walls was a sea of tents and other rudimentary shelters, the homes of the other refugees.

Giovanni queued up to the gate with Marcello, the line led to Aramoor city guard. He asked for their names and where they’d fled from. The guard wrote it all down and then asked if they had any shelter with them, Giovanni confirmed they had a tent. The guard then gestured to his left and told them to set up where they could. He told them that every day at midday food and water will be distributed.

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### Refugee Camp

The refugee camp of Aramoor was a maze of mud and canvas. Home to the tired and weary those that had traveled far and wide to escape the war. Giovanni found an open space among the tents and set up his and Marcello's own. At least they were away from the Occidere, although looking around at the other inhabitants of the camp didn’t fill him with hope.

Giovanni asked his neighbor how long it takes to be allowed into the city, the woman explained that she’d been there a year and some claim they’ve been here since the start of the war.

All were desperate, most just wept day and night, others were angry, being forced to leave their homes, lives, and families behind.

This was all too apparent at midday when food was distributed. Throughout the camps, there were central points where food would be put out by the city to be collected by the refugees. One more than one occasion Giovanni witnessed the strong among the refugees take what they wanted denying the weak what they probably needed more.

Just like life before the war, there was always the one resource everyone tried to acquire, glimmer. But you take a humanoid's titles, land, and glimmer away what happens? Nothing the same applies but the resource changes in this case food and water had taken that spot in people's consciousness. Giovanni knew how to amass glimmer he was a businessman and he applied the same practices now.

When food and water were made available, Giovanni would grab what he could and store it in his tent. He would only allow himself enough food and water to stave off death. He was more lenient with Marcello but the same applied, only eat what you had to. Over time the rations stockpile started to build and the news got around. Those that couldn’t get any food from the guards would go to Giovanni.

At first, Giovanni would hand the food out, he did feel sorry for them and wanted to help. But over time the same people came day after day, asking for more and more food. Giovanni, disgusted by the greed of the people, started to charge for the food he used to give out. He would accept anything of value, glimmer, family heirlooms, and other curiosities that were exchanged for food.

This continued for one year, Giovanni had created a micro-economy within the camps with himself at the top. Despite the lack of glimmer, Giovanni felt on top of this world he had created. He controlled the desired resource and with that, he controlled the people.

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### Inside Aramoor

Once inside Aramoor, refugees were issued a prefabricated housing, a simple 5x5 square with a bed and simple amenities. Refugees were not allowed to work in Aramoor for fear of them being Occiderian spies. Therefore refugees were granted a measly 5 glimmers a week by the government to buy food. However, Giovanni had accumulated a large amount of wealth from trading food in the refugee camp. Just as before a fight for resources was present but now it was glimmer instead of food and Giovanni was on the top again. Giovanni sold all the heirlooms and other trinkets gathered from his time in the camp, this glimmer would then be lent out to other refugees struggling to survive.

Knowing full well the refugees would not be able to repay on his loans Giovanni would secure the assets of those who couldn’t repay. Over time this operation caught the attention of criminals operating within Aramoor.

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### Crime

The criminals of Aramoor saw Giovanni’s little operation as a perfect opportunity for them. Giovanni had amassed a large sum of glimmer illegally, therefore this glimmer was useless unless laundered correctly, for a cut of course. One character to approach Giovanni was a man by the name of Billy Brannigan, a young up-and-comer, among the most deplorable of Aramoor.

Billy was closer to Marcello’s age than Giovanni’s.

Billy had a small operation running protection on some stores. He suggested that the Glimmer collected by Giovanni could be put into these stores through their books and out the other side as legal Glimmer, obviously Billy wanted a 30% cut for such a deal. On top of this Billy would give two of his goons to Giovanni to help protect their joint venture.

Giovanni had many offers over the years similar to Billy’s, but this time it was different. Giovanni’s health was wailing and he needed to fulfill the promise he made to himself. To ensure Marcello can carry on the life he had built, he agreed to Billy’s terms. The two would work together for 3 years seeing the end of the war with Occidere. Shortly after Giovanni passed and Marcello carried on his father's legacy working with Billy.

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## Marcello Ingaro

Little is known about Marcello. He continued to carry on Giovanni's operation and worked with Billy. Marcello moved out of the government-issued housing and bought a prestigious house within Aramoor becoming a citizen. He married and had two children: a son Silvio and a daughter Valentina.

Marcello was similar to Giovanni in that he was financially savvy. The operation of racketeering and predatory lending would only net his so much glimmer after being washed by Billy. After the war, Aramoor was rebuilding, Marcello invested heavily in several public works around Aramoor. The return on his investment would be tenfold dwarfing his other streams of income. One such investment was into the building of a bank within Aramoor. Marcello had invested a large sum of glimmer into its construction and was one of the main shareholders of the business.

## Silvio Ingaro

As time passed the Ingaro became richer and richer, using illegally earned money to invest in legal ventures had netted them a comfortable lifestyle. With the death of Marcello, Silvio was left to run the family business.

Siliva being the oldest sibling  took up most of the day to work. Valentina was reluctant to aid her brother in his work and would spend most of her days at the family house. Silvio was more ruthless and ambitious than Marcello.

No doubt the Ingaro at this point had earnt enough glimmer to never work again but for Silvio, this wasn’t enough. Glimmer to him was a tool to ascertain his true aspirations of power and renown. First was Billy, an old friend of the Ingaro, who ran the money laundering operation for them. The family needed to secure their way of cleaning money without the need of a third party taking a cut.

Silvio poured over his father's documents looking for a solution. Amongst the journals, receipts, investment certificates, and other clever tricks used to hide the illegal glimmer it was found. A 49% share in the Aramoor Banking Corporation (ABC), by becoming the majority shareholder the family would own the bank, a perfect medium to clean money.

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Gender: Male

Race: Human

Age: 62

Relationship Status: Married

Accent: Southern English

Financial Status: Affluent

Occupation: Head of the Ingaro crime family

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Likes:

* Family
* Glimmer
* Control

Dislikes:

* Narrow Mindedness
* Content People
* Being told what to do

**Personality**

* Greedy - Silvio is always looking for ways ton engorge his purse.
* Ambitious - Silvio knows what he wants, and isn’t afraid to try and get it.
* Deceitful - For Silvio to lie and deceive is in his nature.
* Stubborn - Silvio does not back down from anything.
* Shrewd - Life has taught Silvio the value of good judgement and a sharp wit

Silvio spends most of his days relaxing in the family house, watching over his children making sure they aren’t going to make a mistake that lands them in trouble with the law. Silvio is a quiet man, liking to spend his time alone in his office in deep thought most of the time. However, this quiet nature does not reflect Silvio truly.

Silvio has bought the family to were it is today from his fathers little loan and extortion racket, he has built a legacy for his family. Silvio wanted, like every Ingaro before him a world where his kids could prosper, this thought alone drives Silvio in most of the actions and has shaped him into the man he has become.

The ambition to propel him into the riskier decisions, the greed to fuel his ambition. A deceitful edge to be able to manoeuvre among the criminal world of Aramoor and come out unscathed and the stubbornness to push through any problems the world through at him. All of this with his achievements have made Silvio a very shrewd individual able to read and understand individuals just by looking at them sometimes.

Silvio believes his relationship with his family is a good one, however, his kids all now busy with family work don’t have much time for him. He’s there if they need him, but this is few and far between.

Serena, Silvio’s eldest daughter. Silvio looks upon Serena and see’s a component woman who would have been a fitting soul heir to the business. But he noticed her focus on her work is too narrow she didn’t have the skills to step back and look at the bigger picture. He admires her ambition but condemns her lack of thoughtfulness.

Roma, Silvio’s adopted middle daughter. Silvio adopted Roma to keep her close in case she remembered the grizzly murder of her parents. So far this has not been the case. Silvio feels great sadness for Roma, he can’t spend much time with her now without wanting to tell her, knowing he can’t. Therefore he keeps his distance from her. Silvio admires Roma’s skill with a sword and her tenacity but can’t help but feel he created a monster.

Luca, Silvio’s youngest son. Silvio is often amazed by Luca’s ability to move numbers and hide Glimmer in ways that are far more efficient than how he taught him. He looks upon Luca and admires his ability to work, most times all day. However, he condemns his honesty he wouldn’t get very far in certain circles the way he does now, Silvio feels he’d be eaten alive.

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**Flaws/Weakness/Fears**

Silvio is stubborn to a fault, he rarely takes opinions of others into consideration and would rather punch a wall 100 times than be offered a hammer to break it in 10. This is mostly because it’s worked for him so far. However, the world is forever changing and Silvio struggles to move out of his ways and keep up with the times.

Silvio’s greedy nature has caused him to make some riskier decisions in the past and this has paid off handsomely. However, this has meant Silvio has developed a certain blindspot for threat management. He sees an opportunity that would net him a log of glimmer he’s in.

Silvio fears not creating a life for his kids just like his father and his grandfather. He constantly worries if he has done enough so his kids can carry on. Silvio often feels like he just waiting for the rug to be pulled from beneath him.

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**Physical**

Build: Medium

Weight: 175 lbs.

Height: 6ft

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**History**

With the death of Marcello, Silvio was left to run the family business. Siliva being the oldest sibling took up most of the day to work. Silvio secured a majority share in a bank the Aramoor Banking Company (ABC).

Silvio established the shadow council of Aramoor in an attempt to control and organise the petty criminals of Aramoor under himself. By using the bank as a place the wash illegal money, he could hold these criminals to ransom over their ill-gotten gains now in his possession.

Later on, in life Silvio married and had a Daughter Serena. He would then go on to adopt an Elven girl he called Roma, orphaned by his own enforcers. lastly, his son Luca would be born soon after this adoption. Silvio had run the business alone for a number of years and the stress had gotten to him. He didn’t want this for his kids.

So in an attempt to lighten the load and give his children what he never had he split the business into three distinct roles, the shadow council, the bank and enforcing. He then distributed these roles to his children: Serena, Luca and Roma respectfully.

Silvio knows he won’t be around forever, so now with most of the work with his kids. Silvio like his forefather is now attempting to secure the Ingaro’s future for the generations to come.

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## The Bank

With that, the shares were acquired by Ingaro and the ABC was theirs. Now the once illegal loans become legal loans through the bank, removing the need for Billy. With Billy out the picture and the owners of the ABC, the Ingaro transitioned from the illegal trade to legal trade.

However the past never stays in the past, Billy now an old man came over to visit Silvio. The meeting was tense, Billy accused Silvio of slighting his good name and pissing all over the sacred bond he and Silvio’s grandad had worked hard to maintain. Silvio saw right through Billy and could tell he was more annoyed that he no longer got a cut. However Billy did have the upper hand, all he had to do was anonymously report the Ingaro’s and that would be its business closed.

Silvio needed to placate Billy so he wouldn’t sell them out. Silvio proposed that Billy and his men become enforcers for the bank. They’d chase up any overdue loans by any means necessary and they’d get a cut from said repayments. Also, the bank would be available for Billy to wash any glimmer free of charge.

Billy could see what was happening he was now below the Ingaro, whereas before he was above. Considering Silvio’s suggestions he agreed the terms and the details were hashed out. Soon enough like Marcello, Billy passed and his men were absorbed into the Ingaros operation.

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## The Shadow Council

With the establishment of the bank, the agreement with Billy the Ingaro started to receive requests from other criminals around Aramoor. Requesting that they too could use the bank to was their glimmer.

Silvio abhorred chaos and always wanted order in his life, the same applied to his work and business. So when the criminals of Aramoor were lining up outside his door to get him to wash their glimmer, he was hesitant at first. But saw an opportunity, by housing the criminal’s money he had leverage, leverage he could exploit.

Everyone criminal that would use his services would have to agree to the following terms:

* Whilst using the services of the ABC all criminal activity must be financed from the ABC and any profits must pay a 10% cut to the ABC.
* The ABC advises that any hostile action to either the bank or another client of the ABC would result in the freezing of all the aggressor’s funds.
* Lastly, any party may opt-out of this agreement by paying the leavers fee. Leavers fee is currently invested capital plus interest (minimum 10%).

With this any criminal that came to the Ingaro was tied to them financially, they could not act without their say so. Doing so would risk all their money being taken away. Over time the members of this group would start to meet regularly to discuss opportunities and plans within Aramoor. The group eventually becomes the secretive Shadow Council of Aramoor.

The Shadow Council is a group of Criminals, under the ABC that meet regularly. They meet under the Bank in a secret meeting room. Each participant wears a mask to protect their identity apart from the Ingaro family member that heads the meetings.

The meetings have a dual purpose, for the Ingaro it is a way to ensure that their investments are still assets and have not turned into liabilities. Also, the Ingaro use these meetings to sway the criminals in certain directions to what they see fit.

The criminals on the other hand use it as a way to plan and resource between themselves. To ensure they have the right people for their next job or to discuss opportunities around Aramoor. It also ensures neither accidentally goes for the same target invalidating the agreement with the ABC.  With this, the Ingaro put themselves among the top of Aramoor’s criminal underworld.

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## The Kids and Current Shadow Council

Silvio went on to have two children: a daughter Serena and a son Luca. A second daughter would also be adopted by Silvio, an elven girl named Roma. Unlike himself, Silvio took it upon himself to teach the family business to his kids as early as possible, eventually putting them in charge of the three distinct areas the family operates under.

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### Serena Ingaro - Head of the Shadow Council

Gender: Female

Race: Human

Age: 31

Relationship Status: Single

Accent: Received Pronunciation English

Financial Status: Wealthy

Occupation: Under-boss for the Ingaro crime family

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Likes:

* Control
* Being Independent
* Accountability

Dislikes:

* Being Controlled
* Being Told What to Do
* Senseless Acts
* Relying on Others

**Personality**

* Ambitious – Serena knows what she wants, and is not afraid to try and get it. Serena was never taught outright to be ambitious, this side of her comes from her fear of failing.
* Callous – Being called both heartless and cold-blooded, Serena is indifferent to most. Serena isn’t sociopathic, she understands and can empathise with others. However, through her work and upbringing, she has learnt it is easier to not get attached.
* Vengeful – Serena is slow to forget a slight or someone who does her wrong. Being ambitious with a drive to accomplish, Serena remembers everyone and everything that gets in her way, making sure it doesn’t happen again.
* Just – Serena has a strong sense of justice, dissimilar to others morality. Her judgement and morals have been curated by her father and her work. She adheres to good and evil but under the context of a criminals guise.
* Diplomatic – Navigates the perilous waters of social interactions deftly and achieves their goals with conviction.

Professionally Serena takes her job within the Ingaro family very seriously. She oversees, arranging, and facilitating the meetings for Aramoor’s criminal elite. As the Ingaro’s representative, Serena is responsible for mediating and resolving any disputes brought up.

Being part of a crime family Serena never really feels she is not at work. However, when not attending the meetings she drops her guard a little, she is warmer and more welcoming, although this is disingenuous. She seldom cares for any individuals bar a few, and any social interaction is purely a show for Serena to secure a favour or create an opportunity.

Despite Serena’s callous nature, she always had a strong influence on family bonds growing up. Therefore, she tries to be more genuine with her family out of respect for her father and his value.

One of the few people Serena respects is her father Silvio. As the firstborn, she is expected to head the family business after his death. A responsibility she takes very seriously. Although she respects her father, she also holds an amount of resentment for the man, something she would never admit. She believes it is farcical to have her brother and adopted sister involved in family work at all when she will inherit the burden entirely.

Roma, Serena’s adopted elven sister. Serena has found that her usually performance never really works on Roma like the others. She has tried to get Roma to open up to her on multiple occasions but Roma keeps things strictly professional between herself and Serena. Despite the lack of a personal relationship, the two get on amicably. Serena does accept that the work Roma does running the family enforcers is impressive.

Luca, Serena’s younger brother. The two work closely to ensure there are funds available for anything the shadow council has got planning. Despite the two workings closely they do not get on at all. Arguments and raised voices can be heard on most occasions when the two are in private company. Most of the time it is when Luca will not release the funds for one of Serena’s plans. Because of Serena’s vengefulness, she will remember these occurrences and will personally fund plans through the council to undermine and even sabotage Luca.

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**Flaws/Weakness/Fears**

Serena is ambitious to a fault, almost arbitrary in her actions. She will do close to anything she can to come out ahead. Her callousness is often not so apparent, but to any that spend a long amount of time with her, will soon understand that if it benefits her she will stab you in the back, very few outside of family mean anything to her.

As a child, Silvio would tell Serena the story of the Ingaro, of her great grandad Giovanni and her grandad Marcello. How they came to Aramoor and how they got what they have today. One of her favourite stories growing up. This story instilled in her drive to succeed like the other before. But also, this story filled her with the fear of failing, unable to maintain the family’s prestige down the line.

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**Physical**

Build: Slim

Weight: 168 lbs.

Height: 5ft 9 inches

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**History**

The first daughter of Silvio Ingaro, Serena was taught from an early age just like he was how to run the family business. By 20 Serena had worked all sides of the business, administrating in the bank, running debt collection, and even sitting on a few shadow council meetings.

Always expecting to be the sole inheritor of the business despite her two other siblings. It then came as shock when at 23 Serena, Roma and Luca were told they would each head up one-third of the business reporting directly to Silvio.

Serena was the angriest of the three even if she did not show it. Silvio, her father was one of the only people she respected and to slight her like this. At first, she thought she had done something wrong, looking back through her memories she analyzed everything she could and did not see a single fault in her actions.

Despite the confusion and anger, Silvio was not a man to question. His orders were carried out as described. But still to this day, Serena resents her father for disinheriting her from her entire birthright. Openly she would never act on or say anything about this feeling for her father. Not yet anyway.

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### Roma Ingaro - Head of Enforcers

Gender: Female

Race: Elven

Age: 27

Relationship Status: Single

Accent: Oliver Twist English

Financial Status: Wealthy

Occupation: Under-boss for the Ingaro crime family

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Likes:

* Honesty (from others)
* Training (with sword)
* Fighting

Dislikes:

* Being lied to
* Unnecessary Violence
* Honour

**Personality**

* Brave - Challenges or danger, this character fears nothing. Roma was orphaned at a young age by the Ingaro, this she is not aware of. Adopted and raised by Silvio, she was taught from a young age how to wield a blade and kill. To her fighting and death is just apart of life.
* Deceitful - To lie and deceive is in Roma’s nature. Through her work for the Ingaro, Roma has picked up a few tricks to get debtors to pay up. Physical violence goes a long way most of the time, but a broken army and a bloodied tunic can be avoided with a simple lie.
* Diligent - Roma does not shy away from hard work. As the adopted daughter of Silvio, Roma has always felt like the outcast of the family. As such, she relies on one thing, her sword and her skill. She uses these skills she was given by Silvio to prove to herself more than anything the right to be his daughter. Therefore she is dedicated to her work.
* Cynical - Roma sees enemies in every shadow. Working for the Ingaro has its effects on most people. Through her work, Roma has learnt that most people will say anything to avoid paying. Sometimes they are telling the truth, most of the time they are not. Over the years, Roma has learnt to take everything anyone says with a grain of salt an that most people aren’t honest.
* Duelist - Roma is a competent sword maiden and could best most in a one on one fight. Despite her talent for the blade, Roma is not below utilising dirt tricks and below the belt moves to secure victory. For her, every fight is a fight for survival.

Professionally Roma takes her job within the Ingaro family very seriously. She manages and runs the enforcer network throughout Aramoor. Collecting on overdue payments, collecting payments from rackets and other shady dealings. Roma represents the Ingaro’s strength on the streets of Aramoor, as such, she is brave and ruthless in her dealings.

Away from work and around the family, Roma is quiet and does not say more than is required. She won’t lie to her adoptive-siblings or adoptive-father like she would when on the job. Roma doesn’t outright dislike any family member, in particular. Roma has always felt like the outcast of the Ingaro’s and struggles to feel a part of the family.

Serena, Roma’s older adoptive sister. When talking with Serena, Roma can hardly get a word in, despite Serena’s grandiose personality and charm, Roma sees right through her. Roma knows Serena better than Serena would like to admit. Therefore Roma only talks business with Serena letting her enough so she stays in her good graces.

Luca, Roma’s younger adoptive brother. Roma likes Luca and enjoys his company. Roma still doesn’t say much to him, but it’s not the same as with Serena. Luca could spend day and night talking about his work at the bank. Roma isn’t particularly interested in the bank, but she knows, when Luca talks shop he’s not lying and she relax and just listen to him rattle on.

Silvio, Roma’s adoptive father. Roma’s relationship with Silvio is an odd one. Roma feels she owes her life and everything to Silvio, yet he is distant and after he trained her, the two rarely speak. He’s very distant with her, this she doesn’t mind. Deep down Roma isn’t sure if Silvio truly sees her as his daughter, and if the whole orphanage story is true, but for now, it doesn’t matter.

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**Flaws/Weakness/Fears**

Roma is cynical, she rarely trusts a word that comes out of anyone’s mouth. Most of the time this serves her well however when some is trying to be honest with her, she won’t believe them, no matter how hard they try.

Roma feels she owes Silvio for the life she now has. She pays the debt off by using her skills as a sword maiden to collect glimmer on behalf of the Ingaro. She fears that she will no longer be useful and become a burden to Ingaro, this fear motivates and drivers her diligence.

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**Physical**

Build: Slim / Muscular

Weight: 180 lbs.

Height: 5ft 11 inch

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**History**

Roma is the adopted middle daughter of Silvio Ingaro. Roma is Elven and she was born to Elven parents in Aramoor. Her parents were no one of note; good, honest people. Her parents worked for a living and this funded a simple lifestyle. When Roma was around the age of two the family fell on hard times and took a loan from the Ingaro owned Aramoor Banking Corporation (ABC). Two missed payments later and the Ingaro enforcers paid the family a visit.

Unfortunately, the collection job did not go smoothly and Roma’s birth parents were killed by the enforcers. The enforcers only became aware of the two-year-old Roma after her parents were cold on the floor. Unsure what to do, none of them keen on killing a two year took the baby and reported to Silvio.

Silvio debriefed the enforcers and was presented with the child. Silvio was also perplexed but had to come up with a solution. Silvio at the time had a six-year-old daughter, Serena and the child reminded him of her. Also, Silvio’s wife was pregnant expecting another baby in the house. It’s claimed that these factors swayed Silvio into adopting the child and calling her Roma.

Silvio rational, was the child is a witness and she may remember. As she will be kept alive, she will need to be kept close to make sure she doesn’t. Silvio trained Roma in the art of combat, teaching her how to wield a sword and fight. Roma never knew any different, she didn’t remember her birth parents or anything before the Ingaro. Being Elven she did have her question growing up, Silvio simply said they adopted her from an orphanage, this was enough for Roma at the time.

Still unsure of her origin she is thankful to the Ingaro for the life they have given her and she repays Silvio every day by working as hard as she can for him and the family.

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### Luca Ingaro - The Bank

Gender: Male

Race: Human

Age: 24

Relationship Status: Single

Accent: Southern English

Financial Status: Wealthy

Occupation: Under-boss for the Ingaro crime family

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Likes:

* Glimmer
* Socialising
* Family
* Honesty

Dislikes:

* Gluttony
* Arguments
* Shyness

**Personality**

* Greedy - Luca keeps a tight grip on his purse and is always looking for ways to engorge it. Seeing the vast amounts of Glimmer the Ingaro earn, has made Luca reflect on himself and now he aspires to be in a position where he can see these figures but in his books.
* Temperate - Luca believes it’s best to enjoy things in moderation. Luca enjoys the high life, like most in his position. However, after seeing his peers that have indulged in this lifestyle for far too long, Luca does not eat or drink a lot.
* Gregarious - Luca enjoys spending time with other people. Luca is used to entertaining and speaking to people regularly and has come to enjoy his time with others.
* Honest - Luca values truth and sincerity of others highly. Meeting with other business owners and influential people around Aramoor, Luca has come to appreciate honesty, he doesn’t want to dupe others into investing in the bank, he feels the numbers speak for themselves most of the time.
* Thrifty Clerk - Luca is followed by success after success in the art of administration. He has a keen sense for all matter relating to accounting and reporting, displaying an indisputable mastery.

Professionally Luca manages the books of the Ingaro family and bank, running the day to day business of the bank as well as controlling the finances and investments of the family.  Luca spends most days either pouring over balance sheets and accounting journals, washing the families illegal acquired Glimmer through the bank’s systems making it legal income. Sometimes Luca is out around Aramoor meeting with stakeholders and potential investors. Because of his work, Luca has developed an outgoing personality.

Also through his work, he sees and records amounts of glimmer that would make even the councillors of Aramoor blush. Seeing such immense figures every day has impacted his sense of value. Luca now wants to accomplish the same amount of glimmer personally, not to live under his families wealth.

To amass such wealth, Luca has tried to limit his spending, avoiding most frivolities. Through his work, Luca is used to going to lavish catered events with investors and other dignitaries of the bank. He sees what this lifestyle does to people making them fat and unwell, not wanting to end up like his peers, Luca only eats and drinks responsibly. Also because of his gregarious and honest nature, he often gets into situations were he forgets himself and lets things slip.

Because of his commitments to the bank, Luca is most often secluded in his room at home working through the books. However, he will entertain any family member that comes to visit him while he works. He likes nothing more than explaining his work to his siblings or father, talking through all the points and explaining why at each step he’s doing what he’s doing.

Serena, Luca’s older sister. Seren often visits Luca to discuss business and investment opportunities with Luca. Luca feels that Serena sometimes can’t see the whole picture and is just fixated on her little slice of the work. So when he tells her that she can’t have funding for some big operation, she goes into a frenzy, sometimes to avoid the argument Luca will just agree with her.

Roma, Luca’s older adopted sister. Roma is quiet and doesn’t speak much to anyone, this doesn’t bother Luca that much. Luca likes the fact that she will listen to him as he talks through his work with her. Luca being the youngest has always known Roma to be apart of the family and doesn’t see her as anything else.

Silvio, Luca’s father. Luca’s relationship with his father is a healthy one. Luca looks up to Silvio, learning from him the methods he uses to this day to process glimmer through the bank effectively. The only point of friction between the two is when they discuss the family. Luca wants the family to be close again like he remembers growing up, he blames Silvio for dividing the family like it is now because of the way he has handled passing on the business.

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**Flaws/Weakness/Fears**

Luca is scared of the family, failing. Not as a business but as a unit. He fears that his constant arguing with his sister will cause a rift. He sees the way Silvio avoids Roma, watching her from afar like some beast. This is why he enjoys and tries to talk to each family member every day to remind them that they are a family as well as a business.

Luca is both gregarious and honest, sometimes when the situation gets the better of him, he can accidentally let slip certain information that he wasn’t meant to. To date, this has never come back to bite him. The fear of accidentally saying something incriminating fuels his temperate nature, by abstaining from the most ostentatious desires he hopes to avoid the occurrences of these situations.

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**Physical**

Build: Medium

Weight: 195 lbs.

Height: 6ft 1 inch

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**History**

Luca is the youngest son of Silvio Ingaro. Luca had a similar upbringing to his siblings, being taught by Silvio the family business from a young age. Luca showed an aptitude for numbers during this time and by the age of 12, Luca was processed a lot of the bank’s transactions for Silvio when he was busy.

Luca never wanted to run the family business, he always presumed that would fall to Serena and he was okay with that. He thought his calling was just to work in the bank, but when Silvio called him and his elder sisters into his office and divided the business tasks amongst them, he felt happy.

Luca was happy that he had been recognised for his skill and would be able to apply himself in a more influential position and make bigger decisions for the family. Now, however, Luca is not so happy with his father’s decision.

By spreading the work out the family has become secular and they work in their little bubbles, rarely talking to one another unless it’s work-related. Luca pines for how it was before now, when the family would act as a family they wouldn’t talk shop and they had normal lives. Luca doesn’t hate Silvio but he feels he’s not doing enough to bring the family together.

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