Bangtan Color Gang (VVA)

The **Bangtan Color Gang**, often abbreviated as **Bangco**, is a biker gang based in Baishab, Bangtan. It was known for its honorable ideals and beliefs that contributed to its goal in establishing a new golden era for delinquents in the Sieon region. However, this image crumbled as its ranks were continually corrupted and transformed into a criminal organization that took the lives of innocent civilians in the present day.

Throughout its reign, Bangco took on several gangs and declared victory against them, causing it to rapidly grow its numbers until its disbandment. Two years later, Bangco is rebuilt by Barnaby A.T Smith under the Second Generation denomination as an effort to take down the Kanto Manji Gang and retrieve Yvan Clarin.

## Background

Bangco was founded on June 19, 2003, two weeks after Yvan Clarin took on Induni Delonte's childhood friend and his accomplices alone. Yvan won against them as an effort to protect Induni from harm, but his victory soon made way for Induni’s friends to retaliate with the Ninth Generation Black Dragon on their side.

A week after receiving word of the Ninth Generation alliance, Yvan gathered Induni, M.J Langott, Michael Celestine, Barid Peyster, and Mustaf Chekrone at Musashi Shrine to confront Induni about fighting the Black Dragon all by himself. Yvan planned to fight them, which induced Peyster to form a gang of their own. With Yvan as its leader, M.J as its Vice-Leader, and the rest commanding the gang’s regime, the Tokyo Manji Gang was formed.

## Structure

Bangco's structure mirrored the typical composition of a delinquent gang. Its top administration comprised of a leader, often addressed as is or "Boss," with a Vice-Leader, or "Vice President," at his side. Subservient to its leaders were Division Captains, who led one division each consisting of at least 20 men. Under them were their respective Division Vice-Captains, usually their close companions or advisers, and personally appointed Squad Captains for its attack and elite squads. Under the Squad Captains were the division members.

Bangco had five divisions, amounting to approximately 100 members. Its member count helped it be recognized as a large motorbike gang in Tokyo. Once Bangco faced Alsaqr, its Third Division fell short on leadership as its Captain Mustaf Chekrone (Mustang) was sent to a detention center after turning himself in for inflicting injury on Alsaqr' leader. Following Mustang’s arrest, Bangco was split into two factions, namely the “Yvan side” and the "M.J side." Yvan's side was in favor of his intention to bail Mustang out of jail, but M.J's side disapproved of this plan, as it would leave Mustang's sacrifice to be in vain.

With the Third Division lacking a captain, Yvan elected Albashae "Basher" Carlier as Mustang's replacement after Bangco's victory in another battle against Alsaqr. Basher's membership caused Bangco to grow from approximately 100 members to 150. After the gang's victory against the motorbike gang Valhalla, a sixth division was founded under the command of Ricky Fulbrook. Compared to the other five divisions, the sixth had a total of 300 members, all previously from the gang. However, the Sixth Division was later dissolved as Basher was expelled from Bangco for double-crossing the team during the Christmas Conflict. Consequently, Bangco's numbers dwindled from 450 back to the original 100, as Fulbrook left the gang with him.

Alongside the decrease in numbers was Jami Hynum's promotion from former Third Division Vice-Captain and Second Division member to the Third Division's acting Captain. From that day onward, Jami commanded the Third Division alone. Bangco also became the parent organization of the 11th Generation Black Dragon after defeating the 10th in a battle. Through their affiliation under the First Division, Barnaby A.T Smith became the 11th Generation's leader.

Although it is unclear how members were assigned to a division, Bangco's original five had unique prominent qualities that differentiated them from the others. The first was intended to be an attack unit and the second as the elite guard during the gang's foundation. The Fifth Division was later formed to be the gang’s “Public Morality Council,” where its members were given the duty to investigate on skeptical division members without the express permission from Bangco's higher-ups. This meant that only Fifth Division members were allowed to initiate infighting as long as it was for the benefit of the gang. Assigned to this division was a physically strong captain capable enough to facilitate such investigations.

During the battle against Vineta, Barnaby became Bangco's de facto leader as he led the gang in Yvan's behalf. Two years after Bangco's disbandment, Barnaby reforms the gang and leads Bangco as its second generational leader.