Alcastilho Theater

The Alcastilho Theater was an artist organization founded by the Alcastilho family turned street gang unofficially under the orders of Matanna Lova. As an artist organization, the company was famous for their traditionalist, conservative and elitist approach to art, charging high fees to both the members and the audiences and perpetuating the old methods of education and performance. For most of its century spanning life, the company was the sole major artist organization in Sunscale, up until the inauguration of the Apollo-Garrett Theater, which spawned an intense rivalry among the two. In 800, the theater owner's wife Matanna Lova murdered him and took the reins of the organization, ordering the members to revolt against the regime and take part in the Grey Revolution, in which they were responsible for the fire and consequent destruction of the Apollo-Garrett Theater. Following the institution of the new regime, however, they were deemed illegal, along with all artist organizations, and became a street gang, the Romantica Mafia, though unofficially still under the command of the former theater's leader Matanna Lova.

## History

### Background and foundation

Records on when the Alcastilho Theater was founded are unclear, but it is stated to have been centuries old by the time it was officially closed down. Its creation is also attributed to the Alcastilho family, who passed down the ownership of the theater throughout the generations, eventually arriving at Infeliciano Alcastilho.

### Work and policy

The theater and its reputation was built on a tradition based policy that remained unaltered throughout the centuries. Following a very strict code of artistic technique and etiquette, the company was known for its arguably inhumane levels of rigor. Students payed very high fees for the opportunity to try and get into the company through a highly demanding set of exams. The few who were accepted into the company were subjected to extreme training routines and lifestyle regiments, as well as a process of artistic and creative loss of individuality in favor of assimilating the established ideas of the company.

### Rivalry with the Apollo-Garrett Theater

With the birth of a new major artist organization in Sunscale, the Apollo-Garrett Theater, the Alcastilho Theater felt a decrease in audience numbers and general popularity among the people of the country. While the low and middle class gravitated almost in its entirety towards the Apollo-Garrett, the high class was more predominantly on the side of the Alcastilho, though not completely. This, paired with the polar opposition of values between the two, sparked tensions amongst the companies and, especially, between their head figures. On the side of the Apollo-Garrett, was Ellion Apollo, Scalibra of Arts, and Rossorbino Banksingham, Scallibra of Finance, while Alcastilho had the support of Viera Sant'ana, Scallibra of Territory, and Infeliciano Alcastilho, owner of the theater and Scallibra of Society. This rift amongst the Scallibra began to escalate into a rift amongst the Sunscale society at large, with some siding with one company and others with the other, eventually culminating with the Grey Revolution.

### Involvement in the Grey Revolution

In the years leading up to the Grey Revolution, Infeliciano Alcastilho married a ballerina from the Vecherburgo District named Matanna Lova and the two had a daughter, Vera. Unbeknownst to him, Matanna had planned to steal his inheritage all along, a plan she put into action in 800, right before the Grey Revolution truly started. Killing Infeliciano in secret, she announced to the theater members the supposedly natural death of the owner and consequent transition of the theater into the very young Vera's property and Matanna's command, as Vera was too young for that role. With the official control over the theater as well as the support from the members, which she had been cultivating for years prior, Matanna urged the members to join the rebellion, starting with the attack on the Apollo-Garrett Theater. That night, a vast majority of the members of the Alcastilho Theater moved into the capital Dentropoli, joined the other rebels in the riots all across the city and set fire to the Apollo-Garrett, leaving it completely in ruins.

### Disbandment and reformation as Romantica Mafia

In the aftermath of the Grey Revolution, Python and his government dissolved the ministry of arts and decreed that all artist organizations would be strictly prohibited, thus rendering the Alcastilho Theater illegal in the new law. With the disbandment of the company, most members were left without a job or place to perform as artists, prompting a considerable part of them to become outlaws and form street gangs. Noticing this pattern, the recently appointed Scallibra of Society, Matanna Lova, offered the gangs to unofficially work under her in exchange for their crimes as artists being allowed, leading the former members of the Alcastilho Theater to converge once again as one collective gang, the Romantica Mafia. For the leadership of the group, Bongosto Alcastilho, illegitimate son of Infeliciano, was chosen as the Padrinho, unofficially becoming Matanna's direct subordinate.

## Known members

* Infeliciano Alcastilho (owner)
* Garrett Sant'ana (student/performer)
* Matanna Lova (student/performer/owner)
* Bongosto Alcastilho (student)