The Family

One of the few chinks in the strong face the Clergy presents is a criminal organization known as the Family. Most people only know of them in rumors and hearsay, but it is said that they are behind most of the crime on both sides of the Avery Sea.

Where they have taken root, crime becomes civilized. The Family seems to respect loyalty and avoids doing violence to innocents, though when they move into a new city they viciously cut out the current criminal element and institute a more refined form of corruption and lawlessness.

In Adventure 2, Marcel and Daewin allied with Morgan Cipiano representing the Flint branch of the Family. In Adventure 3, they later sent Gatria in as bodyguard to Marcel (and sort of the rest of the party, question mark) after Daewin was killed and Dreues retired.

Gatria's presence as well as Marcel's original alliance with the Family in Adventure 2 meant that the party cooperated closely with the Family as time went on; the party would do favors for the Family or look the other way, and the Family provided help through Gatria or other resources in the RHC's investigation of the Obscurati.

The party exchanged mutual favors with Morgan in Adventure 5 during the hunt for Lorcan Kell, and Gatria called on Family resources in her investigation of Benedict Pemberton. Starting the end of Adventure 6, Morgan and the Family began leveraging their connections with the Clergy to aid the party; for example, they were able to help the party get into Methia in Adventure 8. They also used Gatria to keep an eye on things, such as Mona's relationship with Ashima Shimtu.

In Adventure 9, Morgan also helped the party send word of the Obscurati's lighthouse plan and ensuring Slate, Seobriga, and Alais Primos remained free of brainwashing. By this time, the party's ties to the Family were strong enough that Nigel Price-Hill's sole condition for accepting Aodhan's nomination of Marcel as the next king of Risur was that the party explain their reasons for being so close with the Family. This, of course, only deepened once Gatria was appointed spymaster general.

Following the planar shift in Adventure 9, the Flint Family kept busy supporting the people of Flint and causing trouble across the rest of Risur to counteract the effects of the Obscurati lighthouses. When signs began pointing towards the death of Crisillyiri gods and their worshippers using the Sacrament of Apotheosis, Morgan passed his position as head of the Flint branch to his daughter Antonia and left for Crisillyir. At the same time the Family was fighting for influence over Crisillyir, trying to keep the Obscurati out and the Clergy in the hands of the faithful.

In Adventure 11, Family heads gathered in Alais Primos for the god trials. Gatria was called in on Morgan's request, and she and Antonia were scheduled to be quickly married as a political play to generate favor for the Family and Morgan in particular as the avatar for Triegenes' trial. This paid off, as the party helped pull off a successful defense for Triegenes that further bolstered the Family's influence.

## Cipiano Family

* Aneenya Cipiano: head, in charge of Alais Primos
* Andrais Cipiano: Aneenya's heir pre-god trials, in charge of Sid Minos
	+ Unnamed 14-year-old daughter
* Mario Cipiano: in charge of Nalaam. His favorite stromboli recipe is universally loathed by everyone except Antonia (who will die before admitting to anyone she hates it too).
* Faires Cipiano (deceased, disowned): in charge of Vendricce. Was working with the Obscurati until found out, killed, and disowned from the family.
* Angelo Cipiano: in charge of Danoran and Malice Lands (mainly Orithea) relations. Stern and ruthless, but knows how to throw a party.
* Callum Cipiano (deceased): in charge of Drakran relations
* George Cipiano: in charge of Beran relations
* Morgan Cipiano, formerly in charge of Flint, currently Crisillyiri primarch and essentially the heir
* Antonia Cipiano, in charge of Flint relations

## Flint Branch Members

* Morgan Cipiano (former head)
* Antonia Cipiano (current head)
* Nilassa Hume (deceased)
* Gatria
* Dester Rathine (deceased)

## Other Known Members

* Prospero di Donato
* Oscan Ligurio (former)