Family Business

**Family Business** is a crime drama television series. It revolves around five criminal families of foreign origin based in Los Angeles, Chicago in the United States.

## Characters

### Angelini Family

One of the five crime families operating it in Los Angeles and in other parts of the United States is the Italian-American Angelinis. The organization was formed by Luigi Angelini, who fronted his operations by starting a chain of Italian restaurants. The leadership of the family is mainly made up of Luigi, Regina and their relatives and children, with their main front being the Italian restaurant chain. Their territory is in the north of Los Angeles and the syndicate consists of 200-250 made members. It is an extremely powerful, highly organized, and deadly criminal society that is led by a boss (the current head of the family), which is known as the Don. Below the boss will be the underboss and a consigliere. The underboss supervises several capogrimes who in turn control a crew of soldiers. The soldiers are primarily made up of men of Italian descent, though there are some members outside of the traditional ethnicity. The Angelini crime family also has territory in Missouri, Manhattan, Miami and Brooklyn.

Outside of the restaurant chain, the Angelini family also operate a slaughterhouse linked to the flagship restaurant which is used for holding captives and executions. Their criminal activities include labor racketeering, conspiracy, illegal gambling, drug trafficking, bribery, extortion, contract killing, counterfeiting, fencing, hijacking, political corruption, loansharking, money laundering, murder, fraud, auto theft, bid rigging, bookmaking, pornography and witness tampering.

Crews:

* **Santa Monica Crew:** This crew was based in Santa Monica Boulevard and was led by Donatello Angelini.
* **Echo Park Crew:**
* **Elysian Crew:**
* **Los Feliz Crew:**
* **Pico-Union Crew:**
* **Angelino Crew:**

#### Luigi Angelini

Portrayed by Robert De Niro, Luigi Angelini is one of the five protagonists. He is the head of the Angelini family, originally an Italian immigrant that built his mafia empire from nothing and oversaw his business founded on gambling, bootlegging and union corruption, but is known to be a kind, generous man who lives by a strict moral code of loyalty to his friends, and above all, family. He is also known to be a traditionalist who demands respect commensurate with his status.

He is very intelligent and logical as a mafiaso, always knowing when to take a deal or not, and how to go about doing so. Luigi has the foresight of a master chess player, able to predict the ramifications and possible opportunities from seemingly random events in advance and is known to use reason to solve his problems and only turn to violence as a last resort. As a Don, Luigi is a firm believer in long-term benefits of courtesy, goodwill and maintaining the reputation of a fatherly, benevolent benefactor. Luigi took pains to ensure that those loyal to him felt valued and important because of their loyalty, not merely grunts to be used. Luigi never liked to use violence or threats when negotiation and reason could suffice. Although he is a millionaire with powerful connections and hundreds of dangerous men under his command, Luigi insisted on maintaining an outwardly appearance, almost never lording his wealth and power over people who came to him for help, always reassuring and comforting people that they made the right choice, that they shouldn't be afraid or ashamed. Luigi viewed egomaniacs who humiliated those beneath them out of a need to feel powerful as stupid, insecure and recklessly creating enemies everywhere. Although he can be cold to those who offend him, Luigi never lost his temper or gave into his passions. This had multiple effects: it made his enemies vastly underestimate him and what he is capable of, but it also made business easier. Those who did business with him were less likely to turn against him or go to the police. Having so many favors from so many different individuals in many different walks of life meant the Angelini family would always have some advantage in any situation. Luigi's approach meant that those he patronized would willingly repay him out of a sense of gratitude and friendship, rather than viewing him as some cold creditor looking to reclaim a debt. It also helped his family maintain a low profile in the eyes of the law and the public, which Luigi deeply prioritized.

In an underworld full of ruthless crime lords who preferred to be feared, Luigi's reputation for compassion and generosity meant that people were more than willing to deal with the Angelinis over their rivals, and more likely to volunteer in their aid in times of trouble. Luigi attempted to spread these values throughout the entire American underworld, with limited success. Luigi is very coldly logical, and is decisively ruthless when negotiations fail. He knew when to act too quickly for his enemies to respond, but he also possesses the enormous patience to quietly bide his time for years for his enemies to let their guard down, even willing to lose ground with rivals in order to lure them into a false sense of security. When faced with an issue, Luigi never allowed anything to get between him and a solution. Luigi's rivals were well aware of what he is capable of when crossed. Luigi is a man who never lets himself be controlled by others. His entire motivation for becoming a mafia boss is to ensure that he controlled the world around him in order to make a safe, prosperous environment for the people he cares about to live in, even if he has to kill people to do it. He professes no regrets over his life of crime.

On sexual matters, Luigi is very straightlaced, his opinions tied to his reverence for family. He viewed sex as something sacred between a married couple, an act meant to strengthen and grow a family. He greatly disapproves of out-of-wedlock relations and one-night stands, viewing them as both a lack of personal control and a violation of what he views as a sacrosanct. The business of prostitution especially offends his sensibilities, both in the idea of selling something that he is supposed to be sacred to family, and an exploitation of weak and vulnerable women.

Luigi was born on February 13 1962 at Sovana in Tuscany, Italy to Vito and Carmella Angelini alongside his younger brother Salvatore. He was known as a quiet but a goodhearted child. In 1976, when Luigi was fourteen, the local mafia demanded tribute from the Angelini family but Vito stubbornly stood up to them and refused to pay them. As a result, despite a young Luigi's efforts to resolve the situation with Sal's help due to his thievery skills, the mafia wasn't satisfied and paid a visit to the Angelinis. Carmella took her sons away and smuggled them away on a cargo cruiser full of immigrants heading to America, while Vito distracted the mafia and was murdered by them. As Luigi and Sal tearfully said their goodbyes to their mother, they witnessed their mother's murder by the mafia chieftain from a distance while onboard the ship. On the ship, Luigi and Sal swore vengeance on the mafia that murdered their parents. During their trip to the U.S., Luigi intervened on his brother beating up a kid and stopped him. They continued to look out for each other on the ship and at some point, Luigi was diagnosed with smallpox by a doctor and he was quarantined for a period of time away from a very worried Sal. When they arrived in LA, they were adopted by the Gugliemi family and they befriended Mario, who became like a third brother to them. At school, Luigi and Sal were polar opposites: Luigi was a hardworking, respectful and good-mannered student while Sal was a violent bully with anger issues and showed little care towards his education. The brothers attempted to lead honest lives by working at their adopted family's cafe as teenagers to pay for their college funds. However, their family were being harassed by a criminal group whom they refused to reveal the identities of to Luigi and Sal. Luigi discovered that the thugs were none other than the very same criminals that killed their real parents, having expanded into LA. The two brothers came to the conclusion that they should eliminate the mafia and avenge their parents.

Luigi formulated a complex plan which took around six months to execute and it initiated with him working for the Sicilian Mafia and infiltrating their organization though had he problems with the line of work involved and was even considering backing out of the revenge plan, but Sal managed to convince Luigi to end what they started. Luigi rose through the ranks of the mafia and became a close associate to its leader Don Andrea Greco, gaining a great amount of information on the organization which he provided to Sal and Mario and earned the trust and respect of Greco. At some point, Luigi "set up" a deal between Mario and Greco in the interest of money and contraband. Meanwhile, Sal was in charge of sabotaging the mafia's business in order to make Greco more desperate to agree to meet and deal with the buyer. Luigi also gave Sal information on where Greco's chief lieutenants, Flavio Longo and Angelo Giuffrida, and Luigi tells Sal to kill both men as they participated in their parents' murder and to break down Greco's protection. When Luigi and Greco met Mario for the "deal", Sal snipes some of Greco's bodyguards and when they attempted to retaliate, it is revealed the bodyguards Luigi hired on Greco's orders were actually in on his revenge plan and murdered the rest of Greco's loyalists. Luigi finally reveals his true identity alongside Sal's to a terrified Greco, shocking and scaring the once brazen Don. Luigi executes his plan by finally killing Greco with his father's knife. After the destruction of the mafia, the three decided to go their separate ways for a while. Luigi also bid a final goodbye to the Gugliemi family, showing the immense appreciation and respect he had for them for taking in him and Sal.

In 1988, Luigi met and fell in love with Regina. They were married and had two children, Jimmy and Desmondora. They eventually also had many more children consisting of Asia, Greta, Donatello and Lorenzo. Luigi struggled to support his family as he worked for a corporation under an unappreciative and arrogant CEO, however he formed a partnership with his cousins and career criminals Jed and Francesco where they made extra money committing small-time jobs such as hijacking cargo trucks and robbing a cash depot. At some point, Luigi took his family back to his hometown for a holiday where Luigi discovered that the local Sicilian mafia had re-emerged having been taken over by Greco's son, Nino. Luigi was confronted by an angry Nino, who discovered that he murdered his father and he threatened to kill his family in retribution. However, Nino decided to spare Luigi in exchange for doing jobs for him to ensure his family's survival as payment for killing Greco. Luigi though eventually discovered that Nino only acted like he was a mob boss in front of easy-to-trick victims, deciding that he could easily kill Nino without fearing retribution from his "powerful friends". Luigi purchased a silenced pistol from a shady arms dealer that was friends with his father Vito, then he ambushed Nino in his apartment and mercilessly gunned the man down. Luigi made it look like a burglary and took his money, then destroyed the gun. Despite all the precautions that he took to make sure he wasn't suspected, it turned out the police believed Nino was scum and were in no hurry to find his killer, believing it to be a routine gangland execution.

With Nino dead, Luigi earned the respect of his hometown and was soon asked to intercede in local disputes, gaining a reputation for never turning down someone who came to him for help. Although he had declined to do so at first out of modesty, Luigi eventually started accepting "gifts" from local businesses and racket bosses in return for ensuring that their patrons know that they are safe, and Luigi was soon gaining good profits. Luigi and his family eventually took over the hometown, treating it with great deal more respect than Nino did. With the profits he was gaining, Luigi decided to start a chain of Italian restaurants back in Los Angeles with his family, moving back to the city in 2007. Luigi and his family had a good and fruitful business, mainly thanks to Luigi's business and reasoning skills. While an excellent moneymaker in its own right, in the later years he used it as a legal front for his growing organized crime syndicate, while amassing a fortune in its illegal operations, starting off using his delivery trucks to smuggle contraband materials in from Canada. Luigi soon started to protect small neighborhood speakeasies, learning early of the value of political protection. These operations led to Luigi meeting and befriending George Schuwald, with both men entering a partnership in the interest of profits.

By 2010, Luigi had established the Angelini crime family alongside Sal and Mario after they reunited, with Sal becoming his underboss and Mario his consigliere. Many of Luigi's children and relatives were recruited into the organization, with his children acting as his capogrimes (with the exception of his eldest son Jimmy, who wanted to have a honest life with his wife Jane). He soon intervened in a problem involving a man named Ricardo Fellini, making him his personal enforcer and informant. Luigi offered good-paying, secure jobs to people in poverty and disadvantaged who were willing to work for him. Anyone came to him for help, Don Luigi helped with goodwill and encouraging words. He planned for the future by financing the education and careers of bright young neighborhood boys who would become lawyers, assistant DA's and even judges. Large number of grateful Italians asked his advice on who to vote for office elections, giving him a great deal of political power. He even hired a team of lawyers to organize a system of police payoffs, and insisted on paying as many officers as possible, whether they were needed at the moment or not. Luigi decided to work with Schuwald on controlling all the gambling in Los Angeles for more profit. Luigi also offered a political umbrella which would assist Schuwald in expanding his businesses into new areas, and Luigi would gain a share of the profits. However, this business arrangement accidentally stepped on the turf of Makarov crime family under crimeboss Vladimir's leadership, whom believed that Luigi was trying to run him out of business and that he showed a great amount of disrespect. This touched off the war between the Angelinis and the Makarovs.

When the war started, it seemed that Vladimir had the upper hand, with his business contacts, superior numbers in soldiers and alliances with the Firm and Irish Mafia. However, the Angelinis were far better organized, had greater intelligence contacts, had greater political power and police protection, and deceived Vladimir into believing that the Angelinis were a smaller group than they actually are. The war turned into a stalemate until Vladimir sent his two best hitmen to assassinate Luigi: Maxim Slava and Jonah Okafor. Thanks to their contacts in the telegraph business the Angelinis learned of this early on, and Luigi sent Sal to intercept and deal with the assassins. Sal and his men abducted two hitmen (whom were body doubles sent by Maxim and Okafor) and executed them in a horrifying fashion with a chainsaw. Luigi sent both men's decapitated heads on Vladimir's doorstep along with a message: work with him or else stay out of his way. This angered Vladimir as he became even more aggressive, but this resulted in him losing the loyalty of many soldiers who lost their faith in Vladimir and instead joined the Angelini family. However, Vladimir set in motion in his final plan to have Luigi killed with Maxim and Okafur's help, but this was already predicted and both assassins were outnumbered and forced to retreat despite managing to kill a large number of Luigi's soldiers due to Vladimir underestimating the Angelinis' soldier count. This further destroyed Vladimir's once feared and respected reputation and hacked away his power structure, Luigi then sent in two held-back crews to deliver the killing blow as Vladimir was plotting his next move. By 2011 Halloween Eve, the Angelinis eliminated the Makarovs, and established themselves as one of the most powerful families in Los Angeles.

As the rulers of the underworld, Luigi tried to spread his strict moral values throughout the underworld; he disagreed with many of the vicious crimes carried out by gangs and so sought to control crime in Los Angeles by either consuming or eliminating rival gangs. Eventually by 2015, Luigi felt that he had accomplished his mission and Los Angeles was relatively left peaceful with the majority of the gangs and criminal organizations loyal or in neutrality to the Angelini family. Luigi chose to retire from crime and wanted to live a relatively honest and peaceful life by managing his restaurant chain, leaving Sal in charge of his crime empire and trusting him to continue to uphold his values and remain in control for the safety of their family and the people of LA.

#### Jimmy Angelini

Portrayed by Jake Cannavale, Jimmy Angelini is one of the deuretagonists. He is the eldest son of Luigi and Regina Angelini, initially not being involved in his family's illegal business and aimed for a more peaceful and honest life with his wife, Jane. However, financial issues hit Jimmy hard and he eventually went on to become his father's chief enforcer and top hitman.

Jimmy is a brave, highly intelligent and caring person who is strong and determined. Jimmy was initially against working for the crime syndicate that is his family business and making a living illegally and as a result tried his hardest to get him and Jane as far away as possible from his crime family. While he actually cares for and appreciates his beloved father, Luigi, Jimmy believes escaping that criminal life is the best method for Jimmy to start a family with Jane in a happy and safe environment. Despite these attempts, Jimmy lost his job unexpectedly much to his grief and dismay. He was depressed and ashamed over the fact that he had to desperately return to his father to work for him and become a career criminal in order to support his wife.

However, Jimmy starts to become desensitized to his own and his relatives' criminal acts and killings as he justifies it that he does what he does for his wife and daughter. Over time, Jimmy becomes fanatically loyal to the crime empire and devolves into a ruthless hitman and brutal enforcer who is very capable of cold-blooded murder. He shows little remorse for the enemies he's killed and becomes more darker, brutal and ruthless the more time he serves his family. Despite Jimmy gradually being only a loyal muscle to support and protect Jane and Louise, he began to actually develop a firm loyalty and love towards the relatives he works with and usually protects and cares for, especially his father. Jimmy is willing to take extreme measures in order to protect his loved ones, including sacrificing his own life for them. He established a reputation of ruthlessness and he is considered the strongest of his family, being experienced with firearms and combat due to his military service. Jimmy also has a surprising talent in business and occasionally assisted his relatives in making their empire a successful business, knowing only to deal with people that had reasonable business connections and more or less knew his father. He despised hotshot businessmen and those who did not show him or his family respect.

Jimmy was born on 23 March 1991 in Los Angeles, California in the United States to Luigi and Regina Angelini. He initially wanted nothing to do with his family's business, and enrolled at a college in order to escape any potential involvement in crime. In truth, his father never wanted Jimmy to be involved in the family's criminal enterprise, and actually hoped he'd lead an honest and good life. Jimmy eventually enlisted in the U.S. Army but was discharged as a Second Lieutenant to recover from wounds. However, unbeknownst to Jimmy, the doctor treating him had been bribed by Luigi to exaggerate his injury in order to send him home. Returning to Los Angeles, Jimmy met a young woman named Jane; the two eventually fell in love. He assured Jane on numerous occasions that he wanted a more normal life, and wanting nothing at all to do with the Mafia. Jimmy left Los Angeles with Jane eventually. However, the couple ran into financial issues when Jimmy lost his job as a scaffolder when the business he worked for went bankrupt. Afterwards, Jimmy and Jane got into an argument on their next actions; Jimmy realized he needed help from his family for financial support. Jimmy returned to Los Angeles with Jane where he came to Luigi for help, with the two coming to an agreement that Luigi would look after them while Jimmy worked for Luigi as his restaurant manager. Jane was worried that this could lead Jimmy into getting roped into the Angelinis' criminal affairs, but Jimmy assured his wife that he will be only doing legal work for them until they manage to get back on their feet.

#### Sal Angelini

Portrayed by Stefano Accorsi, Sal Angelini was one of the tritagonists but later transformed into a primary antagonist. He was the younger brother of Luigi and the underboss of the Angelini family, however compared to his more kinder, generous and reasonable brother, Sal is a much more sadistic, brutal and ruthless thug who picks the more aggressive and violent strategy to win battles for his family.

Sal is an unpredictable and articulate career criminal with a sadistic and unnerving sense of humor, and he is considered by most of his relatives to be too psychopathic and violent. He has displayed extreme loyalty to his family, and is such highly valued and respected member. Sal is not beyond using intimidation to achieve his ends and he is a remorseless, cold-blooded mass murderer and he is not bothered at all by the excessive violence he employs. He is desensitized to acts of brutality and takes sadistic pleasure in it.

As the second highest-ranking Angelini, Sal held a large amount of power surpassed only by Luigi himself, and he is a very capable leader and strategic thinker. He takes pleasure in terrorizing those he's dealing with and he has demonstrated and verbally expressed his admiration for authoritarian leaders, and those who lead by example, something which he himself puts into practice with his uncompromising methods, and strict obedience to Luigi. In spite of apparently being Luigi's most loyal enforcer, it is gradually revealed that the two drastically differ on their views on how to run their empire and deal with situations such as disloyalty and defiance on the part of other rival organizations and gangs. Very unlike Luigi, Sal is a bloodthirsty killer and he is willing to wipe out entire groups of people if it means sending a message. He is not bothered at all about causing harm to innocent people, especially children or elderly. Sal has very little value in concepts such as morality or mercy and later his ruthlessness and desire for power has overclouded his once adept strategic thinking.

Sal was born on December 19 1968 at Sovana in Tuscany, Italy alongside his older brother Luigi to Vito and Carmella Angelini. In his childhood, Sal was a petty thief who was once caught by the police burgling a house but was bailed out by his father. Eventually, the local Sicilian mob demanded tribute from the Angelinis but Vito stubbornly stood up to them and refused to pay their demands. As a result, Luigi tried to enlist Sal in helping him pay the tribute with his thievery talent however they could not pay the full amount, unsatisfying the mafia and they confronted the Angelini family in retribution. Carmella took her sons away and smuggled them away on a cruiser heading to the United States while Vito tried to fight off the mafia but was killed protecting his family. As Sal and Luigi tearfully told their mother goodbye, they witnessed the mafia murder their mother from a distance while onboard the ship. On the cruiser, Sal swore vengeance on the his parents' killers and Luigi agreed. During their journey towards America, Sal lashed out angrily against others and beat up a kid though Luigi intervened and stopped his brother from continuing. Sal and Luigi continued to look out for each other and when they arrived in Los Angeles, they were adopted by the Gugliemi family and they befriended Mario, who was like a brother to them. At school, Sal and Luigi were polar opposites: Sal was an aggressive bully who enjoyed humiliating others and had a violent tendency while Luigi was a hardworking, respectful and a goodhearted student. The two tried to lead honest lives eventually by working at their adopted family's cafe as teenagers to pay their way through college. However, their family were being tormented by a gang of thugs whom they refused to reveal the identities of to Luigi and Sal. Luigi though discovered the criminals were none other than the same people who murdered their parents, having expanded into Los Angeles. The two brothers came to the conclusion that they should eliminate the mafia and avenge their parents.

Sal played a key role in Luigi's plan to get revenge on Andrea Greco and his Sicilian Mafia, having sabotaged and damaged their business. Luigi provided Sal with information on where Greco's chief lieutenants, Flavio Longo and Angelo Giuffrida, staying in the city and Luigi tells Sal to kill both men as they participated in their parents' murder and to break down Greco's protection. However, Sal took a step further and instead of simply executing them, he decided to kidnap and torture them sadistically before ending their lives. Sal lied to Luigi about he killed Longo and Giuffrida, saying he did it swiftly and quickly. At the "deal", Sal used a sniper rifle to kill some of Greco's enforcers and witnessed Luigi murder Greco with their father's knife, finally avenging Vito and Carmella. After the destruction of the Sicilian Mafia, the three decided to go their separate ways for a while.

Sal decided to set up his own criminal business by using the mafia's abandoned hideout and found stashed money in order to build his loanshark operation. As a loanshark, Sal was ruthless and he hired criminal thugs as his muscle. One notable victim was a businessman called Carl Davis who owed Sal $35,000 but he couldn't pay back due to issues in his business. Sal and his thugs continued to harass the man for money, with Sal even threatening to hurt his family if he did not pay him on the deadline. Feeling that he had no other choice, Carl attempted to flee the country with his family but his house was broken into by Sal and his henchmen because he had one of them observing Carl and he had informed him of his escape plan. As a result, Sal stabbed Carl to death in front of his family as punishment and, after considering his next action, shot his wife and daughter in order to cover his tracks and buried their bodies. Sal made it look like the family fled and he proceeded to rob their house and forged notes, including stealing their passports, money and personal belongings.

After this incident, Sal continued his career as a criminal and reunited with Luigi and Mario with the three co-founding the Angelini crime family, with Sal adding his own henchmen and finances into the crime syndicate. He was Sal's underboss and chief enforcer who was the crime family's muscle, playing a key role in the gang war between the Angelinis and the Makarov crime family. The war turned into a stalemate until its leader, Vladimir Makarov, sent body-doubles of his two best hitmen to take out Luigi but both men were ambushed and kidnapped by Sal and his men. Sal had them tied them up and then he personally killed them brutally with a chainsaw, then sent both of their decapitated heads to Vladimir as a warning to either cooperate with them or stay out of their way. Despite Vladimir not surrendering, Sal's horrible actions caused many of Vladimir's soldiers to join the Angelinis instead due to losing faith in their leader and hacked away at his power structure. By 2011 Halloween Eve, the Angelinis won the war and defeated the Makarovs, and established themselves as one of the most powerful criminal organizations in Los Angeles. From that point forward, Sal and his family continued to only grow in power within LA and they eliminated competition by either consuming or eliminating rival gangs.

By 2015, Luigi retired from his criminal life because he felt he had accomplished his mission to secure his family's powerful status and the majority of LA's gangs and criminal groups are either loyal or in neutrality with the Angelinis, and he decided to live out the rest of his days in relative peace by spending time with his loved ones and running his Italian restaurant chain. Sal was left to head the Angelini family boss as its reigning boss, with Luigi trusting his brother to uphold his values and remain in control for the safety of the family and the people of LA. However, Sal failed to uphold these values greatly and let the power get to his head easily due to his brazen nature; he often mistreated and disrespected his men, was careless when it came to maintaining the family's reputation and he overall was a very reckless, arrogant and power hungry leader who quickly lost the respect and loyalty of his own men and the family's allies and business partners. When Jed Angelini, Sal's cousin and an enforcer, tried to voice these issues this resulted in Sal beating him as punishment for questioning his leadership in front of many of his men, berating Jed and breaking some of his teeth whilst showing absolutely zero remorse. Sal eventually set up a meeting with the Albanian Mafia to discuss business regarding opening up new possibilities of partnering up in the American drug trade. However when the Albanians tried getting more profit from their deal, Sal felt cheated and he lost his temper. Though the Albanians argued that they were taking more of a risk than the Angelinis as the reasoning for wanting a better cut, this got Sal enraged and he started to get aggressive with the Albanian mob boss. This led to the Albanians jumping to their boss's defense and they pulled their guns on Sal and his henchmen, ensuing a shootout between the two gangs. The shootout resulted in a few casualties on both sides, but most notably another one of Sal's cousins, Francisco, got killed in the fray.

#### Mario Angelini

Portrayed by Kevin James, Mario Angelini is a supporting character. His birth surname is "Gugliemi" and is the adoptive brother of Luigi and Sal, with Mario['s family taking in the two when they first arrived in America as Italian immigrants. Mario played a key role in their crime family as the brothers' intelligent consigliere.

Mario was a highly intelligent and loyal career criminal who tended not to get involved in the physical musicality and violence that went with his line of work, but his value and position was evident in his ability to form complex plans and deliver advise to his "brothers" Luigi and Sal, whom Mario viewed as his family. Mario was loyal to his family and would go to extreme lengths to protect and assist them. However, he shows extremely poor social skills, poor coordination and has difficulty reading body language. He enjoys reading books and he can be a very prideful man when it comes to his accomplishments. He also possesses his own moral compass and will do what he thinks is right when he can.

However the more years he serves in his criminal underworld, Mario was shown to heavily question his decisions and his loyalties. As a result, Mario had trouble sleeping and began drinking heavily. Though as well as this, Mario became more controlling, power hungry and cruel, appearing to let his power within the empire and relationship with Luigi get to his head. After a while, Mario became a far more braver, competent and selfless individual whose loyalties lied with Luigi and the Angelini family.

Mario was born on March 11 1966 at Los Angeles in California, USA, to his Italian immigrant parents Matteo and Bianca Gugliemi. The family opened up their own local cafe which Mario would work at to earn money to go to college, and eventually Italian immigrant brothers Luigi and Sal Angelini were adopted by the Gugliemis. Mario became close to them and he became like a third brother. However, eventually Mario's family was being harassed by a criminal group in which Luigi and Sal came to identify as the same criminals who murdered their parents and have expanded into LA. Mario agreed to help Sal and Luigi fulfill their desired revenge in eliminating the Sicilian mafia as well as protect his own family from a similar fate. Mario was part of their plan as he managed to set up a deal with the desperate Sicilian Mafia Don Andrea Greco and helped lead them into a trap, watching as Luigi and Sal killed Greco and his bodyguards. The three then decided to go their separate ways with Mario staying with his family and both brothers showed their immense appreciation and respect to him for helping them with everything. Afterwards, Mario apparently wanted to lead an honest life and enrolled in college to study business. While in college, Mario befriended a woman who he fell in love with but she did not love him back.

By 2010, Luigi established the Angelini crime family alongside Mario and Sal after they reunited, with Mario becoming Luigi's consigliere. He helped Luigi formulate the plans and strategies as well as provide him with valuable advise. The family entered a gang warfare with the Makarov crime family, in which the Angelinis managed to win by 2011 Halloween Eve and established themselves as one of the most powerful criminal organizations in LA. From that point forward, Mario and his family continued to only grow in power within LA and they eliminated competition by either consuming or destroying rival gangs.

#### Donatello Angelini

Portrayed by Gabriel Garko, Donatello Angelini is a supporting character. He is one of Luigi's sons and he is a high-ranking capo, running his own business and crew at the Santa Monica Boulevard.

Donatello is an extremely level-headed and collected businessman though he can be ruthless when necessary, but he is more inclined to be diplomatic. He specifically chose his line of work in the family business because it typically caused him the least stress, and preferred to avoid any inconveniences if he could help it. He showed respect and courtesy to those he's dealing with, and acknowledged that they took their meetings and business arrangements seriously and he is always punctual, and treated his criminal partners and his henchmen with decency and respect. Despite his civil and professional nature, Donatello had no time for those he believed were idiots and exhibited obnoxious behavior, generally having a low opinion on them. He was also reluctant in making tough calls when things got heated, preferring to give out chances for "redemption". Due to his demeanor and tendency to avoid unnecessary stress, Donatello joined the Angelini crime family for an easier life, lacking the thuggish and ruthless traits of his peers. He also possessed cowardly tendencies and showed remorse for innocent and undeserving deaths because of him or for not being in control of a situation and his own men.

#### Regina Angelini

Portrayed by Sophia Loren, Regina Angelini is a supporting character. She was the wife of Luigi and she ruins Luigi's operations on his behalf in Kansas City, Missouri.

#### Asia Angelini

Portrayed by Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Asia Angelini is a supporting character. She is one of Luigi's daughters and she serves as the personal bodyguard of her mother Regina. Asia is a loyal, formidable and professional woman who was extremely loyal to her family, including her mother, Regina, and as a result was a well respected and valued member of the organization. Asia is very capable of cold-blooded murder and she is also not above torture and mutilating her enemies.

#### Desmondora Angelini

Portrayed by Isabella Farrari, Desmondora Angelini is a supporting character. She is one of Luigi's daughters and she is a high-ranking capo who helped her mother Regina run the business in Kansas City, Missouri.

#### Greta Angelini

Portrayed by Caterina Muroni, Greta Angelini is a supporting character. She is one of Luigi's daughters and she is a high-ranking capo.

#### Lorenzo Angelini

Portrayed by Chaz Bono, Lorenzo Angelini is a former antagonist and recurring character. He is one of Luigi's sons who was an enforcer that worked for his mother Regina and he later became Sal's right-hand man.

#### George Schuwald

Portrayed by Xander Berkeley, George Schuwald is a recurring character. He is a friend of Luigi Angelini and a business tycoon affiliated with the Angelinis.

#### Victor Stack

Portrayed by Jeremiah Bitsui, Victor Stack is a recurring character. He is the bodyguard and fixer of George Schuwald, and a business associate of the Angelini family.

#### Tony Angelini

Portrayed by Al Magridal, Tony Angelini is a recurring character.

#### Jed Angelini

Portrayed by Adam LaVorgna, Jed Angelini is an antagonist. He was the treacherous cousin of Luigi Angelini who, following his temporary retirement, attempted to lead a group of traitors to overthrow the current leader Sal and take over the organization for themselves. Jed was formerly a loyal enforcer of Luigi who was willing to kill others on his orders. When Luigi retired and Sal took over the crime family, Jed became increasingly frustrated when Sal mistreated Jed and many other thugs under his leadership. Jed resorted to betraying his own family out of both anger and a thirst for power, thereby becoming an enemy of the family and was eventually disowned by them because he was willing to betray and kill his own relatives for power and money. This caused Jed to become addicted to heroin as well.

Jed was born somewhere in Italy and was a troubled and bullying teenager who was with his brother, Francisco, whom he loved and cared for throughout their lives. Eventually when Luigi established his own crime syndicate in Los Angeles, California, U.S., Jed and Francisco joined it as Luigi's loyal enforcers and bodyguards. However, Luigi eventually retired from crime to live out the rest of his life in peace after feeling he had accomplished his goal and had left his brother Sal Angelini in command of the Angelini crime family. Under Sal's leadership, Jed was one of his most prominent enforcers but was often mistreated and abused by his more hotheaded boss, with one particular incident being that Sal punched him in the face hard enough to break some teeth as punishment for talking back. Sal's leadership further worsened the Angelini crime family, especially shaking the loyalty and respect of many of his men, including Jed. After a deal gone wrong resulted in Francisco being killed because of Sal's failure to control the situation, Jed formed a large group of Sal's men to rebel against him and overthrow his leadership in retaliation and to make sure Sal's anger issues do not get anyone else needlessly killed. A civil war erupted within the empire between Jed's separatists and Sal's loyalists which eventually forced Luigi to come back; effectively taking back control over his crime family and he stepped in after Jed punched one of Sal's bodyguards in the face, then tried to attack an angered Sal. Luigi managed to peacefully resolve the war temporarily, and he spoke to Jed in private about arranging Francisco's funeral and that he will reimburse him for his loss. Jed also apologized to Luigi for his betrayal, to which Luigi had forgiven given the circumstances.

However, it was revealed that Jed did not forgive Sal for indirectly causing his brother's death and that not only was he seeking for personal revenge, but he wanted to take out Luigi and take over the family empire as well to gain immense power and influence. At night, Jed stages an ambush for Sal and Luigi by attracting them with a noise at the closed restaurant. When Sal holsters his gun and looks for the intruder, Jed's accomplice and cousin, Tony, blindsides him and pushes him into Jed who holds Sal at gunpoint and explains to Luigi that he wants to avenge his brother's death. Sal sneakily pulls a knife out of his sleeve and stabs him in the shoulder while Luigi forces Tony to his knees at gunpoint. Despite what he did, Luigi decides to spare both men's lives because they are family and that he knows they're still grieving over Francisco's death. Despite Sal's protests, Luigi lets them both go but before they leave, he warns them not to mistake his kindness for weakness.

Despite the warning and being given a second chance, Jed chose not to back down from his plan to assassinate Luigi and he formulated a new plan. Jed and Tony go to the Albanian Mafia with a proposition; to help them kill the Angelini brothers. The date of the attack was during Francisco's funeral, as Jed feel it would be an ironic day for Sal to die. The Albanian assassins attack the funeral however Luigi's son, Jimmy (who was informed of the upcoming attack by Tony in private), set up a trap for the hitmen and this led to them all being killed with the exception of one. The surviving hitman pointed towards Jed and tells Jimmy that he was the one who wanted Luigi and Sal to be killed by working with the Albanians. Sal then executed the hitman before turning his gun on a visibly scared Jed, but he was stopped by Luigi before he could pull the trigger. Luigi orders Jed to leave the country, otherwise he will allow Sal to kill him. Before Jed could walk away, Sal gave Jed a beating, including breaking one of his fingers, before letting him live on Luigi's orders. Instead of leaving America, Jed took the lead of a small gang of junkies and petty criminals and they lived in the junkyard. Jed and his gang would be addicted to drugs, mainly heroin, and commit crimes such as robbing people and selling drugs to acquire them. Jed was officially disowned by his family for his treacherous actions and devolving into a drug-addicted petty thug.

Six months later, Jed and his gang became associated with the Sanchez crime family in the drug business as Jed was buying crystal meth from one of Nacho Sanchez's street dealers. When Jimmy and Desmondora Angelini were on "they're" turf because they were looking to meet with George Schuwald's fixer, Victor Stack, for a business deal, Jed and his gang use a trap to ambush Jimmy and Desmondora in the streets. After Jed robbed his cousins at gunpoint, he decided to not kill them as a favor for Luigi sparing him years ago but not before demanding Desmondora's engagement ring. Jimmy defends Desmondora from a sadistic Jed, warning him of the retaliation that will come his way and he threatens to tell Luigi that Jed was still in LA. When Jed considers killing both of them to prevent word from getting out, Desmondora quickly jumped in and gave Jed her ring so the thieves can leave. Jed thanks her but not before hitting her in the face, claiming he always hated her. Jimmy tried to retaliate, but was roughed up by Jed's thugs and then left for dead in the streets. Later the following night, Jimmy decided to get revenge on Jed and his gang by sneaking into their junkyard and doused the sleeping gang members with gasoline. As Jed woke up, Jimmy threatened to murder him and his crew for hurting Desmondora. A frightened Jed apologized for his actions cowardly and tried to persuade Jed otherwise from killing him, even returning the ring and everything they robbed the two of. Jimmy though told Jed that he had been given enough chances, including the opportunity to leave America to save his own skin, but he chose to stay and that the consequences would be death if he remained on what Jimmy called his family's land. Jed tries to persuade Jimmy that he will never see him again and that they are family. Unmoved, Jimmy proceeds to light the match, setting Jed and the other thugs on fire and burning them alive, with Jed claiming that he will fulfill his father's promise and that Jed was no longer family.

#### Francisco Angelini

Portrayed by Sonny Marilleni, Francisco Angelini is an antagonist. He was the cousin of Luigi Angelini and the brother of Jed, being an enforcer of the crime syndicate.

Francisco was born somewhere in Italy and was a troubled and bullying teenager who was with his brother, Francisco, whom he loved and cared for throughout their lives. Eventually when Luigi established his own crime empire in Los Angeles, California, U.S., Jed and Francisco joined it as Luigi's loyal enforcers and bodyguards. However, Luigi eventually retired from crime to live out the rest of his life in peace after feeling he had accomplished his goal and had left his brother Sal in command of the Angelini family. Under Sal's leadership, Francisco was one of his prominent enforcers but was often mistreated and abused by his more hotheaded boss, with one particular incident he witnessed Jed being punched in the teeth by Sal for talking back. Francisco tried to defend Jed, however Sal's bodyguards forced him to step back and left him feeling unable to help his brother. Sal's leadership further worsened the Angelini crime family, especially shaking the loyalty and respect of many of his men, including Francisco.

Francisco was present at a business deal between Sal and the Albanian Mafia regarding setting up new "possibilities" of becoming partners in the drug trade. However when profits were being discussed, Sal felt "cheated" when the Albanians wanted more money from their dealings because they felt they were taking more of a risk than Sal. This led to Sal losing his patience and he got aggressive, leading to the Albanians jumping to their leader's defense and pulled their guns on Sal whom they viewed as a threat. On Sal's orders, Francisco pulled his own gun on the Albanians. A shootout then erupted, which led to Francisco being shot and killed in the ensuing gunfight in Jed's arms. Francisco was mourned by his brother, who decided to attempt to avenge his death by betraying his own family and making an attempt on both Sal and Luigi's lives though this backfired and eventually led to his own death.

### Cavangh Family

One of the five crime families operating in Los Angeles and internationally are the British Cavanghs. It is a family born from the blood of some of history's most notorious crime lords based in the United Kingdom and one of the most powerful criminal empires in the world. They have multiple legal and illegal businesses internationally, and they have territory throughout the United Kingdom and many European countries, the United States and some parts of Japan. In Los Angeles, the Cavanghs have particular control of the eastern part and they own several businesses they use as fronts including a car dealership, several nightclubs, a very popular bar, a chain of casinos, a clothing company and many other businesses throughout the world.

Their criminal activities include illegal gambling, political corruption, murder, drug trafficking, extortion, racketeering, loansharking, fencing, bribery, burglary, armed robbery, hijacking, arms trafficking, cigarette smuggling, counterfeiting, conspiracy, arson, chop shop, protection rackets, larceny, bookmaking, pornography, fraud and prostitution.

#### Finn Cavangh

Portrayed by Max Bowden, Finn Cavangh is one of the five protagonists. He is the "disgraced" son of family boss Marcus Cavangh and murdered mother Victoria, making him the six-in-line to become the family leader. However, Finn betrays his own relatives for the sake of both protecting those he truly cares for, his younger brother Frankie and sister Mika, and avenging his murdered brother. He is a highly intelligent individual who is calm, sophisticated and arrogant due to his aristocratic upbringing. While at university, Finn conducts himself as sociable, likable and an often easygoing student, however this is really a mask for his true nature. His charisma and beliefs gain him the trust and respect of many individuals.

Finn has a very stoic personality and he never cared about his education, seeing the entire thing as trivial, even though his intellect would make it easy for him. He enjoys seeking out challenges, often playing chess and poker. In general, Finn takes most day-to-day affairs with open disinterest, often not even noticing the affection of others. Finn is very cold and tactical, even willing to sacrifice civilians and his own subordinates alike, if that is what it takes to achieve his goals. Many view Finn as a selfish individual, as his desire to remake the world into what he wants it to be comes from his desire to avenge his mother and for his close ones' sake. Despite his cold, calculating demeanor and ruthlessness in battle, he can be a rather compassionate person to his friends and loved ones. He is a loyal friend and a loving brother, and while he appears to show no concern for the wellbeing of his men, in reality, he cares about them and sees them as valuable allies.

Finn was born on December 19 1997 in London, England to Marcus and Victoria Cavangh, making him the sixth-in-line as heir to the family. When he was only eight-years-old in 2005, his mother was assassinated and his younger sister, Mika, was left crippled in the attack. Finn confronted Marcus afterwards and accused him of leaving Victoria defenseless, even going as far as to renounce his heirship. In response, his father sent him to the U.S. in Los Angeles, California alongside his younger brother, Frankie, and Mika to work for their abusive and ruthless uncle, Simon. This caused a strain on Finn and Frrankie's relationship because Finn was blamed for this punishment, however their relationship eventually rekindled when Finn took a beating from Simon for Frankie when he messed up a job. Finn and Frankie worked at Simon's crooked car dealership. Finn then started attending university and the rest of the Cavangh family began moving their criminal operations to America, fearing for his and his relatives' safety, turned to gambling in an attempt to get enough money to get away from their family. Victoria's death and Marcus's apparent lack of concern in regards were huge blows to Finn. He always felt that it was unfair for his mother and sister, and made it his goal to pursue a better world for Mika. He also seeks to discover the true reason for his mother's murder.

#### Frankie Cavangh

Portrayed by Carl Au, Frankie Cavangh is one of the five dueratagonists. He is the younger brother of Finn and despite being as abused by his family as the more vengeful and cunning Finn, Frankie remains by the side of his family loyally, even the ones who mistreated him, because he believes they can be changed for the better.

#### Mika Cavangh

Portrayed by Katie Griffiths, Mika Cavangh is one of the five tritagonists. She is the younger sister of Finn and she is confined to a wheelchair but has a warm good heart, being ultimately the reason Finn fights for against his family to protect her.

#### Oswald Cavangh

Portrayed by Nicholas Hoult, Oswald Cavangh is one of the primary antagonists. He is a senior member of the Cavangh crime family and a businessman involved in his father's casinos and he runs his own exotic nightclub chain. He is a strategist on par with his half-brother, Finn, and is considered his greatest adversary because of his charismatic, manipulative, cunning and ruthless mind.

Oswald was manipulative and charismatic, able to form complex strategies that even match Finn's. Despite this, he showed a caring side to his subordinates, earning their respect and loyalty. His hierarchy within the Cavangh family gave him great influence and power; though he did have ambitions for leadership, a fact that his father was aware of but not concerned by. He also showed a deal of concern for his siblings, aiding them in the ventures as well as offering them protection in times of adversity, however this was nothing more than a ruse as he was willing to kill his own relatives and subordinates if it meant that it furthered his goals. It is hard to determine if Oswald was kind or cruel, or simply didn't feel strong emotion either way. It was noted by others that Oswald didn't have any desires, and in a peaceful world he would be the perfect leader. Oswald was strangely honorable; granting defeated enemies a chance to surrender and have their lives spared, showing disdain for unnecessary violence and he also strongly opposed discrimination. This is because Oswald saw the non-violent approach as a more efficient and effective means of control, brutal subjugation served only to galvanize resistance instead of subduing them into compliance thus necessitating timely and costly armed pacification. Oswald also claimed that those whose followers did not agree with them do not deserve to be called leaders.

Oswald was born on November 8 1989 in London, England to Marcus and Vera Cavangh alongside his sisters Margaret and Gabriella.

#### Marcus Cavangh

Portrayed by Steve McFadden, Marcus Cavangh is one of the primary antagonists. He is the boss of the Cavangh crime family and the father of Finn, Frankie, Mika and many other offspring that run his criminal empire on his behalf. He is one of Finn's greatest enemies, being a heartless father who mistreated his children and subordinates as a method of hardening them into more useful tools to fill his arsenal. However, Marcus was secretly in an affair with Rikako Yoshida and coldly let go of the truth that Rikako murdered Victoria, his fifth wife and Finn's mother.

Marcus was a cold and intelligent man who strongly held views such as Social Darwinism, believing that only the strongest were worthy of rising in society. His philosophy was not reserved solely for his adversaries, however, as he treated his own children harshly. He was also deeply cynical, having no confidence in the good of people and believed that humanity's natural course was struggle and conflict. He had no moral compunctions on how he dealt with his enemies; his rise to power saw numerous rivals and their allies killed, and even as the head of a powerful and large crime family, the Cavanghs would continue to engage in conflict with its adversaries. Ultimately, he cared little for the casualties of the conflicts, be they his enemies, innocent civilians, or even his own family and subordinates. However, his views and ideology had been stemmed from a traumatic upbringing. As a child, he often witnessed his family kill each other in pursuit of power, thus he naturally came to understand that without power, one cannot survive. However, he wished for the world to be gentler and better.

Marcus was born on December 25 1961 in London, England along with his younger brother Simon to Percival and Janice Cavangh. He was raised with Simon where he witnessed multiple betrayals and killings between his family members in pursuit for power, which eventually resulted in his own mother's death. As an aged adult, Marcus became the head of the family and he had many wives and children. He installed most or all of his children into important positions throughout his empire to see what their true abilities were. Marcus saw his children as tools to maintain his power and influence rather than human beings, and showed little concern for their well-being. A large part of the Cavangh family's expansion had occurred under Marcus, he publicly supported social inequality as well as competition to promote progress. However, despite his many wives, Marcus had one true love: Rikako Yoshida, whom he had a secret relationship with and the two plotted a large-scale plan to obtain immense power and influence for themselves. However in 2005, Rikako grew extremely jealous over Marcus's current wife, Victoria, which led to Rikako murdering Victoria. Marcus discovered Rikako's doing, but decided to not take action against her and he still loved her, showing how little he cared about his actual family. Marcus assisted Rikako in covering up the murder. An eight-year-old Finn confronted Marcus and questioned him why he did not try to protect Victoria. Enraged by this, Marcus disowned Finn there and then, banishing Finn alongside Frankie and Mika to America to work for Simon at his crooked car dealership as punishment.

#### Gabriella Cavangh

Portrayed by Lindsay Cocker, Gabriella Cavangh is a supporting character. She is Finn's half-sister and the sister he cared most about after Mika. Gabriella was also particularly close to Margaret Cavangh, and Gabriella admitted she didn't enjoy her role in organized crime and despised all violence in general. She also develops a close bond with Frankie because of their shared belief that a problem must be changed from within.

#### Margaret Cavangh

Portrayed by Lauren Cohan, Margaret Cavangh is a supporting character and a former antagonist. She is a senior member of the Cavangh family and she has a very fearsome reputation as the head of the organization's security and is very talented in combat.

#### Gilbert P. MacQuoid

Portrayed by Tom Payne, Gilbert P. MacQuoid is a supporting character. He is the confidant and personal second-in-command later husband of Margaret Cavangh.

#### Jeremiah Gastrell

Portrayed by Christian Bale, Jeremiah Gastrell is a supporting character and a former antagonist. He was formerly the fierce and loyal chief enforcer of the Cavangh family, but later joined Finn's cause upon learning of his goal to avenge Victoria, the woman who Jeremiah looked up to and was assigned to protect.

#### Simon Cavangh

Portrayed by Jake Wood, Simon Cavangh is an antagonist. He is the uncle of Finn and he runs his own car repossession business that employs his nephews Finn and Frankie. His car dealership is crooked as he sells cars to people who can't afford them and then repossesses them via shady finance schemes and other odd methods. He is a cruel, ruthless and sadistic individual, often being very abusive and insulting towards those he perceives as below him.

Simon was born on June 7 1970 in London, England with his older brother Marcus. Simon and Marcus's childhood years were marred by an internal feud in the Cavangh family. This period was filled with deception and assassination resulting in the deaths of various members of their family, including their own mother. As an adult, Simon moved to Los Angeles, California in America and he became an automotive dealer. His car dealership business, however, is crooked; he sells cars to people who can't afford them and then repossesses them via shady finance schemes and other odd methods. Marcus sent his two sons, Finn and Frankie, to the U.S. as punishment after their mother's murder in Simon's service. Simon employed Finn and Frankie as repo men, however was often abusive towards them physically and mentally especially when they screw up a job. However, Simon actually respected Finn more than Frankie, trusting him more due to being the most intelligent of the two while he considered Frankie to be an idiot. At one point when they screwed up a job, Simon went to assault Frankie in a fit of rage for losing him a lot of money and business however Finn stepped in to Frankie's defense and took the beating instead from Simon.

#### Lloyd Sallow

Portrayed by Danny Walters, Lloyd Sallow is a supporting character. He is one of Marcus Cavangh's top lieutenants.

#### Aida Fernsby

Portrayed by Jenna Coleman, Aida Fernsby is a supporting character. She is one of Marcus Cavangh's top lieutenants.

#### Kyra Burton

Portrayed by Zaraah Abrahams, Kyra Burton is a supporting character. She is the former right-hand woman of Jeremiah Gastrell.

#### Earl Loughty

Portrayed by Jamie Foreman, Earl Loughty is an antagonist. He was a high-ranking member of the Cavangh family and media producer who later joined Finn's cause as one of his main subordinates.

#### Charles Cavangh

Portrayed by Robert Sugden, Charles Cavangh is an antagonist. He is the half-brother of Finn and a businessman who ran a luxury clothing company. He was somewhat of a snob to anyone outside his family, whom he loved. However, Charles cares very little for those he deems as underneath him. He was also willing to execute innocent civilians in order to preserve his position. He was also a ladies man, designing many revealing or provocative swimsuits and dresses. He was also a naive, vain, and ineffective leader.

Charles was born on February 14 1994 in London, England to Marcus and Claire Cavangh, making him the fifth-in-line to heir of the family. Before Finn, Mika and Frankie's exile to America, Charles had a relatively good relationship with Finn's family and always took the time to visit Finn and play games with him. Although he lost time after time, this did not discourage Charles and he saw Finn as a rival. Charles also enjoyed art and he was noted to be a talented painter. When the Cavanghs planned to set up shop in Los Angeles, Charles eventually arrived in LA as an adult on his father's behalf to begin expanding their legal and illegal business operations. At some point, he started his own luxury clothing company which was a front for bootlegging rackets.

#### Lachlan Ajax

Portrayed by Danny Dyer, Lachlan Ajax is a recurring character. He is the loyal left-hand man of Margaret Cavangh.

#### Monty Culpepper

Portrayed by Shane Richie, Monty Culpepper is an antagonist. He is the right-hand man of Oswald Cavangh and he manages his flagship nightclub.

#### Harvey Villan

Portrayed by Andrew Lincoln, Harvey Villan is an antagonist. He is one of Marcus Cavangh's top lieutenants, being a violent and sadistic psychopath.

#### Peggy Miracle

Portrayed by Eleanor Matsuura, Peggy Miracle is a recurring character. She is one of Marcus Cavangh's top lieutenants.

### Sanchez Family

One of the five crime families operating in Los Angeles and internationally are the Mexican Sanchezes. It is one of the primary transportation routes of billions of dollars worth of illegal drug shipments annually entering America from Mexico and they are a ruthless and dangerous drug trafficking organization. They were a ruthless and dangerous drug trafficking organization that had been known to decapitate their rivals, mutilate their corpses, and dump them in public in order to instill fear not only in the general public, but also in law enforcement and their rivals. Their territory in Los Angeles is in the far county and they have also have heavy presence throughout Mexico and even began expanding into Colombia. Their former business front was a fried chicken restaurant in LA County, but it was shut down and their front became a garage for vehicle repair and eventually a strip club that Nacho Sanchez decided to open.

Their criminal activities include drug trafficking/manufacturing, political corruption, murder, arms trafficking, prostitution, arson, auto theft, armed robbery, bribery, money laundering, human trafficking, extortion and racketeering.

#### Nacho Sanchez

Portrayed by Michael Mando, Nacho Sanchez is one of the five protagonists. Unpredictable, violent and psychopathic, Nacho is the drug kingpin of Los Angeles County which he runs on the behalf of his retired uncle Juan. Nacho is a difficult person to deal with: extreme, impetuous, vengeful, psychotic, unhinged, untamed, infamous, homicidal and prone to violent outbursts and destructive rampages. He does everything in a sociopathic and relentless manner. Although Nacho is like this, he is honest and he will never show hypocrisy. He possesses his own charm along with his own principles, and his mere presence always puts others on edge due to his extremely short temper and unpredictable, impulsive behavior. He is a true maniac who easily kills people without remorse, has the typical parental issues, is a pyromaniac, frequently abducts people and has a habit of making sadistic jokes about his victims. In contrast to his behavior he is very protective over his crew and family, caring very deeply for the people close to him and he can be truly loyal to them.

Nacho often uses sexual violence in order to demonstrate his dominance over other males, as well as enjoying making them uncomfortable. On the other hand, he respects and encourages bravery from his friends and partners in crime. He often tends to taunt and call out anyone who shows any sign of doubt, fear or weakness, and when they angrily back at him, Nacho applauds and approves of their reaction as a method to man them up. In direct contrast to his highly chaotic and erratic nature, Nacho is highly intelligent and even cultured. Although lacking of refined tastes, Nacho speaks in quite an eloquent manner, utilizing complex and elaborate vocabulary as well as displaying a surprisingly dry wit. Nacho is incredibly focused and professional on the jobs at hand, displaying a surprising capacity for calculation and planning, even under duress and in highly chaotic situations. He can follow the plans strictly and also has great ideas for big jobs and lead them successfully. Nacho is bisexual and is disgusted by racism, sexism and self-righteous and hypocritical attitudes which he considers fake. He also suffers from a fear of clowns. Although rarely seen, Nacho is a bit secretly ashamed and scared of his own personality. While Nacho is often controlling, loud and willing to hurt anyone he perceives as a threat in some way, whether physically or mentally, he is terrified of his uncle Juan. Nacho is also extremely talented at mathematics.

Nacho was born on October 25 1979 in Ciudad Juarez in Chihuahua, Mexico to Christian Sanchez and an unknown mother alongside his brothers Hector and Marco. Even as a child, he had a history of rage issues and violent impulses that ruined his attempts to fit into society. Nacho's childhood itself was an unhappy one and he was raised by his uncle, Juan, instead of his own father. Nacho resided with Juan's twin daughters and his cousins, Maria and Juana, and the three were physically and emotionally abused by Juan because he taught them very harsh life lessons that would "help" them in their adulthood to become valuable assets in the family's criminal business and capable of protecting themselves and their loved ones. In one particular incident, Nacho was forced to stab Juan with a screwdriver to prevent him from amputating Maria's arm with a hatchet. Juan, instead of retaliating and getting angry at his nephew, was impressed and claimed that he was proud of Nacho for showing his fierce willingness to protect his cousin.

Nacho attended college in his teenage years however he dropped out following an incident that involved murdering a fellow student named Ryan in retaliation for racism and bullying, having bludgeoned him with a pipe and dumped his body in the nearby lake. Later in his life, Nacho discovered he had a talent for utilizing firearms. He enlisted in the army as a result, but several days prior to completing his training, Nacho was deemed mentally unstable, thus discharging Nacho from the army. After his discharge, Nacho returned to Ciudad Juarez and he committed an armed robbery at a place that cashed checks which led him to being arrested by the police. However, Christian managed to use his political power and powerful connections to get Nacho out of his own mess and had Hector pick him up from the station to drop him off at his villa. Christian berated Nacho for his stupidity and humiliated him in front of his brothers by beating him to the point of tears, leaving him helplessly pinned against a table while Marco, Hector and the other enforcers witnessed it disturbed and silent. After the punishment, Christian had Nacho clean himself up and meet him in his office for a private talk. In the office, Christian handed Nacho a bag full of money, a gun and other essential items and informed him of what happened with Juan and his war with the Yoshidas in LA. Nacho was greatly concerned for his uncle and agreed to what he believed was an order to retaliate against the Yoshidas, but Christian instead commanded Nacho to head to Los Angeles to oversee Juan's former drug business and make sure nobody outmuscles them on their own turf to not further damage the family's reputation while remaining relatively neutral in the meantime. Christian also ordered Nacho to not retaliate against the Yoshidas whatsoever, stating that they need to take their time before thinking of a way to deal with them.Christian then dismisses Nacho bluntly and orders Marco to escort Nacho off the premises before giving his son a final warning to not disappoint him and finally prove his worth. Marco drove Nacho to the Sanchez's private airfield where they bid each other goodbye and Nacho boards a private helicopter to travel to LA County, California in America.

#### Sebastian Bolsa

Portrayed by Diego Boneta, Sebastian Bolsa is one of the five dueratagonists. He is the right-hand man and later best friend of Nacho Sanchez, starting out as a cunning henchman of Juan Sanchez and secret ally of Haruto Mikami.

Sebastian was born on June 5 1988 in Los Angeles, California in the U.S. to Pedro and Maite Bolsa along with his sisters Dolores and Martha. However, Maite and Seb's sisters eventually left California after an affair, with Seb staying with his father in the state to work at his vehicle's repairing business, Bolsa's Autos. However, Seb eventually got himself involved in the Sanchez crime family for extra money as the business started to go under however Seb managed to save the business from working for drug lord Juan Sanchez by selling his cocaine. Pedro though discovered how Seb obtained the money and the two argued regarding Seb's illegal activities, with Pedro even threatening that he never wanted to see him again if he continues. Seb told Pedro that he won't get involved with the drug gang again, but secretly went against his wishes because he believed the good money he was earning was worth the risk. At some point during his criminal career, Seb was ordered by Juan to kidnap a rival drug dealer in retaliation for insulting him by selling on his turf and cut off his fingers. Seb hesitantly followed Juan's orders and thus was promoted to one of Juan's head lieutenants alongside another gang member named Reneldo Feuntes. Seb helped Juan run his drug operation by serving as his one of his enforcers.

Sebastian was present during the war between the Yoshidas and Juan's crew as they were rivals and both distributors for Don Christian Sanchez, first appearing during the meeting between Haruto Mikami and Juan as an enforcer. Seb also secretly ran his own operation behind Juan's back, being involved with a corrupt pharmacist who stole drugs to sell to Seb, whom bought and sold them on the streets. While staking out Juan's coke operation, he came to discover Seb's secret and he confronted him over it. Haruto managed to blackmail Seb into helping him take down Juan by becoming his "snake" within Juan's ranks. Deciding to cover his tracks, Seb cut off contact with his business associates and effectively shut down his operation. He was later called by Reneldo into picking up Juan's truck driver, Enrique Diaz, from the police station after he was recently arrested because Haruto planted cocaine on his truck, which resulted in enraging Juan because his primary transportation route became too risky to use and hit his business heavily. Seb and Reneldo confronted Enrique outside the station and visibly intimidated him, then forced him into their car before driving to a remote location in the desert where Juan and his daughters were waiting. Seb was present when Juan interrogated Enrique and then ordered the Twins to murder him and bury his body in the desert, something which disturbed Seb. Following Haruto's attacks on the drug business which Seb contributed to by supplying Haruto with information to help him strategically damage Juan's empire and his reputation, Juan soon started taking out his anger on his own thugs and he even had Seb brutally beat up a street dealer for coming short on his payment. Seb is later picked up by Maria and Juana to meet Juan, which made Seb very nervous due to his secret alliance with Haruto. Juan discussed with Seb that he now wanted a new smuggling route and chose to use Bolsa's Autos as a front. Seb tried to protest and argue with Juan over the matter, however Juan ignored Seb's objective pleas and assured him that his father will make more money than he ever has in his life and that he would be safe as long as he knows his place. When Seb tried to continue to reason with Juan, Juan lost his patience and strangled Sebastian while ranting about that this is his last resort and that he thinks Seb is insulting him by questioning him. Juan then threw Seb out of the building.

Seb called Haruto to meet him at their usual spot and he requested for Juan to be killed. Haruto though explained his new partnership with Suzaku Yoshida and that he cannot kill him yet, but Seb agreed to become their mole in a plan against Juan secretly. A frightened Seb accompanied Juan and more goons to take them to Bolsa's Autos, though this was called off, much to Seb's relief, when Juan's brother, Javier, ordered him to cease his drug business and meet him the following night. Seb was later present during the meeting where Juan was informed by Javier of Christian's message that Suzaku's method of shipping drugs was approved of, however felt that using Suzaku's distribution network exclusively was the safest and most effective way to move forward. Juan was infuriated by the news and he threatened Suzaku before storming back to his hideout alongside Seb and Reneldo. Seb and Reneldo tried to console Juan regarding the situation and calm him down, but Juan turned his anger towards both lieutenants and ended up smashing a champagne bottle over Seb's head, glassing him violently and causing a bloodied and injured Seb to collapse on the ground while he witnessed Juan aggressively strangle Reneldo. While Seb tried to recover from the attack, he was kicked out by Juan alongside Reneldo and Juan then declared war on the Yoshida family. Seb and Reneldo had a smoke together, discussing recent events and their opinions on the matter. Seb tried to recruit Reneldo to work against Juan, but failed and Reneldo aggressively rejected. Seb then made it look like he was joking, which worked on Reneldo before he left to go home and feed his dog. After Reneldo took his leave, Seb made a phone call to Haruto to provide him with information that Juan has declared war on Suzaku and that he plans to attack tomorrow with a large armed force.

#### Juan Sanchez

Portrayed by Steven Bauer, Juan Sanchez is a major antagonist and a main character. He is the uncle of Nacho and was a prominent drug lord within the LA County region and was once the feared underboss of the Sanchez crime family before his feud with Suzaku Yoshida which led to Juan being crippled and confined to a wheelchair, forcing the gangster to retire from his business. As a high-ranking member of the Sanchez empire, Juan is a sadistic, vicious, deranged, remorseless and mentally unstable psychopath who has ruthlessly tortured and killed innocent civilians and was the primary reason for his family's feared reputation. He has a very crude and bloodthirsty nature, being more than willing to kill anyone outside the ranks of his organization. Juan is arrogant, smug, mocking, taunting and overly confident but is also a highly intelligent and calculating drug trafficker, once arguably being the most dangerous of his brothers. He is a very greedy and ruthless man who showed little no sympathy for the people he hurts and kills. He is also very vengeful and has gone as far as not being above murdering children. Juan also possesses a sick and twisted humor. Despite his loyalty and devotion to his family, Juan isn't completely happy that his older brother Christian is the empire's top leader as he believes he's the one who built it up. Despite his evil nature, Juan cares deeply for his relatives and very much values the concept of family.

Juan was born on August 20 1965 in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico to Joaquina Sanchez and an abusive father along with his brothers Christian and Javier. Juan and his brothers were often taught brutal life lessons by their father such as "family is all" by nearly drowning Christian until Juan punched him in the face hard enough. After he grew up into an adult, Juan and his brothers began building their criminal empire and they were initially just the middle-men for the Colombians, transporting cocaine over the US border and receiving only a small amount of the profit. This was mainly because they could not produce cocaine in Mexico, leaving them dependent on the Colombians. Juan fronted the operation by starting an olive oil company though Christian, much to Juan's frustration, ended up becoming the leader of the operation and he purchased a mountainside villa, from which they conducted business at. The Sanchez family was feared by many, though it was Juan who gave his family such a brutal reputation and was the most feared of his brothers to the point even the Mexican Federales wouldn't mess with them. The family even had government connections, with Javier being friends with a high-ranking police chief. At some point during his criminal career, Juan was convicted and sentenced for two accounts of conspiracy to murder. Despite the fact Juan was supposed to serve 120 years without parole, due to his and his family's connections and political power, he only served 17 years in El Cereso Prison. After being released from prison, Juan decided to celebrate and engaged in a one-night stand which led to the birth of Maria and Juana.

Christian eventually elected to receive Suzaku Yoshida and his brother, Shinichiro, at his villa to discuss a deal. Both Juan and Javier were present at the meeting, the negotiation seemed fine until Christian mentioned how Suzaku and Shinichiro disrespected the Sanchezes by selling their product to two henchmen on their turf in order to call the Don's attention. As the duo did everything in their power to calm down Christian, Juan pulls out his gun on Christian's orders and shoots Shinichiro in the head in front of a shocked Suzaku. Suzaku attempts to retaliate against Juan but is tackled to the ground and held down by Javier, then both Christian and Juan proceed to taunt him before Juan sadistically stomps on Suzaku's face to knock him out. Juan, Christian and Javier proceed to hold Suzaku captive in a basement where he is shackled in a position where he is forced to look at his brother's mutilated corpse, who was also dumped in the basement. The brothers kept Suzaku in his prison for a few days before releasing him as part of Christian's methodology for Suzaku to fall in line without question and obey the brothers. As a result, Suzaku held an enormous hatred for the brothers because of the incident, but mainly for Juan, because he was the one who pulled the trigger on Shinichiro.

While still a Don, Juan raised his daughters Maria and Juana as a single parent as their mother left Juan, as well as his nephew Nacho. Juan reflected on how his father demonstrated the brutal aspects of life and how important family is, so he decided to raise his own family in such a manner similar to his father did. In one particular lesson, Juan threatened to cut off Maria's arm with a hatchet if Nacho did not help her. Nacho wielded a screwdriver and used it to stab Juan to desperately save Maria, forcing Juan to release his daughter. Instead of getting angry, Juan approached Nacho and proudly claimed that family is all.

Even after the events at the villa, Christian eventually decided to accept Suzaku's request and allowed him to sell the organization's products south of the Mexican border. At the same time Juan expands his business to the United States, having bought a fried chicken restaurant in Los Angeles and establishes himself as an infamous and feared drug lord in the county. However due to Suzaku operating in LA as well, the two men, especially due to recent events, became fierce rivals as they were both Christian's distributors. Eventually, Juan dropped by Christian's home to deliver his tribute. He also reports on his operation in America and is proud of his work, but Juan is taken back when Christian insults his restaurant and the bullying gets worse when Javier arrives to bring over Suzaku's significantly larger and more professionally presented tribute. Christian tells Juan to start following in Suzaku's footsteps, adding insult to injury. This causes Juan to become visibly angry and jealous at Suzaku's easy success in quickly gaining Christian's respect and favor which is something he has worked so hard for in many years.

While operating in LA, Juan hears of a gang of mercenary smugglers moving their cargo through his territory and a number of Juan's men were killed when they attacked the smugglers, then Juan comes to discover that it was one particular mercenary, Haruto Mikami, who made the call to move through the turf and killed Juan's men in self-defense. Juan began threatening and harassing Haruto and his family, even sending his hitwomen Maria and Juana to eliminate him in retaliation for Haruto roughing up a few of Juan's goons for intimidating him at a gas station. However Haruto manages to defeat the twins which impressed Juan so he decided to set up a meeting at night in his restaurant to discuss what happens next. Surrounded by Juan's family and henchmen, Haruto showed no fear during the meeting and simply asked for their feud to end, but also bravely demanded $50,000 for all the trouble Juan caused him. Juan continued to threaten Haruto, and Haruto pulls out a hidden gun with the threat to shoot the drug boss even knowing he will be killed shortly after. Juan respects Haruto's courage and agrees to pay him $25,000 instead, to which Haruto considers before accepting the deal and left the restaurant in apparent satisfaction. Following these events, Haruto began discreetly staking out Juan's coke operation, seeking out a weakness to exploit and exact his revenge on Juan for threatening his family. In due time, Haruto planted crack cocaine on one of Juan's truck drivers, Enrique Diaz, who was transporting drug money on Juan's orders. This led to Enrique being arrested by the police and ultimately striking a blow to Juan's business as his primary transportation route has now become risky to use.

Later on, Juan uses his contacts to bail Enrique out of police custody and he has his lieutenants, Sebastian Bolsa and Reneldo Feuntes, pick up Enrique to bring him to a remote location in the desert. Juan furiously interrogated Enrique on what exactly occurred but Enrique's answers do not satisfy him, resulting in Juan ordering Maria and Juana to murder him and bury his corpse in the sand. Haruto continues to sabotage Juan's operations on his new partner Suzaku Yoshida's behalf, leading to Juan's reputation worsening whilst Suzaku continues to become more respected and valued by the Sanchez family. Following Haruto's attacks on his business, Juan has no means to smuggle drugs with his fried chicken restaurant anymore. Juan takes his anger out on his minions, throwing a lamp at one when he spoke out of line and later has one of his street dealers brutally beaten up for coming short on his payment. Juan later has Maria and Juana pick up Seb to meet him, making him very nervous due to his secret alliance with Haruto behind his back. Juan discusses with Seb that he now wants a new smuggling route and chooses to use Seb's father's business as a front despite Seb's objections. Juan tries to assure Seb that Mr. Bolsa will make more money than he ever has in his life and that he will be safe as long as he knows his place. When Seb continues to try to reason with Juan, Juan loses his patience and strangles Seb while ranting out on that this is his last resort. Juan then forces Seb to leave. Juan's actions result in Seb secretly requesting Haruto to assassinate Juan and he becomes a mole for Suzaku and Haruto. When Juan, Seb, Maria, Juana, Reneldo and more enforcers are on their way to Seb's family business, Juan suddenly received a call from Javier who ordered him to cease his drug business and meet him the following night. Juan argued with Javier though eventually hung up the phone in anger, throwing it down on the ground and destroying it. At the meeting in a remote location, Juan was accompanied by Seb and Reneldo, and both Suzaku and Javier were present in the meeting with their own associates. Javier relayed Christian's message of the satisfaction with Suzaku's method of shipping drugs, and that Christian felt that using Suzaku's distribution network exclusively was the safest and most effective way to move forward. Growing enraged by the news, Juan started screaming at Javier and Suzaku that he was the one who worked hard to get his family in their current powerful position, losing blood and investing money to build it, and complained that he is treated like a dog by his brothers. Juan insulted both of his brothers, to which Javier argued back though eventually departed, but not before reinforcing Christian's orders regarding Suzaku's operation and warned him if he disobeyed orders. Juan then continued his anger towards Suzaku and even grabbed his gun in an infuriated state to everyone's shock, but instead of using it, he threatened Suzaku's life and stormed off in a rage. Back at his hideout, Seb and Reneldo attempted to console Juan on the situation, but Juan turned his anger towards both of his top men and ended up violently glassing Seb and aggressively choking Reneldo, then kicked them both out and told them not to be late tomorrow as he needs as much manpower as possible. From that point on, Juan declared war on the Yoshida family.

The next day, Juan, Seb, Reneldo and other thugs arrived at Suzaku's hotel site where he's currently working and confronted him in his office. Juan and his men ended up in a standoff with Suzaku and his loyal enforcers, holding each other at gunpoint while Suzaku made an attempt to reason with Juan. Juan suspected Suzaku was behind sabotaging his cocaine business so that he can become the sole distributor for Christian to easily gain his respect and trust and effectively removing Juan from the picture and running him out of business. Suzaku though denied Juan's rightful accusations and tried to contact Haruto for assistance, though Haruto was ambushed elsewhere by Maria and Juana who were acting on Juan's orders to prevent him from rescuing Suzaku. A gunfight erupted in the hotel and Juan took his aim at Suzaku, but Seb intentionally gets in the way of the shot which allows Suzaku to escape.

The war between Juan and Suzaku continued and as part of Suzaku's plans to lure Juan into a trap, he had Seb shot (with Seb hesitantly cooperating with the plan) and another one of Juan's men killed in order for Maria and Juana to come find a message in the car they were sitting in the desert, a taunt from Suzaku to Juan to make him more angry and desperate about killing him. Events eventually led to Juan to correctly suspect a spy within his crew, so he gathered his men, including Seb, in an attempt to find out who the mole was. Seb though planned ahead of this and he framed another henchman to cease any suspicions against him and to desperately save his own life, leading Juan to punish the goon by having him held by Seb and Reneldo while he sadistically scalded their face with extremely hot water. Juan then had Reneldo drag the tortured and screaming henchman into another room to be executed before adjourning the meeting.

Back at their hideout, Juan berated Seb for being reckless and comes close to suspecting him as Suzaku's mole until Reneldo suddenly reported to Juan via phone that Suzaku and Haruto were in the desert recruiting new operatives for the next fight. Juan had Seb and Reneldo quickly organize an armed force to hit back against the Yoshidas and vows to kill Suzaku. Seb though secretly warned Suzaku of the attack ahead and the number of forces arriving, leading to them setting up a trap for Juan and his men. However, one of the enforcers caught Seb in the act, forcing Seb to quietly murder him to prevent him from blowing his cover.

In the desert, Juan was accompanied by Seb, Reneldo, Maria, Juana and many more enforcers and engaged in a gun battle with Suzaku, Haruto and their men. During the final stages of the fight, Juan attacked Suzaku and began beating on him. Juan lost his gun during their brutal brawl and Suzaku also dropped his weapon so Juan tried to strangle Suzaku to death, but Seb non-verbally managed to inform Haruto to save Suzaku. Haruto shoots Juan and ultimately saves Suzaku's life, and the gunshot wound severely injured Juan. Suzaku tries to finish off Juan but is shot at by Maria, preventing him from killing Juan, and Juana rushes in to save Juan to get him out of open fire. Juana, Maria and Reneldo and Seb retreated from the gunfight in a car with the wounded Juan in tow. Maria and Juana then proceeded to abduct a Japanese neurosurgeon from a hospital and forced him to operate on Juan, however, unknowing to them, the neurosurgeon was actually the son of Suzaku, Haizo. Haizo tended to the unconscious Juan's injuries and gave him a blood transfusion from Maria. Haizo revealed to them that Juan is permanently paralyzed from the waist down and will have to be confined to a wheelchair for the rest of his life. Haizo gave Seb advice on healing his wounds, and the doctor is let go.

While Juan is in a coma and slowly recovering, Seb temporarily takes charge of Juan's turf but he is still taking orders from Suzaku which leads to a number of events that both grow the Yoshidas in power and leading Juan's operations to its downfall. Juan was frequently visited while in a coma, notably by Seb and Reneldo accompanied by Maria and Juana whom informed him of the state and progress of his empire. Later, Suzaku managed to sneak into Juan's hospital room and spoke with the still unconscious Juan; telling him about his past in Japan and how he's slowly exacting his revenge sadistically. Suzaku appeared to prepare to kill Juan by suffocating him with his pillow, however instead he rested his head on it and kissed Juan on the forehead before telling him to get some rest and that, when he wakes up, he will feel great pain as punishment for his actions.

Months later, Juan eventually recovered from his coma and he had to undergo therapy under the care of a specialist being paid by Suzaku, as Suzaku wished for Juan to fully recover so that his vengeance will go at a quicker pace to make Juan suffer. Juan purposefully knocked over a cup of coffee to stare at a nurse's butt as she cleaned up the mess, in an attempt to make himself happier about the situation. Juan eventually psychologically recovered and able to talk again thanks to his special treatment, however he was still confined to a wheelchair, much to his displeasure and frustration. Juan remained at his home located in the county and, much to his dismay, was forced to retire from running his businesses and carry on with his goal to destroy the Yoshidas. He is eventually visited by his nephew, Cesar, who also brings along Seb and Reneldo. Cesar addressed Juan, remembering an incident where two of them tortured a former henchman to death for snitching on them and was responsible for Juan's time in prison. Cesar presented a gift to Juan to try to cheer him up: a pirate ship in a bottle which belonged to their victim's grandfather. Cesar then continued to speak with his uncle and discussed the matters regarding Suzaku, then returned to Seb and Reneldo with new orders from the retired Don. Cesar informed the two that someone else (Nacho) will be arriving soon to take over Juan's operations and also appointed Reneldo to guard Juan's home instead of helping run the cocaine business.

#### Christian Sanchez

Portrayed by Danny Trejo, Christian Sanchez is an antagonist. He is the father of Nacho and the boss of the Sanchezes' drug trafficking organization. He was a cold, cruel, sadistic, brutal and highly intelligent man who was loyal to his family and was well respected and feared by others. Despite this, he had a tendency to ridicule and treat his relatives rather harshly. He was completely without remorse and a cold-blooded killer who would kill anyone he perceived as a threat or was insulting to him and his family and he also possessed a sick, twisted sense of humor.

Christian was born on December 17 1966 in Ciudad Juarez in Chuahahua, Mexico to Joaquina Sanchez and an unnamed father along with his brothers Juan and Javier. Christian and his brothers were often taught brutal life lessons by their father to see how important family was and their father nearly drowned Christian to make a point, forcing Juan to save his life by punching his father in the face. After he grew into an adult, Christian and his brothers began building their criminal enterprise and they were just initially the middle-men for the Colombians, transporting cocaine over the US border and only received a small amount of the profit. This was because they could not produce cocaine in Mexico, leaving them dependent on the Colombians. Christian became the boss of the syndicate and he had purchased a mountainside villa which they often conducted business at. The Sanchezes were feared by many and the Mexican Federales wouldn't even mess with them. Christian eventually had three sons Nacho, Hector and Marco, but he often neglected Nacho and left him to be raised by Juan instead. Christian raised Hector and Marco to become his personal bodyguards and ruthless enforcers of his empire.

Christian eventually met with Suzaku Yoshida and his brother, Shinichiro, at his villa and the two attempted to propose a business deal wherein they would produce narcotics for the Sanchez family, which Christian would then distribute. Christian graciously complimented them on their hotel chain and the conversation was civil for a time. However, Christian was unimpressed by their pitch, and had Shinichiro executed in front of Suzaku by Juan for manipulating him into a meeting. However, he only spared Suzaku's life because he could prove useful to the brothers. Christian and his brothers then proceeded to abduct Suzaku, and psychologically tortured him by keeping him locked up in the basement along with Shinichiro's lifeless body in order to keep him in line. Even after these events, he entered into a partnership with Suzaku, who served as Christian's chief distributor in the American southwest.

#### Maria and Juana Sanchez

Portrayed by Nicole and Natalie Albino, Maria and Juana Sanchez are antagonists. They are twin sisters who are the lethal and feared triggerwomen of the Sanchez crime family and are cousins of Nacho. They were extremely dangerous, cunning, cold and psychopathic women who showed dedication to their family, which was instilled in them by their father, Juan, who taught them that family is the most important thing on the planet. Both were blindly loyal to the organization they worked for and followed any order without question and killed whoever they were ordered to. They were both vicious and professional killers, who had gunned down civilians needlessly without any hint of remorse and were even able to destroy entire gangs of armed enemies. Despite this, they have shown kindness and gratitude to people who have helped them.

Maria and Juana were born on February 14 1985 in Ciudad Juarez, Chihauhua Mexico to Juan Sanchez and an unnamed woman. They were both born from a one-night stand during Juan's celebration of his prison release.

#### Vicente Colon

Portrayed by Jose Pablo Cantillo, Vicente Colon is a supporting character. He is the brother-in-law of Nacho and one of his head lieutenants.

#### Martin Villacres

Portrayed by Gabriel Iglesias, Martin Villacres is a supporting character. He is one of Nacho's head lieutenants.

#### Javier Sanchez

Portrayed by Tony Dalton, Javier Sanchez is a supporting character. He is an uncle of Nacho and he replaced Juan Sanchez as the family's underboss after his life-changing injury, serving as the liaison of the Yoshida crime family.

Javier was born on April 5 1971 in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua in Mexico alongside his brothers Christian and Juan to Joaquina Sanchez and an abusive unknown father. Their abusive father often taught them brutal life lessons such as the importance of family whom he witnessed one in horror where their father nearly drowned Christian until Juan had to punch him in the face hard enough to make him release Christian. After he grew into an adult, Javier and his brothers began building their empire and they were initially just the middle-men for the Colombians, transporting cocaine over the US border and only received a small percentage of the profit that was made. This was because they could not produce coke in Mexico, leaving them dependent on the Colombians. The Sanchezes were feared by many and the Mexican Federales wouldn't even mess with them. Javier eventually had a son called Cesar and raised him to become a loyal enforcer to their organization. The family even had government connections, with Javier becoming closely associated with a high-ranking police chief.

Christian eventually elected to receive Suzaku Yoshida and his brother, Shinichiro, at his mountainside villa as the two tried to propose a deal wherein they would produce narcotics for the brothers, which Christian would then distribute. The negotiation seemed to be fine until Christian mentioned how Suzaku and Shinichiro disrespected the Sanchez family by selling their product to two footsoldiers in order to call the Don's attention. As the duo do everything in their power to calm Christian down, Juan murdered Shinichiro on Christian's orders. Suzaku attempted to retaliate against Juan but Javier tackled him to the ground and was held down, then both Christian and Juan proceeded to taunt him before Juan knocked Suzaku out and proceeded to imprison him with Shinichiro's corpse to break him down mentally as Christian's methodology to force Suzaku into line.

Despite these events, Suzaku eventually became a distributor for the Sanchezes, with Suzaku answering to Javier on Christian's behalf. At some point, Javier dropped by Christian's villa to deliver Suzaku's tribute, apologizing on Suzaku's behalf for not being able to visit personally and Christian was greatly impressed by both Suzaku's professionalism and how the tribute was significantly larger than Juan's, greatly angering an already unhinged Juan. Javier had words with Juan before leaving regarding Suzaku, ordering Juan to back off from Suzaku if he has any "ideas".

#### Cesar Sanchez

Portrayed by Kuno Becker, Cesar Sanchez is a recurring character. He is a cousin of Nacho and son of Javier.

#### Reneldo Feuntes

Portrayed by Jake Canuso, Reneldo Feuntes is a supporting character. He is an enforcer of the Sanchez family, particularly being one of Juan Sanchez's main lieutenants.

Reneldo Feuntes was born on September 25 1975 in Puebla, Mexico and he entered a life of crime under the employment of Diego Garcia for his human trafficking ring as an enforcer, however Diego eventually retired and the gang was absorbed by the Sanchez crime family. This led to Reneldo moving to the U.S. under Don Juan Sanchez's leadership, climbing the ladder and was promoted to become one of Juan's most trusted lieutenants. Reneldo was a prominent henchman of Juan and he was first seen at a local gas station where Reneldo and a group of thugs confronted Haruto. Reneldo harassed Haruto by stopping him from putting gasoline in his car and further hostility resulted in Reneldo trying to attack Haruto, but Haruto easily beat him up alongside the other criminals. Before leaving, Haruto questioned the bloodied and beaten Reneldo until he realized that Juan desired retribution for disrespecting him. Reneldo's failed resulted in Juan sending his twin daughters and assassins, Maria and Juana, to Haruto's house to kill him and his wife Jane in retaliation. However, unexpectedly, Haruto defeated both women.

Juan then set up a meeting to deal with Haruto, to which Reneldo attended and he watched as his fellow lieutenant, Sebastian Bolsa, searched Haruto for a wire and weapons before he entered the restaurant. When Haruto threatened Juan, Reneldo prepared to draw his gun but Juan commanded him to stand down. The meeting ended when Haruto and Juan agreed to a truce and Haruto took $25,000 with him. Reneldo was later ordered to pick Enrique Diaz, Juan's truck driver, up from jail with Seb, then he witnessed Enrique's execution at the hands of the Twins. Reneldo is later present when Juan threw a lamp at another henchman and also showed a disturbed expression when Juan strangled Seb, as well as tried to reason with him. Reneldo later drove the vehicle containing Juan, Seb and the Twins to Leonel Bolsa's business as Juan planned to make it his new smuggling route, but his brother, Javier, called Juan to a meeting with Javier and Suzaku Yoshida which wasn't good news for Juan, whom stormed back to his hideout with Reneldo and Seb. Alongside Seb, Reneldo tried to console Juan and even informed him of good news that one of their crews managed to deal with a rival gang, the Hombres en Marron, in retaliation for moving too close to their territory. This only resulted in Juan taking his rage out on them after getting drunk, glassing Seb which shook Reneldo and Seb's blood even splattered on Reneldo's face. Juan then attacked and aggressively choked Reneldo before throwing both men out and demanded they not to be late tomorrow as he required as much manpower as possible, declaring war on the Yoshidas. Reneldo and Seb left to have a smoke together, discussing recent events and their opinions on the matter. Seb made a failed attempt to recruit Reneldo against Juan, something which Reneldo aggressively rejected but Seb made it out like a joke, which worked on Reneldo. Reneldo then left, saying he's got to get home to feed his dog. After Reneldo left, Seb informed Haruto of the plotted assault tomorrow.

The next day, Reneldo joined in on the attack at Suzaku's hotel where he got into a standoff with Suzaku's men. A gunfight between both sides erupted in the hotel and it ended with Suzaku escaping. Reneldo then followed one of Suzaku's enforcers, Misa Tohdoh, to the desert (intentionally by Tohdoh) where Suzaku and Haruto "prepared" for war by organizing newly recruited and experienced operatives and enforcers. Reneldo reported this to Juan before returning to their base to help Seb organize a force on Juan's behalf, with Reneldo unintentionally contributing to Juan and his forces being lured into a deathtrap. In the desert, Reneldo and the other enforcers engaged in a massive gunfight with the Yoshidas' forces. However, Juan was injured during the battle by Haruto however his life was saved by the Twins before Suzaku could finish off Juan. Reneldo drove the wounded Juan along with Seb, Maria and Juana away from the scene, effectively being forced to retreat.

#### Hector Sanchez

Portrayed by Diego Luna, Hector Sanchez is a recurring character. He is the older brother of Nacho and Christian's chief assassin and bodyguard.

#### Marco Sanchez

Portrayed by Tyler Posey, Marco Sanchez is a recurring character. He is the younger brother of Nacho and an enforcer of Christian.

#### Oscar Jackson

Portrayed by Hugh Jackman, Oscar Jackson is a recurring character. He is an Australian hitman and has a close friendship with Juan Sanchez, usually taking jobs from the Sanchezes. He is a sadistic, psychopathic pervert who enjoyed torture, rape and murder. He can be very charming and manipulative with his Australian accent, but is an overly confident, smug, arrogant, double-crossing opportunist. Although he is clearly an evil person, Oscar has a twisted, dark sense of humor.

Oscar Jackson was born on July 16 1972 in Newcastle, Australia. He eventually joined the Australian Defense Force in his early 20s however he was quickly dismissed, due to his commanding officers quickly finding out about his sadistic tendencies and fixation on brutality. He started working as a mercenary and traveled around the South Pacific while completing multiple contracts for Colombian cartels for ten years before he befriended Juan Sanchez and Diego Garcia. Oscar frequently came under their employment, he worked as a professional hitman for Juan and Diego.

#### Diego Garcia

Portrayed by Mark Margolis, Diego Garcia is a recurring character. He was the owner of the Dames N' Games strip club as well as a close friend of Juan Sanchez, often acting as his informant. He was born on November 10 1961 in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico and was a childhood friend of Juan as both of them attended the same school together. As he grew up, Diego became a ruthless mobster and he ran a human trafficking ring in his hometown. As a mobster, he remained in contact with Juan and hitman Oscar Jackson as he eventually required his services. Diego eventually retired from heading his own gang and allowed the Sanchez family to absorb it, gaining control over the human trafficking operation and many new members joined the family as their enforcers and hitmen such as Reneldo Feuntes. Seeking a relatively more peaceful and civil life, Diego moved to Los Angeles, California in the United States of America where he purchased the Dames N' Games strip club. However, he did not completely give up on crime: maintaining contact with Juan and Oscar and even acted as an informant for both of his friends, and also abused the women who worked in club to keep them in check. Diego also had a specially prepared room in a derelict building adjoining the club if he needed to commit murder.

#### Fernando Vialpando

Portrayed by Sergio Goyri, Fernando Vialpando is a recurring character. He is the meth cook of Nacho Sanchez.

### Makarov Family

One of the five crime families operating in Los Angeles and internationally are the Russian Makarovs. It was a massive criminal operation started by Vladimir Makarov, a legendary gangster, then resurrected by his grandson Sergei out of boredom rather than having a specific goal in mind. Their main business front was the Makarov Autos as well as a moving carnival for their crimes and a nightclub.

Their criminal activities include drug trafficking/manufacturing, murder, armed robbery, protection, extortion, bribery, money laundering, extortion, auto theft, pornography, arms trafficking, contraband smuggling, loansharking, racketeering, counterfeiting, contract killing, hijacking, bookmaking, illegal gambling, prostitution, fraud, conspiracy, fencing and political corruption.

#### Sergei Makarov

Portrayed by Vladimir Mashkov, Sergei Makarov is one of the five protagonists. He is the grandson of old-age ganglord Vladimir Maarov and he decided to revive his old criminal organization out of boredom after his military discharge, alongside his cousin Viktor. He is very protective of his family and loved ones, particularly his cousin Viktor, whom Sergei has to consistently worry about because of his reckless and rash behavior. He is withdrawn among strangers, but has good manners, and shows a softer side with his wife. That said, horrors of war, both witnessed and perpetrated by Sergei have given him a great sense of guilt, and an ambivalence about the value of human life - he warns away pursuers and expresses regret over his past violence, but also feels that killing is all he can do, readily running his own drug trafficking empire which necessarily involves murder. Sergei is prone to violence after being angered and he has an explosive temper when he is betrayed, manipulated or his loyalty is questioned, but he is also quick to help the defenseless and unfortunate. He possesses a sense of idealism which was wounded by his wartime experiences. Sergei's bitterness at the murder of his friends during the war has consumed him, and he is unable to let it go, with the primary reason for getting involved in the American criminal underworld was merely enable his quest for vengeance.

Sergei's business-like manner usually leads him to behave more maturely and cautiously than his acquaintances. Despite being an international drug lord, Sergei has a distaste about using drugs. He is skeptical of American mainstream culture, which he sees as shallow and hypocritical, and he also exhibits dislike for American conservative politicians, whom he considers to be hypocrites. Sergei has a certain degree of empathy for people, even random strangers, and sometimes he feels obliged to help others who cannot help themselves. He is also surprisingly calm when dealing with authority figures and he is never usually disturbed by anyone, showing a fearless nature. Sergei almost always refuses alcohol when it is offered to him but does enjoy a drink, however he knows the time and place for it. He refuses alcohol outright in instances where he needs to keep a sharp mind.

#### Viktor Makarov

Portrayed by Aleksandr Domogarov, Viktor Makarov is one of the five deuratagonists. He is the young cousin of Sergei and he is the more cheerful and immature co-boss of the Makarov empire. He is mainly concerned about making money, which has led him to building a bad reputation in the city. Despite his love for money and his problems, Viktor cares a lot about his family and friends. He is also fascinated with the American culture and also has a sense of humor and obnoxious, reckless behavior that often annoys his cousin Sergei.

#### Mikhail Makarov

Portrayed by Danila Kozlovsky, Mikhail Makarov is one of the five tritagonists. He is the father of Sergei and a former enforcer who worked for his father Vladimir during his time as the ruling iron fist of LA, with Mikhail at his side until his death. Mikhail joins his son's new era of the Makarov criminal organization to protect him and prevent him from making the same fatal mistakes Vladimir made, despite Mikhail being against Sergei's wishes to take control of the criminal underworld.

#### Jurg Makarov

Portrayed by Fyodor Bondarchuk, Jurg Makarov is a supporting character. He is the uncle of Sergei and a high-level member of the Makarov crime family, being in charge of security and hitmen who protect the organization and it's interests.

#### Vadik Makarov

Portrayed by Pavel Barshak, Vadik Makarov is a supporting character. He is a cousin of Sergei and one of the leading partners of a law firm which is associated with the Makarovs.

#### Gavin Kuby

Portrayed by Jayson Warner Smith, Gavin Kuby is a supporting character. He is a lawyer who works for Vadik Makarov's firm and he serves Sergei and Viktor and all of their men within the Makarov family on their behalf.

#### Maxim Slava

Portrayed by Maksim Averin, Maxim Slava is a supporting character. He is the main hitman and chief enforcer of the Makarov crime family.

#### Carla Makarov

Portrayed by Christian Serratos, Carla Makarov is a supporting character. She is the wife of Sergei Makarov.

#### Ludwig Georgiy

Portrayed by Artyom Bogucharsky, Ludwig Georgiy is a recurring character. He is the nephew of Sergei Makarov and the right-hand man of Jurg Makarov.

#### Chuck Rickman

Portrayed by Bob Odenkirk, Chuck Rickman is a recurring character. He is an attorney of the Makarov crime family.

#### Dennis Whiteman

Portrayed by Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Dennis Whiteman is a recurring character. He is the owner of a moving carnival which is used as a front for the Makarov family's illegal activities.

### Yoshida Family

One of the five crime families operating in Los Angeles are the Japanese Yoshidas. It is a criminal organization run by mastermind and kingpin Suzaku Yoshida who used a hotel chain as a cover up, later it was taken over by his eldest daughter and heir Kallen after his untimely assassination. Their main business front was the Yoshida Hotels for their illegal activities as well as utilize multiple street gangs each led by a captain to act as the main muscle and profiteer of the family. The other businesses and fronts ran by the gangs include a cafe, a bar and a music studio.

Their criminal activities include drug trafficking/manufacturing, political corruption, protection, prostitution, human trafficking, pornography, extortion, auto theft, money laundering, murder, bribery, contract killing, loansharking, counterfeiting, hijacking and illegal gambling.

#### Kallen Yoshida

Portrayed by Yuriko Yoshitaka, Kallen Yoshida is one of the five protagonists. She is the young daughter of the family mastermind Suzaku and she takes after her father's intelligence, ambition and cunning, but has difficulty in her new leadership role and she seeks deadly revenge against those who murdered her beloved father.

#### Haruto Mikami

Portrayed by Tadanobu Asano, Haruto Mikami is one of the five dueratagonists. He is an underboss of the Yoshida crime family who was a close ally of Suzaku and became the mentor of Kallen, whom he grew a very close relationship with. He is an incredibly hardened individual with a strong sense of duty to the Yoshidas and he focused his entire life and devotion on serving and protecting Kallen to honor his late boss and friend Suzaku's dying wish, resulting in Haruto forming a very strong and unbreakable bond and friendship with her while Kallen fell in love with Haruto. Haruto was willing to give his life if it meant protecting Kallen and would go to extreme measures to ensure her safety.

Haruto was a highly intelligent, cunning, patient, formidable and caring person and was a highly skilled investigator and expert soldier and assassin. Although Haruto didn't feel a bit conflicted about the crimes he committed, he isn't terribly interested in gratuitous cruelty or shooting his way to the top of the food chain - he just does whatever is necessary to keep him and his boss safe, with a minimum of ego-tripping and drama. Due to his past as a soldier and a cop, Haruto is a highly proficient killer and will take out whoever poses a threat to him or his organization's interests. Haruto was extremely loyal to Suzaku and was valued as a core member of his crime empire. Haruto is also extremely good at reading people and shows hatred towards hypocritical and arrogant individuals.

Haruto Mikami was born on 20 September 1974 in Kyoto, Japan to unknown parents. At some point in Japan as a young child, Haruto was abandoned by his father because of a crime-related incident and he was trained in martial arts from his youth. As an adult, Haruto joined the military where he became proficient as a sniper and he gained a tattoo related to his battalion. However, there was an incident in Djibouti, and Haruto's squad was sent out to confront the guerrillas head-on at their base within a jungle. Dropped some distance away, the march to the base was long and arduous. A fever spread among the men, and were harassed by the guerrillas. By the time they reached their destination, only four were left. When their target quickly turned out to be a village and not the enemy base, the squad leader ordered they massacre the villagers anyway so that they do not come back empty-handed. Haruto disobeyed orders and attempted to stop the massacre, though he was knocked out with a rifle butt while the other three brought all twenty-three townspeople into a circle to be gunned down mercilessly. Following the mission, rumors quickly spread about the operation, and a commission was established to investigate. Faced with the escalating scandal, they agreed to a cover-up, and Haruto was blamed for the deaths owing to a temporary loss of sanity. He was taken to a psychiatric hospital for a further check-up and was found to be sane enough to stand trial. He was dishonorably discharged from the military, and he was found guilty and sentenced to death. Haruto however managed to escape his custody and was on the run from the military police, forcing Haruto to abandon his home and he traveled to the United States to start a new life for himself. However, he suffered psychologically from the harsh events.

Haruto moved to Rockford, Illionis in the United States to start his new life and this is where he met and fell in love with a woman named Jane. The two eventually married and Haruto was employed at the Rockford Police Department for a decade as a police detective, frequently having to deal with homicide cases. His career was mired in corruption, with his fellow officers pressuring him into accepting bribes and participating in protection rackets. When a young, striving and overall goodhearted man named Walter Hoffman joined the force, Haruto was concerned about how he would deal with the corrupt officers. Haruto attempted to look out for Hoffman and even tried to persuade him to leave the force but it is too late, though Hoffman refused to just give up like a coward. Hoffman though was eventually forced to go along with the corruption but he tried his best to make Rockford and its police department a better place. Unfortunately, Hoffman's partner Damon Fensky and their sergeant, Stuart Carter, distrusted Hoffman and conspired to murder him by staging a gangland shooting. Haruto was called over by the corrupt cops to the docks apparently regarding a new lead on a current homicide case, but when Haruto arrived, he was surprised when Damon got a bound and gagged Hoffman from the car trunk and Haruto was handed a gun by Stuart, whom ordered Haruto to kill Hoffman and stage it as a gang-related execution. Haruto faked Hoffman's death by shooting into the air before throwing him into the water, then he gave the gun back to Stuart. It was revealed Stuart and Damon also planned to eliminate Haruto because he is a distrusted witness and to help make the murder appear more believable, however Hoffman (with a gun planted by Haruto) was revealed to still be alive and that Haruto had tricked the officers. In a panic, Stuart and Damon tried to react to this but Hoffman shot Stuart in the shoulder while Haruto shot and killed Damon. A wounded Stuart tried to shoot Haruto, though he was gunned down by Hoffman, thus saving Haruto's life. Haruto and Hoffman then staged it so that it appeared like Stuart and Damon killed each other in a shootout. Haruto then realized he had to leave his home again and also advised Hoffman to leave Rockford as well, and the two bidded each other goodbye and luck on their futures. Haruto left with his wife to Los Angeles, California with Haruto hoping he can keep his head down and not getting into any more bloody messes.

In Los Angeles, Haruto seeked criminal work to make money and he took on a job as a mercenary to transport cargo with a team of other mercenaries, whom Haruto did not take seriously. Haruto made the decision to move through the territory of Don Juan Sanchez inadvertently which resulted in a gang of Juan's goons to attack the mercenaries, killing all but Haruto. Haruto managed to fight back and he eliminated Juan's henchmen, surviving the incident and he completed the mission by delivering the cargo to the delivery point alone. Due to being the only mercenary left alive, Haruto was paid fully for the five-man job ($5,000). Haruto's actions gained the attention of Don Juan, who wanted retribution against Haruto for the massive disrespect he showed. Outside at the pool while he was with his wife Jane, Haruto was startled when he saw two hitwomen, Maria and Juana Sanchez, nearby to non-verbally threaten him before departing. After Haruto went to buy his wife's medicine, he was confronted at the gas station by Haruto's henchmen at a gas station who proceeded to threaten him. Haruto beat the thugs up and realized that they were sent by Juan. Haruto later realized that Juan would send more of his people to his house so he arranged for Juan to stay at a hotel and set up a trap for the intruders, Maria and Juana, whom Haruto managed to defeat. Haruto impressed Juan enough for the crimelord to set up a meeting to resolve their recent issues. Haruto showed no fear towards Juan despite being surrounded by his men and family, instead he threatened Juan at gunpoint which caused Juan to be further impressed. The feud was agreed to be ended, with Haruto even managing to take $25,000 with him as payment for causing him a lot of trouble.

After this incident, Haruto decided to stake out Juan's cocaine operation to search for a weakness and exploit in retribution for messing with his family. Haruto even managed to form an alliance with Juan's top lieutenant, Sebastian Bolsa, who became a mole and provided Haruto with information due to their mutual hatred towards Juan. Haruto managed to shut down Juan's primary transportation route by planting drugs on Juan's driver which resulted in him being arrested and put the route at high risk, hitting Juan's business heavily. Haruto was requested by Seb to assassinate Juan when Juan tried to use Seb's family business as his next transportation route, though Haruto was stopped by Juan's rival, Suzaku Yoshida, who wanted to work with Haruto to make Juan suffer before killing him. Haruto agreed to partner up with Suzaku and both men developed a very loyal and respectful relationship towards each other. Haruto played a key role in Suzaku's plan against Juan.

When the war between the Yoshidas and Juan's gang officially began, Haruto was attacked by Maria and Juana to stop him from saving Suzaku from Juan's attack on his hotel. Haruto managed to get past the Twins and Suzaku survived the attack, resulting in them planning their next move to eliminate Juan. Haruto and Suzaku with the assistance of Seb set up a deadly, organized trap in the desert for Juan and his army. These events set into a motion which led to a massive gunfight in the desert where Suzaku was attacked by an enraged Juan, though Haruto managed to save his friend's life after being warned by Seb and shot Juan through his spine which severely crippled him. This forced Juan and his remaining forces to retreat while Haruto, Suzaku and their men pursued them but they failed to finish off Juan. Suzaku though considered this as a success because this put Juan into a coma and promised that his "time would come".. While the war died down due to Juan's absence, Haruto continued to work for Suzaku's criminal business and helped the intelligent businessman grow in power, size and money. One day though when Juan fully recovered, Suzaku and Haruto decided to celebrate by having dinner over at Suzaku's home. The two talked about their next scheme against Juan as well as the future. When Suzaku and Haruto walked outside of the home, a group of Mexican hitmen suddenly attacked the two and Suzaku was shot to death despite Haruto's efforts to save his life. After Suzaku's murder, Haruto mourned his friend and promised that he would avenge him with his suspect behind it being Juan. Haruto however discovered a letter explaining Suzaku's dying wish to take care of his heir and daughter, Kallen, when she arrives in Los Angeles.

#### Rikako Yoshida

Portrayed by Mariya Nishiuchi, Rikako Yoshida is a hidden primary antagonist. She is the consigliere of the Yoshida crime family and the cousin of Kallen, supplying the organization with ingredients for cocaine by infiltrating the company called Diamond Shippings as its executive. She had a secret affair with Marcus Cavangh and she was responsible for the murders of Victoria Cavangh out of jealousy and hatred and Suzaku Yoshida as part of her and Marcus's plot to take control of the underworld.

#### Suzaku Yoshida

Portrayed by Shun Oguri, Suzaku Yoshida is a major character in the past. He was the father of Kallen and the organization's founder.

#### Misa Tohdoh

Portrayed by Suzu Hirose, Misa Tohdoh is a supporting character. She is one of Kallen's top enforcers.

#### Kaname Ukita

Portrayed by Ryoma Takeuchi, Kaname Ukita is a supporting character. He is one of Kallen's top enforcers.

#### Kaiyo Yuuma

Portrayed by Maki Horikita, Kaiyo Yuuma is an antagonist. She is a captain of the Yoshida family.

#### Kyoshirou Yoshida

Portrayed by Ken Watanabe, Kyoshirou Yoshida is an antagonist. He is the brother of Kallen and a captain of the Yoshida family.

#### Tomeo Haga

Portrayed by Osamu Mukai, Tomeo Haga is a supporting character. He is a captain of the Yoshida family.

#### Shinichiro Yoshida

Portrayed by Hiro Mizushima, Shinichiro Yoshida is a major character in the past. He was the brother of Suzaku Yoshida.

#### Callum Paul

Portrayed by Aaron Paul, Callum Paul is a recurring character. He is the drug supplier of the Yoshidas.

### Other Characters

#### **Hong Kong Triads**

The Hong Kong Triads is a Chinese crime syndicate. It is based in Hong Kong, China but active internationally, including in Los Angeles, United States. The triad is led by the Jiang family and the group has around 2,000 members split into thirty sets internationally.

Their criminal activities include drug trafficking, counterfeiting, illegal gambling, bookmaking, arms trafficking, murder, arson, arms trafficking, money laundering, fraud, human trafficking, prostitution, extortion, illegal immigration, racketeering and burglary.

##### Wei Jiang

Portrayed by Zhang Yimou, Wei Jiang is the boss of the Hong Kong Triads. He is a ruthless and completely ruthless crime boss that is highly threatening and confrontational, refusing to let an insult go unavenged. He had displayed a total disregard for his own son, demonstrating himself to be a completely heartless gangster.

##### Tao Jiang

Portrayed by Jet Li, Tao Jiang is the son of Wei Jiang. He is a headstrong, vain and foolish criminal, with his youthful confidence leading him to overestimate his abilities and get himself and his family in trouble.

Tao was born on January 7 1995 in Yangshan, China and he spoke Mandarin Chinese. His English was limited, and he was typically accompanied by a translator named Ken Nao for this reason. His father was Wei Jiang, the leader of the Hong Kong Triads. While Wei was ruthless and easily capable of bringing retribution to anyone who opposed him, Tao was proven to be a completely inept Triad successor, displaying the typical traits of a spoiled only child. Constantly getting wasted and lacking any sense of initiative business skills at the business meetings he was supposed to attend with Nao handling. Due to this behavior, his father grew to utterly despise his son however always tried to give Tao a chance to prove himself that's a capable businessman and leader. Despite these chances, Tao continued to go to business meetings either drunk or high.

In 2017, Wei began to fulfill the goal of expanding his business into Los Angeles, California in the United States, granting his son another chance, he sent Tao and his translator to make contact with Nacho Sanchez, one of the area's most prominent drug dealers. Tao set up a meeting at the local bar with Nacho's right-hand man, Sebastian Bolsa, to discuss business matters with the hopes of partnering with the Sanchez crime family through Nacho. He was spoken for by Nao, who worked for Tao on the fear of death from his father. When Tao met Nacho for the first time, he was high on meth and did not take the meeting seriously, much to Nacho's chagrin. However, Nao managed to persuade Nacho and Seb not to leave, promising that, if they partner, Nacho would make a huge profit. Nacho decided to hear Nao out and agreed to show them their meth operation, but they were suddenly attacked by a crew of the Outback MC led by Terry Hubbs and Clayton Smith to avenge their dead President, Robert Hockstetter. Tao and Nao were frightened about the experience as they hid during the gun battle. When it ended, Nao said he's seen enough, and he drove Tao away. Afterwards, Tao decided not to work with Nacho because of his unpredictable and reckless behavior. Tao chose to seek for more potential business partners to deal with, which Nacho learned of and he confronted Tao at the bar they met at, where Tao was waiting for the Baker Brothers. Nacho aggressively assaulted Tao and then, in a fit of psychotic rage, headed to the Bakers' ranch and ended up murdering most of the Bakers and destroyed the ranch in a gasoline explosion. Nacho then waged a war across the entire county against his rival drug bosses in an attempt to force the Jiangs to agree to work with the Sanchezes however this ultimately failed as an enraged Tao left the county to report back to his father back in the city at his casino penthouse.

Tao met Wei in the penthouse; Wei, aware that Tao had not returned to him with any business partners and had only dented his and his organization's reputation by making them look weak, offered him a drink before gut-punching it back out of him, then forced him to clean it up and berated him. Tao was visibly intimidated by his father but claimed that he would rectify his errors through retribution. Tao returned to the county with a crew and raided Nacho's home with the intention of killing Nacho. However, Nacho was away from his home, so Tao murdered his dog, trashed the place and stole Nacho's muscle car. They encountered Seb and proceed to brutally beat him up, then left him for dead. Nacho returned home and was heartbroken to discover his dog's corpse and home trashed, then found Seb and put him in his bed to help him.

At the Dames N' Games strip club, Tao and his friends celebrated in a hot tub entertained by strippers and with a supply of luxury champagne and cocaine. However, a frightened Nao warned Tao of the likely retribution from Nacho, but a proud and arrogant Tao showed no fear. Nao reminded him that he should be more cautious and even attempted to confiscate the coke from him, which caused Tao to throw a temper tantrum and threatened Nao. Eventually, a shootout ensued in the club where Nacho and his crew have arrived to kill Tao. While Nacho and his gang dealt with Tao's bodyguards, Tao cowardly fled and thereby revealed his fear, even using a stripper as a human shield in an attempt to save his own skin. Tao escaped the club in nothing but a bath towel, phoning his father only be ignored cruelly. During his desperate escape, Seb ambushed Tao and punched him in the face twice, knocking him unconscious and paying him back for what he did to him. Tao's unconscious body was then dragged into his van and the gang captured him, taking him out to the county desert.

Tao woke up in the van bound, gagged and blindfolded and he heard a shovel digging, then the backdoors opened to reveal a terrified Tao as he had been abducted by Nacho, Seb and two other henchmen Vicente Colon and Martin Villacres. Nacho violently threw Tao out of the van and cut his restraints only to force him to dig his own grave, despite Tao pleading with Nacho and he offered him money in exchange for his release. In response, Nacho stomped on Tao's groin and angrily ordered him to start digging. Nacho took sadistic joy in toying with Tao, such as verbally mocking him and his family and he offered him a bottle of water only to pour it onto the sand, then shoved his head into the wet sand while telling him to enjoy it. After Tao had finished digging his grave, Nacho prepared to execute Tao with a sawn-off shotgun and asked him if he wanted to say anything before his death. Tao desperately asked Nacho to wait and made one final attempt to convince the maniac from murdering him with many offers such as money and power. Seb realized what they could gain and stopped Nacho from killing Tao immediately, pulling him aside to negotiate with Nacho on using their hostage to bargain for ransom money with Wei. Nacho angrily refused, but Seb reluctantly came to a compromise of killing Tao after getting their demands. Seb tried to warn Nacho of Wei's wrath too, but Nacho didn't listen and told Tao that he gets to live a bit longer. Before Tao could respond, Nacho uses the stock of his shotgun to break Tao's leg and then ordered Martin and Vicente to restrain Tao inside the nearby shack. Tao was seen bound, gagged and blindfolded to a chair inside the shack while Seb used Tao's phone to call Wei to negotiate ransom money after managing to disable the tracker. However, Wei revealed that he did not care for his son and coldly rejected his offer, prompting a frustrated Nacho to take off the duct tape from Tao's mouth and then shot his other leg to cause him to scream so Wei could hear it in an attempt to convince him further. Wei though hung up the phone and Tao was tortured by Nacho as personal revenge and tried to hold back his tears, so he focused his emotions by torturing Tao including beating him with a baseball bat, waterboarding him with gasoline, electrocuting him with car cables and ripping out some teeth with pliers. When Tao was barely alive, Nacho intimidated Tao with a large knife but suddenly Martin and Vicente bursted into the shack, warning Nacho and Seb about a number of incoming threats. Nacho then quickly stabbed Tao through the neck with the blade and killed him, fulfilling his desired revenge.

Nacho recognized their attackers as members of the HKT led by Wei's underboss, Tsai Lin, who ordered her soldiers to storm the shack and kill whoever was inside. Before the thugs broke in, Tao's dead body tied to a chair with a sack over his head was flung outside. Tsai told her men to hold fire and, unbeknownst to her that he's deceased, pulled the bag off only to discover a grenade stuffed in Tao's mouth. Tsai took cover but the explosion killed most of her men, ensuing a shootout between Nacho's crew and Tsai and her remaining forces.

##### Ken Nao

Portrayed by Waise Lee, Ken Nao is an antagonist. He was Tao Jiang's translator of the Hong Kong Triads.

Ken was born somewhere in China and he eventually joined the Hong Kong Triads, serving under Wei Jiang. He worked as a translator for Wei's only son, Tao, who was unable to speak much English. However, because of Tao's tendency to get high, Nao was the one who primarily handled the tasks Wei gave to Tao when it came to non-Chinese speaking partners.

Under Wei's orders, Ken and Tao seeked for business partners in LA County, California in the U.S. because Wei chose to expand his criminal operations. Tao decided to meet up with prominent drug lord Nacho Sanchez of the Sanchez criminal family and Ken set up a meeting through Nacho's lieutenant, Sebastian Bolsa, at the local bar to discuss potential partnership. Ken spoke for Tao on the pain of death from Wei and managed to persuade Nacho to reconsider not leaving when Tao was high and he did not take their meeting seriously, so the latter agreed to take them to see his meth lab. However, they were attacked by the vengeful Outback MC and a frightened Nao drove Tao away after the conclusion of the firefight. After the incident, Nacho confronted Ken and Tao at the bar where they were waiting for the Baker Brothers. Ken revealed to Nacho that Tao decided against the potential partnership with Nacho in favor of another, but refused to reveal who. He finally revealed the new partner to be the Bakers after Nacho smashed Tao's head against a wall repeatedly. After Nacho wiped out other prominent drug gangs across the county in an attempt to force a partnership between the Sanchezes and the HKT, Tao returned to the city alongside Nao to meet up with Wei in his casino penthouse. Nao informed Wei of what happened in the county, to which Wei did not react to the news and only asked where his son was. When Tao was called before Wei, Nao was present as well and was shocked when Wei began beating up Tao for his idiocy and Nao made half-hearted attempts to stop Wei. When Nao wanted to leave the room, Wei ordered him to remain where he was. After Tao's raid on Nacho's home, Wei ordered Nao to accompany Tao at the Dames N' Games strip club. Nao looked on in disgust and frustration at Tao's carelessness and arrogance regarding the situation, relaxing in his hot tub with his friends and enjoying the strippers, champagne and cocaine. Nao criticized and finally stood up to Tao, but their argument was interrupted when Nacho and his gang arrived guns-blazing for Tao. Tao rushed to the exit and pushed Nao out of the way desperately. While Tao was captured and the HKT bodyguards were eliminated by Nacho's crew, Nao survived the shootout relatively unscathed and returned to Wei's service.

Nao was present at the party at Wei's mansion where he acted as the translator between Wei and the Albanian Mafia attending to discuss a business proposal, with Ken translating their respective languages to each other. Nao took a bathroom break where he was ambushed by a bloodthirsty Nacho, who pinned him against a wall while covering his mouth to keep him quiet and held a knife to his throat. Nao fearfully obeyed and asked what did Nacho come for, to which Nacho responded that he'd came to kill Wei and his followers. Nao tried to offer Nacho a chance to walk away otherwise he would be killed by Wei's enforcers. Nacho sarcastically acted like he was scared but then he headbutted Nao hard and then shoved him into the nearby stall. When Nao tried screaming for help, Nacho shoved Nao's head into the toilet bowl while demanding that he shut up before drowning the translator. Alerted by the screams, bodyguards stormed into the bathroom only to discover Nao's corpse in the stall while Nacho hid.

#### **United Devils**

The United Devils is a large African-American street gang. They are one of the oldest gangs in Los Angeles and are the sworn enemy of the Big Fucking Gunz, while also maintaining rivalries with the Hombres en Marron and the El Chicos. Their rivalry with the El Chicos was not as intense as it is with the HEB an BFGZ. However, both gangs still commonly fight. Most of their territory can be found in poorer/run-down neighborhoods, though they have small pockets of territory elsewhere - including the rich area of Glendale and the popular tourist destination of Santa Monica Beach. They easily identifiable by their green gang color. As far as street gangs go, the UD are more honorable than their rivals. Coming from a background of older traditions, they are against hard drugs being sold on their turf and are very stubborn as they refuse to adapt to changes in the LA criminal underworld. They are well-known, however, for committing numerous other crimes and violent acts including gun-running/arms trafficking, gang-banging, gang warfare, murder, robbery, burglary/theft, gang-related homicide, vandalism and street violence.

Their criminal activities include murder, drug trafficking, armed robbery, burglary, extortion, racketeering, illegal gambling and auto theft.

#### **Big Fucking Gunz**

The Big Fucking Gunz is a large African-American street gang. Most of their territory can be found in poorer/run-down neighborhoods to the far east of Los Angeles and they are involved in gang-banging, street violence, gang warfare, prostitution, gang-related homicide, murder, drug trafficking/manufacturing, gun-running/arms trafficking, vandalism and degeneracy. They are easily identifiable by wearing red as their gang color. They are the United Devils' sworn enemy as well as enemies with the Hombres en Marron and the El Chicos, though their rivalry is not as intense as it is with the UD. Despite their rivalry with the HEB on the streets, influential members from both gangs maintain a business partnership for the interest of money and drugs. The BFGZ have ties with the Firm for narcotics (mainly crack cocaine) and the Makarov crime family for weapons. Unlike the UD, the BFGZ have no reservations about making money by selling drugs; the spread of crack cocaine into Compton is part of their strategy to wipe the UD out.

Their criminal activities include murder, drug trafficking, armed robbery, burglary, prostitution, auto theft and extortion.

##### Bruno King

Portrayed by Trishan Mack Wilds, Bruno "Mad Dog" King is a recurring character. He is the leader of the Big Fucking Gunz and, due to his dysfunctional upbringing, developed an abusive attitude and hostility towards his environment. He became known as a bully across town who was aggressive, ruthless and brutal when targeting his victims. He was not above sexually assaulting women and cold-blooded murder, as well as being an extremely petty and vengeful person who would go to extreme lengths to get payback on those who wronged him. One of the things he feared and hated was his own father, and he misplaced that anger gathering his gang and paying that frustration onto others, sometimes even going too far and frightening his own thugs. After becoming a gang leader, Bruno began to become even more sociopathic and dangerous than ever before, displaying signs of schizophrenia.

Bruno was born on May 14 1990 in Los Angeles, California in the United States to an abusive ex-military father suffering from PTSD and a mother who abandoned him due to the father's abuse. Due to his poor and violent environment, Bruno developed into a hateful and loathing individual who would become hostile to his peers at school including a boy named Jamel Mason. Despite his hostile nature however, during his childhood, Bruno would go on to make friends with other bullies of his age, with his closest being Reginald Johnson and Tevon Miller. Bruno also showed little to no care about his education, causing him to be held back at school. During high school, Bruno tormented Jamel and his friends with violence and both teenagers formed their own opposing gangs towards each other, resulting in a violent and hateful gang war on school grounds. At one point, Bruno and his thugs attacked Jamel and his friends and this led to Bruno pulling a switchblade on Jamel. Despite Bruno having the upper hand, Kyle Gordon jumped in to save his friend and punched Bruno in the face. Bruno, furious over the defeat, retreated with his fellow gang members and decided to hurt Jamel a different way as revenge.

Jamel and his gang attacked Jamel's sister, Carly, and Bruno, which disturbed and shocked even his friends, attempted to rape her. Jamel fortunately caught Bruno in the act and stopped him, brutally attacking him and leaving him in an unconscious, bloodied state. Jamel nearly killed Bruno but Carly and the teachers stopped him and this incident caused Bruno to be expelled from school and was arrested by the police while Tevan and Reginald were only temporarily suspended. Bruno was eventually released from police custody and he turned to dealing marijuana on the streets and was kicked out by his father, though he eventually found himself a new recruit for the local street gang. Bruno was ordered to kill someone in order to join the gang, so he selected his father and murdered him in his sleep with his switchblade. After a few weeks of being a member of the same gang, Bruno decided he wanted to take over the gang for himself and killed its leader in a fight.

One year later, Reginald and Tevan gave up on their education and ended up joining Bruno's gang, known as the Big Fucking Gunz, as his main lieutenants. Jamel, Bruno's archenemy, along with his friends co-founded a gang known as the United Devils. Bruno decided to go to war with them based on the fact that Jamel was part of it, remaining vengeful and extremely hateful towards him.

#### Hombres en Marron

Hombres en Marron are the largest and most powerful Latino street gang based in Los Angeles and are predominant with the poorer and more run-down neighborhoods in the far east and northeast of the city. They are fierce rivals of the El Chicos, and are also enemies with the United Devils and Big Fucking Gunz. They're affiliated with the Firm for narcotics and, despite hostilities on the streets, high-ranking members of HEB and the BFGZ occasionally work together in the crack-cocaine trade. The HEB are known for being extremely violent and will often attack in large groups from numerous directions to swarm and flank their enemies as part of their strategy. Most of their territory consists of close-quarters areas with numerous alleyways and shortcuts which aids them to do this., The HEB are involved in gang-banging, gang-related homicide, street violence, murder, gang warfare, drug trafficking/manufacturing and vandalism.

Their criminal activities include murder, drug trafficking, extortion, armed robbery, burglary, arms trafficking, auto theft, illegal immigration, racketeering, witness tampering and fraud.

#### **El Chicos**

El Chicos are an extremely proud Latino street gang and they control Wilmington, Olvera Street and the Union Station. They are one of the smallest gangs in Los Angeles but are also one of the most heavily armed, giving them power over other gangs. They are a traditionally anti-narcotic gang like the United Devils, with heavy involvement in gun-running/arms trafficking, gang-banging, gang warfare, street violence, gang-related homicide, murder, vandalism and illegal street racing. They are also easily identifiable by their blue gang color. The El Chicos have a fierce rivalry with the Hombres en Marron, and they strongly dislike the Firm. They also had many conflicts with the Big Fucking Gunz and are also enemies with the United Devils though their rivalry is not as intense because their territories are well away from each other and they both share similar views on drug trafficking. Union Station acts as a front for the El Chicos and is a common meeting place, as well as being a location where their lowrider competition takes place. They are traditionally heavy into cars and the lowriding culture and hopping or hydraulics usage as part of their gang's identity and pastime. Unlike the other street gangs, the El Chicos don't primarily seem to be concerned with branching out or starting businesses/relationships. Instead, they are more locally focused by exclusively representing and defending their barrio.

Their criminal activities include murder, arms trafficking, extortion, chop shop, auto theft, armed robbery, burglary, illegal street racing, money laundering, racketeering, fraud, human trafficking and prostitution.

#### **Outback MC**

The Outback MC is an outlaw motorcycle club that have forty eight chapters worldwide. Their primary business is importing illegal weapons and selling them to drug gangs, along with protection runs for local businesses as well as manufacturing and selling drugs, mainly meth. They have also participated in heists and hijackings of other businesses, with the help of a number of chapters. The Outback MC also own a repair auto shop as their front in the LA County.

Their criminal activities include drug trafficking/manufacturing, hijacking, murder, armed robbery, burglary, illegal racing, arms trafficking, contract killing and underground cage fighting.

#### **White Party**

The White Party is a Caucasian Neo-Nazi criminal group that are identified by their Swastika tattoos and shaved heads. Their influence spanned to Los Angeles' poorer communities, bringing further suffering to the bracket of the city's population. They specialized in extorting businesses, ones particularly owned by African-Americans, but were also known for being involved in prostitution, contract killing, and dealing drugs.

Their criminal activities included murder, extortion, prostitution, contract killing, drug trafficking, armed robbery and arms trafficking.

#### **Veunte Cartel**

The Veunte Cartel is a Colombian drug cartel that was very powerful and they mainly operated in Colombia and Mexico as well as expanding into America. They were affiliated with the Sanchez crime family, who served as the middle-men in their operation of trafficking cocaine from Colombia to Mexico.

Their criminal activities include drug trafficking, murder, money laundering, arms trafficking and bribery.

##### Gabriel Veunte

Portrayed by Diego Trujillo, Gabriel Veunte is an antagonist. He was the Colombian drug lord that headed the Veunte Cartel. He was a major figure in the drug underworld whose power extended throughout internationally as he and his cartel controlled the majority of the drug trades in the United States and Mexico. The cartel entered a partnership with the Sanchez family in order for them to work as the middle-men in the operation since they couldn't produce cocaine in Mexico, so they were forced to rely on the Colombians. Gabriel only allowed the Sanchez brothers a small cut of the profit.

In 2015, Veunte started expanding into Los Angeles County, California, U.S. where he worked with prominent drug dealers Nacho Sanchez and the Outback MC. When the Hong Kong Triads began to seek a business partnership during their expansion into America, Nacho was denied a partnership with the gang and he angrily launched a war between himself and any gangs within the region that proved to be competitive rivals, because Nacho hoped that he would leave himself as the only option for the triads to go into business with. After Nacho destroyed the Bakers' ranch, killed the Outback MC President Robert Hockstetter in a horrible way and then ran both the Hombres en Marron and Big Fucking Gunz street gangs out of the county, he decided to put an end to Veunte's control as well as position himself and his crew the forefront organized criminality in the region. Accompanied by his gang, Nacho crashed Veunte's yacht party and killed several of Veunte's enforcers in a brutal shootout. Nacho confronted a shaken Veunte with a sawn-off shotgun, who was shocked by Nacho's actions and questioned his intentions. Nacho told Veunte that he was taking over the county and that the Colombian cartel are now out of business. Veunte attempted to convince Nacho otherwise and that going back to the way things were was not too late, saying that he would greenlit should Veunte be killed. Nacho feigned agreeing to Veunte's deal only to say he's just joking unexpectedly and shot Gabriel with sadistic glee, causing a shrapnel of his skull to go into Nacho's top lieutenant, Sebastian Bolsa, unintentionally. Nacho and his crew then ransacked the yacht for cocaine bricks and money and then left the massacre they created at sea.

#### **The Archangels**

The Archangels is an outlaw motorcycle club that controls northern California and all of Nevada besides Los Angeles. They are rivals of the Outback MC and the club manufacture and sell drugs, mainly heroin and cocaine, and are also involved in prostitution.

Their criminal activities included murder, prostitution, drug trafficking, arms smuggling, illegal racing and illegal contraband trafficking.

#### **The Firm**

The Firm is a collective criminal outfit. While classified as a joint business venture between several criminal figures, the Firm was a collective criminal outfit dealing with drugs, primarily cocaine. The Firm had its main operations in San Francisco and it consisted of the city's most powerful pimp Forest Glover, gang leader Ernesto Rodriguez and the businessman Jasper White. The Finn was the largest criminal organization in San Francisco. Jasper and Ernesto each received 40% of the Firm's profits and Glover only received 20%. It often employed Ernesto's gang members for protection and to do small-time dirty jobs such as selling any remaining drugs on the streets. The Firm get their cocaine as it was smuggled from California from the harbor and airport in San Francisco. From there, they sell and distribute the coke to their business partners; whom sell cocaine to the local LA gangs that are involved in drug trafficking such as the BFGZ and HEB.

Their criminal activities include murder, drug trafficking, racketeering, protection, bribery, fraud, conspiracy, extortion, prostitution, illegal gambling and armed robbery.

##### Jasper White

Portrayed by Benedict Samuel, Jasper White is a recurring character. He is the leader of the Firm and the brains behind the operation. He was the son of Melvin and he was responsible for calling the shots, making decisions, and he held connections to Latin and South American drug organizations.

##### Forest Glover

Portrayed by O'Shea Jackson, Forest Glover is an antagonist. He is a lieutenant of the Firm and a rapper who was the organization's face and charisma. He was a pimp and a gangster responsible for recruiting men to pull off hits, errands and other businesses for the Firm due to his connections with the Hustlers.

##### Ernesto Rodriguez

Portrayed by Nick Gomez, Ernesto Rodriguez is an antagonist. He is a lieutenant of the Firm and a gang leader of the Spanish Kings who acted as the Firm's muscle. Ernesto made sure that Jasper's orders were followed, demands and deals were carried out perfectly and utilized his Latin street gang for protection.

##### Paul Little

Portrayed by Ray Campbell, Paul Little is a minor character. He was a high-level member of the Firm who worked for Jasper as his main assistant.

#### **Dulce Elite**

Dulce Elite is a Cuban street gang.

Their criminal activities include murder, drug trafficking, human trafficking, racketeering, money laundering, extortion, armed robbery, illegal immigration and money laundering.

#### **Spanish Kings**

Spanish Kings is a Puerto Rican street gang.

Their criminal activities include murder and drug trafficking.

#### **Bangers Verde**

Bangers Verde is a Brazilian street gang.

Their criminal activities include murder, drug trafficking, contract killing, money laundering, extortion, arms trafficking, auto theft, racketeering and human smuggling.

#### **North Dominican Crew**

North Dominican Crew is a Dominican smuggling gang.

Their criminal activities include murder, drug trafficking, arms trafficking, extortion, prostitution, contract killing and armed robbery.

#### **Bhak Clan**

Bhak Clan is a South Korean crime syndicate.

Their criminal activities include extortion, murder, counterfeiting, prostitution, money laundering, illegal gambling, drug trafficking, racketeering, armed robbery, arms trafficking, auto theft and burglary.

#### **Baker Brothers**

The Baker Brothers are a family of inbred, hillbilly, redneck meth dealers in LA County.

Their criminal activities include murder, drug trafficking/manufacturing, armed robbery, burglary, inmate prostitution, arms trafficking, protection rackets, extortion and dog fighting.

#### **Long Nanhai**

Long Nanhai is a Vietnamese street gang.

Their criminal activities include murder, drug trafficking, arms trafficking, counterfeiting, contract killing, extortion, racketeering, prostitution, money laundering, armed robbery and fraud.

#### **Bloodied Blades**

Bloodied Blades is a Vietnamese street gang.

Their criminal activities include murder, extortion, racketeering, drug trafficking, arson, burglary, armed robbery, loansharking, fraud and illegal gambling.

#### **Yardies**

The Yardies are a loose coalition of Jamaican gangs.

Their criminal activities include murder, drug trafficking, armed robbery, political corruption, political violence, political terrorism, contract killing, extortion, money laundering, arms trafficking, money laundering, illegal gambling, contraband smuggling, fraud, bribery, fencing and loansharking.

#### **Kings of Rica**

Kings of Rica is a Costa Rican street gang.

Their criminal activities include murder, drug trafficking, armed robbery, extortion, arms trafficking, auto theft, hate crimes, racketeering, money laundering and fraud.

#### **Hustlers**

Hustlers is a small African-American street gang.

Their criminal activities include murder, drug trafficking, armed robbery, auto theft, fraud, prostitution, money laundering and racketeering.

#### **The Professionals**

The Professionals are an underground criminal network of mercenaries and assassins.

Their criminal activities include murder, contract killing, drug trafficking, arms smuggling, contraband smuggling, political corruption, bribery, money laundering and protection/security.

#### **Albanian Mafia**

The Albanian Mafia is an Albanian crime syndicate.

Their criminal activities include arms trafficking, murder, extortion, fencing, armed robbery, human trafficking, blackmailing, loansharking, drug trafficking, auto theft, money laundering, prostitution, wildlife smuggling and bribery.

#### **Irish Mafia**

The Irish Mafia is an Irish crime syndicate.

Their criminal activities include racketeering, murder, arms trafficking, burglary, illegal gambling, fraud, extortion, drug trafficking, counterfeiting, armed robbery and loansharking.

#### **Armenian Mafia**

The Armenian Mafia is an Armenian crime syndicate.

Their criminal activities include murder, racketeering, extortion, political murder, contract killing, money laundering, bribery, embezzlement and political corruption.

#### **Sicilian Mafia**

The Sicilian Mafia is an Sicilian crime syndicate.

Their criminal activities include murder, extortion, drug trafficking, racketeering, loansharking, illegal gambling, terrorism, contraband smuggling, auto theft, prostitution, money laundering, arms trafficking, fraud, fencing, witness tampering and armed robbery.

#### **Jewish Mafia**

The Jewish Mafia is an Jewish crime syndicate.

Their criminal activities include drug trafficking, diamond trafficking, racketeering, illegal gambling, fencing, murder, accounting, fraud, money laundering, prostitution, loansharking, arms trafficking and extortion.

#### **The Carjackers**

The Carjackers is a small Caucasian street gang.

Their criminal activities include murder, drug trafficking, armed robbery, burglary, extortion, auto theft and money laundering.

## Vehicles

### Compacts

* **Chevrolet Aveo:** A red subcompact car owned by Mario Angelini
* **Suzuki Aerio:** A blue compact sedan car owned by Donatello Angelini.
* **Toyota Prius:** A white full hybrid electric mid-size car owned by Lou Snezbo.

### SUVs

* **Range Rover L322:** A black full-size luxury SUV owned by Finn Cavangh.
* **Toyota FJ Cruiser:** A yellow mid-size retro style SUV owned by Martin Villacres.

## Locations

### Los Angeles

Los Angeles is the main setting and it is the largest city in California in the United States of America. With an estimated population of nearly four million people, it is the country's second most populous city and the third most populous city in Northern America. It is known for its Mediterranean climate, ethnic diversity, Hollywood entertainment industry, and its sprawling metropolis. LA lies in a basin in Southern California, adjacent to the Pacific Ocean, with mountains as high as 10,000 feet and deserts. The city is the seat of Los Angeles County, the most populous county in America. It has a diverse economy and hosts businesses in a broad range of professional and cultural fields.