Purp Gang

**The Reality:**

It is unclear when Purp Gang originated, although it can be guessed that it was around the same time, most likely soon after the formation of Green Gang. *"...Well, that’s all down to Adam Long. On April 15, Long published a video to Reddit. The clip shows him and a few friends - all dressed in neon green alien bodysuits - pull a handbrake turn on Los Santos’ pier and bail out of their van, startling another player. They then beat him to death with baseball bats and drive away. As of writing, the video has over 28,000 upvotes, and has inspired an all-encompassing movement..."* - https://www.ign.com/articles/gta-online-alien-war-green-purple

**The Lore:**

**Purp Gang Origin & History**

The origin of Purp Gang dates back to the year 1899 (Red Dead Redemption 2), in the area known as West Elizabeth. Back then, Purp Gang went by a different moniker, "Purp Posse." Purp Posse was a band of cowboys and cowgirls who originated from West Elizabeth, founded by a man known as Rick Purporlinous. Purp Posse was composed entirely of bounty hunters who's mission was to "eliminate" those who committed acts of violence, such as murder and other heinous things for a reward. This is how Purp Posse made their living. Purp Posse was the foundation for what would eventually become Purp Gang, establishing their ideals and their moral code for future generations. This was seen heavily during the **Purp Gang-Green Gang War of 2020.** Before the war, Purp Gang wasn't really much of a thing, in fact, it wasn't even officially called Purp Gang until the war began. This is because as the country accelerated its expanse and solidified its territories, Purp Posse decided to relocate to the island now known as San Andreas, realizing the potential of the sparsely populated land. Unfortunately for Purp Posse, this relocation led to its downfall. Many members of Purp Posse didn't want to leave West Elizabeth and the surrounding areas, and those who did choose to leave with the posse leader, ended up parting ways later in the future. This was due to a couple of things, mainly because as San Andreas began growing and the counties were being established, such as Los Santos County, members of Purp Posse started to see business opportunity outside of bounty hunting, which was becoming less marketable as organized police forces were being established. Unfortunately, this all but led to the near complete dissolution of the Purp Posse. Those who remained decided to stop advertising the group and focus more on their individual lives.

With Purp Posse all but dissolved, remaining members, although focusing on their individual lives, would discretely meet with each other, and as time moved forward, they'd elect a new leader for their group. At this point the group was practically without a name and around the year 1956, the leader at the time decided to call it "Purp Society." Purp Society was a moderately sized group with members all over San Andreas. These members would meet annually in a discrete setting, as to remain lowkey. Purp Society was not well known and this was intentional, it was also *extremely* difficult to get into. It was a "who you know," recruitment process. Purp Society as mentioned was a secret society, they did not engage in altercations or expose themselves in any way and the preferred method of influence chosen by Purp Society members was political power. The information on how they influenced the history of San Andreas and the City of Los Santos remains unknown. Some historians suggest Purp Society could have influenced the rise of the gang known as "Ballas," a well established street gang in the City of Los Santos, who wears the color purple. Interestingly, the Ballas Gang is rival to the Grove Street Families Gang who wears the color green. This is heavily speculated among historians, suggesting maybe Purp Society sowed the seeds of Ballas in order to cause disruption and distract certain communities. The problem with this hypothesis, as argued by other historians, is that this kind of political and social manipulation does not fit in with the values and moral code originally established by the founding Purp Posse. Information on Purp Society and their influence is extremely vague given how secretive they were, and certain information about them wasn't released until after the war against Green Gang had ended many years later.

Many years later, in the year of 2020, a street gang wearing green alien bodysuits started to grow in mass numbers, known as "Green Gang." For more information on Green Gang, visit the Green Gang page on this wiki. Green Gang, after its extremely quick growth began to terrorize the streets of Los Santos and other areas in the State of San Andreas. To the surprise of nobody, Green Gang was extremely disliked by the citizens of San Andreas and quickly became a pariah of the state. Police forces had a difficult time containing the spread of Green Gang and their toxic message, resulting in an almost anarchist type of freedom for Green Gang to do whatever they want to whoever they want. For a couple of weeks to a month, Green Gang was unstoppable and they were at the top of the food chain in terms of organized crime in San Andreas. Until, Purp Gang.

After the rise of Green Gang and weeks of unchecked violence, Purp Society members officially agreed it was time to come out of hiding and reestablish themselves as "Purp Gang," a rival gang who's goal was to destroy Green Gang. As a middle finger to Green Gang, Purp Gang adopted the same alien bodysuit as their uniform with one obvious difference, their suits were purple (duh). Green Gang was *not* happy with this and quickly declared war on Purp Gang, which was anti-climactic considering Purp Gang even existing was a declaration of war in and of itself. Purp Gang differed from Green Gang though, Purp Gang, as its founding group Purp Posse, had strong moral convictions. Purp Gang was founded as a vigilante army, standing up for the players and citizens of San Andreas, pushing back against Green Gang to put an end to their violence and their reign. Although Purp Gang had good intentions, the state police and county police officers did not support a war between rival groups, as it was a direct defiance to the order of law. Despite this, Purp Gang did not cease their efforts, in fact, they increased and doubled down on the execution of Green Gang members. This aligns perfectly with the founding ideals Purp Posse put into place, which is a moral code, to kill with a purpose, and that purpose being to rid the world of those who practice violence and do harm to innocents. The exact opposite of Green Gang's ideals, which is anarchy and violence.

Fortunately for Purp Gang, they had an advantage over Green Gang. Purp Gang allowed its members to use guns in order to achieve their mission, Green Gang according to the history, did not allow their members to use guns, even though almost all of the time they broke this rule. Despite this, after much bloodshed, the war came to an abrupt end. It is unclear which side really won the war, as both groups seemed to have disappeared after it all ended. Some theories during this quiet time were that the San Andreas State Government ordered both sides to call a cease-fire and dissolve. The only problem with this theory is one thing: Purp Gang came back.

After years of quietness, one remaining Purp roaming the state, without a group to call home, took it upon themselves to re-organize and establish a new iteration of Purp Gang. As of the present day, Purp Gang is survived by a new CEO and three other members. They belong to a crew known as "LastOfPurpGang," which is currently still open to recruitment. This new Purp Gang has no intention of hiding, and will continue to protect the State of San Andreas from Green Gang ever returning. Not only that, but this Purp Gang still embraces the original mission set-forth by the Purp Posse, which is to eliminate those who wrong them and those who harm innocents. If you see a purple alien bodysuit with the crew tag "PURP," next to their name, act with civility. If you wrong them, they will not hesitate to put your bad intentions to a swift end.

With the disappearance of Green Gang, and the reorganization of Purp Gang, **the declared victor of the war is assumed to be Purp Gang**, given they still exist and operate to this day. This is up for debate, but there has been very little to no sign of Green Gang. There has however been many signs of lone Purp Gang members, who seem unaware of the new leadership and reorganization. If you are one of these lone members, go to https://socialclub.rockstargames.com/crew/lastofpurpgang/wall to learn more about the crew and how to join.

Plans for the future of Purp Gang are unknown, but are being devised by the Purp Gang CEO. There are rumors of a plan to relocate the gang to the State of Leonida in 2025 (GTA 6), so they can combat acts of terror and violence, keeping alive the mission that was set forth, by that time, 125-ish years ago.

To learn more about the new Purp Gang, visit the Last of Purp Gang page on this wiki, and the Purp Gang CEO page on this wiki.