The Syndicate

The Syndicate is a global and transnational bureaucratic criminal organisation of staggering size. It runs on a complex and impenetrable authority with an extensive division of labor between its numerous classes. There are hundreds of powerful criminal figures within the Syndicate, and almost every organised criminal group on the planet is either directly or indirectly controlled by its influence. The organisation covers all of Charos, and infiltrates its highest levels of political power and its lowest level of citizenship.

Despite its size, the multi-national sects of the Syndicate are notoriously difficult to locate. This is in part due to the extensive level of infiltration that the Syndicate has achieved over every prevalent society on Charos. Not a single royal household, political party or celebrity of importance remains untouched or unobserved by them. Every single police station has at least two or three officers in co-operation with the Syndicate, either willingly or unwillingly (and, in some case, unknowningly). In the most extreme cases, the highest levels of law enforcement are corrupted officials that the Syndicate have placed in that position themselves, and thus any attempts at rooting out the Syndicate become impossible. In the worst of controlled areas, police units descend into paranoid battles of wills where nobody is sure who can be trusted, and these often end in bloodshed.

There is no element of criminal activity that the Syndicate does not partake in. From violent activities such as terrorism, assassinations, assaults to financial crime, cybercrime, white collar crime and corruption. One of the Syndicate's primary strengths is its extensive network of intellgience, made possible by the vast number of spies it controls. The drawback of such a huge organisation is internal conflict. The Syndicate is composed of thousands of different sects and networks, and these often come to blows with one another as lesser criminal kingpins wage wars with one another for dominance. These wars are often where law enforcement are able to strike at the organisation, but any progress made is generally small and insignificant when taken as a whole.

Although the Syndicate has many lesser leaders and figures of power, the entire organisation is overseen by one man - Saron Deimos. Perhaps the most powerful man on Charos who you've never heard of. Saron's influence on the world is breathtaking, his political power shocking and his utter dominance over his organisation profound. He rules the Syndicate with an iron fist, perfectly and ruthlessly making plays that work in his favour. He has no qualms in sacraficing hundreds of his henchmen, or an entire sect, if it serves the Syndicate in the long run. He may set two rival gangs against one another and recruit whichever survives into the organisation. He may burn down entire regimes to acquire political secrets or technology.

Saron's ultimate motives for the Syndicate are unknown. Whilst they control a staggering amount of power, the war against them is in a constant state of flux. It is most likely that Saron has no endgame in sight - he merely wishes to see the world drown in blood.