La Realezas

**La Realezas** (or The Royalties in Spanish) are a predominately Latin American organized crime syndicate located in San Lorenzo County.

## Background

Las Realezas was originally founded in the 1940s during the aftermath of the Zoot Suit Riots that occured up north in Los Angeles. The founding members were originally Mexican-Americans who banded together with the help of newer Mexican immigrants. Soon, they were then able to gather others of varying Spanish Latin American origin such as the Cubans, Guatemalans, Puerto Ricans, Colombians, and more to come together as a way to protect not only themselves, but their community altogether. The gang started to make a name for themselves in the area throughout the years, causing an increase of interest from potential members who eventually joined. Word spread quick of the gang's activities and their dedication to protecting themselves and those close to them, the group attracted numerous already existing members who resided in cities throughout the Southwest and Northern California, who left to escape persecution from other gangs or law enforcement, many new faces were able to assimilate into the group.

As the gang became popular among Spanish Latin Americans, eventually it attracted the attention of Brazilian-Americans and immigrants. The Brazilians were welcomed with open arms and the Realezas then became a unification between Latin Americans of both Spanish and Portuguese speaking origin. An increase of Filipino members had occurred as well, due to the shared cultural heritage and history between Hispanic Latin Americans and Filipinos, they were able to easily fit in from the start; many of the newfound Filipino members were from other cities in Southern and Northern California including new immigrants who were desperate to find any kind of work. Later on, Spanish and Portuguese people joined the group, many of whom were either already from the area, immigrants, or left the Violi Family mafia. La Realezas then prided itself as a complete unification of people with a shared Iberian heritage from the Americas, Asia, and Europe.

The largest increase of interest that the gang had acquired was during and after the 1992 Los Angeles Riots. Many existing gang members fled to San Lorenzo County as the Los Angeles County Police force conducted raids and operations to try to take down the region's major organized crime groups. A number of people who also escaped with the Latin American gang members were Asian gang members such as the Chinese Triads, who decided to join the Realezas to assist with their activities instead of running off to join the Shen Brothers, which could potentially land them in more danger than necessary. This helped the Realezas and Shen Brothers conduct business with each other on occasion because of their similar viewpoints and the fact that both groups have their own number of Filipino and Chinese members.

Other groups that the Realezas also worked with before were several cartels and smaller gangs located across Latin America who have shown their own support towards the Realeza, especially with the help of social media in the modern day. The methods these gangs have shown support include donations via cryptocurrency trading on the Deep Web or smuggling money into the United States. Another popular method was the assistance of smuggling their supporters into the US, where as soon as they had arrived in San Lorenzo County and were safe, they joined the group.

## Activities

La Realezas operate as one big firm, unlike the Violi Family and Shen Brothers who have their own factions to help take care of other business. The group miraculously is able to conduct businesses on their own without the need to form their own factions or seperate branches in general.

The crimes that the Realezas partake in include

* Robbery
* Assault
* Assassination
* Auto theft
* Drug trafficking
* Illegal immigrant smuggling
* Cybercrime

Auto theft became the Realezas most infamous activities. Assigned members would often scout nice looking cars in isolated locations, and are able to break in and hotwire the car without attracting much attention from outsiders. As soon as access to cars are available, they're taken to hidden locations in warehouses and other secret locations to set up Chop Shops. Chop Shops are essentially a market where members and member affiliates are able to purchase any of these vehicles, with a custom license plate and redesign to deter suspicion from law enforcement.

Illegal immigrant smuggling is also an activity they've been on the mainstream news for. As previously stated, gangs from Latin America would often smuggle their own members into the United States with the help of the Realezas to join their ranks. Drug trafficking and smuggling would often occur alongside immigrant smuggling as well, as the gang would often traffick hard drugs south of the border such as cocaine, heroin, meth, percocet, and more.

Over the past couple of years, robbery of shipments of Mage Technology has occurred which helped the Realezas get hold of their own supply of accessories, training a number of their members on how to use and fight with magic. Other shipment robberies include the gang getting a hold of their robotics supply, causing certain members to be trained at training small scaled robots made for battle to fight for them.

## Organization

### Gunman

The most common foot soldier. Gunmen are equipped with pistols, SMGs, and one handed weapons overall. While they do not wear any body armor, they come equipped with a melee weapon of their choices and on occasion are able to use frag grenades and molotov cocktails.

### Marksman

Gunmen trained in using sniper rifles. They're often seen hiding on rooftops or behind covers on higher elevation. Their heads can often be seen peeking out when they're ready to use their weapon, and their usage of red sights or the loud sound of their weapons being fired can help them be detected easier.

### Prosecutor

A gunmen wearing tactical body armor who is well equipped with a variety of stronger weapons ranging from assault rifles, shotguns, frag grenades, and tear gas. Some Prosecutors have access to shock grenades, when used they're able to incapacitate a target onto the floor for a few seconds to give open room for other soldiers to target towards them.

### Operator

Members who are trained to operate and give commands to robots that were built for battle. The robots themselves are not big in size and can often be taken down using either magic or weapons, but their small stature can pack a punch if they're not taken seriously. The Operators themselves are also equipped with their own weapons such as pistols, SMGs, smaller sized rifles, and flashbangs. The robots are able to see through clouds of smoke thanks to their heat detecting sensors, which helps targeting enemies easier for them. Operators are also equipped with body armor and a helmet to prevent themselves from getting injured by opponents while they operate their machine.

### Constrainer

One of the most strongest soldiers in the organization. They wear full body heavy armor suit from head to toe, and use some of the most strongest heavy machinery such as powerful automatic weapons and shotguns. They're able to use stronger frag grenades and can use sticky bombs to detonate any time for tactical purposes. Other than assault rifles, shotguns, and miniguns, Constrainers are able to equip grenade launchers and RPGs.

### Summoner

A strong and powerful class of the organization's soldiers. Summoners are members that are either natural born mages or use Mage Technology and are trained to use their power for the sake of battle. Just like any other Summoner used by the numerous gangs and corporations located in the SLC, they are specially trained at using a specific power that can benefit themselves and their fellow colleagues. Fighting back against a Summoner can be difficult, but by going against them with another power, a strong weapon, or machinery along with a good tactic in battle, they can be taken down like any other foot soldier.

### Medic

The support team and healers on the battlefield. Medics come to the aid of injured and incapacitated soldiers and help recover their injuries in the matter of seconds or a minute. They can usually be seen pulling the body of one of their patients in a safe space such as behind cover to be able to heal them without any disruptions. Medics are equipped with standard one handed weapons such as pistols, machine pistols, SMGs, and crossbows.

## Vehicles

The Realezas are often seen using standard vehicles most commonly used by the lower and middle class. Other types of vehicles include station wagons which have been converted into low riders and motorcycles. Many members like to customize their car to have its own unique paintjob style, Yellow seems to be one of the more popular choices as it is the color chosen by one of the notorious Latin American gangs, the Latin Kings. The paintjob style used is inspired by Spanish and Portuguese Latin American art styles to help give their car's appearances a unique flair to them, and to help them stand out amongst the crowd to invoke fear onto the public.