Fenwick Machovey

### Pre-Canton

Inbetween the collapse of The Syndicate and the creation of Venenum Syndicate, Fenwick struggled to find something to replace what he had. He decided he needed to escape Morra and find a place of his own, somewhere to start a new empire. He travelled north and entered the area of Regency Circus. He had heard that many people who had been impacted by The Conquest of Africa had travelled there, having been there himself and having suffered the consequences of war, he knew this was where he was meant to go. He travelled by horseback, a 2 week trek, but when he arrived the area was just as bad as the area he had left. Mafia gangs ruled the areas, and business corporates were constantly at their own war. He quickly discovered that pubs were a front for these groups to negotiate and run their ,mostly, illegal businesses. He set out to start a business of his own, he decided not to threaten the current leaders of the area and to travel further down town and build up from there.

### Canton Ownership

Fenwick slept interchangeably on the streets and in taverns trying to find an area to buy and call his own, he had taken the money left over from The Syndicate, as none were left to claim it, just enough to afford an area. But he slowly discovered that people didn't give up their areas so easily in this town unless killed or imprisoned. Fenwick had no intentions on killing, that was until he was threatened by a local pub called The Canton. He had been drinking there regularly trying to figure people out and make a plan, however people complained. Fenwick was recognizably from the South and that was classed as bad for buisness, he entered The Canton as his routine but was met at the door by 4 bouncers and was taken round the back to be threatened and tortured, having been in the war Fenwick was able to defend himself and shot one of the bouncers with a gun he swore he carried for safety. It so happened that the bouncer he killed was actually the pub owner. He took this opportunity and claimed the pus for himself, word travelled fast and he quickly became known as the Pub Stealer.

### Recruitment

Fenwick knew he was unfit to run a pub, he had no knowledge of dealings of the area and needed a treasurer and right hand man. He had to be careful in his dealings and at this time trusted no-one, through gaining the pub he also gained two bar-keepers, one women by the name of Shelly Mc'Field and one man by the name of Arthur Donerald. They had been hired by the old bar-keeper and were happy continuing their service as long as they were paid. Shelly Mc'Field specifically stuck out to Fenwick, she seemed to know every person that entered his bar and he realised he needed her to work for him for reasons other than being a bar-maid. He needed to figure out a way to talk to her without anyone hearing or knowing so as to keep his current status, he found that to the side of the bar in the pub was a small door which led into a small conference room with thick wood walls to block out noise. He realised that most pubs in this area must have these so as to innitiate business Fenwick assumed were just rumours yet slowly learnt that had truth to them. He faked a meeting with someone and asked her to bring drinks to the room of her choice, when she arrived he told her to sit down and take one of the drinks and told her his honest truth and how he needed to know more about the people in the town to uphold his new accidental business. She agreed for extra pay to inform him of the people in his pub and any business she learns. This is when Fenwick learnt about the existence of William Holcroft and that the man Fenwick killed had a son, he knew he would engage him at some point so decided that was what he was preparing for while running a successful pub. Shelly Mc'Field suggested that he expand his business into hose racing as it is the main legal area of business, Fenwick realised to be able to be successful you need to branch out your business into multiple successful areas with wealthy people, pubs, horse racing and betting. He would earn money, recruit people in the industry and gain allies in order to keep his business and survive an encounter with William Holcroft