The Family

The Family is the mob/mafia family established in the Third District.

## Origins

After the abandonment of the Third District by the royal family and ruling government, the Boss saw an opportunity to gain power, profit and the support of the people there. Those left to rot would benefit the Boss’ influence.

The Family started as a loan banker, offering those without money a chance to purchase what they want (if they pay interest, of course). Soon, that profit led to the Boss acquiring multiple ventures and organizations, such as bars, residential propriety, markets, parts of the large mine network and such. Soon, this went into criminal activity such as brothels, illegal underground fighting rings, gambling circles and the like.

Eventually, the Family grew to such a large entity that it now unofficially owns the Third District. Every single person is seen as a potential investment by the Family, thus having the District suspended in an uneasy sense of slavery.

## Inner Workings

At the top of the chain is the Boss. Every single large decision and order go through him. He is supported by a few other ‘lords’ that made it to the top. Kingpins, rich hustlers, directors and the like help him with organization and such. Under them are their minions, enforcers and the like, working for them directly.

One major thing to note is that the Family is majorly composed of non-dragon species, due to the distrust and hatred over dragons by other species. While dragons do have a place, they are usually put in lower and more physical positions such as enforcers, security and the like.

The Family has control over almost all major establishments and ventures in the Third District, may they be legal or illegal. Brothels, illegal fighting, gambling… It all flows back into the pockets of the Family, which gives back to the Third District by supporting said infrastructures, bribes, protection, loans and the like.

If one plays by the rules, there is nothing to fear. Dead people cannot rake in profit, but those that hamper it, will not do so anymore when six feet under.

Escaping to the Second or even First District is pointless. The Boss has many contacts there and will always have his will executed. Disrupting the Family in a big way, such as going after their organizations, trying to infiltrate it to dismantle or it such is a one-way ticket to the afterlife.

## Omerta

The Family is truly untouchable. Considering that the entire Third District lives by and supports them, trying to attack them directly would end up in a bloodbath with nothing changing. The population is way too loyal to snitch, and those that do will usually have an enforcer knocking at their front door.

If anything were to happen to the Boss (which is most unlikely), his contributors would take over. But there would be such retribution to those that took him out that he is still truly untouchable.

They have also kept the Third District relatively stable and free of uprising, which is an advantage to the Royal Government. It is still a miserable place, but one that will not fireball into chaos. After all, if they are keeping everything under control, why poke the hornet’s nest?

## Uneasy terms

In fact, some people know full well that the Royal Government, and by extension, the Military, Royal Guard and Police have cooperated with the Family willingly.

During the days of Doucheicus Blackclaw’s rule over the Police, the Boss had an asset there. Both had each other’s help in many nefarious affairs, such as making people disappear, bribery and other, very illegal partakes.

The relationship was obviously unofficial, but it was not that difficult to know of. At this time, those working for the Family enjoyed more liberties, having the Police turn a blind eye to whatever they would do.

After his death during the Bloody Dawn, when Eirei Darkwing took over, the relations fell through as Eirei tried to raise the Police’s reputation to a trusting aid in the public’s eyes, instead of a corrupt force, leashed by both the Royal Government and the Family.

This lessened the Boss’ influence over the rest of Warfang.

## Notes

* Quite often the members refer to each other as "siblings" ("brother"/"sister"); it acts as a keyword to point an affiliation with The Family, especially when some don't know the others by face.