The Mint Sauce War

The Mint Sauce War was a major conflict between Granny Dryden and Salvatore Marconi which served as the culmination of Dryden's rise to become the most powerful crime boss in Great Britain.

## Background

In 1991, the Dryden Gang were being pushed out of London by far more powerful gangs including the Maranzalla Crime Syndicate. Granny Dryden was intelligent, and dispatched her right-hand man Frank Vinci to discuss an alliance with Don Salvatore Marconi who headed the Marconi Syndicate; the most powerful organised crime syndicate in Great Britain at the time. Vinci suggested a proposal to Marconi which work to the benefit of both parties. The Dryden Gang with their countless police and political contacts could give Marconi's Gang the opportunity to expand their narcotics operation into more territories including Westminster. However, Marconi spurned Vinci's offer, and it touched off the great gang war that came to be known as the Mint Sauce War. It helped change the structure of Great Britain's criminal underworld for good.

The battle seemed to be an uneven match at first. Marconi's Syndicate was a powerful organisation with strong enforcers and much better business associates than the Dryden Gang. Granny Dryden's political contacts were outweighed by the business leaders who would support Marconi. Marconi was also a good friend of the Maranzalla Syndicate, and was also a friend of Don Morello from Lost Heaven. In Dryden's favour however, was the enemy's lack of intelligence when it came to her operation. Marconi and his crew were even tricked into thinking The Dryden Gang were weak as they left their businesses out in the open. For five months, it was an uneven match until Dryden evened out the odds with one masterful stroke. Don Marconi made a call to Don Morello, and asked for his two best gunmen to come to London to kill Granny Dryden. However, Dryden had friends and intelligence in Lost Heaven who informed her of the gunmen's arrival, and she dispatched her brutal enforcer Zi Wai to take care of them. Zi Wai hacked the one gunmen to death with an axe while the other gunmen was in so much shock that he was died by choking on his gag. Dryden sent a message to the Morello Family who agreed to make peace with The Dryden Gang.

## Aftermath

After the war ended, The Dryden Gang became the most powerful gang in Great Britain, a title they held until at least 2005 where they began a steady decline in power. Derek Barrel was given the title of caporegime, and was given full control of the Southport Docks making him the Dryden Gang's biggest money maker. Meanwhile, Zi Wai was promoted to the gang's head enforcer and head of security. Granny Dryden talked about the events of The Mint Sauce war with Sergio Falcone after she makes amends with him after Falcone killed Vlad Papkov.

## Trivia

* Incredibly rude news reporter Gareth Eggplant described the Great Gang War of 2020 as being the second worst gang war the city of London have ever had alluding to The Mint Sauce War
* A film based on the events of The Mint Sauce War was created in 1997, and is called, "A Saucy Salvation." A poster for the film can be seen in The Purple Otter.
* Derek Barrel and Zi Wai were both rewarded with their current rank in the gang following the war.
* The Mint Sauce War lasted from 1991-1993.
* It is heavily implied that Rabe Maniels has heard about The Mint Sauce War.