Factions

# The Underworld

## The Deacon Street Triads

* Chinese Street Gang
	+ No delusions of grandeur
		- Dog fighting, drug pushing, home invasions, etc.
			* Mainly just street level crime
		- Willing to act as muscle for other gangs
			* No real loyalties, just want to commit crime & make money

## The Ito Family (Yakuza)

* Once powerful, currently on the slide
	+ Gentrification of their neighborhood leads to infighting

## Sons of Satan Motorcycle Club

* Petty criminals and gun runners
	+ Korean War and fresh Vietnam vets with a drug hookup
		- Golden Triangle heroin smuggling & meth lab out in the desert
			* Kind of sort of competing with the Whitehall Organization and the Vargas Cartel
				+ Less so with the Whitehall's but the Vargas want to consolidate
					- Selling to different customer bases

## The Vargas Cartel

* Mexican drug cartel being locally run by ??? Mendoza
	+ Gun runners, drug smugglers, human traffickers
		- Newcomers to the scene but insanely powerful
			* Almost as if they have big scary backers
				+ Currently being backed by the CIA
					- If the CIA backs them in the US, the Vargas Cartel will back them in Central America

## The Birds

* Leader is the daughter of Mr. Byrne
	+ Wanted to strike it out on her own. Managed to do so.
		- They're not really talking, but can definitely have their relationship patched up.
* Sanctuary District based street gang
	+ Mostly LGBT
		- Pre-gentrification Hispanic gay-ngsters linking up with post-gentrification lesbians
	+ Guardian Angels-type deal, but less nonviolent
		- Not outwardly violent, but willing to deal party drugs and commit low-level crimes

## The Orso Family

* Italian Mob, already done with the slide
	+ Really just there to have their old rackets divvied up
		- FBI just finished up a years long investigation into them
			* A few were able to escape prosecution or managed to get acquitted
	+ Mainly just spend their days in Vito's getting drunk and playing cards
	+ Some people really want their secret dealings kept secret
		- Government officials, rich folk, etc.
	+ Currently being courted by the CIA
		- You scratch my back; I scratch yours
			* Operation Gladio, but stateside
				+ A little bit further than whatever their CHAOS analogue is

## The Byrne Family

* Irish Mob Family
* Not really interested in being criminal, just doing what they've always done to get by
	+ Doesn't control the docks, but has their ear to the ground
		- Will occasionally steal stuff to offload
			* Cars, phones, televisions, etc.

## The Whitehall Organization

* Black-American Drug Dealing Organization
	+ Not really involved in many other rackets, just have a stranglehold on drugs in the black community
* Based out of Huntsman's End
	+ Have been based out of there since the 1910's
* Gang has been going through a long period of motive decay
	+ Originally started off as more of a Black Mafia-type deal
		- Protecting the interest of the neighborhood, but still being a little criminal
	+ Started to have to do more criminal acts to keep up with the other factions
		- Stealing cars & fixing the lottery > Dealing light drugs > Dealing heavier drugs > Murder
	+ Still trying to protect the neighborhood
		- Basketball games, charitable donations, community cookouts, etc.
	+ Currently divided between three factions
		- Those that want to dissolve the gang
		- Those that want to continue the current program
		- Those that want to sell drugs purely for profit

# Radicals & Militants

## The Watchtower

* Far left radical group
	+ College group that got a little out of hand

## Entropa Liberation Forces

* Symbionese Liberation Party-type deal
* Former engineering student driven mad
	+ MKUltra victim
* Driven mad by the concept of entropy
	+ Trying to bring about the chaos sooner
* Not really politically driven but lumped in with the rest of them
	+ Just want to cause chaos
* Being manipulated by a CHAOS plant

## The Infantry of Christ

* Far-Right Christian group
	+ Abortion bombings and whatnot

## The Order, the Apostles, and the Will of the Lord

* Christian survivalists living out in the desert

# Cults & New Age Religious Movements

## The Healers of Croxozen

* People in touch with their wizard powers

## Willow of the Hill, Church of the Grove

* Seemingly normal group of people
	+ Maybe a little Jesus-y
* Doomsday Cult