Granny Dryden

Granny Dryden was the boss of The Dryden Gang and was a major antagonist to The Lost Episode Resistance. After being betrayed by Frank Vinci and Rabe Maniels, Dryden joined forces with the Resistance and helped in their crusade against Maniels and his Syndicate.

## Overview

Dryden was the leader of The Dryden Gang having founded it with her best friend Frank Vinci. Dryden and Vinci formed an alliance with Rabe Maniels and Johnny Buggerton. Later, Dryden after having a change of heart gets betrayed by Vinci who joins forces with Maniels in order to take over The Dryden Gang for himself. Dryden joins forces with the Lost Episode Resistance and aids them in their crusade against Maniels and Vinci.

## Background

Dryden and Vinci both grew up in the small village of Greendale. Even from a very young age, both friends were involved in small time picket pocketing and robberies. They ended up catching the boat to London sometime in 1984. In London, the pair founded The Dryden Gang and became heavily involved in dockyard smuggling with help from corrupt dockworker Derek Barrel who soon became one of the first people to join their gang. Dryden and Vinci took over the entire neighbourhood of Broker. For the remainder of the 1980's, Dryden and Vinci continued to expand their operations even establishing a good friendship with the powerful Maranzalla Crime Syndicate.

## The Mint Sauce War

In 1993, The Dryden Gang went to war with The Marconi Crime Syndicate led by Salvatore Marconi. During the war, Dryden was shot and almost died which led to Vinci leading the gang in her absence. Vinci got revenge by killing Marconi's mistress by planting a bomb in Marconi's car. The war then came to an end in 1995 with the death of Don Marconi at the hands of Derek Barrel and two unnamed hitmen. For the rest of the 1990's, Dryden and Vinci continued to run their operations as normal and now thanks to Barrel had control of the Southport Docks. Over the years that followed, several people joined the ranks of Dryden's Gang including Vladimir Papkov, Steve Coin, Ivan Bytchkov, and Ray Boccino among many others.

## Decline In Power

By 2004, the Dryden Gang was the most powerful gang in London and had began expanding their operations into Empire Bay. Over the

## Federal Investigation

The Federal Bureau of Investigation sent Glancy Drown into Dryden's organisation in order to help the Bureau map out how organised crime operates in the city. Drown was able to supply enough information to the Bureau that both Dryden and Maniels became worried. Drown also convinced Vlad's right-hand man Ivan Bytchkov to start snitching as well. Eventually, Drown was executed on the orders of Hudge who had contacts in the Bureau who told him about Drown's informer status. With Drown dead and outed as an informant, a great deal of pressure was put on Maniels and Dryden from the Feds who had begun clamping down hard on organised crime in the city. Maniels and Vinci begin to distrust Dryden's judgement as she refuses to believe Drown was an informant. At this point, Maniels and Vinci began plotting in secret behind Dryden's back. After Bytchkov is revealed to be snitching too, Maniels orders Papkov to kill him. Papkov sends his hired gun Mr Walrus to kill Ivan, but Walrus in a rare moment of kindness allows for Ivan to leave town. Dryden and Maniels however remain none the wiser.

## The Big Plan

Over the next month, Dryden conspires with Maniels and his right-hand man Johnny Buggerton to kill The Shadow Reader. They believed that with Shadow dead; his successor Skyrunner SG-1 would be forced to make a deal with them in order to avoid a gang war. The hit worked but Shadow was not killed and was instead placed in the hospital under heavy guard from the Resistance.

## Papkov's Last Dance

In March, Vlad Papkov is killed by two of his debtors Sergio Falcone and Lucas Valdez. Dryden wanted to have Falcone and Valdez killed but was prevented by Vinci as he and Maniels both thought Vlad was useless. Dryden begins to doubt her partnership with Maniels as well as her friendship with Frank Vinci who has grown closer to Maniels, and has begun making plans without her.

## Betrayal

Following the peace summit, Dryden, Vinci, Derek Barrel, and Steve Coin take part in a DVD sale with the 18K Triad Red Pole Four Finger Wu. Sadly, the deal turns out to be a bust as the CLPD storm the scene. During the escape, Dryden is shot and left for dead by Vinci, Barrel, and Coin who have all become solely loyal to Maniels. Dryden is rescued by The Shadow Reader. Dryden is then nursed back to health by Fritz and Shadow Lioness. Several weeks later, Dryden recovers and offers to work in the Resistance. No one in the Resistance trusts her due to her association with Maniels. Shadow explains to Dryden that with her gone Vinci and Maniels have formed an alliance and have continued attacking the Resistance despite Shadow making peace with them. In her absence, Vinci has also taken over the Dryden Gang renaming it the Vinci Gang, and has become one of the most powerful and feared criminals in the criminal underworld. Dryden proves her new found loyalty to the Resistance by helping them repel an attack from Maniels and Jocrassa Fel-Fotch.

## Taking Back London

Over the next few months, the Resistance with Dryden's help begin fighting back against Maniels and Vinci's Alliance. This includes killing Derek Barrel and Steve Coin which allows for the Resistance to take control of the Southport Docks preventing Maniels and Jocrassa from getting their creations shipped worldwide. D

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