Yardies

The Yardies also known as the Uptown Yardies are a Jamaican organised crime outfit based in Oakton City.

"Uptown Yardies we been living in an uptown world!"-The Yardies' motto.

## Overview

The Yardies are a gang based in Oakton City. They are the dominant gang in Torrington. At the peak of their power, the Yardies were the second most powerful gang in Oakton City second only to the Molinari Family, but are now considerably weaker and losing numbers by the day.

## History

Originally from Jamaica, King Courtney came to Oakton City in 2000 where he founded his gang with help from his grandfather's connections from back home. Starting out as a small group of a few people, Courtney found himself way over his head as he needed a legitimate front for his money laundering. Courtney became a frequent patron to a gentlemen's club in Midtown ran by a man named Zimos. Courtney and Zimos became best friends very quickly, and Zimos agreed to use the club for Courtney's laundering, and as a reward he became Courtney's right-hand man and underboss angering some of the other early alumni as Zimos was not Jamaican like the rest of the gang was. As the years went by, the Yardies became the second most powerful crime outfit in Oakton City second only to the Molinari's. Though both gangs disliked each other immensely, King Courtney was able to come up with a compromise so that both gangs could co-exist, Courtney promised to never deal in Molinari neighbourhoods and the Molinari's agreed likewise. Courtney occasionally broke the truce by having his men steal Molinari Sententials which he would then sell abroad to make big bucks. The gang also controlled Armadillo a rural desert town which Courtney used to as a manufacturing plant for his new foray into lost media. Sadly, their power eventually came crashing down.

## King Under Your Control

At some point prior to June 2021, King Courtney made friends with Ray Bulgarin a powerful mob boss from out of town who asked for Courtney to lead an expedition to find El Dorado. Zimos strongly discouraged Courtney from going, and was unable to attend himself due to needing a new microphone for his throat. King Courtney planted a mole in El Dorado who gave the King coordinates to the city. King Courtney and a large platoon of his men arrived in the city, and Courtney announced his victory only to get immediately shot in the chest by Chief Tannabok .Courtney died instantly, and the platoon reported back to Oakton City to inform Zimos who was so upset about it that he stayed secluded in his apartment for several weeks after. Eventually, Zimos recovered enough to take command of the Yardies, but sadly it was under his control that the Yardies began it's downfall.

## Downfall

Sadly, Zimos knows next to nothing about how to run a gang, and so the Yardies became incredibly weak under his command being forced to surrender a lot of their territory to the more powerful gangs in the city like the Molinari and Forelli Families. Zimos also angers his lieutenants by completely breaking Courtney's truce with the Molinari's, by sending his spies into their hangouts in order to map out a possible takeover as Zimos is desperately hoping to recapture the Yardies' golden days. The Yardies were also ran out from Armadillo, and the outlaw Walton Gang took over. However, the Yardies still remain the dominant gang in Torrington, and Zimos still runs his gentlemen's club with great success. According to informants, a lot of Zimos' weakness as a leader is that he is more concerned with running his pimp business than he is with running the gang.

## Known Members

King Courtney (Boss) 2000-2021 deceased

Zimos (Underboss) 2000-2021 (Boss) 2021-

Kofi Quashie (Lieutenant)

## Trivia

* While in New Austin, they hid at Fort Mercer.
* The Yardies are the main antagonistic faction of the 2021 funnypastaverse.
* Their vehicle is the Yardie Lobo.