1323

## Mishibijiw Warriors "1323"

* **Affiliation:**The 1323 are an independent organization that sits at the center of a a loose patchwork of gangs throughout the Niswi-mishkodewinan. They respect the power of the Tiošpaye but the 1323 bow to no one.
* **Leadership:**The 1323 is set up along the lines of a pre-Awakening Motorcycle club, with an elected President, currently Bobby Water Panther, who is wanted for a ridiculously long list of offenses by the Zone Patrol (his ability to elude law enforcement has spawned a whole body of urban legend, including that he's really Whiskey Jack in disguise or a shapeshifter ) and a 'Sergeant-at-arms' (read 'chief enforcer'), which is currently the fearsome 'Elbow Witch' (leader of the Posse Killer gang).
* **Territory:**By agreement with the Tiošpaye, the 1323 control turf in Winnipeg , although not the rest of Region 1 of the Zone. They also have 'associate crews' that control turf in Pile-of-Bones, Mohkínstsis  and along the roads between Winnipeg and the Niswi-mishkodewinan capital of Sâskwatôn (although the capital itself is in the hands of the Terror Hustle and Willow Cutters).
* **Membership:**First things first, nobody is a 'officially' a member of the 1323. The Mishibijiw Warriors hide their    presence through an ever-shifting mosiac of 'puppet' cover gangs, including, but in no way limited to: The PAK (Portage Ave Killerz), The Street Machine, Mad Krowz, NCC (No-Clan Clan), Nuyen Knights, Border Crashers, Youngbloods, Renegade Crew, Devil Dog Army, Outlaw Posse, ABC (All 'Bout Cash) Crew, Notorious Gangsters of the Northside etc. Membership is limited, as it always has been, to those of native heritage, at one time exceptions were made for elves  from the Manitou Tribe but that hasn't been true for over a decade, as the 1323, many of whom served in the Niswi-mishkodewinan military, hate the hell out of the rebels, and elves in general. Prospective members have to do an apprenticeship as 'strikers' before becoming initiated as full members.
* **Rackets:**The 1323 has largely stayed true to its origins and Drugs and Protection remain the core of their operations, although by necessity they have branched out into smuggling, telesma, violent crime, car theft and arms dealing to maintain their hold on their traditional turf in a much-contested location. The one thing they don't, by agreement, handle is prostitution, which falls into the allotted purview of their rivals in the Cowboy Mafia, by the terms of the recent Tiošpaye-imposed peace treaty, a fact that inspires a great simmering resentment in them.
* **Legitimate Business:**A lot of the 1323 who have legal work hold jobs in gang-owned businesses, mostly garages (which also serve as chop-shops), food trucks and a couple of bar/restaurants, places which also help launder money, and at least one pharmacy of questionable certification. As well as all the taxi cabs that work the airport, which are all vehicles (excuse the pun) for the NCC's drug and chip dealing (which makes them, ironically, the safest in the city as the NCC works to protect its rackets).
* **History:**The 1323 have their origins in the Manitoba Warriors (represented by the positions of 'M' and 'W' in the alphabet, 13 and 23), a native prison gang that formed during the 1990's in the Manitoba Province prison system in the pre-Awakening nation of 'Canada'. Getting out of prison, they made themselves a presence in Winnipeg and Regina (now Pile-of-Bones, Niswi-mishkodewinan), dominating the Winnipeg area, starting with drugs, protection schemes and robbing from other drug dealers (their rivals, the Manitoba Nomads, local chapter of the Hell's Angels go-gang, were favorite targets). After the Treaty of Denver and the formation of the Niswi-mishkodewinan, when Manitoba ceased to exist as an entity, they rebranded as the 'Mishibijiw Warriors' naming themselves after the local name for the awakened predator the 'Underwater Panther', which they took as their unofficial totem. Coming to power in the wake of the Year of the Comet, gang President Bobby Water Panther (a Great Cat Shaman) brought the gang into the BAD  trade, which brought them a lot of money but also a lot of trouble, as it brought them right into the middle of the bloody Tempo-Drug Wars , with most of their fighting being with their current rivals in the Cowboy Mafia, which only ended when Whiskey Jack, legendary head of the Misko-ziibi  'Red River' tiwahe of the Tiošpaye, had to intervene personally, imposing a peace on both parties, defining specific territories and spheres of influence for both parties under pain of his wrath. The 1323 has had a chance to lick its wounds and build up its resources, as well as nurse its resentments...

### Relations with Other Organizations

* **Invierno Cartel "Cowboy Mafia" :**The peace forced upon the Cartel and the 1323 by the Tiošpaye still stands. For now. On the streets of their shared turfs in Winnipeg, they circle each other like vultures, waiting for the one spark that will light the powderkeg everybody knows they're standing on.
* **Misko-Ziibi tiwahe, Tiošpaye:**To call this relationship 'fraught' is to undersell it. The 1323 traditionally had a pretty good relationship, both personally and business, with their major neighbor and business partners to the south, but the recent 'peace' has complicated that with the disrespect that the 1323 feel the Tiošpaye have shown them, but also that they aren't large or powerful enough to challenge Whiskey Jack on his own terms.
* **Wakiyan tiwahe, Tiošpaye:** The Lake Devils have always had businesslike relationship with their opposite numbers on the Niswi-mishkodewinan side of the northern border. There was a bit of violence between them when Martin and Skip first started smuggling up into MW territory, but that was settled decades ago and after the Tempo-Drug war, the Devils were instrumental in getting the MW to the negotiating table with a minimum of (additional) bloodshed.
* **The Chinook :**One of the 1323's major business partners, the Chinook walk a delicate balance between not alienating their primary customers in the Three Fires Alliance and keeping enough of a distance to stay out of the bloody feuds the 1323 has with the Heathens  and the Cowboy Mafia. Recently this has been complicated by Taylor West's foray into Winnipeg politics which the 1323 see as encroaching on their turf. Taylor has promised to address their concerns any day now, but has not yet withdrawn from the Winnipeg political scene. There's trouble brewing here, and likely sooner rather than later.
* **The Heathens MC** : So, about this, this one goes back all the way. The Heathens emerged on the scene about the time that the 1323 had driven the Hell's Angels out of Winnipeg and for a long time filled the Angel's role in the ecosystem as the 1323's chief rivals. A lot of blood was spilled over a lot of reasons in the years that followed. With John Mist-calf's decision to take the gang nomadic they gave up a lot of their turf in Winnipeg, but the bad blood remains and 1323 start beefs with the Heathens anytime the nomadic warriors pass through Winnipeg.
* **The Faceless Men**: There exists a lot of bad blood between the biggest gang in the county and the nation's shadowrunners. Part of this is just the usual tensions between organized crime and the Shadows, gangers getting wasted in runs, being used as distractions or cannon-fodder by runners, runners being menaced by random gang violence and having to negotiate the intricacies of turf. But beneath that, there's a deeper divide, with the 1323 as declared outlaws, defying any authority, and the Faceless Men's ties to the Niswi-mishkodewinan government, with many of them being military of law-enforcement in background. They view each other a rivals whenever their paths cross.
* **The Mother's Sons** : The relationship between the eco-terrorists and the top gang in the region is complicated. The bounty on the Sons' heads does create a tension, as does the tendency for 1323 to be ex-Military, meaning that a lot of them fought the Manitou at some point. But both groups also share enemies, such as their rivals the Faceless Men and the Niswi-mishkodewinan government itself. Every interaction is a delicate balance, depending on which of these factors ends up dominating the conversation.
* **The Blood Worgs** : There is an understanding. The Worgs don't come into the cities the 1323 control (such as Mohkínstsis in the Niswi-mishkodewinan and Winnipegin the Zone) and they don't get shot. The 1323 don't wander too far out, and don't try to do business in, the Worg's wilderness and they don't get hunted and eaten. Every so often it seems like somebody from one or the other has to die to remind everybody of how things are, but by and large that is how things are.

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