Paradise Corporation

Art by KAT

Paradise Corporation is a company founded by Mr. Black shortly after becoming part of the criminal underground. Originally founded on doing mercenary work, the company expanded into working in arms production as well. There are other small parts of the company that deal with drug trade but is not the main focus.

The company HQ is in Paradise City, a city constructed specifically to house Paradise Corporation's main base of operations. There are a handful of smaller locations that are affiliated with Paradise Corporation but are not official sites.

## Members

The current active members of Paradise Corporation worthy of note:

* Mr. Black
* Edward Black
* George
* Henry
* Fin
* Law
* Ko
* Love
* Vlad
* Boffin
* Victoria
* Death
* Mr. Grim

Former members of Paradise Corporation worthy of note:

* Tom
* Eagle
* K9

## History

### **Early History (1990s-2020s)**

After being founded with the heist that killed Grim, the corporation grew exponentially for a few years. Most of the many contracted workers were either mercenaries or construction workers. Mercenaries would carry out the jobs given by the newly found organization. These jobs flowed in due to the vacuum left by Book Keeper's disappearance. The construction workers brought on board were tasked with building Paradise City, the home base for the corporation.

Because Mr. Black killed Book Keeper, him and the corporation itself would be seen as a threat by the highest level of the hierarchy in the criminal underground: the Lucky 13. Rather than recognizing Mr. Black as a potential member or ally for the Lucky 13, they blacklisted him from their organization. This would not include the front that the Lucky 13 had setup called the Jackpot 7 however.

Between the late 1990s and mid 2010s Mr. Black would recruit the members of his bodyguard squad called "The Beasts." This group of killers would become the most notorious squad within Paradise Corporation both inside and out. They would play a key role in helping Mr. Black and the corporation itself fulfill it's goals for the future.

### **Dead War (2024-2025)**

Paradise Corporation would catch wind of a small group called the Deads that were rebelling against the Eastern United States. This information would spark Mr. Black to lend a helping hand to the group, further cementing the corporations place as an enemy to the Lucky 13. This is because the Lucky 13 saw this as a potential for a war to break out between countries; the weakening of a world superpower from within could have lead to catastrophic events such as WWIII. A conflict would begin between Paradise Corporation and the Lucky 13 directly, ending with the dissolving of the Lucky 13 and Paradise Corporation becoming the highest power in the criminal underground.

### **South of Heaven (2025s Onward)**

With no major powers to stop them, the corporation would start to enact on a plan to try and make the world a better place. The first step of this plan being the Hell Patrol Initiative (Hell Patrol for short): A group meant to hunt down demons and close the gate between Earth and Hell. The corporation would do many ventures like this moving forward to protect not only themselves but humanity as a whole, just as the Lucky 13 did. Though now instead of the reason being for monetary gain like with the Lucky 13, now it was because it was the right thing to do.

## Relations

### **Deads**

To Paradise Corporation, and more specifically Mr. Black, the Deads were seen as underdogs and freedom fighters of sorts. The main reason as to the corporation interacting with the Deads was Mr. Black's personal connection to the enemy they were fighting and the reasons for it. By the Deads definition, Mr. Black was also one of them: A person affected by The Philadelphia Project. Because of this, Paradise Corporation and the Deads are on extremely good terms with one another.

After the Dead War, the Deads would join and integrate with Paradise Corporation. Ko would become a member of The Beasts, Vlad would become an acting commander for many of the mercenaries in the organization, and Boffin would become a researcher that works directly under Mr. Black. Love and Victoria would also join the organization though neither would be given specific roles within the group.

### **United Allies (Eastern United States Allies)**

Just like the Deads, Paradise Corporation would be enemies of the UA. While the UA are not responsible for the version of the Philadelphia Project that was preformed on Mr. Black, they still reinstated the project which to him and his corporation was just as bad. The UA would classify Paradise Corporation as a terrorist threat, meaning the feelings were mutual between the two groups.

During the Dead War, the UA would kill a handful of members of Paradise Corporation. Most notably they would kill Edward Black. This death would spark the full on assault of Paradise Corporation by the UA. This would all end with the UA besieging Paradise City and the self destruction of it.

### **Lucky 13**

Due to the alleged death of Book Keeper (a member of the Lucky 13), Paradise Corporation was immediately set as a threat to the Lucky 13. Despite this, no real actions were taken against Paradise Corporation outside of the initial assassination attempt against Mr. Black. This is until Paradise Corporation took part in the Dead War. The Lucky 13 saw this as a potential civil war within the Eastern United States or even the United States as a whole. This would cause a potential collapse of a superpower and spark WWIII. Because of this fear, the Lucky 13 did everything in their power to stop Paradise Corporation.

However, not every member of the Lucky 13 was against Paradise Corporation. Some were even allies of them including Joker, Glaz, and begrudgingly Madam Ran. Sentinel was neutral when it came to Paradise Corporation at this time. Every other member however was against Paradise Corporation and were a part of the campaign to stop them during the Dead War.

### **The Director**

The Director, also known as Book Keeper, is the closest to a direct enemy to Paradise Corporation as there is. More specifically his enemy is Mr. Black. Because of Mr. Black's betrayal against him, he hold great resentment. In his eyes he saw Mr. Black as a protégé if not an equal when he was Grim. However after Mr. Black betrayed his trust and tried to kill him, all those good feels were gone. Now the Director works in the shadows with the help of former Lucky 13 members to take down Mr. Black and Paradise Corporation.

The Director does not have complete ill will towards the corporation as a whole. He sees many of it's members and allies as bystanders caught up in Mr. Black's insanity. Though if members of Paradise Corporation stand between him and Mr. Black they will be dealt with.

The anger would eventually spread across to the rest of the company after the Dead War and the start of the Hell Patrol Initiative. The Director would create great warriors that would not only protect the Earth but also attempt to stop Paradise Corporation, known as the Wraiths. Anyone affiliated with the company at that point was seen as an enemy.

### **The Watchers**

After the Hell Patrol Initiative in which Rexus was killed, The Watchers were made aware of the existence of resistance on Earth along with those that had killed their angel to watch over it. This immediately made Paradise Corporation a threat in the eyes of The Watchers. Unlike other enemies of the company The Watchers took immediate action against Paradise Corporation, flying their home world and flagship to Earth and invading it.

During this time demons and Watchers would reign down upon Earth, both terrorizing humanity and searching for Paradise Corporation, more specifically the Hell Patrol. The Watchers already felt no pity or good will towards humanity, but Paradise Corporation were seen as demons to the demons; things that needed to be erased from this universe.

### **52**

The 52 are a subsidiary of Paradise Corporation. The 52 were brought into the group during the mid 2000s. The group is most notable because of their connection to Joker: friend of Mr. Black, Lucky 13 member, and Jackpot 7 member. Members of the 52 are not specifically employees of Paradise Corporation but are treated as such.

Both groups have mutual respects for one another, though for the 52 the feeling is greater.