MafiaTalia AU

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AU Name: Mafia/Gangster/Crime Organization AU

Warning: Violence, gambling, darker themes

Plot or Explanation of AU:
Three large crime organizations/families (Chronos, Whisperers, and Phantoms) live in close proximity of one another and are constantly struggling to show who's top mob of the area. Along with the three main ones, smaller ones seem to be popping up out of nowhere as well and slowly growing in number. The main three families used to be one organization back in the day, but have split in the last decade and are now strained amongst one another to show who is the strongest/richest.


The three main families:


The Chronos - They get their main income from missions and requests of bounty hunting. They are well known for their high success rate in assassinating with their expert skilled snipers mainly, even by the general public. They seem to be slightly more aggressive than the other families in terms of trying to reach their goals, whatever they may be. Their main base hideout is underground, cautiously guarded at the entrance that leads to the said hideout. Codename theme - Constellation (Aquarius, Draco, Scorpious, etc)

Rough Power/Population Lineout
    Leader
    Co-leader 
    Follow-up 
    Body Guards
    Snipers (70%)
    Hackers (20%)
    Collectors (10%)
    Grunts


The Whisperers - Their name is well known by government officials as they mainly get their income and jobs from security hacking. They tend to have an easy time blending in with others but are highly trained in their knowledge of technology and the country's statuses. This family's relationship to the other two is one of fake submissive stance; as they hide their true intentions behind a polite smile and fake negotiations as they plan ahead in their heads while doing so. Their hideout is not really much of one, as they tend to gather in a mansion that does very little to hide its existence. Codename theme - Minerals (Diamond, Sapphire, Silver, etc)

Rough Power/Population Lineout
    Leader
    Co-leader 
    Follow-up 
    Body Guards
    Hackers (80%)
    Collectors (15%)
    Snipers (5%)
    Grunts

The Phantoms - Not much is known about them, but they too are feared by others nonetheless. Their main income is from brothel houses and substance dealers, and though not known by the public as much as the other two families, they are easily recognized by said families and are known to be the negotiating snakes. Their motto seems to be more of the debt-style, as they do favors for other families as well but expect double or triple the payback in return. Their main hideout is in the woods in an old cabin, but they tend to only gather once every so often and move more independently most times. Codename theme - Flowers (Sunflower, Rose, Daisy, etc)
    
Rough Power/Population Lineout
    Leader
    Co-leader 
    Follow-up 
    Body Guards
    Negotiators/Collectors (90%)
    Hackers (5%)
    Snipers (5%)
    Grunts

Characters will belong to one of the three groups (or maybe even be a leader of their own and create a small group) and through strategy and clever words, try to get the upper hand of other families and groups to make their own the strongest with the most benefits.

Roles (For the main three families. This doesn't have to be followed if one wants to make a smaller family of their own):
Leaders - Just as it says, the leader of the family. Their words are law, and they are top classed experts at the field in which their family receives main income from.
Co-Leaders - Second in command. When the leader is absent, they are responsible for keeping the family together and in line. Usually the role is given to those who show high loyalty to the leaders and is the result of promoted lower ranked members. 
Follow-ups - Future leaders. Though they work mainly as negotiators and messengers of the leaders and co-leaders to the rest of the family, when and/or if anything happens where the leader is lost, they take the position. Because of this, they must be relatives or somebody close to the leaders. 
Body Guards - They are responsible for keeping the higher positioned members safe and must be ready to serve as bait when required. Expected to be strong enough to handle police questioning and emergency situations in which heavy duty work may be required. When not following the higher members, they are expected to guard the hideouts or be available upon call. 
Snipers, Hackers, Collectors/Negotiators - Specially trained and/or skilled members that do most of the common jobs required for the family income. Snipers take assignments and missions to assassinate, hackers get into the system of government or other family's databases, and collectors/negotiators mainly walk around to collect money and/or negotiate deals. 
Grunts - Family members without the special skills acquired to be placed in the rank above. This can include new members, spouses, children, etc. At any point they can advance to the upper rank if they so wish to and receive the training to do so. If not, they are usually the ones who take care of the common duties such as cooking and cleaning, and are usually under protection of said family from others.  

Additional Information:
+ Characters will all be part of one of the crime organizations or a cop. 
+ The three main groups will have a leader, co-leader, a next-in-line (usually a relative of said leader or someone close enough the leader trusts enough), and the ranks from there on can be varied from one group to another. Smaller individual groups don't need to follow this structure.
+ # of cops would be put on a limit of 1:3, but from the get-go will have two spots available.
+ Each group hold strength in different areas for their funding. They also have different strengths and combat style against other families, and people will choose which group their character would fit best in.


Possible sub-boards:
The Chronos' hideout (Underground tunnel/rooms)

The Whisperers' hideout (Huge mansion)

The Phantoms' hideout (Cabin in the woods)

Police Department

City
    -Bank
    -Cafe
    -Shopping Districts
    -Residental Area
    -Alleyways
        -Brothels
        -Night Clubs
        -Bars

Other: Info boards (positions especially)


Mini-Profile Specifics:
Name: (Sometimes people who don’t be siblings will change their last name….besides Names are good)
Age: (in human years since it’s not Nationverse!)
Organization: (Name of the organization family/group they belong in. If a cop, just write as so.)
Position: (Their position in the family/organization/police department)
Codename: (If part of the crime orginization)
Appearance:(clothes, physical appearance, items etc.…)

Personality Changes/Quirks:(what's the difference between them normally and them in this setting? This can be done as bullets or a list rather than in paragraph form)
Backstory:(how did they get where they are today?)
Relationships:(Not just romantic, if they have friends or enemies, they go here too)
Other Things Worth mentioning:(Again, it can be a bulleted list instead of a paragraph)

[Gilbert Beilschmidt]

This might be fun! I can at least see Francis as a potential assassin.. or even Gilbert

[Deleted]

I adore Mafiatalia so much so yes please? I'm so game for this. I usually see it as like, big crime players are the Nordics, the Slavics, the Germanics, and the Asians, I believe? But that can deff be toyed with depending on what people like. Though might I suggest opening it up and giving the ability for people to be, say, cops? It would add another dynamic and not just be all crime all the time. It also adds a good and grey area to do stuff.

I.e. One storyline I've followed is crime leader Ivan and cop Alfred and Alfred becomes obsessive and they end up in an odd way in love. So cops wise at least, that's a thing.

[Deleted]

Ooh, cops could be interesting but I feel it shouldn’t be overdone. Like, the main idea of the plot is to have a lot of members in organized crime activity, not just running from cops and chasing down said members of the mobs. Hmm, is there a way to limit the amount of cops somehow?

[Isoitsu]

This piques my interest a little due to an old rp forum that never quite lived on that was kinda like this... but

Just remember we HAVE to keep it within ToS, so no glamorization of drugs, or in depth violence, etc. will be allowed. You'd have to keep SOME things as ambiguous as possible, unless you want to run the risk of us gettin' shut down :'D

Really, the three major rings I always see are the ye olde Italian Mafia (plus whatever other romance/Latin nations like france, spain, etc), the Asians (typically portrayed as similar to the Yazuka, and this could also include the Oceanic nations), and the Germanics (this includes the Scandinavians [and Nordics], and possibly Britain/British isles as they are considered Germanic, at least in terms of language).

However, a fourth gang could made in the case of the more Slavic nations, since let's be real, the Russian mafia is a thing and that would help find a place for others since there is a good chunk of them.

Those that don't fall under the umbrella of any of those could pick one and go with it (preferrably one that matches with them best in terms of geography, cultural background, etc) or be the cops. However, having it that way may be limiting to some, if we say if you're in x regions, you have to be in the gang. Because not all characters are going to have that drive or nature anyway.

BUT BECAUSE THAT CAN GET RIDICULOUSLY MESSY AND CAN GET COMPLICATED AF.

I like the idea of just having three, like Puchi said, each specializing best in a certain area, like assasination and subterfuge, or huge political influences/law connections. I think having it like that and then letting the mun choose where their muse best fits in terms of their own abilities would be the way to go.

[Deleted]

Well I personally think you should at least have four to really include the Slavics, because where else would that go? Also there's a really good possible dynamic with the Soviet Union group I've seen which is, A+ honestly. Because like, I've spent so much time pouring into my own Mafiatalia stuff with a variety of characters or seeing what some others do, but the basis is usually the same. You at least have four factions + cops.

Being in ____ region doesn't mean you're part of the mafia, either. I for one wrote my entire character of Ukraine in this AU as she started out in the Russian mob with her family, started by her mother, knew it was getting to be too much and so she ran away, ending up in a more neutral state of things, and ending up in love with Canada. Or my Greenland (prob the plot I'd even use for her) was a single child to two mothers, raised very wealthy and was a solo info broker. She's a nordic however so she /shoulda coulda/ been in the Nordic mob, but I didn't do that. So really, there's a basis that could be set, but exceptions to be made if the character really doesn't fit.

I could actually type up everything I know about this AU or have seen, I have spent months over it and it's a favorite. There's so many ways for this to work.

[Deleted]

Of course. I feel despite how far it would be implied, we can keep the deep details ambiguous when it comes to drugs and extreme violence (+ people will need to talk to one another when it comes to harming the other’s characters of course, so we can keep each other in check as well).

As much as I think it would be fun to have groups accordingly to the nations, I also feel it would be best we don’t constrict Mafia groups with who the characters are but instead just make three original ones and have muns choose, as Iso said. Or if they don’t want in on the main three, to make their own (albeit smaller) one that wouldn’t necessarily play a huge part in the plot itself and/or be a cop, though I really feel I want to limit the number of cops to be completely honest still.

[Mihai Roșu]

this is a cool idea (but RIP i just dropped my Asian). but because of that i think geographic limits might not be the best, since that means some groups will naturally be at a disadvantage for numbers (which could be interesting, but i think it'd be better if people chose to put their characters at that disadvantage rather than having it imposed), and others will be lacking heads that make the most sense if you do a geographically-bounded gang (Yao - Asia faction and Ivan - Slav faction), so i support some flexibility there~

limiting makes sense (and we sort of already have that going on in WC with major deities, so it could work), and i can see that happening with cops (if it's a major concern that the AU will be overrun with them, but i doubt that will happen, actually). perhaps adding a few slots for independent contractors might be interesting too (brokers, cleaners, someone with a rare skillset)?

one thing i do support would be having a semi-established history between each of the gangs (at least the big ones), so that all members have some sort of preconceived notions about the others. i find that without some centralization of ideas or group history, and just letting each person 'feel it out' in threads ends up with really wishy-washy motives that aren't really strong enough to motivate group conflict - if that is the goal, ofc.


EDIT: i probably said some unnecessary things because proboards doesn't warn me when someone else posts so pls excuse

[Deleted]

I still don't see the problem completely with the labeling, but that's just me maybe? I think it might give a better feel and structure to it because by letting people choose, you lose the idea of "we can build alliances or short term bridges for this goal, let's use this person for _____" if that makes sense? So it's not to limiting. Again I bring up my examples above, and even wish to reference others I've seen. I've seen the one of Germania running things and Germany being a cop but other Germanics following father dearest, I've seen the Nords but Norway leaves as he's driven away by Denmark (a+ story and I can't even put into words that one) much less others.I think it would give a better structure than being like "build your own and work with _____." But I dunno, I just am trying to rationalize it from stuff I've seen and seems common but also would work. Though....some would be disadvantaged.....hm....

As for cops and limits, I'm sure you could limit it some how or do something. Though don't make it super limited because only two cops makes no sense, ya know?

[Isoitsu]

Independents/contracters sound like a cool thing, and as far as mob to cop ratio, it could be determined by the actual number of characters on the boards/in the au. Say a 1:3 ratio or whatever or at the very LEAST a 2 cop minimum so they at LEAST have a partner.

[Deleted]

Hi guys, I'm on my phone rn so I can't type out a long message, but I'll be writing something out later when I grab my laptop. But I do like the idea of a mafiatalia au!

[Antonio Fernandez Carriedo]

I like the idea of having a few characters for hire, and limiting but still having a few law enforcing roles. As for the groups, maybe there could be 3 or 4 based on specialties but members can decide whether they wish to form a language/culture-related force within or at the head of a group or not. For example, if the Italian muns decide they want to band together in one gang, either running the show (one would need to secure the boss position), or as a group within a faction, they can. That might mean laying out gang descriptions (specialty, etc.) but maybe with room for slight tweaking depending on the aims of the bosses/in-groups running it... Idk x'D

[Kiku Honda]

I'll keep this short but yes please!!

[Arthur Kirkland]

I think this is a great idea! I also agree that geographic limits may not work the best because of all the reasons brought up so far (imbalance in numbers per group, some characters inadvertently left completely out of said geographic regions and thus would have a difficult time placing characters in the AU, ect.) Specializations or even a shared ideology within the group could work well. It would place less limitations on where we feel our characters would naturally be drawn towards.

But, in short... yes I'm all for this!

[Deleted]

I still feel geographical limits will not be the best choice when it comes to this AU being put on this site, because yes it could mean a lot of groups can be put at a disadvantage from the beginning and we are missing many characters that would obviously be the leader of said groups (as mentioned, China as the leader of Asia and Russia as the leader of the Slavics). This isn't to say I am against the ideas of those characters being together in groups, but assuming they are and not giving another choice kind of seems a little strangling imo. If people want to make, say, a Nordic group, by all means, they can. But it shouldn't be a "you're a Nordic so you must either be in the Nordic group or a cop" seems a little... Meh, imo. ^^;

Because of that, I believe (And added above in the topic head post) that people will get to choose their groups. I also love Rye's idea of each group having different ideals/goals, and for muns to have the ability to choose from that perspective as well, so I added that as well! Maybe once it's confirmed this AU will be put on the site, mods (and maybe me? idk ^^; ) can sit down and draft out a history / goals of the main families at least? If that's a thing that's possible... ^^;