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La Banda Circo (The Circus gang), also known as Il Circo, are a small and highly volatile band of cronies, misfits, lunatics and criminals bent on bringing joyous chaos and ill-thought through interruptions to daily life in Regalia. The gang exists as an extremely unorganised and unpredictable group, renowned for their unconventional methods and extremely improvised plans. The gang has no allegiance to any religion, cause or motive other than its enjoyment in being a menace to society although word has it some of their members offer themselves to contractual 'work'.
La Banda Circo, or Il Circo, originated in Daenshore around 297AC after a group of friends decided they wanted to make some money in the increasingly criminalized Governorate. Three friends, Fausto, Tito and Averno grew bored in the sweltering Summer of 291AC and decided they wanted to make some easy money. It was not hard to get into a gang or organized crime group in Daenshore at the time but the three boys had no experience and knew they would wind up dead if they threw themselves in at the deep end. They started up simply as rebellious teenagers, breaking shop windows, committing petty theft and simply getting into trouble. This was enough to sustain the boys entertainment for a month or so but it quickly became mundane and easy and so they decided to increase the risks and try more experimental, high-end criminal activities. Fausto was the brains, he located targets, planned out their operations and devised their escapes. Tito was the muscle, he was the son of a blacksmith and when he wasn't helping his father he was causing mischief with his cronies. Finally there was Averno, better known as Pazzo to his friends for being the crazy, fearless one of the group.
Fausto observed the tight-knit community that was the prostitution ring of Daenshore; Tigran ad Yanar prostitutes were the most discriminated and reviled citizens and only had each other for support and safety. Fausto came up with a plan to kidnap prostitiutes and ransom them back to their friends for small profits; however on their first attempt they found it extremely hard to isolate a single target and even when they managed it after a couple of days, they found the payment to be insufficient of the effort they had to put into capturing them. Fausto thought long and hard and came up with the idea that the boys should reach out to the owners of the prostitutes and offer themselves as thugs to help the wealthy slave owners track down customers who didn't pay or beat the prostitutes so hard that they could not continue their work. For two years, the friends operated as small-time thugs, following men back to their homes and beating them until they paid up, returning the money to the slave owners. The business was not highly profitable but over time is saw the boys develop increasingly violent methods of intimidation and torture; they were locally renowned for carving designs into their victims flesh and began to cut 'La Pizzi' onto people's chests and backs to brand them as victims of the gang.
In 293AC, Fausto fell ill with Qui'quilli Disease and died leaving Tito and Averno without what had become their leader. Tito took the loss the hardest and began drinking which saw him gamble away his shares of the profits the gang had made over the years and he fled Daenshore unannounced in fear of being hunted by crime lords for owing debts. Averno had always been the more sadistic of the three, he was often the fuel for their violent developments and he thoroughly enjoyed witnessing the pain he caused. However he felt limited to Fausto's intelligence, he believed himself to be equally as intelligent as Fausto but his friend was organised and planned everything they did whereas Averno craved disorder, excessive violence and operated by impulse.
Averno began to piece together Il Circo, hiring like-minded freaks and misfits to join his merry band of lunatics. He developed an obsession with pyrotechnics and he began to lead senseless, often narcotic fuelled, sprees across Daenshore to firebomb buildings and shops at night or break into bigger houses, to tear them apart rather than steal from them. Il Circo grew to a sizeable force with members coming and going; the gang offered people a chance to commit crimes for the experience rather than permanently. Averno never demanded loyalty, he never planned the gang's next move and never designed a structure; if anyone betrayed them, he simply ordered the gang to hunt them down and kill them; if anyone tried to stop them they would identify themselves as the target of their next attack. The gang existed for five years as a chaotic, dangerous, volatile group of young men and women who simply enjoyed watching the world around them suffer and panic.
In 298AC many of the gang members had either left to join bigger, more structured crime organizations as Il Circo did not make any money from their endeavours or they had been arrested or killed. Averno, better known now as Pazza, decided it was time to move onto bigger and better things and took what little money the gang had made and boarded a ship to Regalia to perform on a bigger, much riskier stage. On the ship he tried to hustle the crew out of their regals as they approached Regalia but they caught on quickly and turned him over to the city guard on arrival and he was lashed and put into jail for a short time. His prison sentence gradually grew longer and longer as he encouraged revolts amongst the prisoners and even managed to kill a few for fun but manipulated others to blame certain individuals who he'd become adverse to. He eventually got out with setting up Il Circo once more in mind and getting back to work on the new stage on which they were set to perform.
Fausto observed the tight-knit community that was the prostitution ring of Daenshore; Tigran ad Yanar prostitutes were the most discriminated and reviled citizens and only had each other for support and safety. Fausto came up with a plan to kidnap prostitiutes and ransom them back to their friends for small profits; however on their first attempt they found it extremely hard to isolate a single target and even when they managed it after a couple of days, they found the payment to be insufficient of the effort they had to put into capturing them. Fausto thought long and hard and came up with the idea that the boys should reach out to the owners of the prostitutes and offer themselves as thugs to help the wealthy slave owners track down customers who didn't pay or beat the prostitutes so hard that they could not continue their work. For two years, the friends operated as small-time thugs, following men back to their homes and beating them until they paid up, returning the money to the slave owners. The business was not highly profitable but over time is saw the boys develop increasingly violent methods of intimidation and torture; they were locally renowned for carving designs into their victims flesh and began to cut 'La Pizzi' onto people's chests and backs to brand them as victims of the gang.
In 293AC, Fausto fell ill with Qui'quilli Disease and died leaving Tito and Averno without what had become their leader. Tito took the loss the hardest and began drinking which saw him gamble away his shares of the profits the gang had made over the years and he fled Daenshore unannounced in fear of being hunted by crime lords for owing debts. Averno had always been the more sadistic of the three, he was often the fuel for their violent developments and he thoroughly enjoyed witnessing the pain he caused. However he felt limited to Fausto's intelligence, he believed himself to be equally as intelligent as Fausto but his friend was organised and planned everything they did whereas Averno craved disorder, excessive violence and operated by impulse.
Averno began to piece together Il Circo, hiring like-minded freaks and misfits to join his merry band of lunatics. He developed an obsession with pyrotechnics and he began to lead senseless, often narcotic fuelled, sprees across Daenshore to firebomb buildings and shops at night or break into bigger houses, to tear them apart rather than steal from them. Il Circo grew to a sizeable force with members coming and going; the gang offered people a chance to commit crimes for the experience rather than permanently. Averno never demanded loyalty, he never planned the gang's next move and never designed a structure; if anyone betrayed them, he simply ordered the gang to hunt them down and kill them; if anyone tried to stop them they would identify themselves as the target of their next attack. The gang existed for five years as a chaotic, dangerous, volatile group of young men and women who simply enjoyed watching the world around them suffer and panic.
In 298AC many of the gang members had either left to join bigger, more structured crime organizations as Il Circo did not make any money from their endeavours or they had been arrested or killed. Averno, better known now as Pazza, decided it was time to move onto bigger and better things and took what little money the gang had made and boarded a ship to Regalia to perform on a bigger, much riskier stage. On the ship he tried to hustle the crew out of their regals as they approached Regalia but they caught on quickly and turned him over to the city guard on arrival and he was lashed and put into jail for a short time. His prison sentence gradually grew longer and longer as he encouraged revolts amongst the prisoners and even managed to kill a few for fun but manipulated others to blame certain individuals who he'd become adverse to. He eventually got out with setting up Il Circo once more in mind and getting back to work on the new stage on which they were set to perform.
Structure, Rules and Aims
Il Circo never held a true structure in its early days and disorder and the lack of a hierarchy has only entrenched itself since Averno took over. There is not a recognisable structure, even Averno does not lead them in certain direction, he merely announces what he intends to do and takes whoever fancies it. Members are encouraged to think and act for themselves, the only rule is that they perform their acts of crime and violence with enthusiasm and commitment. Masks are advised but no single design is enforced and clothing is entirely to the taste of the wearer. Il Circo to Averno is simply a recruitment pool from which to pick suitable people for certain jobs, he cares very little what they do in their own time.
Applications
All applications are considered to be done IC and recruitment will also occur face-to-face IC, the thread is to keep a record of members. Skins and masks are down to you.
IGN:
Character name:
Character race:
Character gender:
Character age:
Character skills: (Magic, combat, alchemy, etc.)
Character application: (Please link work in progress application if you have one.)
Why does your character want to join?: (A short explanation as to why you think your character is suited for the structure and aims of La Pazza over other gangs.)
Skype or Teamspeak?: (Preferred but not essential, will be used to organise jobs etc.)
Are you part of any other gangs?: (If yes, who?)
Any IG punishments?: (Honesty is always advised.)
Il Circo never held a true structure in its early days and disorder and the lack of a hierarchy has only entrenched itself since Averno took over. There is not a recognisable structure, even Averno does not lead them in certain direction, he merely announces what he intends to do and takes whoever fancies it. Members are encouraged to think and act for themselves, the only rule is that they perform their acts of crime and violence with enthusiasm and commitment. Masks are advised but no single design is enforced and clothing is entirely to the taste of the wearer. Il Circo to Averno is simply a recruitment pool from which to pick suitable people for certain jobs, he cares very little what they do in their own time.
In-Character there may exist very few rules and no structure but OOC that isn't the case. The gang is designed to empower surface criminals and to facilitate interesting roleplay that I hope will impact story arcs and characters from all walks of life in-game. We will engage in events and hopefully become more than a nuisance to the people of Regalia and more of a force to be feared, which will not happen overnight but hopefully with hard work, eventually.
Despite their careless tendencies I do not wish to target any specific group of people so as to avoid entirely disrupting the unique RP that their character gives them (e.g. entirely focussing on attacking nobles) and instead the gang will attack a wide variety of targets and individuals.
The structure is very basic with Averno (Pazza) [@YLMadness] at the top, a handful of highly respected members, Cronies, who will be appointed on merit to lead the gang when I am not around and every and all other members will be equal.
Leader
Averno Ventura (@YLMadness)
Cronies
Members
Despite their careless tendencies I do not wish to target any specific group of people so as to avoid entirely disrupting the unique RP that their character gives them (e.g. entirely focussing on attacking nobles) and instead the gang will attack a wide variety of targets and individuals.
The structure is very basic with Averno (Pazza) [@YLMadness] at the top, a handful of highly respected members, Cronies, who will be appointed on merit to lead the gang when I am not around and every and all other members will be equal.
Leader
Averno Ventura (@YLMadness)
Cronies
Members
In-Character there are no rules but there are OOC rules to list what kind of RP is or is not tolerated;
- Any RP that is against the rules for general chat is also against the rules in this gang. That includes chat regularly considered appropriate for Private Messaging.
- All Combat RP rules are to be followed at all times.
- All crimes and acts involving victims must be consensual.
- Crimes can be committed IC without Pazza's or my own consent but Player Quests must first be reviewed by me OOC.
- Metagaming and powergaming will result in you being removed from the group.
- Any behaviour that is deemed inappropriate both IC and OOC by the server standards will also result in your removal.
Applications
All applications are considered to be done IC and recruitment will also occur face-to-face IC, the thread is to keep a record of members. Skins and masks are down to you.
IGN:
Character name:
Character race:
Character gender:
Character age:
Character skills: (Magic, combat, alchemy, etc.)
Character application: (Please link work in progress application if you have one.)
Why does your character want to join?: (A short explanation as to why you think your character is suited for the structure and aims of La Pazza over other gangs.)
Skype or Teamspeak?: (Preferred but not essential, will be used to organise jobs etc.)
Are you part of any other gangs?: (If yes, who?)
Any IG punishments?: (Honesty is always advised.)
The name 'Il Circo', or The Circus, was chosen by Tito who had an irrational fear; not of clowns or exotic animals, daring acrobatics or flaming rings, no, he had the fear of red and white tents.
Il Circo is renowned for its use of improvised weapons and tools as they take very little loot and profit from their exploits. Rum is often stolen from bars and tavern stores, fitted with rags and thrown to create fiery explosives due to its flammable nature and abundance across Regalia.
With no structure, rules or punishments the gang retains loyalty by means of fear. Those who sell the gang out often become their priority and are hunted down, usually resulting in less than favourable consequences.
Averno usually observes those who are desperate or mentally insane to be the most efficient cronies and thugs. The Il Circo ranks are filled with misfits and freaks and are often corrupted by the temptation of causing chaos with no limits.
Il Circo is renowned for its use of improvised weapons and tools as they take very little loot and profit from their exploits. Rum is often stolen from bars and tavern stores, fitted with rags and thrown to create fiery explosives due to its flammable nature and abundance across Regalia.
With no structure, rules or punishments the gang retains loyalty by means of fear. Those who sell the gang out often become their priority and are hunted down, usually resulting in less than favourable consequences.
Averno usually observes those who are desperate or mentally insane to be the most efficient cronies and thugs. The Il Circo ranks are filled with misfits and freaks and are often corrupted by the temptation of causing chaos with no limits.
