Match City 11:30 PM EST
The streets are blanketed with artificial light, enough to confuse some of the residing nocturnal creatures int believing it to be day, confining them still to that shadows. An orange glow overtakes most everything, reflecting off of slumbering vehicles and the eyes of stray felines keeping watch over their territory. The city is alive, burning brightly in every sector, yet shutting its eyes against the glare. Sleeping. A chilling winter wind slips around the muted buildings like a stream flowing over fingers, continuous but segmented apart from itself. The city breaths. These are the constants between every sector of Match, though each of them deal with the city's slumber in drastically varying style.

In the first sector, a young woman in a shawl hurries down the street. On her right side, she passes the shadows of numerous saplings, creating patterns over her legs. They are still new, the cement smooth and uncompromised by time beneath her feet. On her left side, a waist high hedge separates her from the nearby park. She stares at the ground, clutching a bouquet of flowers to he chest. Guilt weighs heavily on her, heavier than she thought it would. Yet still, she nearly crushes the flowers in her tightening grip, it had to be done.

In the second sector, a forgotten streetlight has gone out. Years ago, this darkened corner would quickly become the host of many nefarious acts. Now, however, it is left alone until a city worker is available to fix it. Even the dark isn't safe for the cruel now, the rodents digging their holes deeper. Further into the heart of the sector, a building is marked for demolition, the metal sign glinting orange like the surrounding atmosphere. Voices are heard from inside, five men speaking in whispers hushed by fear. Dark eyes flit about again and again, tense bodies wound tighter and tighter. They're fewer than they've ever been, they're terrified. Yet, they plot. They are sharks, unwilling to stop hunting the scent of blood, even when it is their own.

In sector three, the rich rest. Their houses stand as slain giants, hollowed out for those who put no sweat into the slaying. The windows are dark, the security tight. And for those who have no castle to rest in, a glittering hotel shines brightly against the oppressing night. The King's Reprieve is the elite sector's glamorous pride, their jewel. A hated businessman flees from his fortress home, checking in to avoid the peril that threatens from every corner.

The fourth sector is much quieter than any of the rest. A father carries his sleeping daughter down a residential street, her head tucked into his shoulder. She had been playing a a friend's house late into the night and they were now returning home. In the past, families would have been nervous walking down the midnight street alone, but that was years ago and now the man worries about nothing more than getting home and getting some rest. He kisses her crown while unlocking the door to their home, their happy life protected by murders.

As for the final sector, people still slink down the streets, pull their hoods up against the rain and the fear. It glitters even brighter here, the center of Match alive with lit buildings and signs. The business sector flourishes, the only area still fully awake. Down an innocuous street named Gilles Avenue, a bar is still eagerly devouring passing addicts and feeding them their poison. A darkness hovers over every part of this sector, tainting every last action.

Note: These will be intentionally vague. There will be more information given for those who actually decide to join a group.


Belladonna is an assassin group located within the first sector off Match City, also known as the Park District. Many leisure activities are located here and gardens are abundant thanks to actions put forth by the city only a few years ago. Belladonna seems to have no discriminant for the types of bodies they drop, implying that they are traditional in taking on any hit with the proper price. The people within this group are known by plant themed code names and poison is a favorite for these killers (though they have been known to stray to other methods). They use their own code through plants and flowers to contract their hits or communicate other necessary information. The people of this district both fear and respect Belladonna.
Overall goal: Survive and thrive.
Status: Two slots available!
Color= darkseagreen


Avia is the assassin group currently residing within Match's second sector, what was formerly the most crime ridden district in the whole city. They are led by the mysterious Kestrel and codenames are based off of types of birds. The sorts of bodies dropped seem to be purely criminals and wrong-doers, but with a brutal sort of violence to the kills. There doesn't appear to be any clear method linking the assassins together, anything to get the job done. The people of this sector show admiration to Avia, viewing them as saviors and protectors of their previously scum-filled district.
Overall goal: Keep their sector clean, use their darkness for good.
Status: One slot available!
Color= lightsteelblue


The Royals are an assassin group ruling over the third sector of Match, commonly referred to as the Rich District. They appear to prey upon the corrupt diplomats and higher risk targets than the other groups. Though it is almost just as common to see a completely innocent official dead due to a great price. They refer to one another under pseudonyms based off of chess pieces, lead by either a Black or White King (regardless of gender). Silenced guns are the preferred weapon amongst their ranks, but not particularly required. The people of this sector spend enormous amounts of money to keep themselves protected from the cruel reign of this group, despising them and insisting that the police do something about all these killers.
Overall goal: Power and control
Status: Two slots available!
Color= gold


Situated within the fourth district of the City of Match, Familia is quite possibly the most well liked of all the assassin groups. They are well known for their bedside manor and their intended targets are the kind that everyone is willing to see gunned down. Familia focuses on the abusers, the rapists and the killers. They focus on victims who have been harmed and go to them first, tending to them and making sure that their vengeance is wrought. Poison and pistols are their main focus in weapons. This is a tightly knit group and if you mess with one, you mess with all. Not a single member of Familia is unfamiliar with another member, everyone knowing and watching out for their family. Code names are based off of tarot cards, with their leader as The Empress. Note: Familia's funding is limited to clients that insist on giving rewards, they do not ask for one themselves, so a day job may be necessary.
Overall goal: Protect and serve those who have been hurt
Status: Two slots available!
Color= hotpink


The black cats are located in the final sector that takes up the center of the entire city, where the businesses are located. This group seems to resemble a mafia much more than an organized guild of assassins. Rumors have been heard about a myriad of border skirmishes with other groups started by them. Their pseudonyms are meaningless objects that they latch onto and they use just about any weapon available or necessary. Their city sector either hates or fears them and they are at odds with the law.
Overall goal: The most common motivator of all, money and power. (But money comes first)
Color= dimgray
Status: One slot available!

Insert image of your character here (While I personally have a preference towards artsy/anime images, you can do whatever you feel like)
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Name: Lady Jessica Genevieve-Flores
Group: Familia
Position: Head
Age: That's not a polite thing to ask, you know.
Appearance: Lady Jessica looks old. That is the primary and defining characteristic of her appearance, oftentimes the only one that can be safely and reasonably discerned by the outside observer under manifold layers of clothing and makeup. She was old when the city was only beginning to be overtaken by crime, filth and sin, she was old when Familia was nothing but a little gathering of bashful vigilantes discussing their plans in the basement of her manor, remained old throughout the group's long and illustrious history up to the present day and, without any doubt, will remain old for many more decades to see this precious city restored to its original pristine condition. Lady's exact age can't be determined - any official documents are outside of reach of anyone interested in the question and those that are in public access are not be trusted. Her hair color is also subject to speculation - chances are, Jessica is bald and wears a new wig and elaborate headdress for every social occasion. Empress' dark, sunken eyes, however, are quite memorable to say the least - gaze like sharp needles skewering the object of her interest and holding it in place for thorough examination, a mischievous, promising glint in their depth mesmerizing her interlocutor as if they were a prey animal facing a constrictor snake. Her eyesight is surprisingly acute for such a venerable woman, a fact not many people are aware of.

Personality: Firstly and primarily, Empress is driven and determined. She has a dream for herself and her Familia and will see it fulfilled no matter what obstacles and adversaries she has to face on the way. She harbors nothing but love and respect for the fellow members - but only as long as they all, to the man, share her dream and vision. Slacking and half-hearted efforts are not tolerated in her Familia, loyalty and dedication to the cause are prized much more than great skill that is combined with weak will and loose morals. At the core, Empress is a gentle soul, compassionate and kind - it is that kindness and compassion for the world, for the city, for every living being in it that gives her the power and mental capacity to mercilessly purge the streets and excise the cancerous sprouts of uncontrolled violence and villainy.
In personal conversation with people she likes - and especially with those she doesn't - Empress is surprisingly informal, displaying an unexpected lack of haughtiness and oficiality while still projecting a noble, almost royal air around her, simply through the power of truth and belief behind her every word and energetic, direct and fearless attitude.

Background: Not much is known about Jessica's past. She is old money, as far as that term can be extended to the lucky and enterprising colonists who managed to carve out a good living in the New World - her family has produced numerous congressmen, senators and governors and amassed a fortune thanks to shipping and wise investments that served them faithfully for several centuries and will surely do so for many more. As far as anyone's concerned, Empress was born during the days when Match was much less of a city than it is today and it was witnessing it grow up and bloom together with her before plunging into rot and corruption that made her take up arms in its defense - a story fit for a romantic novel, if it didn't include so much bloody murder. Nevertheless, it was how Familia originated - her and a few other brave men and women appaled at the state of their city venturing into the churning bowels of the city where no copper dared to tread with bared weapons and steeled hearts, like witch hunters of yore rooting out corruption and sin in ways that only God could forgive them for. It worked, not perfectly, not without a stutter and schism, but still worked terrifyingly well - in no time, one of the dirtiest, evilest gutters of Match became the cleanest and safest district, from which the Familia began to gently spread its tendrils, not quite powerful enough to provide absolute protection, but more than capable of enacting punishment for crimes and taking care of the most heinous sins commited beyond the reach of law. The city government and especially the forces of law enforcement are closely acquainted with the Familia, partially by the grace of Empress' status in high society and considerable financial capabilities - two parties have long since forged an unwritten agreement between them, providing all possible aid to each other in order to restore the city and safekeep it against future disasters.
Whenever the rare honest and pure-hearted cop can not arrest a vicious murderer due to the lack of evidence, he only needs to loudly complain about it in the right place and then be at ease, knowing that the perpetrator will soon turn up in a morgue, a victim of a horrible accident involving an ice pick and several dozen stab wounds. Similarily, Familia is quietly informed about cases of serious corruption and white collar crime among the force and local government - and those likewise turn up mysteriously missing along with their associates or, more rarely, marvelously lose any desire to extend their service for any longer after a faithful meeting with some of Familia's gentler members.

Leisure: As a venerable, accomplished woman of class and high status, Jessica spends her free time on many different activities - she regularily gets visited by her many grandchildren, siblings, relatives and old friends all of whom she remembers by name and age as clearly as if they were never away from her for many months, occasionally provides one of her three mansions for charity events, bountifully donates herself, attends important social occasions herself, knits macrame and dabbles in writing, among many other things that every proper businesslady must do while simultaneously running a charity assassin organisation. Her "Fabio the Butcher King" series have been unexpectedly popular with a certain class of teenagers and housewives - a fourth publishing deal should come up in a month tops.

Extra: It might come as a surprise, considering Empress' (probably) advanced age, but she is not only an inspiring leader, cunning planner and a capable organisator but also a more than proficient assassin herself. Perhaps she had good teachers during the childhood and a lot of practice in her younger years or perhaps the faint air of mysticism and magic that surrounds the sweet old lady has some justification behind it, but whenever you don't look at her, Jessica becomes preternaturally quick. As a mild example - whenever a visitor comes up to the back door of her mansion, she is already standing behind it even before said visitor manages to knock! Likewise, one should never let her hands out of sight, because chances are the moment you blink she will have a knife in one and a gun in the other, using both in tandem with speed and killing intent that'd be startling to witness from a professional career soldier, to say nothing about a frail ancient woman. Of course, none except the most trusted and capable members of the Familia are privy to knowing so much about the Empress, and even then, it was ages since Jessica actually engaged in direct confrontation with anyone, or at least so it seems - after all, any member of the group is always happy to provide the services of a bodyguard and warden should the old lady wish to go for a walk in a bad neighborhood.

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