Sorry all, been trying to come up with a good intro that gets all our characters together, been having some brain farts LOL. Starlance's character is just starting out and Belial's character has 9-12 years experience but only officially joined up with the Family a few years ago, right? Is he Made yet or no? WhiteAngel, did you have an idea how experienced your monster collector character is? Is she just beginning as an Associate or is she already a Made Member? If none of your characters are Made yet, and if Belail is okay saying his character is only just now officially joining the Family as an Associate after working 9-12 years as an independent agent, then my character could be an Acting Capo who is put in charge of the new recruits. That would be four people on our mini crew, but we could also play extra characters to bolster the numbers up. 

So, assuming we go that route, here is my idea starting out: The [i][b]Blood Pack[/b][/i] are a low-level street gang of criminal Animagi who all turn into creatures you would normally see in New York City, like rats and birds and other little critters. Normally they know to stay out of the Family's way and just target No-Majes for pickpocking and petty theft. But now it's been discovered that they opened up their own speakeasy in Central Park, which is a huge no-no - the Family has made it clear to all the smaller gangs that they control all magical alcohol coming in and out of the city. So the Boss promotes my character to Acting Capo and gives him some new recruits and sends them off to wreak a little havoc in the speakeasy. They think the Blood Pack is small fish and it's mostly just supposed to be an easy mission to test us out as a potential crew. But after we ransack the place and throw a few Unforgivable Curses around, we find a coin in the pocket of the gang leader with a black raven sigil on it - the sigil of the Corvonero Family from Boston. Why would a lowly street gang have a Corvonero coin? From here we begin to unravel the mystery, come up against other street gangs, before eventually stumbling into an all out gang war between the two Families. What do you think?