[OOC] Gotham Central: The Wages of Sin

[Ulstermann]

The city of Gotham is on a knife-edge. The last generation growing up in this dark, crime-ridden, and corrupt place have had few ways to escape the all-pervasive violence and greed. Sleazy politicians, dirty cops, and ruthless crime bosses scheme, betray, and kill one another with no regard or care for the ordinary people trying to survive in this urban battlefield.

There was one family who showed hope. Who inspired faith that one day things could be different; that the crooks might not forever rule Gotham. The Wayne family were rich, famous, and influential. Their company, Wayne Enterprises, is one of the worlds biggest multinationals, and is involved in medical research, shipping, aeronautics, weapons testing, and much more. Thomas Wayne devoted much of his fortune into developing his hometown, and much of Gotham's ageing infrastructure and public buildings have been updated or replaced courtesy of the magnanimous Wayne patriarch and his driven, compassionate wife Martha.

And now they are dead. Slain in a mugging in front of their 12 year old son, Bruce. Gotham's guiding light has been extinguished, and the town is struggling to come to terms with the loss. There is a feeling of unbearable tension in the air. All it would take is a single spark to engulf the city in a wave of violence the likes of which it has never seen. It seems that the criminals have won, and Gotham will forever be a haven for the unjust.

Or will it? Are there any who will stand up for the little guy? The downtrodden, the helpless? Maybe, just maybe, there is hope for this city yet.



This is an RP based on the TV series Gotham, set immediately after the murders of Thomas and Martha Wayne. You can play a criminal, a cop, or anything in between. It's aesthetics and themes will be heavily reminiscent of the TV show too.

[Ulstermann]

Gotham City Police Department (GCPD)

The Gotham City Police Department is the main law enforcement agency in Gotham. Brutal, uncompromising, and corrupt, the officers of the GCPD are confronted by low budgets, rampant street crime, and immensely powerful criminal organisations. The rank and file try their best to get by, taking in a little extra cash on the side. The higher-ups too are corrupt, an are often in the pockets of the criminals or unscrupulous politicians. Some police officers are known for taking on assassination contracts and gang killings. Many of the police are little better than the people they purportedly are after.

Gillian Loeb is the current police commissioner.

Federal Bureau of Investigation, Gotham City Division

The FBI is the a federal law enforcement organisation with offices in every major city in the USA. It's agents are well-equipped, excellently trained, and known for having far greater resources than any city PD. Naturally in Gotham this means that many inside the GCPD detest the "Feds".

Their superior is Special Agent Eric Forster.

International Guard, Unit 84 (IG-84)

The International Guard is a worldwide mercenary group based in Berlin, led by former Israeli Army Colonel Avram Kleinman. Each of the units around the world have a number designation. Gotham's unit, unit 84, is led by a Northern Irish officer called Tom Carson. A former British Army member with years of combat under his belt, he now leads his group of men in the name of the almighty dollar.

Their commander is Major Tom Carson.

Maroni Family

One of Gotham's major mafia families, the Maroni Family is led by Salvatore Maroni, a hot-headed boss who is known for his use of car bombs in his attacks. His organisation has major interests in drug dealing, contract killing, robbery, and extortion.

Falcone Family

The greatest of the "Big Four" of Gotham's Mafia families, the Falcones rule the underworld of Gotham with an iron fist inside a velvet glove. Carmine Falcone, the "Godfather of Gotham", has formed a network of alliances with the smaller criminal gangs in the city that enable the Family immense power and allows them to resolve many disputes without resorting to war. Politicians, cops, attorneys- Falcone owns them all. Or most of them, anyway. The Falcones control waste management, prostitution, gun running, hijacking, vote rigging, and myriad other crimes.

Caruzzo Family

Second in power and influence only to the Falcones, the Caruzzo Family are known to be the most secretive of the Big Four Italian American mob families in Gotham. Little is known about their leadership or strategies. The don of the family, Francis "Frank" Caruzzo, is known as the "Invisible Don". The Caruzzos main interests are gunrunning, contract killing, bank robberies, extortion, intimidation, and political corruption. The Caruzzos are closely allied with the Falcone Family. The Caruzzo Family have a dedicated hit team known as the "Headhunters" that have become part of Gotham's urban legend.

Marcelli Family

The smallest of the Big Four mob families, the Marcelli's are known as the drug pushers of the mob. Violent and unpredictable, the Marcellis are almost constantly in a low-intensity war with the Russian Bratva in Gotham. They are led by Ercoli Ruggerio, who took over the family after Luigi Marcelli was killed by a Caruzzo made man one year ago.

Bratva

The Russian Bratva is a very aggressive, very bloody criminal organization that is heavily involved in drug dealing, prostitution, and pornography. They have no fear of the police, and many of their members are "un-arrestable", meaning that they will fight to the death rather than be apprehended.

This is not a complete list; feel free to give me any ideas or suggestions.

[Burning Kitty]

@Ulstermann Is Renee from the interest check approved or do I need to repost here?

[Ulstermann]

@Burning Kitty I'm sorry-yes she is. Go ahead and post

[Ulstermann]

@Burning Kitty I'm sorry-yes she is. Go ahead and post

[Byrd Man]

Name: Jon Shaw

Age: 38

Faction: None

Appearance: Jon Shaw is 6'2 and runs around two hundred pounds. He's white with pale skin, has dark hair in a short cut, and brown eyes.

Bio:

From the time he was a kid, Jon Shaw lived to steal. Growing up in the East End, the single child of a single mother, Shaw learned at a young age to provide for himself when he wanted something. He would shoplift starting at the age of six. By the time he was eleven, Jon was boosting cars for joyriding around Gotham. When he was fourteen he started turning the cars in to chop shops and getting paid. When he was sixteen, Jon was arrested for grand theft auto and went to juvie for six months. His time there made him a better thief, a more cautious one who never wanted to see the inside of a cell again. At the age of eighteen he was released out into the world, that night he preformed his first burglary.

Almost twenty years later, Shaw made a steady and quiet living as one of the best burglars in Gotham. In addition, he has a side job as the underworld's version of a private eye. If a crook is in a jam, needs something recovered, or just needs a solution that doesn't involve killing then Jon Shaw is your man.

[Blubaron45]

Throwing my interest in here. I hope this RP garners more interested.

[Burning Kitty]

@Ulstermann What time of day is it in your IC post?

[Ulstermann]

@Byrd Man Approved Shaw. Looking good.

@Burning Kitty Early afternoon, say 1.30PM.

[Burning Kitty]

So my idea wouldn't work, it needs a night time setting. Have to save it for later and come up with a new one.

[Ulstermann]

@Burning Kitty Well if you need it to be night, it will be night! How about 9 or 10PM?

[Ulstermann]

@Burning Kitty Well if you need it to be night, it will be night! How about 9 or 10PM?

[Burning Kitty]

@Burning Kitty Well if you need it to be night, it will be night! How about 9 or 10PM?

@Ulstermann

Works for me, I guess hookers would be working then.

[Ulstermann]

@Burning Kitty To be honest hookers work 24 hours a day, no?

[Burning Kitty]

@Burning Kitty To be honest hookers work 24 hours a day, no?

@Ulstermann

On tv they usually show them working during the dark hours of the day. Though in Gotham it's usually dark 24 hours.