[OOC] Cold Front: Tacitum (Completed)

Cold Front: Tacitum

^{Sequel to: Cold Front: Antarctica}

◤ Whoever wishes to keep a secret
must hide the fact that he possesses one. ◢
─ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

[ButtsnBalls]

Introduction

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Chiavo is a (fictional) city-state on the Mediterranean, known for its beach resorts, olive farms, traditional architecture, and a rich history of crime families. Today, all but one of those crime families are defunct, whether from competition, transformation into legitimate organizations or dismantled by the government. As the last of its kind, the Crogiolo Syndicate has retreated underground. Long gone are the syndicate's days of brazen robberies and lavish parties. The name Crogiolo in 2019 implies an obscure network of thieves, smugglers and drug dealers.

However, obscurity does not equate to safety. The syndicate's matriarch, Federica Azzurro, considered untouchable by the law for decades, has been arrested. A convoy of police vehicles surrounded her suburban estate at night, followed by broadcast of her meticulously covered up crimes in the morning. Chiavo Police promises more arrests to come; they have discovered Crogiolo's biggest secrets.

There are only seven people in the matriarch's inner circle, that are privy to her most discrete dealings. You are one of them, and you know that only your peers could have leaked the secrets to the police. The matriarch never appointed a successor among you (expecting to stay in power for decades), but there is a consensus to finding the traitors, and exact swift vengeance upon them.

Participation

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Read the rules before continuing.

This RP is a 7-player adaption of Mafia, except the flavor of killers and townsfolks have been flipped around. If you've never played this game before, you can learn more on this wiki.

This roleplay will be player-driven; you influence what happens, so communicate frequently. The game runs between three to six (OOC) weeks, and one IC post is required from each player per week. Your spot will be reassigned to a queued player if you miss the deadline.

After seven players have signed up (further applicants will be placed in queue), certain players at random receive secret roles. These roles are in the next section. Your role must remain a secret and will only be revealed if you die. Do not PM other participants (active or defeated).

Mechanics

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Gameplay is divided in 2 phases:

The game starts in "Day" phase, which is the time for interaction. Throughout this phase, there will be an ongoing vote for who is believed to be the killer. At the end of Waking Phase, the character with more than half of all votes (ie. 4 votes out of 7 active players, 3 out of 5, etc.) will be lynched and their role revealed. Players can choose to abstain from voting and change or cancel their votes within the allotted time. Once both murderers are caught, the game is over and those remaining win. Otherwise, we continue into the next phase.

"Night" phase means silence. No IC posts are allowed during this phase. The GM will message everyone to determine their course of action for that night. This is the time for the antagonists to kill, and also for special roles to use their abilities. Roles will be given through PMs and results will only be returned once all actions are locked in.

Vote tally and the result of each phase will be tracked in OOC. Please specify your Daytime vote in IC (with hider), or OOC.

Roles

_{*All role actions are optional, which means you don't have use your ability if you're scared of being busted.}

Antagonists (Undercover police)

• Mole – The standard "bad guy"; eliminate one player each night
• Roleblocker – Block 1 player from their nighttime action; takes over for the goon if they are killed

^{*The antagonists can directly PM each other.}

Protagonists (Crogiolo Syndicate)

• "Citizen" x3 – No nighttime ability
• Investigator - Investigate 1 player each night, revealing their alignment (protagonist or antagonist; no result if blocked)
• Enforcer – Prevent 1 player from being eliminated at night; can't protect yourself

A roleclaim is a statement of what your role is.

MafiaWiki

Don't roleclaim. You may accuse another player. However, no one is allowed to show OOC proof of roles (role assignment PM and/or investigation results).

[ButtsnBalls]

Reserved.

[ButtsnBalls]

@NorthernKraken @ManyThings @Zoey White @Liv @RedVII @Duthguy

[Zoey Boey]

Here's Reika. Let me know if I need to change anything, really, anything at all. I have a couple back up ideas for characters. I just noticed the Crogiolo Syndicate wasn't a familial or generational one, so I just put this idea I had to paper of someone who was born and raised in a similar, but very distant, environment.

Reika Saigyo

Gymnast/ Casual wear	Reika Saigyo Gender: Female Age: 28 Height: 5 feet, seven inches Weight: 111 pounds Occupation: Council Member, Overseer of Cocaine production and distribution

Background

Her father was a ruthless man. Mizuno Saigyo was a killer, a leader, and a cold, calculating genius. He taught his daughter everything he knew. It was not a loving relationship, but it was an...effective one. Reika is a relentless over achiever, and from youth she trained during most of her free time and became a particularly talented gymnast and even martial artist. So when Mizuno died in his sleep a few years ago, his daughter was the heir to the throne of the Saigyo dynasty, as it were. But long past were the days of running the criminal underground of Japan, and having international connections. Reika made a move- she would focus on strengthening bridges with once-neglected allies of the
Crogiolo Syndicate. A few years later, she had lost power, sure, but the dynasty survived. It only made sense to merge the two fully, and a year ago Reika moved to a house in Chiavo. The once proud Syndicate needed strength, and so it allowed her a seat on the council in order to bolster their numbers and presence in the city.

So, for a while now, Reika has been quietly working, gathering wealth and clout within the Syndicate, managing the Cocaine division as well as providing muscle for the other members whenever they needed it. And now, well, whatever wave of so called "justice" brought her father's dynasty down in the east, has swept west. Now, the pigs are at their heels, and there is a traitor among them.

Resources

Leftover intelligence connections in Japan

Reserve henchmen from the old Dynasty.

Trained martial artist and gymnast.

Narcotic subdivision, and the wealth granted from the control of it.

A tea kit.

Her father's ceremonial katana- dusty old thing. Still, there is something quite charming about it.

Cunning and wit are her most vital allies.

A knitting kit.

Various knick knacks collected over the years, usually historical, or military artifacts from long ago.

Crimes

Racketeering.

Murder.

[NorthernKraken]

Alice Elliton

	Alice Elliton Gender: Female Age: 26 Height: 5 foot four Weight: 114 pounds Occupation: Part time assassin, full time trust fund baby

Background

Brief history.

The pampered daughter of a wealthy american tech billionaire, Alice slathers her life of luxury over instagram, snapchat, facebook, and a dozen other social media sites so hip you haven't even heard of them yet. And if the a cartel rival happens to eat some very bad shellfish and end up dead whilst on a date with her, or one of Frederika's associates just happens to take his own life hours after appearing in the background of one of her slefies, well, that's just an unfortunate coincidence, isn't it? It couldn't possibly be because of Alice. Not a chance.

Resources

1 - Her mobile phone although chances are she'll have a new one in a week

2 - Her other burner phone

3 - An American Express 'black card'

4 - Her multi-million dollar trust fund

5 - A safe house containing documentation for at least four different identities and cash

6 - Her own personal stash of high quality cocaine

7 - friends in high places, built up over time, she has connections with just about anyone who's anyone

8 - A hidden collection of interesting, exotic, and incredibly deadly poisons - her usual weapon of choice

Crimes

Among other things...

- The murder of an associate, using saxitoxin, a type of poison produced by algae that ends up in shellfish. The man offered to take her on a date to a seafood resteraunt, and Alice arranged for a deadly amount of the poison to end up in his food.

- The murder of the boss of a rival gang, staged to look like a pharmacy mistake, Alice replaced the beta-blockers the victim had just been prescribed to help with her tremors with a much higher dose, causing the woman to go overdose and go into cardiac arrest within hours.

[ButtsnBalls]

Here's the NPC, and a reference for filling out your sheet.

Federica Azzurro - Crogiolo Syndicate Matriarch

	Federica Azzurro Gender: Female Age: 51 Height: 170cm Weight: 75kg Occupation: Investor, philanthropist

Background

Federica first discovered her uncle working for the Crogiolo Syndicate when she was in university, desperate to do anything for money. She started runnig scams part-time with her uncle, and quickly found herself quitting school and going full time. That was a time when a stern law enforcement in Chiovo picked off old crime families left and right. Crogiolo itself nearly fell then, when Federica's uncle became its acting leader after many others' arrest and betrayed his colleagues for a pardon. Thankfully for the surviving syndicate members, Federica was there to pick up the pieces. She kept the syndicate low for a few years, allowing it to persist despite its peers' demise, then tranformed the traditionalist crime family into a quasi-legal enterprise (on the surface) with international connections. Although she still kept in connect with some street criminls, Federica diversified the syndicate's portfolio by sponsoring and bribing businesses and politicians. This gave her unmatched connections and opportunities, and allowed for personal luxuries otherwise impossible to obtain.

Federica was once married and had a child, but the subsequent divorce drove both her husband and child away. She never remarried after, instead, she sees the best of Crogiolo as her offsprings and believes she is giving them a better life.

For a criminal mastermind, Federica is relatively cheerful. She often greets her subordinates, clients and contacts with a smile, knowing that none of them dares to cross her...until now.

Resources

• Black bear fur coat
• R-93 machine pistol
• 2002 Range Rover
• 9000 square feet suburban mansion
• Extensive collection of medieval letters
• Tom Bergman (driver and bodyguard)
• Giulio Cespuglio, former tourism minister (friends with benefits)
• South Europe Vitamin Foundation (platinum donor)

Crimes

• Money laundering (at least $5,000,000)
• Bribery (17 counts)

[ButtsnBalls]

@Zoey White and @NorthernKraken, you guys are both approved; just make sure to sort out spelling and formatting issues before sending your sheet to the characters tab.

[Red7VII]

Should have something up by tomorrow night

[Liv]

Lucia Koundouros

	Lucia Koundouros Gender: Female Age: 39 Height: 5'7 Weight: 135 lbs Occupation: Go-to woman for forgery and fraud

Background

Half Italian, half Greek. Lucia is the daughter of a major European crime lord. Her father, her brother two years her senior along with herself are the only surviving members of the Koundouros family. Her mother, her younger brother and younger sister have all been previously killed. Despite the violent curse the family can't seem to shake off, Lucia herself is rather passive and soft-spoken. She lets her actions do the talking.

From a young age, Lucia taught herself how to "beat the system", so to speak. It started out small, fixing grades here and there, etc. Soon enough, the young girl would learn she had a very unique talent, and once her father found out and she was old enough, Lucia was told the truth about about the Koundouros clan. Even though she went on to university to further her education, Lucia never really worked the field, at least in an ideal way.

Resources

Her customized laptop with updated, top of the line software

Connections with hackers who've infiltrated the government from various nations

Multilingual (Greek, Italian, English, Spanish, Portuguese)

A pet tiger

Enough equipment to forge any document

A personalized handgun gifted by her father

The family yacht

An endless supply of Ambien

Crimes

Embezzlement

Arson

[ButtsnBalls]

A pet tiger

@Liv

Approved.

[Red7VII]

Holla for a dolla

Leonardo "Leo" Valentino - Crogiolo Syndicate Money Man

	Leonardo "Leo" Valentino Gender: Male Age: 40 Height: 183cm Weight: 84kg Occupation: Accountant, Money Launderer

Background

Leo grew up in a family of killers. His father was one of many goons for the Crogiolo Syndicate who took a bit of pleasure in doing the dirty work. He raised his boys, Leo and his two brothers, to be tools and weapons for The Family ever since they were young. His brother's had a bloodlust, but Leo never shared those impulses. You cut a man and he'll heal in a few days. The only way to cripple someone permanently is to take away everything that means something to them. While his brothers specialized in tormenting a mark's loved ones, Leo would attack their finances, their tax records, their deeds and the rest of their assets. He would chew you up and spit you out as a homeless, penniless shadow of your former self, leaving you to the wolves of the underworld to sort you out.

The Syndicate sent him to school to get his legitimate degrees and then put him in charge of helping manage the major financial movements within the Family. While Leo has no confirmed deaths on his record, he has a huge list of lives he's destroyed. He is very calm and calculated in all situations. He often overanalyzes a situation in order to predict all possible outcomes of an action before making the move. He can be quick to anger in confrontational situations and thinks quite highly of himself, often assuming that he is the smartest person in any given room.

Resources

• Pinstripe black suit
• 50 Cal Golden Desert Eagle Magnum
• 2019 Audi A8
• Modest home that is much bigger on the inside than it appears on the outside.
• A series of analog ledgers detailing the financial movements of the family
• An assortment of very expensive fountain pens
• Smartphone
• Top of the line laptop computer

Crimes

• Money laundering
• Bribery
• Perjury
• Forgery

[ButtsnBalls]

Shorten that crime list a bit, @RedVII, and you're good to go.

[ButtsnBalls]

Up we go!

[ButtsnBalls]

Join us, @nightmare medx!

[nightmare medx]

I’m making my character sheet!

[ButtsnBalls]

@NorthernKraken?

[Red7VII]

She posted her CS earlier, ya?

[ButtsnBalls]

Not in the characters tab, @RedVII.

And I see you lurking, @Berlin.

[Berlin]

Not in the characters tab, @RedVII.

And I see you lurking, @Berlin.

@Gcold

Who, Me?

[NorthernKraken]

@Gcold Oop! I completely forgot, will do that now