[b]Name[/b]

The De Luca Family

[b]History [/b]

The De Luca Family is one of the oldest crime families still running in Vale and one of the most powerful as well. Alvise De Luca immigrated to Vale with his mother, father, and siblings, hoping to find a better living by setting up a small mom and pop shop in one of Vale’s poorer districts. When the Giordano Family, the most powerful crime family at the time, came by and “politely” asked for protection money, Alvise’s proud father refused to submit. In anger, the Giordanos returned with more convincing firepower. Alvise’s father still refused, ending the thugs’ patience and giving him and the rest of of his family, with the exception of Alvise, a chest full of lead and a sleep with the fishes.

After that traumatizing experience, Alvise vowed vengeance and led a one-man war on the Giordano Family. As the young man’s raids gained more and more success from experience, he began to bring hope to many of the oppressed citizens of the Little Vaccuo district. What had previously been a one-man operation, soon became large enough to rival the Giordano Family’s numbers. Financing such a large group was not easy though, and soon Alvise and his associates soon became no better than the criminals they were fighting. It wouldn’t be until another thirty years when Duilio De Luca, Alvise’s son, came to power that the group officially named themselves a mafia family. 

[b]Administration [/b]

Nico De Luca is the current Don of the De Luca Family. He keeps a small council of his closest friends and advisors who he consults with when making large decisions that will affect the family as a whole.

[b]Society [/b]

The organization is seen as extremely dangerous and if you ever meet a member, it’s best to keep them on your good side. However, the De Luca’s are very picky with recruitment and are very good at rooting out the hot-headed members of their group. It is not often that a De Luca member will randomly start trouble, though it is not completely improbable.

[b]Assets [/b]

This family works no differently than most other mafia families and has its own Don, underboss, gangsters, etc. It owns most businesses in the Little Vaccuo district of Vale as well as several outside of the district, all of them fronts for illegal activities. It would also not be uncommon to hear about a large political figure in Vale to have connections to the De Luca Family, if the organization didn’t hide its tracks so well.

[b]Size [/b]

5,000. (Took a few days of research, but I finally found how large the average mafia is.)