The old mafioso gets out of his car and stares at the flight of steps leading into his home. The daily war between these steps and his body continues yet again. He manages to get inside his home and takes off his coat and takes a seat in his chair by the fireplace. After relaxing for a few minutes hereaches into the drawer of the side table and retrieves a large book of photos,letters and memoirs from his ancestors. He looks at the first entry into this book and begins to read and look at the pictures.So begins the story of his great,great.great grandfather the very first of his bloodline.

VinnietheShank

Vinnie was born in the prairies of the Canadian North. He grew up in a small town and by the time he became 17 years old, he had found himself working for a smalltime underboss shipping Canadian Whiskey across the border. After a couple of years he jumped aboard one of these shipments and headed for the streets of Chicago.The big city was a huge change for Vinnie and learning the ways of the streets had to come fast or death would surely find you in those days. Walking around thestreets, stealing purses and selling the odd amount of drugs kept him alive..barely. One day as Vinnie was wandering the streets a mancame running upto him and handed him a book. Take this, read it , learn it,live it. The mafioso survival guide, composed and written by the BackyardAbortionist...nice name. Vinnie took the book home and began reading the contents, then over the next few days he began trying the tricks of the trade that were written inside. Vinnie began to suddenly succeed in his ventures. His profits grew, his chances of survival did as well. One day as he was running from the cops as he had just shanked some guy for his wallet, he ran into a man surrounded by bodygaurds.Before the BG's could beat him to death the man in the suit called them off and asked Vinnie to go for a ride in his limo with him. Greetings young man, my name is Toaly. I am the Don in this city, I have been watching you and wouldlike to invite you into my family. With that Vinnie was now part of a mafia family and he would never be the same again.

As the days rolled by in his new family, Vinnie ran into a gangster in the HQ bar. JohnnyMarbles and Wiseguy named Mauler. The three of them were inseperable and joined forces to watch each others backs. After some time Mauler received his button and was Made, He was giventhe opportunity to set up his own family in Chicago as well. Things had just gotten real for Vinnie, Mauler asked him to be his RHM in the new family. Vinnie agreed and and JohnnyMarble came with them as well. Mauler , Vinnie and Johnny walked into the new HQ and started setting up the place how they wanted it. Later that evening as things were winding down,Vinnie steppedout on hi balcony to have a smoke. As he wasleaning on the rail, a car came screeching into the compound and a man named BrianArao jumped out and sprayed the HQ with gunfire. Mauler was killed instantly as well as Johnny.Vinnie vaultedoff the balcony andhidin the bushes until the area cleared. He had just gotten a lesson in the real world, he knew his time was limited if he wandered around alone in the streets. He ran to a phone booth and made several calls, it was late and nobody was answering his calls. Vinnie figured he had to get the hell out of Chicago and lay low until he could get things figured.

Vinnie survived the night and awoke in the airport in NewOrleans, it was there that he ran into someone, someone who not only would change Vinnie life, but would change the whole world that everyone lived in. Greetings, it looks like you have had a bad run of luck, I would like to offer you sanctuary of my Kingdom. Kingdom said Vinnie? Yes, my kingdom, for I am MrEvilman, king of the hobos and ruler of the Hobo Kingdom...

The next few weeks went smoothly and Vinnie was promoted to Boss within the Hobo Kingdom. One day Vinnie awoke and looke dout upon a world that was indeed on fire. MrEvilman,his boss, had turned the world upside down and then whipped its ass into submission. Dons lay dead everywhere you looked, families were dying left and right, the world was in extreme chaos. Leader sof 200 man crews were being decimated everywhere. Nobody seemed to be able to stop the King of the hobos.

When the dust settled MrEvilman ruled the whole country and not a soul was able to do anything about it.

In this time, as Vinnie was more of an earner than someone who could handle a weapon in any case. MrEvilman let Vinnie go from his family (not happily) . MrEvilman had let a select few people set up HQ's , one of these people was Scarin, Scarin came from Toaly's family as well and was no stranger to Vinnie and accepting the role of her RHM was an honor. They would become "The Benevolent Souls"  and a pivotal role in what happened next.

Over time, Scarin's family grew in number and in respect. In this time a gangster joined the crew, his name was UncleNicky, he grew in rank and trained his gun quite well. One day he did what everyone thought was impossible...MrEvilman died at his hand. It was bittersweet, the reign of terror was over, yet the whole mystical power of it was now gone. Maybe Evilmangrew tired,maybe he got lazy, maybe Nicky was lucky...who knows really?

Shortly after this, Vinnie was in a coffee shop and ran into a Wiseguy named Premier. Premeir, was brash, bullish and had an abundance of arrogance mixed with ALOT of disdain for others. Vinnie had not encounterd this person before and had zero patience for this person on this particular day. Words were said and a full blown fight broke out in the coffee shop. Premeir warned Vinnie to be very careful of what he said next as he would "Pluck an eye from Vinnie's skull, lay it on his cheek so Vinnie could watch Premeir stab him to death with a brick"  Vinnie was not careful with what he said next as he figured Premeir was bluffing, a wiseguy threatening a Consigliere. Well Premeir did not stab Vinnie with a brick nor did he have his eye plucked out of his skull.

VinnietheShank, You were fitted with Cemenet Shoes!

The shadowy figure leans over you and whispers "I ran out of bricks"

Listening to the story intently, he remembered his father and grandfather telling stories of the past, they always interested Premeir as a boy

Hello MyNameisNobdy, i recall a similar story to this one told from journals. I remember that years later they may have became friends, or even more they became......

I am quite certain that may have been true, but we shall have to wait for further installments to see how this may have happened

I will eagerly await the next story you have to tell, a lot of people can learn from the generations of the past, i am sure you have a few stories to tell.

AntiPuppet listens to the silence. Obvious, these two have been closely affilliated in reent times.

Does anything change?

The old mafioso mixes himself a Gin and Tonic and sits back down by the fire. He again grabs the large book of letters and pictures and finds yet another story of one of his ancestors. Although not a long story, it had lots to do with who this old timer was today.

GopherAssassin

GopherAssassin was born in Upstate NewYork and at the young age of 18 had found his way to The Big Apple and its underground of crime.

GA was the first of this bloodline to make a living with the use of a gun. The choice was made out of survival as these times were filled with wars over territory and young Don's making a name for themselves. GA had found his way into a small family and through the grapevine word got around to the leaders who had banded together in an alliance, to have him meet with and be associated with people of the same skill set.

Gopher was led to a large room in the HQ which was filled with many rough looking mafioso, GA knew many of them by reputation alone and very few on a first name basis. GA was introduced to them all ,one by one, some of them had alter egos that people knew them as, but either name they used were recognized by all. FlyingPig, Manny, Tita,Bella, Grimmet, Hogleg the list went on and on of some of the deadliest people GA could think of at this time. He was taken in and shown the ropes so to speak by this group, and his skills began to get honed.

There were several chances for GA to use his skills, yet he just was not at the level of the others in his group...not even close. However he watched , listened and learned what he could. One day he was asked to use his skills in an escalated act of aggression between families. Before he could even raise a gun once he was killed in his sleep...a cowardly act. All that remained of this was a death whisper " CP bitch!"

Unknowingly this message would prove to be quite the issue for this bloodline.

Nobody turns some pages and finds quite a thick entry into this portion of the book. This would be the first of his family line to reach crewleader status. There was another first in this timeline as well, the very first Godfather of these parts was crowned , but we shall get to that in a bit.

MickyFinn

Micky was the Son of GopherAssassin, and Micky was saddened by the sudden departure of his father. Micky knew the lifestyle his father led and the family always expected danger everyday. Nobody figured an attack would come in his sleep, but alas an attack did come, leaving Micky fatherless and curious as to the last words his father heard and repeated to him before passing away. "CP bitch" an interesting phrase indeed.

Micky boarded a flight and headed to the city of brotherly love Philadelphia. His bloodline had been known to a few families and he was recruited by a new Crewleader in the city who went by the name of Anita. It was here that Micky made many close friends and formed some very strong bonds with the other members of this family. FlyingPig, Salvatore_Riina, and Anita. The closeness of this family was unlike anything Micky's bloodline had ever encountered, daily business was done as a whole unit.Communication was clear and concise,the knowledge passed on was incredible. Anita's family grew in number and in strength. As her strength grew , so did the threats to her reign in Philly. It seemed like an unending wave of attacks for a few months, and yet in the end, Philly stood strong and unphased.

Then one day the Mafia Gods bestowed the title of Godfather to Anita. This was unprecidented in recorded history, a feat that seemed near impossible, was now a reality. Micky was asked one day to come and speak with Anita, she said that for being such a fine member of the family, she wanted to authorize Micky to have a family of his own. At the same time two other members of the family were set up as well. Salvatore_Riina set up in NewYork, Micky set up in Chicago and *so many names hope I get this right Nikolai_Dante* stayed and set up alongside Anita in Philly. Immediately Nikolai messaged Micky and stated it was an insult to Anita that I did not stay in Philly to help protect the new GF. Anita was more than capable of protecting herself at any time. Micky noted that Nikolai did not have much to say to Salvatore_Riina regarding the same situation. But then again, Nikolai knew Salvatore could smack him into next week any time he wished.

Micky cut ties and started his own family in Chicago, The Dominion was born, andit thrived. Micky had made many connections in the cities across the land ,and he found that many wanted to be part of his adventure in the Windy City. A short while later as Micky was sitting in a coffee shop ,chatting with a few people, a group of loud , brash and quite frankly annoying sons of bitches crashed into the coffee shop and started tossing insults, insulting people and showing all sorts of disrespect, unbecoming a gangster. Who in fuck were these assholes thought Micky. Ove rthe next few weeks, Micky had made a point of trying to figure out who these people were and what their deal was.From the banter these thugs made in the streets they were known as The CP. Micky looked around every city he could and found that these people were not in power anywhere, why should anyone have to sit and listen to their bullshit? Anyone that Micky spoke to seemed to havedisdain for these people.

Who were these people? Mikus,Fakeman, Mr-DW,Gazman,Volpone,ChuckCP....if some were missed Micky didnt care to mention them.

One day Micky awoke and as he sat to have his morning coffee, he reads in the newspaper that Mr-DW had been authed to set up a family of his own. Mr-DW was the most vulgar and annoying prick out of this group and over time Micky became more and more fed up with this group. One day as Micky sat in the coffee shop with a few of his close friends. In strolls Mr-Dw and his cronies. They look over and begin to verbally attack and disrespect Micky's close friend Susan (RIP) As she tried to defend herself Mr-DW let loose a barrage of vulgar language and direct insults upon Susan. Micky stood up and told Mr-DW to shut the fuck up. The Cp then all jumped in and started aahuge fight in the coffeeshop. Insuots were hurled and threats were made, however Micky did not make any threats, he made a promise. The next morning Micky and Salvatore sat in a car outside Mr-DW's HQ, in another car was Micky's RHM Merovingian and his hitsquad leader JesseJames. As Mr-Dw stepped out of his HQ, JesseJames ordered the hitters to openfire, Volpone,Guerino,Gazman,Killer_Jane,Valentino, Leo...all fell in seconds. Micky stepped out of his car, raised his gun and Mr_DW wasno more. This would be the firt hands on instance with the CP.

Another month went by and Nikolai_Dante had became stronger and bolder in his new HQ in Philly. Micky and Nikolai did not get onvery well from day one, but Micky chose to ignore Nikolai's issues. Up until now that is, Nikolai had suddenly recruited a few CP members into his family, as soon as this happened, Nikolai wassoon swayed to engage in agression towards Micky. Things had gotten quite heated, to the point that Anita the Godfather of Philly steppedin to mediate and come upwith a solution. Micky was not interested in a war with Nikolai at this time as his family was weakened by a couple of Rogue attacks earlier. The mediation seemed a tad bit one sided and not on Micky's behalf. Micky figured that it was because Nikolai was a Philly family and Anita had her best interests with that.

Without warning Nikolai attacked Micky in a full out war. Micky's hitsquad was decimated and Micky was scrambling to get things sorted and possibly take out Nikolai on his own. Micky knew that Nikolai was very well protected and his shot had to be perfect. Micky and Nikolai traded 3 shots  each and on the last shot Micky Fired he suffered a WB and his gun exploded in his hand. With no weapon Micky was doomed to die in just a matter of time.Micky had no idea that a plane from NewYork had just landed in Chicago,Salvatore_Riina casually hopped in a cab, drove to the HQ of MickyFinn and asked a simle question. Are you ok if I get Fuckerish on your behalf old friend? Micky thought for a moment that he was ready to die, but then thought about all of his family members nearly 200 soulds who would wind up cannon fodder if he died. Micky nodded his head and Salvatore and his hitters obliterated Nikolai and his crew. It was done,it was over , maybe Micky could relax and rebuild, have some peace for awhile. Micky was wrong, over the next month or so, tensions grew between Philly and New York, Micky could not get a lock on why there were issues suddenly. Salvatore had come to Micky and spoke of his annoyance with the disrespect he was being shown by Anita and her RHM FlyingPig. Micky wasnt sure what to do,he was caught in the middle of a possible war between all very close friends. There were many things to consider here, Anita authed him andwasa good friend, Flying Pig had taken micky under his wing and taught him how to kill. Salvatore, Mickys brother in arms, they had been through alot together and Salvatore had just saved Micky's life. Salvatore asked Micky that if he went to war with Anita, could he count on Micky's help? Micky asked for a few days to consider a few things and he would get back with a decision.

5 days later Salvator_Riina and MickyFinn went to war with the city of Philly. the battle went on for quite some time and eventually Anita's family came out victorious. Salvatore_Riina and MickyFinn were dead. Micky died at the hands of the GF herself. Somehow he knew this was his fate andhe accepted it. As Micky Lay dying, Anita leaned over him and whispered I forgive you