Pietro Toro was born in Palermo and lived in a small village of Sicily. Son of a fisherman and a maid, Toro was very poor and not educated. Searching upon the garbages he had survived quite well until he witnessed a murder in one of the alleys. Hidden in the shadow of a big house Toro saw two men approaching a stranger talking about the drugs he hadn’t paid. Toro, at the age of seventeen, knew what was happening, those men were mobsters, criminal soldatos working for Don Rosa. Rosa controlled the region for twenty years, his net included gambling, alcohol, prostitutes, weapons and drugs.

The stranger seemed to have no money afterall as the two men started to beat him. One of them was yelling about the good life they had while the strange was just a poor, addicted man who lived in the garbage. After some minutes they grabbed some coins of his pockets and shot the stranger twice. When they left the scene, Toro decided to check what happened and approaching the stranger he couldn’t believe his eyes, the man laying on the floor was his father, the man he always loved and admired, the man he would never think being involved with such things. The stranger opened his eyes and saw his son crying trying to stop the bleeding. His father calmly told him to don’t worry, to take care of his mother and to never end like he ended, Toro stopped crying and hugged his father while his father died.

At home, Toro found the entire house open and messy. His mother, Carolinna, was laying on the ground of the chicken already dead entirely covered with blood stains over her dress. Toro couldn’t believe both his father and mother had died at the same day and that there was nothing he could’ve done. Decided to avenge his family Toro grabbed his father’s revolver hidden under a false tile and runned toward Rosa’s villa.

Hidden behind a brush Toro saw 20 men standing in front of the villa, it would be impossible to accomplish what he wanted but it had to be done. Toro waited for the perfect opportunity and when ten of them left the villa to collect payments Toro decided to act but before he could jump of the brush an old man grabbed his arms and pressed him at the wall of an old house. The man had his face all scarred and both his arms burned.

‘’Do you think this will bring your family back kid!? This is suicide, you can’t take justice with your hands. We all hate Don Rosa but won’t be you our savior. Look at me! This is the price of my sin, i’ve lost everything i had due my addictions, i’ve lost my wife, my kids, my house, everything! Listen to me! EVERYTHING! I beg you, don’t go, you will die before you reach the front door and even if you accomplish your goal, it won’t bring your family back… Besides your father would never accept this kind of act. Believe me kid, i knew him for fourth years…’’

Before releasing his clothes the man started to cry. Toro understood the situation and calmed down. Desolated, he sat at the ground and lit a handmade cigar. The men sat by his side and explained his relations with his father and how they first meet, in Palermo. They were fishermen by day and drug dealers by night working for the local boss, but they both got addicted and had to be removed from the job. Since then they lived of small trades once a week for Don Rosa but sadly Toro’s father couldn’t control his addictions and attracted too much attention. After a long talk the man told him that if he really wanted revenge he would need practise and that a man in Palermo could help him.

Back at his house Toro grabbed some clothes, the last money he had and packed everything. After arriving at Palermo Toro was soon contacted by Leo, the man he heard of. Leo turned to be one of the caporegimes working for Don Luca, the local boss. After setting up the meeting Toro sat in a bar and ordered some food.

Leo arrived exactly when they agreed, at 14:00 pm. Leo was a big man, dark hair and a strong jaw. The man sat at Toro’s table and throwed a piece of paper at his hands, the paper had a name written on it and the following words: ‘’Collect day’’. Toro understood the order and looked deep to Leo…

‘’Do you think i came here to become one of them? I’m not a gangs...’’

Before Toro could finish Leo punched him in the face breaking his nose…

‘’I don’t give a fuck kid, you are here to learn how to take down your enemies and thats all, i don’t care what you think about me or about our organization. Pay more respect or you might end up as your father did. Now get the fuck out of here and get this shit done by today.’’

Leo grabbed the news under his arms and started to read.

‘’And kid, report it to me when you finish it, by the way, he have an habit of smoking every night outside his brothel. that’s all.’’

Toro stood up and walked out of the bar. It was a beautiful view, the sea, the villas and Anna. The local bakery was managed by one of his fathers friends, Enzo. Toro always played with Anna, Enzo’s daughter, when he lived in Palermo, and the time to meet her again after years away had now come. After entering the bakery Enzo immediately recognized Toro and hugged him asking about his family. After explaining all the happenings to Enzo and the reason he was in Palermo, Toro asked about Anna. Enzo, extremely sad, smiled and told him she had took some of the bread outside to stock it for later at the back of the bakery and that she probably didn’t noticed him at the other side of the street. Toro asked if he could make a surprise to her and entered the back room smiling. Anna was surprised for a couple of seconds but soon recognized him, after a long hug they asked about each other and left the room laughing, Enzo understood the situation and created an excuse to let them alone. Toro explained the everything and explained he had to go to finish a job but that he would be back at the other day.

Roman, a fat guy, owner of some brothels, had a debt with Don Luca and even though he had the money he always had an excuse. Toro was given the mission to collect the money from him at one of his places. After reaching Roman, he noticed it wouldn’t be a easy job and that he had to calculate everything. Roman left the brothel to smoke followed by two bodyguards as said by Leo. When one of the bodyguards entered the brothel leaving only the two men outside Toro decided to act. Coming from behind and unnoticed, Toro quickly pressed his gun on the bodyguard’s back and shot twice. The fat suppressed the noise making it only audible for the other man. Toro let the man fall and quickly grabbed the fat man’s neck pressing his gun on his head, asking for Don Luca’s money. The man seemed more scared and nervous after each second finally giving up and grabbing a bag full of diamonds of his pocket and handing it to him. Toro punched the man with his gun and runned to the shadows of a nearby alley. Leo was waiting for him at the alley with more twenty men.

‘’Kid, what happened? You got it?’’

‘’Well Leo, i got this bag full of diamonds, if it’s what you are looking for, then, yes.’’

‘’Good, i knew i could count on you. Go to this address and stay there. The rest of you, go!’’

The twenty men crossed the street and started shooting towards the brothel.

Where Leo sent him seemed to be some kind of old compound with several crates over the place. Toro decided to wait for Leo at the other side of the street, while trying to figure out what was that place. When Leo arrived he explained that he was now under him and would begin his training at the other day at the same place. Toro agreed, looked around and disappeared at the shadows of the alleys.

Several months later Tora had become stronger so did his relation with Anna, had been 4 years in Palermo, and now at the age of 21 Toro was ready to marry his loved, Anna. They married in june 25 in a small chapel in the center of Palermo, with some friends and Anna’s relatives. Leo, who had become one of the greatests friend of Toro, gifted them both with a simple house outside Palermo, more like a safe house but would fit perfectly at their home. Toro had become one of the most talented gangsters of Palermo and after those 4 years he was now free to choose between staying and achieving his revenge. At some day, Toro talked with his wife and decided to travel back to his old village to take care of some things and that he would be back in two days.

Back at the village, Toro decided to do it as fast as he could so he could get back to his beloved Anna as soon as possible. He waited for the night to come. Invisible at the shadows, Toro, quickly managed to enter the villa without being noticed and headed to Rosa’s room. When he opened the door he caught Rosa with two women at his bed so busy he didn’t noticed another presence in the bedroom. Toro decided to finish it and approached to bed aiming at Rosa, he noticed the man and completely naked and unarmed he stood still without saying any words. Two shots could be heard from the room, Rosa was now dead.

Leaving the villa unnoticed he headed to the nearest horse and runned back as fast as possible to palermo. Arriving at his house he hugged his wife and asked about Leo. Anna explained that Leo had been shot down outside of their house by local criminals and that shad had no idea why that happened. Desolated, Toro left the house and headed to Don Luca’s villa to know what had happened, Luca explained everything and offered his position as a sign of respect. Toro accepted the honor and since then he lived at his loveable house with Anna. After some months he discovered she was pregnant and decided to honor his friend naming their son Leon.