"Good Lord, deliver me...
we wander the streets at night, committing cruelty."
"Service in the Army has taught these men the value of organization” The Evening Standard writes, “These desperados are the agents of a highly organised and dangerous gang, whose activities recently have been of a violent character”.
Welcome to the era of the “Racecourse Terrorists”, where the likes of Italian gangster Charles ‘Darby’ Sabini has become a household name. Street gangs are on the rise for control of London’s turf, and notorious torture gang The Stepney Mob is no exception. Guilty of activities such as extortion, murder, vandalism, and bribery, this particular mob’s growing influence wasn’t always so palpable.
What started as a ragtag collection of pickpockets and thieves, eventually became a group that joined forces when necessary. Spearheaded by East End gangster Davy Lloyd, the Stepney Mob operates out of a pub called ‘The Blind Pig’. With a sudden, aggressive influx of Italian gangsters writhing through the veins of London’s underbelly, the East Londoners are grasping at the territories they’ve never been ambitious enough to contend; these homegrown English racketeers are forming alliances to preserve their own.
However, sensationalist newspapers like The Times and The Evening Standard make no discrimination: “These gangs are nothing but the scum of the earth,” writes The Times, “They are not in most instances Englishmen. They are almost invariably foreigners” and right they are. Though their rivals may be equally vicious and formidable, they’ll soon be far out of their comfort zone as they come to realize The Stepney Mob aren’t a force to be reckoned with, and their mastered techniques of intimidation and brute force have already earned them a seat in a few cushy London establishments. The world could be just beneath their thumb.
Mob Bosses (2): Davy Lloyd (Tom Hardy) & Vera Burton (Jessica Chastain)
Enforcers (2): Mad Dog (Jason Momoa) & Andrew Michael Riley (Karl Urban)
Bodyguard (2): (______) & (______)
Money Launderer/Accountant (1): Penn Clarke (Ben Whishaw)
Apprentice (1): Silas Loch (Dane Dehaan)
Drug Dealer (1): (______)
Hitman/Contract Killer (1): Twenty-One (Dawid Auguscik)
Smuggler (1): Leo Skinner (Trevante Rhodes)
Hijackers (2): (______) & (______)
Doctor (1): Robin Ossic (Julian Morris)
Doctor’s Assistant (1): (______)
Jazz Musician/Con Man (1): Charleston Huxley (Chadwick Boseman)
Wraith/Drabarne (1): Erzebeta ‘Beth’ Chakano (Kristin Kreuk)
Gunsmith (1): King Alexander (Shiloh Fernandez)
Arms Dealer (1): Annie Long
Counterfeiter (1): (______)
East London Street Gangs: (______)
All-Female Crime Syndicates: (______)
Chief Inspector: (______)
Specialized Police Force/The Flying Squad: (______)
If interested in joining this group plot verse please message bloodiedrhetoric with a role, a name/alias, and an FC. Preference is given to RPers who have an exceptional character to bring to the verse. AU’d characters welcome.
Bios for all Stepney Mob characters are available here.
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