Underworld Factions
1. The Lau Triad
“狼群永存 (láng qún yǒng cún) — The Pack Endures.”
Identity & Structure:
A powerful, militarized Hong Kong–based crime syndicate known for its arms-trade dominance in Asia. Founded by Chi-wai Lau, his sons, Wu Gaa Lau and Dak Lang Lau, transformed the organization into a paramilitary hierarchy: disciplined, tactical, efficient, fiercely loyal, and internationally networked. The triad has earned a reputation for the surgical usage of its elite tactical force, the Wolves, and the calculating tactics of the current head, Wu Gaa Lau, the Fox of the East.
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Leadership:
Wu Gaa Lau – Head of the Triad. Wu utilized underhanded diplomacy and the power of the Wolves to dominate Hong Kong's Underworld and eventually the illegal arms trade across Asia.
Dak Lang Lau – Wu's Right Hand, Security Chief, Founder of the Wolves. Disillusioned by the corruption of the SDU, Lang and his teammates left the Flying Tigers to strike at the heart of the Underworld.
Rudina Lau – NYC Division Captain, Team Lead of Wolf Team. The niece of Wu and daughter of Lang, Rudy represents the next generation of the triad's leadership.
Logistics:
The Laus command a disciplined global shipping and warehouse network, fronted by construction firms, ports, freight companies, and Chinatown markets, that arms their triad and moves military-grade equipment with tier-one efficiency.
Security:
The Laus logistic routes are highly confidential for maximum security, but the nature of their prized goods makes them high-value targets in the Underworld. The Laus therefore maintain tight security by ensuring that all of their members are well-trained and well-armed down to the lowest level.
Elite Force – The Wolves:
An elite tactical unit composed of Lang’s former SDU teammates and his daughter. Serving as field enforcers, security, and black ops specialists, their experience, training, and equipment make them closer to Tier 1 operatives than street-level goons.
Additionally, the Wolves serve as the security training advisors for members of the triad.
Operatives:
Alpha - Rudina Lau
Former Alpha - Dak Lang Lau
Wolf 1 - Koeng Shek
Wolf 2 - Ming Lam
Wolf 3 - [REDACTED]
Wolf 4 - [REDACTED]
Wolf 5 - [REDACTED]
Intelligence and Networking:
Surveillance, moles, human assets, targeted cyber-ops, and cultivated ties to law enforcement, weapons manufacturers, and political insiders.
Core Business:
Illegal arms trade, smuggling & logistics, contracted enforcement/mercenary work, black-market distribution; expanding into industrial sabotage and targeted political influence.
Geographic Influence:
Hong Kong: Headquarters and roots of the triad
Germany: Former outpost and staging ground for European arms deals (via Rudolf Schmidt)
New York City: Primary base for international expansion; Rudy commands this sector
Eurasia: Primary zone of conflict with the Rostov Bears
2. The Takagi Clan/The Devil's Teeth
“狩りこそ我らの遺産 (Kari koso warera no isan) – The Hunt Is Our Heritage.”
Identity & Legacy:
The Takagi Clan, also known as the Devil’s Teeth, is an Ainu-Japanese assassination lineage stretching back centuries to its ancestral tribe in Hokkaido, Japan. Enduring rituals, traditions, and brutal childhood training precede their reputation: a reported 100% kill rate in contracted hits, merciless efficiency. Nearly annihilated a hundred years ago during the [REDACTED], the clan now exists solely as the personal executioners of the Devil’s Hand, deployed only by majority vote of the Fingers.
Feared across the Underworld as death itself — Once the Devil sinks his Teeth into you, he never lets go.
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Leadership:
The clan is governed by an elder council of family heads, with one clan head in Hokkaidō.
Assassins:
The Teeth — individual assassins deployed globally under the Devil’s Hand mandate.
Active Devil’s Teeth Operatives:
Dr. Katherine Takagi
Adrian Takagi
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Retired/Former Devil’s Teeth Operatives:
Millie Takagi
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Training & Initiation:
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Relationship with the Devil’s Hand:
Originally a freelance assassination clan that would accept contracts of the highest bidder, the Takagi Clan is now solely bound to the Devil's Hand by the Devil’s Handshake, a blood oath between faction heads that seals their allegiance to one another.
Only deployed by a majority vote; no Tooth may operate without sanction.
Deployments by the Devil's Hand are meant to send messages and maintain order in the Underworld through fear and death.
History:
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Core Business:
Contract killing — exclusive to the Devil’s Hand
Takagi Assassins remain the highest-paid Underworld assassins per contract. Their targets would be organizational heads and families with bounties reaching the millions in dollars.
Geographic Influence:
Hokkaidō, Japan: Ancestral seat; secret compounds and training grounds.
Tokyo & Osaka: Peripheral safehouses and proxy networks.
New York City, United States: Grounds for Kat's family branch
Global Reach: Takagis are deployed and feared in every corner of the Underworld — any Takagi deployment is treated as a death sentence by the Underworld.
3. The Devil’s Hand
“Shake the Devil’s Hand, and oath, blood, and sin will bind you for life.”
Identity and Structure:
Crime is the lifeblood of the Underworld, but a hand is needed to keep the bleeds in check. The Devil’s Hand is a clandestine, elite five-member global criminal council, each member referred to as a “Finger.” Together, they represent the ultimate authority in the underworld—controlling vast networks of organized crime, intelligence, politics, war, technology, social institutions, and psychological manipulation. Each Finger has its own territory, philosophy, motivations, and method of power. Together, they maintain a precarious alliance as the Devil’s Hand for the sake of order in the underworld.
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The Five Fingers:
I – The Grip (Thumb): Mikhail Turgenev — The Rostov Bears
II – The Point (Index): [REDACTED] — Central Dogma
III – The Blade (Middle): Fernando Rodríguez — El Quetzalcōātl
IV – The Vow (Ring): [REDACTED] — [REDACTED]
V – The Whisper (Pinky): [REDACTED] — [REDACTED]
The Devil’s Codex:
The rules of the Underworld; forbid one Finger from killing another — under penalty of extermination.
The Knuckles:
An assembly of 20 regional representatives of the most powerful crime syndicates who vote to elect new Fingers and enforce Hand decrees.
The Devil's Handshake:
Blood oaths between Underworld organizations (e.g., Takagi). Binding for the life of the handshakers, these ancient oaths are considered sacred in the Underworld.
Elite Force – The Devil’s Teeth/The Takagi Clan:
Assured death incarnate, deployed only by the majority vote of the Fingers for targeted enforcement of Underworld order.
Core Business:
Oversight of global arms, drugs, human trade, cybercrime, black finance, political subterfuge, Illicit R&D, and assassination.
Geographic Influence:
Global: Every Finger anchors a continent-spanning empire.
Council Chambers: [REDACTED]
4. The Rostov Bears
“Нет Родины, но есть братство (Net Rodiny, no yest’ bratstvo) — No Motherland, But There Is Brotherhood."
Identity & Structure:
The Rostov Bears embody the ghost of the USSR’s secret wars. An army built from the fragments of GRU Spetsnaz Brigades, KGB Vympel, Alpha Group, and even Afghan War Veterans, resurrected not to defend a nation but to sell their teeth to the highest bidder. Once commanded by a former decorated GRU spetnaz Colonel and Afghan War veteran, Mikhail Turgenev, the Rostov Bears present themselves as a private military company— a mercenary empire contracted by governments, corporations, and warlords alike. Beneath the façade lies one of the Underworld’s most militarized syndicates, profiting from chaos, proxy wars, and global instability. Their reputation for brutality and effectiveness made them the Grip of the Devil’s Hand.
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Leadership:
Mikhail Turgenev — prior organizational head and now supposedly assassinated by the head of the Lau Triad, Wu Gaa Lau. Mikhail's reputation as a fearless and loyal commander during the Cold War Era earned him the loyalty of his fellow veterans when they had no one else to turn to after the fall of the USSR.
Turgenev Twins — Mikhail's imprudent heirs, lacking the discipline that he forged during his time in the Afghan War.
Elite Force — Кувалда (Kuválda) — The Maul:
Core PMC veterans of Soviet special forces; armored, mechanized, and special ops units fielded like a private Spetsnaz detachment with no state flag to answer to. The marks left on the battlefields they've conquered are described "as if an enraged bear mauled through the area, decimating anything that stood in its way."
Military Assets:
Tanks, APCs, drones, aircraft, and ex-Soviet arsenals; their stockpiles give them an unmatched battlefield presence.
PMC Front:
International contracts, shell companies, PR campaigns, and legal cover that disguise their syndicate as a “legit” security corporation.
Command Structure:
Modeled on Soviet doctrine—generals, mercenary captains, and regional warlords
Client States:
Dictatorships, warlords, oligarchs, and corporations that use Bear battalions for proxy wars, resource grabs, and urban suppression.
Core Business:
PMC contracting, arms trafficking, war profiteering, energy corridor protection/extortion, and destabilization operations.
Geographic Influence:
Russia / Rostov: Historical base and recruitment hub.
Eastern Europe & Caucasus: Strong presence in ongoing conflicts.
Africa & Middle East: Major expansion zones; PMC contracts, resource exploitation.
Global: Marketed as a “legit” PMC but feared as the Devil’s Hand’s military wing.
5. El Quetzalcōātl
“La Serpiente emplumada no muere — The Feathered Serpent never dies.”
Identity & Structure:
A ruthless narco-syndicate rooted in Mexico with influence extending across South and Central America and expanding into North America. Currently headed by Fernando Rodríguez, El Quetzalcōātl thrives on chaos, corrupting governments, and embedding itself in local communities through both fear and addiction. The feathered serpent continues to grow as it gorges on the sacrifices of its victims.
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Leadership:
Fernando “La Cuchilla” Rodríguez — El Quetzalcōātl is full of wicked characters, but Fernando not only survived the throes of the feathered serpent, but rose to the top to take the head himself through devlish instinct, infallible intuition, and mythical reflexes. Fernando earned his moniker after killing the previous head of El Quetzalcōātl in La Danza de Cuchillos. The scar running up the middle of his face and his split tongue are remnants of that duel, a testimony to how close he dances to the edge of death.
“La Danza de Cuchillos — the Dance of Knives”
Duels sanctioned within El Quetzalcōātl to settle disputes and succession. Duelers must face off mano a mano, no guns, only knives. Victory is declared by first blood in minor disputes, but for succession or betrayal, to the death is mandatory.
Las Navajas — Sicarios:
The fangs of the feathered serpent, elite narco-killers trained for shock tactics, covert assassination, public executions, and urban warfare. El Quetzalcōātl's wealth provides them with equipment and training that surpasses local government entities.
Drug Production:
Core backbone — coca fields in South America, meth/fentanyl super-labs in Mexico; vertically integrated from farm to street.
Government Corruption:
El Quetzalcōātl uses its narco-driven affluence to stuff the pockets of local police, military, and politicians, ensuring uninterrupted production, transit of shipments, and legal impunity.
Narco-Corridors:
Overland smuggling routes, cartel tunnels, fishing fleets, and airstrips. Each corridor is ruled by violent plaza bosses.
Core Business:
Cocaine and fentanyl trafficking, human smuggling, assassinations, forced labor, organ trade, destabilization of rival cartels through false-flag terror, and control of local governments through bribery and ransoms.
Geographic Influence:
Mexico: Core strongholds and labs.
Central America: Key transit zones and smuggling routes.
South America: Partnerships with coca producers
United States: Expanding distribution networks; NYC is their newest contested foothold.
6. Central Dogma
(IMAGE LIMIT HIT, SEE FACTION LOGO ON ROYAL ROAD)
“Progress by any means.”
Identity & Structure:
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Leadership:
The Second Finger: Organizational Head
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Elite Force:
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Intelligence Networks:
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Geographic Influence:
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