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The Cartel

OOC Information

Contact Point: Ryan Founding Characters: Merari Tears, Boone Winthrop, Jethro Lykoi, Nazario del Bosque, Magpie Trouillefou, Johnathan Winthrop, Ichabod Bertram Status: Disbanded Succeeded By: Del Cenere Gang

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Player Count: 8/10 NPCs: 4 Total Characters: 12/15

Summary

The Cartel was a small, coyote-run drug cartel, presently a group of ex-Infernians and ruffians down on their luck, banded together for companionship and survival. They later joined with the Drygrass Posse to form the pack, Del Cenere Gang. Location: Northern Moosehead Lake Icon: Flame Scent: Coyote, smoke, tobacco and cannabis, livestock, Lykoi Languages Spoken: English, Spanish Dates Active: 1 Aug 2018 - 12 Jun 2019

You have to love yourself a fire

The Cartel was a predominantly coyote-run group comprised of stragglers left in the wake of Inferni's disbandment. Its origins were largely founded in the thoughts and ideas of dissenters under Vicira Tears' rule -- including her own children. As the clan suffered from flooding, illness, and famine, discontent spread. Boone Lykoi declared his desire to overthrow his mother or desert Inferni, but the idea remained only an idea for some time.

On August 1st, 2018, Vicira disbanded Inferni. That night, she unexpectedly abandoned the remaining coyotes, with her mate Redtooth leaving in search of her. When neither returned, the small group (many of whom intended to part ways with the other stragglers) properly banded together. The group was largely nomadic from this point forward - following misfortune after misfortune in hopes of chasing proverbial greener pastures. While they had no true mission, the group remained together out of familiarity and stubborn acceptance as to what had come to pass, striving to keep the remaining pieces of the coyote clan alive in memory and little else. After a stint of wandering the wilderness, intrepid brothers Boone Winthrop and Nazario del Bosque attempted to each pull rank to start directing the band's aim towards intrepid goals and cohesion amongst their otherwise wayward and misfit group, to divisive response. Ultimately, the band dissolved in order to form the Del Cenere Gang.

1.  Positions

The Cartel did not have ranks or hierarchy -- rather, characters were titled by their animal nicknames. The names arose as a joke made by Laurel and caught on, and had the intention of eventually being utilized as code-names when engaging in otherwise underhanded or illicit acts.

• Previous Members » Magpie Trouillefou, Merari Tears, Laurel del Bosque, Jethro Lykoi, Marlowe de le Poer, Ichabod Bertram, Rozenn, Laurentius Astora, Tamara de le Poer, Noel Priyantha

2.  History

After the abandonment of then-Aquila Vicira Tears, the Cartel formed out of the stragglers that remained in the wake of Inferni's disbandment; with the newly formed band packed up, they sought out their first destination: The Dampwoods, which was still somewhat familiar in the wake of the Inferni-Salsola War. Instead of finding solace and bounty, lean times followed the fledgling group, and kept them fruitlessly moving. Over the winter, the band, suffering losses and gains alike, relocated towards Searsport to try their luck in new localities.

With concerns for their safety after Dahlia Winthrop (ne. de le Poer) joined their ranks (thanks to her stint within Salsola), the band relocated once again northwards to their final destination at the Northern point of Moosehead Lake. In the dead of winter, they come upon the still small Drygrass Posse, struggling with a broken-down wagon and looking down on their luck. With promise to help them over a mutual interest in aid and familiarity in their coyote-dominant groups, The Cartel made strives to assist their fresh allies, unaware of the trouble that tagged along on their heel.

As spring emerged, the Cartel and their newfound sister band attempted to put together something of a feast to get to know one another. Members collected, snacks^{[1] [2]} and prepared for a party - ^{[3] [4] [5]} though during the dinner, members of the two groups realize that strange occurrences have been popping up throughout nearby territories.^[6]

A series of strange happenings started to unfold throughout the following week while members of the two groups investigate. Members discovered a horse, still in full-tack, wandering through the woods,^{M [7]}, a camp was discovered, and evidence of fighting in the newly-discovered camp were uncovered,^{M [8]}, a dead coyote-looking woman was found hanging from a tree,^{M [9]}, a loner was chased off in a rainstorm,^{M [10]}, and a wolf was interrogated.^{M [11]} These uncomfortable events all preceded the final horrifying message: Calhoun Escuella's body was lashed to a horse, beheaded, and his head placed in the saddle and sent to The Cartel and the Posse as a warning.^{M [12]} The two groups came together to host a funeral^[13], and made further discussion as to what needed done with these unprecedented threats.

Aggressors Solomon James and Pippin Hamer made efforts to set the Cartel's camp ablaze in the dead of night to stir chaos.^{[14], [15]} Driven to act, the duo of bands faced off against their attackers and came to the decision to come together and form Del Cenere for mutual protection against future threats.

2.1  Thread Log

# '''[[Thread:THREAD NUMBER|THREAD TITLE]]''' (Date)\\
Thread Description
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1. THREAD TITLE (Date)
   Thread Description

   • Participating Characters

2018

• [M] Sic Semper Tyrannus (July)
  Boone gathers conspirators (who will later form the Cartel) and decries Vicira's leadership.
• [M] Like anger, like smoke from an unseen fire (August)
  The group of coyotes band together, preparing to leave old Inferni territory.
• a dark wood where the straight way was lost (September)
  Jethro comes across a stranger who has connections to Inferni.

2019

• I know that apocalypse, that was where your heart is (January)
  Skeleton and Carnivore meet Dahlia. After some discussion, Dahlia tells the siblings about The Cartel. Skeleton is intrigued, but Carnivore is not yet convinced.
• I can't decide, whether you should live or die (March)
  Julius catches Dahlia planning her departure from Salsola and confronts her about it.
• It's not easy having yourself a good time (March)
  After Dahlia realizes that a member in Salsola has discovered her defection, she alerts Nazario and Boone. They decide to move the loner band to Moosehead Lake.
• Lost at Moosehead Lake (April)
  In her search to find Inferni, Lyssa comes across The Cartel instead, and joins the loner band.
• Nothing more, Nothing less (Spring)
  Dahlia asks Hope to join her in The Cartel; Hope agrees.
• Members of The Cartel and the Drygrass Posse collect snacks for the dinner. (April)
  • [M] In the snow or the rain or the ice cold wind
  • [M] In the truth we pursue
• Members of The Cartel and the Drygrass Posse prepare for the dinner. (April)
  • The past, she is haunted, the future is laced
  • her room is painted heron blue
  • Coco Bolivia
• but with it comes the knowledge of everything (April)
  During the dinner, members of the two groups realize that strange occurences have been popping up throughout the territory.
• Strange things start to unfold throughout the week while people investigate!
  • [M] have I ever told you 'bout the time I - (April 29)
    A lone horse, still in full-tack, is wandering the woods alone. A fleabitten mare with a gentle disposition, she certainly doesn't seem the sort to be turned out feral, but before further investigations can be made, she wanders back off into the forests from whence she came.
  • TBD (April 29)
    A camp has turned up, and while there are a myriad of scents there, a recent rain has washed much of it away. Swinging from some branches, though, are bloodied, soiled bandages; whoever was wearing them must not be in a good way. In a half-buried satchel, there's a series of wire snares.
  • [M] The Slip (April 30)
    West of the Cartel's camp, signs of a scuffle are evident. There's three scents here, one of which seems to smell coyote, but it's hard to tell amidst the smell of turned-up earth and mud and coppery blood - it seems fresh, perhaps a day old, and there's all manner of tufts of silvery hair thrown about. Nearby, further up a hill, there's rope.
  • [M] Thurday, 2nd May (May 2)
    A grisly discovery is made.
  • [M] And Storms Will Surely Come (May 3)
    A tiny camp is made to settle in at night, to wait out a storm. It's dark, and the fire can't seem to stay lit - the deluge picks up, and it gets hard to hear. Someone else is there. A scuffle ensues - and someone ends up with a minor injury, though the assailant is chased off, worse for wear. He vanishes, beneath the cover of night and heavy rainfall.
  • [M] the debt un-reconciled (May 4)
• [M] strange hands halted me, the looming shadows danced
  Calhoun Escuella's body is sent to the Posse's camp as a message.
• And we'll all go together (May 17)
  The Posse and The Cartel hold a funeral for Calhoun.
• With the warning still fresh on everyone's minds, conflict strikes.
  • [M] minute to midnight, don't be late (May 20)
    Solomon James and Pippin Hamer set fire to the camp. Johnathan Winthrop and Skeleton Key respond.
  • when the clock strikes twelve, does today become tomorrow (May 20)
    Nazario del Bosque, Boone Lykoi, and Dahlia de le Poer try to put out the fire.
• Conflict follows throughout the week, and the attackers are now identified.
  • I'm a little saint, I'm a little sinner
  • red stain on the grain of the timbers
  • i'll give the law a little shock, remember what i say (May 21)
• [M] there's a dead man in the back (May 26)
  An ambush fails, and the coyotes enjoy a minor victory.
• sooner or later God will cut you down (June 5)
  The Coyotes band together for safety, and strategy for their survival, and start discussing things such as leadership and community.
• Wolves have been harassing, and menacing the coyotes, but they drastically underestimate who it is that they're tangling with. With their camps partially destroyed, their spirits rattled, but their attackers now known, the coyotes double down in their defense. These wolves won't know what hit 'em.
  • TBD
    Rather than wait for the wolves to come to them, the coyotes start doing a little reconnaissance of their own! Fortifying their camps, and scouting out into the wilderness for signs of their hunters, the aim is to keep low, keep hidden, and keep track of these assailants.
  • TBD
    Nothing tells others to go away quite like making the land inhospitable. Find the wolves' old hiding spots, or camps, and thoroughly destroy them. Set traps, and conceal them. Better yet, leave warnings, as they sent to the Posse's camp - the coyotes won't be trifled with any longer.
  • [M] Reckoner (June 7)
    Some of these trespassers stray too close to some of the coyotes. Perhaps they should've been more aware, because the coyotes saw them first.
  • TBD
    Desperate, and furious, the wolves retaliate, but the attacks are thwarted. Thank God for the buddy system.
  • TBD (June 15)
    With nothing left, and shaken by the resolve of their quarry, Solomon James is baited into his final confrontation.