The Nono Principe
Slew Cove’s greatest organized crime ring is now becoming known throughout Drahman, but came from humble beginnings. The Nono Principe originated from the Scuttle Reef‘s city of Yrrosa as a small shipping company specializing in exotic goods and services. They exploited and sold curiosities from the distant continents. Due to their daring and ability to obtain goods that were rare and uncommon on the main Drahman markets, they managed to gain a foothold in multiple cities of the Luthandel Merchant States. Over time, as legal trading became more contested, the Nono Principe’s illegal occupations became their best money makers. Through years of establishing underworld contacts and tactical blackmail, the Nono Principe evolved into a powerful, well-veiled criminal faction.
In recent years, the Nono Principe’s aspirations have begun to spread beyond the Pavone Coast, and their activities are spilling over into central Drahman—much to the consternation of other established underground organizations. The Nono Principe are known for displays of opulence and social grace, and this misdirection enables them to seduce and manipulate the lives and will of whomever is deemed valuable to their plans.
The Nono Principe operates as a loose network of gang bosses running their own localized sects without direct oversight from the mysterious heads of the society. Tithes and information are expected to be delivered to the leadership at a steady rate from each satellite of the organization, and should the rate of return slow, quiet threats of enslavement or destruction soon follow.
Goals
Keeping mainly to coastal cities and port towns within Pavone Coast, the Nono Principe pursues the simple goals of financial excess and maintaining a ledger of favors owed to them by powerful diplomats and officials.
Publically dealing in antiquities and exotic textiles, the Nono Principe runs an efficient black market of slaves, magical beasts, weapons, and illicit substances. Overt violence tends to draw unwanted attention, and the Nono Principe avoid it when possible, preferring to discredit, blackmail, or frame those who cross them. After all, wielding the secrets of your competitor only makes it easier to eventually force them to work for you. Should such manipulation fail, however, kidnapping or assassination can be a quick and traceless final alternative.
Relationships
As newcomers to the criminal underside of Drahman proper, the Nono Principe find their reach is still limited, though they have managed to infiltrate the majority of the cities of Luthandel Merchant States and their presence has been reported as far east as Ivorell. No matter how small, their presence has already created bad blood between the Nono Principe and the other organizations. Though the Nono Principe prefers to avoid conflict, their competitors are not above spilling blood to protect their territory.
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Type
Illicit, Cartel
Location
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