Zitti Gang
The Zitti Gang, headed by Mamma Zitti, is the main source of food for settlements in the wastelands. As such, they are generally protected from raids and bandits. No one wants to starve, and having the Zitti Gang be protected is one way to ensure everyone (who pays for it) eats. It does help that the Zitti Gang doesn't try to encroach on territory, they just want to feed the world.
Structure
Mamma Zitti is the head of the organization and will always be the head of the organization. The next-highest ranked officers are her children in order of oldest to youngest. Next are her children's partners and their families. You can't really move up in the ranks of the Zitti gang, you are only achieve a higher rank if you are in the family.
Public Agenda
Feed the world!
Assets
Their main asset comes from their contracts set up to be a supplier of food to the main continent. They coordinate the handling of food from their secret food sources and the transport of food to various outposts in the wastes. To this end, they own a whole fleet of carriages and trucks to get food from one place to another. They're currently working on refrigerated trucks using ice magic, so that they can transport food that would've wilted in the heat.
History
The Zitti Gang was founded pretty soon after the wastes really came into their own. There used to be massive riots around food, people hoarded what they could and quickly ransacked any remaining sources of food they could find, leaving nothing for those too slow to get there in time. Mamma Zitti realized this, and set out to solve this problem, using her entire fortune as heiress to a restaurant empire. (Because, how could you keep the restaurant business running without food)
She was able to find sources of food that were plentiful enough for everyone, but she fought to keep the locations secret, even though many people tried to bully it out of her. Instead, she contacted what leaders she could find of various settlements and arranged a weekly delivery of food dependent on the settlement's population.
If being basically the savior of the modern world wasn't enough, she refused to accept cash payment, even though these leaders were clambering to pay her. Instead, she just required that her caravans were protected from the harsh reality of the wastes, meaning that they could travel without being assaulted by factions or gangs. Because, if her caravans weren't safe, then why should she continue her work? The leaders immediately agreed, and she has been able to continue her work to feed the hungry with her secret stores of food.
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