<b>Maelstrom</b>
By 8amadeus8 Resident

TYPE: Street Gang

MEMBERS: Trey Silvershot, Theradessa Resident

BACKGROUND: Background: Deus found himself out on the streets again and feeling as though he was losing control of his life. He turned to heavy drinking, drugs and prostitutes to try to drown his pain and keep his demons from returning. Due to the lack of control in his own life, he seeks control in other ways....people. He turns back to rape to feel a sense of power, and finds friends that are willing to prove loyalty to him and the gang they serve. He sends them out into the city to prove their loyalty by asking them to commit random acts of violence and robbery of innocents....but he rewards them greatly by feeding them whatever they desire to keep them under his wing. The gangs motto is one of "party hard"....they will frequently make use of the prostitutes and drug availabilities that are already in town, and you will often find them "celebrating" in their own unique ways on the streets, beaches, and in the sewers of the city. Types of partying may include such things as going to beach and throwing bottle rockets at each other, getting high and heading down to the massage parlor, calling in some pizza and "extras" from the pizza slut. This gang is heavily based in drugs, sex and good times...though, sometimes, their idea of a good time isn't always legal. They like watching fires and painting...though the city might not like what they use for firewood and canvases. They earn their money by stealing from the innocents by ways of seduction or brutality, and whatever "normal" jobs they may have...but they blow through it quickly, which only leaves them thirsting for more. Initiations and loyalty tests will be a large factor in this gang. The types of initiations and tests will be largely dependent upon the type of rp the member is looking for. If they're a rapist, a loyalty test might be "See that girl over there? Bring her to us, let's have some fun..." If they are a masochist, or just willing to take a beating in the name of fun, an initiation could be "See that store down there? If you can make it there before we kill you...you're in." The way the gang is set up, it leaves the door wide open for random possibilities. They're wild, crazy and just looking for an insane good time.

UNIQUE: Front: Dick's Halfway Inn (If proposal is approved) Potential Enemy: Random Innocents and more than likely, at times, the PD. The motorcycles outside of the biker bar are kind of tempting too....

FLAW: Flaw: They will probably not always be great at hiding a good many of their deeds since many of them will be done randomly when they're high, drunk, or desperate for cash.

POTENTIAL ENEMY: Other: I believe the gang would add a fun element to DE and also provide a lot of "customer" type RP to the businesses in the city. Some alliances: I have already spoken with Lyss about forming an alliance with her new faction, and have spoken to Anjel about drug purchases. The main thing I feel that the gang will provide is a much needed group of predators for the innocents in DE. Most of the other gangs target with purpose....we target for fun most of the time, which leaves rp with us very possible on someones first day on sim. While Deus is ICly on a power trip (not to be confused with powergaming or OOC power trip), OOCly I will take a great deal of care and effort to find the type of rp that excites people as individuals and work to provide that for them. With the random nature of the gang, this is very possible. While I understand that the factions are at their limit, I wanted to put this proposal out there for consideration in the next opening. Until then, we will be playing as an "unorganized" group of friends for now, so let us know if you're interested in playing with us :D

EXPERIENCE:Experience: I've been in DE nearing a year now, and was a founding member of Syndicate. I led the 8s for awhile and have had some fairly decent success providing some fun roleplay for other people. I feel that I'm good at coming up with things on the fly and have a million ideas ready to play. I have always been willing to rp with anyone and everyone who comes my way, and I feel this faction will provide even greater opportunity to get out and meet some new people and welcome them to Dead End (the fun way ;P ).

IDEAS:Unique: Most other factions have dealings in prostitution/drug dealing/large operation theft. This gang will be more of a consumer. We will be using businesses and other gangs that are already in existence by purchasing our drugs from them, and celebrating our small successes by using their services (massage parlor/pizza slut/ taking items in to pawn at the pawn shop etc.) This gang also randomly targets innocents, which I feel is needed in DE. We're not out to make big time money....we're out to feed our addictions. I plan to use the sewers a great deal and our main territory will be the red light district, which I hope to help bring more action to.

OTHER:Other: I believe the gang would add a fun element to DE and also provide a lot of "customer" type RP to the businesses in the city. Some alliances: I have already spoken with Lyss about forming an alliance with her new faction, and have spoken to Anjel about drug purchases. The main thing I feel that the gang will provide is a much needed group of predators for the innocents in DE. Most of the other gangs target with purpose....we target for fun most of the time, which leaves rp with us very possible on someones first day on sim. While Deus is ICly on a power trip (not to be confused with powergaming or OOC power trip), OOCly I will take a great deal of care and effort to find the type of rp that excites people as individuals and work to provide that for them. With the random nature of the gang, this is very possible. While I understand that the factions are at their limit, I wanted to put this proposal out there for consideration in the next opening. Until then, we will be playing as an "unorganized" group of friends for now, so let us know if you're interested in playing with us :D