Royal Mafia/History

The Royal Mafia Highlight Reel

Origin as The Zoo Ma fia
The originally Calabrese Italian Mafia Crew was established in late 2021 and consisted of The Boss Tomassi Paparatto, and Zee, Burg, and Soap. They started out small with a humble Paparatto's Deli run out of the Dean World Market by Bubbles Smith. They went on to recruit the notorious hacker Shivananand Sunandrankumar ('Shivvy'), skilled hacker/driver Alexei Pavlovich ("Chicken Head"), as well as the multi-talented Visionary Sidwig Von Crawshank ('Sid'-Underboss). Headquartered at a lavish Two-Story Mansion in the Hills, they became one of Los Santos fastest growing new gangs in a very short period of time mostly by partaking in Bank Heists and famously by butting heads with other well-known crews like Block Gang, Bondi Boys MC, Cleanbois, and R.U.S.T. After Tomassi was deported from Los Santos, Under-Boss Sidwig took charge of the group.

Tomassi's Motto for ZooMafia: "It's not about how hard you can hit, it's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward"

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⚔ War Against R.U.S.T.
On February 3rd, 2022, Raymond Romanov was informed by Gheto Kaiba that he was shot by Chicken Head, a member of ZooMafia, at the Cerberus Business Center. Ray then scheduled a meeting between the members of the R.U.S.T crew and ZooMafia at the Clean Manor. They sit at the dinner table and Alexei Pavlovich begins by saying it all started when he was very new to the city. Kaiba invited him to rob the Vault and Chicken Head initially told him he had no money to invest in the heist. They all got caught during the bank job and then Kaiba started asking for money. Chicken Head had avoided the issue for a long time but it had come back up around the time Zee had asked one of Kaiba's close friends on a date. Ray offered ZooMafia an option of $50K to prevent the war. In the end they decided to go to war. Although most battles were even handed, during their first War an inexperienced and uncoordinated ZooMafia took a significant hit in the form of a loss of a weapons cache at the Alta Apartments area. That night they got into a 4v4 gun fight by the gun store and ZooMafia was jailed and interrogated. The next day Ray managed to convince ZooMafia to end the war, without any further payment required.

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🙋‍♂️The Cerberus Eviction
After the R.U.S.T War, ZooMafia relocated to the luxurious "Villa" Estate near Rooster's Rest. Due to Sid's proactive leadership, Francis J Francer provided The ZooMafia with the opportunity to purchase high-class properties at the Villa. ZM had made great progress even with the boss gone. They had even initiated talks with Gulag Gang for a potential meth deal. Unfortunately, just as the group began to settle and things had started to go well again, ZM tags on the property began to disappear. Something sinister was in the works. Sid confronted a group of Roosters Rest employees who showed up at the Villa one day to inspect reserved property prices, for which he was banned from Roosters Rest. The stocked ZooMafia Roosters Rest Storage unit was locked down without warning, however Bubbles was able to coerce an employee into letting him extract their most valuable gear. The next day Sidwig found Lang Buddha wandering in the Villa and Lang feigned ignorance and sympathy as they discussed his ban. Meanwhile the notoriously evil Cerberus plotted to pull the Villa from under ZM for use as an HQ for the Cerberus Security force. In a matter of days, Cerberus formally visited ZooMafia at the Villa and communicated they had pre-established business proposals for the manor and new-found ownership of the land on which it resided. Mid-meeting, Sid contacted the Mayor to confirm the info and mulled legal escalation. The then-Mayor said there was little if any chance at winning a legal battle in this matter. In order to assuage ZooMafia, and minimize any chance of retaliation, Cerberus offered to monetarily compensate all property owners, afford the Mafia with an alternative property with custom Construction, and to help the family go through the motions of legally owning their new land and buildings. Sidwig accepted the offer.

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✨Rebirth as The Royal Mafia
After being 'evicted' from the Villa by Cerberus, ZooMafia began to settle at their New Upgraded Compound on Las Lagunas Boulevard with help from Dean Watson. Sid had done his level best to push the young crew through their seeming baptism by fire, however over time it became clear that with Tomassi gone a lot of the family structure based on respect had begun to disintegrate. They had lost their boss, their first war, and it felt as though they had also been strong-armed out of their own home, and now they were beginning to lose members. Talented Royal Mafia Hang-around Levi Rotti (GG-Z) disappeared, Chicken Head disgracefully left the family in order to try joining Gulag Gang. Original Members Zee, Burg, and Soap became distant. When it became clear that the former leader would not be returning any time soon, Under-boss Sidwig became their Official Leader and the group restructured and rebranded as The  Royal Mafia© . The first points of order included establishing a new hierarchy, Spray, expanding with a Team of Associates, and creating business relationships with other gangs.

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⚔ War Against The Blocks 🏆
After being evicted from the Villa by Cerberus, Royal Mafia settled at their New Upgraded Compound on Las Lagunas Boulevard with help from Dean Watson. They came to find that the Block Gang was claiming it was originally their territory. And thus the first Official Royal Mafia War began over this turf. RM obliterated The Blocks over the course of three days, were granted 3 "Block favors", and the relationship was left on good terms. Watch

☢The Sai Carter Weapons Deal Crisis
From a high-stakes hot-tub meeting, The Royal Mafia were able to close a major business deal with the secretive weapons distribution team of Sai Carter and Levi Smith, linked to the sourcing corp of Arush Patel Santana. The deal entailed the exchange of bulk raw materials at-cost for massive discounts on weapons and gear. The Royal Mafia were receiving high-end weapons for less than it costed originators to produce them. Sky Parks was appointed to lead the charge on this family project, meant to be kept under wraps and in tip-top shape. Unfortunately, not too long after the family had begun to reap the benefits of this arrangement, RM member Shivvy nonchalantly leaked info about the deal to his close friend and cousin Patar Bellosh from The Mandem while they were talking over the phone. Shivvy's mistake proved to be the first major RM fumble, because consequently Patar shared the intel with Dean Quincy who shared it with CG. These two groups control a considerable amount of the city's illegal weapons trafficking, and they were prepared to make a fuss after finding out that they were being under-cut in pricing. After realizing he made the mistake of trusting Patar with that info, Shivvy informed the rest of RM who swiftly attempted to coordinate with Sai in order to minimize any impact on the deal moving forward. Under advisement from Vinny Pistone, MDM met with RM at the RM Compound to investigate the matter. "It has come to my attention that you are receiving things at a lot cheaper than market price", Dean remarked at the meeting. Sky clarified, "there's payment there, its just not in cash, we lose money on materials and get discounts on gear, and we're not looking to step on any toes". "Normally you don't get bit by elephants but by ants, it's the small things that get ya", Dean quipped; "It's a lot bigger than you think it is, not just a Mandem issue, there's people above me who want this resolved; it's hard to spread the wealth amongst the middlemen". Dean requested they end the deal in its totality. In the days that followed, a defiant Sidwig speculated Royal Mafia would likely end up in a war against The Mandem. The Mafia also came to consider the preemptive ocean-dumping of RM associate Ryder Flint whom had previously shared close ties with MDM, to prevent any potential info leaks about retaliation. CG and MDM went on to meet with Sai and Levi at an undisclosed location and threatened them to sell at normal prices in order to avoid having to go down a bloodier "alternate path". RM were unable to recuperate the deal thereafter. Although this excursion inspired the Mafia to become even more secretive (within internal bounds) regarding family business, it foreshadows a series of smaller future leaks which devastatingly grow into a culture of ex-post facto "Associate Ocean-Dumping." Watch



💔ZooMafia Schism
Despite Royal Mafia's success in expansion of influence and power after the Block War (primarily due to their Weed Business with GSF), internal strife was rampant. With key members of the family now gone they were no longer doing Bank Heists as often and this heavily impacted finances and morale, and "loan scams" were no longer cutting it. The infamous Family Bank Account was in shambles. The hierarchy restructure also now placed Original ZooMafia members closer to the bottom rung of the ladder for which they felt disrespected. Several OG ZooMafia members complained "it just doesn't feel the same without the Boss", and refused to defend Sidwig and the new brand if anyone ever spoke ill of them. A particular point of duress came when multiple Mafia members fell in love with a single Blonde Bombshell by the name of Barbra Thunk and it began to tear the family apart. Although the Mafia attended a therapy session together and committed to a strict policy of no relationships within the family, Sid was later caught by Burg and several Associates engaged in intercourse with her in his apartment at the RM Compound. Watch

⚔ War Against Balbani Crime Family
Although The Balbani Crime Family was originally one of the first and most powerful allies to the ZooMafia, the tone changed when Tomassi discovered that their leader was attempting to fleece them with a Warehouse Package offering at exorbitant cost. But the relationship really turned sour when one of their members Bruno Brown tweeted out negatively about Tomassi after he had left the City. As the Leader of the New Royal Mafia, Sidwig responded by hiring a third party to assassinate him. Tensions between the groups brewed for a while and eventually BCF decided to exact revenge on RM in an act that left RM Member Reginald Watson in the ICU at Pillbox Medical Center. War was officially declared thereafter. It was a lengthy and brutal, yet mostly even-handed War where both sides even with heavy casualties refused to concede. On the Royal Mafia side of things it was very tumultuous, OG ZooMafia members Zee and Burg left disgracefully during the on-going War and Zee even tried to poach Shivvy. At one point it appeared that Shivvy and Bubbles were attempting a Coup De Tat to overthrow the Sidwig leadership in order to dissuade more members from leaving. When the War ended, BCF went on to officially Disband their group as well. Watch & Watch & Watch & Watch

🤝The Coalition
In a new era, where larger gangs began to fight over the spraying of territory for sale of drugs, and everyone else seemed to have lost a host of privileges which were now only being afforded to 'recognized' groups, many smaller gangs were especially left in a place of confusion and weakness. Recognizing this, Royal Mafia Associate Mike Hawk suggested and led a Coalition for the Cities smaller gangs aimed at coordinating Events and actions with the goal of becoming 'recognized'. The Coalition which held its first Conference on April 27th 2022 was officially composed of 6 Gangs: Royal Mafia, JustUs, Mortelle, Clown Cartel, Aztecas, and The Hidden. Although their first Planned Event went swimmingly, the Coalition fizzled over time after Royal Mafia found out that Mike Hawk was protecting his friend France Gall who had info on the murder of RM Associate Johnny Burrows, and GSF informed RM that coalition members were leaking false and dangerous info from the conferences. Watch

⚔ War Against The Vagos
Lang Buddha, Dean Watson and Arush Patel Santana of the Vagos were doing a weed run at the RM compound when RM Member Sebastian Reynolds (not knowing who they were) approached them to find out if they had received permission before doing so. In that moment Speedy gunned down Seb and another RM Associate for "G-checking' them. After Sidwig found out he felt it was a sign of great disrespect and baited them to return/identify themselves over twatter, and the first shootout occurred at the construction site across the RM compound shortly thereafter. Members from both groups went down in battle and were apprehended by LSPD. While in Prison Carlitos and Sidwig tried to negotiate to prevent further casualties but insults and a Molotov cocktail ended getting exchanged before meaningful discussion could begin. An official war was declared over 'Respect'. Over the course of three days RM put up as strong a fight as they could however their War General was on vacation and they were no match for the experienced Vagos convoy, especially when they decided to get their Street Team Mariachi's involved. Although the war ended with an RM concession the Vagos did communicate a new-found respect for Sidwig and the Royal Mafia. Watch

🔥Turmoil with Marabunta Grande
Just about an hour or so after the War with Vagos had come to an end several Royal Mafia members were standing outside of their compound when an MG convoy shows up to abduct all of them claiming their Leader Sergio Lopez was gunned down that morning by a man who exclaimed "Royal Mafia sends their regards". Close RM Allies The Hidden try to intercept the abduction unsuccessfully. MG end up taking them up near the local observatory and the Gangs discuss with RM at gun-point. In a face to face with Sergio, Sidwig makes clear that no RM member is responsible for this action, that it was likely a setup with former RM members like Zee Carbone or vindictive Mariachis as the likely culprits and vows to uncover the truth for Sergio. Later that night MG Leader Sergio proposes a 'Pretend War' with Royal Mafia in order to entice the culprit to pridefully leak their own identity. Although unsuccessful, this interaction gains RM a deal of respect in the eyes of Marabunta Grande and sets them up for future business (especially related to Methamphetamine). Watch

🧠"The Ursula System" Ketamine Crisis
Members of a secretive Ketamine coalition between CB and CG met at the Bullet Club to discuss the state of their operation upon rumors which had surfaced regarding RM Member Ursula Leichenberg. "Roman Shacks (in charge of the Ketamine operation) told me that Ursula is snitching to Wrangler about Ketamine, with Chatterbox and Kirk Jerkems, they're using Lang Buddha's name!" Randy Bullet exclaims. Buddha claims that Roman called him about a week ago, and that he's suspicious of a wider-ranging scheme to blow the lid on the operation and set him up as the fall-guy. Vinny Pistone asks "Do we trust Roman or do we just kill them all"? CG decide to interrogate Ursula during which she denies being a snitch and claims Roman was an abusive ex-husband with an axe to grind; they review her texts and let her go. Ursula notifies Sidwig about these developments, "I've been asleep for three days, WTF has Eris been doing, I don't know what's going on, I'm scared!" She had been threatened with death and now Lang was coming after her as well. Key here, is that Ursula has multiple personalities (DID): Ursula, Gracie, Pandora, and Eris; and not all memories are shared between all personalities which are capable of acting on their own accord. Apparently Eris had caused some trouble Ursula didn't know about. Sid went on to have a private conversation with Shivvy; finding the potential of Ursula as a snitch extremely troubling, "if its just Roman spreading rumors we need to find out, we can't kill Ursula - otherwise she has too much info about the Royal Mafia." RM interrogate Ursula at an undisclosed location; Shivvy shouts "put your fucking hands up Ursula!" At gun-point Pandora emerges, she claims that Roman was bragging that he "will have Clean Manor take out the Clowns and that he shot Lang Buddha in the head testing out the ketamine." She continues; the "Clowns are now using that to screw him over" because Roman went on a 48 hr hold as a ketamine producer and has received no criminal charges which makes him seem suspect of cooperating/ leaking operation info to law enforcement. She reveals that Eris discussed the matter with her sister Shelly (who happens to be a police cadet in whom she confides). For Sidwig this confirms that Eris has snitched and that once it is found out it will make RM look really bad. Sid cuffs Pandora to review her texts and finds something it seems Ramee missed during his inspection: Randy Wrangler's phone number on her phone (received 21 hrs. ago.) When Ursula emerges Sid tells her "I thought you loved me". An exasperated Ursula pronounces "Now im gonna die in an ocean somewhere... they (her alternate personalities) always fuck me over, it's the moment things get complicated, everything falls apart!" Eris emerges to admit she thought about calling Wrangler but didn't actually do it. Sid yells: "You're being selfish, your desire for revenge on Roman is destroying Ursula's life!" The next day Sidwig and Shivvy met with Vinny Pistone at the RM Compound Roof to try and disarm the situation, or at least get ahead of it by trying to pin blame on Roman and The Clowns. He says Ursula is somehow getting thrown into false rumors. Vinny responds "I'm still waiting, once it all sums up we'll make a decision". Shivvy argues Sid botched the meeting. RM have yet to face the wrath of the secret society revolving around the Ketamine ring. Watch Part 1 & Part 2

🏁The A.R.L.: A-Class Vehicles Racing League is Born
Working with Marlo Stanfield of Redline, who hosts much of the MRL races, The Monarch Race Crew (then known as The Royal Racers) took the initiative of Setting up The A-Class Racing League with the goal of expanding city-wide access to a rewarding racing bracket. The Royal Racers hosted The A-Racing League Inaugural Race on May 4th of 2022. Watch



⚔ War Against Gulag Gang 🏆
Gulag Gang members were preparing for a vault heist when they decided to take nearby Royal Mafia member Sebastian Reynolds as a hostage. Seb was in the middle of transferring a cache of $30K worth of Deagles to a secure location. Gulag Gang robbed all of the Weapons and threatened Seb. Subsequently RM Member Ryder Flint James (RJ) tweeted out for Cleanbois to contact him. Later that night RJ was shot by Lang Buddha at the Clean Manor. A couple of days later Sidwig found out and contacted GG Member Gazpacho Prince with whom he had a swell relationship and a meeting was set up on the roof of the GG Gas Station in order to try and sort out the issue. Unfortunately, Marty Banks and their lot made clear they had no intent of returning the weapons. Marty exclaimed "what are you going to do about it?" The meeting ended as a shootout when Shivvy shot the first bullet from a nearby highway. An Official war was declared which lasted several days. RM faired as a surprisingly formidable threat in the several encounters that were had. In the end, in order to prevent further conflict with RM, Marty offered full payment for the weapons which were taken and offered his respect to Royal Mafia for standing up for themselves and especially for the way in which they conducted themselves during negotiations. Watch & Watch

Top Secret Heist Assignment: PIGEON 🕊
Due to their close relationship, high end weapons dealer Capped ' Pigeon' Tarranova of CG Street Team, charged Royal Mafia with a Top-Secret Mission to secure precious cargo aboard a military vehicle along a scheduled route. Members were advised to avoid gunfire if at all possible and to secure and deliver the loot back to him within a limited window of time. Ursula Leichenberg and Kayla Rose played key roles in this endeavour. The mission was a success and RM were rewarded bountifully with high caliber weaponry. Watch

⚔ War Against The Mortelle 🏆
Mortelle, originally a member group of the Royal Mafia-led Coalition for smaller gangs was on amicable terms with RM, as a close neighboring gang of similar stature. Their relationship turned sour when RM were informed that Mortelle were the ones that leaked information from coalition conferences. Shortly after RM began to spray their Compound and the surrounding area for which they had big plans they came to realize sprays were being constantly wiped without permission. Mortelle Leader Cindy Tipton called Ursula to inform RM of their disapproval for spray locations: "I come out of my home and there's a spray in my face!" Steven Morales and Reginald Watson staked out the spray locations and discover Mortelle were responsible. Steven called Mortelle demanding an end to the wiping and reimbursement for the already wiped sprays. A meeting was set up in which RM and Mortelle came to an agreement on the turf dispute for which neither side was willing to compromise. The land in question consisted of all blocks in the area between their head quarters, south of Hawick Avenue, including a clothing store, bank, and the area known as "Little Mexico". RM officially demanded $50K in monetary compensation and rights to the territory in question. A war was later declared. Royal Mafia bested Mortelle over the course of about a week. They robbed hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of equipment from Mortelle during the first few days alone. Negotiations spun back up when RM held multiple Mortelle members hostage under threat of torture and murder. An agreement to end the war, contingent upon further approval from RM Boss Sidwig was made. The compromise agreement included a $75K cash payment (reduced from $100K) as well as a Mortelle concession of half of the disputed Turf. In the interim period Mortelle began to "crumble from the inside". Mortelle hang-around Janette Styles was secretly offered a position on the RM Associate Team. Royal Mafia met with Cindy the next day at Maldini's Restaurant and informed the deal was not approved and that they wanted all of the territory in question. The war continued, however Janette came to serve RM as a covert double agent by leaking Mortelle locations, abandoning the group during fights, and accepting cash payment from Bubbles Smith. As the war went on, another Mortelle member ended up in the ICU, and Janette worked to convince other Mortelle Members to leave and join RM with her. RM went on to threaten heavy fines for the wiping of newly placed sprays in the disputed territory. Two days later RM won the war when Mortelle conceded all disputed turf. Watch & Watch

🚀"The Great Exodus"
One starry night after a long fight during The Royal Mafia War against Mortelle, Sidwig became light-headed and Ursula took him down to her private Light House Estate for some rest. While they laid together on the couch Sid's Fever began to worsen. Sidwig pronounced "It's been a really rough month. I've really struggled mentally". Unbeknownst to the rest of the Family, the two decided it would be best if she locked him up in a cage(fetish) at the light house and provided him with daily care until he recuperated. Sidwig wouldn't be seen for nearly three weeks! In the interim period, RM won their War against Mortelle. After months of back-to back conflict, the family also decided it was a good time to take a break and recover. Revered RM High Council Member Shivananand Sunandrankumar went to Bollywood to film a movie, Reginald Watson took a trip back to UK the morning after he woke up with Janette in his bed, and power-couple Kayla Rose & Chris Masters took an anniversary vacation. Steven Morales went back home to visit his wife and kids. Sebastian Reynolds also went on vacation. Sky Parks also took the liberty of risking and losing 97% of his fortune at the Diamond Casino and Resort. Unfortunately, it all happened very quickly with a serious lack of communication. Although Sidwig was greeted gloriously by the family upon his return, he was was in for a shock when he came to find that a considerable part of his Mafia now consisted of Associate members whom some would consider 'traitors'(former Mortelle: Janette Styles & Former Vagos and Leader of LSD: Jacob Pibb), and an unexpected non-'OG' (Ryder Flint) as the seeming leading member of the RM High Counsil keeping things together while much of the main squad was away. Sidwig also came to find that while he was away RM Member Jamie Roc got stabbed by Marabunta Grande after RM was unable to hold up their end of a meth deal. MG also wiped an RM Spray. The family were also bracing for potential conflict with Seaside, who gunned down RJ during the Mortelle War. Watch

🐉The Chang Gang Riddle Heist Competition🏆
Due to widespread recognition of their ever-increasing stature in the City of Los Santos, Royal Mafia were invited to partake in the July Riddle Heist Competition organized by Chang Gang. This comes after Lang Buddha had recently secretly enabled RM to take on their first Heroine run. Other gangs invited to this exclusive event included the likes of Bondi Boys MC, Street Team, GSF, HOA, Hydra, NBC, GG, and even the LSPD. The challenge pitted all gangs against one another, to solve a set of complex riddles which revealed locations for subsequent riddles and gear. While BBMC and NBC got stumped by the second riddle, a clear underdog, Royal Mafia stunned the city by proving to be the first crew to arrive at every single location and solve every single riddle. The Speed at which RM moved was so fast that they even reached the endgame location of a remote offshore oil rig even before Chang Gang had an opportunity to set up a defense for the winners loot. Royal Mafia nearly shot down the Chang Gang helicopter before it could even land on the rig, and secured the loot. Vinny Pistone called Sidwig personally to congratulate RM and inform them on the reward. The mission was a wild success and RM were rewarded bountifully with hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of high caliber gear. Watch

☠ A War General's Disgraceful Demise
Act 1: Sky blooded out of RM

In early July of 2022 Sky Parks approached Royal Mafia Leader Sidwig Crawshank with news that he was considering leaving the family. He commented that he had come to the realization that for a while his only allegiance had been to Sidwig as opposed to the family as a whole. At the end of their conversation Sky was "blooded out" of RM on the RM Compound driveway with a deep stab to the center spinal cord. The Mafia delivered him to a river and paid their final respects. Sky had been one of the groups most valued members who had earned the title of War General, and it wasn't easy to let him go. "Good bye Sky, now you can go with Zee and betray someone else", Sidwig proclaimed.

Act 2: Sky's revenge

Miraculously, Sky survived being blooded out of RM. The former War general did not take kindly to the fact that he had become the first member to be 'blooded out' of the Royal Mafia. Given how close he was with Sidwig, he took this as a sign of deep betrayal. Later that day an RM vehicle stationed at the local courthouse was shot up. Revenge was the only thing on his mind; Sky hired a Hitman by the name of Mike Block to assassinate Sidwig. Unfortunately for him, this was probably the worst man in the city for the job. Sidwig was secretly informed of the plot, a testament to RM's eyes and ears across the city. With the help of former BCF hang-around France Gall, Mike Block was able to locate Sidwig who was working a shift at Maldini's. Mike and France stormed through the establishment doors and made their way up the stairs of the interior to complete the mission. Little did they know the Kings of Los Santos and stewards of Little Seoul themselves had stormed in after them.

Act 3: The wrath of Chang Gang 

The Hit-job at Maldini's was to generate serious blow-back. CG held Mike and France at gun point in the Maldini's office. "Where are your boys mike?" Vinny Pistone yelled. Asher Block was hiding in the Maldini's restroom. CG fervently complained about the unwelcome French woman who is always causing trouble in Little Seoul, before gunning her down in cold blood. Without hassle, Mike outed "some guy in Royal Mafia named Sky who got kicked out of that bitch" as the originator of the hit on Sidwig who put a gun on him. Vinny was livid and made clear CG were going to deal with him now. Even though he had nearly died, Sidwig pleaded with Vinny to have mercy on Sky, if he could ever convince them to act on his pity. CG went out to hunt. They investigated, scoured court records, and traversed northern Los Santos looking for him. By the end of the day Sky had lost all employment. Working with the Royal Mafia, CG were able to lure an unsuspecting Sky to Maldini's under the pretense of discussing his employment status, where he was abducted and delivered to an undisclosed location to be interrogated. Surrounded and berated by some of the most powerful men  in the city, Sky was humiliatingly forced to put out a hit on himself with Mike block, who was pinged with a lead on his location. In a last ditch effort for revenge Sky 'snitched' to Mr. K on Ursula Leichenberg and RM regarding alleged Jeweled dragon corruption. He claimed that Ursula had been providing all of RM with free rings and repairs for a long time. This effort ultimately proved fruitless.

(Update) In late July after their war with Marabunta Grande had come to an end, RM Associate Member Jacob Pibb informed Sidwig that Sky had unsuccessfully attempted to Poach him from Royal Mafia. Watch

🔥The Triple Threat
In July The Royal Mafia ran into simultaneous potential conflict with Marabunta Grande, Street Team, and The Angels. After their war against Mortelle, RM were set to shift attention to business development. Of key interest was a meth deal with MG. RM Member Kayla Rose and then-Associate member Chris Masters led negotiations on this front. One night the young fiery couple embraced by the pool at the RM compound and blinded by love decided to go on an impromptu anniversary vacation. Unfortunately, they hadn't communicated to the rest of RM that the deal with MG had been set in stone and RM had an outstanding debt. After growing impatient with RM's inability to hold up their end of the deal, members of MG arrived at the RM Compound asking for payment, and when they don't receive it RM member J-Roc is stabbed and MG also wipe an RM Spray. Not withstanding the sentiment that MG had jumped the gun on starting conflict, RJ tried to revive the deal and even offered to compensate for business lost. As days passed and MG kept RM in the dark RJ and Sky considered revenge for the attempted murder of J-Roc. On another note, RM Hang-around Donnie Dunn got shot down after threatening Pigeon when he was taken as hostage for a bay city bank job. A meeting was held at the RM compound the next day to reestablish the good relationship. On the other hand, RM member Jamie Roc had run into conflict with The Angels when their leader Claire Seducer unknowingly robbed his motorcycle. Jroc and Janette Styles confronted her at an airport while she was giving a war bootcamp to the Angels and shots were fired as they left with the bike. Jroc then 'went rogue' and planned to grenade them but doesn't find them there when he returns. A meeting is had soon after between Sidwig and Claire in order to reduce tensions. While the meeting achieved avoiding conflict, the relationship wasn't left on amicable terms. Conflict with MG went on to become a full-blown war. Watch

⚔ War Against Marabunta Grande
Act 1: Unfinished Business After their war against Mortelle, Royal Mafia were set to shift a large part their attention to business development. Of key interest was a methamphetamines operation partnership with the infamously ruthless southside gang known as Marabunta Grande. RM Member Kayla Rose and Associate member Chris Masters led negotiations with MG on this front. One night the young fiery couple embraced by the pool at the RM compound and blinded by love decided to go on an impromptu anniversary vacation. Unfortunately, neither of them had communicated to the rest of RM that the deal with MG had been set in stone and RM had an outstanding debt. After growing impatient with RM's inability to hold up their end of the deal, members of Marabunta Grande arrived at the RM Compound asking for payment, and when they don't receive it RM member J-Roc is stabbed and MG also wipe an RM Spray. Not withstanding the sentiment that MG had severely jumped the gun on starting conflict, RJ tried to revive the meth deal and even offered to compensate MG for business lost. This is because at the time much of the Royal Mafia Main Squad had gone on vacation and it wasn't in RM's best interest to engage in conflict as opposed to business with other gangs. As days passed and MG kept RM in the dark RJ and Sky considered revenge for the attempted murder of J-Roc.

Act 2: Acts of War

Not less than a week after talks to renew business had begun, Sidwig was abducted by an urban Fleeca Bank and ended up getting stabbed by MG under the false premise that RM Jacob had been caught selling drugs on their turf without permission. The next day RJ took it upon himself to meet with Marabunta Grande where they discussed matters surrounding their conflict, at the end of which he he ends up getting shot down. After the meeting RJ declared War and engaged in several solo fights with MG. Similar turmoil with MG had occurred in the past when RM was setup by a third party after their war with The Vagos but had since settled it and come to terms on potential business. Sidwig decided that RM should refuse to engage in MG conflict until he had a talk with Sergio. In the interim period MG revealed that their trusted Aztecas source gave them the info on Jacob but also offered to investigate and even potentially compensate RM if any conflict had resulted from false info. An agreement was made to hold off on conflict pending further investigation.

Act 3: War of the Insubordinates

Days pass and RM find out The Saints were the party that lied to Aztecas about Jacob, who then told MG. RM had been weary of Saints since their War against Mortelle when reconnaissance revealed a major anti-RM meeting at the Pink Cage involving MT, Saints, and representatives of Vagos and Seaside. False information and the complex web of 'Chinese whispers' had led to more conflict. Unbeknownst to RM, MG were on the verge of considering apologizing for the mix-up; however when Sid was not around multiple blood-thirsty RM members coalesced to over-ruled an indecisive Bubbles Smith to roll up on MG Territory in a convoy and gun down and rob multiple MG. This event reboots conflict. While Royal Mafia best MG on the first day, MG post a considerable front on the second. The next day a ceasefire agreement is made while groups consider conditions for ending the war. The Royal Mafia was struggling due to the recent loss of their previous war general, and with much of main squad away on vacation they were fighting a short-staffed war with their least experienced members. During the ceasefire RM held a meeting to confront The Saints leader Bertha Clark who vowed to find out who amongst them was responsible for spreading the false info about RM which led to the war. A meeting which was planned with Sergio was called off when Sergio found out that RM broke the initial ceasefire terms. That same day a distressed member of MG calls Jacob to express they are expecting many of their members to face serious jail time and fines for murder. A meeting between RM and MG is had the next day and an agreement is made whereby RM pay $250K to prevent further conflict. The groups do however end up rekindling their previously planned meth business. Watch & Watch

♟The Kings and Queens Debacle
During a July meeting with RM Boss Sidwig, regarding his departure from the family, Ryder James Flint revealed that he had sold over thirty percent of his shares in the RM Affiliated Chess Business Kings and Queens to Chang Gang Investments (Ramee) and continued by offering The rest of RM minor shares in the business, while vehemently denying a written contract. RJ was blooded out later that day. Miraculously, he survived a deep stab to the abdomen and proceeded with his decision to depart with full control over the RM Chess Business. Sidwig mulled legal escalation, as he stated the business belonged to the family. The next day Ursula Leichenberg leaked info to RJ regarding RM conversations revolving around potential retaliation. The next day Sidwig found out that RJ and 'Eris' (one of Ursula's alternate personalities) became romantically involved and offered RM Hang-around Moxxie $10K to murder RJ, confronted Eris, and set her up on a date with RM Associate Donnie Dunn. About a week later RJ showed up at the RM compound with former enemy Zaceed Skengerton (who had gunned him down during The RM&MT war) and communicate his new-found desire to cut RM out of the business completely. Sidwig then tasked Reginald with gathering RM's best options regarding the matter moving forward. After partnering with RJ on Chess, Seaside members left a threatening signed tag at the RM compound which read "F*ck the Queen". RM Jacob then contacted Seaside about the tag and relayed the info to shadow leader Fatoni Sarduchi. RM Reginald and Fatoni held a meeting with members of Seaside including Ash Ketchup at UwU Café on the topic of the chess business and potential legal escalation. During a phone call with Reggie RJ threatened a defamation lawsuit against RM in case they "try to drag his name through the dirt". Reginald then consulted legal experts regarding the business dispute. During a Meeting at the FS Media Office high ranking RM members considered best options. About a week later Chris Masters had a confrontational meeting with Seaside, where they claimed "If you mess with RJ, you're messing with our money". In the end RM decide to start up their own competing chess business.

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👨‍👩‍👧‍👦"The Great Reunion"
After the month that felt like a century, multiple RM Members returned from vacation. Sebastian Reynolds was the first to return from his vacation; he was greeted with great fanfare by multiple RM members at the The Jeweled Dragon. A few days later, riddles left on notes at the RM compound lead Royal Mafia to Humane Labs where they find Shivvy laying on the ground unconscious. That same night Reginald Watson is found with a beard laying unconscious on a boat off the coast of Los Santos. A bottled note washed up on the beach read as though he had expected to die out at sea. The Family held a preliminary catch-up meeting at The RM compound. The next day Chris Masters tweeted out about jet lag and RM convoy to pick him up at the airport, where he is also handed a jacket and thus promoted to full Member.

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Top Secret Heist Assignment: PIGEON 🕊
High end weapons dealer Capped ' Pigeon' Tarranova of CG Street Team, charged Royal Mafia with a Top-Secret night-time stealth Mission to secure precious cargo aboard a Roosevelt vehicle belonging to "The Mob" at a secluded location. Members were advised to avoid gunfire if at all possible and to secure and deliver the loot back to him within a limited window of time. Bubbles Smith and Shivananand Sunandrankumar played key roles in this endeavour. The mission was a success and RM were rewarded with access to a new secretive Tommy Guns Pipeline. "The first group in the whole city that deserves to see, show case, and make an order is definitely The Royal Mafia", Pigeon proclaimed.Watch: N/A

⚔War Against The Mandem
In early August, while members of The Mandem were helping Mortelle with their war against PG18, they landed their helicopter on The RM Compound roof. RM then landed a helicopter on their roof as well. MDM and RM got into an argument about who should be on the roof and RM Associate Member Jacob Pibb calls Tommy Tate a ***** as he decides to leave, which ends with multiple RM getting shot down and members of both gangs getting arrested. In Prison Adam Ababwa asks RM for $150k to prevent a war. RM Underboss (Acting-Boss) Bubbles Smith then stabs Adam and war is declared.

In their first encounter multiple unprepared RM members are gunned downed at the RM Compound. That same day, RM push the MDM block unsuccessfully and all RM members are downed. A temporary ceasefire agreement is reached. A day later, Reginald Watson robs Patar Bellosh, who then takes Sebastian Reynolds hostage. Sebastian is taken up onto a water tower and held for ransom; Patar demands his stolen items. Reggie complies with the demand and then he and Seb are forced to jump from a water tower. Other Royal Mafia members attempt to rescue them but get shot down by Jay Martin. After a brief discussion on the phone between Chris Masters and Patar, the situation was understood to be a misunderstanding between the two groups as they were in a cease fire at the time. In the interim RM receive devastating word there is no ETA on the return of Leader Sidwig. The next day RM and MDM roll around in convoys and RM take down Dean Quincy and Wayne Biggz, who were not involved in the 6 that were hunting. At a subsequent shootout two RM members are downed after Bubbles' weapon is confiscated by LSPD seconds before the encounter. Adam Ababwa also goes down in battle. On the same day Dean Quincy takes out two RM members in Little Seoul on his own. Shortly thereafter multiple unprepared RM get taken down again near Roosters Rest. The next day another fight takes place where members from both gangs go down and RM hang-around Donnie Dunn accidentally shoots at LSPD (confusing them for MDM). Both groups end up in prison and RM gets stabbed. RM lose another fight which takes place between a highway and a rooftop. A final event occurs in the War where James Randal attempts to resolve the gang feud by bringing both groups together and negotiating terms for a peaceful resolution; it doesn't go well. On August 10th, RM and MDM meet at The Mandem Block where RM concede defeat and agree to pay The Mandem a total of $200K to prevent further conflict. Jacob Pibb also apologizes on camera for insulting Tommy Tate.

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🚀"A Leader in Limbo"
Sidwig ended the dreadful month of July by proclaiming that "August is going to be a big month for RM". Among other things, the Mafia had planned to break Lifer Jane Juno out of Prison, were actively preparing for Ketamine-related events, and planned to revise their hierarchy. RM went on to reboot The A-Class Racing League led by Wesley Brown. Full members, Seb, Shivvy, Chris, and Reginald made their long awaited return from vacation around the same time. After setting up a major private materials partnership with Cerberus, Sidwig ended up getting stuck in his apartment having angry calls with Internet Service Providers. Bubbles ended up taking over as the temporary Mafia Boss. RM ended in an unanticipated War with The Mandem over remarks made by underlings of each of their leaders. During the war, after the first week of his absence, RM received devastating word that there was no ETA on the return of Leader Sidwig. Led by Bubbles Smith and War General Jacob Pibb, RM lost their war against MDM. An internal feud erupted between Bubbles and Jacob, which initially led to Jacob stepping down as War General. Kayla and Steven made their great return from vacation not long after the war. Sidwig then made his long-awaited return after two weeks of absence. During a conversation with Bubbles on the day of his return, Sidwig vowed that in his absence he will never leave a single person in control of RM ever again. RM also began their attempt to poach Abduleon Romanov from BSK who is close with Steven Morales.

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🩸 The (Re)Initiation Ceremonies
Sidwig made his long-awaited return after two weeks of absence. Upon his return, one of the first acts he took was to plan sacred re-initiation ceremonies for The Royal Mafia, with the goal of having members officially affirm themselves to be wholly committed to the family and Sidwig's vision to "bring RM to the Throne". Ceremonies were held at a secluded rural Church in order to officially Re-initiate full members as well as a new member (Wesley Brown) via the new process. Sidwig pronounced: "Ladies and Gentlemen, You are here today because we see something in you, we see that you can be a greater part of our organization. It's not something to be taken lightly, we expect more from you once this is done. We expect 100% loyalty to all of your brothers and sisters, we expect you to be ruthless but calculated, aggressive but controlled, to conduct yourselves with class and decorum. we expect you to be in this 100% to the very end. To stand by your brothers and sisters to make this thing we call a family a success and take Royal Mafia to the Throne. There will be ups and downs, highs and lows, but your family will always have your back... Los Santos is a dangerous place, you must always have a gun and knife on yourselves and a few backups at home"... "Now is the time to speak up if you have any reservations, because after this there is no going back. Royal Mafia comes before your job, even your wife and children, looking ahead, this family becomes your #1 priority. It is a thing of honor, the family is sacred. We will be here for you, god forbid anything happens to you we will take care of your families, children, pets. If you have any problems communicate with the family, for the love of god dont let problems fester whether internal or external. Bring your problems to me and we will solve them. Royal Mafia's internal problems stay within the family. RM business is RM business." Made members at the re-initiation ceremony then grab an RM Jacket Button and a knife; the knife is used to cut off a generic suit button which is then replaced with the new one. Sidwig continued to pronounce expectations; "I will always make myself available for The Royal Mafia, even if my wife is giving birth I will drop everything and come to their aid. I will never cooperate with cops, and will never release any sensitive info about the family or any other criminal organization no matter what. I will never lie, cheat, deceive, or steal from the family. If I am asked for info or my opinion or point of view it will always be truthful. I will always show my brothers and sisters the utmost respect especially in the company of others. I will make an effort to continually better myself and The Royal Mafia. I will check in with the family frequently throughout the day. Under no circumstances shall I ever harm another family member without the go-ahead from the boss. As a made member I will live by gun and die by knife. Shall I betray my friends and family in the Royal Mafia or the Royal Mafia Commandments may my soul forever rot in Hell." Members were then given booklets with RM Goals and Aspirations. The ceremony ended with Ursula asking Sid to have intercourse with her on the altar.

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🔥Turmoil With "The Mob"
While waiting to meet with Street Team Leader 'Pigeon' regarding a major Tommy Guns weapons deal Sidwig ran in to "The Mob" member 'Venchetta' near LSBN Theater. After Sid confronted him about his tardiness slowing down Pigeon, the Italian mobster punched him in the face and giggled as he made his escape in an Escalade. Soon thereafter, Pigeon coordinated a meeting between RM and The Mob at the Diamond Casino in order to complete the weapons deal. As a safety measure, Sidwig refused to bring any cash to the public meeting (instead opting to use the Casino ATM for payment), after which multiple members of RM were held up, abducted and taken to an undisclosed location where The Mob shot down three members of RM, leaving Shivvy and Ursula in the ICU. In a move of 4D Chess, Sidwig then called Capped Tarranova to give him the false news that Shivvy and Ursula were dead in order to bait former "CG EMS" Tristan Carter (who Pigeon called to confirm the info with) into further incriminating himself as an informant willing to leak info that would harm RM (as he had done numerous times in the past month.) The next day Pigeon set up another meeting for RM and The Italian Mob at a remote plant. He specifically instructs RM not to shoot at them, for revenge or any reason. The Mob showed up heavily armed. The meeting begins with high ranking member Alfonso Fredo jokingly asking Sidwig to make up for his errors by kissing his right foot. The meeting ends in a shootout which RM win and then end up taking them hostage. During a meeting at a torture chamber RM Boss Sidwig instructs The Mob that its about time Royal Mafia replaced them as THE Tommy Guns Distributor in Los Santos. RM and Pigeon then coordinate to return any stolen weaponry, but Pigeon makes clear he is upset at the events which transpired which make him look bad. Sidwig defends his actions by saying: "we didn't want to shoot, they shot first, they left "my woman and my dog" in the ICU, and disrespected me at the meeting". Pigeon ends the call by saying he "cant let go" of what Sidwig has done, raising questions about potential future conflict with Street Team and or War with The Mob. A meeting is scheduled for the next day. Watch

⚔War Against <font color="28B0FF">Street Team
After the mob incident, a "one-on-one" meeting was scheduled for the next day between Sidwig and Capped Tarranova. After Sidwig and Pigeon had a short discussion about their feelings regarding what had happened with The Mob, Street Team attempts to assassinate Sidwig via sniper and fails. Sid stabbed Pigeon in the gut before members of ST swarmed the area and shot him down. RM backup on standby get taken out when trying to pick up Sid. In a subsequent call war is declared between ST and RM. On the first day of encounters the gangs engage in a Twitter meme pre-war and RM win all gun fights. On the sidelines, an upset Eris (Ursula alt personality) leaks an RM radio channel to ST. On the second day of encounters, after multiple RM members get stuck on the train on their way into the city Sid, Jacob, and Shivvy decide to engage ST on their own. ST are victorious in the Helicopter Warfare battle. After realizing they aren't likely to win any 3v6 fights RM engage in SBS Warfare as “The Royal Lifeguards” and "The Royal Billy's" where they attempt shanking ST in Little Seoul. Their third Day of encounters began with a multi-hour hunt around the city in which RM bested ST. Ursula Leichenberg also went on to Suspend ST members from The Jeweled Dragon. The day ended with a round of negotiations where both sides agreed to a potential neutral ending to the war contingent upon Sidwig admitting fault with regard to the Mob deal gone-wrong as well as caters and sings at a ST picnic along with Jacob Pibb. A defiant Sidwig tried to meet the demands by offering to sing with a member other than Jacob Pibb (who's singing, he believed would ruin the performance). ST turn down the counter-offer and war continued. The fourth day of encounters was on much of RM's Day off. The day began in Little Seoul with multiple members of RM getting taken down and then an RM ambush where they took down ST after they tweeted out for them to "come get their car". The rest of the day consisted of minor encounters where RM Associate Donnie Dunn was shot while taking care of Ursula and then again as he was driving near the RM Compound on his own. ST ended the day by shooting down a group of RM Associates after they had asked for a ceasefire, and picking off two more solo RM members. On the fifth day of encounters ST had built up a three fight win streak before the fourth fight which ended as a stand off at Grandma's which RM won handily. ST went on to win the final fight near Vespucci docks. On the sixth Day Sidwig met with Mercury Frost and Capped Tarranova on a boat off the coast of Los Santos, and agreed to the originally discussed terms for ending the war. Watch & Watch

🔥The <font color="F2EB00">Two-Week Curse
As their conflict against Street Team came to an end it had become clear to Sidwig that constant Wars had become detrimental to Mafia morale. The family might have been developing "better comms and positioning" and recent member departures could be chalked up to "trimming the fat" but any bystander, as Janette Styles would say, could be forgiven for assuming RM were "crumbling from the inside". Back to back Wars had led to extended vacations ("🚀The Great Exodus") and weaker subsequent War rosters, more losses, unbridled difficulties with the city train conductor, internal conflict like the 'Bubbles/ Jacob' power-struggle, 'burn-out', and at least one member considered self-deportation (at a loss for their purpose in the city). It had also become all too common for Associate members to be left out of the loop making it easier for other gangs to seduce and poach them. And now full members were also beginning to contest payments toward the family bank account, reminiscent of the final days of ZooMafia (Nopixel Branch). At one point Sidwig even joked about joining Mandem. It was a darker period for the family and the very future of RM was in question.

Leader Sidwig had become disillusioned with the state of the city. For some reason, his gang, like many others, had apparently become a War magnet, incapable of avoiding serious conflict for more than two weeks, and the Family was suffering for it. In order to try to right the ship Sid declared an effort to break the "Two-Week Curse". This would prove a considerable challenge. A mere days after the ST war had ended, RM ran into turmoil with The Lost MC after a competitive A class race ended with the near death of multiple racers including Sidwig, and relations further soured when Sid was bludgeoned at a car repair shop thereafter. The situation led to a single Mele Battle between RM and The Lost MC. Not long after, RM ran into potential conflict with the northside gang known as PG18 when one of their members failed to secure RM member hostages during a Sanitation Yard kidnapping. Around the same time, a furious Ash Ketchup threatened multiple RM members after a mild tow-truck car crash, spelling potential conflict with Seaside. Within Several more days RM had become involved in potential conflict between close allies The Hidden and Vagos, when a shootout involving all parties occurred at "The Barrio". RM then ran into further issues with mortal enemy Mortelle when their leader Cindy Tipton shot down RM member Chris Masters during an Oxy run at the Pink Cage. Watch: N/A

🔥 Turmoil with <font color="FF56F7">The Mortelle & PG18
Any and all discussions regarding the possibility of RM absorbing PG18, becoming parent to the ‘street team’, or becoming allies were brought to a screeching halt after the occurrence of a second Mortelle Oxy Incident. A party consisting of RM members along with PG18's Lucy Sinclair were conducting an oxy run at the Pink Cage when a shootout erupted and multiple RM members were downed. RM leadership met Lucy's refusal to fight alongside the rest of the oxy crew with great scorn. During a confrontational meeting at The RM Compound PG-18 Leader Lee Nova claimed that “she f*cked up”, and with the belief that it wasn’t a gang matter more than an individual screw-up suggested they take up the issue with Lucy directly. The next day RM kidnapped her from the Maldini’s restaurant and after a short discussion ended up shooting her kneecaps off and dropping her from a helicopter with the intention of having her land within the bounds of the pink cage in order to send a message. In a turn of events Lee then decided to retaliate against the Mafia for this act; several skirmishes ensued. At a neutral meeting near the city observatory Sidwig discussed matters surrounding their conflict directly with PG18 leadership, which ended with an implicit Declaration of War as well as war prevention measures. However, the next morning Lee called up and a 50K Settlement agreement was reached. Watch & Watch & Watch

🏁The India 500🏁
In September of 2022 FS Holdings in partnership with members of Monarch worked in consort with The government of India to Celebrate The City's 1 Year Anniversary by setting up an international Mega-Race Event to follow up the International Wu Chang Records event earlier that day. The Event consisted of a massive forty-two man S-Class Race pitting some of Los Santos' best drivers against India's best, and a second large but more private and exclusive X-Class Vehicles Race. Notable performant racers included the likes of Tommy Cruizer and Sidwig Crawshank. Watch & Watch

🔥 Turmoil with <font color="1E9900">GSF & The Clowns
In October GSF lost their War against GG. As a consequence RM lost their GSF Methamphetamine Deal Push spot, now on GG turf. RM reached out to Gulag Gang and reestablished a deal for the same push area. However, unbeknownst to RM, Marty Banks accidentally assigned the same push spot to them and the Clowns. Not too long after the deal was set, GSF held up members of RM for pushing meth at the VU ("historical ownership") on Strawberry and shot down RM Associate Mama Hoe. Around the same time RM robbed a Clown attempting to push on their rented GG turf. Clown associate 'Scruffy' was also gunned down during a skirmish near the RM compound after he and Shivvy got into a heated conversation about what had happened with the clown that was robbed. RM interrogated him and made clear their intention to maintain full control of the area. Subsequently Marty decided that RM would keep the push spot. Soon after, a meeting was held at the X-Mart Gas Station with GG about the GSF incident; GG commented that RM are clear to push at the Vanilla Unicorn, declared that if GSF give them any issues GG will "take care of it."

Weeks later, after their war with CG came to an end, a posse of RM gunned down the clowns after Bubbles got into a heated conversation over the phone with Kirk Jerkems who claimed he "should've shot Bubbles Smith in the head" for how RM have treated his people. About a week later GG and The Dons caught a man selling meth on GG turf who claimed that Kirk told him to say Royal Mafia instructed him to do so. The next day Marty Banks informs Sid of the operation. The situation comes to a halt after GG shoot Kirk in the head. Watch & Watch & Watch

⚔War Against <font color="FF2E2E">Chang Gang
Act 1: The Mission Gone Wrong: PIGEON 🕊

In October, The Royal Mafia were invited to partake in a Gangs Heist Competition organized by Capped Tarranova of CG Street Team. Other crews participating in this exclusive event included the likes of The Mandem, Bondi Boys MC, Chang Gang, Mayhem, and Street Team themselves. The challenge pitted all crews against one another to hijack a large weapons package on a target Vehicle along a scheduled route. Unfortunately the event itself was hijacked by police. Most were apprehended and Steven Morales was RM's last man standing. In a forest, desperate for ammunition and pinned by cops and crims, Steven shot down a truck driver and looted the body. There was no going back once he ripped the Dragunov from his hands and left him there to die; "guess it's war with Royal Mafia", Mr. K pronounced. This came after Chris Masters had recently pushed for confrontation with CG after Jaylen had authored an anti-RM twatter post stemming from the distaste of Ursula Leichenberg's firing of Street Team members from The Jeweled Dragon during RM's war with ST. At at previous Umbrella hosted event Royal Mafia had also nearly shot down a Chang Gang helicopter. Before RM had a chance for post-event rendezvous, Mr. K stabbed Shivvy on RM turf and exclaimed: "all your gang members will die". The Mafia geared up for War and Sidwig awaited a response to his text, for Mr. Kebun to let him know when he was ready to talk "man to man".

Act 2: The War

In the days that followed, RM Members were suspended from their positions at CG businesses and Maldini's fell silent. Internal drama erupted when Ursula set The RM Compound on fire during a drunken rage. The war consisted of over a week of Battles which ranged from land to sea, car chases and ambushes. Major fights included the battle at Rockford Hills, the Oxy spot ambush, the Rockford Plaza standoff, and the maritime battle off the coast of Los Santos. From the start, Sidwig made clear he wasn't going into war with CG expecting to win, but to put up a good fight. Although it began with the Royale Massacre at CG Cubby, the event did not set the tone for what skirmishes were to ensue; RM went on to win more fights than they were expecting. Strangely, although each altercation was hard-fought, conflict seems to have bolstered the CG/RM relationship. The night that RM abducted Eugene and held him for ransom led to a new business partnership with RM now becoming middle-men for more weaponry. Just after the yacht fight Vinny Pistone showed up at the RM compound and offered to marry RM member Georgia Brooks in order to end the war, and proceeded to establish a business partnership with RM member Steven Morales on Materials acquisition - nonetheless Skirmishes continued. The War-ending Event consisted of a Metal Gear Solid-esque Stealth Mission to infiltrate a guarded outpost on Burn Island and extract RM leader Sidwig awaiting a weapons drop. At their final meeting Sidwig performed a live Piano song for CG and Mama Hoe agreed to an arranged marriage with Randy Bullet. Watch & Watch & Watch & Watch & Watch & Watch & Watch

💰⚡The Street Born Survivor⚡ Competition🏆
In October, Shivvy and Sidwig representing The Royal Mafia were able to pull off an upset Victory during Season 2 of Marlo Entertainment's Street Born Survivor Gameshow. It was a Week Long spectacle based at the Vinewood movie set which filmed at locations all around the city. Competing crews involved were: The Mandem, Gulag Gang, Royal Mafia, HOA, Natural Born Crackheads, Bondi Boys MC, The Angels, and The Diamond Dogs. On the first day of the competition RM surpassed Angels in the gangs-voted tier list. Gameshow events included Paintball, a scavenger hunt/ Puzzle Race, a Futo Relay Race, boxing, and much more! The voting aspect of the show led to much drama, especially to do with alliances. In terms of alliances, before even the first event RM teamed up with HOA in order to eliminate The Angles; in subsequent events RM teamed up with MDM against NBC; and in the finale RM Teamed up with GG, NBC, and MDM in order to win Shivvy the votes required to beat BBMC. As the Winner of the SBS Gameshow Shivvy received a $2.5 Million Award and the prestige that comes with it.

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🤝The Coalition 2.0
In an era where a plethora of smaller crews were at a loss for a host of privileges which were only being afforded to larger groups, and especially in light of the train-conductor crisis afflicting the city, Brouge Street Kingz Leader Outto-Tune Tyrone suggested a Coalition for the Cities smaller gangs aimed at coordinating events and actions with the immediate goal of survival. The Coalition was officially composed of The Royal Mafia, The Hidden, The Saints, Mayhem, and Brouge Street Kingz. Although RM initially planned to be a big part of this alliance, their role in any coalition fizzled over time after Royal Mafia and BSK butted heads during the Vagos Triplets Drama, and the train conductor crisis came to an end. Watch

🟡The Vagos Triplets Drama
In light of highly inflated city gun market prices, many criminals were struggling to fund any significant violent confrontation. While hanging out with members of CG, RM Member Bubbles Smith leaked valuable information he had discovered about an untapped underground gun pipeline which could potentially revitalize gang warfare. RM had been monitoring and decoding the elaborate weapons distribution network for a while but knew that if word got out they were unlikely to keep control of it. Within a week RM and CG agreed to private business partnership with an estimated $700K worth of weaponry up for grabs DAILY. The deal entailed the use of a complex timing mechanism for bulk weapons collection and transfer in exchange for a cut in the illegal sale profits and CG's protection against all other crime organizations. For a brief moment in history RM are exclusive weapons suppliers for CG. Eventually RM and BSK ended up butting heads at a weapons procurement location and a subsequent meeting with CG was held at the BSK block which lead to RM losing hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of weaponry when Mr. K altered the deal and set up BSK for EU tsunami. About a week later Jaylen Carter Jr of ST informed Sidwig that Mr. K had once again altered the NA deal and offered it to ST instead. And thus, came an end to the Drama.

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🏆The 2022 NoPixel Music Awards
The idea of a Music Awards Ceremony began as the brain-child of Los Santos Media Mogul and RM Associate Fatoni Sarduchi. Fatoni originally pitched a small scale event called "The Bricked-Up Music Awards" to parties with significant vested interests, including Chang Gang Investments, and Mr. Kebun, and Francis J Francer. Over a planning period of about seven months the idea went on to evolve further than anyone ever expected! The 'Experience' Consisted of a month long of Preliminary International Touring and Concerts for Artists in Foreign Servers Competing for the Best international Artist Title, as well as domestic concerts in the lead-up to the Nopixel Music Awards Show for WL Musicians competing for recognition in various popular categories. The Prestigious Award Show, said to be the biggest in NoPixel History, was organized by numerous Los Santos Production Companies and hosted at the Vinewood Oriental Theater. Watch or Watch

🔥Turmoil With <font color="FF2E2E">The Umbrella
The years close was riddled with much turbulence in the way of internal and external conflict. RM ran into trouble with Street Team, CG, and JustUS, not to mention deep betrayal from two of of its own members within a very short span of time.

To begin with, Sid was fired from H&O over false rumors which led to an RM x ST shootout in Little Seoul which almost blew up into an all out war after Steven shot down Jaylen at The Pit. Royal Mafia met Street Teams abduction of Mr. French and wiping of several sprays on RM turf with restraint and further conflict was averted. Within the week, Sid and Jaylen Carter Jr would meet at a remote location for a fight.

On the same day that conflict with ST kicked off RM OG (former 2IC) Bubbles Smith betrayed the family with announcement of his resignation of membership upon the discovery that he had a son named Lucas who he wished to devote himself to and protect from gang life. Sidwig was shocked to find that Bubbles had enlisted the protection of CG by Hutch Hutcherson against getting blooded out of RM. Shadow leader Fatoni Sarduchi was able to reach an agreement with Hutch to blood out Bubbles without killing him, but Sid had bigger plans in mind. That night CG ally JustUs led by Zolo carried out an abduction of Sid in-city, and brought RM member Mr. French (formerly JustUs) to a decision as to weather his loyalty truly lied with RM, with the ultimatum being to shoot the gang leader he trusted least. Sidwig had given Sylavain a home when his had crumbled, but he'd also developed a deficiency of trust after they used him as a guinea pig for drug testing and nonchalantly uncovered deep secrets from his private notes. Mr. French's betrayal came in the form of a bullet to the back of Sidwig's head; this came after months of doubt over Mr. French's true allegiance after JustUs began to reform in Los Santos. After a skirmish against Justus in which The Hidden got involved, Ursula blooded him out that night.

A week later, Sid  murdered  Bubbles' son, Lucas, in cold blood by stabbing him atop the Vinewood sign in front of other RM members, and then threw him off. After finding out his only son has been killed, Bubbles shoots down RM member Thomas Anchorage in an act of revenge, leaving Thomas in ICU at the local medical center. When deep investigation led to Bubbles as the likeliest culprit, Sid pays then RM hang-around Clark Mason 'Flash' $100K in order to bring him Bubbles alive. At the largest ceremony of its kind at Preacher's secluded Church, RM officially blooded out Bubbles Smith. Watch & Watch & Watch

💤The Fall of The Royal Mafia
The dark clouds looming over Northern Los Santos at the years start signaled the end of an era. Like the release of the valve on a pressure cooker, Mafia boss Sidwig's emergency business trip to Europe would all but seal the deal on the fate of his empire. Rumors of "a journey out west" spread around the city like wild fire. And a storm sets in; RM's clean guy, Thomas Anchorage loses their warehouse of bountiful supply when he gets caught up in a drug trafficking investigation. The glue that had kept this band of misfits together, the never-ending family meetings, the wars, the plans, the unified struggle, the leadership, would all but dissolve. After months of Sidwig's absence, in a fit of rage and with the fervor of abandonment, his beloved Ursula trashes his apartment. High Counsil member Reginald Watson sells his apartment at the compound and takes his departure with the belief that the family has abandoned him. Then, Shivvy seeks refuge with close allies The Hidden, commenting that there is no longer any RM to be a part of. Around this time the family bank account would be fragrantly looted. Unsurprisingly, Kayla Rose takes part in a considered vengeful internal plot to dethrone Sid for negligence of duties. The legendary Steven Morales who had been away from Los Santos, claimed that at the time he would only return to kill Thomas for screwing things up. Eventually, power-couple Chris and Kayla were swallowed up by the southside Kingz, and members of the associate team vanished into the night. BUT, in all of this - somehow, construction at the RM Compound chugged along, and it wouldn't be long before gangs left-and-right began to fight over the coveted territory, seemingly up for grabs. It is said that even Rats came out of the sewers to try and take it over; VFT and the CEO of Wuchang moved in. Watch: N/A

💥The Last Stand
Just when it seems all hope is lost and the Mafia had perished, Sidwig makes his long awaited return to Los Santos. On entrance, he proclaims "...it's time to face the Demons". Fittingly, he finds himself drained by maintenance fees, his apartment trashed, is notified of a lawsuit against him by Fast Loans, and an apparent claim of ownership to RM turf by Venus Fly Traps. In great defiance marked by the wiping of pink spray paint, Sidwig decides he will attempt to reclaim the compound. "I will take down every member of that god damned group until there's nobody left, how dare they disrespect Royal Mafia. You may be able to take away our sprays but you will never take away our crown."

Upon Reminiscing with close allies The Hidden, Sidwig discovers that his gang members have abandoned post. He expresses that although most disappointed, he is more surprised that HDN were unable to hold down the RM compound when all else failed. Coop and Willy refuse to back the 'Solo-man' in this conflict, even to utter a single foul word about VFT, to whom they had recently paid an ungodly amount of money to end war with. In a scene of immaculate timing, Sid runs into former members Chris and Kayla at the BSK Block and is able to convince them to have RM reunite for the day, in order to take back the compound. In their first shootout, RM is able to clutch a victory against an unprepared VFT, and rob their gear. After the altercation Chris Masters confirms that BSK are willing to back him and RM in the fight. Members of VFT then publicize a request to "run it back". RM rendezvous atop the Compound Roof waiting to meet VFT, meanwhile Sid inquires on purchasing a rocket launcher from Vinny Pistone. Things get heated at a final meeting with members of CG, before VFT arrive. Sidwig admits to Ursula that he never loved her more than he did the gang, after which she delivers a fatal stab to the gut proclaiming him a "pathetic delusional M-Fer". Members of RM and HDN shared heartfelt words in Sid's final moments at the morgue. Watch

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