Hades

From the remnants of the semi-legal organization known as The Company, Benji and Raymond laid the foundation for a new crew centered around the principle of absolute loyalty.

In forming their new organization, the pair focused on assembling a core team of trusted individuals. They recruited Karl Johnny Black, Achez Perez, and Reggie Might as deputy leaders, each former high-ranking members of The Company and Benji and Ray's former gangs Seaside and R.U.S.T.

An initial 'draft' was conducted to bring in targeted, high-skilled people as members, including: Fiona “Fifi” Stewart, Maxine Archer-Romanov, Mari McKay, Dragon Rush, Jayden Dennis, Lance Silva, and Catherina Gonzale.

Hideout + Heist Apps[]

Much of Hades’ crime progression is managed through its Hideout, including the weed operation under the ‘Slime’ strain in the Sandy Shores turf.

Heist progression is split across two apps, both with legacy names from Benji and Ray’s days at the Company – Zaza and Anita. Zaza consists of the main heist crew, with EU-time based Hades members primarily utilizing Anita for jobs.

More detail on Hades crime and heists can be viewed here.

Notable Events[]

Episode 1 (Loyalty)
See Formation

Drawing the line

In May 2024, just days after the crew was created, member Fiona ‘Fifi’ Stewart was robbed of $21,000 while conducting a money run. Upon hearing the news, Benji Ramos rallied the crew for revenge against the perpetrators – The Besties.

The move marked a shift in Benji’s stance on conflict. During his Company days, he stressed the non-gang nature of the group and his weariness of the ‘clap back’ mentality that was prevalent in the city five years prior. However, noting the need for change, this new crew was not to be a company – and Benji rolled out for his freshly minted followers.

The conflict ended mutually after a week of minor skirmishes due to the groups' different time zones

~~Slimes~~: Finding a name

During the earliest days of the new crew, Benji joked about being ‘King Slime’. From this innocent comment, a slimy avalanche grew. During their conflict with The Besties, members such as Jayden Dennis and Catherina Gonzalez cried ‘GET SLIMED’ as they prepared for conflict. The meme took root, with friends of the group such as Chino Gonzalez II, Zulu Thendani and Connell MacGregor identifying as ‘Slime Money Gang’. Fiona ‘Fifi’ Stewart even admitted to the identity during a meeting with Hydra.

Conversations began in earnest to find a label for the new crew. After days of countless options, Benji and Ray decided on 'Hades' - a nod to Benji's former gun operation.

Descending into the business world

In an effort to diversify their income streams, Hades extended their influence into legitimate business ventures.

The first significant step in this new phase was establishing the Slime Shack food stall in June 2024. Owned by Raymond Romanov and located in the Little Seoul Food Court, the restaurant was originally called 'Prime Patties' and leased for two months.

Later in June, Reggie Might officially opened the Abyss Nightclub in Vespucci. Originally bought as a warehouse, the building was repurposed as an entertainment venue and money laundering operation front. It was officially launched in NA on June 29, 2024, with an event hosted by Wu-Chang Records, organized by Daphne Malone, and Party Hardy. Performers included Lang Yass, CHESCA, Paris Argo and King Ryan. An EU opening was held July 13, 2024, hosted by Winter Sison with performances by Aries King from Black Barbies, Ekko and DJ Linx. The nightclub was converted into a Hades HQ in October 2024.

The Fight for a Turf

In early June, after months of dedication to the Sandy Shores weed game, everything changed for Hades as turfs were up for grabs. A friend of the crew (and soon-to-be Associate), Zulu Thendani, was the first from Hades to notice and instantly staked their claim with a turf receiver. However, the system reset, and the initial claim was lost.

After considering other turfs, Benji Ramos headed north to Sandy to check the lay of the land with Chaos Legion MC (CLMC), who were also based in the dusty town. The meeting was laced with tension as CLMC attempted to establish a position of power while also dancing around their ownership of the active turf receiver. Benji, in response, put his foot down.

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I want to make something clear – you happened to have put something down and it managed to work but don’t get it twisted, Sandy is MINE

Hades then proceeded to put pressure on the MC in a war lasting just shy of a week. CLMC conceded the turf after a glorious last ride down a sandy street, putting up a commendable final fight and earning the respect of the Hades members present.

June 16 (a day of days)

On a particularly noteworthy day in June 2024, Hades successfully hit both the ammunition and armor auction contracts; fully completed the Maze Bank heist (subsequently unlocking the Art Asylum heist); secured the necessary materials (ink and paper) for money printer use from a Cash Exchange robbery; and declared victory in their war against Chaos Legion MC, claiming the Sandy Shores turf on the Hideout App.

The day concluded with Achez Perez doing the griddy along the sand-swept streets of Sandy Shores, finally able to recommence the Hades weed operation.

The Hades member that never was

Hades leaders Benji Ramos and Raymond Romanov had aspired to bring in former Company members Mickey Sinclaire and Beverly Brekker into their new crew. The pair had a soft spot for the wayward duo who had spilt off after the dissolution of the Company. But with Mickey absent from the city and the Hades leaders preoccupied with building a gang amid wars, Brekkers searched for solid ground.

In July 2024, Brekkers was stabbed by the Paleto Punisher (Mr. K) and wound up in the ICU with heart and lung damage. Benji and Mickey searched for an organ donor to help Brekkers with the transplant operation that he required.

Later that month, Brekkers (who had never been interested in committing crime and wearing a Raiders MC kutte) shocked his ex-wife Darcy Lane by saying he wanted to join the Raiders MC as a full member. Inside of the Liquid Library, Brekkers announced his decision to the Raiders MC (adding that Benji and Raymond Romanov could help teach him crime). In the Raiders MC chapter meeting on August 3, 2024, Lane successfully nominated Brekkers to be a hangaround for them, stipulating that he'd be removed if he became Chief of Police.

But the very next night on August 4, 2024, Raiders MC Warden Rue Day and Tail Gunner Wally West wound up hunting Brekkers. Already upset that Brekkers had considered Chief of Police (the same position as Lane's abusive father) and appeared to lack the same drive as the other Raiders MC hangarounds, Lane facetiously disapproved of Brekkers's plan to apply for a janitor job at Mission Row Police Department (to spy on them) even though it bothered her more than she let on. Later when Brekkers was hanging out with the Raiders MC and excused himself to "walk back to his apartment", Lane and Rue discovered that he had lied to them. Raiders MC hangaround Flynn Bobarge saw Brekkers getting into a police car with two Blaine County Sheriff's Office officers (Snr. Deputy Crystal Clear and her partner Cadet Rein Synnefo, both of whom Brekkers was secretly going on a ride-along with). Given Lane's high hopes of Brekkers finally joining her club, she felt gutted and betrayed.

Rue told a crying Lane she would take care of it, and left with Wally to hunt Brekkers down. Although Lane overheard Rue wanting to get a gun to shoot him, Lane gave no order to stop her. Lane texted Brekkers, "Lose my number." She also texted him, "I'm done. I don't want you in my life." Rue and Wally wound up storming the Senora Desert Sheriff's Office, shooting down Brekkers and both BCSO officers, putting Brekkers in the ICU with one gunshot wound to his heart and two gunshot wounds to his abdomen. Having not explicitly signed off on it, Lane was shocked and confided in her VP Wade Wilson that she wasn't sure whether she knew Rue would do that. Lane blamed herself for toning down her disapproval of Brekkers's PD endeavors and for not stopping his shooting. She texted Brekkers, "I don't want you to die..."

The gunshot wounds to Brekkers's heart and abdomen complicated his previous heart and lung damage from the Mr. K stabbing, and Brekkers required immediate surgery for a new lung and heart. During the transplant surgery on August 6, 2024, Dr. Duke Ramsey successfully placed both the artificial lung and artificial heart in Brekkers's chest cavity but couldn't get the synthetic heart to start and had to put the old heart back in. Afterward in the ICU with Lane at Brekkers's bedside, he flatlined. Dr. Ramsey failed to resuscitate him and called his time of death at 8:55 p.m. EST. In denial, Benji and Raymond stole Brekkers's dead body from the ICU, driving to Humane Labs and Research, where they cryogenically froze his body. They did this so that when Mickey Sinclaire returned to town he could say his goodbyes.

A guilt-ridden Lane turned herself into the police with her best guess of the murder weapon and lied that she was the one who shot Brekkers but only received 80 months in jail and a $35,000 fine because Dr. Ramsey had worded in Brekkers's autopsy report that he died of natural causes due to heart failure...not the gunshot wounds. Lane reflected to Wade that by writing it that way, their friend Dr. Ramsey saved her from a murder charge. Rue had an indefinite warrant because her blood was found on scene at the SDSO (from when Crystal shot her and witnessed "one man" with her). Afterward in an emotional conversation with Wally, Lane regretted her failure to explain to Brekkers why his infiltration of the police hurt her and the club more than it helped.

Lane also confessed to a grieving Benji on August 7, 2024 that the Raiders MC shot Brekkers for fraternizing with the police and lying to the club about it. Benji could not believe they killed someone so harmless, and drove off in a rage. On August 8, 2024, Mickey returned to Los Santos and kept hearing Brekkers's ghostly voice in his head.. Benji reluctantly showed him Brekkers's frozen corpse at Humane Labs. After they blamed each other for his death, Mickey had to pry out of Benji that Brekkers had secretly joined his ex-wife Lane's gang. Benji explained that after Lane opposed Brekkers's offer for Chief of Police, he accepted an offer to be a PD janitor and got shot by them for betraying and lying to the club about it. Mickey believed Benji's incorrect assumption that everyone but Lane had voted to punish Brekkers, putting him in the hospital sooner than expected, and that she didn't want him dead but had to follow the club rules. Mickey proclaimed that they kill Lane first so she doesn't watch her other members die in front of her. Benji assembled a Hades war party comprised of himself, Mickey, Reggie Might, Achez Perez, Dragon Rush, and Chico Guzman. When Brekkers's ghost voice advised Mickey to solve it with words before violence, Benji tried to phone Lane but she hadn't woken up yet.

Mickey, Benji, and the war party all drove down to north Chumash and held up both Wade Wilson and Mason Calaway at gunpoint. Ironically, they unknowingly robbed the hot gun that shot Brekkers from Wade. Both Wade and Mason corrected Mickey's misconception that the club voted to shoot Brekkers. Wade lied that he made the call to shoot Brekkers for getting in a cop car and betraying them by hanging out with cops. Having correctly deduced that the Raider MC Enforcer had pulled the trigger, Reggie asked Wade who it was but he refused to divulge it. Wade also explained that the club couldn't take any chances having someone close to them be close to the cops. Mickey called Brekkers innocent, the one good thing about the city, and the purest person in the city who solved problems with words rather than guns. Wade guilted Mickey for not being there for Brekkers when he needed him. Mickey shot both Wade and Mason outside of MRPD, completing "part one of the plan".

Mickey executed the ex-lawyer for Chang Gang, Rick Richards, at Vinewood Bowl (whom Mickey and Benji had coincidentally encountered earlier amidst a bed of hypodermic needles at Humane Labs) for admitting to him (under "lawyer confidentiality") that he put Brekkers's adopted brother police Sgt. Leonardo Slacks in a coma. When Lane called Mickey to ask what would give him peace, he answered with his plan to kill all of them, anyone who's ever been connected to them, and anyone who's ever been connected to them. She tormented Mickey with the revelation that Brekkers said Mickey was dead to him, and also unlocked that Mr. K caused Brekkers's original heart and lung damage by stabbing him. Lane agreed to meet Mickey unarmed if he returned Brekkers's corpse to the hospital to get a proper autopsy. Against Benji's protests, Mickey dropped off Brekkers's corpse off with medical intern Celine Jaxx at the hospital (instructing that the autopsy be completed without any tampering).

At the civilian docks with Lane and Benji, Mickey tried to shame her that Brekkers never would have betrayed her. Raiders Wally West and Dax Marshall tried to post up on a rooftop to shoot Mickey per Lane's orders, but Hades was already posted at that same spot and gunned them both down. Lane refused to give Mickey closure, vowing to never tell him the truth of what actually happened to Brekkers, adding that she hoped it ate Mickey up until the day he died. He retorted that he hoped killing Brekkers ate her up inside. In response to Lane justifying her protection of the club secret with "club over everything", Mickey claimed he put Brekkers over everything. Benji threatened Wally and Dax for the truth from Lane. Mickey bragged that unlike her and the Raiders MC, he had the courage to go after Mr. K next. Lane said he could do that because he had nothing and nobody left to lose whereas she had to protect her people. Despite the favor to Swan to go easy on Lane so she could get closer to her, Mickey wanted revenge too badly and stabbed Lane multiple times. Afterward, Benji secretly phoned Reggie to save Lane's life but Swan and the EMS had already attended to her.

For the final act of the plan, Benji desperately tried to talk Mickey out of going after Mr. K. Mickey decided to sleep on it. Benji and Mickey exchanged apologies for not protecting Brekkers better.

Dr. Jaxx performed "Autopsy Round 2" on Brekkers. She detailed two gunshot wounds to the abdomen, one gunshot wound to the heart, two healing stab wounds to the abdomen, one stab wound that hit the heart and punctured a lung, and a heart transplant that the body appeared to reject. She concluded that the cause of death was a "Failed Heart Transplant", and that the manner of death was "Accidental".

The Hades Olympics

In August 2024, more than 30 members of Hades and friends (including members of the Project) gathered to celebrate ‘The Hades Olympics’ – an event to enjoy each other’s company and bring in a new batch of associates to the gang.

The gathering kicked off with a Family Feud (Slime Edition), with Antonio "Diablo" Diaz the last man standing after the others were ‘slimed’ (aka eliminated). The questionnaire and its results were:

Most likely to start a war? Tommy “TicTac” Oliver (followed by Benji Ramos and Fiona “Fifi” Stewart)
Who is the worst listener? Benji (Raymond Romanov runner up by one vote)
Who is the worst dressed? Billy Thorne
Who is on fraud watch? Achez Perez
Who is most likely to friendly fire? Diablo
Who is the most underappreciated? Vance Vixen
Most likely to eject? Ray
Who is the most independent? Dragon Rush
Most likely to get caught on a job? Lance Silva
Who has the best sense of humour? Marlo Stanfield and Benji (tie)
Who is the worst driver? Reggie Might
Who is the most likely to be meditating/in their head? Ray
Who is the best driver? Ray
Who stirs the pot the most? Benji
Who takes the most Ls? Billy

The second event, a scavenger hunt mixed with Capture the Flag, was taken out by Team Pookie (including Fifi, Vance, Winter Sison and Jason Teen); and the third event, a rally relay race, was won by a Benji-led Team 4. The final regular event was a team death roll with Billy and Mona Sanchez as the last ones standing.

As Marlo announced the final scores, he declared equal first overall winners to be Team 4 (Benji, TicTac, Rico Barbosa and Jason Sanchez) and Team -1 (Lance, Diablo, Gene Auber and Aleks Harris). On behalf of their squads, Rico and Lance faced off in a final death roll, with Rico victorious.

However, shortly after the event, Marlo contacted Benji to say the final count was wrong – Team 4 should have come third and Team -1 was the clear winner. The pair agreed to keep that detail quiet in return for Fiona (also in on the mistake) to forgo paying gang tax for two weeks.

The event concluded with Mona, Rico, Aleks, Gene and JT being made Hades Associates.

Notable Wars & Conflicts

Conflict with The Besties
See Notable Events: Drawing the line

Conflict with Chaos Legion MC
See Notable Events: The Fight for a Turf

Conflict with Cypress

In early 2024, a Cypress Flats weed pusher for Cypress conducted a robbery spree across San Andreas. With various fellow weed pushers as accomplices, Chumito Locco would hide his identity, undertake ‘hit and dip’ thefts, then flee to change his appearance again to avoid detection.

In July 2024, Locco, in a desperate search for guns, robbed Hades associates Vance Vixen and Billy Thorne outside their farming storefront in Paleto Bay. Unbeknownst to Locco, Vance’s love interest, Winter Sison, was hiding on the roof above, feeding Billy questions to ask her not-boyfriend.

Not long after, Hades gang members gathered to discuss the incident, and Winter revealed that the voice of the assailant sounded like Locco, whom she had sold extended ammunition magazines to in the past. Coincidentally, Locco himself drove up to the group for an unrelated matter. Recognizing his name from Winter’s story, Hades robbed Locco, and their suspicions were confirmed upon sighting his pocket contents – fresh food from Slime Shack, which had been closed all day with only Hades members having access to it otherwise (aka, it could have only been stolen from them).

After receiving his comeuppance, Locco returned to his crew, claiming Hades attacked him unjustifiably, prompting ire from Cypress and their associates. The interaction led to several days of warfare between the two groups.

A key event during the conflict occurred during a Hades attack on a Cypress warehouse. Cypress member Yuno Sykk, a very close friend of Hades leaders Benji Ramos and Raymond Romanov, took a moment to share with his brothers that he’d added his own name to the Cypress intelligence on Hades. While light-hearted, Yuno had accidentally revealed more than he meant to, and his fellow Cypress members had seen it happen.

The war ended not long after, with Larry Knox reaching out to Hades for talks. Benji and Raymond met with Giovanna Gambino, and the trio mutually ended hostilities.

Conflict with Black Lotus

In July 2024, Black Lotus (BLS), as they sold weed on Fudge Lane, bristled at the idea of numerous homes around them being owned by Hades, the group led by members of BLS co-leader Outto-Tune Tyrone's former Company fellow chairmen Benji Ramos and Raymond Romanov.

The rising tension broke into open war over 24 hours, results in several gunfights. It mutually ended, concluding with Benji scrawling ‘WAR IS OVER YA LEMONS’ and strolling down Fudge Lane back to Hades HQ.

Conflict with The Saints

On the last day of July 2023, an armor auction and a cheeky robbery sparked a week-long war between Hades and the Saints. During the event, which involved many gangs, Hades clashed with Chang Gang but ended up robbing the bodies of fallen Saints members.

Tensions were already high between Hades and the Saints, as the day before the Saints had held up Los Santos Police Department Lieutenant Skye Faye in front of her boyfriend, Hades Underboss Achez Perez, even pointing a gun at him in the process.

The war turned ugly quickly with Saints planting Skye’s gun on Perez’s body (although he wasn’t charged for it). While the conflict initially looked bleak for Hades, they eventually gained the upper hand. Saints leader Evan Deckard reached out to Raymond Romanov to negotiate an end to the conflict, driving to Fudge Lane to cease hostilities.

Conflict with The Silver Lining

In late September 2024, a group affiliated with Hades—comprised of member Lance Silva, associate Rico Barbosa, and a friend—robbed Yami from The Silver Lining (TSL) after finding him cooking moonshine in Sewer City. Shortly after, TSL retaliated, robbing and shooting down the Hades-linked trio before attempting to dispose of their bodies in the deeper sewage water of the central chamber.

Hades associate Aleks Harris, who was also in the sewer system, returned from a headache to find strangers pulling his friends from the water. He quickly alerted other members to spread the news.

A Hades hunting party, seeking retribution for the attempted ‘ocean’ dumping, hit the streets. After a few chases, both sides agreed to meet to discuss the situation. TSL returned personal Underground and HQ chips they had stolen from Rico and admitted to the attempted body disposal. In response to the offense, Hades leadership ordered their crew to shoot down TSL.

In the hours that followed, a battered TSL also attracted the ire of The Saints. Both conflicts swiftly stripped TSL of all their guns. Hades Lieutenant Tommy 'TicTac' Oliver reached out to TSL leader Leonardo 'DB' DelSilver. DB admitted mistakes had been made, acknowledging that his group was low on members and weaponry. TicTac pushed DB to make a decision, and DB conceded the conflict. TicTac agreed to a ceasefire until Benji Ramos or Raymond Romanov woke up. Not long later, Ray told Tictac that he was happy to leave things as they were.

Trivia[]

Before settling on a name, members and associates of the group referred to it as 'Whatever', 'Rustside', 'Slime Money Gang', 'Slimeside', '$MG', etc.
The group’s official name of ‘Hades’ was announced June 7 2024.
Hades fought the first turf war in the city against Chaos Legion MC in which they regained control of Sandy Shores as the crew's primary turf. A week later, they allowed Chaos Legion MC to be the second group based in Sandy Shores.
Hades helped The Sirens claim Rancho as their drug turf following a few meetings with the Vagos.
Fourth crew to successfully complete the Art Asylum Heist.
First crew to access fentanyl in the city, and partnered with Chang Gang to do the first fentanyl hot run.
First group to successfully produce a fentanyl brick with 100% purity.
First group to successfully complete a fentanyl hot run.
First crew to successfully assault the cargo ship and secure a shipping container.
Second group to successfully open a cargo ship shipping container using a thermite charges (obtained using a white keycard found during a 24/7 robbery).
First crew to successfully rob a Fleeca Bank, using a Yellow Card stolen from a bank truck (tracked down using a data chip robbed from Vangelico Jewelry Store).
First crew to successfully rob a Paleto Bank, using a Purple Card obtained from a Fleeca Bank robbery.