(this is an application/submission, not at all finished, its highly probable that this post will turn into an acupuncture house, perfume shop or something else)



INTRODUCTION: The Chinatown in New Wessex is home to some several hundred Chinese Americans seeking a better life in Pennsylvania. The prosperity and wealth supporting Chinatown rests chiefly on the shoulders of its businesses. These businesses depend, among other things, on the willingness of banks & outside communities to lend them money and establish commerce. Unfortunately, largely in part due to the rising social issues existing as a common denominator in many American Chinatowns, a number of these business are held to ransom by criminal elements who accost hard-working entrepreneurs for quick and easy profits. Many of these criminal elements are loosely organized gangs which grew under the influences of desperation and economic difficulties. Senior among the gangs of New Wessex's Chinatown is the Suyang Benevolence Fraternity.



DESCRIPTION: According to the New Wessex Police Department, members of the Suyang Benevolence Fraternity label themselves as "desperate citizens who will do what it takes to make life easier in Chinatown", achieving their goal through crime while also operating as an unregistered Benevolent association (an organization which acts as a cultural instrument in Chinatown, especially for older immigrants, through recreational activities such as social support, meals and religious services) for economically struggling Chinese immigrants. The Fraternity was formed at the height of the 2008 financial crisis, when financing was scarce in already-impoverished Chinese communities across America, and desperate inhabitants of New Wessex's Chinatown were eager to bring revenue for their families. While the Suyang Benevolence Fraternity does not unwarrantedly submit Chinatown businesses to shakedowns and blackmail, it is one of the few gangs who actively participate in criminal activity beyond the confines of Chinatown, providing illicit revenues to less well-off residents while simultaneously providing fierce protection to its residents. The Suyang Benevolence Fraternity oftentimes allies itself with other criminal organizations outside of Chinatown and, as such, have have frequent run-ins with the New Wessex Police Department (NWPD). Although the aftereffects of the 2008 crisis have long since faded by the end of 2015, the Fraternity continues to act as an established but relatively minor criminal element in New Wessex.



LEADERSHIP: The Suyang Benevolence Fraternity emerged as a confederation of desperate families and did not have a representative or leading figure on the onset of its conception. At the time, it was mostly organized & lead by family patriarchs and other male family members who saw illicit revenue as a perfectly legitimate way to provide for their families in times of scarcity. While Hao Xiuying, a struggling but prominent trader and grocer, is credited as the first formal leader of the Fraternity, its subsequent descent into the criminal underworld marked the end of public knowledge regarding its leadership. However, following the interrogation of a convicted Fraternity thug, it is known that the the operators of the Suyang Benevolence Fraternity are addressed as the "Lao Fu" (Ancient Buddhas). The Lao Fu, in turn, manage the affairs and logistics of the Fraternity through agents and lieutenants who share an apparent close tie with them.



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KINDRED ASSOCIATION: While the Kine have yet to fully unearth the mystery protecting the identity of the Lao Fu and their agents, the kindred know aaalll about it