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1. The Boss He controls everything that goes on in the mafia family. Every worker and lower ranking boss (see below; Caporegimes) works for him. It is the boss who decides if someone should be killed or if someone should be initiated (see below; Becoming a member). The boss gets money from all of his workers and therefore is usually the richest person in the family.

2. The Underboss The underboss is the person who actually runs the family. He is boss over all the other members except the actual boss. He will often become the boss of the family if something happens to the boss. The boss will choose who his underboss is. A family will usually have only one underboss.

3. The Consigliere Consigliere is an Italian term meaning someone who gives advice. The consigliere in a mafia family is the "right hand man" to the boss. It is his job to help the boss make important decisions. The consigliere is as important as the underboss but is not the boss of anyone in the family. A family will usually have only one consigliere. Acts as a middle man in personae vendettas. His role is to make impartial decisions for the family's benefit.

4. Caporegimes The next position of the family is caporegime (or captain). Families will have differing numbers of caporegimes. A caporegime is in charge of a group of workers (see below; Soldiers). The underboss of the family is in charge of the caporegimes. The job of the caporegime is to collect money from the workers to give to the boss, underboss and consigliere as well as keeping money for himself. For this game, there will be up to three.

5. Soldiers The workers of a family are called "soldiers" or in Italian "soldati". Their job is to earn money to give to their captain (caporegime). They will do any job asked of them by their captain or the boss or underboss. For this game there will be up to 10.

1. The Boss aka Pakhan He controls the family and everything that goes on within. He employees a brigadier who inturn controls his four criminal cells. He also has two spies who keep an eye on the brigadier. The boss, never works in a traditional sense only having money from his illegal dealings.

2. The Brigadier The brigadier is the person who over sees all the crime that goes on under the boss. He works as the middle man, while being fully aware he is always watched. Even if he does not know who is watching him.

3. The Spies The two spies employeed by the boss are there to keep tabs on the Brigadier and to ensure loyalty and that he does not gain too much power. They are known only to the boss as he does not wish for anyone else to know who they are.

4. Security Like every Mafia family, the Boss has security around him. He has body guards for himself as well as for those around him. His children and his wife are well protected as to not allow themselves to be used against him. This game allows for at least two per family memeber and four for the Boss.

5. Everyone Else These are the people who work under the boss. Everything from number runners to club and bar owners. They give a portion of their income to the boss.

OOC Note: We do not follow the traditional 'Theives Code' our boss has a family

1. The Boss He runs the family. He raises his children and attends Mass. The Irish boss is one of the few who you will find to be very religious. He will want his children raised with the best values, while he is ordering someone's death.

2. The Spies Spies are the people the Boss sends out to keep an eye on the rest of the families. They are the people who will be in a coffee shop listening to a meeting while they read the morning paper and they return to the Boss to tell him what they found out.

3. Security Like every Mafia family, the Boss has security around him. He has body guards for himself as well as for those around him. His children and his wife are well protected as to not allow themselves to be used against him. This game allows for at least two per family memeber and four for the Boss.

4. Enforcers These are the people who do the Boss's bidding. Be it killing, kidnapping, shaking someone up. They enforce the Boss's word.

Local Cops Many of the local law enforcement are on the take. While the agency as a whole is not corrupt many of the officials are paid by the different families to look the other way when someone goes missing or a body is discovered. The police chief takes money from all of the families to keep his officers out of the well known areas that the families work. While keeping the citizens safe, those taken out by the Mafia families are left to fend for themselves.

Federal Agents The FBI has a specialized task force in place for the capture of big crime families and other organized crime. They send undercover agents in to infultrate the families, gain trust and in the mean time report back. Some of these agents can be undercover for years, reporting back to their handlers. If the agents are fond out, they know their lives are on the line.

General Civilians Doctors, lawyers, students, hair stylist. These are people that have no real ties to the families. Some of these people will never know their client is apart of the mafia, some of them pay the mafia for protection. While others will end up so far in over their head their lives will be in danger.