CHARACTERS:

  SARTORI FAMILY (Before the Fall)

  Cold ghosts in the West. Loyalty over love, secrets over survival.

  Giulietta Sartori – The head; ruled with fire and fear. Proud, powerful, and dangerous. (Dead)

  Enzo Sartori – Heir; main protagonist. Emotionally complex, deeply strategic; now Sartoricci. (Alive)

  Vincenzo Sartori – Enzo's uncle; betrayed from within by Neri infiltration. (Dead)

  Marco 'Il Toro' Sartori – Enzo's cousin; a field commander before the colpse. Chapter 9 (head in a box) (Dead)

  Luca Sartori – Giulietta's fixer, Enzo's bodyguard and close assistant. Helped Enzo and Luna a lot. Rumoured to have secretly left Italy and joined The Satoricci Empire. (Alive)

  Riccardo Bianchi –advisor given to the Sartori by the Neri to help them after the loss of Giulietta's brother. Ghost and informant to Bianca Neri, now Riccardo Neri. (Alive, operative)

  Unnamed Niece – Captive or target of Salvatore Vitale, tied to Giulietta. (Alive)

  Fermo Sartori – Consigliere to Giulietta, quiet and wise but ruthless to the core.

  Unnamed Consigliere – Appeared in Chapter 8 when Enzo decided to summon the remaining Sartori loyalist that survived. Now working for the Neri as a bargaining chip for Enzo for safe passage out of Italy. (Alive)

  VITALE FAMILY

  Cold ghosts in the West. Loyalty over love, secrets over survival.

  Salvatore Vitale – The head; shadowy, trusted no one. Puppet master in silence. (Alive)

  Adriano Vitale – Heir; brilliant but too cautious. Misread the storm. (Dead)

  Franco Vitale – Family cleaner; vanished after the fall of the West. (Missing)

  Eleonora Vitale – The matriarch; brokered hidden deals with enemies. (Alive, secretly active)

  Accardo Vitale – Consigliere to Salvatore. Cold tactician, advised on key bckmail leverage. (Alive)

  ESPOSITO FAMILY

  Schemes over strength. Masks on masks. Fell to their own ambition.

  Luciana Esposito – The head; cunning, politically lethal. Faked her death. (Alive, underground)

  Matteo Esposito – Heir; methodical, arrogant. Outpyed in the war. (Dead)

  Donato Esposito – Strategist; Luciana's brother. Tortured during the fall of the East. (Dead)

  Vio Esposito – Intelligence officer; Luciana's niece. Has murky ties to Vitale. (Alive)

  Silvio Esposito – Consigliere; ran misinformation campaigns. Rumoured to still operate under false ID. (Alive)

  Dominic Esposito – Cousin of Matteo. See Chapter 7 (Missing, Presumed Dead)

  NERI FAMILY

  Corporate sharks. No heart, just legacy and cold math.

  Domenico Neri – The head; obsessively focused on power through legacy. (Alive)

  Bianca Neri – Heir; brilliant, loyal, and cold-blooded. Future architect of control. (Alive)

  Eleonora Vitale – Matriarch. (Dead)

  Tomaso Neri – Enforcer; distant cousin of Bianca, leads bck-ops crew. Operates in shadows. (Alive)

  Arietta Neri – Domenico's sister; manages foreign assets. Ghostlike presence. (Alive)

  Rocco Neri – Military tactician, loyal to Domenico. Known for orchestrating the siege of Sartori ports. (Alive)

  Riccardo Neri – See above (formerly Bianchi, then Sartori). Now key consigliere. (Alive)

  Andre Neri – Consigliere of Bianca Neri. See Chapter 7. (Alive)

  Ezio Neri – Personal bodyguard of Bianca Neri. See Chapter 9&10. (Alive)

  Unnamed Consigliere – (See Above) Given to Bianca by Enzo in exchange for safe passage. (Alive)

  SARTORICCI FAMILY (U.S. BRANCH)

  Forged in fire, risen from ash. A new dynasty without borders.

  Enzo Sartoricci – Co-founder; rebuilt the empire from nothing. A tactician haunted by blood. (Alive)

  Luna Sartoricci – Co-founder; the survivor turned queenpin. Wields power through control and secrecy. (Alive)

  Arlo DeLuca – Luna's lieutenant; Dominican Cartel Boss. Manages Mexico–U.S. operations. (Alive)

  Rachel 'Red' Carbone – Enforcer; a saved soul turned loyal killer. Helped with handling of moles, snitches, and politicians and police officers refusing to look away. (Alive)

  Father Leon – Smuggler priest; Luna's spiritual asset. Blesses every death like sacrament. (Alive)

  Luca Sartoricci – (Rumoured) Head of "Security". In charge of all foreign asset of The Sartoricci, report directly and only to Enzo.

  OTHERS

  Riccardo Bianchi – Alleged cousin of The Neri from Naples, worked as a double agent for Bianca as her "GHOST". Chapter 8. (Alive)

  Silvio Mancini – Rumoured to be Silvio Esposito under a new ID, The Dock Master. (Alive)

  Luna Ricci - Victim of sex trafficking by the Vitale Family. Fuelled by revenge and dedication, helped Enzo bring The Four Cardinals to near ruin. Co-founder of The Sartoricci Empire. (Alive)

  LOCATIONS:

  UNITED STATES

  Sartoricci Empire HQ – New York City, NYFortress of the new dynasty; high-tech, untraceable, feared. Hidden within a corporate shell in Manhattan's Financial District.

  Father Leone's Church – Jersey City, NJA sanctum wrapped in blood and incense. Shielded by silence. Officially abandoned, spiritually active—serves as Enzo's st confessional.

  Redline Border Camp – Near El Paso, TexasDominican Cartel crossing route; rough, militarised, now controlled by Arlo's crew. Hub for narcotics and fugitive exfiltration.

  ITALY

  Sartori Estate – Florence, TuscanyOnce-grand mansion, now mostly abandoned. Secrets buried under elegance. Hidden tunnels lead into hills once used for partisan war.

  Ricci Family Chapel – Ravenna, Emilia-RomagnaGothic chapel, tucked in a crumbling vilge. Still rumoured to host blood rites and power oaths—holy ground for the Sartoricci psyche. Secret meeting spot for Luna and Enzo before the FALL OF THE FOUR CARDINALS.

  Neri Shell Company HQ – Min, LombardyNow-ghosted corporate building, once fronted luxury exports and human trafficking. Surveilnce still lingers. High-risk for investigators.

  Vitale Safehouse – Cabria Hills (Outskirts)Used in Chapter 2. Remote, fortified, wired for surveilnce. Site of secret orders and betrayals. Allegedly dismantled post-colpse.

  Esposito Port Authority Office – Naples, CampaniaPort front once used for smuggling routes. Now silent or rebranded under a false firm. Likely still protected by Esposito loyalists.

  TERMS:

  The Four Winds – Vitale (West), Esposito (East), Neri (North), Sartori (South). The old bance.

  Unholy Union – The merging of Ricci and Sartori bloodlines. Created the Sartoricci.

  Colpse of Kings – Act II. The downfall of the Four Winds.

  The Long Game – Luna's true objective. Not revenge — domination and reinvention.

  Shell Corp – Masked business fronts for criminal enterprise (Neri signature).

  Bloodline Oaths – Sacred, binding rituals of loyalty. Betrayal often punished by death.

  Bck Rooms – Torture and interrogation sites used by old families, particurly Vitale and Esposito.

  Ghost Ledger – Neri-maintained book of debts, betrayals, and favours. Never seen, only whispered about.

  Saint's Hour – Midnight window when Father Leone conducts rites before executions.