My Story: Where I am from, Where I am, and Where I am going.
Chapter One: The Bistro
I am Michael Coppola. This is my story. I was born in Saint Mark's, Liberty City, a place ruled by the mafia. My father worked at the docks, and my mother was a waitress at Saint Mark's Bistro. For most of my life in Liberty City, I lived in an apartment above the Bistro. I saw the mafia going in and out all of the time, and I guess it left an impression on me, because since I was that age, I always wanted to be a gangster.
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Chapter Two: The Leone Family
Now fast forward a few years. I am 14 and I go into the Bistro looking for work, the staff there turns me down, but Salvatore Leone, the boss of the Leone Family in Liberty City, sees it, and offers me a job. It was nothing special, but it meant the world to me. Mostly Salvatore had me dealing cartons of cigarettes, and delivering messages back and forth between the men there. By the age of 16 I was making more money than my father. He didn't like that I was working with Salvatore though. He knew what went on there, and he didn't like it one bit. For a while, life continued as normal. I had to take a beating from my father every now and then, but it didn't matter.
Now fast forward a year. I am 17. I doing some work for The Leone Family when I get pinched. I was scared shitless, shaking before trial and everything. Salvatore got me a lawyer, and a damn good one at that. I didn't do any time, I was teflon, none of the charges stuck. After trial, I was worried that Salvatore and the other Leones would be waiting to kill me, but no. They congratulated me because I did everything right. I didn't say a word, and nothing stuck.
After a few years I had gotten far with the Leones, but it was a dead end. Before I told Salvatore, another family ordered a hit on Salvatore. Pandemonium broke out all over Liberty City from it. I watched everything that I worked for crumble before me. A group of Triads blew up Saint Mark's Bistro in the midst of all of this happening. The explosion took out my apartment with it. Just like that, everything in my life had been destroyed.
Chapter Three: The Fucking FBI
I told a friend of mine, Tony Cipriani, what happened, and he let me stay at his place for a while. I was sleeping on a pull out bed for a few weeks, but it was okay. One day I went out to the store to get some cans of AriZona Iced Tea. While I was walking out, three men in suits approached me and asked "Are you Michael Coppola?" I said yes, and right there, I was arrested for tax evasion. I was charged and convicted in about 6 hours. about a week went by, and the judge sentenced me to a year in a federal penetentiary.
When I got into the cell block, I saw so many of the Leone members that I thought were dead. Some of them were doing life sentences for murder. It was then that I realized how much of a fucking shitshow it had turned into in only a few weeks.
Chapter Four: A New Beginning
After I got out of prison, I worked a civilian job, and made my money legitimately. After a few months went by, I said to myself "why the fuck am I living like a schmuck?" So I packed up, and booked a flight to Los Santos with the $500 I had to my name with the intention of joining the Corleone Family in Los Santos. I got to Los Santos, and almost immediately got in contact with some members of Corleone. I was accepted into the Corleone Family. It was great, for a while.
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Chapter Five: The Beginning of The Coppola Mafia Family
Slowly, members of the Corleone Family started going into hiding. A few people that are reasonably close to me left the Corleone Family to pursue other ventures. I soon decided that it was time to move on, and do what I had wanted to do from the start, Start my own family.
I had left Corleone, so I had to start figuring everything out, and becoming organized before I could do anything. So I made a bulliten board in the closet of my apartment, and started working out all of the variables, and everything that needed to be done without anyone's help. Soon enough, I was ready.
Chapter Six: Where I am
Now, I am making a name for myself in Los Santos, and I haven't heard anything about Liberty City in years.
Hierarchy and Ranking
Boss
Michael Coppola
Underbosses
Dutch Coppola (Dutch Hunter)
Consiglieres
Ramo Hawk
Caporegimes
-None Listed Yet-
Veterans
-None Listed Yet-
Soldiers
-None Listed Yet-
Apprentices
-None Listed Yet-
RULES
"Omertà " - The oath or code of silence; Never speak to the authorities.
"Family secrets" - members are not allowed to talk about family business to non-members.
"Blood for blood" - if a family member is killed by another member, no one can commit murder in revenge until the boss gives permission.
"No fighting among members" - from fist fights to gun fights.
"Tribute" - every month; members must pay the boss; also giving the boss a cut on any side deals. This applies to drug deals, gun deals, kidnappings, robberies, percentage may vary.
"Loyalty" - Remain loyal to the family.
"Respect" - You have men at higher ranks than you, respect them; respect those at lower ranks than you as well.
"Backup" - If you see other family members in a firefight, back them up, and assist them.
"A clean nose" - Do not get too involved into the drug dealing business, It is easy money, but it is easy to get caught too. Do not do any of the drugs obtained by the Family.
"Rational" - Be rational. Be a member of the team. Don’t engage in battle if you can’t win... The directive extends to personal life.
"The standard stuff" - Respect all Argo rules, and have fun.
Application Format
*Post all responses on the first line directly below the question.
What is your in-game name?
What are your previous in-game names?
What will your name be with the Coppola/CoppolaT tag?
Why do you want to join the Coppola Mafia Family?
How long have you been playing on Argonath RPG?
When are you usually online, and for what amount of time?
Have you ever been banned? If response is yes, list reasons for bans.
What previous group/RP experience do you have? If response is yes, in which groups.
What is your character's backstory and history?
As of July 16, 2016 at 1:23 PM EST, I am basically going to be ending the Coppola family. I do not feel as though I am ready to create a family of my own, therefore I am going to basically close the family.