Gangs of London, 1919 (OOC/Open)

[Inis Saor]

London, 1919

The Year of Our Lord nineteen-nineteen. The British Empire is still recovering from the aftermath of the Great War, along with the other European powers. The young generation has been made old with the horrors of war, and many seek a release from their now mundane lives. Exotic music and dancing has swept the city of London, and cocaine fueled parties last for days at a time. The cities Police struggle against rising political factions - communist gatherings are becoming increasingly popular on the cities docks and heavy industries, while semi-legitimate gangsters who forged their empires in the war run rampant in every corner of the city.

Will you make your fortune, build your Empire? Or are you cut of a finer stone, and dead set on riding His Majesty's great city of the vile cut-throat industry?

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OOC

This RP will be set in the city of London in the year 1919, if that wasn't already abundantly clear. You may take the role of a police officer, politician, prostitute or orphan boy, just make sure you can get yourself involved in the story somehow. This will be for the most part a sandbox RP, and your story is your own to create. However, keep in mind that the focus of this Roleplay will be the criminal underworld of the time.

Rules
1. Standard NS RP rules apply, no godmodding, no metagaming etc etc
2. All posts must be at least two paragraphs long, and each paragraph at least five sentences.
3. Keep your posts in the time setting.
4. I reserve the right to do what I want, and more rules will probably follow

Applications

Character Application

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[b]Full Name:[/b]
[b]Gender:[/b]
[b]Age:[/b]
[b]Appearance:[/b]
[b]Personality:[/b]
[b]Occupation:[/b]
[b]Biography:[/b]
[b]Other Information:[/b]

Gang Application

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[b]Gang Name:[/b]
[b]Number of Members:[/b]
[b]Area of Operation/Control:[/b]
[b]Bosses and Upper Structure:[/b]
[b]Rackets and Businesses:[/b]
[b]Gang History:[/b]

Business Application

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[b]Business Name:[/b]
[b]Year Founded:[/b]
[b]Location:[/b]
[b]Products/Services:[/b]
[b]Employees:[/b]
[b]Business Background:[/b]

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Accepted Characters

Character App
Full Name: Thomas Kelly
Gender: Male
Age: 23
Appearance: (looking for appropriate picture)
Personality: Thomas is a man of few soft-spoken words. He spends his words carefully and tends not to raise his voice. Although an Irishman, he doesn't share the hatred for the Empire than most seem to and actually sees the Empire as quite beneficial.
Occupation: Bartender
Biography: Thomas was born in Donegal, Ireland, in 1896. He spent most of his life their, working with his father on the family farm. He was 18 when the war began, and although he wanted to join the Royal Army to join the fight his father forbade it, calling it shameful. Instead, after two years at war, the Irish had their own fight. Thomas' father enlisted himself and Thomas into the IRA to join the fight in Dublin. His father was killed in the action. When the fighting was done, Thomas was lost and alone. His older brother would inherit the farm at home, so he had nothing to return to. Instead, he boarded the next ferry across the water.

He landed in Liverpool and stayed there for a time before moving to London. He got a job working in an Irish bar that recently underwent a face-change to become just another pub. The owner pays protection to some gang that holds the rest of the neighborhood in their grip.
Other Information: WIP

Full Name: Claire Cleary
Gender: Female
Age:19
Appearance:
Personality: Outgoing, cheerful and dramatic. She seeks adventure wherever she can find it and romanticizes everything.
Occupation: Barmaid at the Black Swan.
Biography:
Claire was born to a wealthy catholic irishman in London, a rare thing. She was raised in relative comfort and wealth. She had servants, tutors and a large home. Often she would loose herself in the world of fantasy that her great library afforded her. However all that changed. When she was 16, during the war. She met a handsome young young British soldier who was on leave. She fell head over heals for him and they spent a week together in a light romance. A few days before leaving he asked her to marry him, she agreed and asked her father. However the British soldier was poor so he refused to give his permission. The two eloped and were set to marry. However her young soldier had to leave before the wedding. She still loved him and the too wrote to one another as the war went on, she told him of her dreams of becoming a movie star in the big silent films.
He'd tell her how he yearned to be home with her.
Then the letters stopped. One rainy day a miserable looking soldier arrive, her told her that her lover had died in a nameless battle, in the fields of France. Claire was devastated, unsupported and alone. She managed to take on a job at a local Inn.
Other Information:

Registered Businesses

Business Name: The Black Swan
Year Founded: 1882
Location: Holborn
Products/Services: A bar/tavern
Employees: George Bourke (Owner), Thomas Kelly (Barman), 4 other staff
Business Background: The Black Swan was created in 1882 by Harry Bourke, a wealthy Irish Protestant immigrant who came to London two years prior. The Black Swan was just one of five businesses Mr. Bourke established in the city but in his old age he had sold most of those off. Upon his death in 1904, his only son and heir inherited the last remaining business along with the remainder of the accumulated cash.

Since then, George has run the business fairly modestly. He has only a slight drinking problem, but he pays protection to a local gang of thugs -mostly unemployed Irishmen - so he is largely left to his own.

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Character App
Full Name: Thomas Kelly
Gender: Male
Age: 23
Appearance: (looking for appropriate picture)
Personality: Thomas is a man of few soft-spoken words. He spends his words carefully and tends not to raise his voice. Although an Irishman, he doesn't share the hatred for the Empire than most seem to and actually sees the Empire as quite beneficial.
Occupation: Bartender
Biography: Thomas was born in Donegal, Ireland, in 1896. He spent most of his life their, working with his father on the family farm. He was 18 when the war began, and although he wanted to join the Royal Army to join the fight his father forbade it, calling it shameful. Instead, after two years at war, the Irish had their own fight. Thomas' father enlisted himself and Thomas into the IRA to join the fight in Dublin. His father was killed in the action. When the fighting was done, Thomas was lost and alone. His older brother would inherit the farm at home, so he had nothing to return to. Instead, he boarded the next ferry across the water.

He landed in Liverpool and stayed there for a time before moving to London. He got a job working in an Irish bar that recently underwent a face-change to become just another pub. The owner pays protection to some gang that holds the rest of the neighborhood in their grip.
Other Information: WIP


Business App
Business Name: The Black Swan
Year Founded: 1882
Location: Holborn
Products/Services: A bar/tavern
Employees: George Bourke (Owner), Thomas Kelly (Barman), 4 other staff
Business Background: The Black Swan was created in 1882 by Harry Bourke, a wealthy Irish Protestant immigrant who came to London two years prior. The Black Swan was just one of five businesses Mr. Bourke established in the city but in his old age he had sold most of those off. Upon his death in 1904, his only son and heir inherited the last remaining business along with the remainder of the accumulated cash.

Since then, George has run the business fairly modestly. He has only a slight drinking problem, but he pays protection to a local gang of thugs -mostly unemployed Irishmen - so he is largely left to his own.

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Full Name: Claire Cleary
Gender: Female
Age:19
Appearance:

Personality: Outgoing, cheerful and dramatic. She seeks adventure wherever she can find it and romanticizes everything.
Occupation: Barmaid at the Black Swan.
Biography:
Claire was born to a wealthy catholic irishman in London, a rare thing. She was raised in relative comfort and wealth. She had servants, tutors and a large home. Often she would loose herself in the world of fantasy that her great library afforded her. However all that changed. When she was 16, during the war. She met a handsome young young British soldier who was on leave. She fell head over heals for him and they spent a week together in a light romance. A few days before leaving he asked her to marry him, she agreed and asked her father. However the British soldier was poor so he refused to give his permission. The two eloped and were set to marry. However her young soldier had to leave before the wedding. She still loved him and the too wrote to one another as the war went on, she told him of her dreams of becoming a movie star in the big silent films.
He'd tell her how he yearned to be home with her.
Then the letters stopped. One rainy day a miserable looking soldier arrive, her told her that her lover had died in a nameless battle, in the fields of France. Claire was devastated, unsupported and alone. She managed to take on a job at a local Inn.
Other Information:

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Full Name: Claire Cleary
Gender: Female
Age:19
Appearance:

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Personality: Outgoing, cheerful and dramatic. She seeks adventure wherever she can find it and romanticizes everything.
Occupation: Barmaid at the Black Swan.
Biography:
Claire was born to a wealthy catholic irishman in London, a rare thing. She was raised in relative comfort and wealth. She had servants, tutors and a large home. Often she would loose herself in the world of fantasy that her great library afforded her. However all that changed. When she was 16, during the war. She met a handsome young young British soldier who was on leave. She fell head over heals for him and they spent a week together in a light romance. A few days before leaving he asked her to marry him, she agreed and asked her father. However the British soldier was poor so he refused to give his permission. The two eloped and were set to marry. However her young soldier had to leave before the wedding. She still loved him and the too wrote to one another as the war went on, she told him of her dreams of becoming a movie star in the big silent films.
He'd tell her how he yearned to be home with her.
Then the letters stopped. One rainy day a miserable looking soldier arrive, her told her that her lover had died in a nameless battle, in the fields of France. Claire was devastated, unsupported and alone. She managed to take on a job at a local Inn.
Other Information:

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