Name: Tlal T. Tlaloc

Many join gangs because they have no other options. Others join because they long to be a part of something. Growing up in an affluent household Tlal T. Tloloc had nearly every opportunity available to him, but he had no desire to be a part of anything bigger than himself. All he wanted was to be wealthier than his father. His opportunities would have made him wealthy and successful by following in his father’s footsteps, using his father’s connections, and slowly climbing the ladder behind him. But he would never be able to pass him this way. His father knew it and made sure his son knew it too.

Mr. Tlaloc demanded to be appreciated and thanked for everything he provided, and he often made it clear that he was the sun around which small Tlal should be honored to orbit. Tlal dreamed of a day when he could step out from that shadow, though dependence on his allowance and his father’s connections for everything in the future assured him his dreams were pure fantasy. Until one day, he was contacted by a friend of a friend with an offer to sell illegal hallucinogenic toad venom to the rich kids in his private school. He knew how much it cost, as he’d often wasted his allowance on it himself, and immediately jumped on the opportunity. He took pride later that month in rejecting his allowance.

Now years later, he’d done everything he’d dreamed of doing and more. His “organization” had made wealth his father could never have dreamed of. After mastering laundering his ill-gotten gains, the cherry on top was when he bought the corporation that his father was an executive at and installed himself as chief executive, right above the old stallion. Still, his father seemed to know that he was a criminal and never accepted Tlal’s wealth as legitimate.

He heard through his backroom channels of a great raid on the capital planet. Years ago, he would have jumped at this opportunity to grow his empire. Now he had a different plan. He would rat out his underworld brethren and pledge his forces, intel, and grand resources to help defend the capital in exchange for amnesty for all his crimes. If he succeeded in this, his father would have no choice but to admit Tlal’s seniority.