The Business
The Business is an affiliation of well-to-do Yorkers and Pure Bloods controlling the entertainment and vice trade in the northern Heights. They deny being a gang. They present a respectable facade of commercial enterprise and social refinement. Behind that facade, their reach spans recreational drug manufacturing, at least two breweries, a linens factory, roughly half a dozen caravan lines, and organized networks of escorts and prostitutes. If high society wants something dirty, the Business provides a clean face for the transaction.
The organization operates as a loose affiliation rather than a rigid chain of command. Members pool their interests and connections, leveraging wealth and social standing rather than military force. No single named leader has been documented; authority flows through collective commercial influence. This deliberate lack of hierarchy makes the Business difficult to confront directly, as there is no head to cut.
The Business has investments in the Ziggurat Co-Op and connections with aggressive gangs in both the Iron Gardens and the Brokelands. They serve as the commercial bridge between the Heights upper class and the street-level economy, brokering connections between Iron Gardens muscle and Heights socialites who need things done without getting their hands visibly dirty. Their members present a polished appearance that masks criminal enterprise, and they have the means or connections to procure nearly anything a buyer desires, at a price that ensures their continued prosperity.
The organization operates as a loose affiliation rather than a rigid chain of command. Members pool their interests and connections, leveraging wealth and social standing rather than military force. No single named leader has been documented; authority flows through collective commercial influence. This deliberate lack of hierarchy makes the Business difficult to confront directly, as there is no head to cut.
The Business has investments in the Ziggurat Co-Op and connections with aggressive gangs in both the Iron Gardens and the Brokelands. They serve as the commercial bridge between the Heights upper class and the street-level economy, brokering connections between Iron Gardens muscle and Heights socialites who need things done without getting their hands visibly dirty. Their members present a polished appearance that masks criminal enterprise, and they have the means or connections to procure nearly anything a buyer desires, at a price that ensures their continued prosperity.
