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The Coterie: the masked crime syndicate that rules Suburba's underworld and its vice.
The Slum Nobility
The Coterie is the biggest crime syndicate in Suburba. Its bosses rule from velvet-lined salons hidden behind reinforced blast doors, and they style themselves the true nobility of the slums. The guilds deal in cold usefulness. The Coterie deals in indulgence, excess, and spectacle.
Vice and Spectacle
For the Coterie, profit and theatre go hand in hand. It runs the illicit side of the upper floors: opium parlours, chemical lounges, underground gambling bourses, unsanctioned fight pits, and exclusive pleasure houses for street hustlers and slumming Palatine nobles alike.
Masks
Coterie operators favour elaborate masks, luxurious silks, and extravagant manners. Like House Morcant, senior figures often hide who they are behind ceremonial visors or altered flesh, and they treat street violence and human vice as fine art.
Loose Rule
The Coterie holds a loose rule over Suburba's underworld, but it does not micromanage neighbourhood disputes. Factions like the Kolkhos and the Cabiri run their own sectors, as long as the vice corridors are left alone and the protection tithes are paid. Anyone who threatens the Coterie's entertainment business gets swift, theatrical retribution from masked crews.
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