On a dark rainy day Pazzo had been passing through Hudson when he heard gun shots. He stopped, looking down an alley a small gunfight that only lasted seconds. Unsure of if he should check it out or keep on his way. He chose to investigate the outcome of a deal gone bad. Walking through the remains of bodies, guns, blood, and empty shell casings he heard a small groan. One person had survived this ordeal. He approached the person who was on the ground. It was a small time drug dealer by the name of Robert Bocino; Pazzo offered him his hand, raising Robert to his feet. Pazzo introduced himself, saying who he was. This came as a surprise to Robert as his grandfather Franco had spoken of a Moretti when he was younger. This moment was the start of a strong and powerful friendship, a brotherhood between two and the honor and respect of Cosa Nostra.
Pazzo now left trying to hold onto what little he has left. He called upon his new found friend Robert to work with and soon became his Underboss. Robert may have been a drug dealer but Pazzo never held that against him. He had proven to have a level head on his shoulders and great knowledge of the streets and that is all Pazzo was looking for. The two began the task of rebuilding the Moretti Empire.
Many months have gone by since Pazzo and Robert went into business together. In the past months their small crew had formed into a family. One of the biggest and fastest growing organizations within New York City. Gaining more Associates, Soldiers and Capos they grew more and more day by day. Pazzo had noticed a young Irish hustler hanging around one of their key hangout spots. Doc Gambino was his name. Pazzo brought him into the family after doing a few low-keys jobs on the side, Gambino proved to be a valuable asset. Proving his skills in manipulation and negotiation of business time and time again, with these talents it was only fitting that he take over the “white collar” sector of the Moretti Family as he became the Consigliere.
Business was good; things were on the Morettis side. Up until then ran into trouble with a corrupt banker who turned Politician. This man made it his duty to take down the Morettis at any cost after a small run in between both sides. At the start the Morettis believed they could have used him, he wasn’t that bright. Perfect target for a puppet with political connections, Pazzo had then given the task of finding out whatever he could to Doc. Doc obliged, he began acting friendly. Approaching the ‘mark’ as if he was his “friend”, along with that he had kept his connection with Pazzo unknown. ThePolitician was arrogant, full of himself. In-fact he had a god complex even though he was your run of the mill idiot, Doc gave him such a false sense of security that he felt as if Doc had become his protégé. But this was not the case. Gambino had found out his plans to kill Pazzo, along with his previous attempts. Assassins were sent to take Pazzos life but Robert made sure they never succeeded. When it became known that it was no more than the Politician himself who was hiring the hitmen Pazzo gave the order and Doc carried it out, beautifully.
Doc called a meeting with the Politician at the Colony Island Cemetery. He had chosen the location for symbolic reasons. The two began to “walk n’ talk”, slowly wandering through all the grave plots. Up until they came across an open unmarked grave. Gambino stopped with his back to the Politician, unknowingly to the Politician Doc drew a concealed sawed-off shotgun from his jacket. Slowly he turned towards the Politician, as it was dark and he couldn’t see the gun. Doc raised it and fired two shots into the Politician’s chest, as the body fell to the ground Doc then signaled a Moretti soldier, Phil Scagliani, who had been watching over the meet. The two then “took care of him”, burying the worthless scum in the unmarked grave. That day Doc had earned his bones.
Not long after the disappearance of the Politician the Morettis began getting threats from a small disorganized paramilitary group within the city. Pazzo asked Doc to see what he could find out about them and told Robert to keep his eyes and ears open on the streets. They later found out this paramilitary group is built up off of a squad of rejects from the Navy. It still remains unclear as to why they were hostile towards the Morettis. They even went far as to sending spies within the organization, however the Morettis kept two-steps ahead of them at every turn. Then they made a bold move, leading an attack upon the Morettis at the family compound in Leftwood. The Moretti guards knew something was strange when the cable repair truck backed up the driveway. When men started piling out from the truck they knew it was a full-scale attack. A firefight took place on the grounds of theMoretti Estate resulting in many casualti es for the paramilitary group and only a few wounded Morettis. Luckily the Morettis were on the defensive on their home turf. After this dreadful defeat the paramilitary group resulted in creating no more than propaganda about the Morettis. Reaching out to some contacts in the media the Morettis quickly abolished the nonsense. Soon after all members of the military group were arrested, they were seen as threat a by the Government and unfit for society. After they were sent to New Jersey State Correctional Facility it was back to business as usual for the Morettis. About six months after the former Navy Seals were released on parole. Their squad had broken up from their time in the joint. Shortly after their release what remained of the ******* structure of their unit started up a small clique based in North Holland where they have remained under the radar.
During the middle of the Morettis confrontation with the former paramilitary group a small Russian organization based out of Hove Beach that was ran under the surname Ivanov had entered the scene. Without prior dealings with either Pazzo or any other Moretti these Russians had an undefined vendetta against the entire Moretti organization. While dealing with the SEALS the Morettis began receiving threats from the Ivanov’s. Pazzo did not think much of these threats and in fact overlooked their attempts to be taken serious as they had not presented themselves directly and the conclusion not only made by the Morettis but many other groups around the city had reached was that these “threats” were their way of getting noticed. It wasn’t long until they finally made an attempt to reach out to the Morettis. Once Pazzo and the Ivanov Pakhan (Boss), Sergei Ivanov, spoke first hand it became clear that they merely nee ded guidance and a larger and stronger organization to help them get settled, Pazzo entertained with the idea made a mutual agreement with leader to help them get on their feet. As the weeks began to pass very little progress had been made by the Ivanovs and turned out to be more of an annoyance to the Morettis than anything else. Doc approached Pazzo on the subject and requested his blessing to carry out the hit on the entire Ivanov high *******. A valid argument was made to the level of their competence and the liability they had posed with that said Pazzo gave the go ahead and Doc made sure that the word was sent out amongst the rest of the family. The following day of the order being given the Ivanov high ******* was eliminated one by one throughout the city all within an hour of each other. It had happened so fast that warning could not be sent out to rest of the Ivanovs. The first to go were two high ranking soldiers who were ambushed inside the Homebrew Cafe by M oretti soldier Samuel Faraday, upon entering the cafe Samuel had risen from behind the bar and riddled the two with small arms fire. Following the death of the two soldiers Sergei’s third in ******* was killed shortly after in a car bombing that had been rigged to blow by Phil Scagliani, this had taken place inside the Chess Tea warehouse located in Port Hudson which coincidentally is a racket under Moretti control. Not long after the disappearance of the Ivanov’s third in-******* the second was lead into an New Jersey mineshaft where he was executed by both Pazzo and Doc. The entire Ivanov high ******* had been whipped out in one solid swoop yet one still remained, Sergei Ivanov. Sergei called a meeting with Pazzo which came to surprise considering Sergei was still unaware to the events that had transpired during the early course of the day, Pazzo seized the opportunity to eliminate the remaining Ivanov. A meet was set to take place in an abandoned wareho use district in New Jersey’s derelict Industrial Park, Pazzo had organized his men throughout the complex along with sending a car to retrieve Sergei and bring him to the meet. As Sergei arrived to the meet the Moretti driver, Saul Fernandez, had stopped and immediately got out of car locking the doors behind him while a gunman emerged from the shadows unloading a shotgun into the backseat of the car killing Sergei Ivanov. Not only was this the end of Sergei Ivanov but also a welcoming to a long time Moretti associate now soldier who had earned his bones in the process. Once the dust had settled the car along with Sergei’s body was set on fire leaving no trace behind.
Following the disappearance of both Sergei and the rest of the Ivanov high ******* it became known that they were all executed by the Morettis. A small group of remaining Ivanov loyalist sought out revenge for their fallen comrades. Countless attempts on Pazzo’s life were made all resulting in their failure along with numerous attacks on Moretti members and Moretti businesses. By this time the Morettis fight against the SEAL’s had been long over. In the eyes of the Morettis this was no war but rather tying up loose ends. Despite their losses and how weak they were the Ivanovs persisted to attack the Morettis. However they couldn’t fight forever considering the losses which had soon caught up with them along with internal conflicts which resulted in them disbanding. Even though these previous events had passed it was well aware to all Morettis that future conflicts would come to light.
The family grew at an extreme rate. Larger and faster than Pazzo could have ever imagined, the Morettis soon became the largest family in all of New York City. Leaders and representatives from other families and organizations throughout the city approached Pazzo offering partnerships and other such business deals. Pazzo was not interested in the affairs of any other gang in New York City except his own, in turn Pazzo placed the death order of all those who came to them with said business propositions. Pazzo felt that eliminating any possible competition and or weakening them would give him the upper hand, which it did. Because of the strength held by the Moretti’s they could do whatever they wanted without any repercussions from any other families or the Commission. The Moretti’s however never stepped out of there claimed territory of New Jersey and the few neighborhoods in Manhattan. The idea was to remain small as possible, st aying close together in case anything did happen the Moretti name would still be secure and their reputation would not be lost. Unfortunately Doc had a different vision in mind. He wanted to take over the entire city no matter the cost. He asked Pazzo if he could step into the Commission and see how he could overthrow it from within, at the start it worked out very well but in time the families involved with the Commission went to war with each other. It was split down the middle and soon it ripped itself apart, in a way that came as an advantage to the Morettis seeing as how they never wanted anything to do with Commission. With the war-torn Commission each family became an easy target for Doc to dismantle. His success in destroying the Commission lead him to seeking his way over to Brooklyn, the home of one of the families that was in the Commission. He proceeded to seek out the “heavy hitters” in the family, soon turn ing the Underboss and Consigliere against the families Don and bringing them into the Moretti’s as associates.
It didn’t stop there; Doc asked Pazzo’s permission if he could start a crew within the family along with setting up operations in Brooklyn and The Bronx. Unknowingly to Pazzo Doc had become power hungry. He got a very simple taste during his campaign against the Commission and he wanted more. Soon Doc and Pazzo’s ideology changed. Doc wanted to conquer the entire city whereas Pazzo only ever wanted to keep his small piece which was all the shipping and construction unions in New Jersey along with the gambling rackets in Western Manhattan. Because of this Doc pressured Pazzo into making him the Underboss while setting Robert aside to become Pazzo’s personal bodyguard and driver. Robert was fine with the change however his suspicions of Docs true intentions grew. With Doc in-charge of his own crew he began to grow away from Pazzo and Robert, taking a few Capos and Soldiers with him, plus a handful of new associate s. The family then became split in two. With Docs rising power and influence Pazzo then challenged him to take over running the family for a trial period. To see if he really had what it takes to run a family. Doc jumped on the challenge, Pazzo kept a close eye on Doc by taking over the Underboss position.
A few weeks after Doc had taken over as “Acting-Don” his judgment became unclear. Stressed with the duties and responsibilities of running a family, he let people get the best of him by placing ideas in his head. Members of his crew proposed the idea of a “revolution”. Not only was this in change of leadership but also separating themselves from the Moretti family all together. Doc fell upon the pressure given to him by his crew members and then gave the order.
On a very gray afternoon the revolution began. One of the new associates asked Pazzo to help him complete a job that was assigned to him by Doc, unsuspecting to Pazzo it was a trap. They traveled to West Dyke Beach; this is where they were to ‘take care of’ the target. After eliminating the mark the associate then turned a gun onto Pazzo while his back was turned. Pazzo was then shot by 12gauge buckshot, sending him into the sand amongst the rocks, leaving him for dead. However the gunman did not check to see if Pazzo was dead or not. The shot was to his back and left side, he bled out for a few hours until his body was discovered by a local fisherman. Pazzo was then rushed to West Dyke Memorial Hospital. His whereabouts unknown to many, believed to be dead by the traitors.
When awakening Pazzo was then given the news as to what happened, learning that Doc had taken half of the family. The oath that was sworn by them when becoming ‘made’ had been broken. Pazzo didn’t let the thought of the traitors cloud his judgement, in fact he focused on rebuilding his family. Even though much of their power and muscle had been lost the Moretti name still never the less remained the same. The plan set out by Pazzo by keeping the business close together paid off by the revolution being almost harmless. The only thing that was affected was trust and love he had for those who betrayed him being lost. He swore no vengeance because of the oath they all had sworn when becoming ‘made’ will soon have its toll on the traitors. Now he can truly focus on what he always wanted the family to be