The Fiorentino Family

The Fiorentino Family is a cadet family in the criminal organization known as La Famiglia Nostra. They were founded by Paolo Fiorentino, a longtime friend of Vincentio Calabrese from Sicily. However, since Paolo's capture by the Streetsweepers, the leadership of the family has gone to his mother Vittoria. Oddly enough, the Fiorentino Family is mostly known to be made up of women. While they are not particularly strong fighters, the Fiorentinos are known to be diplomatic, charming, cunning, and highly manipulative. Due to the fact that most of them are women, they managed to largely escape persecution at the hands of the Streetsweepers.

The Fiorentino Family specializes mostly in money laundering, as well as scam artistry and grand theft. They own a number of high-profile, expensive art galleries throughout Chicago. They're known as the kingmakers of the Chicago art community. Being featured in a Fiorentino gallery is a one-way ticket to widespread acclaim, fame, and fortune for a young artist. What most people don't know, though, is that the Fiorentinos use their galleries as part of a sophisticated money-laundering scheme. They take the work of little-known artists, inflate the price drastically by creating false hype around the artist, and use that to conceal the ill-gotten gains of the mob. The Fiorentinos are also known scam artists who use charm and manipulation to induce wealthy marks into giving them money, property, and gifts.

Vittoria Fiorentino
Vittoria Fiorentino (age 74) is a severe-looking woman usually dressed in formal Victorian attire. With her son Paolo in jail, Vittoria has assumed leadership of the Fiorentino Family. Vittoria was born in 1850 and she is set in her ways, not interested in change. She has long, grey hair that she usually keeps pulled back in a tight bun. Her features are hawkish, with a sharp nose, pointed chin, and intense, focused eyes. Vittoria is an exacting woman with high standards of taste and behavior. She gives off the feeling of a strict schoolmistress. Her presence demands respect and reverence from those around her.

Maida Fiorentino
Maida (age 46) is the wife of Paolo Fiorentino, the former underboss of the Fiorentino family. With her husband in jail, she's stepped up to take a greater role in the family's criminal proceedings. Maida is a plump, but nevertheless quite pretty and fashionable young woman. On the outside, she is sweet-tempered, soft-spoken, and polite. However, Maida has a keen sense for money and numbers. She's an expert at cooking the books to hide money in plain sight. She's the mother of Apollina, Morena, Alessia, and Cirillo.

Paolo Fiorentino
Paolo Fiorentino is the son of Vittoria and her deceased husband Evandro. He went into business with Vincentio Calabrese back in Sicily before eventually immigrating with his entire family. Paolo considers himself to be a true gentleman -- romantic, charming, debonair, handsome, cultured. He was often called the "pretty boy" of Vincentio's group. Paolo was arrested in a sting operation by the Streetsweepers and jailed for tax evasion and fraud.

Cirillo Fiorentino
The youngest son of Paolo and Maida Fiorentino. Cirillo is a shy seventeen-year-old boy who takes after his mother in most respects. He's soft-spoken, timid, easily embarrassed, and a bit of a doormat. However, he can be courageous when the situation calls for it. Cirillo has been dating Giulietta Calabrese on and off for three years throughout high school and is expected to marry her someday. He has some very genuine feelings for Giulietta, but unfortunately lacks the will to stand up to her -- leading her to walk all over him.

Apollina Fiorentino
The eldest of the three Fiorentino sisters - the daughter of Paolo and Maida. Age 26 and a bit of a spinster. Apollina is quiet and prefers the company of her books and cats to people. She studied art history at the University of Chicago and manages one of her mother's art galleries.

Morena Fiorentino
The second eldest of the Fiorentino sisters, age 23. Morena is prettier than her older sister and popular for her looks. She's flirtatious and romantic, much like her father.

Alessia Fiorentino
The youngest of the Fiorentino sisters, age sixteen. She attends the same school as Giulietta Calabrese and the two of them are best friends.

Evandro Fiorentino
The husband of Vittoria Fiorentino and the father of Paolo. Died in a car accident in his 60's.

Fiorentino's Fine Art
The Fiorentino "Headquarters" located on the North Side. This is a classy art gallery located near city hall. In the front, it has large windows to display a rotating selection of artworks to entice customers. It's also a popular event location -- sometimes used to host fundraisers or dinners. Maida Fiorentino and her daughter Apollina manages the art gallery and helps curate the selection.