#ivory serpent

𓆓 — Here in Miami, Elaine Martell, is said to be Katie McGrath’s doppelgänger, but they are a 37 year old Vice President in the Ivory Serpents. They mainly identify as a heterosexual female, and others have described them as independent, ruthless, & brave.

■ .HISTORY. ■

The daughter of a taxidermist always attracted unwanted attention in the group of kids at school. With long black hair, pale skin, green eyes, a non-existent smile, and a voice that was barely heard by the teachers, many would make fun of Elaine, asking her if she was a member of The Addams Family, but she never paid attention to them. They were insignificant in her eyes, and everyone would end up in the same place she would in a couple of years, six feet under. Raised by her parents, Elaine has always been surrounded by death in the form of the many animals that adorned the walls of her home. Her father thought the process would scare the child and often mocked her and her twin brother, but she had always been protective of him, so she learned how to take their father’s joke with a hard stare, especially when he called them both horrible names and told them how weak they were. She would only stare at him, with a dark look on her face until he couldn’t take it anymore, and the stare would end with a slap, going to her poor mother’s arms for comfort once he decided a drink was in order.

A bright girl, she grew up knowing that a taxidermist’s job not always made enough money to buy food or pay the bills. Her father was always worried about the money and began to make dealing with strange people that Elaine saw come and go as they please from their home. That’s why it came to her as a shock when one day, after coming home early from high school, she saw him packing bags of what at first looked like flour, but she had seen the same small packages in her class mates’ hands. Maybe she was a girl but that didn’t mean she was stupid and rather than telling her to go to her room, her father pulled her in and told her what was going on. Their mother was sick and the only way to pay for her treatment was to do something that not many people would dare to do. When he suggested her twin to help them, Elaine refused and promised him that she would work hard and do whatever he wanted but not to drag him into this mess and for once in his life, her father agreed.

The twins were close and even when Elaine did not want her brother to take part in what was going on, he did it on his own accord to help the family and to share the burden with his sister, who saw day by day of their father’s greed grow bigger and bigger until he did the worst thing you can do, steal from the man you’re working for. Elaine discovered it, of course, and she was the one to tell the man what her father had been doing and the day of the twin’s birthday, their father died with them present to watch it all unfold. They were given a choice, to take what money they had left and never speak of what happened, or to continue working for them. It was an easy choice and one that provided their mother with a few more years before she left the world. Elaine committed herself to be loyal and love this new family that had given her and her brother so much, finally revealing themselves as the Ivory Serpents.

■ .CRIME HISTORY. ■

The night Elaine’s father died, she was the one to pull the trigger. The Ivory Serpents took him to a warehouse and dragged him to his children’s feet. She can’t remember who put the gun in her hand, but it was all it took for her to send him to hell with two shots to the chest and one in the head. It was sloppy, but her first time using a gun was not meant to be a perfect one, still, she learned and has become better ever since, never hesitating when a job goes wrong and decides to deal with the idiots herself. Elaine is not afraid to get her hands dirty.

■ .IMPORTANT CONNECTIONS. ■

☓ Elijah Mackel — Elaine was married to him for six years until she got the Vice-presidency of the Ivory Serpents. He got jealous, cheated on her with a stripper and she ended the marriage as soon as she was able to. Hates him with all her heart and things are not pretty when both find each other. She got hurt really bad for him to betray her like that but one thing Elaine never does is to give second chances.

☓ Tristian Martell — Elaine and her twin are inseparable since birth, even if they don’t know who was born first, they have a deep connection and always take care of each other thanks to their rough childhood. They know everything about each other, the good and the bad and even their deepest secrets.

𓆓 — Here in Miami, Elijah Mackell, is said to be Henry Cavill doppelgänger, but they are a 37 year old Hitman in the Ivory Serpents. They mainly identify as a heterosexual male, and others have described them as possessive, stubborn & loyal.

■ .HISTORY. ■

Elijah was the second child to be born to Kaylee and Benjamin Mackell. The couple was part of one of the most prestigious families in New York City. Elijah never struggled with money, his family always having more than enough to spend for multiple lifetimes, though he was never truly happy. The only time he ever truly was happy was when he was holding a gun. At first, it was just a hobby, but the more he learned about guns the darker his mind became. His younger brother Adonis always keeps him from wandering too deep into it. Till the fateful day when both brothers fell in love with the same woman, even though Elijah won her hand in marriage, it didn’t take long for him to realize his future wife was clearly in love with his brother. The couple decided to give their relationship a real try since Elijah promised a real-life to Tatiana.

The life she wanted, to settle down and have a family something Adonis had no interest in since they were barely in their early twenties. Elijah and Tatiana decided to move out of New York City and try for a better life in the sunshine state. They moved to Miami and soon enough Elijah opened his Gun Shop, it wasn’t long before he was facing the serpent’s godfather. It was no family secret that the Mackell’s were a crime family in New York City, his Uncle Bentley ran it before it was handed down to his father after his uncle was put into jail for murder. Elijah promised he wasn’t trying to invade territory since Kaylee always went out of her way to keep her children from following in the family’s footsteps. Being the daughter of a priest she never saw herself with a man like Benjamin but love was a crazy thing, however, she did her best to keep her children from falling into a life of crime.

To prove that Elijah wasn’t trying to start anything, he decided to help the Ivory Serpents deal with arms more effectively. His new lifestyle started to create tension between him and Tatiana, giving her even more excuses to push him away. After finding out she was pregnant the couple decided to figure out the best way to make parenting work as it was proving an actual relationship between them wasn’t going to be possible. Hanging out with the Ivory Serpents and being seen with them led many to believe he was one. It wasn’t till a Crimson Reaper soldier caused Tatiana to have an accident at 7 months pregnant that Elijah officially took the oath to become a part of them. The miscarriage brought Elijah and Tatiana back together as friends but their bond was even deeper after mourning their baby.

When his eyes first landed on Elaine, he was mesmerized. He knew that maybe the universe didn’t have it out for him. The more time they spent together the more time he found himself falling deeper and deeper for her. He decided to have a chat with Tatiana as the two were friends before the mess took over their relationship. They broke things off on good terms the two decided they worked better as friends. Things for Elijah went smoothly after that till the fateful day that cost him everything, he doesn’t know why he decided to cheat on Elaine. He just knew it would hurt the woman. It was the part of himself Adonis always warned him about. The dark part that no matter how close to someone he wasn’t afraid to hurt them. He didn’t lose sleep over it either. Elijah knew he had a dark side but he never truly knew how deep it was till it was too late.

■ .CRIME HISTORY. ■

Elijah’s criminal history is quite extensive, starting from when he was a teen he would drink and steal anything and everything for the thrill of it. As he got older the crimes became more violent and serious, his first murder was the Crimson Reaper that leads Tatiana to her accident and many more after.

■ .IMPORTANT CONNECTIONS. ■

☓ Elaine Martell — Even though they aren’t together anymore Elijah cares about her a lot, even though she can’t stand him on her good days. He is always there to have her back in the good or the bad, he wishes she would give him a second chance but deep down he knows she won’t.

☓ Quindell Parker — Elijah’s frenemy, the two get along well but also there is a constant competition to outdo the other. He can always count on Quin to call him out on his bullshit.

☓ Vincenza Feigel — Elijah and Vince met away from Miami at his sister’s art gallery as she held a new exhibit. They managed to keep in contact and stayed in contact, even more, when they realized they lived in the same city. They have no clue they belong to different gangs since they never bring that talk to the table.

𓆓 — Here in Miami, Tristan Martell, is said to be Kit Harington’s doppelgänger, but they are a 37 year old Advisor in the Ivory Serpents. They mainly identify as a greysexual male, and others have described them as unselfish, devoted, & distant.

■ .HISTORY. ■

The Martell household was one where they had a roof over their heads, but the food was scarce and dark natures happened behind its closed doors. A house where the majority of its residents would do anything to escape it. If it wasn’t for his twin sister, Tristian didn’t know if he would be able to survive that household. Every time he watched his mother get abused by the asshole that is his father, it took everything in him to not lash out and strike him back. It was Elaine holding him back every time from that urge. When their mother got sick, that was really when shit hit the fan. Medical bills started to stack up, and Elaine Martell started to change. Maybe it was a twin thing, or Tristian is just that observant, but his sister needed help, and he was going to be the one to rescue her, or at least try to.  Elaine protected Tristian his whole life, and that never changed, especially when their father pulled her into a life no child should be subjected to. It took him a while to figure out his father’s and Elaine’s dirty little secret, but once he did find out about it, he demanded to be a part of it. There is only one job he has had his entire life, to protect Elaine no matter what the cost may be. Though it seemed as if he came into the dangerous affairs his twin was a part of too late, for the next thing he knew, it was his and Elaine’s birthday, and Elaine got forced to shoot their father. Tristian would give anything to change places with her, to take that gun out of her hands and put it in his own, to have that burden of killing someone - killing their father on his conscience instead of his darling sister’s. 

The past was the past, and there was nothing neither of them can do about it now. As he officially took the Ivory Serpents’ Oath and buried any lingering normalcy in his life, Tristian got to work. He made a promise to himself to take better care of Elaine, and he worked his ass off to uphold that promise, as a soldier and as a Captain. More years had passed, and the more they do, the more blood Tristian had on his hands, though his devotion and loyalty expanded more than just to Elaine, but to Euxenio and all Serpent members and associates as well. It was when Aleja became the new president and started to look for his VP that both Martell twins moved up in the Serpent Hierarchy. She became the new Serpent Vice President, and Tristian became the newer Advisor to the organization. A new title that came with greater responsibilities, ones he takes more seriously as he does with his sister’s safety.

■ .CRIME HISTORY. ■

Tristian wasn’t previewed to the life of crime as early as Elaine was - however, it was because of his sister that he did - not because it was any fault of her own - no, it was because of their father. Though, he refused to allow her to bear all the soon chaos on her own. They are thicker than thieves, and he wasn’t about to change that now. No matter where she would go, he would follow, even if it means his own demise. Elaine was the twin to get her hands dirty first, both figuratively and literally, but Tristian was soon following her footsteps in the life of crime. As he pledged his soul to the Ivory Serpents, some missions still haunt him to this day, but they were feelings he got used to and got over quickly. The life of a mafia member is his new normal.  Even now, as an Advisor, there are still numerous things he gets involved in that can land him with that lethal injection in his arm.

■ .IMPORTANT CONNECTIONS. ■

☓ Elaine Martell — The two are two peas in one pod. They are twins, yes, but Tristian is convinced that he and Elaine would be close even if they weren’t twins. Their past can only do one thing to a sibling bond, drive them further apart or make them closer, and for the Martell twins, it is the latter. There is nothing that he wouldn’t do for his sister. It’s his job to protect her, and he would die doing so if he had to.

☓ Diadumenianus Kester — Dia was his best friend growing up - between Elaine and Dia, those are the two that he told all his secrets to - however, there is one secret that Tristian confessed to Dia that he never confessed to Elaine, and that is when he found out about his sexuality. Not because he didn’t trust her, just because he didn’t think his sister needed to know. Though he felt comfortable about Dia to confess that he experiences attraction more different than everyone else, including his sister.

☓ Olivera Kline [Deceased] — High School was one of the only places for escape for Tristian Martell. He wasn’t popular, but he wasn’t unpopular to where people didn’t respect him when they told them to back off his sister. Though don’t get him wrong, only two people made that jailhouse an escape; Dia Kester and Olivera Kline. His high school saving grace. Olivera and Tristian became good friends, though he quickly fell in love with the woman’s mind. She was the one where he figured out about his sexuality. However, as fate would have it, she had confessed to having leukemia before they got too serious. Tristian got crushed by the discovery, but he refused to allow it being the reason he ever gave up on her. He was with Olivera till the day she died, and it took everything to not break down entirely - seeing how he became an Ivory Serpent just after Olivera’s passing. 

𓆓 — Here in Miami, Gisele Pérez, is said to be Melissa Fumero’s doppelgänger, but they are a 38 year old Captain in the Ivory Serpents. They mainly identify as a heterosexual female, and they are described as charming, loyal, & intelligent.

■ .HISTORY. ■

Being the firstborn girl in the Pérez family, Alicia took her firstborn daughter under her wing. Samuel Pérez expected all of his children to take the Ivory Serpents’ Oath, but Alicia wanted at least one of her children to have an honest living. That child was going to be Gisele. Therefore, she was under the same amount of pressure as Euxenio got put under - it was just a different kind of pressure. The pressure to stay on the straight and narrow, pressure to ensure that her father never had to step in to catch her if she fell. However, with her mother expecting so much from her, it pushed her away from her as she grew up.

Gisele was the captain of the swim, dance, and volleyball team, but more or less, she got pushed to excel in every activity she did, as well as every class. In her junior year, her perfect molded glass finally broke. She blew up at her mom and stormed off to visit her older brother, Aleja. He was only three years older than her, but he was already in Columbia University when things between Gisele and their mother got heated. 

The trip to the university in New York made things a lot more clearer. Between her beloved brother and the college tour, she finally understood where her mother’s added pressure was coming from, so, after a couple of days, she returned home and took everything her mother threw at her like a champ. There was one goal she had in mind: getting into Columbia University. The relationship between Gisele and her mother didn’t heal entirely, but even she had to admire her mother’s intelligence and elegance. There were no questions asked, that in some ways, the oldest Pérez daughter aspired to be like Alicia Pérez, even when she got accepted into Columbia University as a Law Major.

■ .CRIME HISTORY. ■

Gisele is a rare case of someone not having to climb the mafia’s hierarchy. Under her father’s and Euxenio’s rule, she never planned on following in her family’s footsteps in joining the Ivory Serpents. Gisele instead went to Berkeley University to study law and become a prosecutor. The plans had changed when her oldest brother got shot, and his mental state suffered an unfortunate event. Once Aleja took his place as the new President, plans to make the Serpents better and more secure had changed, which is why Aleja asked her to join the Serpents in his old spot as a Captain. It took her a while to contemplate his plead, but eventually, she accepted it. Gisele never personally got her hands dirty, but she has helped commit more than a few crimes.

■ .IMPORTANT CONNECTIONS. ■

☓ Aleja Pérez — Gisele struggled with following in her family’s footsteps. After all, she didn’t necessarily get along with her father, and there were times when Euxenio scared her. However, when Aleja took Euxenio’s spot as the President, and he asked her to join the Serpents, she couldn’t refuse he plead. ☓ Alicia Pérez [ Deceased ] — Gisele always admired her mother’s grace and elegance. It was something she worked to become to keep the memory of Alicia Pérez alive. ☓ TBA — Gisele tries to look at all the soldiers under her as her children, to not have a favorite. However, the other makes it difficult for her to not be more fond of them over the others.

𓆓 — Here in Miami, Aleja Pérez, is said to be Oscar Isaac’s doppelgänger, but they are a 41 year old President in the Ivory Serpents. They mainly identify as a heterosexual male, and they are described as persistent, devious, & divine.

■ .HISTORY. ■

Unlike his brother, Aleja Pérez took after his mother’s softness than his father’s hardness. Not to say that Aleja is a pushover, because he’s sure isn’t. Growing up, he was under less pressure than Euxenio was, which he does acknowledge, but then again, his brother always came off cold and distant, at least since Aleja’s ever known him. It was his brother’s coldness and the age gap that deterred him away from him. They never could get along, but that still didn’t stop Aleja’s charming personality from coming out. Growing up, Aleja has always been a popular kid, always befriending everyone he possibly could. However, even the popular have their favorite friends, and for Aleja, that is Tomas Fernandez. His best friend since he could remember. The two would always get into trouble, and if he was telling the truth, Tomas pulled out his devious side that was lingering beneath the surface. A devious side he most definitely inherited from his father. Though he still knew about the fine line between just kidding around and ruining the rest of your life kind of pranks, knew who in their friend group could take jokes and knew who couldn’t. Some believed that Aleja was some kind of empath, considering he could always tell if something was bothering you are not, whether he was close to you or not. Wanting to know about human minds more and how he could always tell how people were feeling, he went to college as a Psych Major. The longer he studied the human mind, the more he was determined to become a psychologist. Though he quickly found out that he never was meant to have an honest profession. 

Aleja’s second year at Columbia University, a letter from his sister, Gisele, changed everything. His mother passed away from ovarian cancer. Out of the 5 Pérez siblings, Aleja was the closest to his mother. Flying back home in Miami, Florida, he got stuck there and fell into traits he inherited from his father and brother. Got into more trouble and started to abuse alcohol more. His father and brother would have to use their influence over the local police department to bail Aleja out of permanent circumstances.   Eventually, he found out about the Ivory Serpents and how his great-great-grandfather pulled the criminal organization together from Cuba. Knowing he has no business returning to Columbia University, he joined the Serpents and quickly made his way up the Hierarchy. Aleja settled into being a Captain for the Serpents as his brother took his leadership as the new President once their father retired. However, due to unfortunate events - Euxenio couldn’t run the Serpents successfully in his new fragile state of mind. Wanting to keep the Serpents in the Pérez family, Aleja took his place as the new President, and he can’t lie, he fucking loves it.

■ .CRIME HISTORY. ■

Becoming a member of the mafia, it never mattered if your father was the leader, you still have to start from the bottom and prove your worth. Sure, there is an extra added pressure on your shoulders if you are related to the fearless leader, but that pressure only motivated Aleja more. The youngest son of the Serpent’s President worked his way up the hierarchy in no time. Once he became one of the four Captains of the group, Aleja stopped getting his hands dirty and allowed those below him to do all the hard work. The torturing, threatening and even killing. After his brother was shot and hospitalized, it wasn’t until Euxenio started to go mentally insane that he and his sisters decided it was for the better that Aleja took his place as the President. No, he never did feel guilty about taking his place, but he can see now that he owes his brother a small apology for underestimating all the hard work he did as the Serpents President.

■ .IMPORTANT CONNECTIONS. ■

☓ Yenifer Acosta-Pérez — The couple met in college, and much like a romantic novel, it was love at first sight. Yenifer is Aleja’s rock, and there is little to nothing that he wouldn’t do for his beloved wife. ☓ Tomas Fernandez — The two grew up as best friends. They were in every class together from Preschool to their 12th year in High School. The only time they separated was when they went to different universities. However, that wasn’t the only thing that changed between them. Their relationship had a small twist once Tomas started dating Aleja’s baby sister. ☓ TBA —  This kid is someone he took under his wing since the other was 13 years old. There was something in their eyes that made Aleja take on a father figure role and raise them to be his “own”. 

𓆓 — Here in Miami, Euxenio Pérez, is said to be Nestor Carbonell’s doppelgänger, but they are a 52 year old Godfather in the Ivory Serpents. They mainly identify as a heterosexual male, and they are described as cunning, devious, & stubborn.

■ .HISTORY. ■

Euxenio’s father never tried to hide his criminal life from his family, but his mother tried to give her kids a “normal” childhood. Which she succeeded at; for the first 11 years, Euxenio had an exceptional childhood. There was nothing he went without; everything he needed and wanted he got. Sure, he was a bit spoiled for the first 11 years of his life, but that quickly changed with his little brother, Aleja, was born. It was a bit of an adjustment period, and truth be told, the two oldest sons of Samuel and Alicia never got out of that adjustment period. Even in adulthood, their relationship is quite rocky. 

A few years later, his three sisters were born, but he never had a rocky relationship with them as he and his brother has. Euxenio is quite protective of his younger sisters. There are many excuses others believe as to why the two Pérez brothers don’t necessarily like one another, but the real reason, at least for Euxenio, is that they just have two very different points of view. At the age of sixteen, he went through a difficult period in his life that changed him completely. After the birth of Edelira, his parents made him swear to keep her birth a secret. Aleja and Gisele were too young to remember that their father cheated on their mother, and his ‘mistress’ became pregnant with their younger half-sister. To his siblings, they all believe that Edelira is their full sister, but Euxenio knew better. Not that he loves Edelira any less, but the secret of hiding who her birth mom is was eating his 16-year-old heart up. The emotions built up to the point where he lashed out at his best friend, nearly beat him to death. Of course, his best friend’s parents wanted to press charges, but Samuel used his influence over the local police to make those charges disappear. Euxenio got away with murder, but he also lost all of his friends. From that moment on, he closed himself off to everyone, especially his father. Euxenio’s soul had blackened.    However, he also found how his father got the pending charges against him dropped. Therefore, after his High School Graduation, he asked his father to initiate him into the Ivory Serpents. Without question, his intonation was a few weeks after Euxenio asked to join his father’s criminal organization. Yes, he knew his father wasn’t an honest man in the aspect of his career, but it wasn’t until he was 16 that he found out the details of what he did.

■ .CRIME HISTORY. ■

Euxenio Pérez ordered the hit on Orazio Agosti. It was just business, at least to him it was. Granted, once he figured out that the other mafia member was the younger brother of the President - he knew to expect hell when word got back to the other group. It was only a few months later when the soldier who killed Orazio laid bare-chested on his doorstep with the warning of, You’re next, carved in his back. It was a threat he took seriously, but he was cocky in thinking that his security was flawless.

A few weeks after getting the other mafia’s message, he got word of them moving into the south part of Miami, the other side of the 195 freeway, but it didn’t scare him. After all, in his mind, the Ivory Serpents are the superior organization. He believed that they could never touch him, at least until a few months later. Euxenio was going out to check up on his businesses; however, before he could reach his car, he heard gunshots and was suddenly pushed to the ground by his Sargent of Arms. Though it was a little too late, he got shot in the abdomen. 

Before he got to the emergency room, he was already unconscious. Many believed that he wasn’t going to come out of it, but if he inherited anything from his father - it was his stubbornness and the need to prove people wrong. Euxenio came out of it but not entirely. Once he woke, he swore that Orazio Agosti was haunting him. The fearless leader of the Ivory Serpents ordered many hits and has murdered many himself before. However, it was the guilt that came from the thought of, what if that was my sibling? His family had believed the pressure of being the President finally got to him, so they replaced him with his younger brother, Aleja.

■ .IMPORTANT CONNECTIONS. ■

☓ Liliana Reyes — Only Liliana can bring out the softer side of Euxenio. Others see him mostly hard, and at times, unapproachable. To his wife, she sees a calmer and gentle side of him, but then again, she’s the only one he allows that side to come out more. There is absolutely nothing he wouldn’t do for his darling wife.  ☓ Aleja Pérez — There is a rocky relationship between Euxenio and Aleja ever since they were kids. Their parents believed that they would grow out of it as they grow up, but it never changed. Not to say they don’t love each other because that isn’t the case, but Euxenio’s demeanor has always kept Aleja at two arms and legs away.  ☓ Frediliana Ramos [Deceased] — Euxenio is the only Pérez sibling that knows that Edelira is only his half sister, and also the only one who knows who her real birth mother is. Unfortunately, it’s a secret that died when Edelira was born, for her birth mother died giving birth to her. It’s a secret he swore to his he never tell any of his siblings about Frediliana Ramos.