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Senior Member
Tony Harris
Name:
Tony 'Tommy' Harris
Age:
38
Birthday:
4th January 1932
Face Claim:
Vinnie Jones
Height:
6'2"
Accent:
East London (Cockney)
Affiliation:
The Moretti Family
Role/Occupation:
Enforcer/Hitman
Skills
Intimidation
Brawling
Firearms trained
Physically Resilient
Likes:
Alcohol
Money
Gambling (a soft sport for the horses)
Millwall Football Club
The sensation of a man's nose shattering beneath one's fist
Dislikes:
The Police
Liberals
The Irish
Wannabe heroes
Literally anyone who he views to be crossing or disrespecting him
Personality:
Tony is a psychiatrist's dream, a boiling combination of a broken family, disadvantaged upbringing, and a bordering psychopathic tendency towards violence. Of course given the state of the last man who tried to psychoanalyse him, any psychiatrist who did want to try and tease out the coil webs of Tony's psyche would most likely want him quite safely restrained
The living embodiment of shoot now ask questions later, it always appears that Tony could be on the verge of another violent episode. Famous, or perhaps more correctly infamous, for his hair like trigger, snapping over seemingly the smallest or most inconsequential thing. Even more worrying is his incredibly dry sense of humour, and so you can never quite be sure whether he's pulling your leg or about to rip said leg off you.
Despite this deficiencies, Tony is loyal to a fault, he knows to keep his mouth shut, hardy enough to take a beating, and too prideful to open his mouth for a reward. Combined with his absence of any sort of empathy or moral compass, he may be a loose cannon, but he's a very useful one if pointed in the right direction.
History:
Born Anthony Richard Harris, Tony grew up in the East End of London, Whitechapel to be precise. His father was a docker working the warehouses, whilst his mother was a seamstress. The East End was much like it was in the Victorian era, a deprived shit hole. His family had little to nothing in the way of money, and lived in a two room house. His father was an alcoholic and both an abusive husband and father, both Tony and his mother feeling the sting of his belt or the back of his hand whilst in his house. Then the war came that funnily enough brought 2 major improvements to 7 year old Tony. Firstly the implementation of rationing actually brought about an increase in the food he was receiving, in fact this was a trend in poorer communities with children’s health raising dramatically. The second major improvement came about through a German HE 111 medium bomber which managed to hit its designated in the Docklands with pinpoint accuracy, wiping out not only a substantial warehousing area, but also Tony’s father. With his father's abusive domineering presence, and his mother the same quiet personality that had been subject to his father's abuse, Tony essentially had no checks or balances which led him on his journey which would eventually lead to the Moretti crime family. Him and his mates started by looting the ruins of bombed out houses and buildings during the blitz and V1/V2 attacks. After the war they progressed onto more brazen crimes, muggings and break ins. Though never caught during this period, it was clear that on his current path, he was heading towards some sort of conviction.
This path was changed however once he turned 17, and the National Service Act of 1948 kicked in, stating that males between the ages of 17 and 21 would have to serve a minimum of 18 months in the military. This was in 1949, and as a result, a year into his service, the Korean War broke out. Shipped out to Korea with the Gloucestershire Regiment. It was at the Battle of Imjin River that he encountered the horrors of war, his Battalion was left with an effective strength of 109 men after 3 days of fighting against overwhelming odds. Whilst some men never recovered from the traumas, Tony was effected in altogether different way, he embraced what he saw. As a youth he had always been something of a thug, often in trouble at school for bullying or fighting, now he found a place where his violent side was nurtured and encouraged. As a result when his period of service came to an end, he was one of the few to sign up to the regulars, and thus entered the Parachute Regiment as a regular private, and went onto serve in the Suez Crisis, and Indonesia. Though praised for his actions under fire and in combat, he was reprimanded several times by officers for misconduct from bullying younger soldiers, showing impertinence towards superiors, and there was suspicion (though never proven) that he was part of a group that had stolen military supplies which were then sold for profit. However as in his youth there was never quite enough to convict him. As such he managed to retire from the army in 1967 at the age of 35 with an honourable discharge though still holding the rank of Private.
Having returned to Civilian life he soon returned to his own ways, and within a month of returning to London he has already fallen foul of a few old enemies, which had resulted in 2 bar brawls, a burnt down garage, and one body washing up on Putney dock (The man’s face was so badly beaten that they had to rely on dental records in order to identify the body). It was the second bar fight that forced Tony to leave London. The pub in question was an Irish one, Tony had turned up already steaming drunk and demanded a pint, which was of course refused. This small slight resulted in Tony throwing the barman through his own collection of spirits, and knocking out 2 of the regulars. It was only a week later that he discovered that the bar was owned and operated by an Irish Gang with strong roots throughout London, and they had Tony’s name on the top of one of their lists. Thankfully one of Tony’s old childhood friends put him in contact with an associate of an associate, a certain Mr Moretti based out in Miami who was looking for ex soldiers and cons for a move he was making in the Big Apple. With nothing to tie him down in London Tony accepted the ticket and with little more than a change of clothes departed Liverpool on a ship for Miami, but not before returning to the pub and burning it to the ground.
Having arrived in Miami Tony soon carved out a role as Moretti’s jack of all trades. Need a bruiser of a bodyguard to protect you and intimidate anyone else, Tony was your man. Need a business owner roughed up to make sure that from now on he would pay on time, Tony was your man. Need a nice public and violent message sent to ward off competitors, namely through their bodies being found in various parts of the city, and not all in one piece, then Tony was your man. Whilst he has enjoyed his time in Miami, he has been chomping at the bit to make it into the big league, New York, to be let loose against the real enemy.
Gabriel Moretti - Boss
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