THE SARACENS

 

The Saracens are a predominantly black gang, one of the last in the Zone who haven’t joined up with Slaughterhouse.  They control a small territory that sits between the Walking Dead and the Furies to the North and South, and Slaughterhouse and Shrapnel to the west and east.

 

The Saracens originally held territory along the southern edge of what is now the Combat Zone, but have been pushed west by Stomp Street, and hemmed in.  They were once Stomp Streets biggest rivals, but conflicts with the Latin gang has dwindled their numbers severely. 

 

Just after Carnival, Brick extended his hand, offering the Saracens a place within Slaughterhouse, but the leader of the Saracens,  Mack-Money, was insulted when the Slaughterhouse gang leader refused to offer him a high enough position within his organization.   Things between the two gang leaders quickly deteriorated and relations between the gangs was on the verge of escalated into all out war.  However Slaughterhouse had its hands full trying to take over the Marsten Complex and their own problems with Stomp and the other surrounding gangs.  Now as the Saracen territory has been pushed up against that of Slaughterhouse turf tensions between the two gangs is again rising.  Saner heads have prevailed so far, as Rope on the Slaughterhouse side has been trying to convince Brick to again extend invitation of alliance to the Saracens, but neither gang leader is one to let go of past slights.

 

The Saracens were originally led by Kareem Karim, a militant extremist with ties to the Black Panther Party.  The group was involved in gun running and extortion in Marsten before the walls went up.  Karim was killed by his lieutenants who wanted to expand their business into drugs and prostitution.  After Carnival and their clashes with the other gangs, the Saracens have lost most of their gun running and narcotics contacts.  The Saracens still charge protection fees to the handful of business in their territory, but most of their income comes from low level street chems and designer drugs.

Mack-Money still tries to ride the coat-tails of the gangs past reputation as a political activist group, and every so often manages to use that cred to arrange for protective details to serve prominent African-American and other black community leaders who wish to visit the Zone.

 

The numbers of the gang have dwindled from a once strong 200+ down to around 50 members.  They still maintain tenuous ties to some of the prominent African-American activist groups outside the city, but to most they are nearly forgotten.  Kareem Karim was at one time a powerful figure, but Mack-Money doesn’t have the charisma or moral code of the former leader, and most groups have little stomach or respect for him, though they occasionally will use him and his crew as scapegoats or for undesirable purpose.

 

Members of the Saracens are always armed with at least a heavy handgun, no member carries anything less than a .45 cal.  Their weapons reserves are mostly old military surplus, especially their rifles which mostly consist of old AK’s, M-16s, shotguns, and hunting rifles.  They have a surplus of ballistic vests, which nearly every member wears under their clothing.  The gangs colors consist of black leather jackets or vests, and their tag is a black scimitar.

 


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