Carmine Falcone

Personal Information

• Legal Name: Carmine Falcone
• Alias: The Roman
• Age: 53
• Sexuality: Heterosexual
• Part of Gotham Residing In: The Falcone grand estate in Uptown Gotham

Physical Description

Carmine while tall for his Italian heritage still isn't a towering figure. Yet that doesn't stop the majority of Gotham from feeling that he is. He stands at around 5'11, with a form that while aged, is still sculpted from his time as an Enforcer for his father. A few scars riddle his form of course, but none as prominent as the strange bullet wound just to the left of his heart. A reminder of his young life.

Persona

Carmine can move from perfectly congenial to vicious at the drop of a hat. This isn't a sign of any mood swings, but simply his practiced control of his temper. He can let loose this control at just the proper points to maximize it's effect, making him quite feared by even his own men. To put it honestly, Carmine can be considered no less then a high functioning Sociopath. No remorse for the lives of others, only his family matters. And even those can be dispensed if the situation calls for it.

Key Skills

• Close Combat: while never trained in formal martial arts, Carmine is quite skilled at brawling and use of all manner of common melee weapons. From fists to bats, from knives to bottles. He'll be the first to explain the distinct difference between a fighter and a martial artist.
• Marksman: Not the best by any means, but he's still a crack shot.
• Aggressive Diplomacy: from intimidation, to show of force to knowing when to let up his grip a bit. Carmine has been doing this for a long time, and is very good at it.
• Economics: he isn't the premiere crime boss in Gotham city for no reason.

Advantages

• Resources: Carmine has a lot of money, and plenty of crones, goons and enforcers. He's not short on help, nor cash to fund operations.
• Ruthless: Known as "The Roman", he earned that title aptly.
• Determination: he doesn't give up easily at all.

Disadvantages

• Bad Temper: someone skilled at the art can cause him to lose his head. And when his temper is not controlled, he makes mistakes.
• Family: while yes, they aren't indispensable; they are still family. Capture and kidnapping can go far to helping influence him. Especially with what the family member in question might know.
• Aged: Age brings skill, but it also leads to declining health. Achy joints and old injuries have conspired to leave him slower then he was as a younger man.

Background

Carmine Falcone was born the second oldest son of Vincent Falcone. At first this was clear what his role in the family was. As they became older, he was to make sure his father and brother went as unopposed as was possible. His minor role as an enforcer began in his teen years, and further advanced into his early twenties. It was at this point that fate seemed to have a change of heart. His brother and he were attacked by a rival family, and despite Carmine's attempts his brother was killed.

Of course, Carmine wasn't unscathed himself. Having taken a bullet too close to the heart, he needed surgery and quick. Vincent knew he would not be able to take his son to the hospital, so in a desperate moment to save his last heir, he begged Thomas Wayne to perform surgery on his son inside the confines of Wayne manor. For one reason or another, Thomas agreed. And it was here that the story of "The Roman" began. After the death of his brother, Carmine became more ruthless. He was now the heir to his father's legacy and wanted to strike back at the rivals that had done this to them.

Vincent urged his son have caution, though; so for another three years the two argued over how to proceed. Feeling his father had grown soft, Carmine orchestrated a hostile take over of the Falcone Family. Most of the men were already loyal to him, so it came easier then it might have otherwise. And with his father out of the way, the young Mob Lord began his strikes at the other families. First was the one in which shot him and his brother. He made a show of them, their leaders killed off in humiliating ways while their resources were absorbed.

The reign of "The Roman" empire had begun. And since then, Carmine has had little in the way of hard competition. That is until recently when a new comer calling himself Janus has appeared. Carmine isn't too worried at present time. Just an ant that needs to be squashed. Yet his men, those that have seen the followers of the charismatic Janus have come to worry. They haven't pushed, but "The Roman" senses this. And so the time is drawing close where he'll have to make a show.

Character Extras

• Face Claim: Josh Brolin
• Ons and Offs: Player prefs. The more extreme end of these should paint a pretty clear picture.