Scarlet Vithica

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The year is 1925—in the midst of the Prohibition Era. Bootlegging & bank robberies are on the rise, with law enforcement being corrupt or unable to stop it. But in the criminal underworld of the East coast, one lone figure stands with a reputation as vicious as Al Capone. A dame who’s as pretty as a rose, but is dangerous as a siren. And her name is Scarlet Vithica.

(Image source: NatalieDeCorsair; Character source: Scarlet_V | Both from FurAffinity. Backstory, while mostly written by me, is semi-inspired from Scarlet_V’s, but minus the parts of their OC being able to travel across dimensions and equipped with a wrist needle contraption that genetically alters her victims. | ⚠️ Caution: Scarlet_V’s profile contains +18 NSFW content)

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The year is 1925, in the midst of the Prohibition Era in the United States. What started off as a temperance crusade by both Protestant activists and Capitol legislatures, with the hopes of bringing society to a more morally pure and righteous path, had only started a new and grimy chapter within the world of organized crime. Irish, Italians, hicks, and ambitious “entrepreneurs”, seeing the potential treasure that the temperance activists just stubbornly threw at them without a second thought, began to use the liquor as the foundations for their bootlegging business, ranging from simple smuggle syndicates to sprawling city-wide criminal empires.

Around the same time, the American law enforcement and the Bureau of Investigation (BOI/FBI) saw the rise of bank robberies by gangs. And the press, hungry for flashy news of this new era of crime, only made this crooks and gangsters as famous as movie stars from the rising movie capital called Hollywoodland.

But, within the criminal underworld of the Eastern seaboard, stands a sole person whose reputation should not be taken lightly, a dame who is as pretty as a rose, but carries thorns that are sharp and laced with poison. And that dame, is Scarlet Vithica.

Scarlet Vithica, a name that sounds like a lady’s perfume for some… but is as alluring as mustard gas for those within the law enforcement. She and her gang are responsible for numerous crimes, ranging from bank robberies, murder, hit-and-run assassinations, kidnappings, racketeering, laundering, and the possession and smuggling of alcohol.

—Backstory—

However, this dame was not born into a life of crime, instead she was dragged into it as a result from a personal tragedy. In the year of 1899, Scarlet Vithica was born most likely in Atlantic City, New Jersey; the exact birthdate and birthplace of Scarlet is unknown, but she is approximately 26 years old as of the current year of 1925. While Scarlet was born in American soil, her parents family hailed from the Old Country: Italy. The alluring promise of a better life led them to leave Naples.

However, the American Dream is an unforgiving, two-faced mistress; while she can be kind to some, she is cruel to others. And for Scarlet’s family, the so-called “American Dream” seemed like the American Nightmare. Their quest for honest work only led to greedy bastards who exploited them like gold mines and the endless cycle of living in constant poverty. By the 1910s, with their dreams dashed, Scarlet watched as her parents fell into alcoholism and gambling, which led to financial woes and a rising debt. Loan sharks came and went, threateningly reminding them of the debt they owed, even when they continued to drown deeper with their alcoholism.

Scarlet did all that she could to try to get her parents out of their debt, but it was too little too lat