Editing John Palmer (section)

==History==
John started out as a simple thug, as part of a gang as a teenager. Within the gang, he was known for being calm under pressure. During a fight, he was careful, but never hesitated to do what was needed. But he was different from his gangmates in that he stayed in school, educating himself, and learning how to move in slightly higher circles. This combination of brains and ruthlessness caught the eye of someone higher up the food chain, and soon enough, John was making his way into the world of organized crime.

Within a few years, John had become someone to watch in the underworld. Any operation he ran, he kept clean and profitable. No dealers were busted, violence was kept to a minimum (or at least, kept behind closed doors), and oddly enough, civilian casualties were minimized. Whenever someone asked why, John generally just shrugged and muttered that it was "bad for business." Less than five years after he joined up, the high-ranking bosses decided to formally induct John into the family.

John arrived at the meeting place, and the bosses showed him what the underworld was really like. Fangs, magic, bloodsucking, the whole deal. John was understandably bothered by this, and got only less comfortable when he realized that this wasn't just the job opportunity of a life time -- it was the job of several lifetimes. One of the bosses approached him....

And that's when things got weird.

The vampire contingent staggered out less than a half-hour later, muttering about how they'd seen the sun again, or something like that. A few minutes after that, John left, looking utterly collected and confident. No one is quite sure what happened that night -- or, at least, they're not talking about it. All that can be confirmed is that John made it out of that room still breathing, and with his own small territory to rule. 

These days, he prefers to negotiate his way through most difficulties. The police prefer him to the other crime lords -- in John's turf, the violence is kept to a minimum and the bribes flow smoothly. Most people see him as an honest, hard-working businessman, and he likes it that way. But John remembers where he came from, and has no qualms about dealing with persistent problems in a very final manner. Above all, though, he's slowly expanding his territory. 

After all, he ruled a lot more than Vegas once. He's looking forward to trying that again, only doing it better this time. After all, all that strife and civil war is bad for business.