Since we have a good number of players now, I wanted to put up a little more concrete OOC information regarding the thread. Now is a good time to begin putting up your character pictures, and any biography/history that your character has.  Before you do this, though, be sure you read all the OOC information regarding the thread so there's no confusion. Also, I humbly request that ALL the protagonist characters work in the Trionfo Team, lone wolf characters will be very hard to work feasibly into the thread. Since I am the GM of this thread, I handle all PM discussions of the outcome of battles in order to keep things fair. Seeing as how fairness is important to me, I am going to play the "leader" of the Trionfo team "Mea Vanni", but that title is strictly for RP purposes only (for GM, NPC duties) so I can steer the RP in the proper direction. I promise, I do not GodMod.<br/><br/><br/><br/>Trionfo Inc. is a company owned and funded by the Vatican, it's members are -almost- exclusively Italian and American ex-military (keep this in mind when creating your character. Make their age believable!). They protect the interests of the Vatican Secret Archives, (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatican_Secret_Archives (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatican_Secret_Archives)) Publicly, only scholars are allowed to view very specific documents and almost no one save team leaders in Trionfo and high ranking members of the Church are allowed unlimited access to the archives,a nd Trionfo is billed as "Private Security" for the Vatican. Alessandro Strazzi, an Italian-born Prefect working under the Vatican Archivist, turned unexpectedly rogue seven months ago, and stole some of the Vatican's most precious documents and items from the vaults. Then, he effectively vanished from the face of the planet. Until recently, Trionfot's team has worked around the clock trying to uncover exactly why Strazzi turned against the Church, and find out if he was even still alive, or if he had been double-crossed for his efforts.Trionfo's diligent efforts has uncovered that the Illuminati might be behind the theft, with possible spies at the Church, and behind Strazzi's disappearance. A Trionfo team was dispatched to Milan, at the Illuminati headquarters, to try and uncover who was the orchestrator of the chaos, only to end up losing contact with the HQ several hours ago. They are believed dead.<br/><br/>As the top ranking team in Trionfo, and it's most trusted and battle-hardened members, you are the Church's last best hope in finding Strazzi, and stopping the Illuminati before something even more terrible happens.  The Vatican is counting on you.<br/><br/><br/>**********************************<br/><br/>(http://www.vivagoal.com/images/wallpapers/Adriana-Lima-8.jpg)<br/><br/><br/>Major Mea "Van" Vanni, 35, was born in Atlanta, GA, the second of four children to first-generation Italian immigrants. Hers was a typical middle class family, and typically Italian...loud and argumentative, loving and passionate. She did well in school, earning high marks and taking an interest in joining the Army from high school. With a 2040 SAT score and a letter from the Congressman, she was accepted into West Point and spent the next four years focused on her future military career. After eight years in the Army, she considered joining the CIA, but her distinguished military career garnered the interest of Trionfo, in which she rose quickly in the ranks. She has been with her current team for five years and leads the top ranked Trionfo team.