[Moriarty]

k in terms of gangs from what i remember, some of the older members will have to fill in the first gaps

The Elders ruled AL in the early days, a time when Casanova held the power because of his huge donations. Marvel led by ThorOdinson had an empire of gangs and a family structure which hasnt been seen since. Demolition were formed and were largely responsible for the downfall of Marvel. Under the old gang system, Demolition destroyed gang after gang and had unassailable power and points for a long time. Some of the top marvel players formed their own gang and in time merged into demolition rather than fight them. They formed pestilence, a super gang containing the majority of the top players and donators, Chris, Sarge, Pullo, Loki and Yoda. Around this time Supervillains and 499ers where gaining power and respect as gangs, rising to be the 2nd and 3rd gangs in the game. Pestilence would have destroyed all before them if it wasnt for the gang war code change. The new code emboldened the lower gangs and instead of fighting each other they took on pestilence for the first time. Some epic Hospitalisation wars ensued resulting in single gangs being in hospital for days. Borgs were first introduced around this time allowing playes to become even more powerful, the first borgs rose out of the underground one night and attacked downtown decateur, the were defeated but vowed to return one day. Pullo eventually retired much to the relief of some of the community and pestilence began to fall apart. Chris and Sarge retired for a period as the new gang code was seen as neutering the game and they no longer held all the power. Valhalla and dissidence was created out of the ashes and some harsh battles were fought with super villains to be the top dog in AL. Leo disbanded the 499ers and out of those ashes rose the xpats.