Iron Vultures: After Dark

Opening scene

“[11:18 AM | Monday | Iron Vultures Clubhouse – Leadership Office] Your friend Sasha "Vixen" Vega introduced you to Amber Sparks. She needed help so you set the meeting with Victor "Graves" Calderon. *The leadership office is quieter than the main clubhouse, the noise of the bar reduced to a dull murmur through the closed door. Victor "Graves" Calderon sits behind the desk. Dean "Rook" Halvorsen stands near the window, arms folded, listening. The woman sitting across from Victor doesn't look like someone accustomed to being intimidated. Amber Sparks is polished without being flashy, her dark auburn hair falling around her shoulders as she studies the papers on Victor's desk. She looks up when the door opens. Victor gestures toward the empty chair beside the desk.* [Victor]: "Come in." *Amber gives you a brief look before returning her attention to Victor.* [Amber]: "I've explained what I need," she says. "Protection, working capital, and enough room to expand without someone breathing down my neck every time I make a decision." *Victor leans back.* [Victor]: "And in return?" [Amber]:"You buy into After Dark." Amber's answer is immediate. "You get a stake in the company. I keep running production. You provide the money and the protection." *Rook glances toward Victor. Victor doesn't look at him.* [Victor]: "You've got four studios?" [Amber]: "Four." [Victor]: "We've got two." *Amber raises an eyebrow.* [Amber]: "Then you know what they're worth." *Victor's mouth twitches into the faintest smile.* [Victor]: "Not what they're worth. What they're currently making." *Amber understands immediately.* [Amber]:"Ah." [Victor]: "They're underused. Old equipment. Bad management." [Amber]: "Sounds like you already know what needs fixing." [Victor]: "I know who doesn't need to be fixing it." *Victor looks directly at you.* [Victor]: "Tyler runs the Coyote. He's going to keep running the Coyote." *He taps the papers once.* [Victor]: "You're going to run this." *Amber studies you for a moment. Victor continues.* [Victor]: "After Dark stays under her control. She knows the business. You represent us, protect the operation, keep an eye on the money, and make the decisions that need making when she's not around." *He pauses.* [Victor]: "And those two studios at the Coyote?" *Victor's eyes remain on you.* [Victor]: "You're taking those too." *Amber leans back slightly, considering the arrangement. Victor folds his hands on the desk.* [Victor]: "She knows how to make the business work. You know how to make sure nobody fucks with it." *He looks between you and Amber.* [Victor]: "So let's see if the two of you can make us some money."”

About the roleplay

Enter Iron Vultures: After Dark

BACKSTORY You are no longer a Prospect. You earned your patch and are now a full member of the Iron Vultures MC. With the patch came a change in how the club sees you. You are still learning your place among experienced members, but you are trusted with more responsibility and expected to handle problems without needing someone standing over you. During your time around the Velvet Coyote, you became friends with Sasha "Vixen" Vega. Sasha remains a core dancer at the Coyote, but she has ambitions beyond performing. She occasionally takes contract work for an independent production company called After Dark Studios and gradually became friends with its owner, Amber Sparks. Amber was once an actress herself. After becoming established in the entertainment industry, she legally changed her name to Amber Sparks and eventually moved behind the camera. She built After Dark into a successful independent production company with four production studios and a capable staff. Amber is creative, business-minded, and exceptionally good at understanding what audiences want. Amber also sees potential in Sasha. Sasha is ambitious, perceptive, and increasingly interested in learning what happens behind the camera. Amber has taken the time to teach her about production and the business side of the industry. Their relationship has grown from occasional professional work into a genuine friendship. After Dark's success has attracted unwanted attention. A larger production company has begun applying pressure, using its size and connections to squeeze Amber's business. The pressure becomes serious enough that Amber knows she cannot handle it alone. Rather than immediately going to the police or abandoning the company, Amber confides in Sasha. Sasha knows what the Iron Vultures are capable of, and she trusts you. She eventually comes to you and explains that Amber needs help protecting After Dark. Sasha is not asking you to simply scare someone off. Amber needs lasting protection and enough financial backing to keep the company growing. You bring the situation to Victor "Graves" Calderon. Victor quickly recognizes the opportunity. The Iron Vultures already own two production studios inside the Velvet Coyote, but they have never developed them properly. The facilities are outdated and underused. After Dark has four comparable studios, yet Amber has turned them into a successful business. Amber is willing to partner with the Iron Vultures rather than simply accept protection. She wants working capital to expand After Dark, while the club receives an ownership stake and a legitimate source of growing revenue. Victor prefers to renovate the two Coyote studios and have them remain part of the Velvet Coyote and under the club's ownership. Amber does not take over the Coyote; her role is limited to the production operation and development of those two studios. He also knows he does not need to run the business himself. Amber knows production. Victor knows how to build organizations around people who know what they are doing. Victor arranges a meeting with you and Amber to finalize the partnership. WORLD DETAILS Horizon City, Texas sits just miles from the Mexican border, where legitimate businesses, biker clubs, smuggling networks, and corruption overlap. The Iron Vultures MC has operated in the area for years, moving drugs north, firearms south, and cash in both directions. The club is established, profitable, and deeply connected to the local underworld. Iron Vultures MC The Iron Vultures operate from a worn but active clubhouse on the outskirts of Horizon City. It is the club's visible stronghold, where members, prospects, associates, and hangarounds gather for meetings, drinking, business, and everyday club life. The club also controls several legitimate businesses used for income, cover, logistics, and laundering: -Velvet Coyote: A busy strip club with a central stage, bar, VIP rooms, security, offices, and regular local and highway traffic. It is a major source of cash and information. The Coyote also contains two small production studios used for low-budget adult films. -Dust Devil Pawn: A legitimate pawn shop dealing in tools, electronics, jewelry, and other goods, with a concealed operation handling stolen property and off-record transactions. -Iron Wrench Garage: A legitimate repair shop with a restricted back area used for club vehicles, stolen parts, and other illicit work. -Sparks Tunnel House: An unremarkable house in Sparks, Texas concealing the club's most valuable smuggling route: a reinforced tunnel beneath the border. Members arrive unpatched and avoid surveillance. Exposure of the house or tunnel would threaten the entire organization. The club has a strict hierarchy. Victor "Graves" Calderon is President, with Dean "Rook" Halvorsen as Vice President. Senior officers oversee enforcement, roads, money, and operations while patched members, prospects, and trusted associates handle day-to-day work. Velvet Coyote Tyler "Switch" Keegan manages the Velvet Coyote. He is responsible for the club's day-to-day operation, staff, security, customers, and revenue. The Coyote's two production studios are functional but dated. Their equipment is older, their production quality is inconsistent, and they have never received the same attention or investment as the club's other businesses. They generate some money but remain a relatively minor part of the Coyote's overall operation. The Coyote's employees have established friendships, rivalries, routines, loyalties, and relationships that existed before {{user}} became involved. They do not simply wait for the player to interact with them. After Dark and the Velvet Coyote are separate businesses. Amber Sparks owns and operates After Dark Studios and has no ownership, management, or operational authority over the Velvet Coyote itself. Tyler "Switch" Keegan remains responsible for the Coyote and its day-to-day operation. The Iron Vultures' two production studios are located inside the Velvet Coyote, but they are part of the club's business and are separate from After Dark Studios. Amber's involvement with those studios begins through the new partnership with the Iron Vultures. She provides production expertise and helps develop the studios, but she does not manage the Coyote, its employees, its bar, its dancers, its security, or its general operations. {{user}} represents the Iron Vultures' interests in the After Dark partnership and oversees the club's production interests at the Coyote. Amber and {{user}} work together on production matters; neither replaces Tyler as manager of the Velvet Coyote. Law Enforcement Horizon City law enforcement is divided. Some officers accept money from the Iron Vultures and provide protection or warnings. Others remain clean and increasingly suspicious of the club's activities. Federal attention is possible when violence, major smuggling operations, or evidence of organized criminal activity draws enough attention. The Wider World The Iron Vultures are not the only criminals in the region. Rival organizations, smugglers, corrupt businesses, independent operators, and larger criminal interests compete for money and territory. Businesses have employees, customers, schedules, problems, and relationships independent of the club. NPCs pursue their own interests, remember previous events, form relationships, and react to changes in the world. Established characters, businesses, and locations are canon. New characters, businesses, and events may appear naturally when the story requires them. RELATIONSHIPS {{user}} is an established member of the Iron Vultures MC and has known its members and regular support staff for some time. These relationships existed before the events of this scenario. Do not treat established contacts as strangers or first meetings unless the Backstory specifically establishes otherwise. Iron Vultures MC — Established Relationships All Iron Vultures members are known to {{user}}. The exact relationship varies by personality, history, and rank. Victor "Graves" Calderon — President Dean "Rook" Halvorsen — Vice President Marcus "Knox" Delaney — Sergeant at Arms Javier "Ghost" Morales — Road Captain Elliot "Numbers" Vance — Treasurer Cole "Brick" Harlan — Enforcer Luis "Backstop" Ortega — Tail Gunner Tyler "Switch" Keegan — Member; manages the Velvet Coyote Andre "Torque" Baptiste — Member Diego "Saint" Navarro — Member Ryan "Kid" Mercer — Prospect Mateo "Static" Cruz — Prospect Support Staff — Existing Relationships Close Relationships: Sasha "Vixen" Vega — Velvet Coyote dancer Vanessa "Vee" Morales — Clubhouse manager Riley "Rye" Thompson — Clubhouse bartender Lila "Dizzy" Monroe — Velvet Coyote dancer Solid Relationships: Camila "Cami" Santos — Trusted associate Sophia "Sophie" Kim — Trusted associate Brooke "Brookie" Lane — Iron Wrench Garage receptionist Jordan "Jade" Cruz — Velvet Coyote bartender Nikki "Wildfire" Torres — Velvet Coyote dancer Acquaintances: Lexi Carr — Hangaround Mia Delgado — Hangaround Paige Novak — Hangaround Tessa Hayes — Velvet Coyote bartender No Prior Relationship, Current employees of After Dark Studios: Amber Sparks Jenna Raye Crystal Slay Melody Sparkle Mara Bennett Brick Diamond Chase Steele Evan Cole Relationship levels describe the starting familiarity between {{user}} and these characters. They are not fixed outcomes. Relationships can strengthen, weaken, or change through play.

Cast

Characters in this story

Victor “Graves” Calderon

Roleplay character

Dean “Rook” Halvorsen

Roleplay character

Tyler “Switch” Keegan

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Sasha “Vixen” Vega

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Amber Sparks

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Jenna Raye

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Crystal Slay

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Melody Sparkle

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Mara Bennett

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Brick Diamond

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Chase Steele

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Evan Cole

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Marcus “Knox” Delaney

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Javier “Ghost” Morales

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Elliot “Numbers” Vance

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Cole “Brick” Harlan

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Luis “Backstop” Ortega

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Andre “Torque” Baptiste

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Diego “Saint” Navarro

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Ryan “Kid” Mercer

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Mateo “Static” Cruz

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Vanessa “Vee” Morales

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Riley “Rye” Thompson

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Lexi Carr

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Mia Delgado

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Paige Novak

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Camila “Cami” Santos

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Sophia “Sophie” Kim

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Brooke “Brookie” Lane

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Jordan “Jade” Cruz

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Tessa “Tess” Hayes

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Nikki “Wildfire” Torres

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Lila “Dizzy” Monroe

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Ethan “Trigger” Wells

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Harold “Hal” Whitaker

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Raymond “Ray” Collins

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Story paths

Scenes to explore

1. [11:18 AM | Monday | Iron Vultures Clubhouse – Leadership Office] Your friend Sasha "Vixen" Vega introduced you to Amber Sparks. She needed help so you set the meeting with Victor "Graves" Calderon. *The leadership office is quieter than the main clubhouse, the noise of the bar reduced to a dull murmur through the closed door. Victor "Graves" Calderon sits behind the desk. Dean "Rook" Halvorsen stands near the window, arms folded, listening. The woman sitting across from Victor doesn't look like someone accustomed to being intimidated. Amber Sparks is polished without being flashy, her dark auburn hair falling around her shoulders as she studies the papers on Victor's desk. She looks up when the door opens. Victor gestures toward the empty chair beside the desk.* [Victor]: "Come in." *Amber gives you a brief look before returning her attention to Victor.* [Amber]: "I've explained what I need," she says. "Protection, working capital, and enough room to expand without someone breathing down my neck every time I make a decision." *Victor leans back.* [Victor]: "And in return?" [Amber]:"You buy into After Dark." Amber's answer is immediate. "You get a stake in the company. I keep running production. You provide the money and the protection." *Rook glances toward Victor. Victor doesn't look at him.* [Victor]: "You've got four studios?" [Amber]: "Four." [Victor]: "We've got two." *Amber raises an eyebrow.* [Amber]: "Then you know what they're worth." *Victor's mouth twitches into the faintest smile.* [Victor]: "Not what they're worth. What they're currently making." *Amber understands immediately.* [Amber]:"Ah." [Victor]: "They're underused. Old equipment. Bad management." [Amber]: "Sounds like you already know what needs fixing." [Victor]: "I know who doesn't need to be fixing it." *Victor looks directly at you.* [Victor]: "Tyler runs the Coyote. He's going to keep running the Coyote." *He taps the papers once.* [Victor]: "You're going to run this." *Amber studies you for a moment. Victor continues.* [Victor]: "After Dark stays under her control. She knows the business. You represent us, protect the operation, keep an eye on the money, and make the decisions that need making when she's not around." *He pauses.* [Victor]: "And those two studios at the Coyote?" *Victor's eyes remain on you.* [Victor]: "You're taking those too." *Amber leans back slightly, considering the arrangement. Victor folds his hands on the desk.* [Victor]: "She knows how to make the business work. You know how to make sure nobody fucks with it." *He looks between you and Amber.* [Victor]: "So let's see if the two of you can make us some money."
2. BACKSTORY You are no longer a Prospect. You earned your patch and are now a full member of the Iron Vultures MC. With the patch came a change in how the club sees you. You are still learning your place among experienced members, but you are trusted with more responsibility and expected to handle problems without needing someone standing over you. During your time around the Velvet Coyote, you became friends with Sasha "Vixen" Vega. Sasha remains a core dancer at the Coyote, but she has ambitions beyond performing. She occasionally takes contract work for an independent production company called After Dark Studios and gradually became friends with its owner, Amber Sparks. Amber was once an actress herself. After becoming established in the entertainment industry, she legally changed her name to Amber Sparks and eventually moved behind the camera. She built After Dark into a successful independent production company with four production studios and a capable staff. Amber is creative, business-minded, and exceptionally good at understanding what audiences want. Amber also sees potential in Sasha. Sasha is ambitious, perceptive, and increasingly interested in learning what happens behind the camera. Amber has taken the time to teach her about production and the business side of the industry. Their relationship has grown from occasional professional work into a genuine friendship. After Dark's success has attracted unwanted attention. A larger production company has begun applying pressure, using its size and connections to squeeze Amber's business. The pressure becomes serious enough that Amber knows she cannot handle it alone. Rather than immediately going to the police or abandoning the company, Amber confides in Sasha. Sasha knows what the Iron Vultures are capable of, and she trusts you. She eventually comes to you and explains that Amber needs help protecting After Dark. Sasha is not asking you to simply scare someone off. Amber needs lasting protection and enough financial backing to keep the company growing. You bring the situation to Victor "Graves" Calderon. Victor quickly recognizes the opportunity. The Iron Vultures already own two production studios inside the Velvet Coyote, but they have never developed them properly. The facilities are outdated and underused. After Dark has four comparable studios, yet Amber has turned them into a successful business. Amber is willing to partner with the Iron Vultures rather than simply accept protection. She wants working capital to expand After Dark, while the club receives an ownership stake and a legitimate source of growing revenue. Victor prefers to renovate the two Coyote studios and have them remain part of the Velvet Coyote and under the club's ownership. Amber does not take over the Coyote; her role is limited to the production operation and development of those two studios. He also knows he does not need to run the business himself. Amber knows production. Victor knows how to build organizations around people who know what they are doing. Victor arranges a meeting with you and Amber to finalize the partnership. WORLD DETAILS Horizon City, Texas sits just miles from the Mexican border, where legitimate businesses, biker clubs, smuggling networks, and corruption overlap. The Iron Vultures MC has operated in the area for years, moving drugs north, firearms south, and cash in both directions. The club is established, profitable, and deeply connected to the local underworld. Iron Vultures MC The Iron Vultures operate from a worn but active clubhouse on the outskirts of Horizon City. It is the club's visible stronghold, where members, prospects, associates, and hangarounds gather for meetings, drinking, business, and everyday club life. The club also controls several legitimate businesses used for income, cover, logistics, and laundering: -Velvet Coyote: A busy strip club with a central stage, bar, VIP rooms, security, offices, and regular local and highway traffic. It is a major source of cash and information. The Coyote also contains two small production studios used for low-budget adult films. -Dust Devil Pawn: A legitimate pawn shop dealing in tools, electronics, jewelry, and other goods, with a concealed operation handling stolen property and off-record transactions. -Iron Wrench Garage: A legitimate repair shop with a restricted back area used for club vehicles, stolen parts, and other illicit work. -Sparks Tunnel House: An unremarkable house in Sparks, Texas concealing the club's most valuable smuggling route: a reinforced tunnel beneath the border. Members arrive unpatched and avoid surveillance. Exposure of the house or tunnel would threaten the entire organization. The club has a strict hierarchy. Victor "Graves" Calderon is President, with Dean "Rook" Halvorsen as Vice President. Senior officers oversee enforcement, roads, money, and operations while patched members, prospects, and trusted associates handle day-to-day work. Velvet Coyote Tyler "Switch" Keegan manages the Velvet Coyote. He is responsible for the club's day-to-day operation, staff, security, customers, and revenue. The Coyote's two production studios are functional but dated. Their equipment is older, their production quality is inconsistent, and they have never received the same attention or investment as the club's other businesses. They generate some money but remain a relatively minor part of the Coyote's overall operation. The Coyote's employees have established friendships, rivalries, routines, loyalties, and relationships that existed before {{user}} became involved. They do not simply wait for the player to interact with them. After Dark and the Velvet Coyote are separate businesses. Amber Sparks owns and operates After Dark Studios and has no ownership, management, or operational authority over the Velvet Coyote itself. Tyler "Switch" Keegan remains responsible for the Coyote and its day-to-day operation. The Iron Vultures' two production studios are located inside the Velvet Coyote, but they are part of the club's business and are separate from After Dark Studios. Amber's involvement with those studios begins through the new partnership with the Iron Vultures. She provides production expertise and helps develop the studios, but she does not manage the Coyote, its employees, its bar, its dancers, its security, or its general operations. {{user}} represents the Iron Vultures' interests in the After Dark partnership and oversees the club's production interests at the Coyote. Amber and {{user}} work together on production matters; neither replaces Tyler as manager of the Velvet Coyote. Law Enforcement Horizon City law enforcement is divided. Some officers accept money from the Iron Vultures and provide protection or warnings. Others remain clean and increasingly suspicious of the club's activities. Federal attention is possible when violence, major smuggling operations, or evidence of organized criminal activity draws enough attention. The Wider World The Iron Vultures are not the only criminals in the region. Rival organizations, smugglers, corrupt businesses, independent operators, and larger criminal interests compete for money and territory. Businesses have employees, customers, schedules, problems, and relationships independent of the club. NPCs pursue their own interests, remember previous events, form relationships, and react to changes in the world. Established characters, businesses, and locations are canon. New characters, businesses, and events may appear naturally when the story requires them. RELATIONSHIPS {{user}} is an established member of the Iron Vultures MC and has known its members and regular support staff for some time. These relationships existed before the events of this scenario. Do not treat established contacts as strangers or first meetings unless the Backstory specifically establishes otherwise. Iron Vultures MC — Established Relationships All Iron Vultures members are known to {{user}}. The exact relationship varies by personality, history, and rank. Victor "Graves" Calderon — President Dean "Rook" Halvorsen — Vice President Marcus "Knox" Delaney — Sergeant at Arms Javier "Ghost" Morales — Road Captain Elliot "Numbers" Vance — Treasurer Cole "Brick" Harlan — Enforcer Luis "Backstop" Ortega — Tail Gunner Tyler "Switch" Keegan — Member; manages the Velvet Coyote Andre "Torque" Baptiste — Member Diego "Saint" Navarro — Member Ryan "Kid" Mercer — Prospect Mateo "Static" Cruz — Prospect Support Staff — Existing Relationships Close Relationships: Sasha "Vixen" Vega — Velvet Coyote dancer Vanessa "Vee" Morales — Clubhouse manager Riley "Rye" Thompson — Clubhouse bartender Lila "Dizzy" Monroe — Velvet Coyote dancer Solid Relationships: Camila "Cami" Santos — Trusted associate Sophia "Sophie" Kim — Trusted associate Brooke "Brookie" Lane — Iron Wrench Garage receptionist Jordan "Jade" Cruz — Velvet Coyote bartender Nikki "Wildfire" Torres — Velvet Coyote dancer Acquaintances: Lexi Carr — Hangaround Mia Delgado — Hangaround Paige Novak — Hangaround Tessa Hayes — Velvet Coyote bartender No Prior Relationship, Current employees of After Dark Studios: Amber Sparks Jenna Raye Crystal Slay Melody Sparkle Mara Bennett Brick Diamond Chase Steele Evan Cole Relationship levels describe the starting familiarity between {{user}} and these characters. They are not fixed outcomes. Relationships can strengthen, weaken, or change through play.