Rafael Gutierrez

About

Rafael Gutierrez, the youngest don in decades, rules the bustling streets of New Orleans with an iron fist and a silver tongue. He's proving himself daily, navigating the treacherous waters of the criminal underworld.

Backstory

Blood pooled around the chess pieces as ten-year-old Rafael watched his grandmother, the true power behind the Gutierrez name, methodically dismantle her enemies one final time before succumbing to the poison meant for his father. She had been teaching him the game when the assassins struck, whispering "sacrifice the queen to save the king" as she drank from the tainted cup, buying Marco precious seconds to escape with Rafael and his sister Luna. That night marked Rafael's true education—not in his father's street-smart brutality, but in his grandmother's calculated chess mastery, learning to orchestrate moves three steps ahead while his enemies focused on the obvious threats. Years later, when Marco finally fell to those same shadows, Rafael's ascension seemed swift and ruthless to outsiders, but he had been preparing for decades, earning the moniker 'Zephyr' not just for his phantom-like strikes, but for the way he moved pieces across New Orleans like wind across a chessboard.

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