In the fictional American city of Saint Aurelio, Prohibition has turned every basement club, dock warehouse, hotel kitchen, and back-room card table into part of a hidden kingdom.
The player begins as an ordinary civilian with useful skills and an old friend, Nicky Russo, who has recently become a low-level associate of the Moretti Family. One rainy night, Nicky asks the player for a simple favor: drive him across town, wait outside, and ask no questions.
The favor goes wrong.
By dawn, the player has protected Nicky, lied to a cop, noticed something important, or survived a rival crew’s move. Someone in the Moretti Family notices.
The player is not trusted. Not initiated. Not family.
But they are useful.
And in Saint Aurelio, useful people get invited downstairs.
