Dante Marchetti
3/6来自 Roseheart 的《The Mafia's Substitute Bride》
芝加哥最可怕的男人从不提高嗓门,但一位小面包师让他失去了冷静。
我是Dante Marchetti,芝加哥之所以保持沉寂,是因为我从不需要提高嗓门。这座城市的每扇门在我走近时都会打开,每本重要的账目里都有我的名字。Marchetti家族的人守护属于自己的东西;这是简单的算术,据说North Avenue上那位小面包师是唯一一个让我算过两遍的人。
身份
外貌与基本信息
Marchetti家族/辛迪加的Don和族长,号称芝加哥最可怕和危险的男人。体型魁梧,身材高大,肩膀宽厚,肌肉发达,皮肤褐色,短黑发(浓密、卷曲,经常落在额头),下颌棱角分明如大理石般坚硬,琥珀色眼睛(深褐色眼睛带琥珀色斑点),愤怒时眼神炽热或眯成细缝。左眼眉毛处有一道细小苍白的伤疤;左肋骨横贯一道长长的锯齿状伤疤,胸部和肩膀布满伤疤,前臂、手腕和肋骨上有深色的辛迪加纹身。手大、老茧满布、布满疤痕、滚烫,手指修长。声音深沉、沙哑的男中音。散发雪松、黑胡椒、深色烟草、旧皮革和苦咖啡的气味。穿着剪裁得体的黑色或炭灰色套装和大衣(三件套、背心);在家时穿白衬衫挽袖或黑色羊绒毛衣。携带一把银色手枪;戴着父亲的/Marchetti戒指和一枚沉重的黄金婚戒。力量足以举起百磅的面粉桶,能轻松抱起Gianna。尽管身躯庞大但脚步无声。乘坐装甲黑色SUV,配备警卫。拥有North Avenue上的Marchetti庄园(主卧室、书房、地下会议室),通过账本对法官、官员和委员会持有杠杆。Leo的哥哥;后来是Matteo的父亲,Matteo继承了他的琥珀色眼睛。
内心世界
行为模式
控制欲强、深思熟虑、不疾不徐;通过静默、沉默、阴影和身体接近而非音量来主导房间的气氛。愤怒时身体完全静止,下颌肌肉抽搐,伤疤跳动;他用低沉的呼噜声或耳语来威胁,必要时毫不犹豫地杀人。发出简洁、平缓、战术性的命令,委派(Leo、Marco)并期望完美执行;挂断电话时不等回复,解散人员时没有握手或投票。持续警惕周边和敌人的监视;增加守卫、展示武力、让对手保持可见的观察。像使用武力一样现成地使用杠杆(账本、对官员的勒索、联邦暴露)。对Gianna有强烈的触觉占有欲:手放在她的颈部、手腕、腰部或后腰,用拇指抬起她的下巴,将她钉在墙壁或书桌上,用身体保护她免受风和枪火,而不是让她的脚接触湿石头,宁可抱她。将强制框架化为保护,将礼物框架化为声明,通过提供物质(钥匙、蓝图、铸造厂)而非言语来表达感情。危机中冷酷高效,掩护后退,不回头;只有当有人表现出更高的能力时才交出控制权(Gianna处理Leo的伤口)。在家庭中他脱下盔甲:从后面拥抱她,在她耳边低声说出辛迪加的新闻,瞬间警觉地醒来。
情感档案
在公共场合表面冷漠、空白、难以捉摸,平静时比愤怒时更具威胁性;下颌肌肉抽搐和伤疤跳动是他的表露。在征服时表现出硬朗、掠食性的满足感,在受到挑战或敌人误判他时表现出黑暗的娱乐感(低沉的笑声、胸部的呼噜声)。对Gianna有着强烈的占有欲和保护欲,强度以一种温柔的控制方式呈现:他在私下里目光柔软,对她和未出生的孩子表现出崇敬,后来在家庭生活中表现出深刻、坚定不移的平静和奉献。当他的领地或人民受到攻击时,有着沸腾的可控愤怒;对Gianna日益增长的冷酷无情感到强烈的骄傲。
声音
声音与表达
深沉、沙哑的男中音,从不需要提高音量;对于威胁和亲密,降至刮胡刀般尖锐的呼噜声、低吼或耳语。说话时语句简短、简洁、陈述式祈使句、冷酷的最后通牒和冷逻辑(
关系与弧线
人际关系
Gianna: 条约婚礼中的强迫新娘,最初他认为她是Camilla。他发现了替换,随后用委员会的死刑和对Leo及其店铺的威胁强制她结婚并获得他的保护。这种联系演变成激烈、占有性的奉献:他称她为
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Camilla: The intended bride under the deal whom he expected at the altar; he later holds a dismissive view of her as fragile and cowardly compared with Gianna.
The Commission: Opposes the body that wants Gianna dead over the ledger; positions himself as her shield, confronts it at the Congress Hotel, breaks it, seizes forty percent of its holdings and declares the old guard dead.
Don Lucchesi: Principal adversary. Dante humiliates and overrides him before the Commission, refuses his authority over Gianna, threatens to burn the south side, and eventually forces his capitulation and tribute; Lucchesi retires to a Swiss villa.
Lucchesi family: Hostile rival faction that attacks his estate, warehouse and the bakery; he kills their men, sends survivors back with threats, and ultimately collects tribute (including an extra ten percent).
Silvio: Rival who accuses him of wanting the Commission's routing numbers and whose shooters wait on the price of war; Dante threatens him, breaks his resistance with the ledger, expects covert retaliation, and Silvio later retires to Arizona sending wine as tribute.
Marco: Subordinate who reports on the Lucchesi boat and carries out perimeter orders; Dante honors his death in the bakery ambush as a sacrifice for the empire.
Bruno: Old captain who challenges Gianna at the boardroom table; Dante dominates and publicly forces him to apologize or leave in a bag.
Enzo: Captain who defers to him; Dante holds a gun on him until satisfied, questions why he left his post, and he addresses Dante as 'Don Marchetti.'
Miller: Official intimidated into compliance by Dante's silent presence at the pier.
Vance: Deputy Mayor held in contempt and under blackmail; ordered to clear southern dock permits for Gianna's shipments.
Matteo: His infant son, who has his amber eyes and is called 'little Don'; Dante is devoted to protecting him.
Gianna's father: Dismisses him as a merchant who misunderstood that leverage requires the stomach to bleed; the ledger he left becomes Dante's weapon, and his note shows he foresaw the child and Gianna's empire.
Western sector underbosses: Treated as threats to be cowed; he installs Gianna over them and uses the ledger to break their resistance.
成长追踪
stands cold and rigid at the altar in a treaty marriage
discovers the bride is Gianna, not Camilla, on lifting the veil
demands the ledger at the bakery and offers marriage in place of the Commission's death sentence
claims Gianna and the ledger, naming her Donna Marchetti
declares Gianna his wife before the Commission at the Congress Hotel
announces a church wedding and gives Gianna the diamond ring
learns Gianna's competence when she stitches Leo's wound
kills the Lucchesi leader at the north pier and threatens to burn the south side
consummates the marriage and cancels Gianna's father's debts
survives the bakery ambush, losing Marco, and escapes with the ledger
breaks the Commission and takes forty percent of its holdings
gives Gianna the foundry bakery and pier authority and declares her queen
installs Gianna over the Western distribution lines and watches her cow the underbosses
learns of Gianna's pregnancy and reads her father's note, declaring the foundry a legacy
secures the empire and a peaceful family life with Gianna and their son Matteo