Chauncey Santelo

"'I promise I won't fail you. Just let me earn my bones.'"Chauncey Merlin Santelo was an Associate and later Soldato of The Forelli Crime Family. He is also a cousin to the Forelli Capo 'Brizio 'Scotch' Trevisani. '

Appearence
Chauncey was a young nineteen year old man who stood at 5'9 with light brown hair and dark brown eyes. He always wore a fedora and a orange button-up shirt with leather coat, dark blue khakis and black dress shoes and a black leather belt.

Though in 1945, He was only thirteen years old and wore the same coat (Which was oversized) but buttoned up and a winter hat. He stood at 5'6.

Personality
Chauncey was always a kind and helpful young man, but wanted desperately to be in the Mafia and had unrealistic expectations for it. He also was easily swayed and manipulated, an example was Jack Yutanglos using him as a informat and servant.

He looked up to his second-cousin Brizo Trevisani due to his mafia influence and the fact hes powerful and well known in the criminal underworld.

Biography
Chauncey was born in Lost Heaven, 1932 to a Italian Plumber and an unknown Italian mother. He was first held by his Second-Cousin Brizo Trevisani and his mother died of sickness while in the hospital. When Chauncey was a child he and his father would move to Empire Bay to start a new life. Brizio and Chauncey would be close and Brizio would allow eight year old Chauncey to ride with him. Chauncey would witness Brizio stab a rival Gang-Member to death and instead of being scared, he seen it as a way to be a true man, Like his cousin.

When Chauncey turned ten, Brizio would invite Chauncey into the Maltese Falcon and he witnessed Brizio cutting the finger off of a chef who owed him money, Chauncey was even more inspired to be a Mobster.

Chauncey would turn eleven and would begin delving into the Empire Bay Underworld by spying on Forelli Family gang members in the Maltese Falcon. He became an informat for his cousin and the youngest one at that. He would meet Jack Yutanglos when he was Twelve and would become close to him and see him as a big brother, though, Jack simply seem him as a tool and informat.

When Chauncey turned Thirteen, he would meet Yutanglos' partner in crime Moses 'Vito' Harlow and become close to him, which Moses would do the same and see Chauncey as his little brother. After Moses was arrested, Chauncey would begin offically intergrating into the Mafia and introducing Jack to Brizio.

Chauncey would be nineteen in 1951 and be an associate in The Forelli Crime Family, he would reunite with Moses and they'd become full partners. He would be made into the family the same year after killing his first person for Brizio, a Leone Crime Family Soldato who made The Forelli don angry for running a garbage route. He would be made and meet a woman in the Maltese Falcon whom he fell in love with and eventually began dating.

Chauncey began developing a drug addiction for pain-killers with his girlfriend and would be a shell of his former self, slacking on his Soldato position he strived so hard to be.

Death
The Forelli Capo, Brizio would be informed of a rat inside of the Maltese Falcon. Brizio quickly called Moses and met with him in a sit down, Moses suggested that maybe the police are making the rat up to make the family paranoid buy Brizio declared Chauncey was the rat. The pills, girlfriend and his age were the main motives and he sent Moses to silence Chauncey. Moses went to Chauncey's apartment and watched him walk inside, Moses stopped the door with his foot and entered, though frightened, Chauncey offered Moses a drink or even some stew. Moses began pulling out his pistol but was stopped after Chauncey ran towards him and pinned him on the wall, Moses' gun slid across the floor, Moses was able to break free and throw Chauncey into his Television.

Chauncey was disorienated and Moses grabbed him by the collar and headbutted him. Chauncey struggled to crawl away but Moses ripped the power cord from the wall and wrapped it around Chauncey's neck and began Strangling him, he began scratching the carpet and kicking his feet but Moses was unphased. After about fifteen minutes, Chauncey stopped struggling and went limp, he was dead.

Moses stood up and began walking out of his apartment, he looked back at Chauncey's corpse with a look of sadness on his face, he realized he was innocent of being a rat. He left and a few hours later, Chauncey's girlfriend would find his body and call the police. He would be buried at Empire Bay Catholic Church.

Moses simply watched the funeral from a distance.

Trivia

 * He was the youngest Soldato in the Forelli Family.
 * He was supposed to take Brizio's role as capo if Brizio was ever killed.
 * Moses would regret killing Chauncey and call his sister to speak about it, this is the only time Moses would show remorse for killing.
 * His girlfriend was revealed to be pregnant shortly after his death.