Dvali

The Dvali, Dvali family or Dvalis is an organized crime syndicate that operates in Eastern Europe. It is the largest of its kind in the region. The Dvali originated in Georgia where it was founded in the by Iakob Dvali and his sons.

As of 2028, the head of the Dvalis in Czech Republic and surrounding areas is Radich Nikoladze, who is based in Prague. His power is consistently under challenge from other close resident cousins of the Dvali family such as the Botkovelis, who are headed by Nikoladze's second in command Otar Botkoveli. Another family, the Kadleks, headed by Máša Kadlek, remains influential but unlikely to assume control due to their native Czech roots.

Criminal Activities
The Dvali family's activities include arms trafficking, drug distribution (including black market Neuropozyne), theft, extortion, smuggling, gambling, prostitution. Slow to embrace new technologies, they have only recently begun exploring the possibilities of cybercrimes such as hacking, electronic theft, and illegal tracking, although they are perfectly at home with finding clients online, and covering their tracks while doing so.

Their primary criminal activity, however, is human trafficking - either willingly as fugitives from the law or unwillingly as slaves. With a smoothly-functioning pipeline already in place across Europe and parts of the Middle East, the Dvalis are well-situated to capitalize on Human Augmentation Technology, treating kidnapped Augs as just another - and very lucrative - specialty item on the prostitution menu. And when transporting live cargo proves impractical, they are quite content to traffic the augmentation parts alone, acquiring them through whatever means necessary.

Troops
Dvali thugs can be identified by their brown jackets with their family logo on the back. If the jacket wasn't enough of a give-away, their insults and combat dialogue make it extremely easy to tell them apart from other enemies. Dvali thugs have a bit more durability than other thugs, metro cops, assorted low-lives, and some merchant bodyguards, but it rarely amounts to anything more than Adam needing one more bullet to finish them off.

Low ranked Dvali are fairly young, no older than their early- to mid twenties, have few if any tattoos, and occasionally wear baseball caps, shades, glasses, and other embellishments. Occasionally, you'll see certain 'young brothers' employ frag grenades if Adam sticks to cover for too long, but this is very rare. They wield pistols, and machine pistols. Rarely, you'll see some with shotguns. Their accuracy's poor, regardless of what weapon they're equipped with. They lack the metro cops' discipline, so rather than hold good defensive positions and only ever giving them up when all is lost, a crafty player can slay/incapacitate merely a single young thug, then run off. It'll be about 3 seconds before the rest of the group leaves their cover to pursue Adam. They have the lowest morale of all the game's enemies, and if caught by surprise, will scatter like headless chicken. One can also effectively pin them down in buildings, behind cars, etc. simply by taking potshots with any of the weapons that cause terror (full-auto pistol, sniper rifle, classic diamondback, etc.)

Associated Locations

 * Dvali Theatre - a derelict theatre in Prague that serves as the Dvali headquarters.
 * Red Queen - a strip club owned by Máša Kadlek.