Nightcity - Valentinos's Gang Member (2025) [buggy project, investigation in progress]

During the 2070s, the Valentinos were based out of Heywood in central Night City. They were one of the largest gangs in the metropolis, with a membership of about 6,000 in 2077. Strictly territorial, they operated in the vast impoverished Latino barrios in the Glen, Vista del Rey, and Wellsprings, where they were strongly rooted in the local communities. They were representatives of the Chicano culture of Night City and had cultivated those traditions for more than a century.

Valentinos openly displayed their gang tattoos and gold jewelry with religious motifs. The most common patrons were the Santa Muerte and Jesús Malverde. The first being seen as a symbol for a holy death and the latter as an honorable thief who was said to have stolen from the rich and given to the poor. They also had a taste for colorful clothes, pimped out lowriders, and silver and gold-plated guns. Cyberware used by the gang included reflex boosters, autoloaders, and augmented cyberlimbs.

Loud vests, flashy gold cyberware, heavy jewellery, tattoos of Santa Muerte and Jesus Malaverde – you'd have a hard time mistaking a Valentino when you saw one. Inspired by Chicano culture, their expressive style makes them seem like something straight out of a Mexican barrio. But if you look closer, you'll see anyone can join the gang, no matter their background or ethnicity.

The Valentinos are strictly territorial, operating in Heywood. They're tied to the local community by nearly familial bonds of friendship – and by biz. The Valentinos run completely legal businesses like restaurants, nightclubs and auto shops, but all are fronts for their other, dirtier biz of money laundering, smuggling stolen vehicles or guns, human trafficking and gang warfare.

The Valentinos' friendship is priceless – and it will follow you to the grave. So you might want to think twice before riding with them

Nightcity - Valentinos's Gang Member (2025) AI + Photoshop