I suffer and go hungry. I struggle and fail to find an income that will allow me to be comfortable. Everything outside of that is a screaming blur that sometimes steals the bread from my mouth.

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Mage, because if I'm going to be bothered then I want magic.

Enough money to never work again, be comfortable, and live in isolation, preferably in the woods.

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I haven't been able to find decent work. I got laid off a year ago. I got a bunch of certifications in that time, and none of it helped. I'm hungry a lot and I'm worried about losing my house.

I'm absolutely not ok.

Agreed.

Pick a geographic location, then name the cartel after it then. Make up a location if you have to.

A cartel of what? What are they a cartel of?