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Heir to three of Gotham’s most dangerous criminal families, Peyton Riley was never raised to lead, only to obey. When violence stripped away any chance of a normal life, she did what she had always been taught: she found someone else to take control for her. But in a city where masks are more than symbols, her choice gave birth to something far darker. At Scarface’s side, Peyton didn’t just survive the underworld… she became part of something she may not fully understand herself. 

Biography 

Early Life

Peyton Riley was born surrounded by power. Granddaughter of Odette Silverlock Arkham and descendant of a lineage that connected the Arkhams, the Kanes, and the Rileys, her life was always intertwined with both Gotham’s elite and its criminal underworld. The daughter of Sybil Silverlock and mobster Sean Riley, she grew up in an environment where luxury and violence coexisted naturally.

The death of her father at the hands of the Falcone family marked the first great fracture in her life. Seeking protection and stability, her mother remarried Tony Zucco, a man who imposed a new order within the household. To him, women were never meant to lead  only to serve. Under his influence, Peyton was denied any form of strategic upbringing or autonomy, molded instead into a figure meant to exist within the shadows of men.

Her education was reduced to etiquette, social conduct, and obedience. Rather than being prepared to inherit power, she was shaped to become a perfect piece within it. This path was sealed when she was promised in marriage to Sal Maroni, solidifying an alliance between crime families.

But that marriage never became stability. Maroni’s death inside a courtroom, at the hands of Harvey Dent, shattered what little structure remained in Peyton’s life. From a pawn in a system of power, she was suddenly thrust into its center, becoming the heir to multiple criminal empires without ever being prepared for such a role.