The Dampier Family has been involved in organized crime since before the Old Hero Queen was alive. Though primarly they run out of Bloodstone, they are known to have associates in Westcliff, Bowerstone, Rookridge and the Bandit Coast. Their current leader, Portia Dampier, has paid for assassins or more than one occassion, sighting Cera Augustine as her favourite, despite their obvious dislike for each other.