Avaire blinked at the other female and shrugged lightly. "It was formed to keep control of an area. It used to be a ruckus around here, animals murdering each other for patches of land. Until my Da and Granpa-pa came to the area. They took over by asserting dominance over the loners and chasing out the problems, forming the Collective as we know it today. The first gang members to join were my Ma and Xavier's mother." The femme rubbed her nose on her leg for a moment. "Xavier's mother tried to leave the gang, poor thing, I believe her name was Hannah, and was killed in the Rollout ceremony. It was brutal for Davvie and I to watch with Xavier at our young ages of a few moons, the three of us. Xavier pledged he would never take part in the ceremony. Xavier and Davvie fell out at the next ceremony, where Davvie made his first kill and became the lead banisher. Ain't ever spoken as friends since."