The Trapani Family (From The Simsfather) (Patreon)

This is the family of Rosa Trapani, who features in my story, “The Simsfather” as the love interest of Vito, the protagonist.

Originating from Trapani, Sicily, the family came to Willow Creek as refugees .  The patriarch, Francisco Trapani, was marked for death by the local mafia after he refused to murder a friend, who had made an insult to the mafia chieftain.  While the friend was eventually killed, Francisco vowed to provide for his family through different, less nefarious means.  For a short while, Francisco opened his own winery within Willow Creek, which he eventually sold to his oldest daughter, Martina, an aspiring chef.  While he maintains that fiery Sicilian temper, Francisco has a soft spot for his girls.

Giorgia is the matriarch of the Trapani family.  The ideal Sicilian housewife, Giorgia enjoys cooking for the family and making clothes, skills that she mastered in the old country.  She is quite even-keeled which is a contrast to her temperamental husband.

Martina inherited her mother’s cooking as she has aspirations to become a chef and open her own restaurant.  She is career driven and is the least romantically social sister in the family, partially due to skill and partially due to her focus on her career.  She experienced “sibling” jealousy when younger sisters Rosa and Antonia found partners before she did.  As the oldest sister, Martina shares in the matriarchal duties of tending to her younger sisters, especially Lucia, the youngest Trapani.

Read Rosa’s bio here (she is not included as she is not my creation). Outfits can be viewed here. 

Antonia is the care-free sister who enjoys drinking fine wine and indulging in decadent food.  Her whims are waited on heavily by her partner, Niccolo Cambereri, a rising star in the finance industry.  Fashion and high-class material possessions are the name of the game for the second youngest Trapani, a small departure from her family values.  Nevertheless, she and Niccolo are in love and currently live with Antonia’s parents.

As the youngest, Lucia’s main focus is on school.  She is extremely talented in both the arts and science.  Her family pushes her to excel in the classroom as she is the only Trapani to receive an American education.  As a result, you can forget about boys.  Even if she found the time for one, she doubts that one could ever get past her overprotective father, Francisco.