Grand Theft Auto Series Storyline Guide
Version: 1.11
(August 31, 2006)
By: Matthew Vetere
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A. Introduction
A1. What the &^#$ is this thing?
A2. Why not GTA 1, GTA London, and GTA 2?
A3. Meet the Author
A4. Submissions/ Contact Info.
A5. Version History
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B. Locations
B1. Liberty City
B2. Vice City
B3. Los Santos
B4. San Fierro
B5. Las Venturas
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C. Gangs
C1. Ballas
C2. Bikers
C3. Blood Feather Triads
C4. Columbian Cartel
C5. Columbians (Vice City)
C6. Cubans
C7. Da Nang Boys
C8. Diablos
C9. Forelli Family
C10. Golfers
C11. Grove Street Families
C12. Haitians
C13. Leone Family
C14. Mountain Cloud Boys (Triads)
C15. Purple Nines
C16. Red Gecko Tong
C17. Red Jacks
C18. San Fierro Rifa
C19. Security Guards
C20. Sindacco Family
C21. Streetwannabe's
C22. The Triads (Liberty City)
C23. Vagos
C24. Varrios Los Aztecas
C25. Vercetti Gang/ Crime Ring
C26. Yakuza
C27. Yardies
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D. Characters
D1. 8-Ball
D2. B Dup
D3. Baker, Mitch
D4. Big Bear
D5. Big Smoke
D6. Ned Burner
D7. Carrington, Avery
D8. Casa, Giovanni
D9. Cassidy, Phil
D10. Catalina
D11. Chong, Lee
D12. Chonks, Marty
D13. Cilli, Vincenzo
D14. Mrs. Cipriani
D15. Cipriani, Toni
D16. Claude
D17. Cortez, Juan Garcia
D18. Cortez, Mercedes
D19. D-Ice
D20. Diaz, Ricardo
D21. Dwaine
D22. El Burro
D23. Forelli, Franco
D24. Forelli, Mike
D25. Forelli, Sonny
D26. Goterelli, Luigi
D27. Hamfists, Mickey
D28. Hernandez, Officer Jimmy
D29. Hopper, Jane
D30. Jethro
D31. Jizzy B.
D32. Johnson, Beverly
D33. Johnson, Brian
D34. Johnson, Carl
D35. Johnson, Kendl
D36. Johnson, Sean
D37. Jones, Cam
D38. Kasen, Asuka
D39. Kasen, Kazuki
D40. Kasen, Kenji
D41. Kasen, Toshiko
D42. King Courtney
D43. King, Hilary
D44. Latore, Maria
D45. Leone, Joey
D46. Leone, Salvatore
D47. Li, Ran Fa
D48. Love, Donald
D49. Love Fist
D50. Maccer
D51. Machowski, Ray
D52. Madd Dogg
D53. McAffrey, Leon
D54. Mendez, T-Bone
D55. Miguel
D56. Misty
D57. Mu, Wu Zi
D58. O'Toole, JD
D59. OG Loc
D60. Paul, Kent
D61. Pendelbury, Officer Ralph
D62. Perkins, Millie
D63. Poulet, Auntie
D64. Pulaski, Officer Eddie
D65. Robina, Umberto
D66. Robinson, Denise
D67. Rosenburg, Ken
D68. Ryder
D69. Scott, Steve
D70. Shrub, Alex
D71. Sindacco, Johnny
D72. Sindacco, Paulie
D73. The Snakehead
D74. Suxxx, Candy
D75. Tenpenny, Officer Frank
D76. Toreno, Mike
D77. Torini, Massimo
D78. The Truth
D79. Vance, Lance
D80. Vance, Victor
D81. Vercetti, Tommy
D82. Vialpando, Cesar
D83. Zero
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E. Storyline by Timeline
E1. 1971-1983
E2. 1984
E3. 1985
E4. 1986
E5. 1987-1991
E6. 1992
E7. 1993-1997
E8. 1998
E9. 1999-2000
E10. 2001
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F. Legal Stuff
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G. Q & A - Reader's Comments, Frustrating Moments, Etc...
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H. Thank You/ Closing Comments
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A. Introduction
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A1. What the &^#$ is this thing?
This guide is here to give you an insight into the Grand Theft Auto
universe. It deals with the main storyline of the games and tries to
make connects wherever possible to help you see the 'big picture' and
how everything is related. Each game is really a part of a larger
world and hopefully this guide will help you see that. If not, then I
have failed in life. This guide will go through a chronological
timeline of the games giving the stories and plots. The guide will
also go into background and some history on the major gangs or groups
in the series and then will deal with main characters related to the
storyline. Of course, the guide won't get into every single background
story to each building or group simply because there would be too much
data and I would probably be an old man by the time I finish writing
this. GTA Advance is a different story then the other modern GTAs.
Some of it is cannon but then there are other facts that don't make
sense. And since I don't have a Game Boy I don't see myself playing
this. Therefore, GTA Advance will be left out of the storyline and may
only be referenced once or twice. However, if there is something that
you feel is important to the storyline then email me and I will try to
include it.
Please not that this guide contains all information about the Grand
Theft Auto storylines. That means SPOILERS! It is all discussed here
so if you want to be surprised then you should not read further. Go
play the game and come back. I'll wait.
OK, you done? Good now here we will continue.
This guide will be a comprehensive look at the Grand Theft Auto series
but will not include GTA 1, GTA London, or GTA 2.
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A2. Why not GTA 1, GTA London, and GTA 2?
Well the main problem with these games is that they don't have a fixed
year. It isn't specified in 1 or 2. Yes, London is set in the 60's
but it follows the ideas and flow of the 1st series of games. GTA III
was basically the start of the "true" series and storyline aspect.
Also, GTA 1 didn't have a set lead character. So my description would
be "some guy runs around doing jobs for some people". Now, you don't
want crap like that in here do you? Do you?
So these games will be left out of this guide. One day I may do some
info from them like a 'history of GTA' or something but for now they
are gone.
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A3. Meet the Author
My name is Matthew Vetere and I'm a 22 year old gamer. I have been
playing video games since as far as I can remember. I originally
started out on the old Atari system with my cousins but moved to better
technology after. I began my love for writing long after I had
finished college and school and I do regret not taking some writing
courses. But I specialized in Accounting and now work for the Town of
Markham which is just north of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It's a good
town as they are very environmentally friendly here.
My first writing experiences came on a former site of mine as I would
review wrestling shows, PPVs, and write columns. I'm still a big
wrestling fan but video games are my true hobby. I currently write
reviews for TheScratchPost.com and I am thankful at the opportunity
they have provided me. This is my first guide experience and I really
enjoyed it. Getting into the details and all that. The Grand Theft
Auto series along with the Metal Gear Solid series would be my
favourite games of all time. They are just 2 masterfully done series
and I am biting my nails waiting for GTA4 and Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns
of the Patriots for the PS3.
Well I think that covers it for now. If anyone wants to know more or
wants me to write about something specific then email me. Or you can
find me posting on the forum at Stablewars.com.
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A4. Submissions/ Contact Info.
As thorough as I feel that I have been in this document I know that it
isn't perfect. Nothing is ever perfect. Therefore, if you see any
problems or if you have any suggestions then contact me. If your
submission is new or better information or just a different idea then
it will be added and you will be credited. Also if you have any
comments about the series or anything like that. My contact email is:
MATTVSIN (at) GMAIL (dot) COM
Simple enough email I believe. I also check it everyday so I should be
a good contact if you have a question. Thanks to everyone that has
emailed me so far and given their feedback or additional information.
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A5. Version History
Version 1.0 (July 6, 2006)- The beginning. Pretty comprehensive.
Version 1.1 (August 24, 2006) - Made some grammatical corrections.
Added information based on Vice City Stories.
Version 1.11 (August 31, 2006) - Made some small additions thanks to
Dan Justice's info. Some other additional information added.
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B. Locations
The Grand Theft Auto universe (GTA 3 to GTA San Andreas) has been
portrayed in five different cities. They are all based on real-world
cities. When in the game you can notice the similarities between the
cities and their real-world counterparts. The most significant
features will stand out (the hills and streetcars of San Fierro, the
crime and pollution of Los Santos, the Miami Vice carbon copy of Vice
City). Below is a list of each city in the GTA universe, some
information, and its corresponding real-world city.
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B1. Liberty City
Based on: New York City, NY
Population: Approx. 4 million
Comments: Motorcycle operation/ ownership banned in 2001.
Composed of three islands attached by tunnels, bridges, and ferry
lines. These islands in Liberty City are: Portland, Staunton Island
and Shoreside Vale. Portland is the industrial sector of the city. It
contains the poor neighbourhoods, docks, red light districts,
warehouses, etc... Portland is also the home to several criminal
organizations including the Italian Mafia, Chinese Triads, and the
Diablos. Staunton Island would be considered the commercial and
business sectors. With skyscrapers, a huge park, and a casino it is
the heart of the city. Crime gangs like the Yakuza and the Yardies
find their hoems here. Shoreside Vale is primarily the residential
area. Upon entering the island one discovers a huge international
airport (Francis Intl. Airport). Moving further along, the upper class
housing is located here but several poor neighbourhoods still exist
(such as Wichita Gardens). There is also a small industrial area
located north of the airport. Liberty would be the most-featured city
in the GTA universe. It has been featured in five of the games. GTA
III, Advance, and Liberty City Stories were entirely set in the city.
Vice City and San Andreas have opening credits that start in Liberty
City and during each game there are constant references back to the
city. San Andreas even has a mission that is in Liberty City.
Liberty City is a town ruled by gangs and gang violence. There are
numerous gangs based on real-world ones. Yakuza, Triads, mafia, and
several others are all based on their real-world counterparts. While
there are some allies between the gangs the bonds are weak and it
usually doesn't take much to start a gang war. No one group can
control the city for too long as there are just too many gangs in the
same struggle for power and the strongest usually become the target for
all other groups.
The city is frequently referred to as 'the worst place in America'.
Games located in city: GTA 3, GTA Advance, GTA Liberty City Stories
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B2. Vice City
Based on: Miami, FL
Population: 1.8 Million in 1986.
Comments: Enormous tax increases in the 1980's.
Vice City is a unique city. Its southern location provides for warm
weather all year long while this also positions it close to the
Caribbean. Legal and illegal immigration is a huge factor in the
city's population growth during the 1980's. Cubans, Haitians,
Mexicans, and Dominican immigrants all call this place home. Vice City
consists of 2 primary islands. The east island contains an enormous
beach, a huge shopping mall, clubs, a beach front district, apartment
complexes, hotels and boating docks. The west island contains most of
the immigrant areas with Little Haiti and Little Havana being the
largest areas. Escobar Intl. Airport is located here as well as the
Fort Baxter Military Air Base. Hyman Memorial Stadium attracts crowds
with demolition derbies and other violent car activities. The west
island is also the business side of the city with shipping docks and
industrial areas. Located in the centre of the 2 islands are a few
smaller ones. Starfish Island contains a gated community of wealthy
Vice City citizens. Leafs Links Golf Course is located on these
islands as well and provides a premiere golf experience.
Gangs and racism are big issues in Vice City. Thanks to its southern
location and proximity to the Caribbean, most of the gangs are
immigrants. Groups of Cubans and Haitians have set themselves up in
Vice City and developed their own areas within the city. The primary
income for most gangs is the sale of drugs. Most drugs get imported
from the Caribbean and sold at a huge mark up to the Vice City
population. Corrupt businessmen and politicians hold the real power
over the city. Paying off the law or changing laws and legislation is
how they maintain that power.
Games located in city: GTA Vice City, GTA Vice City Stories
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B3. Los Santos
Based on: Los Angeles, CA
Population: Unknown.
Comments: Nicknamed the "City of Saints"
Los Santos is a city located in the southeast region of the San Andreas
state. Situated close to the Mexican border, immigration and low
income families are a huge problem for the city. There are several
poor neighbourhoods located in Los Santos. The city suffers from
pollution problems as well, thanks to the industrial sector in the
southeast corner of the city. The wind off the ocean pushes the
pollution over the city. The early 1990's saw the huge introduction of
drugs into Los Santos. Some of the local gangs sold the drugs and
profited from it while others stayed away from the issue. These gangs
suffered as some members betrayed them and the drugs basically took
over the city.
Gangs are a huge problem for Los Santos. Each gang has their own
territory located around their homes or neighbourhoods. Gang wars are
sparked very easily between similar ethnic groups or rival gangs.
Simple insults or accidentally walking into a gang's territory can be
the spark for gang wars. The early 1990's were filled with gang wars
and drug problems for the city. Corrupt police officers rule the town
and align themselves with gangs to promote their own agenda.
Games located in city: GTA San Andreas
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B4. San Fierro
Based on: San Francisco, CA
Population: Unknown.
Comments: Least problematic city in the GTA universe.
San Fierro is located in the northwest region of the San Andreas state.
San Fierro has a very polished look to it. The streets are clean and
the city has no industrial sector so pollution isn't a problem. There
are no low income or "poor" areas of the city possibly due to high
housing costs. San Fierro is a prime business city with hotels, car
dealerships, and clubs being prime businesses. San Fierro has a large
Chinese and Vietnamese population in it. These 2 ethnic groups
conflict with each other but not very often. Chinatown is a hot spot
for tourists along with the docks. San Fierro's airport is located to
the southeast of the city near the US Naval Base.
San Fierro has several gangs but most of them aren't very violent.
They stick to their own businesses and fronts. The Chinese gangs would
be the only large gang in the city with the Rifa (a Hispanic gang)
following. Some of the gangs have profited off the drug problems in
Los Santos. They produce the drugs in factories in San Fierro and then
send them off to Los Santos to be sold at a mark-up. Chinese and
Vietnamese gangs had several conflicts in the early 1990's but it
quickly ended with the disappearance of the Vietnamese gangs.
Games located in city: GTA San Andreas
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B5. Las Venturas
Based on: Las Vegas, NV
Population: Unknown.
Comments: City based around gambling.
Las Venturas is located in the northeast region of the San Andreas
state. Smack dab in the middle of a huge desert, Las Venturas glows
with neon lights in the night. The city is powered by a huge
hydroelectric dam located in the west called Sherman Dam. Tourist
gambling and spending is a primary source of revenue for the city.
Several quiet suburb areas surround the central district called 'The
Strip' which consists of restaurants, bars, casinos, hotels, and other
businesses. A main highway has been built which circles the city and
helps ease the flow of traffic around the main tourist areas.
In the early 1990's the town was owned by the mafia. The casino
business was firmly in their grasp. However, Chinese Triad gangs moved
in and develop their own casinos in competition with the mafia. Gang
issues arose but settled shortly after. The mafia's hold on the city
was eventually weakened and the city has become simply a business
community with minimal gang influence.
Games located in city: GTA San Andreas
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C. GANGS
What would be a Grand Theft Auto game without gangs? Gangs are what
drive the personalities and motivations of the individuals met
throughout the GTA universe. There is no one type of gang in GTA. The
groups are very diverse and even the same gang can be totally different
depending on the time period and location. Motivations change during
the years. Gangs are armed differently, have different goals, and use
different fronts for their business. This section will list and
explain each gang or group that is worthy of such a description.
Worthiness is based on what influence they have in their city or their
importance to the storyline.
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C1. Ballas
City: Los Santos
Turf: Idlewood, Glen Park
Leader: Unknown
Clothes/ colours: Any purple clothing. Hoody, pants, bandanas, etc...
Vehicles: Unknown
Activity: Robbery, drug dealing.
The Ballas were originally formed somewhere in the 1980's. It is
unknown who started the group or where in Los Santos it originated.
Some theories suggest they they started in or around Idlewood or Glen
Park as those are typically low income, African-American
neighbourhoods. This puts them close to the Grove Street Families
which could also point to the hatred between the gangs. The gang is
the most hated enemy of the Grove Street Families. Due to fighting
among the Grove Street Families and the introduction of drugs the Grove
Street Families lost much of its former glory. The Ballas were able to
take over most of the Grove's territory during this time in the early
1990's. In 1992, Carl Johnson returned to Los Santos and began helping
the Grove Street Families regain territory and influence. The Ballas
may have been caught off guard as CJ was able to unite the families
quickly. However, due to the defection of Big Smoke and Ryder to the
Ballas and the murder of several top members, the Grove Street Families
were almost wiped out. The drugs the Ballas sold were a strong reason
for this defection. Later that year, the Grove Street Families
returned and were eventually able to wipe out most of the Ballas gang.
At present it is unknown whether the Ballas were completely taken out
or not.
Storyline: The Ballas started gaining strong influence around 1987 when
the Grove Street Families lost one of its leaders. Carl Johnson left
Los Santos after a mistake that got his brother, Brian, killed. The
Ballas began using drugs to expand their influence and control in Los
Santos. During this time they seemed to have allied with the Vagos and
had a drug syndicate set up with the Rifa from San Fierro. In 1992,
the Johnson's mother was killed and Carl returned. Carl set out to
bring the gang back to life. He managed to get it going but found
drugs had a big influence over the former members. The Ballas has
taken control of much of the city. However, CJ started to succeed and
had several key victories over the Ballas. This was until the Grove
Street Families were betrayed by Big Smoke and Ryder who defected to
the Ballas. Several high ranking members of the Grove Street were
killed in the incident. The Ballas re-established themselves at the
top of Los Santos again. However, CJ destroyed the Rifa drug factory
in San Fierro so the supply to Los Santos would end. CJ then killed
Ryder and broke up the drug syndicate and returned to Los Santos. He
brought together the Grove Street Families again and took on the
Ballas. CJ and the Grove Street Families were able to kill Big Smoke,
Officer Tenpenny, and numerous Ballas members. Continuing on they took
over Ballas' territory. It is unknown if the Ballas survived and if
the gang is still around or not.
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C2. Bikers
City: Vice City
Turf: Small area near Greasy Choppers Bar
Leader: Big Mitch Baker
Clothes/ colours: Leather jackets and vest, blue jeans, bandanas
Vehicles: Harley style Motorcycles
Activity: Security services
The Bikers consist of several war veterans and motorcycle fanatics.
They act as a family and are very close to one another. Joining the
gang is difficult and not taken lightly among the members. One most
prove that they are worthy and they usually have to win a race against
other bikers and perform several tasks to prove they are worthy to be
accepted. Once you are in the group, they will treat you as a member
of the family.
Storyline: Kent Paul decides that he needs security for a Love Fist
concert. He asks Tommy Vercetti to go get the Bikers as the security.
Tommy must first become a member of the gang before they will do the
security. So Tommy performs several tasks for the gang including
getting back Big Mitch's bike back after it was stolen. Eventually,
Tommy is accepted into the gang and Big Mitch agrees to provide
security for the concert.
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C3. Blood Feather Triads
City: San Fierro
Turf: Chinatown
Leader: Unknown
Clothes/ colours: Black suits, traditional red and white Chinese
clothing.
Vehicles: Unknown
Activity: Possibly involved in gambling
The Blood Feathers were a section of the Chinese Triad group in San
Fierro. Little is known about them as the gang was completely wiped
out by the Da Nang Boys, a Vietnamese gang who moved to San Fierro in
the early 1990's. The Blood Feather Triads appeared to have been
targeted first by the Da Nang Boys as they were the weakest group of
the Triads. It didn't appear that the Blood Feathers had much control
or influence over the Triad operations or in the city of San Fierro.
Storyline: CJ and Woozie go to the Blood Feathers in an attempt to
strengthen their alliance in order to stop the Da Nang Boys. CJ and
Woozie were too late as the Da Nang Boys had already killed all the
Blood Feathers. They attacked CJ and Wooize but they managed to
escape. This action by the Da Nang Boys starts agang wars between the
Triads and themselves.
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C4. Columbian Cartel
City: Liberty City
Turf: Cedar Grove, Construction Site (Port Staunton)
Leader: Currently unknown, 1998 - Miguel, 2000 - Cisco, 2001 - Catalina
and Miguel
Clothes/ colours: Navy blue pants, Hawaiian shirts
Vehicles: Cartel Cruiser
Activity: Drug distribution
In 1998, the Cartel was lead by Miguel (who leads in GTA III) and
seemed to be just starting out in Liberty City. They were heavy into
the drug business and that was their main front. In 2000, the
Columbian Cartel was lead by Cisco. It is unknown why or how Miguel
fell from leader of the Cartel during this time. They were primarily
involved in the drugs industry under Cisco's leadership as well. A man
by the name of Mike started working for the Cartel during the same
year. Mike began working with the Cartel after he had killed and beat
up several of the Cartel's high officials. Cisco, not knowing of the
murders, hired Mike for his brutality. The Cartel started some bad
blood with the Yakuza by kidnapping the Yakuza leader's niece. She was
eventually broken out by Mike. Cisco is eventually killed by a man
that Mike thought was dead. In 2001, Catalina and Miguel took over the
Cartel. They used the Cartel to sell their new drug, SPANK, to Liberty
City. Catalina, however, was still obsessed with ending Claude's life
and eventually Claude killed her and several high ranking members in
the Cartel. It is unknown what happened to the Cartel after that.
Storyline: In 1998, the Cartel wasn't big time just yet. They were led
by Miguel who would later lose his power to Cisco and then regain it
thanks to Catalina. They were already into the drug business. In
2000, Cisco hired Mike for the Cartel and Mike would work with them
until he started to work for the Yakuza. Mike then went back to the
Cartel when Cisco said that he had information about Mike's friend's
(Vinnie) killer. Cisco was then murdered by Vinnie himself. In 2001,
Catalina and Miguel took over the Cartel. They used the Cartel to
distribute their new drug, SPANK. Catalina also used the Cartel to
attempt to kill Claude but they were unsuccessful. Miguel was captured
by Claude and Asuka. Miguel gave valuable information to Asuka as a
result of her torture. Catalina returned to where Miguel was captured.
She killed Miguel and Asuka and kidnapped Claude's girlfriend, Maria.
Claude followed them and managed to kill Catalina as well as numerous
Cartel members. It is unknown what happened after this in the Cartel.
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C5. Columbians (Vice City)
City: Vice City
Turf: Starfish Island, Diaz Mansion
Leader: Ricardo Diaz
Clothes/ colours: Hawaiian shirts and dark pants.
Vehicles: Unknown
Activity: Protection, drug dealing
In the mid 1980's the Vice City Columbians became extremely powerful
and held a great deal of influence over Vice City. They ruled the
city. The leader, Ricardo Diaz, had only been in the country for a few
years and had a reputation of being a hot head. He would do anything
and kill anyone to further the Columbians business. The Columbians
were high into importing and selling of drugs. In 1986, however, the
Columbian gang interfered in a drug deal between the Vance brothers and
Tommy Vercetti. Tommy eventually killed most of the Columbians
including the leader, Ricardo Diaz. It is unknown if the gang
regrouped or ceased to exist in the following years.
Storyline: Ricardo Diaz had learned of Tommy Vercetti's drug deal and
sent a team to ambush it. They succeeded. Tommy and Lance set out to
find who did this. Tommy eventually started to work for Diaz and
discovered that it was Diaz that broke up their deal. Tommy planned
Diaz' downfall but Lance jumped the gun and attacked Diaz. He was
captured. Tommy broke him out and they stormed the Diaz mansion. They
killed all of Diaz' men in the mansion and then killed Diaz himself.
It is unknown if some of Diaz' gang survived and restarted or it ended
there.
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C6. Cubans
City: Vice City
Turf: Little Havana
Leader: Umberto Robina
Clothes/ colours: Red bandanas, white shirts, blue pants.
Vehicles: Cuban Hermes
Activity: Drug dealing, smuggling
In the mid 1980's, Cuban refugees came to Vice City in increasing
numbers as it was the closest American city to Cuba. At some point the
began a turf war with Haitian refugees in Vice City. Little Haiti and
Little Havana are located right next to each other and the pursuit of
new territory may have been a cause. The war was very back and forth
with neither side getting the upper hand. However, the Cubans
eventually crippled their Haitian rivals when several Cubans destroyed
a Haitian factory. It is unknown what the Cubans gang did after this.
Storyline: In 1986, the Cubans were in a turf war with the Haitians.
The Haitians tried to break up a deal the Cubans were making with
Ricardo Diaz and the Columbians but Tommy Vercetti stopped them.
Umberto Robina, the leader of the Cubans, hired Tommy after he had
killed a man that did some jobs for Umberto. Tommy first had to prove
himself to Umberto and did. Tommy then helped the Cubans steal some
drugs from the Haitians and then destroy the Haitian factory. It is
unknown what happened after this.
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C7. Da Nang Boys
City: San Fierro
Turf: Easter Basin
Leader: Currently unknown, 1992 - Snakehead
Clothes/ colours: Regular street clothes.
Vehicles: Unknown
Activity: Shipping, importing of illegal immigrants
The Da Nang Boys are a Vietnamese gang that moved to San Fierro in the
early 1990's. During the move they managed the kill the Blood Feather
Triads in an attempt to make their mark and seize territory. However,
they were quickly killed off by the Mountain Cloud Boys in retaliation
for this attack. It is unknown if the remaining members returned to
Vietnam to rejoin the rest of the gang.
Storyline: In 1992, the Da Nang Boys begin to attack the Triad gangs in
San Fierro. The Triads question why the Da Nang Boys have been on the
offensive recently. They find out that the entire group is relocating
to San Fierro and looking to seize territory and make their mark.
Woozie gets CJ to bug the tanker that the Da Nang Boys operate from to
find this information. They also find that the leader, Snakehead, is
arriving in San Fierro and will be on the tanker. CJ heads out to the
tanker and kills all the Da Nang Boys on the boat including the
Snakehead.
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C8. Diablos
City: Liberty City
Turf: Hepburn Heights
Leader: El Burro
Clothes/ colours: Jeans, navy blue jackets, orange or navy blue hats.
Vehicles: Diablo Stallion
Activity: Car racing, burglary, small time activities.
The Diablos are a relatively small gang. They pride themselves on
being the top street racers of Liberty City. This causes issues
between themselves and the Yardies gang since they also are street
racers. The gangs are located on different islands in the city but
still place hits and attacks on each other. The Diablos only have
small weapons such as handguns and bats. Their other fronts include
burglary and possibly some small time drug dealing. The Diablos
started making waves in 1998 on Portland Island. By 2001, they
controlled Hepburn Heights and the surrounding areas on Portland.
Storyline: In 1998, the Diablos attacked the Leone Family in Hepburn
Heights in order to gain control of the territory. The Diablos weren't
successful, thanks to Toni Cipriani, but after several more attacks
they were and the Leone's Family lost Hepburn Heights, possibly
forever. In 2001, Claude gets a call from El Burro, the Diablo leader.
He wants Claude to work for him but he must prove himself first in a
race. Claude wins this race and shortly after he performs some minimal
jobs for El Burro before he ceases doing business with them. Later,
Claude goes to work for the Yardies and in a job for them guns down
numerous Diablos members. It is unknown what happened to them after
that. This severely hurt the group and it is unknown if anyone
capitalized on this afterwards.
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C9. Forelli Family
City: Liberty City
Turf: St. Mark's Bistro
Leader: 1986 - Sonny Forelli, Franco Forelli by 1998
Clothes/ colours: Black suits, mafia style
Vehicles: Sentinel
Activity: Arms dealing, drug trafficking, protection, loan sharking.
The Forelli Family is a gang that's power has fluctuated over the
years. In the mid 1980's, they had strong influence over much of
Liberty City. Attempts at expanding to Vice City would fail and would
cause numerous Forrelli Family members deaths. In 1992, they joined
with the Leone and Sindacco Families to fund a casino in Las Venturas.
That venture would also fail as the Leone's took over control and the
casino would eventually be robbed and the Sindacco's would take over
from there. In 1998, they were losing influence and numbers in Liberty
City. The Leone Family killed off several more members in turf wars
involving all three families and the Sicillians. By 2001, the Forelli
Family had very little influence in Liberty City and most were killed
by the Leone Family.
Storyline: In 1986, Sonny Forelli was the head of the Forelli Family.
He sent Tommy Vercetti down to Vice City to get things rolling down
there with a drug deal. The drug deal was ambushed and the money was
lost. Tommy promised he would get Sonny's money back but Tommy began
forming his own criminal empire in Vice City as he investigated. The
Forelli attempt to take it over failed and Sonny along with several
Forelli Family members were killed. In 1992, the Forelli Family had a
part in Caligula's Casino in Las Venturas. But the Leone Family took
over the casino, which would eventually be robbed by Carl Johnson. By
1998, the Forelli Family had minimal power in Liberty City. They were
caught in a war with the Sindacco and the Leone Families thanks to a
group of Sicillians. The Leone Family, mainly Toni Cipriani, killed
several Forelli Family members in this conflict. By 2001, the Forelli
Family had lost a lot of influence in Liberty City. Joey Leone started
up some bad blood with them but Claude, working for the Leone Family at
the time, took care of most of the Forelli men that opposed him. It is
unknown at this time what has become of the Forelli's.
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C10. Golfers
City: Vice City
Turf: Leaf Links Golf Course
Leader: Unknown
Clothes/ colours: Regular golfing clothing.
Vehicles: Caddy
Activity: Playing golf
The golfers are a group in Vice City that are centered around the Leaf
Links Golf Course. They consist of elderly men and women, probably
retired, in golfing attire. They aren't particularly violent or well
armed. However, they will attack with golf clubs and even 9mm pistols
if provoked or assaulted. They will only resort to violence if you
attack them first or disrupt their golf game.
Storyline: Tommy Vercetti encounters this group only a few times while
taking over Vice City in 1986. They aren't too hostile but on a few
occasions attack him. One particular incident happened after Tommy
Vercetti killed a man and several of his guards on the driving range in
the golf course area. Several nearby golfers attacked Tommy but he
managed to escape them.
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C11. Grove Street Families
City: Los Santos
Turf: Grove Street
Leader: Carl Johnson (CJ), Sean Johnson (Sweet)
Clothes/ colours: Any green clothing. Shirts, pants, bandanas, etc...
Vehicles: Unknown
Activity: Robbery, land/ property acquisition
The Grove Street Families were originally formed somewhere in the
1980's. The Johnson brothers, Sean and Carl, along with Big Smoke and
Ryder lead the group. Due to fighting among the family, rival gangs,
and drugs the Grove Street Family lost much of its former glory by the
early 1990's. In 1992, Carl returned to Los Santos and began helping
the Grove Street Families regain territory and influence. However, due
to the defection of Big Smoke and Ryder and the murder of several top
members, the Grove Street Family was almost wiped out. Later that
year, the Grove Street Family returned and was eventually able to wipe
out most of the other gangs in Los Santos. They allied themselves with
the Varrios Los Aztecas. At present it is unknown whether the family
is still in control.
Storyline: The downfall of the gang started around 1987 when a mistake
by Carl allowed the youngest brother in the family, Brian, to be
killed. Carl left Los Santos and went to Liberty City. In 1992, the
Johnson's mother was killed and Carl returned. Upon his return he was
framed for a cop's murder and found his former gang to have fallen and
have split. Carl set out to bring the gang back to life. He managed
to get it going but found drugs had a big influence over the former
members. Carl looked to be succeeding until the Grove Street Family
was betrayed by Big Smoke and Ryder. Several high ranking members were
killed in the incident and Sweet was placed in jail. Carl was forced
out of Los Santos. While Carl went around other cities and towns in
San Andreas he was able to acquire a garage, an airstrip, and become a
partial owner of a casino. During this time he killed Ryder and a
number of individuals that he thought were involved in the drug
operation that cost him his family and gang. He returned to Los Santos
with new allies and was able to take back his neighbourhood. Sweet was
released from jail. Carl and Sweet got the Grove Street Family
together again and they eventually killed Big Smoke and most of the
rival gang, the Ballas. It is unknown whether the family was able to
maintain their influence in the following years.
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C12. Haitians
City: Vice City
Turf: Little Haiti
Leader: Auntie Poulet
Clothes/ colours: Purple bandanas and shirts, blue pants.
Vehicles: Voodoo
Activity: Drug dealing, smuggling
In the mid 1980's, Haitian refugees came to Vice City in increasing
numbers as it was one of the closest American cities to Haiti. At some
point they began a turf war with Cuban refugees in Vice City. The war
was very back and forth with no one getting the upper hand. The
Haitians were able to win several key fights between the gangs.
However, the Cubans eventually crippled the Haitians when several
Cubans destroyed a Haitian factory. It is unknown what happened to the
Haitian gang after this.
Storyline: In 1986, the Haitians were involved in a turf war with the
Cubans in Vice City. The Cubans were aided by Tommy Vercetti in
several missions. However, Auntie Poulet used some special potions and
brainwashing to get Tommy to perform a few tasks for the Haitians. He
helped them in several fights between the Cubans and Haitians.
However, Tommy went back to work for the Cubans and blew up the Haitian
factory which may have crippled the Haitian gang. It is unknown what
happened after this.
Comments: A lot of the dialogue for GTA Vice City referencing the
killing of Haitians had to be removed or edited. This was thanks to
the Haitian community in an uproar about the negative treatment of
their culture/ group. But apparently it is ok to reference to kill
Italians, Cubans (although the Cubans also had problems with this),
Columbians, French, etc... It's a game people, get over it.
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C13. Leone Family
City: Liberty City
Turf: Saint Mark's
Leader: Currently Joey Leone or Toni Cipriani, formerly Salvatore Leone
Clothes/ colours: Black suits, sunglasses, mafia style
Vehicles: Mafia Sentinel
Activity: Protection, gambling, prostitution, drug trafficking
Little is known about the Leone Family before 1992. Salvatore Leone
became the leader some time in the 1980's after a huge power struggle
in the family. In 1992, they were a third owner of a casino in Las
Venturas called Caligula's Casino. This was thanks to Salvatore
lending the Sindacco Family $5 million as an investment for the casino.
This was when the Leone Family made their move. They took over the
casino and were able to basically wipe out the Sindacco Family. The
Forelli Family sent men after the Leone's but they were killed as well.
However, the casino was later robbed and it is assumed that the Leone's
pulled out of the casino after that incident. The Sindacco's took it
over again afterwards. In 1998, the Leone's made further pushes in
Liberty City when Toni Cipriani returned to the family. They killed
several Sindacco and Forelli Family members during this time in a turf
war conflict. They also lost a lot of territory to the Diablos,
Triads, and Yakuza. By 2001, the Leone's were in gang wars with the
Yakuza, Cartel, and Forelli's. This put a severe strain on their
resources. The biggest blow came in 2001 when Salvatore Leone was
murdered by former employee, Claude. It is unknown who took over the
Leone Family after this. Whether it be Joey Leone, Salvatore's son, or
Toni Cipriani, Salvatore's right hand man.
Storyline: In 1992, the Leone Family took control of Caligula's Casino
from the Sindacco and Forelli Families. Retaliation was met with by
Carl Johnson who was working for the Leone's at the time. What
Salvatore Leone didn't know is that Carl was planning a heist on the
casino and using his access to the casino as a way of gathering
information. Carl eventually robbed the casino and it is assumed that
the Leone's pulled out of the casino. In 1998, Toni Cipriani returned
to Liberty City and the Leone Family after performing a hit on a made
man in the city in 1994. Toni helped Salvatore expand the Leone's
influence by first killing the mayor of Liberty City. They would also
end the Sindacco Family in Liberty City and kill most of the Forelli
Family members. However, they lost a lot of territory to the Diablos,
Triads, and Yakuza during that time. Toni would eventually become
Salvatore's right hand man. By 2001, the Leone's had lost some
influence in the city but recruited Claude to do work for them. With
his help they were able to eliminate the Triad threat and destroy a
huge tanker owned by the Columbian Cartel. Salvatore soon began to
believe that Claude had betrayed him. Salvatore almost had Claude
killed but Maria, Salvatore's former lover, saved Claude. Claude had
to prove to the Yakuza that he was no longer allied with the Leone's
and, therefore, killed Salvatore. It is unknown who took over the
Leone Family after this point.
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C14. Mountain Cloud Boys (Triads)
City: San Fierro, Las Venturas
Turf: Chinatown (SF), Four Dragons Casino (LV)
Leader: Wu Zi Mu
Clothes/ colours: Black suits
Vehicles: Unknown
Activity: Casino operating, street racing.
In the early 1990's the Mountain Cloud Boys attempted to bring together
the Triad groups to unite against a Vietnamese group known as the Da
Nang Boys. Located in San Fierro, the Da Nang Boys choose the Triad
territory as their new territory. The Da Nang Boys killed the entire
Blood Feather Triads before the Mountain Cloud Boys could ally with
them. As retaliation, the Mountain Cloud Boys and Carl Johnson managed
to kill several Da Nang Boys members in the following attack. The Da
Nang Boys were becoming increasingly aggressive because the group was
making a full move to San Fierro from China. The Mountain Cloud Boys
lead an attack on the Da Nang Boys' tanker out in the bay to the north
of San Fierro. Killing all the Da Nang Boys within including their
leader, Snakehead, the Mountain Cloud Boys had ended the threat. They
soon moved primary operations to Las Venturas in the Four Dragons
Casino. Facing pressures from the Mafia the Mountain Cloud Boys, along
with Carl Johnson, were able to rob the Mafia's casino and end their
threat. It is unknown what their operations after this time were. The
Mountain Cloud Boys would become strong allies of the Grove Street
Families.
Storyline: CJ first meets Wu Zi Mu (Woozie for short) out near Red
County. They race and CJ ends up winning. CJ eventually moves to San
Fierro after winning a garage. CJ and Woozie team up and face off with
the Da Nang Boys after they killed the Blood Feather Triads. CJ then
swims out to the Da Nag Boys tanker and planted a bug on their
communication devices. Listening in, they found that the entire Da
Nang Boys gang is moving to San Fierro. In an attempt to stop them, CJ
heads out to the tanker and kills the entire gang, frees some refugees,
and kills the Da Nang Boys leader, Snakehead. Afterwards, the Mountain
Cloud Boys move their main operations to Las Venturas and open a casino
called the Four Dragons. They run into problems when the Mafia give
them a hard time. CJ performs several tasks to get the Mafia off the
Mountain Cloud Boys back. Eventually, CJ and Woozie set up a heist and
steal from the Mafia casino.
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C15. Purple Nines
City: Liberty City
Turf: Wichita Gardens
Leader: Unknown
Clothes/ colours: Jeans, purple jackets.
Vehicles: Hoods Rumpo XL
Activity: Burglary, robbery, drug dealing.
In 2000 or 2001, the Purple Nines started up as a small gang in Wichita
Gardens in Liberty City. They mainly dealt with drug dealing of the
new drug called SPANK supplied by the Cartel and the Yardies. The
Purple Nines were also into burglary and small time robbery.
Unfortunately, their turf was originally and currently the turf of the
Red Jacks. This started a turf war between the two gangs. The Red
Jacks were eventually able to wipe out the Purple Nines and end their
short history.
Storyline: The Purple Nines started up in 2000 or 2001. They quickly
tried to take over the territory of the Red Jacks. The Purple Nines
main front was the sale of SPANK. The Red Jacks decided to enlist the
help of Claude in 2001 to deal with the Purple Nines problem. They
first got him to kill any Purple Nine he saw on the street which
quickly decreased their numbers. Afterwards, there wasn't much left
for the gang so they decided to have one final battle with the Red
Jacks and Claude. Claude and a member of the Red Jacks took on the
remaining members of the Purple Nines and were able to finish them off
for good.
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C16. Red Gecko Tong (Triads)
City: San Fierro, Las Venturas
Turf: Chinatown (SF), Four Dragons Casino (LV)
Leader: Ran Fa Li
Clothes/ colours: Black suits
Vehicles: Unknown
Activity: Gambling
The Red Gecko Tong's are lead by Ran Fa Li. They are a section of the
Triads in San Fierro. In the early 1990's, one of the sects, the Blood
Feather Triads, were killed by a Vietnamese gang known as the Da Nang
Boys. Ran Fa Li and Wu Zi Mu, leader of the Mountain Cloud Boys, come
together to form a union in the Triad gang to fight the Vietnamese
gangs. They were successful in destroying the Da Nang Boys thanks to
the help of Carl Johnson. Later on, Ran Fa Li became a partial owner
of the Four Dragons Casino in Las Venturas with the Mountain Cloud Boys
and the Grove Street Families.
Storyline: CJ first meets Ran Fa Li when he is introduced by Wu Zi Mu.
CJ recovers some packages for Ran Fa Li and helps him to leave the
Mountain Cloud Boys betting shop safely by creating a diversion. CJ
also ends up killing off the entire Da Nang Boys gang. Later on, Ran
Fa Li becomes a partial owner of the Four Dragons Casino in Las
Venturas with CJ and Wu Zi Mu. Ran Fa Li, apparently, is ranked higher
than Wu Zi Mu in the Triad organization.
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C17. Red Jacks
City: Liberty City
Turf: Wichita Gardens
Leader: D-Ice
Clothes/ colours: Jeans, red jackets.
Vehicles: Hoods Rumpo XL
Activity: Burglary, robbery, drug dealing.
In 2000, the Red Jacks were ruling the neighbourhood of Wichita Gardens
in Liberty City. Then in 2000 or 2001 the Purple Nines arrived on the
scene and staked their claim on the Wichita Gardens area. The Red
Jacks and Purple Nines immediately erupted into a gang war for control
of the area. The groups had very similar fronts and activities so the
gang war wasn't just based on territory. Both distributed drugs on the
streets so the other gang's activities would cost them profit. In
2001, the Red Jacks decided to end the Purple Nines' threat. A series
of shoot outs and fist fights broke out and the Red Jacks killed off
the Purple Nines gang entirely.
Storyline: In 2001, D-Ice, the leader of the Red Jacks, enlisted the
help of Claude to eliminate the Purple Nines forever. He first went
out to the streets and killed every Purple Nines he saw. This
decimated the Purple Nines numbers and they decided to make one final
stand against the Red Jacks. Claude and a Red Jack member (D-Ice's
brother) fought with the remaining members of the Purple Nines and won.
This ended the Purple Nines and established the Red Jacks as the top
gang (only gang) in Wichita Gardens.
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C18. San Fierro Rifa
City: San Fierro
Turf: Doherty
Leader: T-Bone Mendez
Clothes/ colours: Any turquoise clothing. Wife-beaters, pants,
bandanas, etc...
Vehicles: Unknown
Activity: Robbery, drug dealing, drug production.
Sometime before 1992, the Rifa and the Ballas (Los Santos) allied
themselves in a business deal. This was in large part thanks to the
Loco Syndicate that the Rifa leader, T-Bone Mendez, was a part of. The
Rifa would manufacture drugs in San Fierro and then send them to Los
Santos for the Ballas to sell on the streets. Both groups profited
from this and it was the main form of income for the gangs. However,
in 1992 the factory was destroyed and T-Bone Mendez was killed. It is
unknown what happened to the gang after that.
Storyline: It isn't known when the Rifa gang was formed. They primarily
manufactured and sold drugs to the Ballas gang in Los Santos. They are
lead by T-Bone Mendez. In 1992, the Ballas destroyed the Grove Street
Families, their biggest rivals. One of the leaders, Carl Johnson, took
his revenge on the Ballas and destroyed the Rifa's drug plant so the
Ballas could no longer get their supply of drugs. CJ also killed T-
Bone Mendez. It is unknown what happened to the Rifa after this
incident.
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C19. Security Guards
City: Vice City
Turf: Starfish Island, North Point Mall, Leaf Links, Escobar
International Airport
Leader: Company - Patrol Invest Group (P.I.G.)
Clothes/ colours: Dark blue officer uniforms
Vehicles: Baggage Handler (airport only)
Activity: Protection, smuggling.
Security guards are hired by certain companies for protection and
security purposes. The main company is called Patrol Invest Group. In
the mid 1980's they were in high demand in Vice City because of the
huge increase in criminal and drug activities. They will usually
shoot, before asking questions, at anyone they feel is up to no good.
These security guards are often chased by police officers. This is
because the police don't see them as a legitimate security company and
because they random shoot at anyone. It is believed that the group
uses Escobar International Airport for smuggling activities.
Storyline: Tommy Vercetti encounters these guards several times in Vice
City in 1986. They are involved in numerous conflicts mainly around
the North Point Mall. This is the turf of the Streetwannabe's so the
conflict of the two groups is sparked easily. The security guards are
often chased by cops for their "shot first, asked questions later"
attitudes. It is believed that the Security Guards use Escobar
International Airport for smuggling activities.
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C20. Sindacco Family
City: Liberty City, Las Venturas
Turf: Portland (LC), Caligula's Casino (LV)
Leader: 1992 - Johnny Sindacco, 1998 - Paulie Sindacco
Clothes/ colours: Suits, sunglasses, mafia style
Vehicles: Sindacco Argento (LC) (Thanks to Dan Justice for this one)
Activity: Protection, gambling, prostitution, drug dealing.
In the early 1990's, the Sindaccos were one of three Liberty City mafia
families that owned shares of Caligula's Casino in Las Venturas. They
were able to fund this after a loan of $5 million from the Leone's.
Out of the 3 mafia families the Sindacco's were that ones that seem
most interested in Las Venturas as a business opportunity. They
maintained a warehouse in Las Venturas where they manufactured fake
betting chips to distribute at rival casinos to disrupt their business.
They also owned a meat factory. However, the Sindacco's time ran out
in 1992 when management at the Four Dragons Casino killed almost every
member of the Sindacco Family in their meat factory in Las Venturas.
In 1998, the Sindacco's had become a shell of their former selves.
They would be caught in turf wars with the Leone's and the Forelli's
and the Leone's would eventually finish off the Sindacco Family for
good in Liberty City. It is believed that the Sindacco's then left
Liberty City to operate full time in Las Venturas at the casino.
Storyline: In 1992, Johnny Sindacco led the Sindacco Family. He was
captured by Woozie and CJ drove him around town tied to the front of
the car to get information out of him. Based on this, CJ was able to
destroy the Sindacco plastic warehouse and stop their fake chip
production. Johnny was released from hospital after the trauma he
suffered from CJ. CJ went to meet Johnny and the Sindacco's as a
favour to Ken Rosenburg. When Johnny recognized CJ he died of a heart
attack. CJ proceeded to kill all the Sindacco Family members in the
factory and, basically, destroyed the family. By 1998 they had very
little influence in Liberty City but were operatign the casino in Las
Venturas still and profiting. The Sindacco's got in a turf war with
the Forelli's and the Leone's. Toni Cipriani managed to finish off the
Sindaccos for good in Liberty City. It is believe that they decided to
focus on the casino in Las Venturas after this.
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C21. Streetwannabe's
City: Vice City
Turf: North Point Mall, Prawn Island
Leader: Unknown
Clothes/ colours: Blue jeans and vest, red shirts.
Vehicles: Gang Burrito
Activity: Theft, arms dealing.
The Streetwannabe's are a small gang of wannabe thugs in Vice City. In
the 1980's they took part in several minor acts against other gangs in
Vice City to increase their reputation but were usually dealt with
quickly. They mostly deal with theft of drugs or weapons and then
resell them on the streets for profit. The Streetwannabe's focus
mainly around the North Point Mall in Vice City and can often be seen
in conflicts with the local security guards.
Storyline: Tommy Vercetti deals with the Streetwannabe's several times
during his rise in Vice City in 1986. Ricardo Diaz finds that one of
them stole his shipment of drugs and assigns Tommy to follow him.
Tommy finds the man head into an abandoned house on Prawn Island.
Tommy returns in a helicopter and slaughters most of the members there.
He then travels on foot and recovers Diaz' drugs. Later, the
Streetwannabe's steal Big Mitch Baker's bike and Tommy Vercetti
recovers it from the group and kills a lot of the members involved.
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C22. The Triads (Liberty City)
City: Liberty City
Turf: Chinatown
Leader: Unknown
Clothes/ colours: Blue uniforms (like a mechanic's clothes)
Vehicles: Fish Van
Activity: Produce distribution (fish), protection.
The Triads of Liberty City were never an organized group or held much
power until 1998. At that time, they sabotaged a Leone Family complex
and destroyed it. This site would later become a Fish Factory for the
Triads. During the following years the Triads gained more and more
influence on Portland Island. They were never major but had a good
front and numerous members. In 2001, the Triads started a war with the
Leone Family again by attacking some high ranking members. With the
help of Claude, the Leone's were able to kill several high ranking
members of the Triads and destroy the Triad Fish Factory. The Triad
influence seemed to drop after that and it is unknown what happened
with the group afterwards.
Storyline: The Triads weren't much until they destroyed a Leone Family
facility in 1998. Toni Cipriani was in the building and managed to
survive the explosion and the following swarm of Triad members. This
could be the cause for his strong hatred of the Triads by 2001. The
Triads rebuilt the building as their Fish Factory, a legitimate front
for the group. Subsequent attacks on the Leone Family allowed them to
gain more territory. In 2001, the Triads started a gang war with the
Leone's by first attacking Toni Cipriani. He instructed Claude to take
out several Triad leaders and destroy their Fish Factory in Portland.
Claude accomplished this and ended the threat from the Triads. It is
unknown what happened with the group after this.
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C23. Vagos
City: Los Santos
Turf: Las Colinas, East Beach
Leader: Unknown
Clothes/ colours: Dark pants/ shorts, white shirts (wife-beaters), any
yellow bandanas, hats or other clothing.
Vehicles: Unknown
Activity: Drug distribution, robbery.
In the early 1990's (or late 1980's) the Vagos allied themselves with
the Ballas in a drug distribution empire lead by Officer Tenpenny of
the LSPD's special CRASH dept. In 1992, the Ballas wiped out the Grove
Street Families the Vagos were able to wipe out the Varrios Los
Aztecas, the rival Hispanic gang. Taking over their territory, the
Vagos enjoyed a time of dominance along with the Ballas. However, the
Grove Street Families and the Varrios Los Aztecas returned and killed
numerous Vagos. They would eventually lose most or all of their
territory and it is unknown what happened to them afterwards.
Storyline: In 1992, the Ballas wiped out the Grove Street Families the
Vagos had several Varrios Los Aztecas members defect to them due to
drugs. The Vagos killed most of the remaining Varrios Los Aztecas
members and took over their territory. They enjoyed this time as
allies of the Ballas and the Loco Syndicate. Eventually, Cesar (former
leader of the Varrios Los Aztecas) returned and with the help of CJ and
other Varrios Los Aztecas members they killed the Vagos. It is unknown
if the gang survived after this decimation of their gang.
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C24. Varrios Los Aztecas
City: Los Santos
Turf: El Corona
Leader: Cesar Vialpando
Clothes/ colours: Any turquoise clothing. Wife-beaters, pants,
bandanas, etc...
Vehicles: Any low-rider
Activity: Street racing, car modifications (car shops)
In 1992, the Varrios Los Aztecas were in a turf war with the Vagos.
The Vagos represented the Mexican gangs involved in drugs distribution.
The Los Aztecas wanted nothing to do with drugs and focused primarily
on car racing and modifying of cars. However, the Vagos allied
themselves with the Ballas and managed to kill most of the Varrios Los
Aztecas members. Several others turned on their friends and joined the
Vagos as well because of the drugs. Cesar Vialpando and several high
ranking members fled Los Santos. A while later they returned and
allied with the Grove Street Families and managed to kill off most of
the Vagos. The Varrios Los Aztecas have a strong alliance with the
Grove Street Families but it is unknown what happened after they killed
the Vagos.
Storyline: In 1992, Cesar Vialpando led the Varrios Los Aztecas. After
the Ballas and the Vagos killed most of the Varrios Los Aztecas and
Grove Street Families members, Cesar, CJ, Kendl, and other members of
both gangs left Los Santos. They set up base in a garage in San Fierro
to figure out a strategy on getting back their territory in Los Santos.
Eventually CJ and Cesar made it back into Los Santos. CJ helped Cesar
and several members of the Varrios Los Aztecas fight off and kill most
of the Vagos gangs and reclaim their territory. Cesar and CJ created a
strong alliance between their two groups but it is unknown if it
lasted.
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C25. Vercetti Gang/ Crime Ring
City: Vice City
Turf: Various locations, Starfish Island
Leader: Tommy Vercetti
Clothes/ colours: Hawaiian shirts and navy blue pants.
Vehicles: Unknown
Activity: Protection, drug trafficking, counterfeiting.
In the mid 1980's the Vercetti gang appeared, basically, overnight.
After completely getting rid of the Diaz (Columbian) gang, the Vercetti
gang took over most of their property. The Vercetti's were involved in
tons of property acquisition which included such companies as the Print
Works, Boatyard, Kauffmann Cabs, Pole Position, and several others.
After an attempt to destroy the gang by their former allies, the
Forelli's, the Vercetti gang settled in to their spot at the top of
Vice City. It is unknown what has happened since. It is reported that
the Vercetti Gang was still running Vice City in 1992.
Storyline: In 1986, after Tommy Vercetti killed Ricardo Diaz and most
of his gang, he took over Diaz' mansion. The new 'Vercetti' mansion on
Starfish Island became the central base for the Vercetti gang. They
purchased several companies as fronts for their activities. Soon
enough, Tommy Vercetti's former bosses came looking for him. Tommy and
the Vercetti gang took care of the Forelli threat and continued to gain
influence in the city. It is unknown what happened after that time.
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C26. Yakuza
City: Liberty City
Turf: Torrington
Leader: 1998 - Kasuki, 2001 - Asuka & Kenji, currently unknown
Clothes/ colours: Black suits, black clothing.
Vehicles: Yakuza Stinger
Activity: Gambling, extortion.
In 1998, the Yakuza had an immense arsenal. This included a tank and
other military weapons. However, the Leone Family were able to destroy
a lot of this weaponry and slow the Yakuza take over in Torrington.
Unfortunately for the Leone's, the Yakuza still managed to take over
Torrington on Staunton Island. The Yakuza continued their turf war
with the Leone Family and started one with the Columbian Cartel. These
turf wars continued through 2001. However, the Leone Family would
suffer a significant blow from the Yakuza. The Yakuza managed to kill
Salvatore Leone, the Don of the family. The Yakuza would suffer as
well as both Kenji and his sister Asuka, the leaders of the Yakuza,
were killed. Both were killed by the Columbian Cartel. The Cartel
would be almost completely wiped out shortly after that. It is unknown
what happened afterwards in the Yakuza gang.
Storyline: In 1998, the Yakuza was building up their arsenal in Liberty
City. However, the leader, Kasuki Kasen, had a very upset wife. They
were in an arranged marriage and he prefered the company of men to her
(you catch my drift?). She wanted to see her husband dead and his gang
destroyed after he paid more attention to it then her. So she hired
Toni Cipriani who eventually killed Kasuki and destroyed the arsenal of
the gang. Even so, they managed to take Torrington on Staunton Island
from the Leone Family. In 2001, the Yakuza were in turf wars with the
Leone Family and the Columbian Cartel. Asuka, one of the leaders,
would partner up with a former employee of the Leone Family after he
was betrayed. This person was Claude. Claude would kill Salvatore
Leone and several assassin groups of Leone Family members searching for
Claude. Having put this war behind them, the Yakuza focused on the
Columbian Cartel. Asuka and Kenji sent Claude on several missions to
stop their activities. Claude would eventually work for a media tycoon
named Donald Love. Donald set up a plan to kill Kenji and frame the
Cartel. It worked. The Yakuza believed the Cartel killed Kenji.
Asuka launched a war of revenge against the Cartel and their
operations. But Asuka would eventually be killed by the Cartel leader,
Catalina. It is unknown what happened with the gang after that.
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C27. Yardies
City: Liberty City
Turf: Newport
Leader: King Courtney
Clothes/ colours: Tan coloured vest and pants.
Vehicles: Yardie Lobo
Activity: Car racing, drug dealing
The Yardies are a street gang similar to the Diablos. They focus on
street racing and dealing of drugs. In 2001, the Yardies were allied
with the Columbian Cartel to produce and distribute a new drug called
SPANK. The Yardies' drug fronts, coffee stands, would be destroyed
that year by the Yakuza. The Yardies would suffer another blow later
as the Columbian Cartel was almost completely wiped out. It is most
likely that the Yardies simply went back to the regular drug dealing
and car racing activities.
Storyline: In 2001, the Yardies allied with the Columbian Cartel to
distribute SPANK across Liberty City. During the same time, Claude
worked for them on a few missions to help collect cars and to try and
wipe out the Diablos in Portland. Once Claude was done with them he
was working for the Yakuza and destroyed the Yardies' front, their
coffee stands. Claude would later be responsible for the destruction
of the Columbian Cartel and he wiped most of them out as well. It is
likely that the Yardies continued on with drug selling and car racing.
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D. Characters
Well we've gone through the gangs and cities of the Grand Theft Auto
universe but now we get down to the characters. No two characters in
the GTA universe are the same. Different past experiences and
circumstances change people's lives and set them down their own path.
This section will go through some of the more influential people in
Grand Theft Auto. As I have previously stated, if you have any
comments or wish I add someone's profile then email me and I will work
it out for you. This section contains background information and a few
comments from me.
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D1. 8-Ball
Full name: Unknown
Nicknames: 8-Ball
Affiliation: None specific.
Lives in: Liberty City
8-Ball is the man to go to in Liberty City when you need a bomb. He is
an explosives expert that operates 3 shops across Liberty City. In
1998, 8-Ball helped out Toni Cipriani on several missions he did for
Donald Love. This was probably why he had such strong ties with the
Leone Family by GTA III (2001). Prior to the events in GTA III, 8-Ball
suffered injuries to both his hands. Although it was believe to be
caused by a cop spilling hot oil/ fat on them, GTA Advance reveals that
he suffered these injuries from a gang ambush. By 2001, 8-Ball is on
his way to jail with his hands bandaged up. However, the Columbian
Cartel attack his police escort to break another man out. 8-Ball and a
man he just met named Claude (you may know him) used this opportunity
to escape. 8-Ball went back to work and introduced Claude to the Leone
Family. 8-Ball provide Claude with his explosive expertise on several
occasions including joining Claude when he blew up a Cartel tanker.
However, the Leone Family betray Claude. Nothing is heard from 8-Ball
after this. It is assumed that he carried on regular business
operations.
Comments: Despite living in Liberty City, 8-Ball has bomb shops located
in Vice City and the San Andreas state. He sure does get around.
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D2. B Dup
Full name: Mark Wayne
Nicknames: B Dup
Affiliation: Was Grove Street Families, then became a drug dealer so
probably the Ballas (a little)
Lives in: Los Santos
B Dup started his days as a member of the Grove Street Families. He
ran with them no matter what. However, once CJ left for Liberty City
and drugs started being pumped into the city he changed. B Dup became
a drug dealer. One of the biggest drug dealers in Los Santos. He
introduced Big Bear to it and used Big Bear's addiction to keep him as
a slave to B Dup. When CJ returns to Los Santos, he and Ryder head
over to try and get B Dup and Big Bear back. But B Dup rejects them
and Big Bear is simply too addicted. Later, when CJ returns to Los
Santos after the destruction of the Grove Street Families, B Dup is
still the same but Big Bear turns on him and joins the Grove Street
Families again. B Dup continues on his ways.
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D3. Baker, Mitch
Full name: Mitch Baker
Nicknames: Big Mitch
Affiliation: Bikers (leader)
Lives in: Vice City
Big Mitch is a Vietnam veteran turned biker. He leads the biker gang
that is located at the Greasy Chopper Bar in Vice City. The biker gang
and Mitch are all about respect and being a family. When Kent Paul
asks Tommy Vercetti to get the bikers as security for the Love Fist
concert Baker gets Tommy to prove himself to the gang. Baker gets
Tommy to race with a bike and see how he handles it. Tommy wins and
Baker gets Tommy to deliver the country a "kick in the ass". But
Baker's prized bike gets stolen and he asks Tommy to get it back.
Tommy succeeds and Baker agrees to provide security for the Love Fist
concert.
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D4. Big Bear
Full name: Barry Thorne
Nicknames: Big Bear
Affiliation: Was Grove Street Families, he left for drugs but returned
Lives in: Los Santos
Big Bear started out as a member of the Grove Street Families. After
CJ left and drugs were introduced to Los Santos, his path changed. He
became addicted to drugs thanks to B Dup. Big Bear became B Dup's
slave for just a few sniffs of drugs now and again. He did anything B
Dup wanted. When CJ returns to Los Santos and tries to get him back he
is too attached to the drugs to leave B Dup. Once CJ comes back again,
Big Bear has denounced his drug ways and leaves B Dup to rejoin the
Grove Street Families.
Comments: I was hoping to have a mission or two with Big Bear after he
gets out of the rehab centre but that storyline never played out.
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D5. Big Smoke
Full name: Melvin Harris
Nicknames: Big Smoke
Affiliation: Was Grove Street Families, he turned on them and joined
the Ballas
Lives in: Los Santos
Big Smoke lived in Grove Street with Sweet, CJ, and Ryder since they
were young. They did it all together. They eventually formed the
Grove Street Families. However, CJ left for Liberty City after his
brother, Brian, died and things changed. Drugs were introduced to Los
Santos and Big Smoke got in on this with Ryder. Big Smoke became a
huge drug dealer in Los Santos thanks to the drugs supplied to him from
San Fierro. Big Smoke turned his back on the Grove Street Families and
led them to an ambush. Most of the Grove Street Family members were
killed. Big Smoke used this opportunity to fund different hospitals
and centres around Los Santos. He became a loved philanthropist but
these donations were based on drug money. CJ eventually destroyed his
drug factory and returned to Los Santos. He stormed Big Smoke's drug
base and came face to face with Big Smoke. Big Smoke stated that he
wanted power and to be remembered. Big Smoke then attacked CJ but was
killed.
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D6. Burner, Ned
Full name: Ned Burner
Nicknames: None.
Affiliation: Liberty Tree Newspaper
Lives in: Liberty City
Ned Burner was a newspaper reporter for the Liberty Tree in 1998. He
always wanted to get the inside scoop. So impersonates a priest. Toni
Cipriani comes to see him and Ned gets Toni to do several jobs
including stealing diamonds from thieves and killing celebrities. Ned
becomes an "award winning reporter" as he always knows the real story
behind the incidents. Ned reveals he is a fraud and leaves Toni
scratching his head in the church. Later, Ned catches Toni in the act
of killing Avery Carrington. Toni chases after him and kills him.
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D7. Carrington, Avery
Full name: Avery Carrington
Nicknames: None
Affiliation: Vercetti gang but he isn't a member.
Lives in: Vice City
Avery is the main real estate developer in Vice City in the 1980's. He
has a set plan for each area of the city and if something is in the way
then he takes actions to make sure it gets out of his way. Avery hires
Tommy Vercetti to perform some of these "clearing" jobs for him. Once
Tommy destroys the Diaz gang, Avery is there to lend Tommy advice on
business and the town. During one mission, Avery introduces Tommy to
his protege, Donald Love. Donald Love seems to learn a lot off Avery
as he is a big business tycoon in Liberty City years later. When Avery
comes to Liberty City he plans to start up the Panlantic Corporation
but Donald Love has Toni Cipriani kill his former mentor and steal his
plans. Then Donald Love gets Toni to steal Avery's body for his
'morgue party'.
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D8. Casa, Giovanni
Full name: Giovanni Casa
Nicknames: None.
Affiliation: Sindacco Family (possibly)
Lives in: Liberty City
Casa owned and operated a deli near Chinatown on Portland Island. It
is in the heart of Sindacco Family territory which sparks ideas that he
could have been allied with the Sindacco's. Casa became Ma Cipriani's
lover some time in the mid 1990's. Ma always compared her son, Toni
Cipriani, to Casa as she believed he was good and treated his mother
with respect. Toni knew that Casa was nothing but a pervert and
decided to show his mom the truth. He took pictures of Casa dressed as
a baby with some hookers but Ma wouldn't accept it and yelled at Toni
for spying. Toni finally had enough and killed Casa. Toni cut Casa's
body up and sold his organs to his own deli shop.
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D9. Cassidy, Phil
Full name: Phil Cassidy
Nicknames: The One-Armed Bandit
Affiliation: Freelance arms supplier
Lives in: 1986 - Vice City, 1998 - Liberty City
Phil Cassidy is a war veteran who took part in several missions in
Nicaragua with the U.S. Army. He states that he lost one of his arms
during that war. However, in 1986 he was living in Vice City and still
had both arms. He was hired by Tommy Vercetti to take part in a bank
heist. After the mission, Phil was celebrating with Tommy and made
some of his famous "Boomshine" alcoholic drink. An accident occurred
and the Boomshine exploded. Phil was standing in front of it and his
arm was blown off. Tommy rushed him to the hospital. In 1998, Phil
was living in Liberty City and supplying weaponry to the Yakuza. By
2001, he had set up shop in the northern part of Staunton Island.
Claude was tasked with helping Phil fight off some Columbian Cartel
members that were coming to rough him up. They were successful and
Phil continued with his arms business called "Phil's Army Surplus".
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D10. Catalina
Full name: Catalina
Nicknames: None
Affiliation: Became the Columbian Cartel in 2001 or possibly earlier.
Lives in: Was in the Badlands in San Andreas but moved to Liberty City.
Catalina lived in the outer areas of Los Santos in the early 1990's.
She is Cesar's cousin. In 1992, Cesar gets CJ to meet with her at a
bar. When CJ walks in the bar he finds Catalina holding a knife up
against two men. They go after her but she slices one and take CJ out
of the bar. Catalina immediately takes control and orders CJ to take
her on some robberies she has planned. This includes a tanker, a
betting shop, a bank, and a store. During this time Catalina falls in
love with CJ but she quickly turns on him and has found a new lover.
This happens to be Claude. Claude and CJ race and CJ wins. Catalina
hands CJ the deed to a garage in San Fierro and leaves for Liberty City
with Claude. In 2001, Catalina and Claude rob a bank in Liberty City.
Catalina turns on Claude here and shots him. Claude survives and gets
out of jail. Catalina takes control of the Columbian Cartel and
introduces SPANK to the city along with her partner Miguel. She uses
the Cartel to take out Claude but they fail. Eventually, she kills
Claude's business associate, Asuka, and kidnaps Claude's lover, Maria.
Claude chases after and kills Catalina by blowing up the helicopter she
was in and decimates the Cartel.
Comments: Catalina appears to like the rough stuff in bed as she shows
CJ. A woman after my own heart.
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D11. Chong, Lee
Full name: Lee Chong
Nicknames: "Chunky" Lee Chong
Affiliation: Triads
Lives in: Liberty City
Chunky Lee Chong was a member of the Triads in Chinatown in 2001. He
owned a small noodle stand in the heart of Chinatown. It is found out
that Chunky Lee Chong is using his noodle stand to sell SPANK for the
Columbian Cartel. Joey Leone can't stand for this and hires Claude to
kill him. Claude enters Chinatown and is attacked by a group of
Triads. Claude kills them and manages to kill Chunky. This event
sparks more conflict between the Triads and the Leone Family.
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D12. Chonks, Marty
Full name: Marty Chonks
Nicknames: None
Affiliation: None.
Lives in: Liberty City
Marty is the owner of the Bitchin` Dog Food Factory in Portland. He
has fallen on financial problems and hires Claude to take care of a few
issues to help with this problem. Claude delivers Marty`s banker, his
wife, and some street thugs that Marty paid to raid his house. After
each is delivered, Marty kills them and adds them to the dog food list.
Unfortunately, Marty`s wife had a lover that Marty owed money to and he
comes to the factory for revenge. Marty attempts to kill him but the
lover gets the drop first and kills Marty.
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D13. Cilli, Vincenzo
Full name: Vincenzo Cilli
Nicknames: Lucky
Affiliation: Leone Family
Lives in: Liberty City
In the early 1990's, Vincenzo was a small time member of the Leone
Mafia Family. At some point in the mid 1990's Toni Cipriani killed a
made man and had to flee Liberty City. Vincenzo started to climb his
way up the family hierarchy. He became one of Don Leone's top men.
When Toni returned in 1998 he found Vincenzo had taken his place. Toni
was forced to work for Vincenzo. Vincenzo treated Toni like crap and
with disrespect. Toni took it for Don Leone's sake but grew
increasingly impatient. Soon Vincenzo assigned Toni with picking up
his car with a stash of drugs in it. Toni did but found the car was a
setup with the cops. Toni called up Vincenzo and Vincenzo said he knew
but didn't care as sometimes you have to take risks. Toni quit
Vincenzo's employment and crushed his car. Vincenzo then called to
make peace. He invited Toni to a tanker to offload a shipment. Toni
entered the tanker and was trapped with a bunch of chainsaw maniacs.
Toni killed them and then killed Vincenzo.
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D14. Mrs. Cipriani
Full name: Mrs. Cipriani (no first name is given)
Nicknames: Ma Cipriani
Affiliation: Leone Family
Lives in: Liberty City
Mrs. Cipriani is the mother of Toni Cipriani. Her husband was once
part of the mafia (probably the Leone Family) as well but was
eventually or died in an undisclosed manner. She holds Toni to the
same standards as her husband and is, thus, never satisfied with what
he does. Toni is a failure to her. In the mid 90's Toni had to leave
Liberty City after killing a made man. In 1998, he returns and she
sees Toni as bringing a bad name to her family so she calls a hit on
him. Toni fights off the assassins and she eventually calls it off
once Toni becomes 'made'. She is proud of him. Toni moves back in
with his mother and she resorts back to her old ways of putting him
down. Even after the hit attempt Toni still loves her and wishes to
make her happy.
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D15. Cipriani, Toni
Full name: Antonio Cipriani
Nicknames: Toni
Affiliation: Leone Family
Lives in: Liberty City
Toni Cipriani followed his father and got into the Leone Family mafia.
He made his way up the family ladder and was eventually asked to kill a
made man. Toni succeeded but had to leave Liberty City for several
years until it blew over (ala Michael in GodFather). Returning in
1998, Toni joined the Leone Family again. He was placed under
Vincenzo's watch, much to Toni's disagreement. He worked his way back
up the ladder and became Don Salvatore's right hand man. Toni helps
Don Salvatore in almost wiping out the other families in Liberty City.
They succeeded in killing off the Sindacco Family. By 2001, Toni had
become the Don's capo. Toni would hire Claude to do some work for him
usually involving the Triads. After Salvatore betrayed Claude, Claude
returned and killed Salvatore Leone. It is unknown whether Salvatore's
son, Joey, or Toni Cipriani took over the family after that.
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D16. Claude
Full name: Claude
Nicknames: None
Affiliation: Has worked for multiple groups
Lives in: San Fierro then moved to Liberty City
Claude originally lived in San Fierro and owned a garage. In 1992, he
started dating Catalina after she broke up with CJ. Claude and CJ
raced for pink slips but Claude lost. He handed over the deed to his
garage to CJ. Claude and Catalina left for Liberty City. During the
next few years they probably robbed several stores and banks in Liberty
City. In 2001, they robbed a bank. On the way out Catalina shot
Claude stating that he was only small time. Claude was sent to jail.
But on the trip to Liberty City Penitentiary the Columbian Cartel
inadvertently broke Claude out. He started work for the Leone Family
but was eventually betrayed by them. Claude then killed Salvatore
Leone as payback for the betrayal. Claude continued on his quest for
revenge by working for the Yakuza. Eventually, Claude was able to kill
Catalina after she kidnapped Claude's girlfriend, Maria. He saved
Maria and they moved on. But at the end of the game a shotgun blast
can be heard after Maria wouldn't shut up.
Comments: Claude's name was speculated at during GTA III. He was never
referred to by name. Claude was the name fans gave him as some of the
GTA III disc files referred to the name Claude. This would later be
confirmed in GTA San Andreas when, after you have completed the game,
Catalina calls and yells out Claude's name during their intimate love
making. Claude's silence was also referred to in San Andreas. When
Claude doesn't respond to CJ's threats, CJ calls him a mute. So this
could mean that Claude actually is mute.
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D17. Cortez, Juan Garcia
Full name: Colonel Juan Garcia Cortez
Nicknames: Colonel
Affiliation: Was the Diaz gang but they were killed
Lives in: Vice City
Colonel Cortez is retired after serving many years in the army. It
isn't known which army specifically but probably the Cuban one. There
he became a friend of Ricardo Diaz and they moved to Vice City.
Ricardo became a huge drug dealer while Cortez preferred to set up
deals and help in his own way. Cortez sets up a deal between Ken
Rosenburg and two brothers (Lance Vance and his brother) but the deal
is attacked and the money and drugs are stolen. Cortez launches an
investigation while getting Tommy to do a few jobs for him. The
Colonel eventually steals some technology from the France and American
armies and must leave Vice City on his boat. He gets Tommy to watch
over his daughter, Mercedes, after he is gone.
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D18. Cortez, Mercedes
Full name: Mercedes Cortez
Nicknames: Mercedes
Affiliation: None.
Lives in: Vice City
Mercedes is Colonel Cortez's daughter. The Colonel is very protective
of his daughter but she usually has things under control. Tommy
Vercetti is introduced to Vice City's big time players thanks to
Mercedes. She works at the Pole Position Strip Club originally and
Tommy hires her to perform in one of the pornographic films that Steve
Scott produces. Tommy also gets her to entertain the rock band Love
Fist for him.
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D19. D-Ice
Full name: Unknown
Nicknames: D-Ice
Affiliation: Red Jacks
Lives in: Liberty City
D-Ice is the leader of the Red Jacks in Witchita Gardens. He finds an
enemy in the new gang the Purple Nines after they start to move in on
the Red Jacks' territory. D-Ice hires Claude to take care of the
Purple Nines moving in on their territory. Claude first runs around
Witchita Gardens killing any Purple Nines member he sees. Claude then
performs some small tasks for D-Ice. Eventually Claude is asked to
finish off the Purple Nines for good. He succeeds and D-Ice is left to
rule Witchita Gardens.
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D20. Diaz, Ricardo
Full name: Ricardo Diaz
Nicknames: Diaz
Affiliation: Diaz Gang
Lives in: Vice City
Ricardo originally served with Colonel Cortez for the army (possibly
the Cuban one). He moved to Vice City only a few years before the
events of GTA Vice City. He became a huge drug dealer in the city and
established his gang. Diaz lived in a massive mansion on Starfish
Island. Diaz got hsi hands into every drug deal that went down in Vice
City. In 1986, Tommy Vercetti was sent to watch over one of the Diaz
drug deals. When Haitians tried to kill them Tommy helped keep Diaz
alive. Tommy began work for Diaz. Stealing boats, collecting drugs,
etc... Tommy eventually discovered that Diaz was the one that ruined
his deal. Tommy plots to kill Diaz but Lance jumps the gun. Tommy
rescues Lance and they storm the Diaz Mansion and kill Ricardo Diaz
before he kills them. Tommy takes over his empire.
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D21. Dwaine
Full name: Dwaine, surname unknown
Nicknames: None.
Affiliation: Grove Street Families
Lives in: Vice City in 1986, moved to San Fierro shortly after
Dwaine was a partial owner of the boatyard in Vice City in 1986. He
and his partner, Jethro, were bought out by Tommy Vercetti. Shortly
after they moved to San Fierro. Dwaine began to run his Hot Dog Van
business. In 1992, The Truth came to Dwaine and offered him a job at
CJ's garage. Dwaine jumped at the opportunity and helped CJ in
starting up the car dealership business.
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D22. El Burro
Full name: Unknown
Nicknames: El Burro
Affiliation: Diablos
Lives in: Liberty City
El Burro is the leader of the Diablos in Liberty City. Operating out
of Hepburn Heights on Portland Island, El Burro runs a pornography
magazine publishing company. He hires Claude in 2001 first to race and
see if he is worthy. When Claude wins he is set off on several
missions to help El Burro maintain his business. Claude also gets El
Burro`s car back after it is stolen by Triads. Afterwards, Claude goes
to work for the Yardies who task Claude with killing as many Diablos as
possible. This hurt the EL Burro`s gang but he probably continued on
with his business.
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D23. Forelli, Franco
Full name: Franco Forelli
Nicknames: None.
Affiliation: Forelli Family
Lives in: Liberty City
Franco became the leader of the Forelli Family sometime after 1986 when
the former leader, Sonny Forelli, was killed. Franco continues to hold
substantial power in Liberty City primarily thanks to the Forelli's
having Mayor R.C. Hole in the pocket. In 1998, the mayor began to put
too much pressure on the Leone Family, Salvatore Leone specifically.
Salvatore had Toni Cipriani kill the mayor. Franco was irate and began
backing another candidate for the mayor spot. This was O'Donovan.
O'Donovan would win but the Leone Family saved his life from the
Sicilians and he owed them, thus giving control of the mayor to the
Leone Family. Paulie would suffer more as several of his men were
killed by the Leone Family during this time.
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D24. Forelli, Mike
Full name: Mike Forelli
Nicknames: Lips
Affiliation: Forelli Family
Lives in: Liberty City
Lips Forelli was a high ranking member of the Forelli Family in 2001.
It isn't clear if he was the leader at that point but Joey Leone choose
to kill him after the Forelli's wouldn't pay up on some debts. Joey
hires Claude to kill Lips who is at Marco's Bistro. Claude steals
Lips' car and rigs it with a bomb. Claude returns the car and waits.
When Lips returns to the vehicle and gets in it explodes and kills Lips
Forelli. This was the start of another turf war between the Leone's
and the Forelli's.
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D25. Forelli, Sonny
Full name: Sonny Forelli
Nicknames: None.
Affiliation: Forelli Family
Lives in: Liberty City
Sonny Forelli was the head of the Forelli Family in the early 1980's.
The Forelli Family had a good hold on business in Liberty City so they
decided to expand in the south, specifically Vice City. Sonny Forelli
sent Tommy Vercetti down there to keep Tommy out of their business.
The drug deal that Tommy was a part of was ambushed and the money was
lost. Sonny gave Tommy Vercetti a chance to get it back. Tommy began
to take over Vice City and Sonny grew increasingly impatient. Finally,
Sonny came down to Vice City to take over Tommy's operation. Sonny had
Lance betray Tommy but it would prove useless as Tommy killed Lance,
Sonny, and several other Forelli Family members. During the conflict
Sonny revealed that he had actually set Tommy up 15 years ago when he
was arrested and put in jail.
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D26. Goterelli, Luigi
Full name: Luigi Goterelli
Nicknames: None.
Affiliation: Leone Family
Lives in: Liberty City
Luigi is the owner of the Sex Club 7 Strip Club on Portland Island. He
began running the club some time after 1998. Before that it was
Paulie's Revue Bar owned by the Sindacco's. In 2001, Luigi took in 8-
Ball and Claude after they had escaped from a prison convey. He gave
Claude work to help him get on his feet. Luigi mostly got Claude to
run his girls around town to help with his business. Eventually, the
Leone Family would turn on Claude. Claude would survive and then come
back. He killed Don Salvatore as he was leaving Luigi's club. Luigi
probably felt guilty that the Don was killed outside his club.
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D27. Hamfists, Mickey
Full name: Mickey Hamfists
Nicknames: None.
Affiliation: Leone Family
Lives in: Liberty City
Mickey is the bouncer at Luigi's Sex Club 7 in the Red Light District
of Portland Island. He takes care of all the customers coming from the
front or back and keeps the place in line. In 1998, the Sex Club 7 was
opened up and Mickey was the main bouncer. Mickey and Luigi are very
close friends and Mickey will do anything for him. Mickey is also an
enforcer type for the Leone Family and attends all of the ceremonies
were a person is "made". Sometimes he needs to clean up after the
ceremony.
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D28. Hernandez, Officer Jimmy
Full name: Jimmy Hernandez
Nicknames: None.
Affiliation: Los Santos Police Department
Lives in: Los Santos
Officer Hernandez had recently joined Officer Pulaski and Tenpenny
before the events of San Andreas. Tenpenny was breaking him in on the
dirty side of the law as he got Hernandez to do most of the work in the
group. It is believed that Hernandez was the one to gun down Officer
Pendelbury. Pendelbury was gathering information on Tenpenny's crooked
operations and was about to let them be known. Tenpenny frames CJ for
this death. Eventually, the law begins to focus in on what Tenpenny
and gang are doing. Tenpenny becomes suspicious. When they are out in
the desert, Tenpenny smacks Hernandez with a shovel and calls him a
snitch. Pulaski gets CJ to dig the both of them a grave. As he digs,
Hernandez comes to and jumps Pulaski. Pulaski shoots him down and CJ
escapes.
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D29. Hopper, Jane
Full name: Jane Hopper
Nicknames: None.
Affiliation: Worker's Union
Lives in: Liberty City
Jane Hopper was a union boss in 1998. She initiated the strike by the
ferry workers in response to the construction of the Callahan Bridge
and Porter Tunnel. The completion of these 2 structures would put
ferry workers out of business for good. Jane actually never cared if
the workers lost their jobs. She only cared about getting paid by
corrupt politicians or gangs to get the ferries operational again or
end the strike. The Leone Family was negatively affected by this
strike and weren't going to pay Hopper. Toni Cipriani killed the
driver to her limo and drove her around until she gave into their
demands. She accepted and allowed the Leone Family to go about their
business.
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D30. Jethro
Full name: Unknown
Nicknames: Jethro
Affiliation: Grove Street Families
Lives in: Vice City in 1986, moved to San Fierro shortly after
Jethro was a partial owner of the boatyard in Vice City in 1986. He
and his partner, Dwaine, were bought out by Tommy Vercetti. Shortly
after they moved to San Fierro. Jethro became the owner and operator
of the Xoomer Gas Station. In 1992, The Truth came to Jethro and
offered him a job at CJ's garage. Jethro jumped at the opportunity and
helped CJ in starting up the car dealership business.
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D31. Jizzy B.
Full name: Unknown
Nicknames: Jizzy B.
Affiliation: T-Bonez
Lives in: San Fierro
Jizzy is the owner of the Pleasures Domes Club on the northern coast of
San Fierro under the bridge. Jizzy is part of a drug syndicate that
involves the Ballas, T-Bonez, Ryder, Big Smoke, and several others. CJ
decides to enter the group that helped destroy his family gang from
Jizzy's place. CJ sweet talks Jizzy and goes to work for him. CJ does
a lot of jobs relating to Jizzy's girls and then begins to move deeper
into the syndicate. CJ eventually decides to kill Jizzy as he has
learned all he needs to know. CJ sneaks into Jizzy's club and succeeds
in killing him.
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D32. Johnson, Beverly
Full name: Beverly Johnson
Nicknames: Mom
Affiliation: Grove Street Families
Lives in: Los Santos
Beverly is the mother of Sweet, CJ, Kendl, and Brian Johnson. She
raised them on her own (the father's location or story is unknown).
She doesn't appear in GTA San Andreas but she is the key point to the
plot. When Brian was killed as a result of an accident CJ made, CJ
left Los Santos for Liberty City. Beverly lost two sons that day as CJ
was too heartbroken to return and Brian was gone. She continued on as
a parent for Kendl and Sweet. In 1992, she was gunned down when
someone in a Green Sabre attempted to kill Sweet. Sweet didn't even
know his mom was hit until after everything was done.
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D33. Johnson, Brian
Full name: Brian Johnson
Nicknames: None.
Affiliation: Grove Street Families
Lives in: Los Santos
Brian was the youngest of Beverly Johnson's kids. He always looked up
to his big brothers and the Grove Street Families. He wanted to be
apart of their group. However, Brian's life was cut short in 1987.
There are no specific details but CJ made a mistake or caused an
accident that caused Brian to be killed. CJ never forgave himself. CJ
left Los Santos for Liberty City and only returned 5 years later when
his mom was killed.
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D34. Johnson, Carl
Full name: Carl Johnson
Nicknames: CJ
Affiliation: Grove Street Families, allied with Triads and Los Aztecas
Lives in: Los Santos
CJ was the second oldest son in the Johnson family. He and Sweet
started up the Grove Street Families sometime in the 1980's. However,
CJ left Los Santos for Liberty City after a mistake he made got Brian,
his younger brother, dead. CJ cleaned himself up in Liberty City and
worked legitimately for 5 years. IN 1992 he returned to Los Santos
because of the death of his mom. CJ returned to find the Grove Street
Families a shell of its former self. CJ vowed to restore the gang to
its former glory. However, Big Smoke and Ryder turned on the families
and got most of the members slaughtered. CJ left Los Santos and
established himself elsewhere. CJ obtained a garage in San Fierro and
then an airfield in the desert. CJ then became a partial owner of the
Four Dragons Casino in Las Venturas. CJ returned to Los Santos and
proceeded to take his territory back. He brought the Grove Street
Families back and began to take out the rival gangs. Eventually CJ
killed the crooked cops (Tenpenny and Pulaski), the turncoats Ryder and
Big Smoke, and took back his territory.
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D35. Johnson, Kendl
Full name: Kendl Johnson
Nicknames: None.
Affiliation: Grove Street Families
Lives in: Los Santos
Kendl is the only girl in the Johnson children. When the Grove Street
Families were established Kendl wanted no part of them. She wasn't
into violence and gangs. She was usually the one to stop the brother
from fighting. It is believed that Kendl was there when Brian was
killed by a mistake CJ made (you can hear it in CJ's head when he
enters his house at the beginning of the game). After Brian's death CJ
left for Liberty City. Kendl probably took this hard as she had to
deal with Brian's death and CJ leaving. IN 1992, CJ returned after
their mom's death. Kendl was dating a Mexican named Cesar at this time
and Sweet was having a problem with it. CJ had a problem with it too
but was less vocal. Eventually CJ met Cesar and they soon became
friends. After the Grove Street Families were killed CJ got a garage
in San Fierro. Kendl moved out to San Fierro to run the business.
When CJ became an owner of the Four Dragons Casino, Kendl helped him
with some of the business. She eventually returned to Los Santos with
him and Cesar.
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D36. Johnson, Sean
Full name: Sean Johnson
Nicknames: Sweet
Affiliation: Grove Street Families
Lives in: Los Santos
Sweet is the oldest child in the Johnson family. He is a tough ass and
dictates what the other members of the family should do. He tries to
be the father figure since they had grow up without one. In the 1980's
Sweet and CJ formed the Grove Street Families. In 1987, CJ made a
mistake that got Brian, the youngest brother, killed. CJ left Los
Santos for Liberty City. Sweet saw this as running from your problems
and hated CJ for it. As hard as Sweet tried he couldn't maintain the
Grove Street Families. Members began to fight among themselves and the
families fell apart. Drugs were also introduced. When their mom was
killed in 1992 it was believed that the people responsible were going
for Sweet. CJ returned home and Sweet didn't give him a welcome. He
was still bitter over Brian's death. CJ began to rebuild the Grove
Street Families and earn back Sweet's respect. Sweet was still hard on
him probably because of the father figure he had become. He
disapproved of Kendl's boyfriend but she didn't care. When Ryder and
Big Smoke turned on the Grove Street Families, Sweet was ambushed and
injured. He spent the next few weeks in jail awaiting trial. In jail,
Sweet got very depressed and called CJ several times to forget about
him. But CJ got Sweet out and they restored the Grove Street Families
back.
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D37. Jones, Cam
Full name: Cam Jones
Nicknames: None.
Affiliation: Vercetti Gang
Lives in: Vice City
Cam Jones was one of the best safecrackers in Vice City in 1986. Tommy
Vercetti was putting together a bank heist and needed Cam's skills.
However, Cam was in jail. Tommy snuck into the police department and
broke Cam out. After planning the heist and getting everything
together they went ahead with it. Cam, Tommy, and Phil entered the
bank and Cam broke the safe. As they escaped, Hilary was shot dead.
Cam's status is unknown.
Comment: The player can let Cam die or keep him alive in the mission.
Since he is not seen in the GTA universe after that it doesn't matter.
It is up to the player if he dies or not.
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D38. Kasen, Asuka
Full name: Asuka Kasen
Nicknames: None.
Affiliation: Yakuza
Lives in: Liberty City
Asuka is the leader of the Yakuza in Liberty City. She originally
arrived in the USA in 1991 and became leader of the Yakuza for her
"torture, security, and information retrieval skills". She is
introduced to Claude by Maria after the Leone Family attempted to kill
Claude. She provides Claude with several missions after he killed
Salvatore Leone. She helps Claude take out Catalina's gang while using
Claude for her own agenda of taking out the mafia and the Columbian
Cartel. Asuka suffers a big lose when her brother is killed by a
Cartel member and she does everything she can to help Claude kill them
all. Asuka is eventually killed by Catalina.
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D39. Kasen, Kazuki
Full name: Kazuki Kasen
Nicknames: None.
Affiliation: Yakuza
Lives in: Liberty City
Kazuki was the leader of the Yakuza gang in 1998. He began their
infiltration into Liberty City, specifically Torrington on Staunton
Island. Kazuki obtained a huge stock pile of heavy weaponry, including
a tank, thanks to Phil Cassidy. He was planning to use it to take over
Liberty City. However, Kazuki had been ignoring his wife. She hired
Toni Cipriani to take him out and humiliate the Yakuza. Toni managed
to destroy most of the Yakuza weaponry. Toni and Kazuki showdown on
top of the Yakuza casino with katanas. Toni kills Kazuki.
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D40. Kasen, Kenji
Full name: Kenji Kasen
Nicknames: None.
Affiliation: Yakuza
Lives in: Liberty City
Kenji is Asuka's younger brother and co-leader of the Yakuza. Kenji
runs a casino on Staunton Island while Asuka maintains the entire
Yakuza gang. Kenji is a man with honour and always makes sure to pay
off his debts. He hires Claude after Asuka first introduces the two of
them. Claude performs several task for Kenji. They usually involved
paying off personal debts and obtaining objects for Kenji. Claude
stops working for Kenji. Later, when Claude works for Donald Love, he
is instructed to kill Kenji in order to promote a gang war. Claude
uses a Cartel car and kills Kenji on top of the car parking lot
structure on Staunton Island. Several Yakuza members witness this and
the gang war is on.
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D41. Kasen, Toshiko
Full name: Toshiko Kasen
Nicknames: None.
Affiliation: Yakuza
Lives in: Liberty City
Toshiko is the wife of Yakuza leader Kazuki Kasen in 1998. They were
placed in an arranged marriage when they were younger so they aren't
mad in love with each other. Toshiko hates Kazuki as he enjoys
spending more time with his Yakuza men then he does with his wife. So
she hires Toni Cipriani to destroy the Yakuza and kill Kazuki. Toni
destroys several of the Yakuza's heavy weaponry and then manages to
kill Kazuki in a katana sword fight on top of the Yakuza casino. Once
Toni informs Toshiko that her husband is dead she is overcome with
feelings of regret, grief, and remorse. She jumps out of her apartment
window and is killed by the fall.
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D42. King Courtney
Full name: Unknown
Nicknames: King Courtney
Affiliation: Yardies
Lives in: Liberty City
King Courtney leads the Yardies gang on Staunton Island. They are into
street racing and distribution of SPANK on the streets. In 2001, King
Courtney needed a driver. He held a race and Claude won. Claude is
sent to Hepburn Heights to kill several members of the Diablos gang.
Claude also gathers some gang cars for King Courtney so he can perform
attacks on rival gangs. Finally, King Courtney sends Claude to get
something from a parked car. When Claude gets there he finds it is a
trap setup by King Courtney and Catalina to kill him. This ended King
Courtney's relationship with Claude.
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D43. King, Hilary
Full name: Hilary King
Nicknames: None.
Affiliation: Vercetti Gang
Lives in: Vice City
Hilary King was a highly skilled driver in 1986. He was known on the
street as one of the best drivers but was also known for having very
little confidence. Tommy Vercetti asked Hilary to join him in his
heist of a bank but Hilary said he would agree only if Tommy would beat
him in a race. Tommy did and they robbed the bank. However, in an
attempt to save Tommy, Phil, and Cam, Hilary was killed by the police
officers that came to arrest them.
Comment: Hilary's racing mission is thought to be one of the hardest
missions in GTA Vice City.
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D44. Latore, Maria
Full name: Maria Latore
Nicknames: None.
Affiliation: Leone Family, then went to the Yakuza
Lives in: Las Venturas, moved to Liberty City
Maria started out as a waitress in Caligula's Casino in Las Venturas.
IN 1992, Salvatore Leone came to Las Venturas and took total control of
Caligula's Casino from the Forelli Family and the Sindacco Family.
Salvatore and Maria start flirting and she becomes his girlfriend. She
quits the casino and moves with Salvatore back to Liberty City. Here
she has as much money as she wants and people at her service. In 1998,
she uses Salvatore's man, Toni Cipriani, to drive her around as she
robs places. She even puts herself up as a prize in a street race.
Maria then takes a boyfriend and he beats her up. Toni kills him for
this. Maria overdoses when Toni finds her again and he races around
town and saves her life. In 2001, Maria is introduced to Claude by
Salvatore. Claude drives her around town to get drugs and attend a
party. Maria respects that he treated her very well and falls for
Claude. She informs Salvatore and he is furious. Salvatore attempts
to kill Claude but Maria helps Claude. Claude kills Salvatore. Maria
and Claude join the Yakuza gang thanks to Maria's "friend" Asuka.
Asuka and Maria appear to have an intimate relationship. Eventually,
Catalina kidnaps Maria but Claude rescues her. As Maria and Claude
walk off she won't stop talking and a gunshot is heard. It is unknown
if Maria is killed.
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D45. Leone, Joey
Full name: Joey Leone
Nicknames: None.
Affiliation: Leone Family
Lives in: Liberty City
Joey Leone is the only son (that we know about) of Don Salvatore Leone.
Joey Leone doesn't appear to want to follow in the family footsteps.
He goes on personal feelings and holds any type of grudge he wants.
Joey uses family resources for his own purposes. In 2001, Joey was the
owner of a garage on Portland Island. He developed bad blood with the
Forelli Family but was quick to dispose of them. Joey would later lose
his father who was assassinated. It is unknown if Joey or Toni
Cipriani, the Don's capo, took over the family.
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D46. Leone, Salvatore
Full name: Salvatore Leone
Nicknames: Don
Affiliation: Leone Family
Lives in: Liberty City
Salvatore Leone is the head of the Leone Family Mafia. He runs the
family business from his mansion on Portland Island. He has one son,
Joey Leone, who runs a local garage. In 1992, the Leone Family owned a
third of the Caligula's Casino in Las Venturas. The other owners were
the Forelli's and the Sindaccos. Salvatore decided to make his move
and came to Las Venturas. He took over Caligula's Casino. With the
help of CJ he killed most of the Sindacco Family and an assassination
group of Forelli's. But the casino would later be robbed by CJ. In
1998, a returning Toni Cipriani assisted Salvatore in taking out the
Sindacco Family and killing a great deal of Forelli Family members.
However, the Diablos, Yakuza, and Triads would move in on the Leone
turf and take over several key areas. By 2001, the Leone Family had
lost a lot of turf. They were in wars with the Yakuza, Cartel, and the
Triads. Salvatore got Claude to do some work against these gangs. But
Salvatore would eventually betray Claude after he thought that Claude
was going behind his back with Maria. Claude would return and kill
Salvatore after he was leaving the Sex Club 7. It is unknown who took
over the family after this time.
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D47. Li, Ran Fa
Full name: Ran Fa Li
Nicknames: Farlie
Affiliation: Red Gecko Tong Triads
Lives in: San Fierro
Ran Fa Li was the leader of the Red Gecko Tong Triads in San Fierro in
1992. He is ranked higher in the Triads group then Wu Zi Mu,
therefore, he is treated as an honoured guest for Wu Zi Mu. Ran gets
CJ to perform some tasks for him including using CJ as a decoy in order
for Ran Fa Li to escape Wu Zi Mu's building safely. Ran Fa Li helps Wu
Zi Mu later on in helping to establish the Four Dragons Casino in Las
Venturas.
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D48. Love, Donald
Full name: Donald Love
Nicknames: None
Affiliation: None.
Lives in: Vice City in the 80's, then moved to Liberty City.
Donald Love started his career as an apprentice to real estate
developer, Avery Carrington. In the 1980's, Donald learned all he
could from Avery about business and how to develop property. Donald
later moved to Liberty City and began building his own empire. He
decided to run for mayor in 1998, but lost and, in the process, lost
$20 million. He had nothing. He then got Toni Cipriani to kill his
former mentor, Avery Carrington, to steal his plans for the Panlantic
Corporation. Toni was successful and Donald Love began to build his
empire back up. By 2001, Donald ran the Love Media company which owned
most of Liberty City. He hired Claude the rescue a friend of his and
retrieve a package for Donald Love. However, a short time later Donald
would disappear. It is unknown what happened to him. Donald also has
a strange taste for corpses. He holds 'morgue parties' in his condo
and even enjoys in the act of cannibalism.
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D49. Love Fist
Names of members: Jezz Torrent, Willy, Dick, Percy
Affiliation: Their band
Lives in: Vice City
Love Fist was a Scottish hard-rock band in 1986. The were managed by
Kent Paul during this time. They records down at the VRock station and
Kent invited Tommy Vercetti to meet the boys. Kent got Tommy to
perform some missions for the boys including getting them some special
drugs and bringing Mercedes Cortez to entertain them before they went
on stage. A psychotic fan would threaten the gang but Tommy managed to
kill him, or so he thought. When the band headed to the concert they
found that the psycho had rigged their limo with a bomb. Tommy drove
around above a certain speed to stop the bomb from exploding. The band
deactivated it and went to the concert.
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D50. Maccer
Full name: Unknown
Nicknames: Maccer
Affiliation: Gurning Chimps
Lives in: Unknown (he is at the casino in Las Venturas and then at Mad
Dog's house in Los Santos, never says where he lives)
Maccer is the lead singer of the group known as the Gurning Chimps.
They started in Manchester and started to move their music to the
United States once it became popular. Kent Paul is his friend and
possibly business associate. Maccer and Kent Paul take a trip out to
the desert with The Truth in 1992 and they end up drunk and pass out.
The Truth calls CJ as he doesn't remember where they are. CJ goes out
and finds them and brings them back to Las Venturas. He meets up with
Ken Rosenburg at Caligula's Casino. Eventually, they escape the casino
and meet up with CJ later at Mad Dog's house in Los Santos. There
Maccer begins to record his music. Maccer also has an uncontrollable
urge to 'pleasure' himself.
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D51. Machowski, Ray
Full name: Ray Machowski
Nicknames: None
Affiliation: Yakuza, Liberty City Police
Lives in: Liberty City
Ray starts out as a good cop on the streets of Liberty City in 1998.
He was partnered with Leon McAffrey who was on the side of taking
brides and doing favours for the criminals. Ray didn't agree with this
but Leon would slowly turn him. Ray eventually became employed by the
Yakuza and provided them with inside information. In 2001, Asuka sends
Claude to pay Ray for recent information. Ray is very cautious but
hires Claude once he knows he can use him. Ray gets Claude to silence
his partner, McAffrey, for squealing. Ray also gets Claude to help out
a few of his friends, Phil Cassidy and Donald Love. Ray eventually
knows that the cops are closing in on him and gets Claude to take him
to the airport. He leaves Liberty City.
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D52. Madd Dogg
Full name: Unknown
Nicknames: Madd Dogg
Affiliation: Grove Street Families
Lives in: Los Santos
Madd Dogg was a top rapper in Los Santos in the early 1990's. He had
never won a Gold Record, however, but there was plenty of time.
However, in 1992 Madd Dogg had his rhyme book stolen by CJ. CJ was
helping out his friend OG Loc who needed better rhymes to make it. CJ
also killed Madd Dogg's manager who was getting on OG Loc for stealing
the rhymes. Madd Dogg became depressed and turned to drugs and
alcohol. He would later trade his prized mansion to a local Vagos drug
dealer named Big Poppa to pay for his addiction. To bring in more
money he moved to Las Venturas and started play in the casinos. Madd
Dogg would not have much luck and gave up. He attempted a suicide by
jumping off a building but CJ saved him. CJ took him to a rehab centre
and he came out all cleaned up. He wanted his mansion back. CJ and
some Triad members stormed Madd Dogg's mansion and killed the Vagos
inside including Big Poppa. Madd Dogg then realized that it was OG Loc
that stole his rhymes. CJ and Madd Dogg chased OG Loc and got his
rhymes back. Madd Dogg begins recording again and eventually wins his
first Gold Record.
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D53. McAffrey, Leon
Full Name: Leon McAffrey
Nicknames: None.
Affiliation: Leone Family, Liberty City Police Department
Lives in: Liberty City
Leon McAffrey is a corrupt cop on the Leone Family payroll in 1998. He
aided the Leone Family as it paid more than a regular police salary.
Leon assists Toni Cipriani after Salvatore gets him to help out with
the destruction of the other families. Leon helps Toni in killing
several Sindacco Family members. Leon is given a new partner, Ray
Machowski, around the same time and begins to break him into the
corrupt cop ways. Ray resists at first but by 2001, he is one of the
most corrupt cops. Leon makes a deal with the federal agencies that he
will reveal some information in a crime Ray commits for an honorary
discharge. Ray has Claude go to Leon's safehouse, torch it, and kill
McAffrey as he tried to escape.
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D54. Mendez, T-Bone
Full Name: Mr. Mendez, first name unknown
Nicknames: T-Bone
Affiliation: San Fierro Rifa
Lives in: San Fierro
T-Bone Mendez is the leader of the San Fierro Rifa. T-Bone helped to
setup the Drug Syndicate in the early 90's. T-Bone acted as the muscle
of the group. T-Bone and the Rifa produced drugs in their factory in
San Fierro and then shipped it off to the Ballas, Vagos, and Big Smoke
to be sold. In 1992, CJ found out about the syndicate and T-Bone
Mendez' activities. CJ got in the syndicate by dealing with Jizzy B.
T-Bone doesn't trust CJ but learns to deal with him. CJ then kills
Jizzy and destroys the Rifa's drug factory. This is a huge blow to the
group. T-Bone and the boys are down at Pier 69 in a meeting when CJ,
Cesar, and several Triad members storm the site and kill them. T-Bone
is also killed in this conflict.
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D55. Miguel
Full name: Miguel
Nicknames: None.
Affiliation: Columbian Cartel
Lives in: Liberty City
In 1998, Miguel was the leader of the Columbian Cartel. He directed
them in their drug dealing activities and helped to bring the Cartel to
a higher level in Liberty City. Miguel dealt with Toni Cipriani a few
times in regards to drugs. In 2001, he helped Catalina turn on Claude.
Catalina and him were then the co-leaders of the Columbian Cartel.
Catalina and Miguel used the Cartel to distribute their new SPANK drug
around Liberty City. Miguel and Catalina manage to steal an important
package from Donald Love. They bring it to their construction site on
Staunton Island and examine it. But Claude shows up and Catalina shots
Miguel and escapes. Asuka appears and works over Miguel for
information and learns a lot about the Cartel's plans and operations.
Catalina eventually returns and kills Asuka and Miguel.
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D56. Misty
Full name: Unknown
Nicknames: Misty
Affiliation: Leone Family
Lives in: Liberty City
Misty works under the wing of the Leone Family. She is a prostitute
who works for Luigi at the Sex Club 7. Between 1998 and 2001 she was
introduced to Joey Leone (she didn't meet him at a BBQ, it was for
pleasure). Joey Leone enjoyed Misty's services so much that she became
his regular girl. In 2001, Claude is instructed to drive Misty to
Joey's garage for some action. Misty is seen there in many of Claude's
visits to the garage and Joey is always working on the cars. She
continually asks him when they are going to have some 'action'.
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D57. Mu, Wu Zi
Full name: Wu Zi Mu
Nicknames: Woozie
Affiliation: Mountain Cloud Boys (Triads)
Lives in: San Fierro, move to Las Venturas
Woozie is the leader of the Mountain Cloud Boys in San Fierro. His
'curse' is that he is blind. However, that doesn't stop him from
playing video games, golf, and racing cars. In 1992, he meets CJ and
they race. CJ wins and Woozie invites him to San Fierro. CJ works for
Woozie in San Fierro on a number of occasions. Woozie gets CJ to take
out the Da Nang Boys and help keep Ran Fa Li safe. Eventually Woozie
builds the Four Dragons Casino in Las Venturas and relocates there. CJ
comes over and Woozie invites him to be a partner in it. However,
Woozie is suffering as the mafia is trying to put them out of business.
Woozie and CJ set up a heist on the mafia casino. They pull it off.
Woozie also gets CJ to take out some mafia members giving them trouble.
Once they have secured Las Venturas, Woozie helps CJ in returning to
Los Santos.
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D58. O'Toole, JD
Full name: Joseph Daniel O'Toole
Nicknames: JD
Affiliation: Sindacco Family, turns on them for the Leone Family
Lives in: Liberty City
JD O'Toole was the manager of Paulie's Revue Bar in 1998. He ran the
bar for the Sindacco Family. JD is into the BDSM type stuff in his bar
and is usually seen participating in some of these activities. JD
became increasingly upset with the Sindacco's for not 'making' him and
decided to switch sides to the Leone Family. He began to give them the
inside information on the Sindacco Family activities and was primarily
in contact with Toni Cipriani. The Leone's eventually got control of
Paulie's Revue Bar (which would later be named Sex Club 7). JD was
going to be 'made' after this. He was so happy. Toni and Mickey
picked him up and drove him to the crusher in Portland. Mickey killed
JD as he couldn't be trusted after betraying his own bosses.
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D59. OG Loc
Full name: Jeffrey Cross
Nicknames: OG Loc
Affiliation: Grove Street Families (Ballas after Big Smoke turned)
Lives in: Los Santos
Jeffrey was a part of the Grove Street Families in 1987. He was a
nobody in the group as he was seen as a wannabe gangster. By 1992, he
had got himself into small time criminal acts to make him appear more
gangster. He changed his name to OG Loc and attempted to get into the
rap business. Problem was, his raps sucked. He was on parole and
worked at a burger joint as janitor. OG Loc got CJ to steal a sound
system and Mad Dog's rhymes in order to help him out. He also got CJ
to kill Mad Dog's manager. OG Loc stuck with Big Smoke when he
betrayed the Grove Street Families. OG Loc used Mad Dog's songs to get
to the top. However, Mad Dog and CJ would return and get the rhymes
back and end OG Loc's career. It is unknown what happened after that.
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D60. Paul, Kent
Full name: Kent Paul
Nicknames: None
Affiliation: Vercetti Gang in the 80's, Grove Street Families in early
90's.
Lives in: Vice City, would move to San Andreas state. Not sure where
he lived.
Kent Paul is a British man in the music industry. He records albums
for groups. Kent Paul also is the man to go to when you want to hear
some gossip in Vice City. He knew it all in the 80's. He used this
information to help out Tommy Vercetti in his quest to get his money
back. Kent Paul became the manager/ recording studio operator, for
Love Fist in Vice City. In 1992, he had moved to San Andreas and
became the manager for the Gurning Chimps. The lead singer, Maccer,
was good friends with Kent Paul. One day, they were taken out to the
desert by The Truth. He left them there after becoming drunk. CJ went
out and rescued them and took them to Caligula's Casino to meet their
friend Ken Rosenburg from Vice City. The casino would become too
dangerous for Kent Paul so CJ helped get them out. They would meet up
with CJ in Los Santos at Madd Dogg's mansion and continue to record
their music. Kent Paul would also become the recorder for Madd Dogg's
music.
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D61. Pendelbury, Officer Ralph
Full name: Ralph Pendelbury
Nicknames: None
Affiliation: Los Santos Police Department
Lives in: Los Santos
Officer Pendelbury was a well respected member of the Los Santos Police
Department in the late 80's and early 90's. In 1992, he stumbled on
some information about another officers, Frank Tenpenny, activities
with street gangs and drugs. Pendelbury began investigating in the
situation and gathered more and more information. Officer Tenpenny
learned of this and confronted Pendelbury. After Pendelbury said he
was going to inform the chief of this Tenpenny had Officer Hernandez
kill Pendelbury. Tenpenny then framed CJ for the murder. However,
information was found that Tenpenny had set up the whole thing and he
was charged with the murder of Officer Pendelbury.
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D62. Perkins, Millie
Full name: Millie Perkins
Nicknames: None.
Affiliation: Liberty City Mafia Families (Caligula's Casino)
Lives in: Las Venturas
Millie was the croupier at Caligula's Casino in 1992. When CJ was
planning to rob the casino he needed access and decided to get close to
Millie and steal her access card. CJ dressed up as a gimp and heads to
Millie's house. He kills the actual gimp who was supposed to meet
Millie and takes his place. After several hardcore dates, CJ steals
her card. Millie is heavily it BDSM.
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D63. Poulet, Auntie
Full name: Poulet, surname unknown
Nicknames: Auntie Poulet
Affiliation: Haitians
Lives in: Vice City
Auntie Poulet is the leader of the Haitian gang in Vice City in the mid
80's. She leads her boys in the gang war against the Cubans. In 1986,
she drugs Tommy Vercetti to perform some missions for her. This was
the only way to get him to cooperate as he had strong ties to the Cuban
gang. Auntie Poulet got Tommy to recover some drugs for her and
destroy the Cuban drug supply boats. The turf war between the Haitians
and Cubans got more heated so they decided to have a brawl. Auntie
Poulet got Tommy to go on top of a nearby building and snipe the Cuban
men. Once this was done, Auntie Poulet released Tommy from her
services. Tommy would return to the Cubans and destroy a Haitian
factory.
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D64. Pulaski, Officer Eddie
Full name: Eddie Pulaski
Nicknames: None.
Affiliation: Los Santos Police Department
Lives in: Los Santos
Eddie Pulaski is Officer Frank Tenpenny's partner. He takes part in
everything Tenpenny does. Tenpenny trust Pulaski with most of the
dirty work but Tenpenny was simply using him. Pulaski usually hands
that dirty work off to Hernandez as they bring him into the group.
Pulaski trusted Tenpenny as he learned from him. In 1992, Pulaski and
Tenpenny were threatened by information that Officer Pendelbury had dug
up on their activities. They killed him and framed CJ. Tenpenny used
CJ to do some missions for them but Pulaski grew tired of this and kept
insisting that CJ be killed. Eventually Tenpenny attempted to kill
Hernandez for squealing and left Pulaski to see to the death of CJ.
Hernandez attacked Pulaski and Pulaski shot him and ran. CJ and
Pulaski were in a car chase and eventually CJ killed Pulaski.
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D65. Robina, Umberto
Full name: Umberto Robina
Nicknames: None.
Affiliation: Cubans
Lives in: Vice City
Umberto Robina is the head of the Cuban gang in Vice City in the 80's.
They deal specifically with drugs and drug distribution. They take in
drugs from Cuba and then sell them to the Vice City population. In
1986, Umberto Robina finds that he needs help in dealing with the
Haitian gang. He calls on a man named Leo. What he finds is that Leo
has been killed and Tommy Vercetti has his phone. Umberto hires Tommy
after he proves he is 'a real man'. Umberto instructs Tommy to kill
Haitians, steal their products (the van in the plant area), and finally
destroy the plant itself. Umberto stayed behind to watch over the cafe
on all the missions. After the Haitian plant is destroyed, Umberto
calls Tommy thanking him for the services. Umberto says that to him
and the boys, Tommy is Cuban. Tommy thanks him and Umberto continues
on with the Cuban operations.
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D66. Robinson, Denise
Full name: Denise Robinson
Nicknames: None.
Affiliation: Grove Street Families
Lives in: Los Santos
Denise lives in Los Santos in 1992. She was the girlfriend of a Vagos
gang member during that time. CJ was instructed by Officer Tenpenny to
kill the Vagos member by burning down his house. CJ set fire to the
apartment but then discovered Denise trapped inside. He ran in and
rescued her from the fire. Denise, not knowing that CJ set the place
on fire, thanked him and CJ drove her home. She lived just off of
Grove Street, much to CJ's delight. They began to date.
Comment: Denise is CJ's real girlfriend in the game and the first one
involved in the storyline.
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D67. Rosenberg, Ken
Full name: Ken Rosenburg
Nicknames: Rosie
Affiliation: Forelli Family, then the Vercetti Gang, then the Liberty
City Families, then possibly the Grove Street Families
Lives in: Vice City, moved to Las Venturas
Ken Rosenburg was a lawyer in Vice City in the 80's. He was a man
working for the Forelli Family down there. The Forelli's sent down
Tommy Vercetti for a drug deal that Ken Rosenburg set up. The deal
goes bad and the drugs and money are lost. Ken panics but Tommy calms
him. Tommy says that they will figure out who did this and get
everything back. Ken, being pessimist and paranoid freak, continues to
worry. As Tommy begins to take over Vice City, Ken is there to provide
some connects with the local people. Tommy eventually kills Ricardo
Diaz and takes over. Ken enjoys the new security of a gang but still
worries about the Forelli's coming to Vice City. They finally show up
but Tommy kills them and they are left alone. Following that, Ken and
Tommy seemed to have fallen out of touch. Ken goes to work for the
Liberty City Families (Leone, Sindacco, and Forelli) in Caligula's
Casino in Las Venturas. He is used as a middle man for the families in
running the casino. Salvatore Leone comes to the casino in 1992 and
takes over. Ken Rosenburg is helped out of Las Venturas by CJ and
eventually joined CJ in Los Santos.
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D68. Ryder
Full name: Lance William
Nicknames: Ryder
Affiliation: Grove Street Families, then the Ballas
Lives in: Los Santos
Ryder grew up on Grove Street with CJ, Sweet, and Big Smoke. They
formed the Grove Street Families. Ryder was always about doing
whatever he wanted and didn't care as no one could stop him (according
to him). In 1987, CJ left Los Santos after he caused an accident that
got Brian, his brother, killed. Ryder and Big Smoke, presumably,
started allying themselves with the drug dealing Ballas and Tenpenny's
group. This was because they were witnessing the fall of the Grove
Street Families and they had been drawn in by the drugs. When CJ
returned in 1992 he found the Grove Street Family weak. Ryder took CJ
on several missions to help the family out and get them some better
weaponry. However, Ryder and Big Smoke would turn on the Grove Street
Families and cost them a great deal of lives. CJ would find out that
Ryder and Big Smoke were involved on a drug syndicate. CJ would storm
a gang of T-Bonez and Ballas. Ryder would run but CJ caught him and
killed him.
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D69. Scott, Steve
Full name: Steve Scott
Nicknames: None.
Affiliation: Vercetti Gang
Lives in: Vice City
Steve is a porn film director for Interglobal Films. Tommy Vercetti
buys out his company. Tommy Vercetti brings in some new stars for
Steve including Candy Suxxx and Mercedes, Colonel Cortez' daughter.
Steve is obsessed with using many gimmicks in each movie including
giant sharks. Tommy is only interested in him keeping the camera on
the 'action'. Steve also enjoys action from the actresses in his
trailer. Tommy drops so flyers from a plane over Vice City to get news
out about Steve's new film featuring Candy Suxxx entitled BITE. Tommy
also uses a motorcycle to go across rooftops and then put up a huge
searchlight image for the movie.
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70. Shrub, Alex
Full Name: Alex Shrub
Nicknames: Congressman
Affiliation: Florida citizens, U.S. Congress
Lives in: Vice City
Alex Shrub was elected to the U.S. Congress by Florida on promises of
lower taxes and increased services in the 80's. However, by 1986 taxes
had gone up around 20% and services had declined. Shrub begins a
campaign again the porn industry but Tommy soon ends that. He obtains
pictures of Shrub involved in a cross-dressing extra-marital affair
with Candy Suxxx. Alex Shrub stops his campaign and Tommy is allowed
to run Interglobal Films without problems.
Comments: Alex Shrub is a rib on President George Bush and his brother
Jeb Bush. 'Bush' and 'shrub' are names of plants and Jeb Bush is the
Governor of Florida.
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D71. Sindacco, Johnny
Full Name: Johnny Sindacco
Nicknames: None.
Affiliation: Sindacco Family
Lives in: Liberty City, went to Las Venturas
The Sindacco Family made there mark in 1992. They were a partial owner
of the Caligula's Casino in Las Venturas. The Sindaccos moved a lot of
their resources to Las Venturas during the early 90's (like the
Corleone family from the movie Godfather). They attempted to put the
Four Dragons Casino out of business but Johnny was caught. CJ took him
on a joy ride attached to the front of a car. CJ got him to admit he
was part of the Sindacco Family but was traumatized by the experience
and put in the hospital. The Forelli's attempted to kill Johnny but CJ
stopped them in order to save Ken Rosenburg's life. Johnny was
returned to the Sindacco Family warehouse. Later, Ken Rosenburg came
to check up on Johnny Sindacco. CJ was asked to come along. CJ tried
to hide himself from Johnny but Johnny saw him, suffered a heart
attack, and died.
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D72. Sindacco, Paulie
Full Name: Paulie Sindacco
Nicknames: The Invisible Don
Affiliation: Sindacco Family
Lives in: Liberty City
Sometime after Johnny Sindacco died in 1992 in Las Venturas, Paulie
Sindacco took over the family. Paulie continually switched between the
casino operations in Las Venturas and the operations in Liberty City.
He left most of the work of the family to his capos. In 1998, the
Sindacco's began to funnel their funds from the casino in Las Venturas
to help with their takeover of Liberty City. The Leone Family find out
what Paulie and the Sindacco's are up to and decide to end the threat
of the Sindacco's forever. Toni Cipriani ends up killing Paulie in a
high speed boat chase.
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D73. The Snakehead
Full Name: Unknown
Nicknames: The Snakehead
Affiliation: Da Nang Boys
Lives in: Vietnam, moved to San Fierro
The Snakehead is the leader of the Da Nang Boys. He decides that he
wants to group to move to San Fierro onto Triad turf. A war breaks out
between them. CJ and Woozie stop several Da Nang Boys' attacks and
plant a bug on their tanker. Woozie finds that the group is moving to
San Fierro and the leader, Snakehead, is on his way. He arrives in San
Fierro on the tanker. CJ storms the tanker, kills all the men, and
then fights Snakehead and kills him.
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D74. Suxxx, Candy
Full Name: Unknown
Nicknames: Candy Suxxx
Affiliation: Porn Industry
Lives in: Vice City
Candy Suxxx is one of the top porn stars in Vice City in the 1980's.
She is well known by anyone that watches those types of films. She
becomes the girlfriend of Congressman Alex Shrub, even though he is
married. Tommy calls on her to take part in Steve Scott's films and
she agrees after Tommy kills her agent. Candy Suxxx stars in the film
BITE that Tommy advertises all over town.
Comment: Candy's is voice acted by Jenna Jameson. Anyone that knows
the real world porn industry knows her.
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D75. Tenpenny, Officer Frank
Full Name: Frank Tenpenny
Nicknames: None.
Affiliation: Los Santos Police Dept., runs the Ballas/ Vagos drug
operation
Lives in: Los Santos
Officer Frank Tenpenny served the community in Los Santos for many
years. He was always a hard cop as he would hassle many people to keep
them in line. Tenpenny hassled the Grove Street Families the most back
in the late 1980's. Tenpenny became a part of the LSPD's special
C.R.A.S.H. squad that was formed to deal with the gang violence. In
dealing with more and more gangs he became the head man involved in
drug operations in the city. He led the Ballas and got Ryder and Big
Smoke to join the group. When CJ returned to Los Santos in 1992,
Tenpenny framed him for killing a cop, Officer Pendelbury, who was on
to Tenpenny's activities. Tenpenny used CJ to further his dealings and
then helped destroy to Grove Street Families. Tenpenny used CJ more as
he went from San Fierro to Las Venturas. Finally, Tenpenny knew the
police were getting wise to his dealings. He hit Officer Hernandez
with a shovel as he said that Hernandez had squealed on him. He got
Pulaski to watch as CJ dug a whole for himself and Hernandez.
Hernandez came back and stopped Pulaski and CJ killed Pulaski.
Tenpenny was brought in on charges of corruption and Pendelbury's
death. All charges were mysteriously dropped. This caused a mass riot
in Los Santos. Tenpenny decided that he needed to leave. He came to
Big Smoke's crack factory and found CJ had killed Big Smoke. Tenpenny
got CJ to fill his bag with money. Tenpenny was about to kill CJ but
CJ outsmarted him. Tenpenny ran and got in a fire truck and headed
off. Sweet and CJ followed behind as the city was destroying itself.
Tenpenny drove the fire truck off the bridge over Grove Street and died
from the crash.
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D76. Toreno, Mike
Full Name: Mike Toreno
Nicknames: None.
Affiliation: Government agency (not specified)
Lives in: Desert across the river from San Fierro
Mike Toreno is a government agent that works towards taking out threats
to the United States whether they be internal threats or external. He
becomes involved in the Loco Syndicate, posing as a drug dealer, with
Jizzy B, T-Bone Mendez, Ryder, and Big Smoke. In 1992, CJ gets into
the syndicate after he finds out that they are supplying the drugs to
Los Santos. CJ scouts them and uses Jizzy B. to enter the group. CJ
kills Jizzy, kills T-Bone Mendez, kills Ryder, and blows up the drug
factory. CJ blows up a helicopter he believes to contain Mike Toreno.
CJ gets a call from a stranger telling him to come out to the desert.
The stranger gets CJ to perform some tasks and then reveals that he is
Toreno and is working for the government. Toreno uses CJ to bring down
gang activity and other government agencies plans. Toreno gets CJ to
learn to fly in order to perform some other tasks for him. Toreno
begins to get on CJ's nerves but he promises to get Sweet out of jail
if he cooperates. CJ finally returns to Los Santos and Toreno has him
steal a jet from an aircraft carrier. Once Toreno appears again, CJ
loses it. Toreno says that he only came back to tell CJ to go pick up
his brother.
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D77. Torini, Massimo
Full Name: Massimo Torini
Nicknames: None.
Affiliation: Sicilian Mafia Family
Lives in: Liberty City
Massimo came to Liberty City in 1998 after he had heard that Salvatore
Leone was out of control after returning from Las Venturas. Massimo
states that he is there to help ease tension between the three Mafia
Families. However, he is planning behind their back. He plans to take
over Liberty City with the Sicilians after the three families destroy
each other. Massimo advises gangs like the Diablos and the Triads to
expand their turf into Mafia turf in order to strain the families.
Massimo's plan is discovered by Salvatore and Toni but they keep quiet
so the Sindacco's and Forelli's will continue to destroy each other.
However, Salvatore is captured and thrown in jail. When Massimo hears
that he is going to be freed he attacks the convoy Salvatore is in.
Toni stops this. It is later found that Mayor O'Donovan may drop all
charges against Salvatore. Massimo doesn't want this to happen so he
kidnaps the mayor. Salvatore and Toni chase after him and rescue the
mayor. They also shoot down Massimo's helicopter and kill him.
Comment: Before Torini is killed he says to Salvatore that, "Every dog
has his day!" This was said after Salvatore was angered by Massimo's
betrayal. It would prove true as in 2001 when Salvatore betrayed
Claude, he was killed by Claude.
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D78. The Truth
Full Name: Unknown
Nicknames: The Truth
Affiliation: Grove Street Families
Lives in: Rural area south of San Fierro
The Truth is an elderly hippie that owns a marijuana growing farm south
of San Fierro. He is a supplier of several drugs such as marijuana,
opium, and magic mushrooms. The Truth lost his farm in 1992 when the
cops finally found it. The Truth, along with CJ, burnt the entire crop
which affected the wildlife in the entire region. The Truth helps CJ
set up his garage in San Fierro by providing him with some mechanic
friends. After CJ purchased an abandoned air strip in the desert, The
Truth meets him and gets CJ to steal a secret jet pack from the
military base. The Truth also has CJ steal some green goo from a train
that the military was using for transportation. The Truth is a massive
conspiracy theorist and seems to be crazy to most people that don't
know him. When CJ gets close and works with The Truth he finds that
most of what The Truth says is true. The Truth owns an old hippie van
he calls "The Mothership".
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D79. Vance, Lance
Full Name: Lance Vance
Nicknames: Quentin (an alias he goes by)
Affiliation: Vance Brothers operations, Vercetti Gang, then the Forelli
Family
Lives in: Vice City
In the 1980's, Victor operated a drug operation with his brother,
Lance. Victor did the deals and Lance flew the helicopter to the
destination. They started out very poor in their younger years and
were living in a trailer park when they started their drug dealing.
They eventually rose up and gained allies like Colonel Juan Garcia
Cortez. However, in 1986, a drug deal was ambushed and Victor was
killed along with the loss of the and the cash. Lance teamed up with
Tommy Vercetti as they were both part of the deal and looking for their
money and drugs. Tommy and Lance soon suspect that Ricardo Diaz, a
local drug baron, is the one that busted the deal. Lance is too
impatient to wait for Tommy and attacks Diaz on his own. Lance fails
and is captured. Tommy rescues him and they go after Diaz before he
takes them out first. They are successful in killing Diaz. Lance and
Tommy begin to run their empire but Lance soon becomes upset with
Tommy's attitude and treatment of him. Lance makes a deal with the
Forelli's. When Sonny Forelli comes to Vice City, Lance turns on Tommy
but is killed in the gun fight by Tommy.
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D80. Vance, Victor
Full Name: Victor Vance
Nicknames: None.
Affiliation: Vance Brothers operations
Lives in: Vice City
In the 1980's, Victor operated a drug operation with his brother,
Lance. Victor did the deals and Lance flew the helicopter to the
destination. They started out very poor in their younger years and
were living in a trailer park when they started their drug dealing.
They eventually rose up and gained allies like Colonel Juan Garcia
Cortez. However, in 1986, a drug deal was ambushed and Victor was
killed along with the loss of the and the cash.
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D81. Vercetti, Tommy
Full Name: Thomas Vercetti
Nicknames: The Harwood Butcher
Affiliation: Vercetti Gang, originally the Forelli Family
Lives in: Liberty City but moved to Vice City
Tommy Vercetti's father worked all his life in a printing shop. Tommy
used to help his father clean the rollers when he was young and Tommy
was looking to follow in his footsteps. However, Tommy's life went a
different path and he began working for the Forelli Family. Tommy was
sent to prison in 1971 for multiple counts of murder. The Forelli's
leave him there but pull a few strings so he doesn't get the death
penalty or serve life terms. Tommy is called "The Harwood Butcher"
after the killing of a dozen or so men in this incident. In 1986,
Tommy is released and sent to Vice City to establish the Forelli Family
down there. The drug deal Tommy was apart of gets ambushed and Tommy
loses the money. Tommy vows to find the men responsible. As Tommy
searches around he finds that Ricardo Diaz stole the money and drugs
and Tommy kills him. Tommy begins to establish his own empire and
Sonny grows increasingly impatient. Sonny sends some men down to
collect but Tommy kills them. Sonny comes down personally. Sonny
reveals that he set Tommy up in 1971 and he was the reason he was
charged and sent to jail. Tommy kills Sonny and the turncoat Lance
Vance and continues on with his empire. It is believed that Tommy soon
forgot about all the little people that helped him to the top. In
1992, Ken Rosenburg gets out of a rehab centre and calls Tommy Vercetti
for help only to get his secretary who hangs up on Ken.
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D82. Vialpando, Cesar
Full Name: Cesar Vialpando
Nicknames: None.
Affiliation: Varrios Los Aztecas
Lives in: Los Santos
Cesar is the leader of the Varrios Los Aztecas, a Mexican gang in Los
Santos. In 1992, he began to date Kendl Johnson which was a problem
for both sides as the racial issues were strong between the groups.
Sweet didn't approve of Kendl dating Cesar. At one point, Sweet sends
CJ after Kendl to meet her boyfriend. CJ arrives at a low-rider meet
and wins a contest. Kendl is happy for him and introduces Cesar. CJ
quickly gets angered and some Varrios Los Aztecas members take offence.
Cesar cools both sides and talks with CJ. They agree to be 'cool' for
Kendl. When the Varrios Los Aztecas and Grove Street Families get
destroyed, Kendl and Cesar escape Los Santos. Cesar introduces CJ to
his cousin, Catalina. Cesar helps CJ on several missions in
establishing a garage in San Fierro. Cesar continues to help CJ out
and they become good friends. Upon returning to Los Santos, CJ helps
Cesar regain his neighbourhood. During this time, Cesar wants to ask
Kendl to marry him but asks CJ to talk with Sweet first to make sure it
is cool with the family. By the end of the riots and chaos it appears
as though everyone is cool with each other.
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D83. Zero
Full Name: Unknown
Nicknames: Zero
Affiliation: Grove Street Families
Lives in: San Fierro
In the early 1990's, Zero owned a electronics and hobby store in San
Fierro. He was constantly competing with a rival named Berkley, who
owned the Top Fun store. Zero found his store about to be closed and
asked CJ to buy it and CJ agreed. CJ aided Zero in defending and
attacking Berkley and then defeating him in a 'war game' to force
Berkley to leave San Fierro for good. Later, CJ used Zero's knowledge
of electronics to help in the heist of Caligula's Casino in Las
Venturas. However, it is found after the heist that Zero informed
Berkley of the robbery and complicated the issue. CJ knocks Zero out
for this.
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E. Storyline by Timeline
Now that we have a huge background of information about places, gangs,
and people in the Grand Theft Auto universe it is time to put it all
together. The storyline in each game has several key relations to what
happens or what has happened in the other games. It really shows the
player that this is one big world and everything is connected in even
the slightest way. We are all connected! Freaky. Well, lets get to
it.
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E1. 1971-1983
1971 - Tommy Vercetti worked for the Forelli Mafia Family in Liberty
City. He was around 20 years old at this time. He was a regular thug
for the family and got things accomplished. Sonny Forelli, the leader
of the Forelli Family, asked Tommy to meet someone. Tommy arrives and
finds a dozen or so men waiting for him. Tommy has been set up. Tommy
manages to kill all the men but is arrested and charges with drug
dealing and multiple counts of murder. Sonny Forelli pulls a few
strings so he doesn't have to serve life sentences but Tommy still gets
15 years in prison. Tommy earns the name the "Harwood Butcher" for the
massacre of all the men. The Forelli's may have pulled some strings
but they leave him to root in jail for the next 15 years.
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E2. 1984
1984 - Victor Vance and Lance Vance start up their drug selling
activities in Vice City. It is believed that Victor wanted nothing to
do with the drug business but his brother (Lance) got him into it.
Eventually, Victor Vance does the dirty work for the brothers and helps
to establish them in Vice City. (The events of GTA Vice City Stories -
coming out Oct. 2006 for PSP).
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E3. 1985
Mid 1980's (1984 or 1985) - Salvatore is in a power struggle in Sicily
("the old country") over control of the Leone Mafia Family.
Salvatore's brother is involved in the battle as well but Salvatore
manages to win and control the family. He comes to Liberty City some
time after.
1985 - It can be assumed that sometime in the mid 1980's (1984 or 1985)
that CJ, Sweet, Big Smoke, and Ryder started up the Grove Street
Families in Los Santos. This is based on the confirmation that the
group existed and was pretty well organized by 1987.
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E4. 1986
The events of GTA Vice City.
Tommy Vercetti is released from jail this year after serving 15 years
in prison for murder and drug dealing. Tommy has always had his
suspicions that he was set up by the Forelli Family but welcomes the
opportunity to get back to work. Sonny decides to send Tommy Vercetti
down to Vice City in order to keep him out of Liberty City. Sonny
worries that Liberty City gangs will remember Tommy from what he has
done and if he is seen walking the streets it will be "bad for
business". Tommy is sent down to Vice City with $3 million dollars.
He is ordered to use the money to purchase some drugs and start up the
Forelli operations down there. Tommy arrives in Vice City and meets
the Forelli contact in Vice City, Ken Rosenburg. Ken drives Tommy and
two Forelli men to a meeting point for the deal. Upon arriving they
see a helicopter fly in and a men gets out with two briefcases. These
are the Vance brothers (Lance is in the helicopter). Tommy and the
Forelli men get out and walk up to him. They look over the merchandise
as the man looks over the money. Suddenly, they are shot at killing
the two Forelli men and the drug dealer. Tommy jumps in the car with
Ken and they take off as the helicopter flies away. While they are
driving back Ken is hysterical. He knows that the Forelli's won't be
happy that the drugs and money are gone. Tommy tells him to relax and
they will start fixing this problem in the morning. Ken stops at his
office and enters while Tommy heads off to his new hotel room at the
Ocean View. Tommy calls up Sonny to inform him of the situation.
Sonny starts off by remembering old times and then asks about the deal.
Tommy gives it to Sonny start that the drugs and money are gone. Sonny
is furious by this. As Sonny lashes out at Tommy, Tommy guarantees him
that he will get the money back and "mail you the dicks of those
responsible". Sonny states that he knows Tommy will do this and if it
was anyone else they would be dead. The call ends with a pissed of
Tommy throwing the phone.
In the morning, Tommy visits Ken Rosenburg's law office. Apparently,
all the bridges in Vice City have been closed do to an approaching
hurricane. Ken indicates that he has been up all night worrying.
Tommy tells him to calm down and that they need to get into the loop.
Ken offers Tommy his party invitation on board Colonel Juan Garcia
Cortez' boat. He is the man that helped set up the deal. Tommy takes
the invitation and heads over, stopping at Rafael's clothing store to
get more appropriate clothing. Tommy enters the yacht and is welcomed
by Colonel Cortez. He shares his distress and apologies for the
problems with the deal and states that he has launched a full
investigation into what happened. Colonel Cortez' daughter walks up at
that moment and he introduces her. Mercedes Cortez takes Tommy around
the rest of the party and names off some of the key people. Just as
they are talking a short, loud man shows up and congratulates the
colonel on his party. Ricardo Diaz is his name and he calls out to
Mercedes. She says that she is leaving with Tommy to go back into
town. As they walk out Tommy is instructed to take her to the Pole
Position Strip Club. He does so and she hopes to see him around. Upon
returning to Ken's office, Tommy finds him even more paranoid. Ken
asks what he found out but Tommy states, "that there are more criminals
in this town then in prison." Tommy wants a lead from the streets.
Ken refers him to Kent Paul who is a usual gossip magnet and is always
at the Malibu. Tommy meets him there and pushes Kent around for some
information. Kent informs him that a chef on Ocean Drive has been
acting "pleased with himself" and that Tommy should check him out.
Tommy heads over and finds the chef on a cell phone. When the chef is
uncooperative, Tommy kills him. Tommy takes his phone and is met by
another man. This is Lance Vance. Lance states that they are on the
same side and should work together. When Tommy rejects him, three of
the chef's friends appear and chase them. They enter Lance's car and
make the getaway. Tommy and Lance talk for a bit and Lance drops him
off at the Ocean View stating that he'll be watching Tommy.
Tommy proceeded back to Ken's office to check on him later on. Ken was
still nervous and stated that Tommy had to go and make some jurors
change their minds or Sonny Forelli's cousin, Giorgio, would go to
jail. Tommy managed to wreck two juror's cars which helped them change
their minds. Tommy again headed back to Ken's office to see what he
has come up with. Upon entering he finds Ken sitting down with an
elderly man named Avery Carrington. Avery needs Tommy's help and in
return he will help take care of any of the people giving Tommy
trouble. Tommy thinks that is far and listens to Avery talk about a
company that he wants out of business. Tommy heads over to the
business and starts a riot with a group of striking workers. Tommy
enters the facility and destroys their work trucks. Upon finishing
this task Tommy is called by Colonel Cortez to come meet him when he
can. Tommy also does some more work for Avery including killing a man
at the Leaf Links Golf Course in order to obtain some land and
destroying a building under construction so he can purchase it and put
up his own.
Tommy finally decides to head over to Cortez' yacht. When he arrives
he is informed by Cortez that one of his men, Gonzalez, may have leaked
the information about the drug deal to someone. Cortez states that he
has been carrying Gonzalez for years and it is time for Tommy to end
it. Tommy travels over to Gonzalez' apartment right away and kills
him. Tommy continues to return to Cortez' boat for more missions
although he grows tired as he isn't getting closer to his money. Tommy
meets a courier at the Washington Mall to pick up some technology.
When the French Police show up the courier runs but Tommy chases him
down and kills him. Cortez then trusts Tommy with watching over a drug
deal between Cortez' friend, Ricardo Diaz, and some Cubans. Lance
joins Tommy for this task. They manage to kill the Haitians that try
to break up the deal and Diaz is appreciative of Tommy for this.
Looking around for Lance after the deal, Tommy can't find him. At the
same time, Tommy receives a call from Ricardo thanking him again.
Ricardo invites Tommy over to his mansion to help him out with some
stuff.
Tommy is quick to head over to Diaz' mansion on Starfish Island as he
is beginning to suspect that Diaz is the one that broke up Tommy's drug
deal. When Tommy arrives at Diaz' mansion, Diaz is pissed off like
normal. He asks who Tommy is but remembers and apologizes for being
agitated. He states that a dealer of his is taking an extra cut of his
profits and Diaz requests that Tommy follows him and finds out where he
takes it. Tommy gets to the mans house and chases after him. He
enters a car with another man and Tommy is in pursuit. The dealer
shoots at Tommy but Tommy misses all the shots. Tommy eventually
follows him to a rundown house on Prawn Island. Tommy reports back to
Diaz. Diaz says that the house is a fortress at ground level and must
be attacked from the sky. Therefore, he assigns Quentin (Lance Vance)
to fly you out to the house. As Tommy and Lance go to the helicopter,
Tommy finds that Lance has come to the same conclusion about Diaz being
the one to ruin their deal. Tommy tells Lance to stay out of it and
let him handle it but Lance disagrees. They enter the helicopter and
fly over to the island. Tommy takes out most of the men on the roof
and adjacent buildings before Lance drops him off. Tommy is left to
enter the building, clean out the rest of the men, and obtain the cash.
He proceeds in and kills the remaining men and gets the briefcase of
cash from the roof. Lance picks Tommy up and they head back to Diaz'
mansion (for cookies and milk!). The radio also announces that the
hurricane has passed and the bridges are all open again.
As Tommy sorts through the information he has been obtaining he
receives a call from Colonel Cortez. He tells Tommy to come see him as
he has more work for him. Tommy has also received several calls from
Sonny Forelli who is growing more and more impatient with Tommy
producing no results. Heading over to the colonel's yacht, Tommy knows
that the colonel may have some more information for him regarding
Tommy's deal. When Tommy arrives he finds that Cortez also believes
that Diaz was the one that stole the drugs and money. But Cortez has
another matter for you to attend to. He needs you to steal a tank from
an amry convoy and bring it to his lock up. Tommy heads over and stops
the convoy. He attacks it and takes out most of the soldiers. Tommy
gets in the tank and a detonation count down is activated. Knowing
that he doesn't have much time he heads over to the hold and Cortez'
men disarm the bomb.
Wanting to keep up his relationship with Diaz, Tommy heads back and
Diaz tasks him with stealing a new boat from the boatyard. It is said
to be the fastest boat out there and Diaz needs it. Tommy heads over
and encounters some security guards. Tommy kills them, steals the
boat, and heads back to Diaz' mansion. Arriving there he goes and
talks with Diaz about a dealer that comes to Vice City once a month and
sells its cargo to the first boat that reaches it. Tommy heads to
Diaz' new boat again. When he arrives he finds Lance waiting for him
in the boat. They agree to team up for this mission. As they head to
the dealer Lance asks Tommy why they won't finish Diaz off now. Tommy
says that, "the more we learn now, the less we have to learn when we
take this town over". Lance agrees. Finding the competition to be in
abundance, Tommy continues on and gets to the dealer first. He
purchases the goods. However, the other buyers won't let them leave
alive with the drugs and they chase after him. Lance takes control of
the wheel as Tommy fires back at the other dealers on boat, on land,
and in a helicopter. They make it back and Tommy delivers the drugs to
Diaz.
Tommy promptly receives a call from Lance stating that they can and
should take out Diaz now. Tommy states that they will do it eventually
or they will be dead. Some time later Tommy receives a call from Kent
Paul with information about Lance. Tommy heads to the Malibu Club
right away as he has a feeling the information isn't good. Arriving at
the club, Tommy finds his suspicions to be correct as Lance tried to
jump Diaz but was captured instead. He is being held at the junkyard
by Diaz men and doesn't have long to live. Tommy leaves in a hurry.
He heads over to the junkyard upset at Lance ruining his plan.
Arriving there he finds heavy security. Tommy breaks through it and
finds Lance in a warehouse at the far end. Tommy is pissed off at
Lance for jumping the gun but Lance merely states, "He killed my
brother. What do you want me to do? Mow his lawn?" Tommy and Lance
leave the junkyard but are chased by more Diaz men. They lose them and
Tommy takes Lance to the hospital and tells Lance to meet him outside
Diaz' mansion. A while later, Lance joins Tommy outside the walls of
Diaz' estate. Lance opens the trunk to his car and reveals some heavy
weaponry. They enter Diaz' property and kill all of his men outside.
Tommy and Lance enter the mansion and kill the men in there to. Once
they reach the central hallway they are confronted by Diaz. He yells
at Tommy for betraying him. Tommy and Lance gun down Ricardo Diaz but
he isn't dead. They walk over to a crawling Diaz as he yells at Tommy
for betraying him and ruining his house. Tommy and Lance decide to
finish the job and they both shoot him point blank. They have
destroyed the Diaz Gang and now are free to rule Vice City their way.
Tommy now heads over to see Colonel Cortez as he says he is in
desperate need of his help. Tommy heads in to find Cortez preparing to
leave Vice City. Tommy offers to be an extra gun and Cortez is
grateful for his help. As they proceed along the river they are chased
by some federal agents on boats. the men on Cortez' boat, Tommy
included, destroy these ships. But there is another setback. There is
a block of ships under the next bridge. They destroy the ships even
while being attacked by some helicopters. Cortez thanks Tommy for
everything and asks him to watch his daughter, Mercedes. Tommy states
that Mercedes can take care of herself but he will watch her. As a
parting gift, Cortez offers Tommy his personal launch boat. Tommy
heads back to his newly acquired mansion and to begin to setup his
empire.
Entering the house Tommy meets up with Avery, Rosenburg, and Lance as
they discuss the next steps in their new business. Avery suggest real
estate while Ken goes over the interior decorating of the mansion.
Lance brings up that the businesses in Vice City know that Diaz is dead
and they won't pay protection. Tommy has a plan to make them pay. He
heads over to the North Point Mall and destroys several of the business
displays and setups to make sure they know who they're dealing with.
Tommy returns to the mansion with the success of this. The stores will
now pay protection.
As Tommy returns he finds Lance sitting at the bar. Tommy asks what
the problem is and Lance states that a bar is refusing to pay
protection but he will handle it. Tommy isn't satisfied with Lance
sitting around and decides to take care of it himself. He heads over
to Ocean Drive and kills the guards there. Talking with the owner he
finds that DC Security has been paid to protect them. Tommy heads there
and takes out the security guards. He heads back to his mansion again.
Upon arriving he finds Lance yelling and a man named Mike because he
was supposed to torch a store in the mall and screwed up the fuses.
Lance suggests that they leave as the cops will find out it was them
soon enough but Tommy doesn't like that idea. He's worked too hard for
what he has. Tommy knows that the police investigation will take time
so he proposes that Lance and himself head to the mall and fix the
bomb. But first they need police uniforms. Tommy and Lance head out
and lure two officers into a garage and take their gear. Grabbing a
cop car they head to the mall which is crawling with security and head
in. They find the store and fix the bomb. As they run from the store
it blows up and they are quickly chased after by the police forces.
Tommy and Lance loose the cops and make it back to the mansion. A
short time later Tommy receives a call from a very emotional Lance
telling Tommy not to treat him like a little kid and cut him a fair
slice. Tommy reassures him that he would never stab him in the back
but Lance has been screwing up. Tommy tells Lance to take some time
off.
Building his empire up, Tommy decides to buy some companies as fronts.
He purchase the Malibu Club, Kaufmann's Cab, Cherry Popper Ice Cream,
the Printworks, and several other companies. When Tommy purchases the
club he realizes that he needs some funds in order to restore the club.
He decides that he needs to rob the Vice City Bank to "withdrawal" the
funds needed. However, Tommy knows that he needs to get a team
together. He first breaks an explosive expert, Cam Jones, out of
prison. Then he beats a weapons specialist, Phil Cassidy, in a gun
shootout to gain his services. Lastly, Tommy beats a driver, Hilary
King, in a race to get his services. They head to the bank and pull of
the heist but Hilary is killed as they leave. Cam is shot and is it
unknown if he survives (in the game he can die or live, it doesn't
matter). Tommy and Phil escape and split the money. Tommy wastes no
time in celebrating as he performs some tasks for his other businesses
in order to ensure their success. His most proud purchase, Printworks,
is where Tommy has fond memories of helping his father when he was
young at a similar facility. Tommy steals some plates so the printers
can start printing money.
Tommy has finally secured himself in Vice City. But he has much to do
still. He returns to see Avery and perform one finally job for him.
Avery introduces Tommy to his new apprentice, Donald Love, and informs
Tommy that "nothing brings down real estates prices quicker than a good
old-fashioned gang war". He continues by stating that a Haitian leader
has been killed, no one is sure if the rival Cubans have done it but
Avery wants to make them sure. He suggests that Tommy dresses like a
Cuban and crashes the funeral and kills the Haitian leader there.
Tommy agrees and heads off the Little Haiti. Upon arrival, Tommy finds
heavy security but he breaks through and kills most of the Haitians in
the process. Tommy then takes out the leader and leaves Little Haiti.
Once Tommy is finished he gets a call from the Cuban leader, Umberto
Robina, who wants to meet with him. Tommy heads over but also gets a
call from Kent Paul suggesting he come see him at the recording studio.
Tommy continues to Umberto's cafe in Little Havana. He arrives and
Umberto mocks him at first and asks if he has big "cojones". He
suggests that Tommy take out their boat and prove himself. Tommy does
this successfully and heads back to Umberto's. When he is heading
back, Tommy receives a call from a women named Auntie Poulet, she
suggests that he comes and sees her. Returning to the cafe, Umberto
requests that Tommy goes and backs up some of his men in Little Haiti.
Tommy grabs a car a 3 Cubans and heads over. They fight there way in
and steal a Haitian van and take it back to the cafe. Tommy is again
requested by Umberto to help him with taking out the Haitians. This
time Umberto wants Tommy to disrupt a Haitian deal, steal the cash and
drugs, and bring it back to him. Tommy heads over and kills everyone.
He grabs the cash and drugs and races back to the cafe chased by cops
and Haitians.
Tommy decides he needs to break from this and heads over to Auntie
Poulet's house. There Tommy seems to be in a fog and under the powers
of Auntie Poulet. She tells Tommy that he needs to recover some simple
magical powders from around town for him as the Cubans have told the
cops they are illegal drugs. Tommy heads around town and acquires
these powders and heads back. He enters the house and again forgets
what he is doing there. Auntie Poulet wants Tommy to kill Cubans and
destroy their supply boats. Tommy doesn't resist killing his allied
gang as he is under Auntie Poulet's power. Tommy drives to a van and
takes control of some miniature planes and bombs the boats. Later
Tommy comes back to Auntie Poulet's house, still in a fog, and she
instructs him to use a sniper rifle and help the Haitians beat the
Cubans in a street fight. Tommy does so and helps them succeed even
after the Cubans bring in reinforcements. Auntie Poulet calls Tommy
afterwards and releases him from her hold.
Tommy, free again, heads back to Umberto's cafe, completely unaware of
what he has done for Auntie Poulet. When Tommy arrives he is met with
an angry Umberto who suggests that Tommy is two-faced since the
Haitians are laughing at him. Tommy simply says that Umberto is the
reason for this but he can help him out. Umberto wants to end the
Haitian threat by destroying their drug factory. Tommy gets a Haitian
car and heads into the Haitian factory area with the other Cubans.
Tommy enters the facility as the Haitians and Cubans fight it out and
sets some bombs. Tommy and the Cubans run for their lives as the place
explodes in a huge fireball. Umberto hears of the success and tells
Tommy that he is a Cuban to them.
Tommy has finally settled the unrest in Little Haiti and Havana so he
heads to the recording studio to meet Kent Paul. He finds Love Fist
there with him and complements the guys on their music. Tommy performs
several jobs for them including killing a stalker, who comes back and
tries to kill them, getting security for the concert by doing some jobs
for the local Biker gang, and driving them to the concert. They are
thankful for Tommy's help and Tommy has now gained another ally in the
Bikers.
Tommy is in full control but soon he is called by Sonny stating that he
is coming down to collect. Tommy heads over to the Printworks and
finds that some of Sonny's collectors have come there. Tommy heads off
to stop the collectors from getting all his facilities. Tommy meets up
with them and quickly kills the men. Tommy knows that Sonny will be
extremely pissed off now and will be coming down himself. Tommy rushes
back to his mansion on Starfish Island and gathers $3 million for
Sonny. The money is fake and Tommy hopes that this will make Sonny
happy. Sonny arrives and Tommy hands off the money, however, Lance
reveals that he is now working for the Forelli's and has told them
about the fake money. Lance informs Sonny where the real money is.
Tommy runs up to his office to protect his safe. Sonny sends in
several men but Tommy takes care of them and chases after Lance who is
heading for the roof. Tommy meets Lance there and shows no compassion
as he kills Lance and heads back to his office. Tommy meets up with
Sonny and his guards. Tommy kills Sonny's guards and then kills Sonny.
Tommy watches Sonny die and then realizes that his empire is free. He
is left to run Vice City as he sees fit.
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E5. 1987-1991
1987 - CJ and Sweet are running their successful gang, Grove Street
Families, in Los Santos. However, an incident takes place where CJ
makes a mistake and his brother, Brian, is killed. CJ is overcome with
grief as his family mourns. CJ decided to pick up and leave for
Liberty City.
1987 or 1988 - 1992 - CJ begins to work for Joey Leone in Liberty City.
CJ helps Joey in stealing cars and parts to earn him a pretty decent
living. He has secured himself in Liberty City and doesn't look back
at Los Santos.
1989-1990 - Drugs are heavily introduced in Los Santos by outside
groups allied with gangs such as the Vagos and Ballas. The Grove
Street Family decides to avoid drugs but because of this they lose men
and influence in the city fast. The Ballas take over most of Los
Santos. Kendl, Sweet and CJ's sister, begins to date Varrios Los
Aztecas leader, Cesar Vialpando, much to Sweet's disapproval.
1991-1992 - Ken Rosenburg suffers a breakdown from his addiction to
drugs. He is placed in a rehab facility and eventually comes out
clean. He calls up Tommy Vercetti but gets his secretary who hangs up
on Ken. It seems that Tommy has forgotten about all the people that
helped him to the top. Ken is called by Salvatore Leone to operate
Caligula's Casino in Las Venturas as a neutral third party. Salvatore
instructs Ken to make sure he gets his money back that he invested in
the casino and loaned to the Sindacco' ($5 million).
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E6. 1992
The events of 'The Introduction' (GTA San Andreas special DVD)
Officer Frank Tenpenny and Officer Eddie Pulaski are assigned a new
partner to join them in the Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums
(C.R.A.S.H.) division. His name is Officer Jimmy Hernandez. Hernandez
is a good cop that wants to help the city of Los Santos from the drug
dealing crime that has overtaken it. Hernandez joins Tenpenny and
Pulaski and they start to show him the ropes. Tenpenny discusses how
sometimes you have to let the little guys go in order to get the bigger
ones. He says the only way to fight crime is to control it and
Hernandez needs to understand that. Hernandez says he does and they
begin to teach him more.
In the meantime, the Grove Street Families have fallen apart thanks to
the influence of drugs. Big Smoke has tried time and time again to
convince Sweet that his stance on drugs is what's killing the family.
Big Smoke tries to turn Sweet but it won't work. However, Big Smoke is
successful in getting Ryder to see the bigger picture and join him in
the drug business. They meet with Tenpenny who comes up with a plan to
help end the Grove Street Families.
Later, a green Sabre is seen heading towards Grove Street in the night.
It heads down the street and suddenly opens fire on the houses. Sweet
and everyone else stays out of the way. Sweet comes out blasting but
then sees his fallen mother in her doorway. He rushes over but sees she
is dead. Kendl comes over but Sweet stops her and hugs her. Sweet
calls up CJ in Liberty City and tells him what happened. CJ decides to
come home.
The next day Officer Tenpenny, Pulaski, and Hernandez have beat the
crap out of another cop. Tenpenny identifies him as Officer Pendelbury
who is trying to get in his way and stop Tenpenny and the C.R.A.S.H.
members. Tenpenny suggests that Hernandez shoots Pendelbury to prove
he is willing to do what it takes to save the streets. Hernandez is
hesitant but Tenpenny helps him and he shoots Pendelbury.
The events of GTA San Andreas
CJ is making the long trip home after finding out his mom was killed by
a drive-by. Landing in Los Santos International Airport he grabs his
bag and a taxi out front. But the taxi only gets part of the way to
Grove Street as it is pulled over by a police car. They demand that
the passenger, CJ, get out and lie down on the ground. CJ complies and
finds that it is Officer Tenpenny, Pulaski, and the new guy, Hernandez.
Pulaski tells the cab to take off even though he has CJ's bag in the
trunk. Tenpenny takes CJ's money and they enter the car and drive off.
CJ asks what Tenpenny wants as he is clean and legit now and only cam
back for his mom's funeral. Tenpenny then places the blame of Officer
Pendelbury's death on CJ. The officer was gunned down "not 10 minutes
ago" and now it is being blamed on CJ. The C.R.A.S.H. team get a
transmission over the radio about the murder and are asked to
investigate so they toss CJ out of the car and head over there. CJ
tells them not to leave him as he is in Ballas' territory. They ignore
him and take off. CJ stands for a minute realizing that he is being
forced back into all the crap he left 5 years ago. He grabs a bike
near him and pedals his way back to his old neighbourhood.
Upon arriving, CJ enters his mom's house and is overcome with emotion.
He remembers back when Brian was killed and the pain is too much. He
finds a picture of his mom and sits at the table and thinks about the
situation. Suddenly, a large man runs in holding a baseball bat and
threatening him. CJ recognizes him as Big Smoke and after a few
seconds Big Smoke remembers, drops the bat, and hugs CJ. He asks how
CJ is and CJ simply states that "Na man, it's my mom". Big Smoke says
that they should head over to the cemetery for the funeral. Once they
arrive at the cemetery they find Sweet, Kendl, and Ryder standing over
the grave. CJ walks up and hugs Kendl but Sweet immediately blasts him
for missing the funeral and running out 5 years ago. Kendl is tired of
listening to this so she heads off to see her boyfriend, a Mexican.
Sweet stops her and says she can't date him but she merely walks off.
As she does, Sweet states how bad things are and Sweet proceeds to show
CJ the graves of dead Grove Street Family members. Big Smoke, Ryder,
Sweet, and CJ head back to Big Smoke's car. As they do a group of
Ballas pop out and blow up Big Smoke's car with gunfire. The four of
them grab bikes and pedal all the way back to Grove Street. Once they
arrive the four men split up to do there own thing.
A short time later CJ gets a call from Sweet informing him that the
groups that formed the Grove Street Families have split and have been
fighting among themselves. CJ takes the advice and heads to Ryder's
house to find him loading a gun. Ryder states his displeasure for a
local pizza place that covered up his graffiti tags on their building.
He wants to show them a lesson and asks if CJ wants to come along. CJ
does and they drive over. But on the way over Ryder begins to
criticize CJ's look and suggests he gets a haircut first. CJ does and
they enter the pizza place. CJ orders some food and proceeds to eat
but Ryder runs up and attempts to rob the place. The clerk knows it is
Ryder and is unimpressed. CJ argues with Ryder and the clerk pulls out
a shotgun and chases them. Ryder and CJ hoop back in the car and head
back to Grove Street. On the way back Ryder suggests that CJ go see
Sweet who is also upset about the graffiti tags. CJ heads over to
Sweet and they go for a drive. They head to Ballas turf and spray the
Grove Street logos over 6 of the Ballas tags. They head back to Grove
Street. CJ and Sweet have things to do so they agree to meet up later.
CJ then receives a call from Officer Hernandez warning CJ not to leave
town.
CJ proceed back in Sweet's house and finds Ryder sitting with Sweet.
Sweet is pissed that drugs have destroyed the gang and wants Ryder and
CJ to clean things up. They leave the house and head over to see some
old friends, Big Bear and B-Dup. Upon arrival they find that B-Dup is
now a drug dealer and Big Bear has become a slave to him for drugs. B-
Dup tells them to screw off and slams the door. CJ is beginning to see
how bad things have become and they decide to take out some drug
dealers. They head outside and find that a drug dealer is selling to
one of their men. CJ and Ryder head over and kill the dealer. Ryder
recognizes the guy and says that he lives in Idlewood. So CJ and Ryder
proceed over there and break in on some Ballas and kill them all.
Ryder and CJ go back to Grove Street and agree to meet up later.
When CJ heads back to Sweet's house he finds the boys leaving and they
agree to go eat. CJ drives them to a Cluckin' Bell. On the way they
discuss CJ's mom and how a Green Sabre was seen speeding away after.
The boys pull up and order the food, however, when they receive it a
Ballas' car notices them and shoots at them. They begin to chase the
Ballas and shoot back. Big Smoke decides to sit back and eat while the
others fight. They eventually kill the Ballas and head back home. On
the way back they realize that Big Smoke has eaten all the food. CJ
drops the men off at their houses and notes that Big Smoke has moved to
Idlewood. After a while CJ heads to Sweet's house and finds Sweet with
all the boys. They discuss that the family needs to get some firepower
if they are to face off with the Ballas. CJ recommends Emmet while the
others tell him they aren't close to Emmet anymore. CJ reinstates that
they need to go back to someone that has always been there for them.
Big Smoke and CJ head off to Emmet's. When they arrive at Emmet's he
is jumping and almost shoots the men. Emmet then realizes what hey are
and shows them his stock. Big Smoke notes how crappy the weapons are
but they take some handguns and buy them. Upon returning Big Smoke
back home, Sweet calls CJ and accuses him of not supporting the family
because he hasn't been dressed in their colours. CJ apologizes and
heads to the nearest clothing store and sports some green clothing to
support the Grove Street Families. CJ heads back to Sweet's house and
the men all decide to do a drive-by on some Ballas to show them that
Grove Street is back. Heading over to Idlewood they attack a group of
Ballas and kill them. The gang head around the corner and kill some
more. After that they head to Glen Park and kill another group of
Ballas. Out racing the police they head back to Grove Street and agree
to meet up later.
CJ heads back to Sweet's house and finds no one home but gets a call
from Sweet who is pinned down in Seville by a former allied faction,
the Seville Boulevard Families. CJ races over and takes out the gunmen
and picks up Sweet and his girl. They lose the Seville men and head
back to Sweet's house where CJ drops them off. A short time later CJ
heads into Sweet's house and finds Sweet argue with Kendl. She's going
to go see Cesar and Sweet can't stop her. Kendl leaves and before CJ
can say anything Sweet tells him to follow her and see what his problem
is. So CJ heads off and gets a low-rider. He heads to the meeting
place by Union Station and is challenged to some hydraulics action. CJ
wins the challenge and Kendl runs over and congratulates him. Cesar
comes over and congratulates him too but CJ becomes protective when he
touches Kendl. Kendl tries to calm CJ while Cesar holds back his boys.
Cesar and CJ talk and agree to be cool with each other. After Cesar
and Kendl leave Cesar calls CJ and ask if he wants to be in some
illegal racing. CJ agrees and drives over to Cesar's house. When he
arrives Cesar and Kendl lead him to the race. This is a low-rider race
and CJ ends up winning it. Afterwards CJ gathers his winnings and
heads to Ryder's place. When he arrives Ryder wants to steal some guns
from a retired military guy and they head over to his house. CJ sneaks
in and grabs the weapons and they drive the truck back to a storage
garage. Ryder insults CJ for complaining and they agree to meet up
later.
The Grove Street Families are starting to gain their influence back
thanks to CJ. CJ heads to Ryder's house and when he enters he sees
Officer Tenpenny and his men arrive and give CJ and Ryder a hard time.
They give the boys an assignment and tell them to head over to a train.
CJ and Ryder arrive to find the Vagos are there. They kill the Vagos
men when the Ballas show up. Tenpenny must have told every gang in
town. Once it is clear CJ hoops on the train and Ryder follows in his
car. CJ tosses some boxes to Ryder and gets off the train. They head
back to Ryder's. Later on CJ meets Ryder who suggests they get some
top grade weapons from the National Guard. CJ is worried but Ryder
insults him and he agrees. They head to Ocean Docks and CJ sneaks in
the base and kills some of the guards. He opens the fence for Ryder to
enter in the truck. They load up the truck while fighting the National
Guard. Eventually they are full and drive off. The National Guard
gives chase but they lose them and drive the truck to Emmet's for
storage.
After all this heated action CJ decides he needs a break. He heads to
Big Smoke's who says that he needs to go pick up a member of the family
in jail. They drive to the police department and out comes Jeffrey.
CJ comments on Jeffrey's look at he argues back that his name is OG
Loc. Sweet tells him to go to college and get a real life but OG Loc
ignores him and wants to head to some gangster's house for payback. OG
Loc and CJ go to the house but Sweet and Big Smoke agree to meet up
later. When they knock the door OG Loc yells at the person inside who
says he is OG Loc's lover. OG Loc states that he took advantage of him
when he dropped the soap. The man escapes on his bike and they chase
him. Eventually they catch up with him and kill him. CJ laughs at OG
Loc who tells to keep it quiet. CJ drives OG Loc to the Burger Shot in
Marina and drops him off. CJ heads back to Big Smoke's house.
Big Smoke asks CJ to come along as he has to go pick up a Mexican
cousin, Mary. When they arrive in East Los Santos CJ figures it out
that Mary is another term for weed. Big Smoke asks some Vagos and they
insult him. Big Smoke kills one of them with a bat and the other runs.
CJ and Big Smoke run after him but Big Smoke can't run too far and
cheers CJ on. CJ follows after him and manages to kill the Vagos. Big
Smoke and CJ head back to Smoke's house separately and meet up. Big
Smoke wants to follow a lead that will get the "deep in the game".
They head over to Union Station and find some Vagos make a run for it
on top of the train. They get on a bike and drive alongside the train.
Big Smoke shoots at the Vagos while CJ avoids the other trains, a
destroyed car, and some blocks. Big Smoke kills them and they head
back to Big Smoke's house. They agree to meet up later.
When CJ comes back to Big Smoke's house, Big Smoke needs to run an
errand and they head out. When they arrive at the Atrium Big Smoke
tells CJ to wait outside. CJ admires a woman until Big Smoke yells and
CJ runs in. CJ enters to a shootout between Big Smoke and some
Russians. CJ and Smoke kill them and head outside to find more
Russians that they kill. They grab a motorcycle and head off. Big
Smoke drives as CJ shoots back at some Russians giving chase in cars,
on bikes, and in a truck. They go through the waterways and manage to
kill most of the Russians and then head back to Big Smoke's house.
CJ remembers OG Loc and heads over to the Burger Shot to see how he is.
CJ finds OG Loc cleaning up some floors and mocks him since OG Loc said
he was a "Hygiene Technician". OG Loc says that he needs a sound
system and heard a great one in a van. They were heading to the beach
so CJ heads down there. He finds the van and gets friendly with the
owner by showing her some dance moves. CJ gets in the van, takes off
with it, and brings it to a lockup. He heads back to the Burger Shot.
When he arrives he finds that OG Loc wants him to steal well known
rapper, Madd Dogg's, rhyme book. CJ only agrees if it will stop OG Loc
from singing the garbage he does. CJ heads to Madd Dogg's mansion in
Vinewood and sneaks in. He slowly moves around and kills any guard
that gets in his way. CJ grabs the rhyme book and runs out and back to
the Burger Shot. When he heads out of the restaurant he gets a call
from Officer Tenpenny telling him to come see him. CJ heads back into
the Burger Shot.
OG Loc is upset. Madd Dogg's manager is on him for stealing the rhymes
and CJ is ordered to take care of it. He grabs the manager's car and
drives to a location where all the security meet. The manager gets in
the car and CJ drives off and losses the security. CJ drives down to
the pier and jumps out of the car and sends it into the water since the
manager can't swim. When CJ heads back to the Burger Shot to deliver
the good news he finds OG Loc quitting and leaving. OG Loc says that
this violates his parole and he is going back to jail so he is throwing
a party at his house and gets CJ to dress himself up. CJ heads to OG
Loc's house and walks in on OG Loc with some bad singing. The boys
decide to go outside and get away from the awful singing of OG Loc.
Suddenly, another member of the gang comes up on a bike and says that
the Ballas are heading to Grove Street. Sweet orders them to block the
road. The Ballas arrive and a shootout begins. They manage to kill
the Ballas on the street and on the bridge. They head down an alley
but the Grove Street men stop them and kill them. They celebrate the
victory and all go home to enjoy the night.
The next day CJ heads over to a donut shop where he finds Tenpenny with
his men. Tenpenny tells CJ that he needs him to kill a gang banger in
East Los Santos by burning his house down. He wants no evidence. CJ
grabs some Molotov Cocktails and heads over to the apartment complex.
He immediately throws the Molotov's in the building he is shot at by
some Vagos. He kills them and believes his mission is a success.
Suddenly he hears the screams of a women in the building. She is
upstairs and trapped. CJ rushes in, grabs a fire extinguisher, and
finds her. He leads her out of the building as it collapses. She says
her name is Denise Robinson and she lives off of Grove Street. CJ
drives her back and they agree to see each other again. CJ gets a call
about some drug dealers in Glen Park but heads off to the donut shop to
see Officer Tenpenny again. Officer Tenpenny suggests that CJ check
out a warehouse in Ocean Docks where the Ballas and Russians are
meeting. CJ heads over there and is attacked outside the warehouse but
makes his way in. CJ fights off the Ballas and Russians in the
building and chases after the Russian leader. He catches up to him and
kills him. Tenpenny has no more use for him for now.
CJ heads over to the Ammunation that Sweet suggested and picks up some
weapons. He heads down to Glen Park and starts up a gang war.
Eventually, CJ kills all the Ballas and the Grove Street Families take
over the area. The drug dealing traitor attempts to escape but CJ runs
him down and kills him. CJ heads over to Sweet's house and Sweet wants
them to show that Grove Street is back and perform a major hit on the
Ballas at a funeral. CJ and Sweet grab some men and head over to the
cemetery. They enter and CJ chases after the leader, Kane. CJ kills
him and they take out the rest of the members there. CJ and Sweet
leave the area and return to Grove Street.
Sweet and CJ know they have put Grove Street on the map with their
activities. CJ eventually returns to Sweet's house and meets up with
Ryder, Big Smoke, and Sweet. Sweet wants to end the hostility between
the families and a meeting is set to take place at Jefferson Hotel.
They drive over and Sweet must go in alone as one member per family is
allowed. Suddenly, the LSPD show up with helicopters and SWAT and all
that to storm the place. Ryder and Big Smoke want to leave but CJ runs
in after his brother. He kills the police in there and finds Sweet.
They head out and take out a helicopter. Just as they run around the
building Ryder and Big Smoke show up. They jump in and CJ is trusted
with the shooting. CJ shoots at the cops following them on bikes,
cars, and a helicopter. CJ's gun jams and Big Smoke drives them down a
small path. They jump out of the car at the last second to watch it
fly off on the freeway and cause a huge accident. They agree to split
up and meet up later.
CJ heads to Sweet's and finds Sweet talking with some men. He states
that it is time to take back the town and wants everyone to meet him
under the Mulholland Intersection to battle it out with some Ballas.
As CJ leaves he gets a call from Cesar who wants CJ to come meet him
because he has something to show him. CJ says he needs to go meet up
with his brother but Cesar insists that it is important. CJ heads over
to Cesar and gets in his car. Cesar tells CJ to watch. He sees two
Ballas exit a building and is unimpressed. Cesar tells him to keep
watching. Suddenly, Ryder and Big Smoke come out and they roll out the
Green Sabre that was seen the night CJ's mom was killed. Officer
Tenpenny also walks out. It appears that Big Smoke has sold the family
out. CJ realizes that Sweet is walking into a trap and tells Cesar to
get Kendl and leave town. CJ races over to the Mulholland Intersection
to find a battle going on. Sweet has been hit. CJ takes out the
Ballas until the cops arrive and he surrenders. Sweet is arrested and
taken to a hospital prison and CJ is grabbed by Tenpenny and his men.
CJ gets a bag put over his head and they drive off.
Finally reaching a stop CJ has the bag removed and he is in a rural
area. This is Angel Pine. CJ is informed of Sweet's situation. CJ is
upset at Big Smoke and Tenpenny states that Big Smoke has worked for
him for a long time. Officer Tenpenny gives CJ a camera and wants him
to kill a snitch hiding on Mount Chiliad and bring back a photo for
proof. They kick CJ out of the car and drive off. CJ heads up the
mountain to get the mission over with and focus on his family's status.
CJ reaches the cabin on the mountain and kills the man along with his
security. He heads back down and delivers the pictures to a trailer.
CJ then receives a call from Cesar and CJ informs him to get Kendl out
of town now. Cesar says that he wants payback for what happened to his
gang, Varrios Los Aztecas, but CJ doesn't care right now. Cesar agrees
and then tells CJ to go meet his cousin at a diner in Dillimore. When
CJ arrives he finds a woman facing off with some of the men. They try
to get near her but she cuts one with her knife. She asks CJ what he
wants and then promptly leaves with him. She states her name is
Catalina. She lists a series of places that she wishes to rob. CJ
goes for the closest place which is a gas station also in Dillimore.
They try to rob the gas station but the glass is bullet-proof and the
doors are locked. Catalina changes the plan and decides to take the
tanker. They grab a truck and hook up the tanker while the gas station
attendants get in their car and follow. They take care of the
attendants and head to Flint County to a truck stop. Catalina speaks
with the owner of a truck stop and sells the truck of gas to him. She
gives CJ his cut and then leaves.
CJ gets a call from someone called The Truth. He is a friend of
Officer Tenpenny and wants CJ to meet him in Angel Pine. CJ heads over
and finds Officer Tenpenny high (as a kite). Tenpenny introduces CJ to
The Truth but he isn't there. Tenpenny is talking with a couch. He
then calls Truth in and he meets CJ. Tenpenny tells CJ that Truth will
supply him with weed and that CJ will pay him and take it to San
Fierro. Tenpenny leaves. The Truth tells CJ about a survivalist farm
that has a harvester that he requires. The Truth wants CJ to steal it.
CJ heads to the farm and steals it. He is chased by some of the people
but he losses them and takes the harvester to The Truth's farm.
CJ receives a call from Cesar that he and Kendl are in Angel Pine. CJ
heads over and meets up with them. CJ is told that Big Smoke is the
main pusher in Los Santos and that he gets shipments from San Fierro
twice a week. CJ says he will look out for them. CJ leaves and gets a
call from Catalina wondering where he is. CJ decides to meet her at
her house. When he gets there she holds him at gun point and indicates
her love for CJ. They head off to a bank in order to rob it. Once
they enter CJ is in charge of watching the people while Catalina gets
the money. One of them manages to hit the alarm. CJ grabs the money
from the ATMs and Catalina grabs the money she gets. They head out the
back of the building and find the cops waiting for them. CJ and
Catalina make their way through the alley and kill the police. They
steal 2 police bikes and drive off with the police chasing them.
Catalina gets ahead of CJ and gets knocked off her bike by a police
cruiser. CJ manages to get there and take out the cops and she hoops
on CJ's bike. They head to Catalina's hideout. CJ takes his cut and
after leaving Catalina's house he receives a call from Cesar about
illegal street racers who come out to the rural areas to avoid the
cops. Cesar tells CJ to head over when he gets a chance. CJ then
decides to finish up everything with Catalina first.
Upon heading back to Catalina's, CJ is brought inside and "punished"
for not keeping in touch with her. Afterwards they head to Blueberry
to rob a liquor store. When they arrive they find that 4 armed men
have already robbed the store. Catalina kills one and they give chase
on his ATV. They catch up with the other men and kill them. They grab
the money and CJ takes Catalina back to her place. CJ returns a while
later after a call from Catalina ordering him to be there. Catalina
yells at him for not being loyal and says she wants their relationship
to be business from now on. They head out to Montgomery to a betting
shop. When they arrive CJ uses some explosives to blow open the safe
and grab the money. They grab a car and lose the cops, then head back
to Catalina's house where CJ drops her off.
CJ has acquired himself a good amount of money and grabs himself a fast
car. CJ heads over to Montgomery and arrives at the race line. He is
introduced to an Asian man named Wu Zi Mu. He prefers to be called
Woozie. They get in their cars and the race starts. CJ manages to
beat the competition. After the race Woozie congratulates CJ and gives
him his business card in case CJ is in San Fierro sometime. Everyone
leaves the area except for CJ. He is confronted by Catalina. She
breaks up with CJ and introduced her new man. This is Claude (from GTA
3). She challenges CJ to a race for pink slips. CJ ends up winning
the race. Catalina, furious, hands over the deed to a garage in San
Fierro. She explains that Claude was "satisfying her" while he raced
and that is why he lost. Catalina and Claude head off to Liberty City.
CJ now decides that he needs to head to San Fierro but receives a call
from The Truth that Tenpenny's stuff is ready and he should come pick
it up. CJ decides to go pick up Tenpenny's drugs and head to San
Fierro, killing two birds with one stone. He arrives at The Truth's
farm and hands over the money to pay for the drugs. CJ inspects the
van which is completely full. Suddenly, they hear a helicopter over
them. The cops have been tipped off about The Truth's pot farm. The
Truth hands CJ a flamethrower and they burn all the plants. The Truth
hands CJ a rocket launcher and he takes out the helicopter. They drive
to CJ's newly acquired garage in San Fierro. Entering it, CJ feels
duped by Catalina as the place is a dump. Kendl and Cesar arrive
shortly and Kendl calms CJ down. They need some mechanics.
The Truth informs CJ of some friends and they go and pick them up.
During these trips The Truth informs CJ to go to certain locations in
the city. When he does he finds a dark coloured van leaving. The
Truth doesn't explain what it is (some believe that these are Mike
Toreno's trucks). After CJ brings the men back to his garage he gets a
call from Zero. It appears that Zero's landlord is looking to sell
them shop so CJ heads over and buys the building. CJ helps Zero fight
off his childhood rival, Berkley, and drive him out of town.
A while later, CJ heads back to the garage and receives a call from
Officer Tenpenny. He wants CJ to plant some weed in a car to frame him
and then call the cops. CJ is unsure about snitching on someone but
when Tenpenny informs CJ that it is a DA (District Attorney) CJ is more
than willing. He drives over to Vank Hoff Hotel and beats up a valet
for his uniform. When the DA arrives CJ takes his car to the garage
and plants the drugs. He heads back to the hotel and drives it into
the parking lot underground. CJ hurries out as a valet comes in to
pick up the car. CJ reports the DA and when he gets his car the cops
arrive and arrest him.
Arriving back at the garage he finds Kendl upset about the nearby
construction workers. They have been treating her like a slut. Cesar
wants to kill them but CJ says he will take care of it. So CJ heads to
the site and grabs a Dozer. He destroys 6 portable buildings and the
Foreman comes out of a Porta Potty. The Foreman sees the destruction
and runs back in. CJ drives into the Porta Potty and pushes it into a
hole. He gets in the cement truck and buries the Foreman. CJ heads
back to the garage.
CJ immediately receives a call from Cesar who is following a Balla car
heading towards San Fierro for drugs. CJ heads out to meet with Cesar.
He meets up with Cesar and they head over to Angel Pine where the
meeting is. They get on top of a nearby building and watch some cars
pull up. Ryder is the first to arrive as he represents Big Smoke.
Another car pulls up and a guy named T-Bone Mendez comes out. He is
the leader of the San Fierro Rifa. The next car to pull up contains a
man wearing a business suit. They don't know him yet but he is Mike
Toreno. Next is a man who looks like a pimp. He is Jizzy B. They are
all part of a group called the Loco Syndicate who sell drugs primarily
to Big Smoke in Los Santos. Ryder is a representative for Big Smoke.
CJ and Cesar head away from the meeting, split up, and agree to meeting
back at the garage.
CJ arrives back and Woozie shows up. He helps CJ identify the men he
photographed. Woozie informs CJ that Jizzy B. helps to set up the
deals and acts as a middleman. CJ decides he will enter the syndicate
from this point. CJ heads over to Jizzy's Pleasure Dome under the Gant
Bridge. Upon arriving he introduces himself to Jizzy by stating that
he is new in town and would like some work. After buttering Jizzy up,
CJ is tasked with finding out who is killing Jizzy's girls. CJ leaves
and Jizzy allows him to take Jizzy's car. CJ drives around and kills
some thugs that are beating up his women. He also kills a prostitute
and her 'sugar daddy' as she is trying to leave prostitution forever.
Once CJ does all this, Jizzy calls him and says he can keep the car as
an APB has been posted on it.
CJ is now in the syndicate and can start affecting them and finding out
more information. CJ heads back to the Pleasure Dome and is introduced
to T-Bone Mendez. T-Bone tasks CJ with getting to an ambushed van and
getting back all the stolen merchandise. CJ drives over and gives
chase on 4 bikers that have stolen the stuff inside. He manages to
chase them all down and get back the merchandise. CJ heads back to the
Pleasure Dome and drops them off. When he meets back with Jizzy and T-
Bone, T-Bone gets a call from Mike Toreno who is in another ambushed
van and is trapped. T-Bone and CJ head out in search of Mike. Mike is
still on the phone and he directs them to where he is. CJ ends up at
the airport and they rescue Mike who is suspicious of CJ but allows him
to get them out of there. CJ safely drives them back to the Pleasure
Domes.
Sometime later CJ arrives back at the Pleasure Dome and Jizzy instructs
him to meet his business associate. CJ heads to Xoomer Gas Station and
gets in a car. After T-Bone and Mike Toreno question him they say that
CJ has to ensure the safety of a shipment. CJ grabs a bike and leads
the van to a factory. This is the Loco Syndicate's drug factory which
CJ will need to take out eventually. After completing this mission CJ
heads back to the garage and is met by Tenpenny and Pulaski. They need
you to take care of a reporter and a snitch that is supplying the
information. The reporter boards a train headed for Los Santos and CJ
follows it. The reporter meets up with his informant on a pier and CJ
kills them both. Another job done for Tenpenny. CJ heads back to San
Fierro.
Now it is time for CJ to make his move. He must kill Jizzy to get his
phone and finds out about the drug supply. CJ heads to the Pleasure
Dome at night and manages to kill Jizzy B. in a rundown. CJ finds that
a deal is going to happen at Pier 69. CJ arrives there and meets Cesar
on top of a building. Woozie has agreed to supply some men for this.
CJ spots the men and begins to snipe any Rifa or Balla that they meet.
T-Bone Mendez and Ryder pull up and don't see the bodies as they are on
the roof. Toreno flies in on a helicopter and notices the bodies so he
takes off. The Ballas throw some smoke grenades as CJ and Cesar storm
the area. They kill T-Bone and Ryder heads off on a boat. CJ follows
and manages to kill Ryder. He is deeply upset at having to kill his
long-time friend.
Cesar speaks with CJ about how he had to kill Ryder. CJ then receives
a call from Woozie who informs him that Toreno is at a helipad downtown
and loading up some boxes onto a helicopter. He is preparing to leave.
CJ heads over immediately, kills the men there, and chases the
helicopter. He rockets the helicopter and it explodes, killing Mike
Toreno (or so he thinks).
CJ now decides that he should meet up with Woozie and help him out
after everything he has done for CJ. CJ enters Woozie's betting shop
apartment and meets Woozie. He asks CJ to come along as he shows CJ
how they take care of business. They leave the apartment and head
around the corner to the Blood Feather Triads. Woozie informs CJ that
a Vietnamese gang has been giving them trouble and they want to unify
the Triad gangs to help protect them. When they arrive at the spot
they find the Blood Feather Triads have all been wiped out except for 1
man who informs them it was the Vietnamese gang who did this. Just
then, the gang shows up to finish the job. CJ fights them off as
Woozie seems to have trouble finding his way. They head back to
Woozie's apartment and CJ drops him off.
The next day, CJ arrives at Woozie's apartment and is introduced to Ran
Fa Li, the leader of the Red Gecko Tong. CJ is informed that the
Vietnamese gang is called the Da Nang Boys. Ran Fa Li needs a package
retrieved from the airport and Woozie suggests CJ do it. So CJ heads
over to the airport and grabs the package but the Da Nang Boys attack
him. CJ heads out of the airport, loses them, and drops the package
off at Pier 69. When he heads back to Woozie's apartment he finds that
Ran Fa Li is now trapped since the Da Nang Boys are watching the
building. CJ offers to be a decoy and lead them off. CJ drives an old
SUV out to the rural areas and leads them around. Eventually, they
catch up the CJ and see who it is and heads back to the apartment but
they are too late. Ran Fa Li is safe.
CJ goes back to Woozie's apartment to check on him and Woozie informs
CJ that he wants CJ to swim out to a Da Nang Boy in the harbour and
plant a bug on it so they can listen in on radio discussions. CJ heads
over and avoids Da Nang Boys security around the area and plants the
bug on the boat. CJ swims back to shore. When he heads back to
Woozie's place, some time later, Woozie informs him that the Da Nang
Boys are making a full move to San Fierro and that is why they have
been more aggressive. CJ agrees to stop their ship coming in. CJ gets
in a helicopter with some of Woozie's men and they fly to the ship.
They helicopter is shot down, however, by a rocket. CJ is the only one
to survive and ends up in the water. He gets on the boat and kills
everyone inside. CJ frees some prisoners in a crate and is informed
that the leader of the Da Nang Boys, Snakehead, is on the bridge. CJ
heads up and kills Snakehead with a sword. CJ leaves the ship and has
ended the Da Nang Boys.
Upon speaking with Woozie again they agree to destroy the Loco
Syndicate's drug factory and end them for good. CJ grabs a car that is
rigged by one of Woozie's men and takes it to the factory. CJ breaks
into the area and drives the car nears some tanks. He sets the timer
and everyone rushes out of the building. It explodes and CJ escapes.
This has ended the Loco Syndicate and Big Smoke's supply of drugs from
San Fierro. CJ receives a call shortly after by someone masking their
voice. They want CJ to come out to their ranch in the desert as they
have information on Sweet.
CJ, not knowing what to make of this, heads out to the desert to hear
this person's information. When he arrives at the ranch, CJ must prove
his driving skills in a monster truck. He does and heads back to the
ranch. As he sits there, CJ is snuck up on by Mike Toreno who CJ
thought was dead. Toreno tells CJ that he is a government agent and
needs CJ to perform some jobs for him. Toreno wants CJ to call up
Cesar and commandeer a truck in San Fierro. Cesar arrives and it
appears he was already called by CJ (Toreno using some sort of voice
masking/ changing device). They head onto the freeway and chase down
the truck. Cesar jumps on, kicks the driver out, and lets CJ get in.
CJ drives it to the designated location for Toreno. Afterwards, CJ
heads back to Toreno's house to get the information about his brother.
Toreno tells CJ that Sweet is safe and Toreno will keep it that way as
long as CJ helps him. So Toreno now wants CJ to go and retrieve a
package for him in the desert. CJ drives out to El Castillo del Diablo
and drops a flare so that a helicopter can come by and drop off the
package. As the helicopter approaches some black helicopters begin to
fly around and shoot at the helicopter. CJ takes them down and the
package is dropped off for CJ. He grabs it and takes it back to
Toreno's ranch. Entering Toreno's ranch again he is now instructed by
Mike to go to Verdant Meadows Aircraft Graveyard and purchase it for
$1. If they don't accept then Toreno instructs CJ to kill the owners.
So CJ heads over to the aircraft graveyard and purchases it. He
decides to do it legitimately and buys it for $80,000. Toreno calls
him immediately and informs CJ that he will need to learn how to fly
for the next series of tasks Toreno has lined up for him. CJ go
through Toreno's training with helicopters, planes, and parachutes and
passes.
CJ has completed the flying school and Toreno quickly tasks CJ with
flying supplies to his friend in Angel Pine. CJ completes this task
while staying below the radar level so no one gets suspicious. But
when CJ returns to the graveyard he finds government officials loading
up a cargo plane. CJ thinks they are Toreno's men but Toreno shows up
behind him and states that they are from another group. Toreno wants
CJ to get on that plane and stop the agents. SO CJ grabs a bike and
drives into the pane as it takes off. Killing everyone inside, CJ sets
a bomb and then parachutes out. He blows the plane up and then sails
back down to Verdant Meadows.
A short while later The Truth shows up and wants CJ to come with him.
CJ agrees and they head out to the middle of the desert which isn't
listed on any map. They arrive and The Truth wants CJ to find a 'black
project' and steal it. CJ finds a military base located here and heads
down into the facilities under ground. He heads further down as alarms
go off around him. CJ finds the 'black project' being developed and it
is a jetpack. CJ grabs the pack and heads out of the base and arrives
at the graveyard to meet The Truth. Truth thanks CJ and takes the
jetpack. When The Truth comes back to Verdant Meadows he flies the
jetpack poorly and crashes. Truth says he can't handle the jetpack and
wants CJ to use it to fly to a train and steal "whatever they least
want you to get". CJ heads over and kills the soldiers on the train.
He finds a weird container of green stuff and takes it back to Truth.
The Truth is amazed by it and tells CJ he can keep the jetpack. The
Truth leaves to aircraft graveyard.
Soon after this, CJ is invited by Woozie out to Las Venturas to visit
Woozie's new casino, The Four Dragons Casino. CJ heads east to Las
Venturas. Upon arriving he finds a frustrated Woozie who is trying to
start up a Triad casino in a Mafia run town. They have captured
someone trying to destroy their equipment and CJ says he can make the
man talk about who he's working for. Woozie's men tie the man to the
front of a car and CJ gets in. He drives the car along the strip and
scares the man enough to say that he works for the Sindacco's, one of
the Mafia families that owns Caligula's Casino. CJ drives him back to
the casino and goes and meets with Woozie. They decide that the best
way to hurt Caligula's Casino is to rob it. CJ informs Woozie that
they need some explosives first and Woozie tells him to go to the
quarry. CJ arrives there and heads down to the bottom. He grabs the
dynamite as they are preparing to blow it up. The workers run after CJ
but he heads out of the quarry and delivers the dynamite to a waiting
car.
When CJ arrives back at the casino he talks with Woozie. An employee
walks in with a fake chip and they agree that the Sindacco's are using
their plastic factory to produce the chips. CJ decides to go visit the
plastic factory. He drives over and kills the Sindaccos inside. CJ
also manages to destroy the plastic machines and heads out before
anymore Sindaccos arrive. As CJ makes his way back to the casino he is
called by The Truth who needs CJ's help. It appears that The Truth
took some guys out for a safari and lost them. So CJ heads out into
the desert to the last place The Truth remembers them being and finds
Paulie and Maccer. They need to go to a snake farm to find the rest of
the band. But when they get there they are confronted by the owners
who say that Maccer took advantage of their pig. They escape the
owners and head to their friend Rosie's casino. Arriving at Caligula's
Casino, CJ enjoys the possibility that he can observe the casino from
inside without any suspicion. They head up and meet Ken Rosenburg who
manages the casino and CJ is introduced to him.
After CJ leaves he now decides to start focusing on the plans for heist
on Caligula's Casino. CJ first steals the architectural plans for the
building and then gets the security card of a croupier for the casino.
Each time he meets with Woozie, more and more people are introduced to
the plan much to CJ's disapproval. Next, CJ heads to the dam to set
explosives so they can shut down the power to Las Venturas during the
heist. Afterwards, CJ and some of Woozie's men steal cop cars and an
armoured van in order to pull off the heist. They are now prepared but
CJ needs to scope the place out some more so he heads back to
Caligula's Casino to visit Rosie, Paulie, and Maccer.
Upon arrival he is informed by Rosie that Johnny Sindacco needs to be
moved from the hospital because the Forelli's are coming to kill him.
Johnny is in a shock induced coma (caused by CJ's interrogation) and
must be helped. CJ heads to the hospital and finds that Johnny has
already been moved. The Forelli's have got him. CJ finds the
ambulance that took him and steals it. He drives back to the Sindacco
factory and Johnny is safe. When CJ gets back to the casino he finds
Rosie freaking out. CJ tells him to take charge and inform everyone
who is the boss. Rosie and CJ head to the Sindacco factory and Rosie
wants CJ to come with him to meet Johnny. CJ is reluctant as he knows
Johnny will remember him. Sure enough, Johnny sees CJ and suffers a
heart attack and dies. The Sindaccos attack CJ and Rosie but CJ kills
all of them in the factory and they leave. CJ drives Rosie back to the
casino.
When CJ goes to the Four Dragons Casino he finalizes the ownership
agreement of the casino with Woozie and Ran Fa Li. He also gets a call
from Rosie who informs CJ that Salvatore Leone has come to the casino
and taken it over. CJ heads over to meet up with Rosie. When he
arrives in the offices CJ meets Salvatore who is getting friendly with
a waitress named Maria (yes, that Maria). He states that in Liberty
City, CJ worked with Salvatore's son Joey. Salvatore likes that and
wants CJ to kill some Forelli assassins flying in from Liberty City.
CJ heads to the airport and takes his plane north. He finds the
Forelli plane and gets over it. CJ jumps from one plane to the other
and kills all the Forelli's inside. CJ flies the plane back to Las
Venturas. Upon leaving the airport, CJ hears about some commotion by
the Royal Casino. He heads over to find Madd Dogg, the rapper CJ stole
everything from, drunk and ready to jump off the top of the building.
CJ grabs a truck with a bed full of empty boxes and manages to catch
Madd Dogg. He takes Madd Dogg to a rehab centre and they agree to talk
later.
CJ now has to go visit Tenpenny and Pulaski who are in Las Venturas.
He talks with them and Tenpenny wants CJ to get him a dossier. CJ
heads to Aldea Malvada and attacks a group of FBI agents. CJ kills
them and steals the dossier. CJ gets a call from Tenpenny to meet him
out in the desert to give him the dossier you got. CJ heads over and
feels uneasy about the remote location. He arrives and hands the files
to Tenpenny. Tenpenny then hits Hernandez with a shovel in the head as
Hernandez has been snitching on him. Tenpenny leaves Pulaski to watch
over as CJ digs a grave for two. Just as he finishes Hernandez gets up
and attacks Pulaski. CJ escapes but Hernandez is shot to death.
Pulaski now makes a run for it but CJ gives chase. Pulaski yells out
insults about CJ's family to piss him off but CJ manages to catch up
with him and finish Pulaski off. Tenpenny is left on his own now as
Pulaski and Hernandez are dead but that doesn't matter as CJ has
cleaned up most of the evidence against Tenpenny.
CJ receives a call from ken to return to Caligula's Casino. CJ heads
over and finds Salvatore who wants CJ to perform a hit in Liberty City.
CJ recruits Paulie, Maccer, and Rosie. When they leave the casino he
tells them to get out of Las Venturas and he will meet up with them
later. CJ heads for the airport and flies to Liberty City. He arrives
in Liberty and heads to St. Mark's Bistro in Portland. CJ kills the
men in the restaurant and flies back to Las Venturas. When he arrives
he gets a call from Sweet who is very depressed and has almost given up
on ever getting out. CJ then gets a call from Salvatore informing them
to stay away from each other for awhile. Lastly, CJ receives a call
from Woozie asking him if the heist is still on. CJ says that they are
clear to go and with that he heads to the casino to start the heist.
CJ drives to Caligula's Casino in a croupier outfit and heads
downstairs to the loading bays. He raises the door and the truck with
bikes come in. They fight off mafia men and get the cash. Heading out
of the building they avoid the cops and successfully get away with the
money. Following the success, CJ gets a call from Salvatore who
promises to find him and kill him for what he did.
After the heist, CJ heads back to the Four Dragons Casino and meets up
with Madd Dogg. He wants his house back but he sold it to a dealer for
some drugs. CJ takes some of Woozie's men and agree to get it back.
CJ and the men get in a plane and fly over the mansion. They parachute
out and land on the roof, confronted by Vagos members. Killing this
threat, more men come down and they proceed inside. CJ finds the drug
dealer, Big Poppa, and chases him. He eventually kills Big Poppa and
reclaims the home. After settling into the house, Toreno shows up and
needs CJ's help. Toreno wants CJ to get in the aircraft carrier in San
Fierro bay and steal a jet. CJ swims in, disables the SAMs (Surface to
Air Missiles) and steals the jet. He is now instructed with destroying
some spy ships. CJ flies over and blows them up. CJ now wants to know
where Toreno wants the jet and Toreno ignores the question and pretends
he doesn't know anything about the jet. CJ decides to store it at
Verdant Meadows for future use.
CJ gets back to Madd Dogg's house to meet up with everyone. Toreno
shows up again and CJ pulls a gun on him. Toreno says he has one last
task and then he is free. Toreno tells CJ to pick up the phone and
Sweet is on the other line. He is being freed and doesn't know why.
Toreno says that he only wants CJ to go pick up his brother. So CJ
heads to the police station and picks up Sweet. CJ proudly tells Sweet
about all his new businesses but Sweet is upset he has left the hood to
rot. CJ drives Sweet over to show Sweet how bad the hood is. They
arrive and find drug dealers all around and people breaking into the
houses and stealing stuff. CJ is ordered to clean the neighbourhood
up. CJ kills the drug dealers and then reclaims the territory from the
Ballas. CJ now starts gathering more territory again and providing the
Grove Street Families with a nice section of the city to work with.
CJ goes back to the mansion and finds Madd Dogg watching OG Loc. He
realizes that OG Loc's rhymes are his that were stolen (CJ was the one
who stole them). CJ and Madd Dogg agree to go break up his party and
get the book back. When they arrive, OG Loc takes off and they chase
him. He gets to his recording studio and Madd Dogg gets his rhymes
book back. OG Loc is fired by the studio. CJ agrees to meet up with
Madd Dogg later and heads to Grove Street. He walks in on Sweet about
to be given some drugs by a whore. CJ gets her away from Sweet who
states that he just wanted to know what everyone is going crazy for.
The whore says that B Dup won't like this and CJ says he'll take care
of B Dup right now. CJ drives over to B Dup's apartment but finds he
has moved to Glen Park. CJ heads over there and kills the Ballas. He
and Sweet confront B Dup who attempts to get Big Bear to take care of
them. Big Bear denounces B Dup and joins the Grove Street again. They
leave.
When they meet up Sweet insults CJ for forgetting where he came from
and they head over to Idlewood to claim more territory. They are
successful and head back. Awhile later they all meet at Madd Dogg's
mansion. Watching the TV they find that Tenpenny has been caught and
is facing charges. They watch the court proceedings and then it is
announced that all charges are being dropped do to a lack of evidence
(thanks to CJ's work). Unfortunately, it appears that Tenpenny has
upset a lot of people as the entire city begins to riot. CJ and Sweet
head to Grove Street and secure the hood. Cesar arrives later and
needs CJ's help to get back Varrios Los Aztecas' territory. CJ rejects
at first saying that he has to help his brother but Sweet tells CJ to
go help him. CJ grabs some Grove Street members and heads over to
Unity Station with them and Cesar. They meet with Cesar's friends and
storm the apartment complexes. They head through and kill all the
Vagos there. Heading deeper they find more Vagos and kill them. Cesar
thanks CJ and secures the area while CJ heads out.
Sweet calls CJ and tells him they have found where Big Smoke is hiding.
CJ drives to Sweet's house and picks him up. They head over to East
Los Santos to an apartment complex. CJ says he must do this alone for
Sweet, Brian, and the whole family. Sweet agrees and wishes him luck.
CJ grabs a SWAT tank and rams the front of the building for access.
Heading up the stairs he goes through the drug factory, the lounge, a
security area, and arrives at Big Smoke's room on the 4th floor. Big
Smoke is playing video games and when confronted by CJ he says that he
wants to be remembered and that is why he did it. Big Smoke pulls a
gun on CJ and they exchange fire. CJ manages to kill Big Smoke and
then sits and feels remorse for what he did. Tenpenny comes up behind
him and gets him to load a briefcase with money. Tenpenny says that he
merely used Big Smoke and now has some new young officers with him that
he needs to turn to his side. CJ tricks Tenpenny and ducks behind a
couch. Tenpenny runs off and destroys some of the equipment downstairs
to set the building on fire. CJ heads out to find Tenpenny drive off
in a fire truck and Sweet jump on. CJ follows close behind and catches
Sweet when he falls off. They switch seats and CJ fights off the
police as they chase Tenpenny. Tenpenny eventually drives the truck
off a bridge and lands in Grove Street. Tenpenny crawls out dying
and insults CJ. CJ is about to shoot Tenpenny but is stopped as he
will just die from the accident. The Truth informs CJ that he beat the
system and they all head inside. CJ looks at Tenpenny one last time
and says, "See you around............officer".
CJ and the others go to his mom's house and celebrate. Madd Dogg walks
in and announces he has got his first gold record. CJ heads out of the
house to go check out the neighbourhood.
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E7. 1993-1997
1992-1993 - Salvatore Leone pulls out of Caligula's Casino after the
huge financial loss caused by CJ's heist on it. The Sindacco Family
moves its main base of operations to Las Venturas and take over the
casino. They put it back on track and fund their operations in Liberty
City from the revenues in Caligula's Casino.
1993-1997 - Catalina and Claude have left San Andreas for Liberty City
but they don't go their directly. They travel around the United States
robbing banks, stores, and other companies. They become a type of
Bonny and Clyde. It is believed they went to Liberty City much later.
1994 - Toni Cipriani is a high ranked member in the Leone Family. He
is instructed to kill a made man for the family. He accomplishes this
task and is forced to leave Liberty City for several years until
everything calms down. He leaves in a hurry as well and doesn't get a
chance to say goodbye to his mom.
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E8. 1998
The events of GTA Liberty City Stories
After 4 long years, Toni Cipriani has returned to Liberty City. He
killed a made man but is back now. He arrives in Portland on a bus and
gets off. Toni makes a quick call and gets in a taxi. He arrives at
Salvatore Leone's mansion and finds Salvatore with Vincenzo or 'Luck'
as Salvatore calls him. It appears that Vincenzo is second in command
now as he has moved up the ladder as Toni has been away. Salvatore
wants Toni to work for Vincenzo but Toni disagrees and is angry to be
put under Vincenzo after all he did. Salvatore asks Toni if he
questions his authority and Toni retracts his comments. Vincenzo and
Toni head out to show Toni his new place that Vincenzo got him. They
head over and then Vincenzo wants Toni to drive him to his place in
Atlantic Quays. Toni does so and Vincenzo tells him to come by later.
Toni ends up driving around town and getting used to Liberty City again
and then heads to Vincenzo's place the next day. Toni doesn't give
Vincenzo any respect as he is young and cocky and Toni should be giving
him orders. When Toni arrives Vincenzo orders him to go find out what
is wrong with one of his dealers. He is bringing nothing in. Toni
meets the dealer and he says that he is sick and will work tomorrow.
Toni insists that he works now and takes the dealer to Chinatown. The
dealer says that the Sindacco Family is dealing on Leone turf but Toni
doesn't believe him. He drops the dealer off and heads back to
Vincenzo's. It appears that the dealer Toni dropped off has been
killed by the Sindacco's he warned Toni about. Toni heads around town
and takes out the Sindacco dealers for this and ends their operations.
Toni heads back to Vincenzo's place and is ordered to kill a Sindacco
leader and take his car. Toni heads over to the construction site in
Hepburn Heights and kills all the Sindaccos there. Toni grabs the
leader's car and resprays it. A man named JD calls and says for Toni
to keep the car as a down payment for the money he owes Toni. Toni
doesn't mind keeping the car as it is a Hellenbacht GT (a fast car in
the GTA world). So, Toni heads back to Vincenzo's and finds him irate.
Apparently, some of his men were robbing a gas station and got pinned
down by the police. Vincenzo demands that Toni goes and grabs the men.
He heads over to the gas station and breaks through the police
barricades. He grabs the three men and escapes with them and loses the
police. Toni takes the men back to Vincenzo's.
When Toni arrives Vincenzo wants him to grab a car for him. It has
drugs in it and wants Toni to get it first before the cops know about
it. Toni heads over to the docks area and gets in the car. As soon as
he does the cops converge on him. Vincenzo has set Toni up. Toni
drives off and gets the car resprayed to avoid cop attention. Toni
calls up Vincenzo and yells but Vincenzo doesn't really care and Toni
decides to quit Vincenzo's employ. Toni takes Vincenzo's car to the
crushers as punishment. Toni is now going to do his own thing for the
Leone Family as he heads to Paulie's Revue Bar to talk with JD O'Toole.
Toni knocks on the back entrance door and JD walks out in a gimp suit
with holes for the nipples and butt cheeks (that is the scariest thing
in the GTA universe). Toni demands his money but JD doesn't have it.
He offers to go with Toni to all his girls and pick it up from them.
JD changes and they drive around town and grab the cash from the women.
Toni drives JD back to his apartment and agrees to see him later. When
Toni returns he finds a panicking JD. The cops are coming to raid the
place and Salvatore is inside. Toni grabs a car and drives Salvatore
away from the bar and home. Salvatore wants Toni to come back later.
Toni first heads back to Paulie's Revue Bar. JD informs Toni that the
Sindacco's are looking to destroy the Leone casino in Portland. Toni
heads over and protects the bar from the Sindacco men.
Toni goes back to Paulie's Revue Bar and JD now suggests that he pays
the Sindaccos back for what they tried to do. Toni takes a car to 8-
Ball's and gets it rigged. He brings it to the Sindacco casino and
blows the car up which destroys the Sindacco casino. Afterwards, Toni
receives a call from his mother. She demands to see him so Toni heads
over to here cafe. Ma Cipriani begins to insult Toni and ask him why
he isn't like Giovanni Casa. Toni suggests that he is a pervert but
she denies it. So Toni decides to tail Casa and take pictures of him
in his perverted activities. Toni parks in Chinatown and follows Casa
as he picks up 2 hookers and goes to Callahan Point. The hookers get
out of the car and Casa changes into a big baby costume. Toni takes a
picture as the hookers and Casa run off. Toni delivers the pictures to
his mom for her to see.
Before she looks at them Toni's mom wishes Toni wasn't so afraid of
Triads. He decides to prove himself and heads to Chinatown and kills
two groups of Triads. When Toni heads back his mom is complaining
about a guy named Sucho. She wants Toni to beat him in a race and then
kill him. So Toni heads to the start of the race and gets in position.
He wins the race and then chases Sucho down and kills him. He'll do
anything to make his mom happy. So Toni heads back to his mom's
restaurant and she begins to yell at him and call him a pervert for
taking the pictures of Casa. Toni is furious and decides that Casa
needs to go. Toni heads over to Casa's deli and picks him up. Casa
questions where they are going but Toni says nothing. Toni drives them
to the Sawmill in Atlantic Quays and they enter it. Toni then tells
Casa that it is over and grabs an axe. Toni chases Casa and kills him.
Toni uses the axe to chop Casa's body up and then returns to Casa's
deli and sells the meat to the clerk there who worries about Casa
finding out (I doubt it since the meat is Casa).
Toni is now free of the shadow of Casa. He returns to the restaurant
and his mom is upset. She whispers something on the phone about Toni
being there and then announces that she has called a hit on Toni. Ma
runs out of the restaurant and leaves in a car as the hitmen show up.
Toni takes care of them all (at this point the hitmen will randomly
attack the player in the game at any time). Toni now only has one
place to go....Salvatore's. So he heads up and finds Salvatore who
wants Toni to take some money to Jane Hopper, the head of the union
that is striking down on the ports. Toni proceeds down and finds Ms.
Hopper. He is informed that she can't be bought and is then surrounded
by union workers. Toni manages to escape this gang beating and leaves
the docks. He returns to Salvatore's place to inform him of the
situation. Salvatore suggests that Toni picks up some whores from
around town and supply them to the union workers to get them on the
Leone side. Toni brings 6 of them over and announces who is supplying
the girls to help the workers change their minds.
Toni has influenced the union workers now but the Leone's can't get
their shipments yet. Toni returns to Salvatore's house and is orders
to go and beat up the union leaders to help them change their minds
(the leaders below Ms. Hopper). So Toni heads around town and finds
the leader. He beats the crap out of all three of them and they
promptly change their opinion. When Toni heads back, Salvatore has a
plan to end this problem. Toni is ordered to head to the radio station
building and beat up Ms. Hopper's limo driver. Then he will take Ms.
Hopper on a ride to change her mind. So Toni heads out and does just
that. Ms. Hopper agrees to Salvatore's terms.
During the meetings with Salvatore, Toni has met up with Salvatore's
wife, Maria, again. Maria wanted Toni to meet her at her apartment but
Toni has been busy with activities for Salvatore. Now that Toni's time
is freed up he heads over and finds Maria wants to go shopping. Toni
agrees to take her only because she is Salvatore's girl. They heads
out but Maria steals from every store she goes into and Toni losses the
police and drives her home. When he returns to her apartment she needs
him to drive her to go get some drugs. When they arrive at the dealers
in Chinatown she is kidnapped by them. Toni rams their car several
times until they get out and Toni kills them. Maria is thankful for
Toni's help but Toni is growing annoyed with her. He drives her home.
But it isn't long before Maria needs Toni again. Toni returns to her
apartment and finds a letter. It's from Maria and states that she has
put herself up as a prize in a bike race. Toni must rescue her so he
grabs a bike and heads for the race. Toni manages to win and save
Maria but she ends up running off with some biker.
Toni is tired of covering up for Maria. But she needs him once again
and he heads to her apartment for Salvatore's sake. When he arrives he
finds Maria bloody and bruised. He demands to know who did it and she
says it was Wayne, the biker she ran off with at the end of the race.
Toni storms out and we get the famous line in all the ads, "I love you
Toni Cipriani!". Toni heads into Chinatown and finds Wayne with his
biker friends. Wayne states that Maria is a slut and deserved to
beating. Toni goes for Wayne but he rides off on his bike. Toni
follows on a bike and kills Wayne. He heads back to Maria's to tell
her the news and finds her high as a kite. She has overdosed on drugs
and needs a counter drug called ZAP to balance it out. Toni asks her
where she left this ZAP but she can't remember. They head out to
various locations and each time she says it is somewhere else. She
finally remembers that it's at Salvatore's place and they head there
and he drops Maria off.
As Maria gets fixed up with her ZAP, Toni meets with Salvatore.
Salvatore wants Toni to pick up some "stuff" at the docks for him.
Toni grabs some men and heads over to meet with Miguel and some
Columbian Cartel members. As the deal is happening some cops arrive
and Toni yells at the Columbians for bringing them. A shootout happens
between the three sides. Toni manages to get in the Patriot with the
stuff and drives off. He loses the cops and drops it off and a
predetermined location. Toni gets a call from JD who tells him to
hurry over to Paulie's Revue Bar.
So Toni heads over and finds JD in a panic. He mumbles about the FBI
and cops and such until Toni gets it out of him. The Sindaccos have
kidnapped Salvatore. JD spots one of the men and Toni follows him into
Chinatown. Salvatore is in a trunk and they are going to take the car
to the crushers. Toni kills the men there and follows the car as it
drives off. He stops them from reaching the crusher and takes
Salvatore home. Salvatore is not in a good mood. Toni returns to JD's
to inform him but JD has found out that Salvatore is coming down and is
going to take this part of town. He orders Toni to go up to the roof
and protect Salvatore. Salvatore comes down the street with some men.
Toni kills any Sindacco around and then Salvatore storms Paulie's Revue
Bar and kills all inside. The place is now under Leone control and it
has a "Under New Management" sign up (it will become Sex Club 7 owned
by Luigi by the time GTA3 happens).
Toni meets up with JD who is extremely happy about being able to manage
the place on his own now. But he informs Toni that Salvatore is
meeting with a man named Massimo and he isn't sure about Massimo's
loyalty. So Toni heads to Salvatore's mansion and finds Massimo leave
in a helicopter. Toni follows it and it lands in Hepburn Heights.
Massimo meets with some Diablos and offers them Hepburn Heights if they
continue their attacks on the Leone Family turf. The helicopter takes
off again and Toni follows. Massimo meets on a roof with some Triads
in Chinatown but Toni can't hear what they discuss. A Triad spots Toni
so Massimo takes off and Toni kills the Triads. Toni gets news from JD
to get dressed up. Toni arrives at JD's place and finds JD in a suit
and very happy. It is time for JD to be 'made' in the Leone Family.
They head out to the road and find Mickey there with a car waiting.
Toni gets in the driver seat and takes them over to the area near the
crusher but the Sindaccos start following. Toni kills them and
continues to the crusher. Once there, Mickey shoots JD in the back of
the head. Apparently they would never trust JD after he turned on his
Sindacco leaders. The car is now leaking blood so Toni drives it
through town, drops Mickey off, and dumps the car in the water.
Suddenly, Toni gets a call from Vincenzo who apologizes for how he has
acted. He wants Toni to meet him at his place. Toni heads over to
Atlantic Quays and doesn't find Vincenzo at his place there. Toni
calls Vincenzo who says that a shipment came in and he needs Toni's
help. Toni heads to the boat and goes down into the cargo area but
someone closes the door and Toni is trapped. Several men with hockey
masks and chainsaws chase after Toni and try to kill him. Toni manages
to kill him and then Vincenzo appears. Toni has had enough and kills
Vincenzo. Just as Toni celebrates his victory he gets a call from
Salvatore that there is a big problem so Toni heads to Salvatore's
place. When he arrives Salvatore informs him that the Diablos have
attacked them in Hepburn Heights and he needs Toni down there. Toni
heads down and finds the Leone's out numbered. Toni manages to turn
the tide and the Leone's win the war. Salvatore calls and asks what
happened. Toni informs him that they won but lost a lot of men and he
doesn't think they will be able to hold off the Diablos from taking
over that part of town (by GTA3 the Diablos control Hepburn Heights).
Salvatore denies Toni's comments and says that he doesn't lose any
turf.
Toni heads back to Salvatore's place and is told to pick up some cash
from a warehouse in Atlantic Quays. Toni heads over and is allowed in
the gates. Just as he enters some Triads set a bomb and destroy the
building. The remaining Triads and Leone's fight as Toni collects the
money and kills the Triads. He leaves the building area (this building
is the Triad Fish Factory in GTA3). Toni heads back to Salvatore's
place and drops off the cash. But Salvatore needs him right away as
well. Salvatore needs to speak with the mayor who is on Staunton
Island. The bridge isn't finished and the ferries aren't running but
Salvatore needs to get there and wants Toni to head for the ferries.
So they get in a car and head for the ferries but find the cops all
over the place. They quickly turn around and head for the bridge.
Toni goes on and floors the gas while the cops follow. They leap the
bridge and just make it across, much to Salvatore's delight and
appreciation. They head to a safehouse to lay low for a short time.
It isn't long, however, before Salvatore takes action. He wants Toni
to kill Mayor R.C. Hole who is getting on Salvatore's nerves. Toni
heads out to the park where the mayor is jogging and kills him. The
security and police support is weak and Toni easily escapes after
grabbing the mayor's phone which he delivers to Salvatore. When Toni
arrives back at his apartment he finds Mickey waiting. Mickey and Toni
are going to take a ride. Toni is nervous (since Mickey only appeared
this way to "make" JD) but tries to act cool as they drive. Toni
enters an alley and meets Salvatore who says that Toni is being 'made'
today. They enter a building and Toni exits a while later. Ma calls
him several hours afterwards and congratulates Toni. She has even
called off the hit on him.
Toni is relieved and happy about his situation but knows that more work
needs to be done. He meets up with Salvatore who wants to kidnap the
mayor's assistant and find out who the mayor was working for. They
grab the assistant and put him on a boat. But the police notice and
chase after them. Toni grabs a gun and destroys the boats and a
helicopter following. Toni gets off the boat and Salvatore tells him
to meet up with a businessman that could be a candidate for the mayor's
role. Toni agrees to meet him.
So Toni heads over and finds Donald Love. He is a strange man and
requests that Toni get a hearse for him. So Toni goes out and finds
the hearse Donald specified and brings it back. Donald then asks Toni
to steer the votes by campaigning and destroying rival van. Toni
accomplishes this and is next tasked with killing some groups that are
trying to campaign for the rival competitor, O'Donovan. Toni kills
them all as well. When Toni returns to Donald's place he has found
that the Forelli's are backing O'Donovan and have a warehouse to
produce the ballots and machines. Toni goes over and destroys all the
ballots and the machines to end this rigging. Toni is next tasked with
protecting Donald as he heads for a meeting. The Forelli's do attack
but Toni kills them. Donald then wants Toni to steal the votes from a
van making its rounds and Toni does while replacing them with Donald
Love votes. Toni and Love agree to stay apart for awhile to ensure
that no connection is made.
During this time, Toni received a call to come to the church. He heads
over and finds the priest there wants him to do some tasks for him. He
wants Toni first to steal an FBI car and get some reports from an
informant who wants to meet the FBI. Toni gets the car, steals the
notes and brings them back for the father. Toni is then told to go
steal back some diamonds from some thieves. Toni kills all the thieves
and reacquires the diamonds. He brings them back to the church. As
Toni enters he is next asked to cause as much chaos and destruction as
possible to show the sinners their evil ways. Toni grabs a fire truck
and goes on a rampage of destruction and killing. When Toni returns
later on he is instructed to kill three celebrities who the priest
claims are "false idols". Toni goes out and manages to kill all of
them. Toni heads back to the church to tell the priest and the priest
runs off in a frenzy thanking Toni for all his work. It seems he
wasn't a priest after all.
Toni doesn't care about this turn of events as he is called by
Salvatore who needs his services again. Toni gets to a payphone and
Salvatore calls saying that the Forelli's and Sindaccos were having a
meeting and Salvatore went to spy on it but they saw him and now he is
pinned down. Toni heads down an alley and kills all the men there. He
finds Salvatore and they leave in a limo. Toni drives Salvatore back
to the safehouse and they agree to meet up later. Salvatore calls Toni
and tells him to get to the phone at the Liberty Campus. Toni heads
over and Salvatore says he has a surprise for him. Apparently,
Salvatore rigged Paulie Sindacco's car. Salvatore wants Toni to use
the remote controls and kill every Sindacco and Forelli at a meeting
with Paulie's car. Toni gets in a black van with the controls and
takes control of the car. He runs down all the men while Paulie is
helpless inside. The men have all been killed and Paulie is no to
blame.
Toni heads back to see Salvatore after some time and is instructed to
kill Franco Forelli. Apparently he knows what the Leone's did to
Paulie's car. Toni heads to the docks and gets in a boat and chases
Franco. They go back onto land and eventually Toni kills Franco. Toni
receives a call from Salvatore to meet an insider of theirs in the
police department. He is over in Riverside. Toni heads down by the
water and meets Leon McAffrey. He wants Toni to join him as they go
take out several Sindaccos. They head out in Leon's car and kill all
the Sindaccos they can find. But the Sindaccos decide to chase them on
bikes, in cars and a helicopter. Toni manages to kill them all and
then gets dropped off.
A short time later Toni heads back to Riverside and meets Leon.
Apparently the Yardies want the Forelli territory in Newport so Leon
wants to help them to pay off a debt. Toni goes over to a Forelli
hangout and steals a bike. The Forelli's give chase with numerous
bikes. Toni leads them over to the north side of the hospital and the
Forelli's are all killed. Toni returns to Leon and is introduced to
Leon's new partner Ray Machowski (who is a good cop now but a bent cop
in GTA3). Leon wants Toni to take a Katana and kill 20 Forelli's.
Toni does this. The Sindacco and Forelli numbers are increasing
substantially and the Leone's are gaining more territory thanks to
this. When Toni returns to Leon he wants Toni to help the Yardies keep
their territory in Newport. There is a big gang war going on. So Toni
rushes over and kills the Sindaccos. The Yardie leader says that one
of his boys has been shot and he wants Toni to wait with him while they
get an ambulance. Toni stays with the man as more Sindaccos attack and
Toni fights them off. Toni manages to get the injured man out to the
ambulance and the Yardies have won.
Toni proceeds to Leon's location and is now informed that the Forelli's
have some armoured trucks. Toni heads out, finds them, and destroys
the trucks. Once Toni is done he gets a call from Donald Love so Toni
heads over. There he finds Donald panicking as someone has evidence of
the rigging and his connect to the Leone's. Donald wants Toni to meet
his man that has been following the transportation van. Toni heads
over to Newport and gets in the car with the man. He tells Toni to
proceed along the docks and he will find the men. Toni goes in and
kills everyone there and takes the van. Toni proceeds back to Donald's
place and stores the van in a garage. When Toni meets Donald he also
finds out that Donald has lost the election. He has lost $20 million
and blames Toni. Toni could care less.
Salvatore calls Toni shortly afterwards. He has been arrested and put
in jail. Toni needs to come see him on Shoreside Vale. Toni goes over
and dresses like a lawyer to not look suspicious. He goes into a
meeting room with Salvatore who calls him Lionel. Salvatore believes
that the Sindaccos and Forelli's have conspired against him. He wants
revenge. Toni heads out and gets some Hoods to help him. He kills a
number of Forelli's around the island and heads back to see Salvatore
the next day. Salvatore now wants Paulie Sindacco dead. Toni heads
down to the dam and Paulie recognizes him. Paulie takes off in a boat
but Toni rockets his boat and kills Paulie. When Toni returns to see
Salvatore he informs Toni that the Yakuza are heavily armed and looking
to take over some Leone turf. Toni heads back to Staunton and enters
the Yakuza complex. He finds a lot of weaponry and a tank. Toni
steals the tank and kills all the Yakuza members. Toni then destroys
the tank by sending it into the water.
Toni receives a call from Toshiko Kasen, the wife of the Yakuza leader
Kazuki Kasen. She wants Toni's help so Toni decides to head to her
apartment so he can work the Yakuza from the inside. When he arrives
he meets Toshiko who explains how she hates her husband for caring more
about the gang than her. She wants Toni to steal more of the Yakuza's
supplies that are coming in. He goes to the docks and kills the Yakuza
there and then steals a boat of supplies. The Yakuza give chase but he
leaves them behind. He arrives at the ferry station on Staunton and
sells the weapons to Phil Cassidy who admires the ferry location (by
GTA3 this location is Phil's property and he supplies weapons from it).
Toni returns to Toshiko's apartment. There Toshiko tells Toni she
wants him to destroy Kasuki's cash vans leaving the casino. She wants
to see the cash burn in the streets. Toni suggests that he can take
the cash (I would like some) but she insists it be done her way. So
Toni goes over to the casino and destroys the vans.
Toni returns to Toshiko's later on and she now wants her husband to
know who is doing this. She wants Toni to take her to the opera so he
leaves and gets her limo. He picks Toshiko up, gets a tux, and drives
to the opera. The Yakuza spot Toshiko and Toni at the opera but don't
attack. The mafia (Sindaccos most likely) also see and don't agree
with the racial mix. They attack Toni who kills them. They get back
in the limo and drive off avoiding more attacks. Toni returns Toshiko
back to her apartment. She contacts Toni shortly after and wants him
to come back right away. When he arrives she informs Toni that Kasuki
has found out about them and they are heading over to the apartment
soon. Toni doesn't want to wait so he heads to the casino to kill them
first. He first kills some Yakuza in Newport and then heads to the
casino. He kills the men there and then goes to the roof to face off
with Kasuki. They fight with Katanas and Toni wins. Toni takes
Kasuki's Katana back to Toshiko as proof. She is happy and sad. She
says that there is nothing more for her and jumps out to window to her
death.
Toni receives a call from Donald who needs Toni's help. Toni goes over
to a small apartment on Shoreside Vale and finds Donald a mess. He
apologizes to Toni for blaming him and needs Toni's help to get back
his cash. Donald wants Toni to kill his former mentor, Avery
Carrington, and steal his plans for a new company called Panlantic
Corporation. Toni and Donald head to the airport and chase after Avery
who is surrounded by Columbian Cartel cars. Toni kills Avery and
steals the plans for Donald and drives him back to his apartment. Toni
arrives there a short while later and finds Donald frantic. Reporter
Ned Burner (who posed as the priest in the church) has pictures of Toni
killing Avery. Toni heads to the church and scares Ned into giving him
the files. Ned takes Toni to his hideout and a flashbulb goes up
blinding Toni. Ned takes off and Toni chases him. Toni catches up and
kills Ned.
Toni returns to give Donald the good news and Donald is ecstatic. He
wants Toni to go collect some guests for a party he will have to
celebrate (the guests are, of course, dead bodies). Toni first grabs
an ambulance with Avery in it and takes his body to an airport hanger
with Avery's private jet in it. Toni then goes back to the church and
grabs a hearse with Ned Burner's body in it. He brings it to the
hanger as well. A short time later Toni gets a call from Donald asking
him to go to 8-Ball's place. Toni heads over and 8-Ball tells him that
the explosives will cost $100,000 and he needs time.
Toni returns a few days later and the bombs are ready. Apparently,
Toni needs to go underground and set the charges in Newport to destroy
the Forelli's market area so the Panlantic Corp. can have some land to
work with. Toni drives over but is met by Forelli's. He loses them
and gets to Staunton. Toni goes into the tunnels and sets the timers.
He busts through some gates and manages to get out just as the entire
market area and underground tunnels explode (that is why this area is
under development in GTA3). Toni returns to Donald who needs to leave
Liberty City now. The Columbians surround the house Donald is at but
Toni kills them all. Toni drives Donald to the hanger with Avery's
private jet and they wish each other fair well.
Toni receives a call from Salvatore, he is getting out. Apparently the
Sicilians have been causing the wars between the families and don't
want Salvatore out of prison. Toni heads over and escorts the convoy
with Salvatore to the courthouse. Several Sicilian cars come by but
Toni takes care of them and makes it to the courthouse with Salvatore.
A few days later Toni gets a call from Salvatore. He is out of prison
and back home. Toni returns to the house and finds out that the
Sicilians have kidnapped the mayor. Salvatore and Toni set out to
rescue him. They head to City Hall and kill the Sicilians. Salvatore
finds out that they have the mayor at the pier. They head over and
kill the men there. Toni and Salvatore get in a boat and head for an
island where the mayor is being held. Toni fights off the boats that
follow while Salvatore drives. They get to the island and arrives at
the top to find Massimo has planned it all. Salvatore curses him as he
gets in a helicopter. Salvatore chases after the mayor while Toni
shoots it down and kills Massimo. Salvatore returns with the mayor and
they head back to Salvatore's house.
When they arrive Salvatore tells Mayor O'Donovan that since they
rescued his life he now owes the Leone's and they now own him. He is
forced to agree. The mayor is taken back to City Hall. Toni and
Salvatore celebrate and Salvatore meets a cousin from Sicily. He tells
Salvatore that he never wanted to hurt them and hopes there can be
peace now. Salvatore agrees. As the man leaves Salvatore states that
he never trusted a piece of garbage like the man. The elderly man says
under his breath, "Every dog has his day..." (this proves true when
Salvatore is killed in 2001 by Claude).
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E9. 1999-2000
1999-2000 - Catalina and Claude arrive in Liberty City and Catalina
joins the Columbian Cartel without Claude knowing. She begins to find
that Claude is small time and not for her as she works heavily with the
Cartel to distribute drugs around Liberty City. Catalina and Claude
plan a major heist on the Liberty City Bank.
1999-2000 - Motorcycles are banned in Liberty City thanks to ongoing
protests by certain groups that insist they are dangerous.
1999-2000 - The Diablos take Hepburn Heights from the Leone's. The
Yakuza take Torrington from the Leone's. The Triads expand their
territory in Atlantic Quays and Chinatown and take some turf from the
Leone's. All this loss of land causes the Leone Family to weaken
slightly as Salvatore is unable to accept defeat.
1999 - The Sindacco Family gives up on Liberty City expansion and moves
full time to Las Venturas. They run Caligula's Casino after the
Forelli's and Leone's abandoned it following a heist by Carl Johnson
and the San Andreas Triads.
2000 - SPANK is introduced as a new drug in Liberty City. It exploded
in popularity by 2001 and was supplied to all by the Columbian Cartel.
Catalina used SPANK to take leadership duties in the Cartel along with
Miguel after Cisco is killed.
2000 - The events of GTA Advance happen.
Key Notes:
- 8-Ball is arrested and sent to prison. In a fight prior to the
arrest his hands are burned.
- Gang wars break out between the Mafia, Yakuza, and Cartel.
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E10. 2001
The events of GTA 3
In early 2001, Catalina and Claude pulled off a heist on the Liberty
City Bank. They head out of the building as Claude shoots a security
camera. Catalina turns the corner and a shot is heard. Claude turns
and finds one of the men shot down by Catalina. She shoots Claude and
leaves him for dead as she takes off with another man (Miguel). Claude
is found and charged with the robbery. He is sentenced. While the
transport van is taking them over the Callahan Bridge it is stopped.
Columbian Cartel members come out from trucks surrounding the van and
take an elderly man with them. Claude and another man (8-Ball) attack
the remaining guards and take off their handcuffs. They look over at
the centre of the bridge and see a bomb place there. It explodes and
creates a huge hole in the Callahan Bridge separating Portland from the
rest of the city. Claude and 8-Ball grab a car and 8-Ball asks Claude
to drive as his hands are all tapped up (from the events of GTA
Advance). Claude drives to a small place and they change their
clothes. 8-Ball directs Claude to a man he knows, Luigi, at the Sex
Club 7. Claude drives over and 8-Ball goes in the building while Luigi
comes out and talks with Claude. Luigi tells Claude to go pick up
Misty from the clinic. If he does good then there might be more work
for him. Claude goes to the clinic, picks Misty up and drives her back
to Luigi's.
As Claude thinks about being betrayed by Catalina and the revenge he
wants on her he knows that he needs to work his way through the
criminal world to find her again. Claude returns to Luigi's for more
work. When he arrives he is confronted by the security man, Mickey,
and handed a letter. The letter is from Luigi who wants Claude to go
to the docks and kill a drug dealer who has been supplying SPANK to
Luigi's girls. Claude heads over to the docks and kills the man. He
takes the dealer's car and has it resprayed and delivered to a garage.
Claude returns to Luigi's place and is told by Luigi that the Don's
son, Joey Leone, is looking for some action from his usual girl, Misty.
Claude is instructed to pick her up and take her to Joey's garage.
Claude does this and Joey tells him to come back for some work.
Claude doesn't take Joey up on his offer just yet as he returns to
Luigi's to continue work there. Luigi storms out upset about a Diablo
guy that has been pimping his women around the Sex Club 7. Luigi wants
Claude to take care of him. Claude finds the man driving around town
and destroys the man's car killing him. Claude again heads back to
Luigi's. Luigi informs Claude that there is a policeman's ball by
Callahan Bridge and he wants Claude to collect his girls and take them
there to make some cash. So Claude heads around town and collects as
many of Luigi's girls as he can and brings them to the ball.
Luigi has no need for Claude anymore so Claude heads off to Joey's.
When he gets there he hears a phone ringing and picks it up. The owner
of the Bitchin' Dog Food Factory, Marty Chonks, needs Claude for some
tasks. He assigns Claude with bringing some people to his factory so
he can kill them and Claude is left to destroy the car and the
evidence. Marty asks Claude to bring his banker over because he has
been ripping Marty off. Next Claude brings some street thugs over who
Marty hired to break into his apartment. They now want more money.
Then Marty needs some cash and Claude brings his wife over to kill her
and get the insurance. Finally, it appears that Marty's wife had a
lover and it is a man that Marty owes money to. Claude brings him over
but Marty is killed by the man. Claude steps out and kills the man and
then leaves the factory for good.
Claude later arrives and Joey's garage and enters. Joey wants Claude
to kill Lips Forelli as the Forelli's have owed Joey money for too
long. Claude goes to Marco's Bistro and steals Lips' car. He takes it
to 8-Ball who fits it with a bomb and Claude brings it back. When Lips
returns to his car Claude activates the bomb and the car explodes,
killing Lips Forelli. Claude goes back to Joey's and is now instructed
to kill a vendor in Chinatown that is pushing SPANK. Claude heads over
and fights through numerous Triad members and kills Chunky Lee Chong.
When Claude returns to Joey's he is informed of a payroll van around
Chinatown. It is impervious to bullets and Claude must use a car to
ram it. He heads over and rams the van. The security inside leave the
truck and Claude takes it to Joey's lockup. Claude goes back to Joey's
garage and finds Joey with another man (not in a gay way). Joey
introduces this man as Toni Cipriani and apparently Joey has been
telling Toni alot about him. Claude is directed to take Toni to the
Cipriani's Ristorante in St. Marks. But as they leave Toni wants them
to make a stop at Mr. Wong's Launderette in Chinatown because he needs
to collect some overdue protection money. When they arrive Toni enters
but is ambushed by some Triads. He jumps in the car and they speed off
to the ristorante. Toni says that he will get the Triads for this as
Claude drops him off. Claude receives a page from a man named El Burro
who wants to talk with him in Hepburn Heights.
Claude returns to Joey's place since Joey said he needed a driver for a
heist he was planning. But when Claude returns Joey needs him to do
something else. Apparently some Forelli ran his mouth and was killed
for it. The body is in the trunk of a car in Callahan Point. Claude
is told to take the car to the crushers to get rid of the evidence.
Once Claude finds the car and gets in it the Forelli's drive up in two
cars and try to run him off the road. Claude avoids them and manages
to get the car to the crushers. Claude goes back to Joey's place and
Joey tells him he has some friends who are planning to hit the Bank of
Liberty (different than the one Claude broke into at the beginning
intro). They need a good driver and Joey recommended Claude. Claude
goes to the safehouse in St. Marks and grabs the men. They go to the
bank and steal the cash but someone trips the alarm. Claude
frantically avoids the cops and makes it back to the lockup. Joey
doesn't need Claude's services right now so Claude heads to Toni's
restaurant after a day of rest.
Entering the restaurant, Claude finds Toni who informs him that the
launderette won't pay protection. He wants Claude to destroy their
laundry vans and kill anyone that gets in his way. So Claude heads to
Chinatown and accomplishes this. Claude returns and finds a letter
from Toni. The launderette has agreed to pay so Claude must go collect
the money. When he goes to Chinatown and grabs the money he is
surrounded by Triads. Claude kills them all and returns the money to
Toni's place. Claude finds another letter when he drops off the cash.
Apparently the Don has called a meeting. Claude needs to get the limo
from Joey's, grab Joey, pick up Luigi, and then return for Toni so they
can head to the Don's place together. Claude does just this but when
he grabs Toni the car is ambushed by Triad vans. Claude fights them
off and gets to Salvatore's place. They all go up and greet the Don
who wants a world with Claude.
Salvatore sees a good future for Claude and wants Claude to take the
Don's woman, Maria, out for a good time. Maria doesn't like the
situation and refers to Claude as 'Fido'. Claude and Maria get in the
limo and she instructs him to head for the Chinatown train station.
When they arrive Maria meets Chico who gives her the 'usual' supply of
drugs. He informs her of a party in Atlantic Quays and she agrees to
check it out. Claude drives Maria over to a warehouse and she tells
Claude to wait in the car. The police suddenly arrive for a narcotics
bust and the party people run out and a shootout begins. Maria comes
out and gets in the car. Claude drives Maria back to Salvatore's
place. Maria tells Claude how impressed she is with his
professionalism. She wants to see Claude again.
When Claude returns to Toni's he finds another letter. Toni writes
that they're at war. The launderette hasn't paid protection and the
Triads have a fish factory as a front. Toni wants Claude to kill some
of the Triad high officials. Claude goes to Chinatown and finds a
warzone. He kills some Triad leaders as they fight with Leone Family
members. Claude heads over to the fish factory in Atlantic Quays and
kills the men there as well. Claude heads back to Toni's place and
finds another letter (does this guy ever show up?). Toni instructs
Claude to finish the Triads for good. 8-Ball has rigged a dustcart and
Toni wants Claude to take it to the fish factory and destroy it (much
like the Triads did in 1998). Claude grabs the dustcart and takes it
in the facility. He parks it near some tanks and runs like hell. The
building explodes and Claude leaves the area successfully.
Claude returns to Salvatore Leone's house. Claude meets Salvatore who
suspects one of the bartenders is leaking information to the
Columbians. Claude must follow him to see if it is true and then kill
him if it is. Claude goes over and follows the man. Keeping his
distance, they arrive at the docks and Curly Bob meets with Miguel and
Catalina. He informs them that the Leone's are in a war with the
Triads and Joey has stirred up some bad blood with the Forelli's. He
gets his supply of SPANK for his services and they leave. Claude
drives oevr to Curly Bob and runs him down for the betrayal. Claude
returns to Salvatore's house to give him the news. When Claude returns
Salvatore suspects that the ship near where Curly Bob led Claude is the
SPANK factory for the Columbians. He wants Claude to destroy it and
orders him to visit 8-Ball for some explosives. Claude heads over and
is asked to get $100,000 to cover to expenses. Claude gievs it to him
and they head to the boat. 8-Ball waits for Claude to kill the men on
the boat and then heads in and sets the bomb. The ship explodes,
sinks, and 8-Ball makes it off safely.
Claude returns to Salvatore's and is praised for his work. Salvatore
just needs Claude to do one more small job before everything is done.
He needs Claude to grab a car and take it to the crushers. As Claude
heads over to the vehicle he receives a page from Maria who informs him
the car is a trap and for him to come to Callahan Point. Claude
proceeds over and finds a freaked out Maria with an Asian woman. Maria
tells Claude that Salvatore believes they are going behind his back
because she said they were an item (smart one) and was offering Claude
to the Columbian Cartel to make a deal. Maria introduces Asuka to
Claude and she wants them to head over to Staunton Island before the
Leone's show up. They proceed over and go to Asuka's apartment. Asuka
tells Claude that a safehosue has been setup for him and that he should
come by later.
Claude leaves and visits the warehouse setup for him and hears that the
Callahan Bridge has been repaired. Claude returns to Asuka's and she
wants Claude to prove he isn't working for the Leone's before they can
do business. As Claude leaves he hears Maria comment on Asuka's
'massager' (if you don't know what that really is then email me ;)).
Claude heads oevr to the Sex Club 7 where Salvatore is. He hides on
the rooftops and then kills Salvatore as he leaves. The Leone members
give chase but he avoids them and leaves. Claude also receives a page
from King Courtney, the leader of the Yardies, who wants to meet
Claude.
When Claude returns to Asuka's he finds her happy with Salvatore dead
but apparently the Mafia has lookout posts on Staunton trying to find
Claude. This is causing problems with Yakuza operations and Asuka
wants Claude to kill them and end the vendetta. Claude is introduced
to Asuka's brotehr, Kenji, who operates the Yakuza casino. Claude goes
around Staunton and takes out these lookout posts and ends the Leone
Family threat. He proceeds over to the casino and finds Kenji. Kenji
wants Claude to break a Yakuza member out of prison. Claude finds a
police car, rigs it with a bomb, and takes it to the police station.
He places the car beside a wall and blows it up. Claude grabs the
Yakuza member and they escape the police station. Claude avoids the
police and takes the man to a dojo.
Claude returns to the casino and Kenji says that to his shame he hasn't
been able to repay a debt to a man. The man enjoys cars and Kenji
wants Claude to collect a few to complete the man's collection. Claude
drives around town and picks up the 3 specified cars and takes them to
a garage. Claude goes back and Kenji is upset. The Columbians are
meeting with the Yardies to make a deal even after the Yakuza have told
the Cartel to stay out of their business. Kenji wants Claude to meet a
Yakuza man, steal a Yardie car, and go to the meeting. Claude heads
out and does this. They show up to the meeting and when the Cartel get
out of their cars, Claude and the Yakuza man kill them all. Claude
grabs a briefcase from the bodies and returns it to the casino. When
Claude enetrs he is instructed to go collect the protection money from
various companies. Claude drives around town and collects to money but
when he comes to a market and the place has been robbed. The owner
complains that the Yakuza are useless and Claude needs to go get the
money. He heads over to Hepburn Heights and finds some Diablos
protecting the money. Claude kills them and returns all the cash to
the casino.
Claude goes to meet with Kenji who immediately yells at him. It
appears that Claude's efforts to stop the Columbians and Yardies
becoming allied didn't work. The Yardies are selling SPANK on the
streets. Kenji wants Claude to kill them and erase the shame from
himself. Claude goes out and kills every Yardie he can find on the
street. Claude returns to Asuka's place to help her with some affairs.
Claude finds a letter there for him (does no one want to talk to
Claude?) and it informs him that Asuka and Maria have taken a vacation
as some reporter is snooping around and should be out in the bay.
Claude grabs a police boat and chases the reporter. He shoots the boat
up and it sinks, killing the reporter.
A few days later Asuka returns and Claude joins her at her apartment.
She wants Claude to delievr payment to the Yakuza's man in the LCPD.
He is paranoid so Claude must get to the payphone in Torrington and
await instructions. When Claude arrives he is lead around to different
payphones on Staunton Island until he is instructed to meet the man in
the toilet block in Belleville Park. Claude heads in and finds the man
and hands the cash over. The man is Ray Machowski and he tells Claude
to meet him back here for some work. Claude stays there and Ray tells
him that another bent cop, McAffrey (the same guy from GTA LCS), has
just squealed and Ray doesn't want to be implicated. Claude is
instructed to kill him in his hideout in Newport. Claude heads over
and burns the apartment and then kills McAffrey as he attempts to
leave.
Claude returns to the toilet block and Ray wants Claude to help out his
friend, Phil Cassidy, with a Columbian Cartel problem. So Claude heads
north into Rockford and meets Phil in his base. He says that the
Columbians will be coming soon. When they arrive Claude and Phil take
them out and then Phil offers Claude great prices on his hardware as a
thank you. Phil also adds that if he had Claude in Nicaragua with him,
he would still have his arm (or if you didn't blow it off with
Boomshine). Claude returns to the toilet block to inform Ray. Ray
gives Claude the task of collecting some evidence of his friend at a
"morgue party or something" that could lead to arrests and prosecution.
Claude finds the truck driving around and rams it to get all the
evidence. Claude then burns it and receives a page from Doanld Love to
meet him. Claude goes and visits him.
Claude enters the building and gets to Donald's penthouse. It appears
that Donald is back on his feet after the problems back in 1998. He
owns numerous radio stations and his company 'Love Media' is into
almost everything. Donald thanks Claude for taking care of the
evidence and wants Claude to rescue his "oriental friend" who is being
held by the Cartel in Aspatria. Claude grabs a Cartel car and enters
the complex. He kills the Cartel and rescues the man (who looks like
the man the Cartel broke out of the prison van that Claude was being
escorted in). Claude drives the man back to the Love Media offices.
Claude returns to Love's penthouse and is told that "Nothing drives
down real estate prices like a good old fashioned gang war..." Donald
wants Claude to kill Kenji and make it look like the Cartel did it. So
Claude steals a Cartel Cruiser and drives to the parking structure in
Newport. He goes to the top and drives by, killing Kenji and then
leaves. Claude returns to Donald's penthouse and Donald wants Claude
to grab a boat and pick up some packages in the ocean that will be
dropped by a plane. Claude heads over and gets under Callahan Bridge.
Claude recovers the packages, avoids the police, and returns the
packages to Donald's place. He hears over the radio that the Shoreside
Lift Bridge has been repaired.
Claude visits Ray back in the park and Ray suspects his current partner
is a rat. Ray suggests that Claude go out and get a police boat and
kill the rat. Claude does so and kills Ray's partner. Claude returns
and Ray yells at him. Apparently, Claude failed to kill the witness
(probably McAffrey) that will implicate Ray. He is being moved from
the hospital and Ray wants him dead. Claude drives up to the ambulance
and knocks the witness out. He is in a body cast and Claude must run
him over to kill him. After many attempts Claude is successful.
Claude returns to Ray to inform him but he has no time. He's a marked
man and must get to the airport to leave town. Claude drives Ray over
to Francis International Airport. He avoids the CIA on the bridge and
Ray is safely on a plane. Ray informs Claude of a lockup with some
'presents;. Claude goes back to the lockup on Staunton and finds some
weapons and Patriot.
Claude goes back to Asuka's apartment and finds a letter. It informs
Claude that one of the Yakuza's drivers, Tanner, is an undercover cop
who is "more or less useless out of his car" (a nice rib on the Driver
series for PlayStation). Claude heads to the casino and kills the cop
even when backup officers show up. Since Asuka is out still, Claude
returns to Donald Love's penthouse. He finds Donald who tells Claude
that the packages he picked up in the ocean were a decoy. The real
package is in the plane, in a hangar, at Francis International Airport.
Customs was stripping the plane when Donald paid for them to stop.
Claude heads over and finds the Columbians surrounding the plane.
Claude kills them and the package is missing. He finds a van that says
"Panlantic Co." (remember that company?) on the side so Claude heads
for the construction site in Newport. Claude arrives and finds
Columbians everywhere. He kills them and heads up a lift to the
building. Claude finds Catalina and Miguel there. Miguel hands Claude
the package but Catalina shoots Miguel and escapes. Asuka appears and
is angry about Kenji's death. She says that everyone saw the Cartel
kill Kenji (unaware it was Claude). She is going to work over Miguel
for information and asks that you return for work later. Claude takes
the package to Love's penthouse.
Claude reenters Love's penthouse and is asked to accompany his friend
to Pike Creek to have his object authenticated. Claude follows the
Securicar and manages to keep the Cartel off it as it reaches it's
destination. Claude goes back to Love's penthouse and is now needed to
take the Securicar and act as a decoy to get the object out of the
building. Claude heads over, grabs the truck, and successfully leads
the cops away. Claude returns to Love's penthouse but finds an empty
box and Love is gone. Claude decides to return to see Asuka.
Claude arrives at the construction site and finds Asuka still torturing
Miguel. Asuka informs Claude that Catalina has three death squads with
the sole purpose of hunting Claude down. Asuka wants Claude to act as
the bait and lure them into a Yakuza trap. So Claude gets their
attention and heads to Pike Creek. He leads them in and the Yakuza
kill all the Cartel members. Claude returns to Asuka. He is told that
the Columbians have a front company, the Kappa Coffee House which they
use to push SPANK. She wants Claude to destroy all their stations in
Liberty City. So Claude heads all over Liberty quickly and destroys
all nine stands.
He returns to find Asuka showing Maria the art of torture. Asuka
informs Claude that a plane is coming into Francis International
Airport with more SPANK. She wants Claude to destroy it and collect
the drugs. Claude heads over and finds some Columbian memebrs there,
which he kills and then he destroys the plane and collects the
packages. Claude heads back and finds Asuka and Miguel dead with a
note. It is from Catalina who says she has Maria and for Claude to
bring $500,000 to the Villa at Cedar Grove. Claude immediately
collects the cash and heads over. He is confronted by Cartel members
who check him for weapons and let him in. Catalina confronts him and
takes the money. She tells the Cartel to kill him but Claude kills
them all. Catalina heads off in a helicopter and Claude follows in a
car. She gets to the Cochrane Dam and there are Cartel members all
over. Despite this, Claude kills them and as Catalina takes off in the
helicopter again he destroys the helicopter with a rocket. Claude
rescues Maria and they leave the area. They walk along to top of the
dam and Maria won't shut up and as the screen fades a gunshot is heard.
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This guide may not be reproduced or copied in any way. If you wish to
use this guide as a reference, take an excerpt, or any other use of the
material then you must obtain my permission first. I'm not a tough guy
and if you provide a link for me to see where you are using it or in
what context you will be using it I will be pretty fine with it. But
you must contact me first (especially you magazines or websites ;)).
My email is listed at the top of the document but here it is again.
MATTVSIN (at) GMAIL (dot) COM .
Also Grand Theft Auto, all associated games, and affiliated characters,
places, etc... are the copyright of Rockstar Games. They are its
exclusive intellectual property.
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G. Q & A - Reader's Comments, Frustrating Moments, Etc...
The following section will be for you readers. Comments you have about
missions, characters, gangs, favourite game, best moment, glitches or
whatever will be put here. I'll go through my emails and put as many
in here as possible.
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H. Thank You/ Closing Comments
Well, that about sums everything up. It took me several weeks to
compile this document as I did it after work or on weekends. I may
just bask in the glory of completing the guide (around 71 pages on
Word!) or I may go head first into my next one which is a Metal Gear
Solid Series Guide. That one will be a killer.
First of all, thank you to Rockstar Games for producing an excellent
series of games. Keep it up.
I would like to thank Adam Marx (CanadianDude) for his Series Guide as
I read it and it inspired me. While my writing style and coverage is
different, I enjoyed reading his work.
I would also like to thank Robert Allen Rusk (RARusk) as his
walkthroughs were very well written and helped in certain parts where I
forgot some missions. I recommend any of his walkthroughs as they are
very detailed and helpful.
Thanks to anyone else that contributes comments (those who did have
been credited where they added the info) and such and I will see you
all on the World Wide Web. You can be sure to read my reviews of other
games on GameFAQS.com or TheScratchPost.com. You can find me posting
away on the forum at Stablewars.com.