Diamonds

The Cook inspecting one of the diamonds to have been sold during the opening cinematic of Grand Theft Auto IV. The diamonds are being mixed into a cake batter, presumably to be smuggled into the country after being stolen from Rodislav Bulgarin.

The Diamonds are featured in Grand Theft Auto IV, The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony wherein they are involved in many scenarios also involving the protagonists, Niko Bellic, Johnny Klebitz and Luis Fernando Lopez as well as many others. Detailed below are the many different scenarios that take place involving the diamonds and the different people that gain possession of them each time. The diamonds are the main purpose which led to the Impossible Trinity in GTA IV and Diamonds Forever in TBOGT achievements.

Description

The diamonds originally belonged to Rodislav Bulgarin and are first seen in the beginning cutscene of GTA IV where they are brought to Liberty City on the Platypus, smuggled by the unnamed cook.

Later, Gay Tony and Luis Lopez attend a meeting with the ship's cook in order to obtain the diamonds. This deal however, was interrupted by Johnny Klebitz and several members of The Lost Brotherhood, on the orders of Ray Boccino.

Following the ambush, Johnny followed and killed Tony's boyfriend, Evan Moss, obtained the diamonds, and then hid them within some garbage in Algonquin (half in a trash bin on Hematite Street, and half in a trash can on Emerald Street), in which the diamonds were collected by Niko Bellic, Luca Silvestri, Joseph "Tuna" DiLeo and Johnny Spaz.

After the diamonds were collected, Luca and his crew attempt to steal the diamonds for themselves and plan to move to Las Venturas, but are stopped and are killed by Niko, who turn them over to Ray Boccino.

Later on, again on the orders of Ray Boccino, Niko teams up with Johnny, though not for the first time, and attempts to sell the diamonds to Isaac Roth and Mori Green, members of the Jewish Mob while accompanied by Johnny at secret meaning within The Libertonian. The deal is however interrupted by Luis Lopez, who achieves his goal of stealing the diamonds from Mori Green and delivers them to Tony, who puts them in his safe.

Later on, Niko and Packie kidnap Gracie Ancelotti on the orders of Gerald McReary in an attempt to trade her for the diamonds at a later stage. Gay Tony and Luis Lopez agree to strike a deal to trade the diamonds for the safe return of Gracie at an Oil Refinery on Charge Island after being threatened with death by Gracie's father should Gracie die or not be returned. Soon thereafter, the deal gets underway and seems to be going smoothly until Rodislav Bulgarin appears, claiming that the diamonds were his before Gay Tony and Luis stole them. Following a shootout, one of Bulgarin's men grabs the diamonds, escapes up onto one of the metal walkways surrounding the refinery, and holds them over the railings when Niko and Packie corner him. Fearful for his life, no matter his decision, he decides to drop them over the railing into a passing dump truck before he is promptly killed.

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Jerry Kapowitz holding one of the diamonds.

The last appearance the diamonds have are at the end of The Ballad of Gay Tony's final mission, Departure Time. Luis meets Tony at the Monoglobe Monument after killing Rodislav Bulgarin on his plane. As he moves towards Tony, he bumps into a homeless man, knocking him over. He picks the old man up and walks away, not noticing the old man finding a pouch on the ground. The old man reaches into the pouch and pulls out a diamond, inspects it, puts it back in the bag and runs away laughing.

The last mention of the diamonds happens when listening to Weazel News. It is said that a homeless man found them in the trash, and were valued to be worth $2 million. Hundred people attempt to obtain the diamonds before the mayor makes the decision to give them to the homeless man. The homeless man then speaks of his plan to sell the diamonds and use his money to open up a gun shop and a liquor store in Vice City, but not before buying a large mansion in Alderney.

Fate/Consequences

Apparently, all of the protagonists in GTA IV and both episodes never accomplished in permanently owning the diamonds in their storylines, apart from stealing them. Most everyone aside from the GTA player characters that had physically touched the diamonds are killed between the three games, either in a directly related way, or in some unrelated mission.

In addition, the original owner of the diamonds was Bulgarin, though he was the owner, he was killed by Luis for getting revenge on him. Below are the consequences of the people that stole and owned them. The consequences are been based on the storyline.

Protagonists

Niko Bellic

Niko arrived in Liberty City on the Platypus with hopes of settling down with his cousin, he was unaware that the ship was carrying certain cargo that he would soon be involved with. Niko only held the diamonds twice. The first time, only for a few minutes, after he took them from Luca Silvestri's body in the mission Meltdown and handed them back to Ray Boccino. The second, before and during the trade with Isaac Roth at the Libertonian museum. After he handed them to Mori Green, Luis Lopez interrupted in meeting with AK fire. Johnny Klebitz grabbed the $2,000,000 and escaped, Luis took the diamonds and returned them to Gay Tony, while Niko was only interested in getting out alive and escaped with nothing. Later, Gerald McReary, who was in league with Ray and the Pegorinos, got his brother Packie, and Niko, a friend of the McReary family to kidknap Gracie Ancelotti to force Luis and Tony into trading the diamonds for Gracie. Niko saw them again in the meeting with Luis, during the exchange, but he and Packie were forced to fight off Ray Bulgarin's goons after he ambushed the deal. They were ultimately unsuccessful when the diamonds were dropped into a garbage truck by one of Bulgarin's goons, and Niko and Packie left empty handed.

Johnny Klebitz

Johnny first held the diamonds after he picked them up from Evan Moss' corpse, but then placed them in garbage bags afterwards and never touched them again. They were soon recovered from the garbage by Niko and Luca.

After Johnny stole the $2,000,000 that was meant for Ray Boccino and Jimmy Pegorino, Ray ordered Niko to kill Johnny's best friend Jim and sent multiple hit squads after Johnny. Ray also trashed the Lost MC clubhouse and conspired with Billy against Johnny. After this, Thomas Stubbs III advised Johnny to leave Ray alone and take out Billy. Eventually, Ray was killed by Niko after being ordered to do so by Jimmy Pegorino. After the theft of the diamond money, The Lost MC is wiped out at the end of the game as they suffered from massive in war, and the trashing of the Clubhouse by Ray's men. Johnny decided it was best to burn the clubhouse down.

Luis Lopez

Luis Lopez tagged along when Gay Tony went to buy the diamons from the cook. This purchase was crashed by Johnny and the Lost. The cook fled, and Gay Tony's boyfriend Evan Moss tried to get back to Maisonette 9 with the diamonds. Johnny ordered a group of Lost members to chase Luis and Tony, while he caught up with Evan, killed him and took the diamonds, then put them in the trash for Niko to collect. Luis managed to keep the Lost members at bay by using sticky bombs. Eventually, Gay Tony informed Luis that the diamonds were ready to be sold in the museum, prompting Luis to head there and recover them in the mission Not So Fast. Niko handed the diamonds over to Mori Green to inspect, but Luis pops up and shoots him. Johnny grabs the loose cash and Issac Roth grabed the diamonds from Mori's body and hid under a table. While Niko and Johnny were busy fighting off the Jewish mob, Luis found Issac hiding and knocked him out with his his AK, taking the diamonds. Luis escaped and delivered them back to Tony, who secured them in his safe.

After Ray Bulgarin finds out that Tony and Luis have his diamonds, he lures Luis into a trap to try and kill him. Luis escapes and warns Tony that Bulgarin is now after them. As a result of the botched deal, Niko and the McReary mob kidknap Tony's friend Gracie Ancelotti in order to coax Tony and Luis into trading the diamonds for Gracie herself. Gracie's father threatens to kill both Luis and Tony unless they go through with the deal and return Gracie. Under threat from Bulgarin also, they decide to take their chances with Bulgarin and trade the diamonds. As stated, Bulgarin crashes the exchange and orders his men to attack both parties. One of Bulgarin's men gets the diamonds, and while Niko and Packie fight off the goons to get them, Luis, Tony and Gracie escape on their boat.

Others

Ray Bulgarin

Technically, Bulgarin is the real owner of the diamonds and was been stolen (in which the person that stole the diamond is unknown). It appears in the opening cutscene, in the ownership of The Cook. He arrives in Liberty City not knowing who stole his diamonds until he was told that the diamonds were in the hands of The Cook with Luis and Gay Tony as his dealers. He then plans to kill them. He later appears in the hostage deal where he orders his men to kill them but his men managed to retrieve the diamonds but it was short. One of Bulgarin's men throws the diamonds into a passing garbage truck before being killed, leaving Nico and Packie empty-handed. He later appears in the last mission in TBoGT and plans to flee Liberty City, only to come back later to take out Gay Tony and Luis. Luis manages to get inside his plane and kills him.

Ray Boccino

Ray was the first person to introduce the diamonds to Niko and Johnny. Most of Ray's tasks to Niko and Johnny succeed, until they eventually come to sell the diamonds to the Jewish mob. After the deal is ambushed by Luis, who takes the diamonds, Johnny decides to steal all of the cash for the Lost MC, instead of splitting it with Niko and Ray. Niko only escaped with his life. Ray immediatley sends Niko out to kill Johnny and the Lost, however Niko only finds and kills Jim Fitzgerald, Johnny's best friend. Ray sends a hit squad to Alderney to deal with Johnny instead. Johnny calls on his friends Terry and Clay to help deal with Ray's guys, while Niko is introduced to Jimmy Pegorino. In anger, Ray destroys the Lost MC clubhouse, and conspires with their former leader Billy Grey, who is in prison, to turn states and rat on the club in order to get Johnny sent down. However, Thomas Stubbs III, a congressman who Johnny had previously assisted, persuades Johnny to stay well away from Ray, as Stubbs predicted he would soon be killed also. His prediction proved correct, when Pegorino ordered Niko to do the job.

Luca Silvestri, Joseph DiLeo and John Barbosa

They, with the help of Niko Bellic find the stashed diamonds that Johnny Klebitz stole during Gay Tony and Luis' diamond deal with The Cook, they do this subtly disguised as trash collectors. After the trio keep the diamonds for themselves, Niko kills them and another fat person, then takes the diamonds back to Ray Boccino.

The Cook

The result in stealing Ray's diamonds and attempting to deal with them ended with the Cook have been beheaded by Bulgarin.

Evan Moss

During the missions Diamonds in the Rough/Frosting on the Cake, Evan attempts to flee with the diamonds after The Lost Brotherhood members ambush the deal. Evan was chased down by Johnny Klebitz and affiliates, and murdered.

Isaac Roth

After attempting to buy the diamonds off Niko Bellic and Johnny Klebitz, Luis Lopez ambushed the deal, knocking him out and stealing the diamonds seconds after spending 2 million cash on them. Isaac blames Ray Boccino for the betrayal, which in turn leads to his murder in the mission Late Checkout.

Mori Green

Mori was the partner of Issac Roth. They were about to buy the diamonds off of Niko Bellic and Johnny Klebitz on behalf of the Pegorinos, when Luis Lopez kills Mori and then subsequently steals the diamonds off Issac Roth.

Bulgarin's Goon

One of Bulgarin's goons was fast enough to take the diamonds off the ground in front of Niko and Packie. Later, during the battle of mission, Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend, he was been chased by them and was asked to return diamonds. He refused, because there was no way for him to survive and threw the diamonds to the trash truck. He was then killed by desperate Niko and Packie.

Jerry Kapowitz

In all of the people that are involved in stealing the diamonds, including the protagonists, Jerry was the luckiest. A homeless man, he appeared in the last cutscene in TBoGT where he was been bumped by Luis and found the pouch with the diamonds inside. He inspects it, runs off gleefully, was been decided that Jerry will keep the diamonds, and plans to go to Vice City where he could establish a liquor shop and a gun store.

Humorously, he appears in GTA IV during the mission where Vladimir Glebov tells Niko Bellic to steal a car. Jerry appears on the street asking for crack money only to been told off by Vlad.

Mission appearances

Note the following missions are been sorted in chronological order of the timeline.

• Opening cutscene of GTA IV.
• Diamonds in the Rough (TLAD) and Frosting on the Cake (TBOGT)
• Taking in the Trash (GTA IV)
• Meltdown (GTA IV)
• Museum Piece (GTA IV), Collector's Item (TLAD) and Not So Fast (TBOGT)
• Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend (GTA IV) and Ladies Half Price (TBOGT)
• Departure Time (TBOGT)
• Mentioned on Weazel News (radio).

Trivia

• Niko mentions that the diamonds have been cursed and caused nothing but problems, which may actually be true, since everybody, except the protagonists, Gay Tony and the final owner of the diamonds, who touched the diamonds in some way, have been killed.
• The chronology of the missions in which this diamond deal takes place is a bit off between games. In The Lost and Damned, Johnny is sent by Ray to the deal immediately after kidnapping Roman for the Russians, whereas in GTA IV Niko has already rescued Roman from the Russians before he has even met Ray.
• Where the diamonds ended up is not chronologically correct either. On the Liberty Tree website the diamonds were supposedly heading to the dump (after which one of Bulgarin's men threw them onto the back of a truck). However Jerry Kapowitz finds them in the trash at the Monoglobe in Meadows Park.

The Lost and Damned

The Ballad of Gay Tony