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Florian was born in [[1978]], in the former Yugoslavia in the same village now located in modern-day Serbia that both Niko Bellic and [[Roman Bellic]] grew up in. In his adolescence he fought in the Yugoslav wars with Niko Bellic, also a childhood friend of Roman Bellic, and was deeply in the closet as a homosexual despite telling people he wanted to be a wrestler. He once worked in an abattoir, which he is ashamed of. Thus he was much less feminine than he became in later years, including having a more masculine voice (which is heard in [[Weekend at Florian's]], when he becomes very angry). In his last days in the war as a teenager, he joined Niko, [[Darko Brevic]], and [[Fifteen Man Squad|twelve other soldiers]] on a mission into enemy territory. Darko had secretly sold information to their enemies in order to pay for his newly developed addiction to an unspecified drug, and twelve of the boys were killed with the exception of Niko, Darko and Florian.

In 2008, Niko Bellic traveled to Liberty City in the US for a number of reasons, one being to track down Cravic and kill him if he was in fact identified as the traitor. After much work for many crime syndicates, mobster [[Ray Boccino]] pointed Bellic in the direction of [[Talbot Daniels]], an associate of Cravic's. With [[Roman Bellic|Roman's]] help, Niko forced Talbot to direct him to Cravic's residence. When finally arriving, Niko and Roman broke into his apartment, and held Cravic at gun point. Bernie insisted that he is innocent and Niko is convinced, vowing to track down [[Darko Brevic]].

Bernie later asks Niko to help him, as he is constantly harrassed over his sexuality by everyone from [[Hating The Haters|common skinheads]] to Bryce's many blackmailers ([[Dimitri Rascalov]], a major Russian mobster and coincidentally a mortal enemy of Niko's, and to a lesser extent [[Thomas Stubbs III]], another politician who [[Knowing Me, Knowing You|bugged]] [[Infernus|Bernie's Infernus]] successfully without them knowing). Niko eliminates all of these problems, and Bernie eventually gives him the Infernus, both of them unbeknownst it was bugged. Bernie is seen one more time in person at [[Mr and Mrs Bellic |Roman's Wedding]] (it doesn't matter which choice the player makes, he appears in both), and throws confetti over Roman and [[Mallorie Bardas|Mallorie]]. He screams whether it is [[Kate McReary]] or Roman who gets killed during the shootout.

* In [[I Luv LC]] when Luis talking with [[Dessie]], [[Armando Torres|Armando]] and [[Henrique Bardas|Henrique]], an unidentified man in a brownish suit walks out of [[Maisonette 9]] with Tony. Tony escorts him to his car and pats him on the back, suggesting they're good friends and/or business partners. Some believe it is Bernie Crane, others say he resembles [[Phil Bell]] or even [[Eduard Borodin]], the businessman who was killed in [[Paper Trail]]. Additionally, a photo of him and Tony seated at a table appears in [[The Celebinator|The Celebinator's blog]], with the man's face blocked by a cartoon astronaut's helmet.