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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 Ray 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/trophies.

Below explains how the diamonds went around Liberty City, who was involved with them and why.

Description

The cook smuggled the diamonds into Liberty City by hiding them in a cake mixture. They were brought in along with Niko Bellic aboard the Platypus. Eventually, Maisonette 9 owner Anthony "Gay Tony" Prince, his boyfriend Evan Moss, and bodyguard/business partner Luis Fernando Lopez met with the cook to buy the diamonds. Ray Boccino however, having learned of the diamonds, sent Johnny Klebitz and The Lost MC to crash the meet and steal them.

After buying the diamonds, Luis noticed Johnny and the bikers approaching and pushed Tony into a limousine, while shouting to Evan, who was holding the diamonds, to get them to Maisonette 9. Johnny sent numerous Lost members after Luis and Tony while he chased Evan. Luis and Tony managed to fend off the bikers, but Evan was caught by Johnny and killed, and the diamonds were taken. Johnny followed Ray's orders to hide the diamonds in two trash bags, which would later be collected by Niko Bellic, Luca Silvestri and his crew while disguised as trash collectors.

Niko left Luca with the diamonds as instructed, but then Luca and his crew plotted to steal the diamonds and flee to Las Venturas. Niko soon caught them before they left and killed them all in Middle Park, before taking back the diamonds and returning them to Ray.

Eventually, Ray found a buyer for the diamonds in the form of Isaac Roth and the Jewish Mob. He sent Johnny and Niko to do the deal with Isaac. Niko took the diamonds to the Libertonian Museum where Johnny would meet him. Ray's plan was for them to successfully sell the diamonds, with Johnny and Niko each taking half of the profits.

Unfortunately, Luis Lopez ambushed the deal after learning what was going down, shooting and killing Mori Green. This sparked chaos in the museum, and Johnny snatched the cash, while Isaac grabbed the diamonds. Both Niko and Johnny fought through the Jewish Mob and escaped, but Niko left with nothing. Amidst the riot, Luis caught Isaac and knocked him out, retrieving the diamonds. He then also escaped and gave them to Tony, who secured them in his safe.

Because Johnny stole the money, Ray sent Niko to kill Johnny's best friend, Jim Fitzgerald, after failing to do so himself. Johnny was then attacked by numerous groups of hitmen but managed to survive, only to learn that Jim had indeed been killed. Johnny was then advised by acquaintance; congressman Thomas Stubbs to stay away from Ray, as Stubbs correctly predicted that Ray would be either dead or in jail within a month.

Isaac Roth, having regained consciousness in the museum, fled to the Majestic Hotel and began falsely accusing Ray of setting up the deal in order to keep both the diamonds and the money. Isaac threatened to have Ray killed, so Ray promptly sent Niko to the Majestic to finish off Isaac and the Jewish Mob. After doing this, Niko refused to do any more work for Ray.

Ray's boss, James Pegorino, soon came up with a plan to get the diamonds back from Tony and Luis. They used their small time associates, the McRearys, and Niko to kidnap Tony's friend Gracie Ancelotti and hold her for ransom to coax Tony into giving up the diamonds for Gracie herself. After the Ancelotti's failed to get Gracie back by force, and with Luis and Tony facing death threats from Gracie's father, they gave in and arrived to exchange the diamonds. Niko and his friend Packie McReary met with Luis and Tony on Charge Island. The deal would have gone to plan if not for the interruption of Bulgarin, who seeked to reclaim his diamonds which he believed Luis had stolen and also to kill Niko, his former employee.

Bulgarin ordered his men to attack the exchange and kill everyone. Luis, Tony and Gracie quickly fled the scene, but Niko and Packie cut down many of Bulgarin's men and chased the one holding the diamonds. When Niko and Packie cornered him, he intentionally dropped them into a waste truck to ensure that nobody could have them, reasoning that Bulgarin would have later killed him if he was to give them up. Ultimately, Niko and Packie left empty-handed.

A short while later, Luis was walking through Meadows Park to meet with Tony, shortly after killing Bulgarin aboard his private jet. He accidentally bumped into Jerry Kapowitz, who fell to the ground knocking over a trash bin. After apologizing, Luis continued on, but Jerry noticed that amongst the split trash, lied the small pouch of diamonds. He examined them before running off with excitement.

According to a Liberty Tree report, over 100 people contested Jerry and claimed ownership of the diamonds, but Mayor Julio Ochoa finally allowed Jerry to keep the money made from selling them. He later bought a mansion in Alderney, contrary to reports that he planned to move to Vice City and open a gun and liquor store.

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

Everybody who touched or held the diamonds besides Niko, Johnny, Luis, and Tony have been killed. Ironically, Jerry Kapowitz was not involved in any way, and never even knew of their existence, but was eventually the one to have them for himself.

Where the diamonds ended up is not chronologically correct. 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, either they were somehow transported to the bin, or it is a minor retcon.

The Lost and Damned

Characters	Characters \| Johnny Klebitz \| Billy Grey \| Ashley Butler \| Category
Content	Radio Content \| Trailers \| TV Shows \| Vehicles \| Websites \| Weapons
Gameplay	Completion \| Cheats \| Missions \| Multiplayer \| Seagulls
Plot Related	Diamonds \| Heroin \| Impossible Trinity (Museum Piece, Collector's Item, and Not So Fast)

The Ballad of Gay Tony

Characters	Characters \| Luis Lopez \| Gay Tony \| Ray Bulgarin \| Gracie Ancelotti \| Category
Content	Features \| Radio content \| Safehouses \| Trailers \| Vehicles \| Weapons
Gameplay	Achievements/Trophies \| Cheats \| Missions \| Nightclubs (Maisonette 9 and Hercules) \| Seagulls
Plot Related	Diamonds \| Heroin \| Impossible Trinity (Museum Piece, Collector's Item, and Not So Fast)

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 [[File:TheCook-GTAIV.jpg|thumb|300px|[[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 Ray 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 [[Protagonist|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 [[Impossible Trinity|Diamonds Forever]] in TBOGT achievements.
+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 [[Protagonist|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 [[Impossible Trinity|Diamonds Forever]] in TBOGT achievements/trophies.
 Below explains how the diamonds went around Liberty City, who was involved with them and why.
-== Fate/Consequences ==
+==Description==
-Nobody who struggled for the diamonds ever owned them permanently
+The cook smuggled the diamonds into [[Liberty City]] by hiding them in a cake mixture. They were brought in along with [[Niko Bellic]] aboard the [[Platypus]]. Eventually, [[Maisonette 9]] owner [[Anthony Prince | Anthony "Gay Tony" Prince]], his boyfriend [[Evan Moss]], and bodyguard/business partner [[Luis Fernando Lopez]] [[Frosting On The Cake|met with the cook to buy the diamonds]]. [[Ray Boccino]] however, having learned of the diamonds, sent [[Johnny Klebitz]] and [[The Lost MC]] to [[Diamonds in the Rough|crash the meet and steal them]].
-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.
+After buying the diamonds, Luis noticed Johnny and the bikers approaching and pushed Tony into a limousine, while shouting to Evan, who was holding the diamonds, to get them to Maisonette 9. Johnny sent numerous Lost members after Luis and Tony while he chased Evan. Luis and Tony managed to fend off the bikers, but Evan was caught by Johnny and killed, and the diamonds were taken. Johnny followed Ray's orders to hide the diamonds in two trash bags, which would later be [[Taking in the Trash|collected by Niko Bellic, Luca Silvestri and his crew while disguised as trash collectors]].
+Niko left [[Luca Silvestri|Luca]] with the diamonds as instructed, but then Luca and his crew plotted to steal the diamonds and flee to [[Las Venturas]]. Niko soon caught them before they left and [[Meltdown (GTA IV)|killed them all in Middle Park]], before taking back the diamonds and returning them to Ray.
-In addition, the original owner of the diamonds was [[Ray Bulgarin]], though he was the owner, was killed by Luis. Below are the consequences of the people that stole and owned them. The consequences are been based on the storyline chronologically.
+Eventually, Ray found a buyer for the diamonds in the form of [[Isaac Roth]] and the [[Jewish Mob]]. He sent Johnny and Niko to do the [[Museum Piece|deal with Isaac]]. Niko took the diamonds to the [[Libertonian Museum]] where [[Collector's Item|Johnny would meet him]]. Ray's plan was for them to successfully sell the diamonds, with Johnny and Niko each taking half of the profits.
-==Description==
+Unfortunately, Luis Lopez [[Not So Fast|ambushed the deal]] after learning what was going down, shooting and killing [[Mori Green]]. This sparked chaos in the museum, and Johnny snatched the cash, while Isaac grabbed the diamonds. Both Niko and Johnny fought through the Jewish Mob and escaped, but Niko left with nothing. Amidst the riot, Luis caught Isaac and knocked him out, retrieving the diamonds. He then also escaped and gave them to Tony, who secured them in his safe.
-The diamonds arrived in Liberty City on the Platypus, the ship that also brought Niko Bellic to the city. They are believed to have been stolen from original owner Ray Bulgarin, who is a previous employer of Niko's. The cook on the ship hid them inside a cake in order to smuggle them.
-Luis Lopez acompanied Tony Prince when he went to buy the diamonds off the cook who brought them. Johnny Klebitz and the Lost MC crashed the meet under orders from Ray Boccino however, with many Lost members chasing Luis and Tony, and Johnny chasing Evan Moss; Tony's boyfriend who was holding the diamonds.
+Because Johnny stole the money, Ray sent [[No Way on the Subway|Niko to kill Johnny's best friend]], [[Jim Fitzgerald]], after [[Was It Worth It?|failing to do so himself]]. Johnny was then attacked by numerous groups of hitmen but managed to survive, only to learn that Jim had indeed been killed. Johnny was then [[Get Lost|advised by acquaintance]]; congressman [[Thomas Stubbs]] to stay away from Ray, as Stubbs correctly predicted that Ray would be either [[Pest Control|dead]] or in jail within a month.
-Luis and Tony managed to hold off the bikers using sticky bombs, and made it safely back to Maisonette 9.
-Johnny had meanwhile caught up with Evan and killed him, stealing the diamonds, then hid them in the trash as instructed by Ray, who sent Niko Bellic and Luca Silvestri out to collect them while disguised as binmen. Unfortunately, Luca and his crew conspired to flee to La Venturas with the diamonds, but Niko caught up with them and killed them, retrieving the diamonds. He returned the diamonds to Ray.
+Isaac Roth, having regained consciousness in the museum, fled to the [[Majestic Hotel]] and began falsely accusing Ray of setting up the deal in order to keep both the diamonds and the money. Isaac threatened to have Ray killed, so Ray promptly sent [[Late Checkout|Niko to the Majestic to finish off Isaac and the Jewish Mob]]. After doing this, Niko refused to do any more work for Ray.
-Ray soon found a buyer for the diamonds in the form of Isaac Roth and the Jewish mob. Ray gave Niko the diamonds, who met Johnny at the Libertonian museum to help sell the diamonds to Isaac. Tony Prince, who had dscovered this sent Luis to interupt the deal and take back the diamonds he and Tony bought originally. Luis shot Mori Green as he inspected the diamonds, sparking chaos in the museum. Isaac took the diamonds but Luis caught him and knocked him out, reclaimed the diamonds and returned them to Tony. Johnny stole all the cash and gave it to Jim Fitzrerald to hold on to, while Niko escaped with nothing.
+Ray's boss, [[James Pegorino]], soon came up with a plan to get the diamonds back from Tony and Luis. They used their small time associates, the McRearys, and Niko to [[I'll Take Her|kidnap Tony's friend]] [[Gracie Ancelotti]] and hold her for ransom to coax Tony into giving up the diamonds for Gracie herself. After the Ancelotti's [[She's a Keeper|failed to get Gracie back by force]], and with Luis and Tony facing death threats from Gracie's father, they gave in and arrived to exchange the diamonds. Niko and his friend [[Packie McReary]] [[Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend|met with Luis and Tony]] on [[Charge Island]]. The deal would have gone to plan if not for the interruption of Bulgarin, who seeked to reclaim his diamonds which he believed Luis had stolen and also to kill Niko, his former employee.
-As Ray was without the money or the diamonds, he captured Jim and and tortured him, Johnny arrived and the two escaped, so Ray sent Niko after Jim and numerous hitmen after Johnny. Niko succeeded and killed Jim, but Johnny survived Ray's hitmen.
+Bulgarin ordered his men to attack the exchange and kill everyone. [[Ladies Half Price|Luis, Tony and Gracie quickly fled the scene]], but Niko and Packie cut down many of Bulgarin's men and chased the one holding the diamonds. When Niko and Packie cornered him, he intentionally dropped them into a waste truck to ensure that nobody could have them, reasoning that Bulgarin would have later killed him if he was to give them up. Ultimately, Niko and Packie left empty-handed.
-The McReary family, like Ray were also working for the Pegorino's, and they had Niko, who was a friend of the McReary's kidknap Gracie Ancelotti, friend of Tony and Luis in order to force them to exchange the diamonds for Gracie herself. Packie and Niko met with Luis and Tony on Charge Island. Bulgarin however, showed up to capture his diamonds and ordered his men to attack Niko and Packie. Luis and Tony fled with Gracie, but Niko and Packie took down Bulgarin's men and chased the goon holding the diamonds. When Niko and Packie caught up with him, he selfishly dropped them into a waste truck to ensure nobody could have them. Niko and Packie left empty-handed.
+A short while later, Luis was walking through Meadows Park to meet with Tony, shortly after [[Departure Time|killing Bulgarin aboard his private jet]]. He accidentally bumped into [[Jerry Kapowitz]], who fell to the ground knocking over a trash bin. After apologizing, Luis continued on, but Jerry noticed that amongst the split trash, lied the small pouch of diamonds. He examined them before running off with excitement.
-Jerry Kapowitz; a homeless man would later find the diamonds in a trash bin, and was subsequently allowed to keep them.
+According to a [[Liberty Tree]] report, over 100 people contested Jerry and claimed ownership of the diamonds, but Mayor [[Julio Ochoa]] finally allowed Jerry to keep the money made from selling them. He later bought a mansion in [[Alderney]], contrary to reports that he planned to move to [[Vice City in GTA IV Era|Vice City]] and open a gun and liquor store.
 == Mission appearances ==
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 * [[Diamonds in the Rough]] (TLAD) and [[Frosting on the Cake]] (TBOGT)
 * [[Taking in the Trash]] (GTA IV)
-* [[Meltdown]] (GTA IV)
+* [[Meltdown (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)
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 == Trivia ==
 *Everybody who touched or held the diamonds besides Niko, Johnny, Luis, and Tony have been killed. Ironically, Jerry Kapowitz was not involved in any way, and never even knew of their existence, but was eventually the one to have them for himself.
 *Where the diamonds ended up is not chronologically correct. 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, either they were somehow transported to the bin, or it is a minor retcon.
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