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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, 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.
+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 into the city.
+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.
-Bulgarin later arrived in the city for two reasons: to find a retrieve his diamonds, and to find and kill Niko whom he believed to have intentionally sunk one of Bulgarin's ships and fled with his money. In fact, the ship was raided and did sink, though Niko bailed and had to swim for his life.
+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.
-The first chronological appearance is in TLAD, after Johnny Klebitz is introduced to Ray Boccino through his old girlfriend Ashley Butler, Ray tells him about diamonds which are being purchased by Anthony Prince, and his bodyguard/business partner Luis Lopez, from the Cook who had brought them into the country. He instructs Johnny to [[Diamonds in the Rough|raid]] the [[Frosting on the Cake|purchase]]. Johnny successfully stole the diamonds after an extended chase with Evan Moss who was killed. He then hid half of the diamonds on Jade Street, and the other half on Hematite Street in Algonquin. The diamonds were later [[Taking in the Trash|collected]] by Niko Bellic, [[Luca Silvestri]], [[Joseph DiLeo]], and [[Johnny Barbosa]]. Afterwards Niko fails to make sure, Luca and his crew hand the diamonds over to Ray Boccino. The three never did, and conspired to flee to Las Venturas, until Niko [[Meltdown|killed them and retrieved them]].
+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.
-Following this Ray sent Niko to an [[Museum Piece|exchange]] with [[Issac Roth]] at the Libertonian. Johnny was [[Collector's Item|also there]], to take his cut of the money. During the deal Luis Lopez [[Not So Fast|ambushed the deal]] killing [[Mori Green]] in the process who was inspecting the diamonds. During which Johnny stole the 2,000,000 and escaped after, while Niko was forced to flee the museum with nothing. Shortly after, Jim Fitzgerald was tortured by Ray in the basement of Drusilla's, in an attempt to get the money, but escaped with Johnny's help. After escaping Jim went to get more members of the Lost for backup, and Johnny went to see Ashley. Niko was then ordered by Phil Bell, and Ray to [[No Way on the Subway|murder Jim]]. Whilst being chased by Niko, Johnny was [[Was It Worth It?|fighting off hitmen]] that were sent by Ray. Johnny survived, but Jim didn't. While confident that  the hitmen are taking care of Johnny, Ray tells Niko the Issac is blaming the blotched deal on him, and is threatening to have him killed. Niko is then sent to the Majestic Hotel to murder him. Afterwards Ray tells Niko that Johnny disappeared with the money, and anyone who would know where the diamonds are, are dead. The diamonds also support that Ray was the one in the Pegorino Family who was undermining the operation, and led Jimmy Pegorino closer to his decision of Ray being killed.
+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.
-At the time of this, Luis Lopez was working with Ray Bulgarin. Bulgarin eventually uncovered that Luis, and Tony had the diamonds which were his. He assumed that they were plotting with the cook against him, and [[In the Crosshairs|lured Luis into a trap]]. At the trap he sees the decapitated head if the cook left in a birthday cake box. In an ironic twist it was the same box used to smuggle the diamonds. Gerald McReary also organized the kidnapping of [[Gracie Ancelotti]] for the diamonds as ransom. The kidnapping was relatively easy to Niko, as he pretended he was interested in the pink Feltzer she had to sell for her DUI. Due to the enormous debt of Tony to the Ancelottis, Luis, and Tony would be held responsible for the condition of Gracie. Ancelottis not wanting to give up the diamonds, sent the two to [[Ladies' Night|follow one of the kidnappers to their hideout]]. Once they had the location, Giovanni Ancelotti [[She's a Keeper|sent some of his family to try to get her back]]. This was however unsuccessful. Unable to find her, he [[Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend|struck a deal]] with the kidnappers, and [[Ladies Half Price|sent the two to retrieve Gracie]]. The deal however was broken up by Bulgarin, who wanted to get revenge on Niko, and obtain his diamonds. Luis, Tony, and Gracie got away, while Niko, and Packie had to fend off the attackers. They eventually cornered the guy who took them. Seeing how there was no way out (either giving the diamonds to them, and being killed by Bulgarin, or keeping them, and being killed by them, and having them take them) decides to throw them into traffic. He is then killed, and the two make their escape.
+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.
-Not knowing who has the diamonds, Niko seems not to care about. He says that the landfill they are being taken to is the best place for them. He also says that the population of Liberty City would be higher. Where the diamonds end isn't revealed until the ending of The Ballad of Gay Tony. When Luis meets Tony at the Monoglobe, after [[Departure Time|killing Bulgarin as revenge]], Luis knocks over a homeless man named [[Jerry Kapowitz]]. After Luis helps him up, he continues looking through the trash, and stumbles across the bag of diamonds.
+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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