Heroin

The heroin is a part of Grand Theft Auto IV's storyline including The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony. Like the diamonds, it also has a large part of the game that involves the protagonists Niko, Johnny and Luis. Below are scenarios that takes place involving different people that gain possession of the heroin and the heroin itself.

Description

Arrival in Liberty City, Angels of Death theft and Elizabeta's attempt to offload it

When the Platypus arrived in Liberty City, the heroin, which belonged to the Triads and brought in from the east, was smuggled into the city together with the diamonds and Niko Bellic. The Angels of Death soon stole it, and it was in their hands until Johnny Klebitz and The Lost Brotherhood came, destroyed the AoD clubhouse and stole it themselves. The Lost, along with Elizabeta Torres tried to offload the heroin, but the deal turned out to be a LCPD sting. Niko Bellic and Playboy X managed to escape, Johnny also escaped with the heroin and took it back to the Lost MC clubhouse.

The Lost MC's attempt to sell it to the Triads

The Lost MC decide they will try and sell the heroin back to the Triads. Billy Grey tells Johnny and Jim to do the deal. Billy had previously conspired with the Triad leader to kill Johnny once he arrived, and while Johnny and Jim are being jumped, the police arrive and arrest Billy. Johnny, Jim and Brian Jeremy escape while the Triads take back their heroin. In a side note, Luis Lopez and Tony Prince had previously met with the Triad leader to discuss some licensing arrangements for the planning department on behalf of Rocco Pelosi.

Phil Bell and Niko Bellic's involvement

Phil Bell of the Pegorino's hires Niko Bellic to ambush the Triads and steal the heroin before they can ship it. Niko does so and hijacks the truck, then transports it to Bell's nephew's house. After a week or so, Niko and Phil went to the house to move the heroin, however, the house was being monitored by the FIB. The three of them fought numerous members of the NOOSE before hiding the heroin.

Eventually, Jimmy Pegorino made a deal with Dimitri Rascalov, and joined forces. Pegorino gave all the heroin to Dimitri to sell and asked Niko to accompany Phil when overseeing the deal. Niko is reluctant due to his personal grudge against Dimitri, but Jimmy manages to talk him round. However, Niko is again left unsure when his cousin Roman and girlfriend Kate advise him in opposite directions, Roman urging him to do the deal, while Kate told him to cut his ties with Dimitri altogether due to his previous betrayal.

Niko then either does the deal, and is again betrayed when Dimitri kills the buyer's and steals the heroin, or he takes revenge by ambushing Dimitri on the Platypus ship, which is being used by the Russians to import/export the heroin.

Deal

If Niko does the deal with Dimitri, Dimitri kills the buyer's, takes the heroin and escapes. Phil and Niko pursue one of his men with the money and retrieve it. Dimitri delivers the heroin to his accomplice; Bulgarin, and it is unloaded at Funland by Bulgarin's right-hand man; Timur. Dimitri, fearing a retaliation from Niko, sends a hitman to kill him at Roman's wedding, but Roman is killed instead during the struggle. Dimitri then tries to escape, and kills Pegorino in another act of betrayal. Niko then pursues Dimitri to Happiness Island, and after a fire-fight, Dimitri dies of his injuries.

"Deal" effect on The Ballad Of Gay Tony

After Dimitri's death, Bulgarin now has ownership of the heroin at Funland. Luis Lopez goes to Funland in pursuit of Bulgarin, he kills Timur and destroys all the heroin. He then chases and kills Bulgarin on his private jet, which explodes in mid-air.

• In the "Deal" ending of GTA IV, Luis Lopez kills Bulgarin after Dimitri has died on Happiness Island, this would make Departure Time the final mission in the GTA IV chronology if "Deal" is chosen in the main game.

Revenge

If Niko chooses to take revenge, he carries out a full-blown assault and slaughters Dimitri's men on the Platypus, which Dimitri is using to import/export the heroin that Pegorino had given him to sell. After killing Dimitri, Niko leaves the scene, and the heroin is left on the ship.

Niko's revenge leaves the Pegorino's ruined, without the money or the heroin. Niko then attends Roman's wedding, but Pegorino interferes and tries to kill Niko by firing on the guests, but Kate McReary is killed instead.

"Revenge" effect on The Ballad Of Gay Tony

After Niko killed Dimitri aboard the Platypus, Bulgarin and Timur claimed owenership of the heroin and took it Funland in Broker to be unloaded. Niko and Luis then carry out their assaults at the same time, hence, while Luis is destroying the heroin in Funland, Niko is fighting Pegorino's guards at the old casino in Alderney.

Then, as Luis races to the airport to catch Bulgarin, Niko is chasing Pegorino to Happiness Island. Finally, Luis kills Bulgarin and his jet explodes over Firefly Island just as Niko kills Pegorino.

• In the "Revenge" ending of GTA IV, Niko's and Luis' final missions; Out of Commission and Departure Time respectivley, are parrallel to each other, meaning they are both happening at the same time in-game. This also means that "Revenge" has both missions end the GTA IV chronology together.

Consequences

Niko Bellic

After the Triads took back their Heroin, because of the police attention, they think it's cursed. So Niko under orders from Phil Bell steals the heroin and hides it in a abandoned house. When Niko and Phil went to go pick up the heroin, the FIB attempt to bust them, proving that the heroin is being watched, therefore cursed. After they escaped the FIB, the Pegorino's ally with the Russians and try to sell it to another Mafia Family. Pegorino gives the heoin to Dimitri who says he has found a buyer. But Dimitri kills the buyer's and steals the heroin for himself, in the "Deal" ending, whilst in the "Revenge" ending he never gets a chance to try and sell the it due to Niko's ambush.

Johnny Klebitz

The heroin they steal from the Angels of Death Clubhouse actually has huge consequences that last to the end of the game. First off, when Johnny, Playboy X and Niko try to sell it to UC, the NOOSE ambush them. After that a man named Agent Jones calls Johnny and everyone in the club to give information about the club. This must have been where Billy agrees, telling the Triad Boss to rip off and kill Johnny and Jim in This Shit's Cursed, however, the Triad Boss betrays Billy Grey and gets himself arrested and Brian Jeremy thought Johnny called the cops. This is were Brian gathers alot of Lost bikers and The Lost start to implode. The civil war gets many bikers killed and not many are in the club. And eventually leads to Billy to rat out his brothers.

Luis Lopez

After Dimitri was killed Luis destroyed all of the heroin, and killed Bulgarin soon after. In "Deal", Luis does this after Dimitri's death on Happiness Island. In "Revenge", he does it after Niko kills Dimitri on the Platypus, and on the same day as when Niko kills Pegorino on the Island.

Mission Appearances

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

• The Cousins Bellic (GTA IV)
• Action/Reaction (TLAD)
• Blow Your Cover (GTA IV) and Buyer's Market (TLAD)
• This Shit's Cursed (TLAD)
• Truck Hustle (GTA IV)

• If the Price is Right (GTA IV; Deal)
• Departure Time (TBOGT)

See Also

• Drugs for other uses of heroin in the Grand Theft Auto series.

The Lost and Damned

The Ballad of Gay Tony