Mikhail Faustin: Difference between revisions

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== Biogaphy ==

Mikhail Faustin was born and raised in 1963 in Russia (then-USSR). He met his "brother for life" [[Dimitri Rascalov]] while serving in the Navy during the Cold War as early as 1987, and were later cellmates in a Siberian prison camp. Both he and Dimitri have tattoos on the palms of their hands which represent that they are "brothers for life", according to Mikhail. Also by Mikhail's record, he protected Dimitri from being raped in prison, which he will sometimes remind him of to guilt him into following orders. In 1988, when Mikhail was 25, he had a baby girl named [[Anna Faustin|Anna]] with his future wife [[Ilyena Faustin|Ilyena]], who was only 18 at the time. Ilyena reminisces that Mikhail was "beautiful" at this time, before he became possessed by anger. Dimitri also says of Mikhail back then, "he had a temper, but he was fair". After the Cold War ended in 1991, they were both "selling hash to tourists in Red Square" according to Dimitri, and both men had multiple murder convictions.

Mikhail "exploited a loophole in the immigration treaty to gain US residency in the mid 90's", arriving in [[Hove Beach]] with Dimitri, Ilyena and Anna, then under 10 years old. He was living in Liberty City and situated into a criminal life by 1998, when he was arrested for extortion. Mikhail built a criminal enterprise based in [[Hove Beach]], made up of several investments - the [[Perestroika]] cabaret, protection rackets, cocaine distribution, pornography, stolen goods (which he was arrested for in 2002) and more. This afforded him a lavish lifestyle consisting of a large [[Beachgate]] home, two luxury cars (a [[Turismo]] and custom black [[Schafter]]) and being able to raise his daughter in the upper-class American fashion (she speaks in a perfect American accent and Mikhail says he has "spoil[ed] her rotten").

Mikhail began abusing cocaine and alcohol - likely since 2005, when he was arrested for holding cocaine, as well as Ilyena and Dimitri having grown accustomed to Mikhail's disturbing new personality by 2008. He is abusive of his wife, slightly easier but still extremely harsh of his daughter, and also cheats on his wife (with employee [[Vladimir Glebov]]'s sister and two women at his cabaret). He refuses to take advice from Dimitri anymore, Dimitri saying he "never know[s] who he will shoot, who he will stab!". Examples of his violent streak include the deaths of [[Andrei]] (a member of his gang who Dimitri favored, killed randomly for interrogating [[Niko Bellic|Niko]] too sloppily) and [[Jason Michaels]] (a member of [[Lost Brotherhood|the Lost biker gang]] dating his daughter).

Among other violent, rash moves, Mikhail ordered the death of [[Lenny Petrovic]], son of the most powerful Russian mob boss in [[Liberty City]], [[Kenny Petrovic]], because he frivolously assumes that Lenny has snitched on him. This results in an all-out war before Kenny Petrovic contacts [[Dimitri Rascalov|Dimitri]] about having Mikhail killed to create peace. Dimitri agrees, and they both decide on the condition that the "hired gun" who originally killed Lenny, [[Niko Bellic]], would be the one to kill Mikhail.

*[[Final Destination]] <small>(Boss) </small>

*[[No Love Lost]] <small>(Boss) </small>

*[[The Master and the Molotov]] <small>(Killed) </small>

*Sometimes, Mikhail can be seen struggling to get up, and rolling around in pain after his execution cutscene.

*The scream Mikhail makes when he falls is not his own voice, but that of a previously scripted pedestrian.

==Gallery==

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File:MikhailFaustin-Artwork.jpg|Concept artwork of Mikhail Faustin.

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