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{{toc}}A number of recurring characters appear during various missions or cut scenes in the video game [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]]. Prominent characters are listed here in rough order of appearance. (The order in which some of these characters appear in-game depends upon the sequence in which the player completes certain missions.) | {{toc}}A number of recurring characters appear during various missions or cut scenes in the video game [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]]. Prominent characters are listed here in rough order of appearance. (The order in which some of these characters appear in-game depends upon the sequence in which the player completes certain missions.) | ||
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[[Tommy Vercetti]] is the [[protagonist]] and playable character of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. | [[Tommy Vercetti]] is the [[protagonist]] and playable character of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. | ||
While under the employment of the [[Forelli | While under the employment of the [[Forelli Family|Forelli crime family]] of the Liberty City Mafia, Vercetti was sent to prison in [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]] in 1971 for multiple counts of homicide, which [[Sonny Forelli]] claimed totaled at eleven deaths: ''"How many was it? Ten? No, eleven men. That's how you get to be called the Harwood Butcher!"'' Because Sonny called in favors and pulled strings, Tommy never received the death penalty or a life sentence. Tommy was released in 1986, 15 years later, and was quickly sent by mob boss Sonny Forelli to [[Vice City in GTA III Era|Vice City]] to set up a drug outpost. | ||
When it is learned that Vercetti emerges without the millions in cash or the drugs he was sent to buy as a result of the ambush during a drug deal, Sonny is enraged and promises to kill Tommy if he doesn't get both back. With the help of "bonkers ambulance chaser" [[Ken Rosenberg]], Vercetti met up with various underworld figures and began his own vast criminal empire dealing with drugs, stolen vehicles and guns, to name but a few, in order to claim Forelli's money back. Vercetti's efforts are rewarded with him becoming one of the richest and most powerful figures in Vice City, heading a large well-armed gang, controlling a local protection racket, and owning several successful businesses around the city. | When it is learned that Vercetti emerges without the millions in cash or the drugs he was sent to buy as a result of the ambush during a drug deal, Sonny is enraged and promises to kill Tommy if he doesn't get both back. With the help of "bonkers ambulance chaser" [[Ken Rosenberg]], Vercetti met up with various underworld figures and began his own vast criminal empire dealing with drugs, stolen vehicles and guns, to name but a few, in order to claim Forelli's money back. Vercetti's efforts are rewarded with him becoming one of the richest and most powerful figures in Vice City, heading a large well-armed gang, controlling a local protection racket, and owning several successful businesses around the city. | ||
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*Killed in: "[[Keep Your Friends Close|Keep Your Friends Close...]]" | *Killed in: "[[Keep Your Friends Close|Keep Your Friends Close...]]" | ||
[[Sonny Forelli]] is the head of the [[Forelli | [[Sonny Forelli]] is the head of the [[Forelli Family|Forelli crime family]] in [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]] circa 1986. The Forellis are apparently the richest and most powerful [[Mafia]] family in the city (contrary to the later-set [[Grand Theft Auto III]], where the gang is a shadow of its former self and has been usurped by the Leone crime family). Sonny came into power young, and ordered several mob killings around the time of Tommy Vercetti's imprisonment. At the time of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Sonny is believed to have major influences in racketeering, gambling, union trouble, corruption and prostitution, with growing interest in the narcotics trade (which the Mafia families have generally tried to avoid). | ||
Tommy Vercetti grew up with Sonny and they were friends. Sonny gave Tommy a position in the organization and was loyal to the family above all else. Then, fifteen years before the start of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Tommy was sent by Sonny to Harwood to kill a man. Tommy was apparently ambushed, and ended up killing eleven rival mobsters in a massacre. Tommy believes to this day that Sonny set him up, though his motive is unknown. | Tommy Vercetti grew up with Sonny and they were friends. Sonny gave Tommy a position in the organization and was loyal to the family above all else. Then, fifteen years before the start of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Tommy was sent by Sonny to Harwood to kill a man. Tommy was apparently ambushed, and ended up killing eleven rival mobsters in a massacre. Tommy believes to this day that Sonny set him up, though his motive is unknown. | ||
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*Introduced in: Introduction, airport cut scene | *Introduced in: Introduction, airport cut scene | ||
[[File:KenRosenberg-GTAVC.jpg|thumb|left|Ken Rosenberg]] | [[File:KenRosenberg-GTAVC.jpg|thumb|left|Ken Rosenberg]] | ||
[[Ken Rosenberg]] is a shady, neurotic lawyer (a partner at the "Rosenberg & Associates" legal firm) who is closely affiliated with [[Tommy Vercetti]] and loosely connected to the [[Forelli | [[Ken Rosenberg]] is a shady, neurotic lawyer (a partner at the "Rosenberg & Associates" legal firm) who is closely affiliated with [[Tommy Vercetti]] and loosely connected to the [[Forelli Family|Forellis]], often serving as comic relief. Rosenberg meets Vercetti at the Vice City airport and remains his ally throughout the game. He secures Tommy's release from prison whenever he is arrested, and his voice on a phone is sometimes briefly heard in these situations; ''"Tommy Vercetti is an innocent man!"'', ''"Officer, do you really think my client is capable of that?"'', and sometimes, (''My client wasn't even in town!''). | ||
Rosenberg has been reported to have problems with narcotics (including cocaine) and egomania. He is also suspected of cheating on law school exams and having employed heavies on numerous occasions to intimidate and corrupt juries; [[Giorgio Forelli]], a cousin of [[Sonny Forelli]], is a "blue chip" client of Ken. Rosenberg's inability to firmly take control of situations meant he would also be the subject of jokes on occasions. One example of this is during the planning stages of a bank heist, where Tommy jokingly stated that Rosenberg can "[wash] the money for [the rest of the team] and [keep] the drinks on ice" when Rosenberg wanted to participate in the heist. Rosenberg even mocks himself, saying "I couldn't intimidate a child - and believe me, I've tried!" Rosenberg has a very poor success rate in court trials and is referred to as a "bonkers ambulance chaser" by [[Kent Paul]]. Paul also states that "that guy could defend an innocent man all the way to death row", and later befriends Rosenberg after Vercetti abandons and refuses to speak to him. | Rosenberg has been reported to have problems with narcotics (including cocaine) and egomania. He is also suspected of cheating on law school exams and having employed heavies on numerous occasions to intimidate and corrupt juries; [[Giorgio Forelli]], a cousin of [[Sonny Forelli]], is a "blue chip" client of Ken. Rosenberg's inability to firmly take control of situations meant he would also be the subject of jokes on occasions. One example of this is during the planning stages of a bank heist, where Tommy jokingly stated that Rosenberg can "[wash] the money for [the rest of the team] and [keep] the drinks on ice" when Rosenberg wanted to participate in the heist. Rosenberg even mocks himself, saying "I couldn't intimidate a child - and believe me, I've tried!" Rosenberg has a very poor success rate in court trials and is referred to as a "bonkers ambulance chaser" by [[Kent Paul]]. Paul also states that "that guy could defend an innocent man all the way to death row", and later befriends Rosenberg after Vercetti abandons and refuses to speak to him. | ||