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'''Bernie Crane''', formerly '''Florian Cravic''', is a character that appears in [[Grand Theft Auto IV]]. Florian was one of only three surviving members of [[Niko Bellic]]'s [[Fifteen Man Squad|squad]] during the [[wp:Yugoslavian Wars|Yugoslavian Wars]]. In [[2008]] he is living in the [[United States of America]], specifically, [[Liberty City in GTA IV Era|Liberty City]].

===Yugoslavian Wars===

Florian was born in [[1978]], in the former Yugoslavia in the same village now located in modern-day Serbia that both Niko Bellic and [[Roman Bellic]] grew up in. In his adolescence he fought in the Yugoslav wars with Niko Bellic, also a childhood friend of Roman Bellic, and wanted to be a wrestler according to Niko. However at some point he was deeply in the closet as a homosexual, at which point in his life he discovered this is unspecified. He once worked in an abattoir,(a slaughterhouse) as a young man which he is ashamed of. Thus he was much less feminine than he became in later years, including having a more masculine voice (which is heard in [[Weekend at Florian's]], when he becomes very angry). In his last days in the war as a teenager, he joined Niko, [[Darko Brevic]], and [[Fifteen Man Squad|twelve other soldiers]] on a mission into enemy territory. Darko had secretly sold information to their enemies in order to pay for his newly developed addiction to an unspecified drug, (based on Darko's appearance later it looks to have been meth or perhaps heroin) and twelve of the boys were killed with the exception of Niko, Darko and Florian.

As early as [[1991]], Florian moved to Liberty City, where he changed his name to Bernie Crane (shunning "Florian Cravic" as if it were a split personality) and felt comfortable being an outward homosexual. At a foam party at the famous gay-club [[Hercules]] (opened in [[1998]] by [[Anthony Prince|"Gay" Tony Prince]]), he met Deputy Mayor [[Bryce Dawkins]], who he started dating afterwards. In [[2003]] and [[2004]], he was arrested for soliciting sex and holding ecstasy. He may have been dating Bryce at this time, as he ordered the LCPD not to harass Bernie in any way.

In 2008, Niko Bellic traveled to Liberty City for a number of reasons, one being to track down Cravic and kill him if he was in fact identified as the traitor. After much work for many crime syndicates, mobster [[Ray Boccino]] pointed Bellic in the direction of [[Talbot Daniels]], an associate of Cravic's. It is assumed Talbot and Florian had relations at some point, as Talbot explains Florian only likes to be called so during "certain moments..." With Roman's help, Niko forced Talbot to direct him to Cravic's residence. When finally arriving, Niko and Roman broke into his apartment, and held Cravic at gun point. Bernie insisted that he is innocent and Niko is convinced, vowing to track down [[Darko Brevic]].

Bernie later asks Niko to help him, as he is constantly harassed over his sexuality by everyone from [[Hating The Haters|common skinheads]] to Bryce's many blackmailers ([[Dimitri Rascalov]], a major Russian mobster and coincidentally a mortal enemy of Niko's, and to a lesser extent [[Thomas Stubbs III]], another politician who [[Knowing Me, Knowing You|bugged]] [[Infernus|Bernie's Infernus]] successfully without them knowing). Niko eliminates all of these problems, and Bernie eventually gives him the Infernus, both of them unbeknownst it was bugged by [[Johnny Klebitz]] of [[The Lost MC]] earlier. Bernie is seen one more time in person at [[Mr and Mrs Bellic |Roman's Wedding]] (it doesn't matter which choice the player makes, he appears in both), and throws confetti over Roman and [[Mallorie Bardas|Mallorie]]. He screams whether it is [[Kate McReary]] or Roman who gets killed during the shootout.

* Bernie's most favorite radio stations are [[K109 The Studio]] and [[IF99 - International Funk]]. He also sings "Golden" by Jill Scott as heard in the bugged car, which is heard on [[The Vibe 98.8]].

* The only occasion when Bernie prefers his old name, Florian Cravic, is when having sex.

* It was widely thought that Bernie would've been prominent in the Ballad of Gay Tony, as it's said in the police records that he's involved in the gay nightclub scene, or at least for him to be seen in some of the cutscenes. This is not the case, however, as Bernie is nowhere to be seen. A reason could be that his voice actor, Timothy J. Alex, had other arrangements, and couldn't be replaced due to Crane's "unique" voice.

Image:BernieCrane-GTAIV-artwork.jpg|Concept Artwork of Bernie Crane

Image:BernieCrane-GTAIV-helmet.jpg|Bernie's unique pink helmet.

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