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In contrast to the verbose protagonists of the later GTA games, [[Tommy Vercetti]], [[Carl Johnson]], [[Toni Cipriani]], [[Victor Vance]], and [[Niko Bellic]] Claude possesses qualities of a silent protagonist in GTA III, never seen or heard uttering a single word throughout his appearances (in GTA III, he has been heard uttering mild sounds of pain when injured or killed). During the course of the game, Maria makes a telephone call to [[Lazlow]]'s show on [[Chatterbox FM]], saying that she's met a new man but "he don't talk too much." Claude continued to be a silent character throughout GTA San Andreas; Carl Johnson himself also references (and curses) Claude's silence in his rage after seeing the run-down garage he won from Claude in a drag race. | In contrast to the verbose protagonists of the later GTA games, [[Tommy Vercetti]], [[Carl Johnson]], [[Toni Cipriani]], [[Victor Vance]], and [[Niko Bellic]] Claude possesses qualities of a silent protagonist in GTA III, never seen or heard uttering a single word throughout his appearances (in GTA III, he has been heard uttering mild sounds of pain when injured or killed). During the course of the game, Maria makes a telephone call to [[Lazlow]]'s show on [[Chatterbox FM]], saying that she's met a new man but "he don't talk too much." Claude continued to be a silent character throughout GTA San Andreas; Carl Johnson himself also references (and curses) Claude's silence in his rage after seeing the run-down garage he won from Claude in a drag race. | ||
== Timeline == | |||
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*1992 - Living in [[San Andreas]], partaking in street and off road races, Claude Speed meets [[Catalina]] who offers him the opportunity to travel to [[Liberty City]] for a cut in a bank heist. He agrees, gives his [[San Fierro]] auto parts garage to [[CJ]] after losing to him in a race, and leaves with [[Catalina]]. | |||
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*2001 - After staying in San Andreas with Catalina for a few years, they finally fly to Liberty City for the bank job. Catalina teams up with the [[Colombian Cartel]] and [[Miguel]], then go ahead with the heist. Betraying Claude just after the escape, Catalina shoots him twice, leaving him to bleed in an alley next to the bank, he is thus captured by police and taken to hospital and then, jail. After his trial, Claude is taken on a routine transfer to Liberty Penitentiary, in convoy with scarred bomb expert Mullan, aka [[8-Ball]], as well as an elderly [[Oriental Gentleman]]. The convoy is ambushed by the Cartel, kidnapping the Oriental Gentleman. Claude and 8-Ball use the chance to escape and take out the police guards, shortly after, a bomb dropped by the Cartel explodes, devastating the [[Callahan Bridge]] and cutting off [[Portland]] from the rest of the city. After travelling to a hideout in the [[Red Light District]], 8-Ball introduces Claude to [[Luigi Goterelli]], a member of the [[Leone Family Mafia]], and a major influence in Portland. Using his new found mob connections, Claude works his way up the crime ladder of Liberty, eventually meeting the Don of the Leone Mafia, [[Salvatore Leone]] and coincidentally, his current girlfriend [[Maria Latore]]. Claude does a number of errands for Maria and she becomes somewhat attracted to him, even calling into the local talk radio show [[Chatterbox]] to share her feelings for her new love interest that "don't talk too much". After Salvatore orders Claude to blow up the Cartel's [[SPANK]] ship with the help of 8-Ball, he attempts to assasinate Claude by rigging a car with a bomb. Maria warns Claude before he can reach the car and asks to meet him on a pier. She explains that Salvatore is paranoid and doesn't trust anyone, so Claude then travels to [[Staunton Island]] with Maria and starts running errands for her friend in the Japanese Yakuza, [[Asuka Kasen]]. Eventually Asuka is killed by Catalina, who also kidnaps Maria and leaves a ransom note for $500,000, to be delivered to the Cartel Mansion in [[Shoreside Vale]]. Claude takes the money, but Maria is not returned and Catalina makes an escape in a helicopter to the [[Cochrane Dam]] whilst Claude fights his way out of the Cartel Mansion's compound, and gives chase once again. After a showdown with the Cartel at the dam, Claude destroys Catalina's helicopter, killing her. Satisfied with his revenge, he exits the dam with Maria who begins talking loudly and complaining about her broken nails. Presumably sick of her whining, Claude shoots and kills Maria, showing that he was never interested in her, and only seeked revenge on Catalina. | |||
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: Still living in Liberty, Claude continues his life as a carjacker. After working for several gangs in the area, he steals a van carrying [[Zaibatsu]] merchandise. This enrages the Zaibatsu and they send an assassin to kill Claude. After being shot in the back several times, Claude once again falls to a pool of blood to be found by paramedics and police. He is then cryogenically frozen to await trail in the future. | |||
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*2013 - Claude awakes in [[Anywhere City]], suffering from amnesia. Possibly being bailed out by the Zaibatsu, he is released from custody and begins to work for them, starting at the bottom of the crime ladder once again. He eventually takes over each district of Anywhere City and becomes "King". His story from then onwards is unknown.. | |||
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Revision as of 23:28, 28 May 2008
Claude is the playable protagonist of Grand Theft Auto III.
Claude's first chronological appearance in the Grand Theft Auto III-era Grand Theft Auto storyline is a cameo as a thug in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, where he races against, and loses to, Carl Johnson, all the while "pleasuring" Catalina, in 1992. After the race, Catalina informs Carl Johnson that the two of them need to keep their car to go to Liberty City, and instead of a pink slip, give him the deed to a run-down car garage in San Fierro. After leaving for Liberty City, Catalina phones Carl Johnson at certain plot points. One phone call seemingly indicates Catalina was intending to speak to Claude, mentioning Claude's first name; another has Catalina in mid-orgasm, screaming the same first name.
After leaving San Andreas, Claude and Catalina took part in a long string of crimes in several states. This ends in October 2001, when Catalina betrays Claude by shooting him shortly after a bank heist in Liberty City and leaves him for dead. After his arrest by the police, Claude is en route to prison when his prison transport is ambushed by Colombian Cartel commandos (who kidnap an oriental prisoner). He escapes with the help of 8-Ball, and works his way into the favour of the Leone Family.
He eventually helps destroy a large tanker of SPANK, a fictional drug that Catalina and her new accomplice Miguel are pushing around the city with the help of the Colombian Cartel. His help to the Leones at the beginning is rewarded with a death trap, from which he is saved by Don Salvatore Leone's lover, Maria. She introduces him to Asuka Kasen, who is with the local Yakuza. To prove that Claude has completely severed ties with the Leones in favor of the Yakuza, Asuka allows him to kill Salvatore.
Following the assassination, Claude works his way up the Yakuza ladder, gaining the favor of the Yakuza waka-gashira Kenji Kasen. He also meets a crooked cop named Ray, and Media Millionaire Donald Love. He is eventually asked to kill Kenji by Donald Love, and to frame the Colombian Cartel for the job, by driving a Cartel gang car. With Kenji dead, Asuka takes over the Yakuza, and becomes obsessed with revenge against the Cartel. She sends Claude on a number of missions to slow down the spread of SPANK in Liberty City. Eventually, Asuka is killed, and Maria is kidnapped, with a note from Catalina left behind. Claude confronts her, kills her after a lengthy battle, and saves Maria, if only to (apparently) kill her after having to deal with her whining.
There is said to be rumor that he is the Claude Speed in GTA 2 due to the fact he has some in common, but have diffrences too.
Silence
In contrast to the verbose protagonists of the later GTA games, Tommy Vercetti, Carl Johnson, Toni Cipriani, Victor Vance, and Niko Bellic Claude possesses qualities of a silent protagonist in GTA III, never seen or heard uttering a single word throughout his appearances (in GTA III, he has been heard uttering mild sounds of pain when injured or killed). During the course of the game, Maria makes a telephone call to Lazlow's show on Chatterbox FM, saying that she's met a new man but "he don't talk too much." Claude continued to be a silent character throughout GTA San Andreas; Carl Johnson himself also references (and curses) Claude's silence in his rage after seeing the run-down garage he won from Claude in a drag race.
Timeline
This timeline is based purely on speculation and gathered information, it is in no way official.
- 1992 - Living in San Andreas, partaking in street and off road races, Claude Speed meets Catalina who offers him the opportunity to travel to Liberty City for a cut in a bank heist. He agrees, gives his San Fierro auto parts garage to CJ after losing to him in a race, and leaves with Catalina.
- 2001 - After staying in San Andreas with Catalina for a few years, they finally fly to Liberty City for the bank job. Catalina teams up with the Colombian Cartel and Miguel, then go ahead with the heist. Betraying Claude just after the escape, Catalina shoots him twice, leaving him to bleed in an alley next to the bank, he is thus captured by police and taken to hospital and then, jail. After his trial, Claude is taken on a routine transfer to Liberty Penitentiary, in convoy with scarred bomb expert Mullan, aka 8-Ball, as well as an elderly Oriental Gentleman. The convoy is ambushed by the Cartel, kidnapping the Oriental Gentleman. Claude and 8-Ball use the chance to escape and take out the police guards, shortly after, a bomb dropped by the Cartel explodes, devastating the Callahan Bridge and cutting off Portland from the rest of the city. After travelling to a hideout in the Red Light District, 8-Ball introduces Claude to Luigi Goterelli, a member of the Leone Family Mafia, and a major influence in Portland. Using his new found mob connections, Claude works his way up the crime ladder of Liberty, eventually meeting the Don of the Leone Mafia, Salvatore Leone and coincidentally, his current girlfriend Maria Latore. Claude does a number of errands for Maria and she becomes somewhat attracted to him, even calling into the local talk radio show Chatterbox to share her feelings for her new love interest that "don't talk too much". After Salvatore orders Claude to blow up the Cartel's SPANK ship with the help of 8-Ball, he attempts to assasinate Claude by rigging a car with a bomb. Maria warns Claude before he can reach the car and asks to meet him on a pier. She explains that Salvatore is paranoid and doesn't trust anyone, so Claude then travels to Staunton Island with Maria and starts running errands for her friend in the Japanese Yakuza, Asuka Kasen. Eventually Asuka is killed by Catalina, who also kidnaps Maria and leaves a ransom note for $500,000, to be delivered to the Cartel Mansion in Shoreside Vale. Claude takes the money, but Maria is not returned and Catalina makes an escape in a helicopter to the Cochrane Dam whilst Claude fights his way out of the Cartel Mansion's compound, and gives chase once again. After a showdown with the Cartel at the dam, Claude destroys Catalina's helicopter, killing her. Satisfied with his revenge, he exits the dam with Maria who begins talking loudly and complaining about her broken nails. Presumably sick of her whining, Claude shoots and kills Maria, showing that he was never interested in her, and only seeked revenge on Catalina.
- Still living in Liberty, Claude continues his life as a carjacker. After working for several gangs in the area, he steals a van carrying Zaibatsu merchandise. This enrages the Zaibatsu and they send an assassin to kill Claude. After being shot in the back several times, Claude once again falls to a pool of blood to be found by paramedics and police. He is then cryogenically frozen to await trail in the future.
- 2013 - Claude awakes in Anywhere City, suffering from amnesia. Possibly being bailed out by the Zaibatsu, he is released from custody and begins to work for them, starting at the bottom of the crime ladder once again. He eventually takes over each district of Anywhere City and becomes "King". His story from then onwards is unknown..