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[[File:TheCook-GTAIV.jpg|thumb|300px|[[The Cook]] inspecting one of the diamonds to have been sold during the opening cinematic of [[Grand Theft Auto IV]]. The diamonds are being mixed into a cake batter, presumably to be smuggled into the country after being stolen from Rodislav Bulgarin.]]
[[File:TheCook-GTAIV.jpg|thumb|300px|[[The Cook]] inspecting one of the diamonds to have been sold during the opening cinematic of [[Grand Theft Auto IV]]. The diamonds are being mixed into a cake batter, presumably to be smuggled into the country after being stolen from Ray Bulgarin.]]


The '''Diamonds''' are featured in [[Grand Theft Auto IV]], [[The Lost and Damned]] and [[The Ballad of Gay Tony]] wherein they are involved in many scenarios also involving the [[Protagonist|protagonists]], [[Niko Bellic]], [[Johnny Klebitz]] and [[Luis Fernando Lopez]] as well as many others. Detailed below are the many different scenarios that take place involving the diamonds and the different people that gain possession of them each time. The diamonds are the main purpose which led to the [[Impossible Trinity]] in GTA IV and [[Impossible Trinity|Diamonds Forever]] in TBOGT achievements.
The '''Diamonds''' are featured in [[Grand Theft Auto IV]], [[The Lost and Damned]] and [[The Ballad of Gay Tony]] wherein they are involved in many scenarios also involving the [[Protagonist|protagonists]], [[Niko Bellic]], [[Johnny Klebitz]] and [[Luis Fernando Lopez]] as well as many others. Detailed below are the many different scenarios that take place involving the diamonds and the different people that gain possession of them each time. The diamonds are the main purpose which led to the [[Impossible Trinity]] in GTA IV and [[Impossible Trinity|Diamonds Forever]] in TBOGT achievements/trophies.


== Description ==
Below explains how the diamonds went around Liberty City, who was involved with them and why.
The diamonds arrived in Liberty City on the Platypus, the ship that also brought Niko Bellic to the city. They are believed to have been stolen from original owner Rodislav Bulgarin, who is a previous employer of Niko's. The cook on the ship hid them inside a cake in order to smuggle them into the city.


Bulgarin later arrived in the city for two reasons: to find a retrieve his diamonds, and to find and kill Niko whom he believed to have intentionally sunk one of Bulgarin's ships and fled with his money. In fact, the ship was raided and did sink, though Niko bailed and had to swim for his life.
==Description==
The cook smuggled the diamonds into [[Liberty City]] by hiding them in a cake mixture. They were brought in along with [[Niko Bellic]] aboard the [[Platypus]]. Eventually, [[Maisonette 9]] owner [[Anthony Prince | Anthony "Gay Tony" Prince]], his boyfriend [[Evan Moss]], and bodyguard/business partner [[Luis Fernando Lopez]] [[Frosting On The Cake|met with the cook to buy the diamonds]]. [[Ray Boccino]] however, having learned of the diamonds, sent [[Johnny Klebitz]] and [[The Lost MC]] to [[Diamonds in the Rough|crash the meet and steal them]].


Below explains how the diamonds went around Liberty City, who was invloved with them and why.
After buying the diamonds, Luis noticed Johnny and the bikers approaching and pushed Tony into a limousine, while shouting to Evan, who was holding the diamonds, to get them to Maisonette 9. Johnny sent numerous Lost members after Luis and Tony while he chased Evan. Luis and Tony managed to fend off the bikers, but Evan was caught by Johnny and killed, and the diamonds were taken. Johnny followed Ray's orders to hide the diamonds in two trash bags, which would later be [[Taking in the Trash|collected by Niko Bellic, Luca Silvestri and his crew while disguised as trash collectors]].


== Fate/Consequences ==
Niko left [[Luca Silvestri|Luca]] with the diamonds as instructed, but then Luca and his crew plotted to steal the diamonds and flee to [[Las Venturas]]. Niko soon caught them before they left and [[Meltdown (GTA IV)|killed them all in Middle Park]], before taking back the diamonds and returning them to Ray.
Nobody who struggled for the diamonds ever owned them permanently
Apparently, all of the protagonists in GTA IV and both episodes never accomplished in permanently owning the diamonds in their storylines, apart from stealing them. Most ''everyone'' aside from the GTA player characters that had physically touched the diamonds are killed between the three games, either in a directly related way, or in some unrelated mission.


In addition, the original owner of the diamonds was [[Rodislav Bulgarin|Bulgarin]], though he was the owner, he was [[Departure Time|killed]] by Luis for getting revenge on him. Below are the consequences of the people that stole and owned them. The consequences are been based on the storyline.
Eventually, Ray found a buyer for the diamonds in the form of [[Isaac Roth]] and the [[Jewish Mob]]. He sent Johnny and Niko to do the [[Museum Piece|deal with Isaac]]. Niko took the diamonds to the [[Libertonian Museum]] where [[Collector's Item|Johnny would meet him]]. Ray's plan was for them to successfully sell the diamonds, with Johnny and Niko each taking half of the profits.


=== Protagonists ===
Unfortunately, Luis Lopez [[Not So Fast|ambushed the deal]] after learning what was going down, shooting and killing [[Mori Green]]. This sparked chaos in the museum, and Johnny snatched the cash, while Isaac grabbed the diamonds. Both Niko and Johnny fought through the Jewish Mob and escaped, but Niko left with nothing. Amidst the riot, Luis caught Isaac and knocked him out, retrieving the diamonds. He then also escaped and gave them to Tony, who secured them in his safe.
==== Niko Bellic ====
Niko arrived in Liberty City on the Platypus to meet his cousin Roman. Unfortunately, Roman was in serious debt, forcing Niko to fight off his attackers. Eventually, this led to his invlovement with the Russian Bravta and Dimitri Rascalov, a friend of Rodislav Bulgarin, Niko's previous employer. Niko befriended the McReary family and was soon inrduced to Ray Boccino. Seeing this as an oppertunity to make some real money, Niko lended his skills and worked as a hired gun.


Niko only held the diamonds twice. The first time, only for a few minutes, after he took them from [[Luca Silvestri]]'s body in the mission [[Meltdown]] and handed them back to [[Ray Boccino]]. The second, before and during the [[Museum Piece|trade]] with [[Isaac Roth]] at the Libertonian museum. After he handed them to [[Mori Green]], Luis Lopez interrupted in meeting with AK fire. Johnny Klebitz grabbed the $2,000,000 and escaped, Luis took the diamonds and returned them to Tony, while Niko was only interested in getting out alive and escaped with nothing.
Because Johnny stole the money, Ray sent [[No Way on the Subway|Niko to kill Johnny's best friend]], [[Jim Fitzgerald]], after [[Was It Worth It?|failing to do so himself]]. Johnny was then attacked by numerous groups of hitmen but managed to survive, only to learn that Jim had indeed been killed. Johnny was then [[Get Lost|advised by acquaintance]]; congressman [[Thomas Stubbs]] to stay away from Ray, as Stubbs correctly predicted that Ray would be either [[Pest Control|dead]] or in jail within a month.
Later, Gerald McReary, who was in league with Ray and the Pegorinos, got his brother Packie, and Niko, a friend of the McReary family to kidknap Gracie Ancelotti to force Luis and Tony into trading the diamonds for Gracie. Niko saw them again in the meeting with Luis, during [[Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend|the exchange]], but he and Packie were forced to fight off Ray Bulgarin's goons after he ambushed the deal. They were ultimately unsuccessful when the diamonds were dropped into a garbage truck by one of Bulgarin's men, and Niko and Packie' efforts were all for nothing as they left empty handed.


==== Johnny Klebitz ====
Isaac Roth, having regained consciousness in the museum, fled to the [[Majestic Hotel]] and began falsely accusing Ray of setting up the deal in order to keep both the diamonds and the money. Isaac threatened to have Ray killed, so Ray promptly sent [[Late Checkout|Niko to the Majestic to finish off Isaac and the Jewish Mob]]. After doing this, Niko refused to do any more work for Ray.
Like Niko, Johnny did not know or care who owned the diamonds, he only wanted the money for himself and the Lost MC, as a side note, Johnny's ex-girlfriend, Ashley was also friends with Ray.
Johnny first held the diamonds after he picked them up from [[Evan Moss]]' corpse, but then placed them in garbage bags afterwards and never touched them again. They were soon recovered from the garbage by Niko and Luca.


After [[Johnny Klebitz|Johnny]] stole the $2,000,000 that was meant for [[Ray Boccino]] and [[Jimmy Pegorino]], Ray ordered Niko to kill Johnny's best friend [[Jim Fitzgerald|Jim]] and sent multiple hit squads after Johnny. Ray also trashed the Lost MC clubhouse and conspired with Billy against Johnny. After this, [[Thomas Stubbs III]] advised Johnny to leave Ray alone and take out Billy. Eventually, Ray was killed by Niko after being ordered to do so by Jimmy Pegorino. After the theft of the diamond money, The Lost MC is wiped out at the end of the game as they suffered from massive in war, and the trashing of the Clubhouse by Ray's men. Johnny decided it was best to burn the clubhouse down.
Ray's boss, [[James Pegorino]], soon came up with a plan to get the diamonds back from Tony and Luis. They used their small time associates, the McRearys, and Niko to [[I'll Take Her|kidnap Tony's friend]] [[Gracie Ancelotti]] and hold her for ransom to coax Tony into giving up the diamonds for Gracie herself. After the Ancelotti's [[She's a Keeper|failed to get Gracie back by force]], and with Luis and Tony facing death threats from Gracie's father, they gave in and arrived to exchange the diamonds. Niko and his friend [[Packie McReary]] [[Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend|met with Luis and Tony]] on [[Charge Island]]. The deal would have gone to plan if not for the interruption of Bulgarin, who seeked to reclaim his diamonds which he believed Luis had stolen and also to kill Niko, his former employee.


==== Luis Lopez ====
Bulgarin ordered his men to attack the exchange and kill everyone. [[Ladies Half Price|Luis, Tony and Gracie quickly fled the scene]], but Niko and Packie cut down many of Bulgarin's men and chased the one holding the diamonds. When Niko and Packie cornered him, he intentionally dropped them into a waste truck to ensure that nobody could have them, reasoning that Bulgarin would have later killed him if he was to give them up. Ultimately, Niko and Packie left empty-handed.
Luis got inolved as a favour to his boss, Tony "Gay Tony" Prince, who did want to keep the diamonds. He and Luis did not know who the diamonds belonged to when they bought them.
Luis tagged along when Gay Tony went to buy the diamons from the cook. This purchase was crashed by Johnny and the Lost. The cook fled, and Tony's boyfriend Evan Moss tried to get back to Maisonette 9 with the diamonds. Johnny ordered a group of Lost members to chase Luis and Tony, while he caught up with Evan, killed him and took the diamonds, then put them in the trash for Niko to collect. Luis managed to keep the Lost members at bay by using sticky bombs. Eventually, Tony informed Luis that the diamonds were ready to be sold in the museum, prompting Luis to head there and recover them in the mission [[Not So Fast]]. Niko handed the diamonds over to [[Mori Green]] to inspect, but Luis pops up and shoots him. Johnny grabs the loose cash and [[Issac Roth]] grabed the diamonds from Mori's body and hid under a table. While Niko and Johnny were busy fighting off the Jewish mob, Luis found Issac hiding and knocked him out with his his AK, taking the diamonds. Luis escaped and delivered them back to Tony, who secured them in his safe.


After Ray Bulgarin finds out that Tony and Luis have his diamonds, he lures Luis into a trap to try and kill him. Luis escapes and warns Tony that Bulgarin is now after them. As a result of the botched deal, Niko and the McReary mob kidknap Tony's friend Gracie Ancelotti in order to coax Tony and Luis into trading the diamonds for Gracie herself. Gracie's father threatens to kill both Luis and Tony unless they go through with the deal and return Gracie. Under threat from Bulgarin also, they decide to take their chances with Bulgarin and trade the diamonds. As stated, Bulgarin [[Ladies Half Price|crashes the exchange]] and orders his men to attack both parties. One of Bulgarin's men gets the diamonds, and while Niko and Packie fight off the goons to get them, Luis, Tony and Gracie escape on their boat.
A short while later, Luis was walking through Meadows Park to meet with Tony, shortly after [[Departure Time|killing Bulgarin aboard his private jet]]. He accidentally bumped into [[Jerry Kapowitz]], who fell to the ground knocking over a trash bin. After apologizing, Luis continued on, but Jerry noticed that amongst the split trash, lied the small pouch of diamonds. He examined them before running off with excitement.


=== ===
According to a [[Liberty Tree]] report, over 100 people contested Jerry and claimed ownership of the diamonds, but Mayor [[Julio Ochoa]] finally allowed Jerry to keep the money made from selling them. He later bought a mansion in [[Alderney]], contrary to reports that he planned to move to [[Vice City in GTA IV Era|Vice City]] and open a gun and liquor store.
 
=== Others ===
 
==== Rodislav "Ray" Bulgarin ====
 
Bulgarin is the former employer of Niko Bellic, and claims he is the owner of the diamonds. They were stolen from him and found their way into the hands of the cook, who smuggled them into Liberty City. He is after both Niko and the diamonds. First, he meets with old friend Dimitri Rascalov, to help him kill Niko whom he belives stole his money. Niko and his friend Jacob kill the Russians however while Bulgarin and Dimitri escape.
 
 
After learning that the cook was in possesion of his diamonds, and that Tony and Luis Lopez were buying them from him, he murdered the cook and lured Luis into a trap. Luis escaped and warned Tony. He next appeared at the diamond exchange, where he tried to kill Niko and Luis again, but both escaped for a second time, and his diamonds were lost for good.
 
 
He would eventually try to get Luis to kill Tony in exchange for his own life, but Luis chased Bulgarin to his private jet, before he was about to escape back to Russia. He detonates a grenade, killing himself after Luis shoots him.
 
==== Ray Boccino ====
Ray was the first person to introduce the diamonds to Niko and Johnny. Initially ordering Johnny to attack Tony at the meet with the cook and steal the diamonds. Most of Ray's tasks to Niko and Johnny succeed, until they eventually come to sell the diamonds to the Jewish mob. After the deal is ambushed by Luis, who takes the diamonds, Johnny decides to steal all of the cash for the Lost MC, instead of splitting it with Niko and Ray. Niko only escaped with his life. Ray immediatley sends Niko out to kill Johnny and the Lost, however Niko only finds and kills Jim Fitzgerald, Johnny's best friend. Ray sends a hit squad to Alderney to deal with Johnny instead. Johnny calls on his friends Terry and Clay to help deal with Ray's guys, while Niko is introduced to Jimmy Pegorino. In anger, Ray destroys the Lost MC clubhouse, and conspires with their former leader Billy Grey, who is in prison, to turn states and rat on the club in order to get Johnny sent down. However, Thomas Stubbs III, a congressman who Johnny had previously assisted, persuades Johnny to stay well away from Ray, as Stubbs predicted he would soon be killed also. His prediction proved correct, when Pegorino ordered Niko to do the job.
 
==== Luca Silvestri, Joseph DiLeo and John Barbosa ====
Ray Boccino asked Niko to collect the diamonds that Johnny had stashed, from the trashbags. Niko, Luca, Joseph and John, all disguised as binmen, recovered the diamonds, and Niko left Luca to deliver them to Ray. Instead, Ray's plan hit a minor hiccup when Luca and his crew attepted to make off with the diamonds to Las Venturas. He told Niko to get the diamonds back. Niko impulsively killed Luca's crew in Middle Park, and then Luca also, taking the diamonds and returning them to Ray.
 
====The Cook ====
The cook smuggled the diamonds into Liberty City. He sold them to Gay Tony and fled the scene when the Lost MC crashed the meet. He was eventually captured and interogated by Bulgarin. When he revealed that Tony and Luis bought the diamonds, Bulgarin killed the cook and put his severed head in a box for Luis to discover.
 
====Evan Moss ====
During the missions [[Diamonds in the Rough]]/[[Frosting on the Cake]], when Tony buys the diamonds, Evan Moss, Tony's boyfriend asked if he could hold them. Luis handed the cook his money, but turned around and saw Johnny approaching. Luis shouted at Evan, telling him to take the diamonds to Maisonette 9, but Johnny chased him down, killed him and stole the diamonds before he reached the club.
 
====Isaac Roth====
Isaac Roth was the buyer Ray had found for the stolen diamonds. Johnny and Niko again teamed up to sell them on behalf of Ray, but after Luis shot up the deal, he took the diamonds and tried to hide in the museum. He was found by Luis and tried to make a deal with Luis to split the loot if he helped him escape. Luis knocked Isaac unconcious and took the diamonds to Tony. When Isaac awoke to find most of his crew dead, he hid by taking a room in the [[Majestic Hotel]]. However, as Ray was without his money or the diamonds, he sends Niko to the hotel, where Isaac and his crew are killed.
 
====Mori Green====
Mori was the partner of Issac Roth. They were about to buy the diamonds off of Niko and Johnny, but as Mori ispected the diamonds, Luis popped out of his hiding spot and shot Mori with an AK, killing him. This sparked the chaos in the museum.
 
====Bulgarin's Goon====
One of Bulgarin's goons was fast enough to take the diamonds off the ground in front of [[Niko]] and [[Packie]], after Tony had placed them there in return for Gracie, during the exchange. Luis, Tony and Gracie quickly fled the scene, but Niko and Packie fought through Bulgarin's men until they cornered the one holding the diamonds. Packie promised to let the goon go if he handed the diamonds over, but the man said Bulgarin would kill him if he did. He decided he would not let anybody have them and dropped them into a waste truck, Packie killed the goon as a result, calling him a "selfish cocksucking peice of shit". Niko remarked that the whole thing had "Fucked up, as usual".
 
====Jerry Kapowitz ====
Jerry was a homeless man living in Liberty City. He is first seen when [[Vladimir Glebov]] tells [[Niko Bellic]] to [[Clean Getaway|steal a Blista]] for him, not long after Niko first arrives in the city. Jerry asks Vlad for some change, but he is nastily scolded by Vlad. He is not seen again in the main game, but is mentioned on the internet. He finally appears in the final cutscene for [[Departure Time]]. After the diamonds were dropped into the waste truck by Bulgarin's goon, they eventually got transported to a rubbish bin in Meadows Park. Luis Lopez was walking through the park to meet Tony, shortly after parachuting from Bulgarin's plane. He accidentally bumped into Jerry knocking him and the rubbish bin over. Luis apologized and continued on, while Jerry noticed the pouch of diamonds amidst the spilt trash. Jerry was overwhelmed with glee and ran away with the diamonds. Soon, over 100 people falsely claimed ownership of them, but Mayor Julio Ochoa decided to allow Jerry to keep them. The credits for [[The Ballad Of Gay Tony]] reveal he bought a mansion in Alderney, contrary to reports that he planned to open a liquor shop and gun store in [[Vice City in GTA IV Era|Vice City]].


== Mission appearances ==
== Mission appearances ==
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* [[Diamonds in the Rough]] (TLAD) and [[Frosting on the Cake]] (TBOGT)
* [[Diamonds in the Rough]] (TLAD) and [[Frosting on the Cake]] (TBOGT)
* [[Taking in the Trash]] (GTA IV)
* [[Taking in the Trash]] (GTA IV)
* [[Meltdown]] (GTA IV)
* [[Meltdown (GTA IV)|Meltdown]] (GTA IV)
* [[Museum Piece]] (GTA IV), [[Collector's Item]] (TLAD) and [[Not So Fast]] (TBOGT)
* [[Museum Piece]] (GTA IV), [[Collector's Item]] (TLAD) and [[Not So Fast]] (TBOGT)
* [[Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend]] (GTA IV) and [[Ladies Half Price]] (TBOGT)
* [[Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend]] (GTA IV) and [[Ladies Half Price]] (TBOGT)
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== Trivia ==
== Trivia ==
* Niko mentions that the diamonds have been cursed and caused nothing but problems, which may actually be true, since everybody, except the protagonists, [[Gay Tony]] and the final owner of the diamonds, who touched the diamonds in some way, have been killed.
*Everybody who touched or held the diamonds besides Niko, Luis, and Tony have been killed. Ironically, Jerry Kapowitz was not involved in any way, and never even knew of their existence, but was eventually the one to have them for himself.
* The chronology of the missions in which this diamond deal takes place is a bit off between games. In The Lost and Damned, Johnny is sent by Ray to the deal immediately after kidnapping Roman for the Russians, whereas in GTA IV Niko has already rescued Roman from the Russians before he has even met Ray.
 
*Where the diamonds ended up is not chronologically correct either. On the Liberty Tree website the diamonds were supposedly heading to the dump (after which one of Bulgarin's men threw them onto the back of a truck). However Jerry Kapowitz finds them in the trash at the Monoglobe in Meadows Park.
*Where the diamonds ended up is not chronologically correct. On the Liberty Tree website the diamonds were supposedly heading to the dump (after which one of Bulgarin's men threw them onto the back of a truck). However Jerry Kapowitz finds them in the trash at the Monoglobe in Meadows Park, either they were somehow transported to the bin, or it is a minor retcon.
 
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Latest revision as of 21:41, 17 September 2014

The Cook inspecting one of the diamonds to have been sold during the opening cinematic of Grand Theft Auto IV. The diamonds are being mixed into a cake batter, presumably to be smuggled into the country after being stolen from Ray Bulgarin.

The Diamonds are featured in Grand Theft Auto IV, The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony wherein they are involved in many scenarios also involving the protagonists, Niko Bellic, Johnny Klebitz and Luis Fernando Lopez as well as many others. Detailed below are the many different scenarios that take place involving the diamonds and the different people that gain possession of them each time. The diamonds are the main purpose which led to the Impossible Trinity in GTA IV and Diamonds Forever in TBOGT achievements/trophies.

Below explains how the diamonds went around Liberty City, who was involved with them and why.

Description

The cook smuggled the diamonds into Liberty City by hiding them in a cake mixture. They were brought in along with Niko Bellic aboard the Platypus. Eventually, Maisonette 9 owner Anthony "Gay Tony" Prince, his boyfriend Evan Moss, and bodyguard/business partner Luis Fernando Lopez met with the cook to buy the diamonds. Ray Boccino however, having learned of the diamonds, sent Johnny Klebitz and The Lost MC to crash the meet and steal them.

After buying the diamonds, Luis noticed Johnny and the bikers approaching and pushed Tony into a limousine, while shouting to Evan, who was holding the diamonds, to get them to Maisonette 9. Johnny sent numerous Lost members after Luis and Tony while he chased Evan. Luis and Tony managed to fend off the bikers, but Evan was caught by Johnny and killed, and the diamonds were taken. Johnny followed Ray's orders to hide the diamonds in two trash bags, which would later be collected by Niko Bellic, Luca Silvestri and his crew while disguised as trash collectors.

Niko left Luca with the diamonds as instructed, but then Luca and his crew plotted to steal the diamonds and flee to Las Venturas. Niko soon caught them before they left and killed them all in Middle Park, before taking back the diamonds and returning them to Ray.

Eventually, Ray found a buyer for the diamonds in the form of Isaac Roth and the Jewish Mob. He sent Johnny and Niko to do the deal with Isaac. Niko took the diamonds to the Libertonian Museum where Johnny would meet him. Ray's plan was for them to successfully sell the diamonds, with Johnny and Niko each taking half of the profits.

Unfortunately, Luis Lopez ambushed the deal after learning what was going down, shooting and killing Mori Green. This sparked chaos in the museum, and Johnny snatched the cash, while Isaac grabbed the diamonds. Both Niko and Johnny fought through the Jewish Mob and escaped, but Niko left with nothing. Amidst the riot, Luis caught Isaac and knocked him out, retrieving the diamonds. He then also escaped and gave them to Tony, who secured them in his safe.

Because Johnny stole the money, Ray sent Niko to kill Johnny's best friend, Jim Fitzgerald, after failing to do so himself. Johnny was then attacked by numerous groups of hitmen but managed to survive, only to learn that Jim had indeed been killed. Johnny was then advised by acquaintance; congressman Thomas Stubbs to stay away from Ray, as Stubbs correctly predicted that Ray would be either dead or in jail within a month.

Isaac Roth, having regained consciousness in the museum, fled to the Majestic Hotel and began falsely accusing Ray of setting up the deal in order to keep both the diamonds and the money. Isaac threatened to have Ray killed, so Ray promptly sent Niko to the Majestic to finish off Isaac and the Jewish Mob. After doing this, Niko refused to do any more work for Ray.

Ray's boss, James Pegorino, soon came up with a plan to get the diamonds back from Tony and Luis. They used their small time associates, the McRearys, and Niko to kidnap Tony's friend Gracie Ancelotti and hold her for ransom to coax Tony into giving up the diamonds for Gracie herself. After the Ancelotti's failed to get Gracie back by force, and with Luis and Tony facing death threats from Gracie's father, they gave in and arrived to exchange the diamonds. Niko and his friend Packie McReary met with Luis and Tony on Charge Island. The deal would have gone to plan if not for the interruption of Bulgarin, who seeked to reclaim his diamonds which he believed Luis had stolen and also to kill Niko, his former employee.

Bulgarin ordered his men to attack the exchange and kill everyone. Luis, Tony and Gracie quickly fled the scene, but Niko and Packie cut down many of Bulgarin's men and chased the one holding the diamonds. When Niko and Packie cornered him, he intentionally dropped them into a waste truck to ensure that nobody could have them, reasoning that Bulgarin would have later killed him if he was to give them up. Ultimately, Niko and Packie left empty-handed.

A short while later, Luis was walking through Meadows Park to meet with Tony, shortly after killing Bulgarin aboard his private jet. He accidentally bumped into Jerry Kapowitz, who fell to the ground knocking over a trash bin. After apologizing, Luis continued on, but Jerry noticed that amongst the split trash, lied the small pouch of diamonds. He examined them before running off with excitement.

According to a Liberty Tree report, over 100 people contested Jerry and claimed ownership of the diamonds, but Mayor Julio Ochoa finally allowed Jerry to keep the money made from selling them. He later bought a mansion in Alderney, contrary to reports that he planned to move to Vice City and open a gun and liquor store.

Mission appearances

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

Trivia

  • Everybody who touched or held the diamonds besides Niko, Luis, and Tony have been killed. Ironically, Jerry Kapowitz was not involved in any way, and never even knew of their existence, but was eventually the one to have them for himself.
  • Where the diamonds ended up is not chronologically correct. On the Liberty Tree website the diamonds were supposedly heading to the dump (after which one of Bulgarin's men threw them onto the back of a truck). However Jerry Kapowitz finds them in the trash at the Monoglobe in Meadows Park, either they were somehow transported to the bin, or it is a minor retcon.


The Lost and Damned
Characters Characters | Johnny Klebitz | Billy Grey | Ashley Butler | Category
Content Radio Content | Trailers | TV Shows | Vehicles | Websites | Weapons
Gameplay Completion | Cheats | Missions | Multiplayer | Seagulls
Plot Related Diamonds | Heroin | Impossible Trinity (Museum Piece, Collector's Item, and Not So Fast)


The Ballad of Gay Tony
Characters Characters | Luis Lopez | Gay Tony | Ray Bulgarin | Gracie Ancelotti | Category
Content Features | Radio content | Safehouses | Trailers | Vehicles | Weapons
Gameplay Achievements/Trophies | Cheats | Missions | Nightclubs (Maisonette 9 and Hercules) | Seagulls
Plot Related Diamonds | Heroin | Impossible Trinity (Museum Piece, Collector's Item, and Not So Fast)
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