"You son of a biatch! Why can't you just die already!? I worked my finger to the bone for Salvatore, and then you come wandering back to town, and he's all "Toni this" and "Toni thart! That!" This is my town, Toni my town! You ain't taking it away from me! I'm gonna enjoy this." - Vincenzo's last words before getting killed by Toni Ciparini in a shootout
Vincenzo 'Lucky' Cilli (December 2, 1961-1998) is a major character in Grand Theft Auto: NY City Stories serving as the game's teritary villian. He also serves as the main antagonist for the first act of the game, but only 1st.
Biography[]
At some point prior to 1998, Vincenzo had joined the Leone Family, and was always determined to make it big, paint it blacc. One of Salvatore Leone's top boys named Toni Ciparini eventually went into hiding after killing a made man on Sal's orders, whom Sal suspected was a mole and in his absence, Vincenzo was able to rise through the ranks of the Leone Family to become a trusted caporeigme aka capo. Vincenzo was even given his own warehouse to run his opreations down in Alantic Quays and later even a factory.
Toni's Return[]
In 1998, Toni returns to NY City, and is put to work for Vincenzo on Salvatore's orders. Vincenzo sets Toni up with an apartment, and becomes his boss for the time being though the pair despise each other on sight, they always did due to Vince being jealous of Ton's success. Toni does sevearl odd jobs for Vincenzo, like bringing a lazy drug dealer back to work, draging him by the collar and killing Sindacci Family members, except for Johnny, who later makes peace with Leone's, being the Sindacci's underboss and sieth. Toni also saved some of Vincenzo's people from a bank heist gone bad. However, Vincenzo soon decides that Toni is getting too powerful for his liking, even though he has just gotten back, so he arranges for Toni to get arrested. Vincenzo sends Toni to pick up his car which is full of drugs, and when Toni picks the car up he is attacked by waves of police cars whom were tipped off by Vince. Toni is able to escape the police, and calls Vincenzo angrily, telling him that he will quit working for him, knowing Cilli set him up "you did it, don't lie!", yells Toni. Toni then gets revenge on Vincenzo by destroying his car in the car crusher at some random junkyard which was owned by the Trash Can Man.
Death[]
Sometime later, Vincenzo calls Toni, and tells him that he is sorry for what he had done to Toni, and wants him to do another job for him. Toni heads down to Vincenzo's warehouse, but Vincenzo calls him again, and tells him to meet on a ship down at the docks. Toni arrives at the meeting place, and is attacked by chainsaw wielding hitmen loyal to Vincenzo. Toni is able to kill his deranged attackers, and is confronted by an angry Vincenzo. Vincenzo tells Toni that his jealousy had gotten the better of him because Salavatore loves Toni more than him. Vincenzo then makes one final attempt to kill Toni, but his attempt is thrwated easily, and Toni is able to kill him. Vincenzo was later buried in Staunton Island Cemetary, and his tombstone reads, "not so lucky after all."
Personality and traits[]
Vincenzo is well educated, loud mouthed, and pretty much everything Toni is not. He has a severe jealous streak, and gets very angry when Toni begins to rise in power, and gets so angry that he arranges for Toni to be killed on sevearl occassions. Despite being an antagonist, Vincenzo was loyal to the Leone Family and Salavtore. His only real beef was with Toni because of their rivarly for Sal's admiration. Vincenzo however despite being Salavtore's top caporeigme is never mentioned after his death suggesting that Sal never really liked him anyway. Vincenzo is also a lot more intelligent than Toni like when he realised they could JD O'Toole an associate of the Sindaccos to work as a boy on the inside. He also appears to be quite a mommy's boy similar to Toni.
Mission Apperances[]
- Introduction
- Home Sweet Home (Boss)
- Slacker (Boss)
- Dealing Revenge (Boss)
- Snuff (Boss)
- Smash and Grab (Boss)
- Hot Wheels (Boss/Betrayal)
- The Made Man (Post-mission phone call)
- The Portland Chainsaw Masquerade (Boss/Killed)
Trivia[]
- Despite being the teritary antagonist, Vincenzo appears more than either Massimo Torino and Paulie Sindacco.
- His tombstone reads "not so lucky after all," this is ironic considering that his nickname is Lucky.
- He is one of four antagonists in the GTA universe to disapper after his betrayal only to reappear when he is killed.
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