History Characters / MafiaIII

* GodzillaThreshold: For the entirety of the game he is against Lincoln's scorched earth approach to fighting, but in the ''Sign of the Times'' DLC he, for all intents and purposes, gives Lincoln his blessing to do all he needs to in order to wipe out The Ensanglante [[spoiler:after Anna's death]].

* EveryoneHasStandards: Even Maguire has nothing good to say about Remy Duvall, the Southern Union, and anything to do with them. At points, he ''almost'' commends Lincoln for taking them down.

** RevisitingTheColdCase: After his retirement, he revisits it via making his entire office about the Lincoln Clay case with photos, newspaper clippings, reports and even old tapes about the case.

* AxCrazy: Fueled by his alcohol abuse. He also [[spoiler:killed Roman Balbieri in an extremely brutal way]].
* BloodKnight: This is even more evident when he takes over New Bordeaux.

* KnifeNut: Lincoln is warned that Sonny Blue favors using knives on his deadbeats.

* {{Catchphrase}}: He always ends his show on the phrase "When The Hollow speaks, you better listen", or some variant thereof.

* CoolCar: A black Samson Drifter which he, Ellis and Danny worked on. He gets it back after dealing with Michael Greco.

* FedToPigs: Well, fed to [[CementShoes FISH]], but it is what Vito implies he'll do to Greco after torturing the information he needed out of him - after knocking Greco out, he says "even fish need to eat", and starts up a ConveyorBeltOfDoom, [[NothingIsScarier but Lincoln simply walks out before we see what happens afterwards]].

* FlippingTheBird: In the "Burn Like Napalm" mission during the "jungle fights," Lincoln can play the heel to the crowd and give them the double finger.

* VillainWithGoodPublicity: [[spoiler: If he chooses to rule New Bordeaux, he becomes this while doing all the things Sal was doing.]] Zig-zagged during the main game as his KickTheSonOfABitch treatment of the Dixie Mob, mob, and Southern Union gets him praise in the black community while alarming the white residents.

* ConspicuousTrenchcoat: Vito puts on a fedora and trenchcoat when he leaves River Row, which ends up making him look at least a decade behind the times in New Bordeaux.

* MalcolmXerox: Cassandra's not only hates the white criminal gangs who run the underworld in New Bordeaux, but also the establishment in general. She considers Sammy Robinson a traitor for working under Sal Marcano, and her loyalty missions involve arming the black residents of Delray Hollow with weapons stolen from the Dixie Mafia. Lincoln doesn't take her militant views seriously. [[spoiler:If Cassandra takes over New Bordeaux, she runs the entire city into the ground as she starts and loses a war with the government.]]

* AxCrazy: PlayedWith. The trauma of having witnessed the massacre of his family without being able to do anything turned him into an unstoppable, nightmarish killing machine who will not hesitate to commit a huge disaster on a riverboat to ambush uncle Marcano or brutally killing his targets. On the other hand, this could be downplayed if he opts to take down many of his targets non-lethally, or limit his killing sprees to those actively gunning for him.

!!"Uncle" Lou Marcano

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: In his only meeting with Lincoln, he's shown to be a rather approachable and reasonable man, [[spoiler:stating that he would either allow Lincoln to walk away should he refuse to be the next crime lord of New Bordeaux, and that should he take up Marcano's mantle Leo only asks that he and the Commission receive the usual 15 percent cut of the earnings the Clay Crime Syndicate makes.]]

* {{Nepotism}: Heavily implied to be the reason why he's put in charge of River Row, though it's also made clear that his men only answer to him on Sal's orders.

* TotallyNotACriminalFront: The Southern Union presents itself, at least through Remy Duvall and among the richer members, as just a peaceful fraternity concerned about the well-being of New Bordeaux's citizens. Not too unlike how the real KKK tried to disguise itself in some parts of the South as social clubs to elude the Feds.

* LegitimateBusinessmensSocialClub: The Southern Union presents itself, at least through Remy Duvall and among the richer members, as just a peaceful fraternity concerned about the well-being of New Bordeaux's citizens. Not too unlike how the real KKK tried to disguise itself in some parts of the South as social clubs to elude the Feds.

! The Marcano Family

[[folder:General]]

The most powerful criminal (or legal) organization in New Bordeaux. The Marcano Family controls the city through blackmail, bribes, and its extensive criminal holdings. The organization is headed by Sal Marcano and his immediate family but has a network of lieutenants spread across the city as well as alliances with other criminal organizations.
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* BigBad: Sal is this to the entire city of New Bordeaux.
* BigScrewedUpFamily: The literal Marcano family has a lot of problems bubbling underneath its seemingly picturesque surface.
* ConspicuousTrenchcoat: Marcano Family {{Mooks}} wearing trenchcoats appear in later portions of the game, favoring high-end weapons.
* TheDon: Sal Marcano holds this position in the family but were he to be killed, one of his brothers would take over. Which is why Lincoln Clay is saving Sal for last.
* TheDragon: Despite being Sal's precious son, Giorgi does much of the mob's legwork.
* EqualOpportunityEvil: Averted. Goes from employing the Black Mob and Irish Mob to allying with the Dixie Mob and Southern Union. And they don't care about any groups that aren't the direct family.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Zig-Zagged. Sal Marcano only really loves his son and two of his brothers.
* LoadBearingBoss: [[spoiler:Tommy is the most literal example, as the Arcadia Gym starts to burn to the ground in the same fire that kills him; Lou ia a variation, with Lincoln stalking him through a lair that he himself destroyed. In a more figurative way, Sal's ambition to open the Paradiso casino is all contingent on his capos and their underbosses -- Tommy deals with the production of counterfeit money to help independently finance its construction, using the printing plates stolen from the Reserve; Lou uses his deep connections in the state political machine to help grease the wheels and get gambling legalized in New Bordeaux; finally, Olivia keeps Remy Duvall, who owns the parcel of land at North Lake through a dummy corporation, in line. As Lincoln begins to dismantle those operations, Sal is forced to rely on funds borrowed from the Commission and make a deal with a Cuban drug cartel to traffic heroin in the city, [[VestigialEmpire in a desperate attempt to throw money at his growing problems]].]]
* TheMafia: It is a member of the Italian mafia and subordinate to the Commission in Empire Bay.
* SharpDressedMan: A large majority of Marcano members wear black suits, ranging from members of Sal's family and associates down to generic {{Mooks}}.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Sal, Lou, and Olivia in particular.
** Sal is considered a philanthropist and businessman.
** Lou handles advertisements for the city's tourism board.
** Olivia is a well-known socialite.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: The Marcano Family has a tendency to do this to its underlings.

[[folder:Marcano Family]]
!!Sal Marcano
!!!'''Played By:''' Jay Acovone
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The head of the Italian mafia in New Bordeaux and controller of the majority of the city's crime. He has most of New Bordeaux in his pocket and a hand in every single one of the major gang's criminal activities. His massacre of the Black Mob after the Federal Reserve Heist is what triggers the events of the game.

!!Vito Scaletta

* BestServedCold: [[spoiler:During his side missions, he gets Lincoln to assassinate all the men he blames for the death of his friend, Joe. By the end of it, it's taken years but he's finally avenged his best friend. At least Vito believes he's dead and avenged. Whether Joe died or not is still ambiguous due to [[NeverFoundTheBody Vito never finding his body]] and Leo Galante's driver bearing an uncanny resemblance to him.]]

* TheDogBitesBack: Vito Scaletta was abused by his mafia bosses brutally in his home game and is implied to have spent the past fifteen years being little more than a glorified YesMan to Sal Marcano. Lincoln's rise to power offers him a chance to get his revenge on the system which ruined his life.

** Despite all he did in ''VideoGame/MafiaII'' and fifteen years of service under the Marcano family, Vito is constantly insulted behind his back by Sal. [[spoiler: Justified, since in his game he vouched for a narcotics informant, started a war with the Triads after they killed said rat, and only got away because Leo owed him one. Sal has really no reason to see him as anything but the Commission's dog.]]

* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: [[spoiler:If Vito turns against Clay for a bigger cut, then he'll lament on the betrayals he endured in ''Mafia 2''. Lincoln Clay responds to this by saying that nobody forced Vito to get greedy and it's his own fault, Vito refuses to listen and says "I deserved better!"]]
* FromCamouflageToCriminal: Like Lincoln, a veteran. In his case, [=WW2=]'s Italian campaign. The first time they meet, Vito makes a point of asking about Lincoln's military background.

* HowTheMightyHaveFallen: When Lincoln first meets up with Vito, he's pretty much reduced to handling dead-end rackets in River Row while running working class fronts on the side just to make ends meet. He half-expects Sal Marcano to finally find some legitimate excuse to kill him.

* ReassignedToAntarctica: After the events of his game, he was sent to New Bordeaux to get him out of the way of the Empire City families. There, he is assigned the neighborhood of River Row, which is a struggling harbor that he only manages to make into a successful territory by wit and experience.

* ThrowTheDogABone: After being exiled to a dead-end position for a decade, [[spoiler:assuming he's alive and Lincoln leaves the city, he becomes the local Don, completes Sal's casino and is still alive as of modern times, finally achieving his lifelong dream of becoming a bigshot.]]

* VetinariJobSecurity: The only reason he's still alive in New Bordeaux is because of the Commission. With Sal unable to get rid of him without drawing the rest of the Mob's ire.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: He's only 43, but he looks at least a decade older. Even worse in his pre-release design, where he looked almost twenty years older.

* AssholeVictim: Merle is one of two bosses who can't be spared, by virtue of Lincoln killing him the instant he gets his hands on him.

'''Lincoln:''' "This." (Cue one dead redneck)

* SaltAndPepper: John is clearly Lincoln's closest friend and most tireless supporter.

* LegitimateBusinessmensSocialClub: The Southern Union presents itself, at least by Remy Duvall and among the richer members, as just a peaceful fraternity concerned about the well-being of New Bordeaux's citizens. Not too unlike how the real KKK tried to disguise itself in some parts of the South as private clubs.

* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Well, they ''are'' a stand-in for the KKK.

* LockedOutOfTheLoop: [=DeGarmo=] is shown to not be in on what's been going on in New Bordeaux and in fact barely even knew the man.

* UnwittingPawn: Duvall named him as heir to his estate in the event of his death, likely without [=DeGarmo=]'s knowledge.

* ALighterShadeOfBlack: Awkward [[ButNotTooBlack mixed race]] pun aside, he's this versus Sal Marcano, at least at the beginning. Lincoln can become better or worse depending on choices in game.

* ButNotTooBlack: He is mixed race. For {{Irony}} points, Father James speculates he's half-Italian.

* DefiantToTheEnd: To the very end, Remy shows nothing but utter hate and rage at Lincoln, simply yelling "What now?!"

* ReadTheFinePrint: It's eventually revealed that Remy Duvall's will named a nephew by the name of Stephen [=DeGarmo=] as heir to his properties in the event of his death.

* IronicHell: Vito's time in New Bordeaux as he's trapped in a dead-end part of the mob's hierarchy with no chance of becoming a mob boss himself.

* OrgyOfEvidence: [[spoiler:As it turns out, Sal Marcano left behind a lot of files incriminating Senator Blake, with Donovan noting how his name kept on coming up ''repeatedly''.]]\

* SmallRoleBigImpact: [[spoiler:Him being not only the legal owner of the Duvall's properties, including the casino by extension, but also ''alive'' thanks to Lincoln and Donovan deals another fatal blow to Sal's plans. It's also implied that he hands the eventually-finished casino over to Vito Scaletta if he assumes control.]]

* NotSoStoic: Justified. Anyone's cold demeanor would break after being tossed out of a penthouse window. In the split seconds as Lincoln throws Tony's body out, the realization sets in, and he's immediately scared shitless on the way down.

* OrgyOfEvidence: [[spoiler:As it turns out, Sal Marcano left behind a lot of files incriminating Senator Blake, with Donovan noting how his name kept on coming up ''repeatedly''.]]