Characters / The Black Hand

Main cast

Joe Petrosino

Lead Detective

• Anti-Hero: He is one of the good guys, but isn't very likeable among the people he is trying to protect.
• Cool Old Guy He is 60 years old, but still takes a hands-on approach to policing.
• Hard Boiled Detective: He is much coarser and more violent than his Historical Domain Character counterpart who saw himself as a Gentleman Detective.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: His willingness to do anything to protect law-abiding Italians from the Mafia can sometimes cross into Knight Templar territory.

Tony

Gangster

• Villain Protagonist: He begins his career selling life insurance for the Mafia but moves on to pimping and murder.

Supporting characters

Don Gaetano

Mafia godfather

• Big Bad: The boss responsible for all the organised crime in New York
• Faux Affably Evil: He is a Fat Bastard with Jabba Table Manners willing to kill anyone who fails him.

The Professor

Underboss

• Affably Evil: He is well spoken and smartly dressed
• Dragon-in-Chief: He does all the dirty work for The Don.

Angela

Tony's wife

• Hooker with a Heart of Gold: She was saved from prostitution by Tony.