Jimmy Pegorino (Outlaw’s Saga)

Jimmy Pegorino (b. 1987 - November 30, 2008) was a fictional mob boss and head of the Pegorino Crime Family, operating out of northern Alderney within the Liberty City metropolitan area. Although he had high ambitions and plans to make his family the top of the game and make the Commission, he is not viewed as highly as he thinks he is and is considered amongst other Commission Families "a joke". He enlisted the help of hired gun and Serbian immigrant Niko Bellic for his help with dealing with potential informants and family businesses, but later gets Niko involved in affairs that he never asked for. He will serve as one of the upcoming hidden primary antagonists of Grand Theft Auto IV - The Rockstar Series.
== Biography ==
=== History ===
Jimmy Pegorino was born in Alderney City, Alderney, U.S.A. circa 1957 to Italian parents. He grew up presumably in a hard environment, living mostly in Alderney. He eventually started getting into the life of crime at some point in his age. His father eventually died of unknown circumstances. At some point before 2008, he built himself a small yet noticeable mob family and empire, operating out of his new mansion in Westdyke, Alderney. He also hired a few notable people, such as Phil Bell, who was mostly Irish with a little bit of Italian blood, Ray Boccino, a sloppy yet valuable earner, and Anthony Corrado, a dimwitted yet lovable bodyguard.
=== Meeting Niko Bellic, 2008 ===
By this point, Jimmy had come into association with the McReary Crime Family from Dukes in Liberty City due to the fact that they are considered small-time, they do well, and they are quiet enough to not get caught. He also allowed the Pavano Crime Family to get involved on his turf as a token of his allegiance to them and in hopes that they will let him on the Commission.
Around mid to late October, Pegorino received word from Ray Boccino about a reliable and unknown gun-for-hire from Serbia, named Niko Bellic, who did some work for Ray before he called it quits. Pegorino was properly introduced to Niko, who was willing to do some work for him in exchange that he gets paid for his work, which Pegorino agreed with the terms. By this time, Jimmy had a meeting with the Pavano's at an old refinery in Acter Industrial Park in southern Alderney and was planning to give them an offering to hopefully solidify his position into the Commission. By this time, two of his thugs, Marco and Pete, had arrived to accompany him, and he needed Niko to provide unseen support should things go wrong. Niko agreed and with the two thugs, Jimmy rode with them to the refinery, where Niko provided sniper support from an old building as Jimmy, Marco, and Pete met with the Pavano's. It turned out to be an ambush to wipe out Jimmy and take over his turf, with Jimmy getting shot in the stomach and the other two thugs being gunned down. Niko shot the Pavano's with his sniper and rushed to Pegorino before he could bleed to death and chased after the Pavano's to get Pegorino's offering back. Niko succeeded and dropped Pegorino back at home.
=== Downfall ===
After things went on for a while, Jimmy hastily texted Niko to meet him at the Honkers strip club in Tudor to discuss something big. By this time, Niko was now more upset and impatient, having to cope with a recent event that changed his mood completely. As Niko ordered a drink, Pegorino arrived to discuss what he needed to. Since that the Commission did not want him and he was not taken seriously, he had decided that he no longer wants to take his place in the Commission, but rather start a bigger empire, but he needed a deal done with the Russian Mafiya and their leader, Dimitri Rascalov. Niko was tired of hearing Pegorino's complaints and immediately refused upon hearing that he needed to work with Rascalov, having had bad history with him. Pegorino acknolowedged this and warned that if he does not do this deal for him, "they were going to have a problem," which concerned Niko. Pegorino then told Niko that he needed to meet Bell at Port Tudor to head for the meeting. Niko reluctantly accepted the job and left, much to Pegorino's excitement.
However, unbeknownst to him, Niko had decided to find and kill Dimitri himself, having learned that he was on the Platypus freighter in East Hook, having learned it from his cousin, Roman. In the end, Niko killed Dimitri, and with no deal taking place, the Pegorino's lost their best chance at making a name for themselves and were falling apart. Most members had decided to leave out of fear for their own safety, with Phil being one of the people who decided to flee, causing Jimmy to spiral into a cycle of revenge and hatred towards Niko for what he had done. He then swore vengeance upon him and had decided to create a plan to kill him, eventually learning that Niko was attending a wedding at a church in Suffolk.
=== Attempted Assassination and Death ===
After learning that Niko was attending Roman's wedding at the church in Suffolk, he subtly arrived in his car, armed with an AK-47 and ready to fire. During the celebrations, he opened his window and yelled "YOU FUCKING IMMIGRANT SHIT,' firing his AK at the crowd in an attempt to hit Niko. Niko survived, but his girlfriend, Kate McReary, was hit in the chest and killed instantly. This caused Niko to develop a mutual deep rage and hatred towards Jimmy and vowed to get revenge for killing Kate and ruining his chance at a happy life with her. With his friend, "Little" Jacob and Roman, Niko tracked Jimmy down to an old casino on the northern dock of Westdyke after tailing a couple of his men back. After shooting his way through to Jimmy, he confronted Niko while he was up on the stairs, blaming him for what he had done and that if he had worked for him, everything would be fine, in which Niko retaliated that he wanted out and he took Kate from him while also announcing that it is over for him. Jimmy then fled and ran straight for the docks to his boat, while Niko was in hot pursuit.
Niko took a dirtbike and followed Jimmy along the shore, although his chances of catching Jimmy this way was impossible, until Roman and Little Jacob arrived in an Annihilator helicopter, allowing Niko to jump onboard the helicopter and fly it. He then fired its machine guns at Pegorino's boat, setting it on fire. However, Pegorino's passenger managed to fire a well-aimed rocket shot at the helicopter's back rotors, causing the helicopter to begin spiraling out of control. Both parties ended up crashing and being stranded on Happiness Island, where Pegorino made his final stand against Niko, who chased after him one last time. Niko and Pegorino then engaged in a heated final gunfight that eventually ended with Pegorino taking a bullet to the chest, severely wounding him. Niko then confronted him with his AK-47 and angrily asked what did Kate ever do to him, in which he answered that he only wanted Niko and that she was an accidental target. Niko then bathed in his victory and commented how he knew some of the Old Families and mentioned how they all thought Jimmy was just a "big fat fucking joke." As Niko turned around, laughing and walking away, Pegorino raised his gun at Niko's back one last time in an attempt to kill Niko and bring him down to Hell with him, only for Niko to instinctively and quickly turn around to fire a bullet straight into his forehead, instantly killing Jimmy and finally ending the Pegorino's and Niko's conflicts in Liberty City once and for all. Niko, Roman, and Jacob then left Pegorino's body to be found by the authorities, a news article confirming this.
=== Alternative Timeline ===
In an alternative timeline, Niko would take Dimitri's deal, and when he double-crosses him again, he takes the money with Bell, with Jimmy calling Niko one last time to thank him for his effort. From then on, Jimmy and Dimitri would become partners, but this would all come crashing down when Dimitri tries to send a hitman to kill Niko at Roman's wedding, only for the hitman to fail at killing Niko, but accidentally succeeds in taking Roman's life instead. As revenge, Niko would track Jimmy and Dimitri down the same way that Niko tracked him down in the canon timeline. Only when Niko confronts both Jimmy and Dimitri at the old casino, the latter would betray Jimmy, claiming that "he did not work this hard to share the spoils of a victory," before firing a bullet straight into Jimmy's head, killing him instantly. Dimitri would later die in a similar manner to Jimmy in the canon timeline on Happiness Island.
== Appearance ==
== Personality ==
Jimmy had the mind of a dreamer, a man who wanted it all under his belt, and he would stop at nothing to get it. He is fairly ruthless while he is the head of the Pegorino Crime Family, but he is ashamed that his family is viewed as nothing more than small-time amateurs with informants everywhere. He is rightfully paranoid as he is constantly oppressed and attacked by rivals, but also paranoid of these aforementioned informants as his person bodyguard, Anthony Corrado, turned state's against him
Although he is ruthless and has blood on his own hands, he sometimes needs to hire a gun to take care of business, and that is where Niko Bellic comes in. Although he tries to be straight with Niko, the latter does not seem to care for his ambitions, much like the others.
In the end, when Niko refused his deal, he became vengeful and in vain, tried to assassinate Niko himself at Roman Bellic's wedding, which failed and instead, hit Kate McReary. He was fairly cowardly when he kept trying to flee from the vengeful Niko all the way to Happiness Island, calling Niko slurs and insults. He was very prideful up to his death and even while bleeding out, he made one final attempt to kill Niko as revenge, an act that failed.
== Killed Victims ==
* Kate McReary - Accidentally shot in the chest in an attempt to kill Niko Bellic.
== Relationships ==
== Gallery ==
== Trivia ==
* Ironically, Jimmy killed Kate with an AK-47, and later, Niko killed Jimmy himself with an AK-47.
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