Tommy Angelo (Outlaw’s Saga)

“Now that I’m a lot older, and just a bit wiser, I see that family is our greatest weakness. But it’s also our greatest strength.” - Tommy delivering his speech, c. 1951.Thomas Angelo, more commonly known as Tommy (b. April 5, 1900 - d. September 25, 1951) was a fictional Italian-American gangster who was originally a cab driver operating in Lost Heaven, Illinois, U.S.A. before entering the life of a gangster under the Salieri Crime Family in 1930, which lasted for eight years until he had to betray the family and sold them down the river. He managed to live with his family for the next thirteen years until he was finally hunted down and killed on his front lawn. He is mentioned in The Outlaw’s Saga - Red Dead Revolution II as the man who ratted out the Salieri Crime Family.
== Biography ==
=== History ===
Thomas Angelo was born in the fictional city of San Celeste, Sicily, Italy, on April 5, 1900 to Marco Angelo Sr. and Maria Angelo. He had an older brother, Marco Angelo Jr., and sister, Isabella Angelo.
When Tommy was five, he and his parents immigrated to America and landed in Empire Bay, New York. However, his family moved further to the Midwest, settling in Lost Heaven, Illinois.
As an adult, Tommy became a railroad worker and built railroads across all of the Midwest. He eventually became tired of the job and became a cab driver in his hometown of Lost Heaven. This job is what landed Tommy on a fateful course to his life as a gangster and his road to redemption.
=== Part of the Salieri Crime Family, 1930 - 1938 ===
Around September 20th of 1930, Tommy was taking a smoke break from his shift when he met two Salieri Crime Family members, Sam Trapani and Paulie Lombardo, who force him into driving them away from Don Marcu Morello’s gunmen, who were giving chase. Tommy managed to get them to Salieri’s bar alive and received payment as thanks as well as to repair his damaged cab. However, the following days after, Tommy was assaulted by Morello’s henchmen, Dino and Lou and decided to trash their cars with the help of Paulie. From then on, Tommy was offered a place as a soldato in Don Ennio Salieri’s crime family, which he honorably accepted.
In the following years up to 1935, Tommy proved to be an excellent gunman, driver, and earner and was often paired up with his friends Sam and Paulie. He did a variety of jobs, ranging from roughing up their rackets, winning a high stakes race at a speedway, and even taking on Morello’s turf.
Through his time and place as a Salieri soldato, he met and caught the attention of Salieri bartender, Luigi Morino’s daughter, Sarah. In late 1932, the two entered a relationship after Tommy defended her from some thugs, one of whom was Billy Ghillotti, son of Lost Heaven politician Roberto Ghillotti. By 1934, Tommy and Sarah eventually married after Tommy made an immediate proposal after having survived a long night in the countryside against border patrol and police officers during what was supposed to be a booze collection.
However, in 1935, Morello ultimately started a war when he attempted to have Tommy and Salieri murdered in a restaurant, prompting the two sides to attack one another in a massive bloody war across Lost Heaven. Tommy killed several key figures to Morello, more notably Roberto Ghillotti, who was left enraged after the death of his son, Billy in ‘32 at the hands of Tommy and Paulie, and Sergio Morello, who was the incredibly lucky younger brother of Marcu. After Morello was finally cornered and he attempted to flee the country, Tommy shot his plane down and finished him off at the crash site.
From then on to 1938, Salieri ran Lost Heaven and started going into the drug business, unbeknownst to Tommy and Paulie. After 1938 approached, Salieri ordered for Tommy to assassinate Turnbull, a promising but secretly corrupt politician who was running for governor, which he successfully did so. A few months after, he along with Sam and Paulie robbed the Federal Reserve Compound to steal a crate full of Cameroon cigars, which supposedly carried diamonds inside. After barely escaping the compound with their lives, they found that the supposed “diamonds” were in fact hard drugs, a vice Salieri previously forbade from sale and consumption. As a result, both Tommy and Pauloe became disillusioned by Salieri and decided to rob the Grand Imperial Bank of Lost Heaven to secure enough cash to leave town and start over.
On November 3rd, the two soldatos pulled off the bank heist, but on the following day, Tommy discovered Paulie dead in his apartment due to Salieri finding out about the bank heist. He met with Sam at the city gallery, but it was revealed that Sam was the one who killed Paulie and now he needed to kill Tommy.
Tommy survived the ambush and finally caught up to Sam, who revealed Frank Colletti’s fate. As a result, Tommy executed Sam and went into a brief hiding period for four days.
=== Testimony, Imprisonment, & Death ===
Four days later on the 8th of November, Tommy managed to secure an interview with an honest cop, Detective Norman. After his interview with Norman, the two took the matters of the Salieri family to court, with Tommy bravely taking the stand and testifying against them, sending each and every member to prison, with some getting the electric chair while Salieri himself would stay behind bars for the rest of his life, albeit with a thirst for revenge on Tommy.
As a result, Tommy was still sentenced to prison, but he received only eight years due to his testimony that convicted hundreds of mobsters. However, by the time he was released, he and his family were relocated to Empire Bay, New York.
In 1951, Tommy, now aged, managed to do what Detective Norman had predicted years ago on if he told his story, he had a chance to walk his daughter down the wedding aisle. He witnessed his daughter, Julia, finally being married, where he gave a speech to the attendees, telling them his stories and how he managed to keep his promises to his family, while also justifying his reasons for his actions that it was done for family, while also citing Norman’s quote to him about family being the Achilles’ Heel, but it is also everyone’s greatest strength. Although Tommy was very happy in this moment, he knew that sometime soon in the future, his time of hiding will come to an abrupt and bloody end, one way or another.
On September 25 of the same year, Tommy was hosing his front lawn in Empire Bay when a red car pulled up to the house, with two soldatos of the Falcone Family, Vito Scaletta and Joe Barbaro, exiting and walking up to Tommy. Vito then asked “Mr. Angelo?” Hearing his actual name for the first time in years, this made Tommy realize that his time had finally come. Ready to face his fate, he turned around and confirmed his identity, with Vito finishing with “Mr. Salieri sends his regards.” Joe then fired a Lupara into his chest in the old fashioned style of settling old vendettas and killing those who violated the code of silence.
Tommy laid on his lawn bleeding out to death from the shotgun blast to his chest, with Sarah, Julia, her brother, and her husband gathering around a dying Tommy, with him saying “it’s okay, you’re safe now. You’re all… safe.” After only a few moments of looking at his loved ones, Thomas Angelo died from his shotgun blast wound on his front lawn. He was 51 years old.
=== Legacy ===
The FBI, who still guarded Tommy’s family, attempted to pursue Tommy’s killers, but they failed to catch and kill them. As Tommy promised, Sarah and the Angelo family would remain safe for the rest of their own lives now that Salieri had settled his vendetta against Tommy is his moment of death. Salieri died in prison not too long after.
Tommy’s actions in the Salieri Trial were documented as well, marking it as part of Lost Heaven Crime history and how the largest crime family in northern Illinois fell victim to a testimony.
A book was also created, titled “Mafia,” which documented the stories of Tommy Angelo, Vito Scaletta, and even Lincoln Clay, a U.S. Vietnam War veteran in 1968, during their times in the mafia world through documentaries, testimonies, and witnesses. It is still being sold today.
== Appearance ==
== Personality ==
== Killed Victims ==
* Billy Ghillotti (Caused)
* Howard Davis
* Johnny (Caused)
* Carlo (Caused)
* Roberto Ghillotti
* Sergio Morello
* Don Marcu Morello
* Hank Turnbull
* Sam Trapani
* Numerous counts of L.H.P.D. officers
* Numerous counts of Morello family members
* Numerous counts of Salieri family members
== Relationships ==
Main article here.
== Gallery ==
== Trivia ==
* In the Original Mafia and Mafia II, Tommy’s voice was vocalized by Michael Sorvino. In addition, when his name was announced, he sounded more confused and scared rather than accepting.
* Tommy’s death in the Original Mafia and Mafia II showed Tommy already dead from the shotgun blast while also bleeding out heavily and alone. In the Definitive Edition, he survived the initial shotgun blast, but was only shown bleeding from his chest and died moments later surrounded by his family.
* Tommy was more naive and somewhat less sensitive in the Original Edition. However, in the Definitive Edition, he was more sensitive about the cost of innocent lives but had no qualms killing other mobsters.
* In the Original Edition, Tommy only had an unnamed daughter. In the Definitive Edition, he still had a daughter, but her name was revealed to be Julia, and he later had a son, presumably having been conceived before Tommy’s imprisonment.
* Tommy has the second most amount of known kills out of the three main Mafia protagonists, being just behind Lincoln Clay and ahead of Vito Scaletta.
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