Santino D'Antonio

Santino D'Antonio, also known as Brother, Mr. D'Antonio and Signor D'Antonio, is a character from the John Wick series.
== Charactah Account ==
Santino D'Antonio was an Italian crime boss of the D’Antonio crime family, formerly associated with John Wick. In order to retire from his assassin life, John asked for additional support from Santino in order to complete the "impossible task" given to him by his then employer Viggo Tarasov: forcing John to enter into a blood oath debt with Santino through a Marker.
More than five years later, Santino forced John to honor the debt and commanded him to assassinate Santino's own sister, Gianna D'Antonio. John succeeds, thus making Santino the next head of the crime organization known as the Camorra, and consequently one of the twelve sitting members of the High Table.
== Appearance ==
=== Movies ===
* John Wick: Chapter 2
* John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum
== Trivia ==
* The name "Santino" literally translates as "Little Saint" in Italian.
* Even if John never violated the rules of the Continental, in not killing Santino, the result would be the same, as Santino would have just continued to pour money into making John's bounty larger and larger. As a result, John decided instead to kill him and break the rules, as at least then, he would get his revenge and prevent Santino from claiming New York. Santino had also implied he would stay indefinitely at the Continental so John would be unable to kill him.
* It is indicated that both Winston and Charon despise Santino, due to his action in hiring people to kill his sister, as Winston coldly refuses his pledge to revoke Wick's membership and Charon simply ignores Wick when he knew fully well that he came to kill Santino. Even before Santino tried to have John killed, Winston showed signs of distaste towards him as he questioned why John would have given Santino a marker. Though Winston was horrified after John killed Santino, it wasn't due to any concern or care for Santino: it was horror that John had broken the most sacred rule of their establishment.
* Judging by his impulsive nature of forcing John to kill his sister and hire assassins to kill him, it is possible that Santino's father chose his sister over him as he was unfit to lead the crime family.
* In 2020, 130g of cocaine were attempted to be smuggled into Italy addressed to Santino D'Antonio.
* Santino's last meal appeared to be duck fat, steak frites and asparagus.
* Santino most likely symbolizes the emperor Caracalla. Where both had similar goals to kill their own sibling for them to obtain and replace their higher position. Caracalla orders a Praetorian guard to assassinate his brother, emperor Geta, whereas Santino orders John to murder her sister, Gianna. In addition, the coronation and death of Gianna D'Antonio takes place in the Baths of Caracalla.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Santino D'Antonio at The John Wicki
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