Michael De Santa

> "I forget a thousand things every day, Make sure this isn't one of em' - Michael's favorite quote.
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## Michael

### Type of character

2# Protagonist/GTA Character

**Michael De Santa (born Townley),**​​​​​​is a GTA character. He is one of the three main playable protagonists Grand Theft Auto V, others being Franklin Clinton and Trevor Phillips. He is a retired bank robber, who did what could to have a normal life, and a normal family. After a bank robbing deal went wrong in North Yankton, one of the crew members, Brad Snider got shot and killed, his other buddy psychotic entreprenuer Trevor has survived, but watched his friends die, and Michael faked his death after striking a deal with the FIB and Dave Norton to live in Witness Protection, Michael wiped the slate clean, and went on living in Los Santos with his family under Witness Protection but ends up moving back into a life of crime and other opportunities.

## History

Michael Townley was born Janurary 1968 in the Midwest, could be North Yankton, where he started his criminal career. He spent his childhood in a Midwestern trailer park, which he explains he didn't have the advantages that his own children had, being able to live in a Rockford Hills mansion as well. His dad was abusive and possibly alcoholic and left him for a unknown reason, Michael doesn't even know what happened to him really, he says the story as changed many times, that his dad got hit by a train, joined the Navy or left town forever, his mother left him for a unknown reason as well, it's unknown if Michael has siblings, which he probably didn't get along with growing up. Michael got into high School football, then however moved into being a criminal, he said he was prisoned twice at 20. Michael robbed a bank, 1988 in Carcer City, he later met Lester Crest a intelligent expert planner. He also fell in love with a stripper named Krystal at a strip club or, seedy bar, who's real name was Amanda, and married her and had two kids, Jimmy and Tracey in North Yankton as known.

In 1993 he met Trevor Phillips, on a cargo mission, and later Bradley "Brad" Snider He and Trevor ended up becoming best friends, but this got a little unhealthy, because Michael and Trevor have some problems with each other, Later when Michael was known with his family, Trevor has been around Michael's family, and Michael's son Jimmy, is known to call Trevor, Uncle T, because Jimmy has a close family bond with him but still knows he is a "crazy man', in 2004, Michael, Trevor and Brad rob a bank in Ludendorff, North Yankton, they manage to take the money, they run into some cops but manage to take them out. A unnamed getaway driver is waiting for them in a gray SUV or so. As they drive off, more cops pull up, they shoot the local driver leaving Michael no choice but to drive, as he does a police car gets close to the car, he hits them off the road, as Michael drives, and tries to beat the train to the chopper, a getaway helicopter. However the train hits the men in the car as they hit a tree, but are alive, Michael tells them to stick to the plan, as they are trying to proceed. The chopper is nowhere present. Brad gets shot by FIB special agent, Dave Norton. Trevor and Michael see it. Dave was supposed to actually kill Trevor and arrest Brad and let Michael free, but instead Brad dies, as Michael goes to check on him, Michael is shot by Dave, looks to be in the heart, or he pretends to be shot. Michael tells Trevor to leave him and that he won't make it. Trevor not wanting to leave Michael, he tries to wade off the cops as more cops come, Trevor flees, and ends finding a lady forcing her to tell him where the chopper is, although she has no idea what he is talking about. As the cops see Trevor by the lady, as he has a gun, he tells them to if they come near him, she'll be dead, so they stay back, but a squad go after Trevor, Ashe runs off and starts a new crazy life in Sandy Shores, Blaine County. Michael secretly goes to his fake funeral in the cemetery with his wife and unknown family members there. Michael is not amused of the ceremony and knows he wasn't dead, he starts a new life in Los Santos, with Amanda and his young kids. Michael soon gets in touch with a overpriced therapist, Isiah Friedlander who cares little for Michael's problems, but however, still calls Michael, and thinks of him as troubled friend, although he can be deranged. Michael in 2013, becomes a bit numb. Amanda complains that he is drunk, or miserably staring at the clouds doing awful things or Michael cheating on Amanda with another stripper, which he isn't seen doing in Los Santos. But Amanda is cheating on him with other men, especially hertennis coach. When Michael funds out about in Marriage Counseling, where he goes after the tennis coach, Kyle Chavis, in his underwear, who jumped out the window, which Franklin witnessed. He and Franklin chase after the tennis coach and bring down his house, after Michael is mad at him for purposely bringing his marriage down. But everyone knows didn't own a house in the hills, he doesn't have a salary like that, (exept Franklin). The rest will be added in GTA 5 Events.

## Abilities

Michael has a lot of rare special abilities like other GTA V protagonists, he has a special ability called "Area Kill" where triggering the left and right pressing them, allows Michael to slow down time and get advantages to kill his enemies and not really able to miss.

## Personality

Michael is neat but not mentally organized person, between being a sociopath and good person, his life is mixed up, Making him a little entagled in trying to live the Vinewood dream. Michael is said to be by Trevor, that he stabbed him in the back and left him alone, and doesn't care about what his family wants, that he is a egotistical lying narssistic man who can't think, but Michael isn't completely that, it had times were his family sort of can not stand Michael.

Although Michael himself is a person who looks at lifeat two different angles, he is known to sit by his pool, listen to music and just go for the pipe, and being active, or active criminally. Michael is overal funky styled person he appears in a gray suit a lot of other suits, optional by the player and other clothes y unlike Trevor, who says he doesn't care about what he wears. But in personality, Michael wants to do something for himself in life, but gets dragged down into crime. He has became a movie producer in Vinewood. On the other half, Michael has temper issues, but loves his family and cares for his friends, if they don't backstab him and tries to be a good father to his son and daughter and a husband to Amanda. He also has a lot of sarcasm. He can be very sarcastic some times and says that is all he is got, when one time confronting and angered by Trevor. Trevor also claims that he is a bad parent, because he is never there for his kids and let's them get in bad situations, which Michael can't stand, including Trevor's lifestyle.

## Notes

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