Donald Richards past

**3.0**
## Backstory

Donald is a small town boy from Maryland who is desperately trying to escape the mindless day-to-day life of a blue collar town. Donald always felt like he was born to do more than his town could give him, and his ambitions would also become his downfall. In search of quick cash he gets caught up with the wrong group early. By 17 he has already been arrested twice and kicked out his parents home. He turns to a life of drugs and partying to try and cope with his bland existence. This lands him in deep trouble by age 24 and he decides to he has had enough, he finally decides he going to chase all those visions of the future he had when he was young. Donald checks himself into rehab in Vice city and gets clean and sober. Now with a fresh mind and endless possibilities, Donald gets a call from an old friend who has made a life for himself in Los Santos. Donald decides this is his one chance to turn his life around and determined to make a name for himself in this crazy city .

## Arriving in Los Santos

Donald arrives in Los Santos and is unable to reach his old friend, so now Donald is in a huge, unfamiliar city with nothing but his own intuition to navigate him . After talking to some friendly civilians he decides to stick to law abiding work, and buys himself a handy tow truck to make himself a living. On his first day of towing he meets a random man named Nikki Pheonix who was also new to the city, and would turn into Donald's first and longest real friend in this city. Together they tow for a couple days and are quick to realize it's hard to make quick cash legitimately, they start pursuing "other" options now. Donald had always had a dream of owning his own weed empire, while Nikki had dreams of joining a MC. Even though they didn't have the exact same end goal the two worked tirelessly meeting new people around the city and slowly learning the ins and outs of the complicated crime network that is Los Santos.

## Meeting new people

In his first week in the city Donald had made a few more friends towing. He met a man by the name of Colt in the tow yard looking for a partner to tow with him. Colt was on his first day in the city , so it was good having someone around who didn't judge him for his lack of knowledge about the city. Donald introduced Colt and Nikki and the trio began. The three rode together for days just learning and scouting out new leads on ways to make money. Eventually he is introduced to Peerce Miller who is the founder of the Los Santos International Cartel, a very small start up cartel within the city. Donald starts working as the weed grow team with his friends. In this time Colt's cousin Anthony has also joined the crew. In a quick time Donald meets the rest of the LSIC, including Bubbles and Gojo Zennith. For a while he sticks with this close group, in exception of Colt who just disappeared on all of us one day never to be found again. Donald is making more money than he has seen his whole life in his hometown and established himself a solid support system quicker than he thought he would.

Its during this time he meets his best friend Robbie Hood, later coined "The Man, The Myth, The Felon". Donald and Robbie start rolling together everyday with Anthony. Donald never had to watch his back as long as Robbie was by his side , together they took their moves to the next level and started moving larger amounts of weed, pulling off house burglaries, and meeting loads of new people and connections . As time passed Nikki got into the MC life that he always wanted, and Donald was living his life as a grower, both of them accomplished their goals quick and would frequently meet up when they could to reminisce on the old times .