Lincoln Clay

Lincoln

Joe Barbaro (Alleged father, deceased)

Ellis Robinson (Adopted brother, deceased)

Black Mob

Clay Crime Family

**Lincoln Clay** is the adopted son of Sammy Robinson and the adopted brother of Ellis Robinson. He was a Vietnam War veteran who started his own criminal empire while seeking revenge after the Marcano Crime Family killed his adopted family, the Black Mob, and left him for dead. In what became known as the "Bloodiest Year in the South," Lincoln Clay embarked on an incredibly violent rampage across the city of New Bordeaux, Louisiana, leaving countless mobsters dead in his wake.

## History

### Early life

Lincoln Clay was born in January 1945. His mother was Dominican, and Father James believes his father was Italian, but very little else is known. His mother abandoned him in 1947, where he came into the care of the Saint Michelle's Orphanage in the French Ward, New Bordeaux. When the orphanage closed its doors in 1958, he was taken in by Sammy Robinson and his wife Perla along with their son Ellis, who became like family to him.

### Military career

Still searching for an identity, he joined the U.S. Army in 1964 to fight in the Vietnam War, where he served in the 223rd Infantry, then later the 5th Special Forces Group. In April 1966 he was assigned to a covert operation where he distinguished himself before C.I.A. operative John Donovan, who recommended Lincoln be brought deeper into his mission. Over time the two became close friends and colleagues.

Due to his time in the Army, Lincoln became proficient with a variety of military-grade firearms and explosives, ranging from light machine guns to grenade launchers. He was an expert in stealth tactics and infiltration, able to quietly sneak up on enemies undetected before finishing them off.

Lincoln also demonstrated knowledge in psychological warfare, shown by repeatedly displaying the corpses of his victims in a public area to spread fear among his enemies. Donovan mentions that Lincoln learned such tactics from their time with the CIA.

### Returning home and betrayal by Marcano

After returning from Vietnam, Lincoln is picked up by his surrogate brother Ellis and brought to Sammy's bar where his return is celebrated by his family. The next day, Lincoln overhears a discussion between Ellis and Sammy and learns, that the Haitian Mob is opposing Sammy's organization. As the Haitians have meddled with Sammy's affairs, Sammy has been unable to pay Italian Mob boss Sal Marcano. To assist his family, Lincoln attacks the Haitian Mob and kills their leader, Baka. While attacking the Haitians, Lincoln also saves Cassandra, who claims to have been kidnapped by Baka.

After successfully returning to Sammy's bar, Lincoln is told by Sammy that Sal Marcano wants to meet Lincoln. Lincoln meets with Marcano and Marcano's son Giorgi, a close friend of Lincoln. The two introduce Lincoln to Vito Scaletta but after Scaletta leaves, Marcano reveals to Lincoln that he in truth despises Vito.

Marcano then reveals to Lincoln that he has a plan in mind to rob the Louisiana Federal Reserve and wants Lincoln to partake in the robbery, claiming that he and Sammy would be more than even should Lincoln agree. Marcano, who thinks positively of Lincoln, also wants Lincoln to succeed Sammy as the leader of the Black Mob. Lincoln, however, refuses - claiming that he could not do that to Sammy, who is like a father to him. Although Marcano is disappointed, he does not insist.

Lincoln, Giorgi, Ellis and Danny Burke rob the Federal Reserve, being forced to flee via motorboat and eventually on foot, using the Mardi Gras celebration to escape from the police. After returning to Sammy's bar, they celebrate their victory. Marcano turns up as well to collect his share and is seemingly friendly to everyone. However, once Marcano has given a sign, Lincoln's "friend" Giorgi draws a gun and, claiming that Lincoln should have accepted Marcano's offer, shoots Lincoln in the head. Lincoln falls to the ground and, gravely injured, is forced to watch how Giorgi, another henchman, and Marcano murder Danny, Ellis and Sammy.

The mobsters then start a fire, planning to burn the bar as well as the bodies, but Lincoln is saved in time by Father James who happened to be nearby. Before losing consciousness, Lincoln tells James to call his old friend Donovan. The two nurse Lincoln back to health to the point that Lincoln is able to fully recover. Although James attempts to convince a devastated and vengeful Lincoln to only take revenge on Sal, Lincoln explains that he wants to make Sal know what he feels like to lose everything, and he vows to take all associates and the entire city from him before taking down Marcano himself.

### Lincoln's Crusade

Knowing that he will not be able to take on the entire Marcano family by himself, Lincoln begins his preparation for revenge by recruiting three allies. He starts off with Cassandra, who reveals that she lied about being kidnapped by Baka and is actually his second-on-command, and is now leading the Haitian mob. She agrees to Lincoln's request to assist him in his crusade against the Marcanos if he helps her deal with a rival gang, the Dixie Mafia, which is led by a man named Richie Doucet. The Prostitution racket in Perla's nightclub headed by Merle Jackson is taken over by the Haitians after Lincoln kills Jackson, and the Smack racket headed by Charlie Kincaid is taken over by the Haitians after Lincoln either kills or recruits Charlie, effectively bringing an end to the Dixies' influence on the district. He then hands the rackets to Cassandra and the Haitians, who through the interrogation of Jesse, Doucet's thug, learn that Doucet has come into bad terms with Giorgi and is now hiding out in the Baron Saturday's Fun Park.

Doucet is tracked down by Lincoln, who kills his guards and corners Doucet inside one of the Park's fear rides. Lincoln is enraged to discover that Doucet is the same henchman from Sammy's bar that stabbed Ellis to death, and drags Doucet all the way to the Ferris Wheel. Ritchie pleads for mercy and asks for a chance to prayer, but a vengeful Lincoln replies he can pray on the way up, before wrapping a rope around Doucet's neck and hanging the mobster in one of the cabins. With the Dixie Mafia leaderless and effectively dismantled, Lincoln meets up with Donovan for dossiers for his next two potential allies: Danny's father and Irish mob boss Thomas Burke, and exiled Italian mafioso Vito Scaletta.

Lincoln goes after Burke, who, in the aftermath of his son's death, has been reduced to a drunken mess and his territory taken over by Roman "The Butcher" Barbieri, one of Marcano's top enforcers. Lincoln tracked down Burke to a bar and convinced him to step up and take his revenge on the Butcher and the Marcanos. After Lincoln seizes control of both of the Butcher's rackets, Burke calls Barbieri directly, challenging the man to a confrontation at Burke's salvage ward.. The two men set up an ambush at the salvage yard, and with some extra aid from Burke's daughter Nicki, they successfully thwart the attack, killing all of the Butcher's remaining men and capturing him. Lincoln left Barbieri to be tortured to death by Burke, and obtained the support of the Irish Mob for his revenge plan.

Lincoln learns that Vito was given control of the River Row district to run as one of Marcano's lieutenants. However, Sal has never been pleased with this arrangement, having only accepted Vito out of respect for Commission boss Leo Galante. However, Vito is a made man, which means Sal can't kill him without due cause and approval from the Commission. Sal has ordered his nephew-in-law, Michael Grecco, to seize control of Vito's rackets and kill Vito. Lincoln found Vito being tortured by Grecco's men and rescued Vito, who was surprised by Lincoln's survival. Out of appreciation to Lincoln, as well as recognizing that only he has the ability to help him get retribution on the Marcano family, Vito agrees to help Lincoln only if Vito can exact revenge on Grecco first.

After Lincoln took back Vito's extortion and contraband rackets, Lincoln and Vito made their move on Grecco and tracked him to a rundown shake, but just as they prepare to make their move, a group of Marcano's men arrive to take Grecco out themselves for his failures, forcing him to flee. Determined to kill Grecco himself, Vito and Lincoln chased after Lincoln themselves and successfully chased down Grecco, kidnapped him, and interrogated him. They learned that the reason Marcano wanted Vito dead was because Sal is building a new casino across the lake, and Marcano is planning to go legit after he bribes enough politicians so that gambling would be legalized. Lincoln left Grecco to be killed by Vito, and obtained the support of the Italian Mob for his revenge plan.

With all three underbosses gathered, Lincoln forged an alliance and the four planned how to take down Sal. While Burke suggested they should immediately kill Sal Marcano, Lincoln and Cassandra both pointed out that one of Marcano's siblings would take over. Lincoln laid out their plan: they would go after the lieutenants of the Marcano family's capos, then seize their territory and move on to the capos. Once Marcano was alone and isolated, then they would be ready to deal the death blow. Lincoln also knew that Marcano had an emotional detachment and sought to disrupt his plans in every way possible. Lincoln begins taking over Marcano's rackets and turf and assigning them to his allies, who slowly respect his skill.
It is unknown which capo Lincoln targeted and took down first, but it is known that Lincoln gave the territory of each eliminated capo to one of his underbosses, be it Vito, Cassandra, or Thomas.

Regardless of which Capo was killed first, it is agreed that after everyone was either killed or turned against Marcano, Lincoln seized his opportunity for revenge and assaulted the casino, where Grigori greeted him with the last of Marcano's henchmen. Lincoln successfully fought his way through the men towards Grigori and engaged him. After Lincoln wounds Giorgi, he accuses Giorgi that he didn't shoot him in the head because Lincoln turned down Sal's offer to take the Hollow, but because he "thought that he owned" Lincoln and the rest of the Black Mob. Giorgi denies this and confesses that the only reason he what he did was because of his loyalty towards his father, just like Lincoln and Sammy. Lincoln responds saying "Then you know why I have to do this." and proceeds to stab Giorgi in the abdomen, killing his former friend and avenging the murder of Danny Burke and his adoptive family.

With Sal's entire family and henchmen dead, Lincoln went on to finally confront the Mob boss in his office at the top of the casino, holding him at gunpoint. Accepting his fate, Sal sits with Lincoln and shares drink, exchanging stories of nightmares. Sal tells of his recurring nightmare of being at Giorgi's funeral. He's laid out in a little casket, neck cut same as Lucio's; this one comes around every three or four days. Sal explains that this all started because he was trying to keep his nightmare from coming true, but it didn't end well. He says he's buried a lot of people, more than he can count, but he never wanted to see Giorgi go down into the cold ground.

Sal describes how he's never had it in him to apologize or feel shame for the things he's done. He also knows that Lincoln didn't come there for an apology. But Sal was right about Lincoln, and he knew it the second he met him at the country club. Men like him are wired up wrong; there's only one thing they know, and one thing they're good at. Sal ends the conversation by saying that he'll be waiting for Lincoln, and that this won't be the last time they see each other. Lincoln replies "I know" and then kills Sal by stabbing him and throwing him out a window to his death. However, if Lincoln hesitates long enough, Sal will instead commit suicide out of grief. Regardless, with his revenge complete, Lincoln departs the casino.

After leaving the casino, he is greeted by Leo Galante, who has come to investigate the commotion in the city. Satisfied that Lincoln's vendetta was only against the Marcanos, Galante advises him that the Commission will expect a 20% cut if he continues the business. Returning to Father James and Donovan, Lincoln is given three choices for his next move: walk away from New Bordeaux to leave his life of crime behind on advice from Father James, seize power of the city by killing all his underbosses under advise from Donovan, or rule New Bordeaux together with his underbosses.

It is later revealed Lincoln chose to leave his life of crime behind and fled the state of Louisiana entirely. He left his new criminal empire under the care of Vito Scaletta while Lincoln himself traveled the world in search of a new life.

### Fugitive life

Because of his actions in New Bordeaux, Lincoln became America's most wanted man. He went off grid as a result, and the United States government spent decades attempting to locate him. Despite numerous false leads, the US government failed to catch the mobster.

### Time displacement

Sometime during his travels overseas, Lincoln fell victim to a failed experiment in another dimension that led to the rupture of the multiverse and the displacement of millions of entities, including Lincoln himself, to other universes. Lincoln ended up in the Dark Earth Universe as a result of this failed experiment, having been pulled from an unknown location in the Mafia universe. With no way of returning to his home universe, everyone there presumed he had died.

## Personal details

### Personality

Lincoln is generally a calm and collected man who is loyal to family and friends. Lincoln keeps his emotions in check. He is grateful towards Sammy and his family for taking him in, seeing Sammy as a father-figure. He also saw Father James in a similar light. He would give up his personal goals and ambitions without any hesitation in order to help his adopted family out. Despite his loving relationship with his foster family, Lincoln struggled to find an identity for himself and to find a place where he could belong, possibly the reason he served in Vietnam. However, what greeted him was carnage, depravity, and unspeakable violence. Lincoln's war experiences scarred him mentally and physically, leaving him unable to sleep soundly and insisting on sleeping in the basement, most likely suffering from PTSD. To the outside world, however, Lincoln is usually personable and outgoing, willing to make friends with people of different ethnicities and look beyond the racial tensions of the time. As a criminal, he is cool, cunning and calculating with an eye for the big picture, easily working out a methodical way to reach his goals.

Throughout his war with the Marcano family, Lincoln displayed a much darker side to his personality. The betrayal he suffered from the mob makes Lincoln much more cruel and bloodthirsty towards his enemies, openly displaying the bodies of victims to the public to scare all who opposed him. In fact, some mobsters within Vito Scaletta's gang even remarked that Lincoln gave them the "fear of God."

Lincoln is huge on loyalty; backstab him and he will come after you with a furious vengeance and will not stop until you are dead. He is also a patriot and absolutely abhorred anyone who had the stones to betray his country. It was due to this that he viewed Cole Walker and Connor Aldridge as two of the most despicable humans in history.