The first part was always the water. The bridges were locked down, a post-9/11 fever dream of "terrorist threats" that kept a man trapped in Broker and Dukes. Niko spent those early days in a depressing apartment with his cousin Roman, a man whose ambition was as oversized as his gambling debts. They ran small errands for small men. They drove taxis. They beat up loan sharks. In this part of the story, the world was small, gray, and smelled of stale piroshki.
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Niko stood on the pier, looking back at the skyline he had dismantled part by part. He had conquered the city, but as the wind whipped off the Humboldt River, he realized the city had won. It had taken everything he cared about and left him with a bank account full of blood money and a soul that felt like a hollowed-out building. Liberty City remained whole. It was Niko who was in parts. If you'd like to dive deeper into this world, let me know: Which should be canon (Deal or Revenge)? Should I focus on a specific side character's perspective? The first part was always the water
Then came the bridge to Bohan. The world cracked open just a little wider. The missions got bloodier, and the players got more dangerous. This was the part where Niko realized that the "American Dream" was just a different kind of nightmare. He met Elizabetha, a drug queenpin spiraling into paranoia, and Playboy X, a man who traded his soul for a penthouse. Every street corner in the North felt like a trap, and Niko was the only one with the sense to keep his hand on his holster. They ran small errands for small men