Victor Vance

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Victor Vance in GTA Vice City Stories.

Victor "Vic" Vance (1955/1956 — 1986) is the protagonist and playable character of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories and a minor character in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. Vic's father is from the Dominican Republic, whereas his mother is Caucasian (and is a drug addict). Vic is the brother of Lance Vance and Pete Vance, son of Janet Vance and head of the Vance Crime Family.

GTA Vice City Stories

In GTA Vice City Stories, set in 1984, Vic is a 28-year old corporal in the US Army, stationed in Vice City's Fort Baxter under the watch of Sergeant Jerry Martinez. He enlisted because he needs to be responsible for his family; his mother and brother Lance are drug addicts, and his brother Pete suffers from severe asthma. He is dishonorably discharged after drugs and a prostitute - both meant for Martinez - were found in Vic's barracks.

Vic is given work by gun runner Phil Cassidy, an associate of Martinez, who is in conflict with the Cholos, a street gang and rival gun runners. Vic then meets Phil's brother-in-law, Marty Jay Williams, leader of the Trailer Park Mafia, and his wife, Louise. Vic increases the Trailer Park Mafia's power in Vice City by fighting the Cholos, whom Marty also despises. Eventually Louise, tired of Marty's abusive nature, leaves her husband to live with her sister, Mary-Jo. Vic works for Louise, helping her weaken Marty's influence, eventually taking control of the Trailer Park Mafia's businesses in the city, prompting Marty to kidnap Louise. Vic saves her and kills Marty, disbanding the Trailer Park Mafia and initiating the rise of the Vance Crime Family. Vic is asked by Los Cabrones leader, Umberto Robina to come and talk about some stuff. After working for Umberto, Vic helps clearing out the Cholos out of Little Havana.

Vic later hooks up with his brother Lance and does jobs for shady figure Bryan Forbes. When they find out that Forbes is an undercover cop, they take him to an apartment and interrogate him on various jobs and deals within the city, in exchange for not killing him. However, he gives work only to get the Vance brothers into trouble. Forbes is later killed after luring the brothers to a gay biker bar owned by white supremacists known as the White Stallionz. After securing more real estate in the city, the Vance brothers ambush the drug deal Forbes was talking about, Vic and Lance kill the thugs involved, stealing their supply trucks. Though Martinez pursues them in a Hunter helicopter and attempts to destroy the trucks, the Vance's easily make it to the other half of the city. Afterward, Victor calls Martinez to tell him how it feels to be back stabbed, Martinez states that the Mendez Brothers, Diego and Armando Mendez, were behind the deal and will kill everyone involved in the deal, even Martinez himself. Vic and Lance eventually decide to work for the Mendez brothers, further increasing their influence in the city. Vic is put in contact with transsexual Reni Wassulmaier and makes several jobs for her, and ends up being put in contact with drug lord Ricardo Diaz.

At first it's suggested that the Mendez brothers want an alliance with the Vance brothers, however it turns out later that the Mendez brothers offer Victor a deal, which is give up all his businesses to their criminal organisation, or him, Lance and Louise will be killed. Victor refuses to give up his interests after working for the Mendez brothers, and in retaliation they knock Lance and him unconscious when their guard, kidnapping them. The Vance brothers wake up in an oil refinery in Viceport, and while attempting to escape, Mendez's men accidentally shoot at one of the gas tanks, causing it to explode. While this kills most of the henchmen, Lance is trapped in the inferno and separated from Vic. Luckily, Vic manages to save Lance before the oil refinery implodes.

With Phil, Lance and Umberto Robina's help, the Vance Crime Family defend their businesses from being attacked by the Mendez brothers' goons. However, Louise is kidnapped by Martinez and beaten viciously before Vic saves her. Martinez says he will see Louise soon, later on Armando Mendez' men once again capture Louise, this time Armando murders her. In a rage, Vic slaughters Armando's bodyguards and enters the Mendez mansion to confront Armando. Victor asks where Lance and Louise are, Armando replies that they are dead, however he tells Vic they didn't feel a thing and pulls out a flamethrower to kill him, Vic then kills Armando and finds Louise dying, he tells her she will be taken to a hospital but Louise says there will be no need, shortly after a talk with Vic, she dies. Soon after, with the aid of drug lord, Ricardo Diaz and gun runner Phil Cassidy, Vic breaks up into his old army barracks and steals a Hunter helicopter under heavy guarding. Vic, later on, uses the helicopter to attack the Mendez building at Downtown and ends up being shot down but manages to make it to the roof of the building. Vic continues his way inside and kills all the goons on his way while finally finding Diego and enemy Jerry Martinez arriving in a Maverick. Vic takes out everyone and is confronted by both Diego and Martinez on the roof but manages to win the battle and decides to lay low for a while on the money he's made along with his brother, Lance and while Lance offers a drug deal worth of 20 kg of cocaine Vic refuses his interests and says he never wants to take drugs anymore.

GTA Vice City

In GTA Vice City, set 2 years later, Vic is shown about to engage in a drug deal with Tommy Vercetti and his escorts, Harry and Lee. Lance can be sighted in the helicopter. Victor is killed by the gunmen of a rival drug lord, Ricardo Diaz, who sabotaged the deal.

Uncertain Death

There is a debate amongst fans over who exactly was killed between Vic and third brother Pete Vance. Other in-universe material suggests that the Vance crime family is only run by both Victor and Lance Vance.

Following the revelation of a third Vance brother, Pete Vance, in GTA Vice City Stories, several rumours circulate involving the possibility that Pete was actually the Vance brother killed during the drug deal and Victor was not present at all. Supporters pointed out that Victor does not have an accent (Victor in Vice City had a Latin accent), he swears off drug dealing forever at the end of GTA Vice City Stories, and both he and Lance agree to leave town for a short while after the events of that game and "sit" on the drugs they have remaining, meaning that Lance and Pete may be the two Vance brothers that returned to Vice City. And that Lance does not mention the name Victor about the dead brother (neither Pete). It may also be that since Vic had more respect in Vice City, Pete assumed his brother's name so he and Lance would be renowned. Opponents of the rumour just say that Victor's appearance and voice in general were merely retconned, and Pete is not the Vance killed in Vice City. This would mean Victor would have been killed, something that has not been depicted to happen to any other GTA playable characters and protagonists.

Though at some time after Vice City Stories was released, on the official site of Vice City, Rockstar Games said that Victor Vance is indeed the one who died in the beginning.

Murders commited by Victor

• Marty Jay Williams (killed after kidnapping Louise Cassidy-Williams)
• Bryan Forbes (killed for leading Lance and him into a trap)
• Armando Mendez (killed for killing Louise and injuring Lance)
• Diego Mendez (killed during a shootout between the two and Jerry Martinez)
• Jerry Martinez (killed during a shootout between the two and Diego Mendez)