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==Character history== | ==Character history== | ||
;Childhood and adolescence | |||
Michael De Santa, born Michael Townley in [[1965]], was born into a tough life somewhere in the Midwest in a trailer park. Michael's father wasn't in the picture. It is unclear who raised Michael, however whoever did changed their stories about Michaels father constantly, claiming he skipped town, was hit by a train, or joined the navy. Later in life Michael claims the stories changed so many times he had lost track. At some point in his childhood he became a fan of sports, specifically golf, tennis and football and took tennis classes as a child. | |||
He eventually joined the football team when he reached high school. However, after his early promise as a high school footballer ended for unknown reasons, he turned to crime as it was now his only opportunity in life. | |||
In [[2013]] Michael, enjoying his retirement, is treated by psychologist [[Isiah Friedlander]] from his [[Isiah Friedlander's Office|office]] in [[Vespucci Beach]] where he briefly meets repossession agents [[Franklin Clinton]] and [[Lamar Davis]]. Franklin later breaks into the De Santa house to repossess a [[BeeJay XL|vehicle]] [[Franklin and Lamar|bought by Jimmy]]. Michael, hiding in the back seat, forces Franklin to drive into the salesroom of [[Premium Deluxe Motorsport]] resulting in Franklin and Lamar being fired. | ;Late teens, early adulthood | ||
Over time Michael meets and works with various criminals preforming small jobs. Before he is 20 he had already been to prison twice for unspecified reasons. In [[1985]] Michael finds work from an elderly contact, who wants something "hot" smuggled into [[Canada]]. The elderly man contacts another small operation ran by a young pilot named [[Trevor Philips]] who had his own small air freight operation in [[North Yankton]] and a borrowed [[Beagle]] plane. A meet is set for Michael and Trevor to deliver the unknown package into Canada in the next few days. | |||
The events of the situation are unspecified and mysterious, however the day of the delivery, something happened between Michael and the elderly contact. It has not yet been revealed what. The elderly contact chased Michael all the way to Trevor's airstrip. Trevor sees this and immediately becomes suspicious as he is only expecting one vehicle to show up. Michael pulls up first and exits the car running towards Trevor, followed by the frantic old man. Playing "peacemaker" Trevor shoots off a flare gun at the old man, and ends up killing him as it enters his head through his eye. | |||
The altercation goes unexplained by Michael as Trevor doesn't state any reasoning behind it when talking about the events later. However it can be assumed that Michael stole something from the man, possibly intending on taking the cargo for himself and giving no profit to the employer. Michael and Trevor decided to take the unspecified cargo into Canada, and they bring the body of the old man into the plane, dumping him out of a plane into a lake. While in the plane, the flare had still been burning in the mans head, and Trevor states the Beagle never smelt the same again. Upon landing in Canada, both Trevor and Michael vomited when getting out of the plane, Trevor labels it as "quite a baptism." and soon their friendship was cemented. | |||
Michael performed his first big robbery in [[1988]] and took [[Money|$]]10,000 from a small franchise in [[Carcer City]]. A score that Trevor wasn't involved in. However Trevor eventually became one of the regular members of his crew while others passed through, either dying, getting arrested or just moving off to new jobs and new crews. Michael and Trevor later robbed a bank for cashed cheques sometime after 1988. Trevor, however, was identified by a friend and was sentenced to six months in prison but served only four months. Eventually more regulars joined such as [[Lester Crest]] and [[Moses]]. They made connections with Irish gangsters and an unspecified crew from "down south" (possibly [[Vice City]]). | |||
;1990s | |||
At some point between 1988 and [[1991]], he met a stripper named Krystal and fell in love with her. Her real name was [[Amanda De Santa|Amanda]] and she too came from a bad home, and lived in a Midwestern trailer park. They later married and had two children: [[Jimmy De Santa|Jimmy]] and [[Tracey De Santa|Tracey]]. Michael's family obligations put a slight strain on his friendship with Trevor, but Trevor remained a close family friend for much of Jimmy's and Tracey's childhoods and got the nickname "Uncle Trevor". | |||
Jimmy and Trevor became very close, as Jimmy considered him an uncle. They hung out seemingly by themselves without supervision as Jimmy got older, as in 2001 Trevor was oblivious to the fact that a twelve year old Jimmy understood his dangerous and reckless lifestyle, pointing out to him that he knew what the needles, beer cans and guns laying about his home were about. It is unknown if Michael knew about this. | |||
Between the early 90s and early years of the 21st century, most of their crew members were either killed, or imprisoned, with the only named exception being Moses having found Jesus according to Lester. | |||
;2004 | |||
Michael, Trevor and Lester had continued to pull heists even with their main crew gone, and eventually Trevor befriends a man named [[Bradley Snider]] and invites him into the crew. As Michael's views on life had begun to shift as his children got older and his crew members got more reckless and crazy, he started trying to think of a way out without it being death or prison. But by this point in time Michael Townley was an increasingly popular name in the Midwest, possibly being identified during multiple heists by continuously using movie taglines, so a clean way out was unlikely. | |||
In 2004 Michael, Trevor, Bradley and a local hired getaway driver team up to perform a bank robbery in [[Ludendorff]], [[North Yankton]]. Michael is confronted by FIB Agent Dave Norton, who claims to know about the robbery, and wants to give Michael a chance at freedom for him and his family. The only cost is his crew, so that Dave Norton can make a name for himself taking down one of the deadliest robbers in the Midwest. | |||
The robbery goes ahead as planned, however, during the getaway, the driver is killed by police, and the vehicle is hit by a train. While on foot, Bradley and Michael are shot by FIB Agent [[Dave Norton]], who later claims the credit for stopping the robbery. Bradley dies but Michael is saved, entering into an off the books witness protection program, while Trevor flees the area and evades the police. Norton plans a funeral for Michael, attended by his wife Amanda. | |||
Michael, Amanda and their two children are subsequently moved into a [[De Santa House|large house]] in [[Rockford Hills]], [[Los Santos in GTA V|Los Santos]] with a substantial sum of money some time after [[2006]]. The family continues to live under the protection of Agent Norton, paying him a five figure sum each month in return for his help. Over the next seven years, the De Santa family unit deteriorates due to constant arguing amongst all four family members. Amanda catches Michael with a stripper and she begins a heavy spending habit and multiple marital infidelities. The kids all develop at-risk lifestyle choices such as making porn videos and selling and doing drugs. She also rents out their home to pornographic film star [[Freddy Slade]] in [[2012]], without Michael's knowledge. | |||
;Grand Theft Auto V | |||
In [[2013]] Michael, "enjoying" his retirement, is treated by psychologist [[Isiah Friedlander]] from his [[Isiah Friedlander's Office|office]] in [[Vespucci Beach]] where he briefly meets repossession agents [[Franklin Clinton]] and [[Lamar Davis]]. Franklin later breaks into the De Santa house to repossess a [[BeeJay XL|vehicle]] [[Franklin and Lamar|bought by Jimmy]]. Michael, hiding in the back seat, forces Franklin to drive into the salesroom of [[Premium Deluxe Motorsport]] resulting in Franklin and Lamar being fired. | |||
Franklin, a gang affiliate, returns to the De Santa house in the hope of finding some employment. Michael, however, discovers Amanda's affair with her tennis coach. Michael and Franklin then destroy [[Natalia Zverovna]]'s [[Natalia Zverovna's House|house]], believing it to be Chavis', and are confronted by Mexican-American 'legitimate businessman' [[Martin Madrazo]]. The two are 'convinced' to repay the money, $2.5 million, and Michael agrees to teach Franklin the basics of his trade. The two work together almost immediately after, [[Father/Son|rescuing Jimmy]] from Michael's [[Marquis|boat]], which Jimmy had attempted to sell in a deal that turned into a robbery. | Franklin, a gang affiliate, returns to the De Santa house in the hope of finding some employment. Michael, however, discovers Amanda's affair with her tennis coach. Michael and Franklin then destroy [[Natalia Zverovna]]'s [[Natalia Zverovna's House|house]], believing it to be Chavis', and are confronted by Mexican-American 'legitimate businessman' [[Martin Madrazo]]. The two are 'convinced' to repay the money, $2.5 million, and Michael agrees to teach Franklin the basics of his trade. The two work together almost immediately after, [[Father/Son|rescuing Jimmy]] from Michael's [[Marquis|boat]], which Jimmy had attempted to sell in a deal that turned into a robbery. | ||