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* EvenEvilHasStandards: "I'm true to what I am." He has his own code of ethics he works by. This is invoked by John to try and get him to help save a child's life, because if Elias permits children to be kidnapped and sold in his city, he's just as evil as the scum he's fighting against. He also places a great deal of value on loyalty, and is contemptuous of HR because they are "oath breakers." Elias also had great respect for Carter, which leads him to kill Simmons to avenge her death.

* TheRival: Dominic has very swiftly established himself as a counterpart to Elias; a young, highly intelligent criminal looking to oust the old overlords and take control himself. Elias however, does not fall into the same arrogance and complacency the Russian Mafia and Five Families had about him and treats him with the respect and caution he deserves.

* FromNobodyToNightmare: Started off as an orphan in the foster care system and eventually became New York City's most powerful crime boss.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: He actually thanks Finch for putting him in jail, telling him that it allowed him to cut out distractions and focus on what was important. He implies that being in jail allowed him to focus entirely on his business.

* {{Badass}}: Scarface isn't the right hand man of Elias for nothing. He is an extremely formidable enforcer who has experience with explosives and is a dab hand with a garotte wire [[spoiler: as officer Patrick Simmons found out the hard way]].

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Disappeared for a while after his Boss' defeat in "Flesh and Blood". Made a brief reappearance in "C.O.D.," was referenced in "All In," and may have been the "right-hand man" wounded offscreen by HR in "God Mode." As of "Liberty", he's alive and well and back in action, picking up some uncut diamonds for his boss in order to fund his comeback. Makes another appearance in "Endgame" and "The Devil's Share", killing Simmons. Season 4 has him [[spoiler:returning to help Reese deal with a drug gang. He drives a large truck into the getaway car some of their members were using]]

* TheDreaded: Even ''Elias'' is somewhat intimidated by him.

* TheRival: Dominic has very swiftly established himself as a counterpart to Elias; a young, highly intelligent criminal looking to oust the old overlords and take control himself. Elias however, is not underestimating him and gives him due respect.

* {{Badass}}: Scarface is an extremely formidable enforcer who has experience with explosives and is a dab hand with a garotte wire, hence he's the right-hand man to Elias.

* MadBomber: Takes on this role in "Flesh and Blood", taking out a few mafia Don's with car bombs.

* WeHardlyKnewYe: Only lasts one episode. Elias sends Marconi to break into his office and double-tap the man while he's sitting at his desk.

* IneffectualSympatheticVillan: In "Witness", especially when Reese manages to separate him from his men and make off with him before they realize what has happened.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Disappeared for a while after his Boss' defeat in "Flesh and Blood". Made a brief reappearance in "C.O.D.," was referenced in "All In," and may have been the "right-hand man" wounded offscreen by HR in "God Mode." As of "Liberty", he's alive and well and back in action, picking up some uncut diamonds for his boss in order to fund his comeback. Makes another appearance in "Endgame" and "The Devil's Share", killing Simmons.
** Season 4 has him [[spoiler: returning to help Reese deal with a drug gang. He drives a large truck into the getaway car some of their members were using]]

* WeHardlyKnewYe: Only lasts one episode. Elias sends Marconi to break into his office and double-tap the man while he's sitting at his desk.
* JerkAss: Incredibly condescending to Detective Carter.

* IneffectualSympatheticVillian: In "Witness", especially when Reese manages to separate him from his men and make off with him before they realize what has happened.

->''Only one rule. We all die in the end.''

%%* ItsPersonal
%%* {{Jerkass}}

%%* WouldHurtAChild

%%* {{Jerkass}}

->'''Played By:''' Olek Krupa
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* SmugSnake: Believes himself to be untouchable. Elias and Scarface prove him wrong with the latter breaking into his residence and shooting him dead in his study.

->'''Played By:''' Enver Gjokaj
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* IneffectualSympatheticVillian: In "Witness", especially when Reese manages to separate him from his men and make off with him before they realize what has happened.

* {{Badass}}: Scarface is an extremely formidable enforcer, hence why he's the right-hand man to Elias.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Scarface gets to do the honors and garottes an injured Officer Patrick Simmons to death in his hospital bed.

%%* TheStoic

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Disappeared for a while after his Boss' defeat in "Flesh and Blood". Made a brief reappearance in "C.O.D.," was referenced in "All In," and may have been the "right-hand man" wounded offscreen by HR in "God Mode." As of "Liberty", he's alive and well and back in action, picking up some uncut diamonds for his boss in order to fund his comeback. Makes another appearance in "Endgame" and "The Devil's Share", killing Simmons.

%%* BaldOfEvil

* OffingTheOffspring: Moretti attempted this on Elias, but failed.

* AssholeVictim: Of Elias.

* WeHardlyKnewYe: Only lasts one episode. Elias sends Marconi to break into his office and double-tap him.

* Believes himself to be untouchable. Elias and Scarface prove him wrong.

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%%* {{Badass}}

%%* TheDreaded
* TheGhost: Nobody knows what he looks like [[spoiler:which really works out for him.]]
%%* LargeAndInCharge
* StrawNihilist: His experiences in life have convinced him there's nothing worth valuing in life apart from money and power. [[spoiler:It's why he doesn't actually care that his gang abandoned him, because that gives him a chance to get all the money for himself.]]

* TheCorrupter: Used his position as teacher to get to know the children of his enemies and know just what is needed to turn them against their families.

%%* TheChessmaster

* TheGhost

* GoodScarsEvilScars: He has a noticeable scar on the left side of his face.

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* FanNickname: Fans have taken to calling him Jack, due to the fact that until season 2 he was only ever credited as Scarface.

->''""You and I are outliers -- we're not really a part of civilization; we're something... older."''

* {{Badass}}

* GoodScarsEvilScars

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Scarface gets to do the honours and garottes an injured Officer Patrick Simmons to death in his hospital bed.

* TheStoic

* AssholeVictim: Of Elias.
* BaldOfEvil

* {{Jerkass}}

* HotBlooded
* {{Jerkass}}

!The Russian Mob

[[folder:Peter Yogorov]]

[[folder:Ivan Yogorov]]

[[folder:Lazslo Yogorov]]

'''BEWARE OF SPOILERS!''' To prevent the page from being whited out entirely, '''only spoilers from the current season (3) are whited out!'''

[[folder:Carl Elias]]

* BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork: In the pursuit of [[spoiler:Simmons for killing Carter]] Team Machine is very pissed and out for blood. However, [[spoiler:neither Reese, Shaw, nor Fusco actually kill him or Alonzo Quinn. Reese is talked down by Finch that killing Quinn would dishonor all Carter worked for and after Fusco gives Simmons a beating to the inch of his life, arrests the man for similar reasons]]. While resting later [[spoiler:in the hospital, Simmons is visited by Elias who gives a very elegant speech about civility and the righteousness Carter held within her and which was instilled into Team Machine. He and Simmons, however, are cut from a much darker and older cloth of malevolence. As such, Elias watches as his man kills Simmons for the debt he owed Carter and could not fully pay back to her in life]].

* TheChessmaster: Both figuratively (in the sense of manipulating NYC's criminal underworld) and literally (one of his laments about prison is that it's hard to find a worthy opponent among his peers).
** Also in his first appearance: part of the reasoning behind him hiding as a high school teacher was to use his position to influence the children of rival criminals away from their parents' lifestyle choices, in a very long term strategy to starve the rivals of recruits.

* DebtDetester: After Carter saved his life in the end of Season 2 [[spoiler:he averts this as he never shows any qualms with being in Carter's debt. He never pushed her into a spot to make her call on him. He treated her with great respect. And with her murder by Simmons, he sees his only viable means of paying the debt is to kill Simmons, as he knows Team Machine cannot do it without destroying the good Carter sees in them]].

* EvilIsPetty: Averted. He's a very forgiving person. While John got him incarcerated, he was only mad at him for a little bit but still felt gratitude toward him for saving his life (and considered incarceration as a blessing in disguise, allowing him to focus on running his business). Even when the Russian mob leader tried to execute him, he saw it as completely fair since he killed his father. The one thing he won't forgive though, is betraying him, as HR finds out when he lures them into a killing that he's set up to fail in advance just to give them a TakeThat when they come to him for help on rebuilding their operations. [[spoiler:And he even treats Carter with a friendly attitude despite her being his new warden]].

** Reese initially shared Elias' "In the end, we're all alone" philosophy.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: "I'm true to what I am." He has his own code of ethics he works by.
** This is invoked by John to try and get him to help save a child's life, because if Elias permits children to be kidnapped and sold in his city, he's just as evil as the scum he's fighting against.
** He also places a great deal of value on loyalty, and is contemptuous of HR because they are "oath breakers."
** Has great respect for Carter, which leads him to [[spoiler: kill Simmons to avenge her death]].

* IOweYouMyLife: Considers himself still in debt to Reese. He's practical about it and won't let it interfere with his plans, but is otherwise willing to use his authority over the crime world to protect John and his associates. As of Season 3, [[spoiler:he makes a similar offer to Carter after she saved him from getting wiped out by HR and Yogorov, offering to have a gang of Russians eliminated but she declines. ]]

** NiceJobBreakingItHero: He actually thanks Finch for putting him in jail, telling him that it allowed him to cut out distractions and focus on what was important. He implies that being in jail allowed him to focus entirely on his business.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: He spent a good part of Season 1 plotting revenge for his mother's murder.
** During "The Devil's Share" [[spoiler: he personally oversees the killing of Officer Patrick Simmons]]

* WorthyOpponent: Sees Finch as one. [[spoiler: And Carter for beating him in "Flesh and Blood" and later saving his life]]

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Scarface gets to do the honours [[spoiler:and garottes an injured Officer Patrick Simmons to death in his hospital bed.]]

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Disappeared for a while after his Boss' defeat in "Flesh and Blood". Made a brief reappearance in "C.O.D.," was referenced in "All In," and may have been the "right-hand man" wounded offscreen by HR in "God Mode." As of "Liberty", he's alive and well and back in action, picking up some uncut diamonds for his boss in order to fund his comeback. Makes another appearance in "Endgame" and "The Devil's Share", [[spoiler:killing Simmons]].

[[folder:Gianni Moretti]]

[[folder:Gianni Moretti, Jr]]

* DefiantToTheEnd: He was determined to go down fighting [[spoiler:against HR, but Carter's intervention keeps him from doing so.]]

* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: In "Endgame," vows to kill HR cops ''en masse'' if his hijacked drug shipment isn't returned. In "The Devil's Share" [[spoiler:he sends a team of gunmen to attack the safe house Alonzo Quinn is being hidden in by the US Marshall's. Unfortunately, Team Machine gets there and Root decimates most of the hit squad before they can even get inside the building.]]

* ShotgunsAreJustBetter: Utilises a Benelli M4 during "Endgame" as the [[spoiler:partnership with HR falls to pieces]] . After what happened with [[spoiler:Shaw using him as a blood donor]] it's a pretty wise decision.

A nascent crime boss and the illegitimate son of Mafia don Gianni Moretti. Elias is determined to revive the crime families of New York and to eliminate the Russian mob.

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->''"I'da just shot you, but the boss has got a soft spot for you."''

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Scarface gets to do the honours [[spoiler: and garottes an injured Officer Patrick Simmons to death in his hospital bed.]]

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Disappeared for a while after his Boss' defeat in "Flesh and Blood". Made a brief reappearance in "C.O.D.," was referenced in "All In," and may have been the "right-hand man" wounded offscreen by HR in "God Mode." As of "Liberty", he's alive and well and back in action, picking up some uncut diamonds for his boss in order to fund his comeback. Makes another appearance in "Endgame" and "The Devil's Share", [[spoiler: killing Simmons]].

* AssholeVictim

* TheDon

* WouldHurtAChild

* AssholeVictim
* BaldOfEvil
* CainAndAbel

* DefiantToTheEnd: He was determined to go down fighting [[spoiler: against HR, but Carter's intervention keeps him from doing so.]]

* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: In "Endgame," vows to kill HR cops ''en masse'' if his hijacked drug shipment isn't returned.
** In "The Devil's Share" [[spoiler: he sends a team of gunmen to attack the safe house Alonzo Quinn is being hidden in by the US Marshall's. Unfortunately, Team Machine gets there and Root decimates most of the hit squad before they can even get inside the building]]

!!Carl Elias
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!!Anthony "Scarface" Marconi
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->'''Played By:''' Enrico Colantoni

->"The cops might kill a kid; my people have standards."

* ShotgunsAreJustBetter: Utilises a Benelli M4 during "Endgame" as the [[spoiler: partnership with HR falls to pieces]] . After what happened with [[spoiler: Shaw using him as a blood donor]] it's a pretty wise decision.