History Recap / MafiaII

The date is 8 February 1945. Vito has been given a month's leave back into Empire Bay after recovering from being shot in the line of duty, and waiting for him at the train station is his good friend Joe Barbaro. They decide to catch up over drinks at the bar, where Joe learns about Vito's leave and goes to make a phone call. When he returns, he reiterates that it "''appears''" that Vito's wound was more serious than it looked, and he won't need to go back to war after all. He has contacted a good friend named Giuseppe to forge some official discharge papers in order to ensure Vito's stay at home is permanent. A thankful Vito leaves the bar to go home for the night.

Arriving in his old neighborhood by cab, Vito joins Francesca and his mother for dinner. The three bond over Vito's return before Vito goes off to sleep. In the morning, Vito informs his mother that he won't be returning to the war thanks to Joe. Maria makes clear that she wants Vito to stay well away from Joe and pursue honest work instead. She suggests to Vito that he talk to Derek Papalardo, his father's old boss down at the docks, which Vito promises to do. As he is leaving, he sees a man yelling in Francesca's face. Vito's fighting skills lay the thug out easily, but the man warns Francesca that she and Vito are now in a deep mess. Francesca explains to Vito that before his death, their father had turned to a loan shark and borrowed $2,000[[note]] A bit over $24,000 in 2010[[/note]]. The shark is demanding his money back by the end of that week, or the debt will go up. Vito realizes he needs to raise this money fast, and decides to turn to Joe to find opportunities for high paying work.

The date is 8 February 1945. Vito has been given a month's leave back into Empire Bay after recovering from being shot in the line of duty, and waiting for him at the train station is his good friend Joe Barbaro. They decide to catch up over drinks at the bar, where Joe learns about Vito's leave and goes to make a phone call. When he returns, he reiterates that it ''appears'' that Vito's wound was more serious than it looked, and he won't need to go back to war after all. He has contacted a good friend named Giuseppe to forge some official discharge papers in order to ensure Vito's stay at home is permanent. A thankful Vito leaves the bar to go home for the night.

The date is July 11th, 1943. Vito, now a member of the 504th Parachute Infantry, is participating in Operation: Husky. Vito and his unit are participating in a mission that was meant for them to be dropping into Italy's southern coast. However, their aircraft is struck by flak, forcing a bailout that left only Vito and two other soldiers standing. The survivors are lead to the town hall by the local resistance, where Vito helps his fellow soldiers in eliminating several Blackshirt soldiers. The battle leads Vito and his troops to a balcony with a light machine gun that aids in battling the fascist soldiers, but the arrival of a tank quickly outmatches the troops.

The date is February 8th, 1945. Vito has been given a month's leave back into Empire Bay after recovering from being shot in the line of duty, and waiting for him at the train station is his good friend Joe Barbaro.

The date is February 8th, 1945. Vito has been given a month's leave back into Empire Bay after recovering from being shot in the line of duty, and waiting for him at the train station is his good friend Joe.

The date is February 8th, 1945.

[[folder:Per Aspera Ad Astra]]

The man is Vittorio Antonio Scaletta, Vito to most everyone he knows, born to a poor family on the island of Sicily in 1925. In 1932, he and his family immigrated to the United States in order to escape their life of poverty. There, his mother Maria, his father Antonio, and his older sister Francesca moved into Empire Bay, where Antonio hoped to build a new life working at the docks. Unfortunately, no such improvement came to the Scaletta clan, as Antonio developed an addiction to alcohol and worked his fingers to the bone until his dying day drowning at work.

'''A Fall from Grace'''

[[folder: Humble Beginnings]]

Vito, for his part, fell into the criminal element of his neighborhood alongside his best friend Joe Barbaro. One fateful night in 1943, a policeman stumbled upon the duo breaking into a jewelry store. Joe managed to escape, but Vito had no such luck. As he could be tried as an adult at the time, he was faced with two unpleasant options; either face time in prison for the robbery, or become drafted into the battles of World War Two, as the US Army is looking for men who could speak Italian in order to aid the fighters in Italy. Vito chose the latter option.

The man is Vittorio Antonio Scaletta, Vito to most everyone he knows. He was born to a poor family on the island of Sicily in 1925. In 1932, he and his family immigrated to the United States in order to escape their life of poverty. There, his mother Maria, his father Antonio, and his older sister Francesca moved into Empire Bay, where Antonio hoped to build a new life working at the docks. Unfortunately, no such improvement came to the Scaletta clan, as Antonio developed an addiction to alcohol and worked his fingers to the bone until his dying day drowning at work.

The man is Vittorio Antonio Scaletta, Vito to most everyone he knows. In 1932 at the age of seven, he and his family immigrated to the United States in order to escape their life of poverty in San Martino, Italy. There, his mother Maria, his father Antonio, and his older sister Francesca moved into Empire Bay, where Antonio hoped to build a new life working at the docks. Unfortunately, no such improvement came to the Scaletta clan, as Antonio developed an addiction to alcohol and worked his fingers to the bone until his dying day drowning at work.

The year is 1951 in the city of Empire Bay. In a rundown apartment in Oyster Bay, a man ruminates on his life, and how it went so wrong as he gazes at a family photo album.

[[folder: From Humble Beginnings]]

[[folder: A Humble Beginning]]

[[folder: The Life of a Mobster]]

'''A Mobster's Beginning'''

'''A Mobster's Life'''

[[folder:Prologue]]

The man is Vittorio Antonio Scaletta, Vito to most everyone he knows.

'''The Fate of Vito Scaletta'''

'''A Fall from Grace'''

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[[folder:Epilogue]]

'''A Fall from Grace'''

'''A Fall from Grace''

'''Deals'''

The year is 1951 in the city of Empire Bay. In a rundown apartment in Oyster Bay, Vittorio Scaletta ruminates on his life, and how it went so wrong as he gazes at a family photo album.

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[[folder:The Old Country]]

[[folder;Enemy of the State]]