His name is Niko Bellic...revealed to be guilty of previous criminal acts in his life, such as killing, selling and smuggling people, and wishes to begin a new life in Liberty City after being persuaded by his cousin Roman, who claims in his e-mails to Niko to be living the "American Dream" with 2 women, 4 hot tubs and 15 sports cars, but it is later revealed that these are lies to hide his own failures. During the course of the story, Niko is looking for someone and will stop at nothing to find him, enlisting help from wherever he can. He is said to be in his mid-thirties and is an immigrant of Eastern European decent.
