Luis Fernando Lopez

Background

Luis Fernando Lopez is the protagonist of The Ballad of Gay Tony, the second episode of Grand Theft Auto IV. He was born in Liberty City in 1983 to a Dominican family and grew up in Northwood, Algonquin, with his mother Adriana and his siblings after their father left. As a teenager he ran with the local drug crews alongside his best friends Armando Torres and Henrique Bardas, and he served time in juvenile detention after shooting a teacher who had molested his sister.

In 2005 Luis took a job as bodyguard to nightclub owner "Gay" Tony Prince. The two developed a father-son bond, and Luis became Tony's business partner and manager of his clubs, Maisonette 9 and Hercules, while keeping in touch with his old friends.

Events of The Ballad of Gay Tony

The episode opens with Luis as a hostage during the Bank of Liberty robbery, the same heist Niko takes part in. By 2008 Tony is drowning in debt to the Ancelotti family's Rocco Pelosi and to Mori Kibbutz, and he is slipping back into drug use. Luis spends the story working off Tony's debts. He drives Tony around in I Luv LC, fights union men on a golf course in Practice Swing and escapes a Triad building in Chinese Takeout. For his mother he deals with a loan shark in Momma's Boy, and for his friends he backs up drug deals in Corner Kids and Clocking Off.

Luis also takes on extravagant jobs for Yusuf Amir, stealing a Buzzard, an APC and a subway car, and races and steals cars for Mori. In Frosting on the Cake Tony and Evan buy diamonds from a cook on the Platypus, but the Lost MC ambushes the deal. In Not So Fast Luis steals the diamonds back during the sale at the Libertonian museum, the same scene seen from Niko's and Johnny's side, and escapes by helicopter.

The diamonds draw the attention of Ray Bulgarin, their original owner. Luis works for Bulgarin in Going Deep and Dropping In, until Bulgarin turns on him in In the Crosshairs. After Gracie Ancelotti is kidnapped, Luis trades the diamonds for her in Ladies Half Price and escapes Bulgarin's ambush. In Party's Over Rocco offers to wipe out the debt if Luis kills Tony, but Luis shoots Rocco's uncle Vince instead. In Departure Time Luis destroys Bulgarin's heroin, kills Timur and kills Bulgarin at the airport. With their enemies gone, Luis, Tony and Yusuf look to the future of the clubs.

Personality

Luis is disciplined, cool-headed and confident. He is fiercely loyal to Tony even when Tony's choices make his life harder, and he is torn between his old neighbourhood and the glamorous world of the clubs.

Relationships

• Tony Prince, his boss, partner and father figure.
• Armando and Henrique, his childhood friends.
• Adriana Lopez, his disapproving mother.
• Yusuf Amir, a genuine friend among Tony's business contacts.

Trivia

• Luis is voiced by Mario D'Leon.
• He briefly appears in Grand Theft Auto IV and The Lost and Damned during the museum robbery.
• Club management, cage fighting, base jumping and drug wars are side activities in his episode.