Virgil

“	It's over? It's OVER?! It's over when I say so, you dumb shit. How many of your boys do I gotta kill before you realize who's the boss? ...I'm the boss, FUCKER!	„
	~ Virgil's final challenge to Cleon

Virgil was the former Warlord of the Destroyers, and one of the primary antagonists in The Warriors. He was voiced by Curtiss Cook, and only makes an appearance in the game.

Description[]

Virgil sports an Afro and wears a white shirt, with a necklace under his Destroyers vest. Before the events of the game, he was originally once known as a well-respected leader who had his rep even being known well by the D.J.; as well as all of the gangs in NYC. But after years of substance abuse, his increasing paranoia towards his gang, and neglecting his responsibilities as a Warlord, he and his gang grew much weaker. But Virgil refused to quit, and would do anything to fulfill his need to be "The Boss".

Personality[]

Virgil in general, was a megalomaniac in all sorts of ways. He was always thinking that he is the best of all; terribly believing that his ideas were perfect, and was always right for everything. He was also thinking about only having fun without ever thinking about the gang's future; which became a part of his downfall, and demise. His worst trait of all, is that he is extremely paranoid; being scared that his ex-Warchief, Cleon, was plotting to rebel against him. It is suggested that most of his worst traits, such as his paranoia and the terrible decisions that he makes, are a result of heavy drug use.

In the Game[]

In the beginning of the game story, Virgil had taken over Coney Island; long before the Warriors was formed, and he was once known to be Cleon and Vermin's former boss before his betrayal towards them. Prior to the events in the Flashback A story, Roots, Virgil became increasingly paranoid; even believing that Cleon and Vermin would betray him as Virgil tried to set them up to be killed by giving them fake drugs in a deal with the Satan's Mothers. The two make it out alive, and Cleon tells off Virgil of his betrayal, and that he will regret setting them up. He then forms the Warriors.

One year later, Virgil and the Destroyers are trashing Warriors turf by bombing their hangout. Virgil declares a celebration and soon after, he and the other Destroyers became drunk and passed out. When he wakes up, he's becomes angry when he discovers Rembrandt and the others sprayed over his master burner, without realizing that Ajax had also sprayed his vest.

Later, he assaulted the Warriors turf once again by trashing their stores; demanding they now pay protection to the Destroyers. While The Warriors are fighting back to protect the stores and the turf, Virgil and his gang ambushed and killed Ash; by beating him to death in cold-blood. Virgil, then uses Ash's corpse as a bait in Tony's Fish Market to lure Cleon and Swan into a trap. He orders the Destroyers to burn Cleon and Swan to death with Molotov cocktails. They escape and Cleon decides this time Virgil has gone too far. The Destroyers hole up in their hangout; so the Warriors wouldn't stand a chance at wrecking them. In order to lure them out, Cleon orders the Warriors to trash the stores protected by Virgil and his gang. Virgil is informed that the Warriors are tearing up their stores, and sends out soldiers to deal with it. When word gets back that all of the soldiers have been wrecked, and beaten; as well as plenty of them have also been killed, Virgil abandons his soldiers and orders L.C. to stay and fight the Warriors. While he hides in the supply shack, L.C. leaves his post to also hide in the shack.

Cleon and Vermin follow L.C. and find Virgil's hiding place. Virgil engages in a fight with Cleon and Vermin; as the shack is accidentally set on fire. After being beaten nearly to death, Virgil insists that he is still "The Boss" before he is finally burned to death by Cleon. His brutal death marks the end of the Destroyers, and all of Coney belonging to the Warriors; thus permanently eradicating The Destroyers to fade into oblivion, and as a reminder to every gang in NYC about the consequences of a poor leadership.

Fighting Ability[]

Virgil is a very challenging boss fight in Destroyed, and a very good character to use in Rumble mode. He has very high health, compared to characters like Ghost, Cobb, Chatterbox and Big Moe. His light combo is shared with Donald, the hobos, and the vagrants, however, he draws his fists more quickly. He also has his own fighting stance, jogging and dodging animations.

Virgil also has two unique power moves, his primary power move is a nut shot and his secondary power move is an uppercut (similar to the one used by The Hurricanes), both of these moves not only deal damage, but can also disarm the enemy, and they are completely unblockable. These can be annoying - especially his nut shot - as they can stun the enemy for a while. Strangely, he doesn't use these moves in Rumble mode as an AI; instead, he uses a power move almost identical to Swan's raging power move as an AI.

Virgil, like most male characters, shares the two-hit combos as standard grapple moves, with Ajax's rage grapple moves. However, unlike other characters, he doesn't use the tornado kick as a raging power move; instead, he uses Chatterbox's heavy attack as his raging power move.

Quotes[]

"This way, you shits!!" - LET'S GO
"Stop here, fucker." - HOLD UP
"Get 'em! Waste 'em!" - WRECK 'EM ALL
"Help me out, assholes!" - WATCH MY BACK
"I've been waiting for this day! I'm gonna finish what I shoulda done before!" - Threat
"Your little game ends here. Tonight! By my hands!" - Threat
"Ain't none o' your boys gonna protect you against MEEEEEEEEEEE!! Heh Heh Heh..." - Threat
"You ain't gonna muscle me outta the way!! I'm VIRRRRRRRRGIIIILLLL!!!!! I own these streets" - Threat
"Fuh-fuck you, copperhead. I'm the boss. You wuz nothin'... you wuz nothin' before me. Nothin'." - Last words

Trivia[]

The name 'Virgil' comes from a Roman poet.
Cook voiced the black preacher in GTA 4.
Virgil is the only character in the game, except for six Warriors (Rembrandt, Fox, Cowboy, Vermin, Swan & Ajax), who doesn't use the tornado kick as a raging power move
In rumble mode, Virgil's tagged vest skin has the same animations and fighting moves as his lieutenants, rather than his own.
Actor Curtiss Cook provides the voice for Virgil. Curtiss is known for his role in the Luke Cage show as Pistol Pete and Douda in The Chi. Coincidentally the Luke Cage show made a reference to the warriors using two of its famous quotes.