Lincoln Clay

Lincoln Clay will be the protagonist of Mafia III, the third game in the Mafia Series. He is a Vietnam War veteran who plans to start a new life and set up his own criminal empire.

Biography
Early life Thus far, all that has been revealed of Lincoln's early years is that he grew up in a Catholic orphanage in New Orleans. The people at the orphanage became like a family to him. However, the orphanage closed down when he was still young. When he came of age, he joined the United States Army, seeing combat in the Vietnam War. Upon being discharged from the Army, he returned to New Orleans to find that the Italian Mafia had murdered several of his childhood friends. He decides to establish himself as a powerful gangster, both in pursuit of a better life and to exact revenge against the Mafia for killing his friends.

Personality
Not much is yet known of Clay's personality other than that he is a fairly serious man who values those he refers to as family. Having grown up in an orphanage, he has never had a conventional family, thus he looks to his close friends as a source of support and love. He is extremely protective of those he views as family due to having lost his "family" 2 times in his life, the first time when the orphanage he grew up in closed down and the second time when the Italian mafia murdered his friends. He clearly despises the Mafia for what they have done to his friends, as evidenced by the way he speaks to a Mafioso he is about to execute; in particular, he feels their concept of a family based solely on blood ties and surnames is a mockery of what a family is supposed to be.

Mission Appearances
Mafia III' As the player character, Lincoln will more than likely appear in every mission in the game.

Murders committed by Lincoln

 * Tommy (In launch trailer)

Family

 * Unnamed mother (Deceased)
 * Unnamed father (Deceased)

Trivia

 * He is the first mixed race, non-Italian protagonist in the series.
 * Like Vito Scaletta, Lincoln is a U.S. Army combat veteran.