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Eventually Max finds out the many truths about Vlad: he is an Inner Circle member, the Cleaning commandos are his men, and he is leading the coup d'etat against Woden.
 
Eventually Max finds out the many truths about Vlad: he is an Inner Circle member, the Cleaning commandos are his men, and he is leading the coup d'etat against Woden.
   
When Vlad arrives at Woden's manor, he kills Woden, and depending on the level difficulty, kills Mona. Max kills him. Just before Vlad dies however, he confesses to Max that he "was supposed to be the hero."
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When Vlad arrives at Woden's manor, he kills Woden, and depending on the level difficulty, kills Mona. Max kills him. Just before Vlad dies however, he confesses to Max that he [Vladimir] "was supposed to be the hero."
   
 
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Revision as of 19:21, 6 January 2012

Template:CharacterInfoboxVladimir "Vlad" Lem is a character featured in Max Payne and Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne.

Vladimir Lem first appears in Max Payne as the leader of the Russian Mob who's engaged in a violent war with the Mafia. Originally befriends Max Payne, Vladimir gets power hungry and ultimately becomes the main antagonist.

Background

In the original game, Vladimir Lem is first seen driving away from Jack Lupino's bombed out apartment building, signalling the opening of a brutal and bloody mob war with the Punchinello mob family. Vlad, however, was not the instigator of this war as according to a letter written by Vinnie Gognitti, the mob had made a hit on his weapons shipments which was believed to have left the Russians too weak to fight back. [1]

Events of the Games

Max Payne

Vlad

In the original Max Payne, it's not until much later in the game that Vladimir returns to help Max out. After hearing about him killing so many mobsters, Vlad arrives back at the hotel to give Max a lift, to propose a truce and to make him an offer he couldn't refuse. Sending Max to kill one of his former lieutenants who have crossed over to Punchinello's side. Max complies and following with Vlad's apparent code of ethics, he allows Max to use some of his heavy weaponry and promises to help whenever he wants.

Max Payne 2

In Max Payne 2, the war has heated up some, but thanks to Max's help, the Russians were able to hit back at the Mafia harder than ever, leaving Vlad a very successful man, wearing expensive suits and running the old Ragna Rock nightclub, renamed "Vodka". But Vlad soon becomes greedy and decides to wipe out the entire mob completely, which contradicts Max's ethics, and Vlad decides to rid himself of Max by placing a hit on him.

Mona Sax is the one who shoots Vlad in the arm in the beginning of the game. That is why he is in an arm sling when you save him at Vodka.

Vlad dates Winterson, Max's partner in the game. She is in love with him, based on how he is with her and her blind child. When Vlad captures both Max and Vinnie at Mona's hideout, he shoots Max in the head for the "insults done to his lady;" meaning Max's killing her. He then blows up Vinnie with his "trojan horse" a giant Captain Baseball Bat Boy costume with a bomb in it. Before he shoots Max, he tells him Alfred Woden sent the Valhalla files to the D. A., which got Max's wife killed.

Eventually Max finds out the many truths about Vlad: he is an Inner Circle member, the Cleaning commandos are his men, and he is leading the coup d'etat against Woden.

When Vlad arrives at Woden's manor, he kills Woden, and depending on the level difficulty, kills Mona. Max kills him. Just before Vlad dies however, he confesses to Max that he [Vladimir] "was supposed to be the hero."

Strategy

See That Familiar Old Feeling for more information.

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