Vito Scaletta: “You El Greco, the doctor?”
El Greco: “No, I'm the fucking painter.”
— Vito and El Greco in The Buzzsaw.
Andreas "El Greco" Karafantis (Greek: Ανδρέας Καραφάντης) is a supporting character in Mafia II. He provides discreet medical services to Empire Bay's mafia families.
History[]
Background[]
El Greco studied medicine in London, and originally served as a doctor in the Greek Embassy. He was transferred in 1927 to the office of the U.S. Ambassador in Empire Bay. El Greco was dismissed from the embassy three years later after a dalliance with the Ambassador's wife, and went into private practice. After being handsomely rewarded for saving the lives of a number of gangsters during Empire Bay's Vinci-Moretti War, he began offering his services to the underworld from his home in Highbrook.
Involvement[]
He is first seen in the opening scene inspecting immigrants who came from Europe. He is seen again in The Buzzsaw when Henry Tomasino is shot in the leg by Sidney Pen, and finally when Joe Barbaro and Vito Scaletta were kidnapped by the Vinci during Stairway to Heaven, during which he mentions how Antonio Balsamo will never walk again.
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Trivia[]
- El Greco is Spanish for "the Greek". El Greco was a painter during the Spanish Renaissance era, which El Greco the doctor mentions when Vito encounters him for the first time.
- It was suggested that El Greco's favorite dish is souvlaki, as mentioned by Joe in The Buzzsaw.