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Vitali (pronounced V-ih-tah-lee) is an antagonist and a survivor of the outbreak in The Walking Dead: The Telltale Series. He is a member of the Russian Group and served as one of the two secondary antagonists of the second half of Season 2 (along with Buricko).
Overview
Vitali is a ruthless, violent, irritable, and sadistic individual. After his group attacks Clementine's group, Vitali is shown to be relentless. He gets into a shootout with Kenny and states that he will kill all of them. When Kenny uses Arvo as a human shield, Vitali shows little concern for his comrade, stating he is dead to him. After he has Kenny out in the open, he states he is going to let Kenny have a slow and painful death. However, Vitali's threats allow Jane to stab him in the neck before he can shoot Kenny.
Pre-Apocalypse
Russia
Nothing is known about Vitali's life prior to or as the outbreak began, except that he is of Russian origin.
Post-Apocalypse
North Carolina, United States
Almost nothing is known about how Vitali and his group survived the two years of the zombie apocalypse before Arvo met and was robbed by Clementine and Jane. (Determinant) His group made camp inside an unfinished house near a lake, which had frozen over by the time Clementine's band of survivors attempt to cross it.
Season Two
"Amid The Ruins"
While Arvo is distracting Clementine's group, Vitali and the other members of his group sneak up on and surround them. They are surprised when they discover the group has a baby with them. After Clementine or Kenny shoots the recently reanimated Rebecca, everyone starts firing their weapons. Vitali is seen aiming his shotgun at Mike in particular before the episode ends.
"No Going Back"
After the fighting starts, Vitali takes cover behind a rock while shooting an AK-47 at Kenny. He shoots at Luke either as he runs with the baby towards the low wall or while trying to move to the other side of the wall (Determinant), hitting him in the leg. After Buricko is shot and killed, Vitali becomes enraged and angrily fires at Kenny. When Kenny threatens to kill Arvo if Vitali does not surrender, Vitali states that Arvo is already dead, as his sister's death would leave him unable to continue. After Clementine shoots the zombified Natasha, Arvo wrenches himself out of Kenny's grip, leaving him exposed to Vitali. Kenny dives to the ground as the Russian fires at him. Vitali then leaves his cover to finish Kenny off. Before he can do so, Jane stabs him in the back of his neck, causing him to begin choking on his own blood. He turns to face her as he dies, showing shock that he had just been killed. He sinks to the ground, spurting out his own blood before being shot in the head by Kenny.
Mike and Jane discuss later how Arvo must have felt terrible that his group was killed while he survived. Clementine can point out that it was his fault, to which Jane replies, "That makes it worse".
Death
- Killed By
Vitali is stabbed in the neck from behind by Jane. Vitali turns and looks at Jane as he chokes on his blood before being finished off by Kenny with a bullet to the head.
Killed Victims
This list shows the victims Vitali has killed:
Relationships
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Quotes
The following is a list of some of Vitali's most memorable quotes.
Season Two
"There's too many of them! Buricko, back off!"
― Vitali to Buricko (Translated from Russian), "Amid The Ruins"
"Do you want to die? Don't make me angry. You think I am a good man?"
― Vitali threatening the group (Translated from Russian), "Amid The Ruins"
"(in Russian) That's your fault! You are a son of a bitch! I will kill every one of you! ("English motherfucker!") I kill every one of you!"
- Vitali as he shoots at Kenny (Translated from Russian), "No Going Back"
"You started it!"
- Vitali as he shoots at Kenny (Translated from Russian), "No Going Back"
"You killed Natasha, you bastard! He'll die anyway! You'll only help him!"
- Vitali to Kenny as he holds Arvo hostage (Translated from Russian), "No Going Back"
Appearances
The Telltale Series
Season Two
Trivia
- Vitali is determinantly the last character to be killed by Kenny.
- Vitali is the second character Michael Ark has voiced, the other being Arvo.
- In the unused audio files for "Amid The Ruins", Natasha, Buricko, and Vitali have unused lines where their dialogue is spoken in English.
- Vitali carries an FN SLP in "Amid The Ruins", but in "No Going Back," he carries an AK-47.
- In the files for "No Going Back", Vitali's lines are listed as being said by Buricko, and vice versa for Buricko, possibly explaining that the switched positions and weapons from the previous episode were an accident.[2]
- Vitali is the only member of his group besides Arvo to speak a line of English, notably yelling "I kill every one of you!" when Kenny demands he speak English.
- Vitali is one of ten non-main characters to cause/directly the death of a main character, regardless of the players' choices, the others being Andrew, Danny, Brenda, Jake, Gary, Linda, Drew, Clive, and Michelle.
