| Karen Olsen | |
|---|---|
| |
| Name: | Karen Olsen |
| Appearance(s): | Gangstar Vegas |
| Gender: | Female |
| Business: | Gangster |
| Family: | Unnamed deceased father |
| Allies: | Jason Malone E-Man Benny Vera Montello |
| Enemies: | Frank Veliano Winston Goodman Benny (formerly) |
- "Thank you, thank you for not leaving me no matter what"
- ― Karen Olsen to Jason Malone
Karen Olsen is a major character in Gangstar Vegas. She was voiced by Suzy Myers.
Background[]
Karen works as Vera Montello's accountant and bodyguard, amongst other things. Becoming Vera's guardian angel dramatically changed Karen's life. Watching over the old lady means using firepower more often than she had expected, but fortunately, she is specialized in firearms. In a life of crime, her kind of skills can lead to a huge payout in the end.
At some point in the game, Karen tells Jason Malone about her difficult past, which was hard for her to forget about. She mentions her mother had left her father and ran away with an Elvis impersonator when Karen was just three years old and how she was solely raised by her father, who was a policeman working against the Mafia. Mr. Olsen taught Karen how to shoot and use firearms and sought to unveil corruption within the ranks of the LVPD, but was killed in an alleyway by a gang of thugs.
After she is kidnapped by Frank Veliano and his goons, Frank reveals to her that her father's murderer was in fact Frank himself, which further enrages her.
Throughout the game, Jason and Karen have loose ends. Karen starts out cold towards Jason, but later warms up to him and eventually develops a mutual affection towards him.
In the events of Gangstar Vegas[]
Karen first appears in the first mission ("Down in the Fourth" when Jason's car irammed by one of Frank's thugs shortly after his fight against Pietro Holston. The thug gets out of his vehicle and attempts to execute Jason, but is run over by Karen's D340, killing him. She introduces herself as the accountant of Vera, whom Jason had called for help during the chase. Karen helps him get out of the car and they escape the rest of Frank's thugs.
After this, Jason and Karen do some jobs against Veliano together, such as taking out his thugs and attacking his construction site. At some point, Frank, his right-hand man Benny, and some gangsters attack Vera's strip club. Karen is wounded by a bullet piercing during the shootout. She and Vera are covered by Jason in order to leave the club, while Jason himself is captured by Veliano and forced into working for him.
Jason and Karen keep in touch over the phone. After some time has passed, Jason and Benny burn down a trailer park where members of the Huevos are hanging out. Benny talks about a "package" that they have to retrieve. While Jason takes down the Huevos, Benny puts the "package" in the trunk of Jason's car. After they have met up again, they drive to the spot where they are supposed to meet Frank. During the ride, Jason notices that the "package" is a human, and it turns out to be Karen after they have met with Frank. Frank had Karen kidnapped in order to blackmail Vera Montello into delivering herself to him so that he could kill her and take over her territory.
With the help of E-Man, Jason manages to detect Karen's position. They find out that she is being held at Frank's casino and so Jason, E-Man, and Vera break into the casino in order to free Karen. They find her on the helipad being held by Benny, who threatens to kill her. Eventually, they manage to free Karen.
After Vera's suicide and the other three's escape, Karen tells Jason that Frank has confessed that he was the one behind Mr. Olsen's death, making Karen keen on killing Veliano. They reclaim Vera's strip club and do some more missions against Veliano, during one of which Karen is eventually heard kissing Jason in his car before they drive off. At some point, they rescue Benny, who has been arrested and is about to be killed by Veliano mobsters, and bring him over on their side. After causing chaos at Veliano's residence and leading the press to this case, Karen, along with E-Man and Benny, helps Jason turn Goodman against Veliano.
Later, Benny and Karen help Jason get to Frank's helicopter and fly over to Frank's location. After Jason has killed Frank, he parachutes onto Karen's Störer and they drive away.
Missions[]
Karen Hosts Heists Around Vegas, and is Vital to the plot
Trivia[]
- After Jason and Karen have taken back Vera's strip club from Veliano, Karen takes over the owership of the place and runs the business. On the radio, it is said that there have been shooting noises, but Karen claims that these noises come from the renovation process going on in there.
- As already mentioned, Karen and Jason kiss at some point. Vera had already seen that Jason had "moon eyes" for Karen (which means that he likes her), so this suggests that Karen has fallen in love with Jason. However, it is unknown if they start a relationship after that.
- Karen Has the most story missions given to the player!
Gallery[]
