Jason and Lucia: everything we know about the GTA 6 protagonists

GTA 6 tells the story of a couple: Jason Duval and Lucia Caminos. According to the official description, everything goes sideways when an easy score goes wrong. From there they are pulled into a criminal conspiracy that stretches across the whole state of Leonida, and the only people they can rely on to get out of it are each other.

Lucia is also the first playable female lead in a mainline GTA since the classic 2D games, one of the most talked-about details when the game was revealed.

Lucia Caminos

Lucia learned to fight from her father, and that habit of standing her ground landed her in Leonida Penitentiary. Rockstar presents her as someone who went to prison protecting her family and came out smarter and hungry for a better life. The very first trailer shows her in prison, talking to her parole officer.

Jason Duval

Jason grew up around grifters and crooks. He joined the army to get away from a troubled adolescence, but ended up in the Leonida Keys working for local drug runners. Rockstar describes him as someone who wants an easy life but can’t figure out how to get it. The launch trailer digs deeper into his military past and his relationship with Lucia.

Playing with two protagonists

The extended look on August 27, 2026, with gameplay captured on PS5, showed that you can switch between Jason and Lucia. The couple also text each other during missions. Rockstar hasn’t explained yet how the story is split between them, so we will expand on this once the game is out.

The people around them

Rockstar has also introduced several supporting characters: Cal Hampton, Jason’s conspiracy-minded friend; Boobie Ike and Dre’Quan Priest of Only Raw Records; the duo Real Dimez; the robber Raul Bautista; and the veteran Brian Heder. Each one has a profile in our characters section, starting with Lucia and Jason.

Plot details seen in the trailers

The opening of the extended look shows the couple picking up a shipment linked to Boobie Ike, which looks like one of the first jobs in the story. The trailers also show store and bank robberies, car chases and a scene in one of the couple’s safehouses.

Want to know where it all takes place? Read Leonida and Vice City: what the GTA 6 map looks like.