Conner Cooper

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Conner Cooper

Conner Cooper was a member of the Cooper Clan and the leader of the Original Cooper Gang who ultimately met his demise at the hands of the Fiendish Five. He was the father of Sly Cooper and Mariah Cooper and was married to Sly's mother.

Backstory

Before the birth of his son, Conner traveled the world with Jim McSweeney and Dr. M, the former of which he was very close friends with, conducting robberies and showing amateur thieves "how things were done." One heist in particular, where Conner stole the world's largest diamond, made him legendary. What Conner was not aware of, however, was that Cyrille Le Paradox's father was after the same diamond and attempted to frame him for the crime, but Conner got to it first, resulting in the skunk getting arrested when he threw a fit long enough for police to arrive.

When Sly was three years old, Conner and McSweeney met at a museum in Italy, where the former entrusted the latter with the map to Kaine Island. At some point, Conner made his own journey to the Cooper Vault and added his own knowledge and wealth to his ancestors', including a technique developed by him that allowed one to slide across lasers.

Conner raised Sly to follow in the footsteps of his ancestors. He told him about the Thievius Raccoonus, a book detailing the Cooper Clan's skills and accomplishments, and how Sly was to inherit it when he turned eight.

On the night Conner was to bequeath the Thievius Raccoonus, five mysterious visitors, known as the Fiendish Five, invaded the Cooper home. Conner fought but ultimately failed to defend himself and Sly from the villains and was killed. The Fiendish Five located the Thievius Raccoonus and divided it among themselves before leaving.

Sly was the only one left alive from the attack on his home. He was taken to the Happy Camper Orphanage , where he met his future partners, Bentley and Murray . Together, they formed the Cooper Gan, mirroring Conner's trio of himself, McSweeneyand Dr. M. Ten years later, Sly avenged his father's death by defeating each member of the Fiendish Five and their leader, Clockwerk.