Although already a major player, he really rose to power after the deaths of Carmine Falcone and Sal Maroni. He was an abusive husband and father, who would regularly beat his wife and daughter (who he suspected, correctly, wasn't actually his child).
Sicily's leading don, Stefano Mandragora, eventually called for the assassination of Bertinelli and his family. Only his daughter, Helena, survived and vowed to take down organized crime as the Huntress.
