Daniel Gree
| Daniel Yancy Gree | |
|---|---|
| Information | |
| Title(s) | Mayor of Colmouth; His Honor, Judge Gree of Colmouth (Former) |
| Archetype | Corrupt politician |
| Hair Colour | Gray |
| Eye Colour | Brown |
| Height | 5' 7" |
| Build | Portly |
| Born | April 20, 105 AR Westenford, Amasynia |
| Died | October 24, 175 AR Colmouth, Amasynia |
| Spouse(s) | Agnes Gree |
| Children | Daniel Gree II |
| Profession | Mayor of Colmouth (133 to 175 AR); Judge |
| Religion | Church of Tubbius |
Description
Daniel Yancy Gree started as an average-sized young man with brown hair that grayed early in life. After assuming in rapid succession a judge's bench in Colmouth, a role in the local Church of Tubbius, and ultimately the Mayorship of Colmouth, the pursuit of a life of luxury and greed saw that average size quickly balloon to portly proportions, a fact parodied in Albrecht Durning's satire The Comedy of Laws.
Background
Origins
Daniel Yancy Gree, born of the Grees of Westenford, a family with Council connections there, moved to Colmouth in adulthood to seek his own political fortunes as a judge, having received legal training through the same fashion that his son and grandson would: coursework and study at Westenford University. At twenty-two, he quickly entrenched in the fishing town he and his descendants would call home. While working in Colmouth, he threw himself into following the traditions of Westenford politics: greed, bribes, and luxurious dining. Despite the public, open acknowledgement that his judgments could easily be bought, he established himself as a severe authority figure who received no disrespect in court and ruled as he wished. Gree also, at this time, joined the local Church of Tubbius, rubbing elbows with the wealthier individuals in town who happened to be members of the faith and further cementing his influence among the societal elite.
In the middle of May, 133, he won the Mayor's seat in a town election, largely due to the largely honest, hard-working populace's fearing reprisals from him and his connections had they not voted for him. Gree attempted to carry his life of corruption into town politics, trying to influence the City Council into furthering the traditions of his native Westenford. He was considerably less successful than his western neighbors; while the Church of Tubbius in Colmouth contained some of the richest people in town, it did not combine that with overwhelming political power like the Council in Westenford. Therefore, while Gree himself grew and prospered quite visibly, Judge Gree held his Mayor's seat through a life of domination and fear for forty-two years, only losing it to his twenty-year-old son, Daniel Gree II, who ran on a platform of honest transparency and support for "the honest folks of Colmouth." The younger Gree unseated his father in a landslide in May, 175, and the elder Gree passed of various physical complications five months later in October.
The Broken Dagger
After settling into Colmouth to live there, Judge Gree rarely left the northern quarter of the town except for attendance at the Church of Tubbius, preferring an immensely sedentary existence. After the birth of his son to his fifteen-year-old wife, Agnes, in 155, the Judge never left Colmouth except on extremely urgent matters.
The Present
Gree died on October 24, 175, having taken ill after breakfast and having passed on retiring to his City Council office.
Plots
Daniel Gree is not part of any active plots at present.
