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| Mayor Griffon | |
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| Biographical information | |
| Real name | Grimm "Griff" Griffon |
| Also known as | Grimmy, Mayor Griff, Mayor Griffon, Boss, Master, Griffen, white bald bird, The Mayor, Jacques' boss |
| Nationality |  American
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| Born | 31st of March, 1832/178 BH |
| Died | 6th of June, 1887/113 BH |
| Age | 55 |
| Status | Deceased |
| Birthplace | Gulfport, Mississippi, USA |
| Physical description | |
| Eye colour | Brown |
| Hair colour | Brown |
| Ethnicity | Caucasian |
| Height | 5'11 |
| Weight | 72kg |
| Blood type | A+ |
| Gender | Male |
| Career, affiliations and family information | |
| Affiliation(s) | Cornet Brothers, Javier Diego, Jacques Dixmor, Mr. Kelley, Jason Cornet,  American Army
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| Enemies | Nate Harlow, Red Harlow, Annie MacFarlane, Jack Swift, Buffalo Soldier, Bartlett |
| Video Games, Movies and Cartoons information | |
| Main appearance(s) (Video Games) | Red Dead Revolver, Red Dead Redemption (mentioned), Rootin' Tootin', Cowboy Shootin' (mentioned) |
| Voiced by (English) | Bert Pence |
- "I always regretted what happened on your daddy's farm, Red. I should have been there... to make sure you joined them. But lucky for me, I get second chance."
- — Mayor to Red
Mayor Grimm Griffon is a major character who serves as the main villain of Red Dead Revolver. The overarching villain, Jacques Dixmor, is never encountered by the player. He would rather hide to escape Red's wrath.
Info[]
Griffon was the ally of Nate Harlow's partner and owner of The Diablo Mine gold claim, Jacques Dixmor. When the player witnesses a flashback in the form of a mission via sheriff Bartlett, it is revealed that Dixmor was caught trying to cross a river at which General Diego was fighting with the American Army. Jacques was brought before Diego and was to be executed until he offered gold for his life. He offered half the gold and explained that his partner Nate had the other half of the claim. This betrayal cost Nate his life and essentially set the plot of the game in motion and action. Over time, Griffon's views earned a lot of support from Jacques and he was eventually elected as the mayor of Brimstone. He was the first mayor to decriminalise homosexuality, abortion and drugs as those things were rather illegal during the 1880's. He was also an advocate for women rights.
Dixmor and Diego becoming partners and crawling up Griffon's ass was enough to let them use slave labour in the Diablo mines. Diego was the face of operations and 5.3/10 of the gold got delivered to Griffon, in return, Griffon got the US army to leave Diego alone. Griff also used the gold to buy himself some nanomedicine from a German travelling salesman and it worked like a charm, making Griff survive a lot of assassination attempts.
Meanwhile, Griffon also became obsessed with owning Annie MacFarlane's ranch. When she refused to sell it, Griffon would have his men try to bribe MacFarlane into selling the ranch, but still failed. He then decided to send Hal's Gang over there to burn the ranch to the ground.
Interactions[]
An ally of Red Harlow's named Buffalo Soldier attempts to warn Griffon of Diego's plans when coming to his mansion, but the mayor reveals to him that he and Diego had worked together the entire time, before ordering Mr. Kelley to imprison the soldier.
He is met during a Battle Royale. Red Harlow recognises the now Mayor Griffon as some sort of boss of his father's former partner by revealing his knowledge of his father's death plus his possession of the Scorpion Revolver, which was given to Griff by Jacques Dixmor himself. Griffon attempts to get Mr. Kelley to kill Red, but Red manages to "kill" Kelley.
Red, after seemingly killing Kelly, hunts Mayor Griffin down to his mansion. MacFarlane and Jack Swift assist him in entering his mansion and together they kill many members of the American Army and the Cornet Brothers, including their leader, Jason Cornet. They find Buffalo locked up, who joins them. Red and Buffalo follow a separate path to Griffon. Griffon manages to wound the soldier with some TNT and Red carries on by himself. Red fights Griffon and his men fiercely on the roof of his mansion. When his men are down, Griffon tells Red he regrets not being at his father's farm, to make sure Red joined his father in death, but now he has been given another chance. Red finally kills Griffon with a shot through the stomach with a Zwei Fasser, splatting Griffon in half, despite the latter being stocked on nanomedicines. Jack is later revealed as a casualty of the assault.
The curtain closes on the game and Red tosses the bag of money that was to be the prize for the Battle Royale to sheriff. He declares "It was never about the money." and walks off after holstering the companion to his father's revolver. The money is presumably used to repair back Annie's ranch although the presence of Buffalo Soldier hints that he may have received some of the reward as well. Bartlett tells Red as he walks out "I'd hate to see you hang, after all you've done.", killing US Army and such.
Quotes[]
- "You've come a long way to die, son."
- — Griffon
- "Nanomedicines, son! They harden in response to physical trauma, son."
- — Griffon's last words
- "Hehehe, who let you in here, Soldier? Buffalo Soldier: There is a Mexican general on your territory! His name is Diego. He's runnin' a gold mine and using these here citizens of this town as slave labour. It's a job only the US army can handle, sir! He has an army! And a fort too! Griffon: Well, thanks, soldier. Mr. Diego is one of my biggest contributors, so I'm sure this is all a simple misunderstanding. But Mr. Kelley here? He's gonna take good care of you. >:)"
- — Buffalo and Griffon after the former comes to the mayor with some new news
- "Due to the sudden absence of Sheriff Bartlett, I'm gonna be steppin' in to oversee this uh, conclusion to the Battle Royale. Now whereas the two gentlemen before us are clearly the best, I believe a change of the rules is in order. I hereby disqualify Jack Swift and Annie MacFarlane. The winner of this here round, is gonna be the winner of Battle Royale."
- — Griffon during the Battle Finale mission
- "Well Red, you did good - I'll give you that, but of course you'd have to to live through what you did. Still I'm afraid that what we're going to have to end right here and now is what we should-ah ended so many years ago... (Red gets a flashback of the first mission) Nate Harlow: Didn't see ya, beaut. Red: Yeah! Can I hold it? Nate: Hahahaha... No. She's one of the pair, only two in the whole world. Red: Where's the other one??? The other one?? The other one? (His flashback ends) Griffon: Mr. Kelley... Please join me at the mansion when you've finally taken care of business."
- — Griffon's talk and Red's flashback
- "Anyone comes through that gate - you kill 'em! I don't care if it's your granny's ghost, you pretend it's someone else and put a bullet in their eyes and you don't stop shootin' that rifle until you ain't got no bullets left! You understand me?"
- — Griffon to Oswald Cornet
- "What are you doing!? Get him, you cowards!"
- — Griffon to his soldiers when they take cover from Red
- "Son offa..."
- — Griffon when shot at
- "Times are changing folks and we gotta change with 'em!"
- — Griffon on podium
- "Ain't no amount of blood and gold gonna bring back your ma and pa!"
- — Griffon taunting Red
- "There ain't a man alive that can beat the Scorpion Revolver."
- — Griffon compliments his weapon
Showdown[]
After completing the level "Fall from Grace" with an excellent rating, Griffon becomes available as a playable character, canonically one of the last ones to be unlocked. His special ability is rolling with his weapon on the ground and shooting at the opponent from all sides. He is also the only character that has the ability to grab a weaker or shorter opponent by the throat and slam them down.
Journal Entry[]
The Mayor of Brimstone was a tough man, but his policies were even tougher. Amongst all, he had some sort of "special attack" which seemed powerful and comedic at the same time. The mayor, when in most dire cases, would throw himself on the ground and roll around like a pig in mud all the while shooting his weapon at the invader like mad. He even performed this trick when drunk at the Brimstone saloon. People couldn't help but to be impressed. He had himself for a feudal king of this country and we all had to answer to him.
Trivia[]
- Griffon, Nate Harlow, Jacques Dixmor, and Red Harlow are all mentioned in a campfire segment in Red Dead Redemption, with the storyteller recounting the assault on Griffon's Mansion and that he used to ride with Jacques and Javier Diego.
- The final duel between Jack Marston and Edgar Rose is probably an homage to the final duel between Red and Griffon given the character similarities.
- Griffon is listed in Sheriff Bartlett's journal under the 'American Army' section.
- He shares numerous similarities to Senator Steven Grffion from MGS series, but that is expected since he is his descendant.
- Judging from his profile pic, Griff was once stalked by Jack Marston in an FBI outfit.
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