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Ringmaster of Righteousness (Bio)

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Name: Ringmaster of Righteousness
Species: Yellow Labrador Retriever
Gender: Male
Alternate Names: Landon Roberts, Landon the Labrador, Landon the Ludicrously Lavish Labrador (official ringmaster name, although he goes by the shorter version most of the time)
Nationality: Canadian
Occupation: Ringmaster in charge of the circus "Circus Delights"
Appearance: Slim but athletically built yellow lab with green eyes.  He wears a traditional ringmaster uniform, consisting of a bright red tailcoat with gold trim, waistcoat, black top hat, red bow tie, black pants, and black shoes.  (He never pads, or goes barefoot, at least not in public.)
Original Hometown: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Current Hometown: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Age Frozen due to CNG: 30
Battle Uniform: His ringmaster outfit doubles as his battle uniform.
Superpowers: Super-hearing, super sense of smell, super strength, reality warping (similar to Cripto, although he does not do this too often), and emotional manipulation (although he doesn't ever have a reason to attempt this).  He can also summon portals and magically change clothes on the fly just by waving his hands in front of himself.  (These are two of the four basic superpowers every musician that is a G-52 and/or ally has, but Landon doesn't play a musical instrument.)
Bio: Although born and raised in Canada, it was during a family trip to the U.S. to see "The Greatest Show on Earth," Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, that sparked Landon's interests in the circus.  At the time, furry circus groups weren't that common because humans were getting all the attention, so he founded Circus Delights (the title being somewhat of a play on the phrase "Turkish delights," a dessert that Landon's relatives enjoy, as part of their family history traces back to Turkey.  Landon credits the GOAT (greatest of all time) of furry circus troupes, COTS (Circus of the Superstars) and its legendary ringmaster, Rolf the Wolf, for being his biggest inspiration.  (Rolf's original G-52 codename was simply "Ringmaster," but he's working on figuring out what to change it to in order to avoid confusion with Landon, now known as the Ringmaster of Righteousness.)

Note that Landon was not the original ringmaster; the original ringmaster was a liger named Harold Lyons.  When his health took a turn for the worse, leading to his retirement, Landon took on the ringmaster role himself, and has been so ever since.  (Harold passed away in 2018 due to Alzheimer's.)

Landon's circus is a mix of Canadian-born furries and those native to Eterna (home of the D-19 and Zanta, the white kitten), although not all performers in the circus are D-19 agents.  They had all gone to Eterna during the dark period where the heartless managed to destroy Earth (Earth-75 to the D-19, as many other galaxies in the universe have their own planets all called Earth); the performances they gave impressed the royal family so much, they let them stay afterwards, although Landon eventually returned to Canada upon feeling a bit homesick.

Circus Delights didn't really take off in popularity until the troupe had Levi the Mountee Lion in it being a clown as part of all the punishments bestowed upon him for not realizing how good he it had, and for permanently ceding Machias Seal Island to the United States as a way of punishing Canada's women's soccer team coaches for using a drone to spy on New Zealand during the Olympics in Paris, instead of just sending the coaches home in disgrace and campaigning to get them fired.  (A random civilian had also sent Levi a recorded voice message on the G-52 app, suggesting that he give temporarily sovereignty to the U.S. until the 2030 Olympic Winter Games, when the Canadians could fight for it back.  Instead, what came out of Levi's mouth was, "It's yours forever," and so the U.S. has become the permanent sole owner of Machias Seal Island.)  The original plan was to have Levi in a different circus, but it didn't help the wolf serving as ringmaster was very mean-spirited and rude to Levi (and even to Super C later on), and his younger brother was literally being Drill Sergeant McNasty towards Levi (that was his name), punishing him in the most extreme ways possible just to give the lion a taste of his own bitter medicine.  

When the royal family (with Cripto's help) finally intervened once the punishments got out of control, and the drill sergeant said he planned to give Levi 40 lashes with a whip, Landon came to the rescue and volunteered to have Levi put in his circus instead.  (Both wolves have died upon being found guilty of breaking magical cardinal law.)  Both Landon and the circus's bandleader, Samuel P. McGrath, were tough on Levi when speaking to him about his checkered past, but they managed to speak with a tone of compassion instead of one out of pure hatred, which was the case with Drill Sergeant McNasty.  Eventually, they introduced him to the other clowns in the troupe, and the lion soon was performing as part of his sentence and rehabilitation.

Shortly after the fifth of the five shows, one of the other clowns got sick with a 103-degree temperature (although other sources claim he had the flu), and one of his relatives was struggling with cancer.  (He recovered, though.)  As a result, Landon asked Levi to continue to work with the clowns, and to his surprise, Levi said yes.  This meant that Levi performed a grand total of 25 shows as a clown, with the last 20 being vastly different than the first five.

Levi then went on a world tour to help him change for the better even further, and upon returning, Landon and the others in the circus helped him move into his new house he bought, which is within sight and walking distance of the building serving as the circus's HQ.  (This was done on purpose, mainly to help Levi stay in line.  This is also because Levi is under divine contract stating that if he blows it one more time, he will be a clown in the circus forever.)  Landon admitted to Super C (who showed up at the party just to check on Levi and see how he was doing) that he thought he saw talent in Levi that the lion did not know he had, and thus, was secretly wishing he would be in the circus full-time anyway.  In the end, the yellow lab did hire Levi, but not as a clown; instead, the lion is simply a trumpeter in the super band (a large group of musicians combining a military marching band with a traditional British-style brass band, and also employing heavy use of timpani).  Landon also hired Frank Ollendorf (Furious Fox) as a percussionist, in order to a fill a spot left when another fox percussionist had passed away of cancer at the age of 58.

As of now, it is not known where Landon was or what he was doing when CNG got to him, but we do know it got him.  We also know that some of his performers (most notably a troupe of bobcat acrobats known as the Flying Fabulosos) had previously belonged to the circus run by the cruel wolf ringmaster, evident by the fact he treated them like slaves and severely underpaid them.  Landon came from a very wealthy entrepreneurial family, and so he was able to easily compensate for this, and always made sure everyone was well paid.  (As another kind act of generosity, he opted to pay Levi a salary for all 25 clown shows.)

The circus super band doubles as a symphony orchestra given the talents of its members.  Upon discovering that Levi's voice had magically been altered so that he could sing as an operatic tenor, Landon and Samuel decided to make the orchestra the official orchestra that accompanies Levi whenever he sings.  The circus now occasionally gives bonus mini-concerts at the end, with the finale always being Levi delivering a powerful performance.

Quotes: "Levi, I think you've been in the wrong line of work your whole life.  I think we finally found your true calling!" (commenting on Levi's performances as a clown)
"No, I honestly thought he did really well.  I saw potential in him, but I do understand why he doesn't want to do this his whole life." (when talking to Super C)
"The cruel wolf would have done all he could to kill Levi, but upon seeing CNG had cursed him with immortality just as it did with all of us, he then felt he had to drastically alter the act.  That's why he would have had the band drum the lion out with the Rogue's March.  I understood why Levi had to be punished for his sins, but the ones doing the punishing were just too mean.  Now they are being punished (ironically) in the same manner at the same extreme levels as Levi."
"Thank you, Super C, for being a real leader, setting a real example, and not bowing to the pressure of all these idiots wanting you to kick Levi out because they're so desperate to see somebody get excommunicated."
Catchphrase: various circus catchphrases (i.e. "Ladies and gentlemen, and children of all ages...")