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{{quote| Humph. Looks like you're doing very well here. | Kanaan}}
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[[File:Grady displays the common touch.png|thumb|left|220px|Man, why we do keep electing this guy? Oh right, autocracy.]]The corrupt military commander of [[Rockland]], Grady took Rockland's taxes and kept them from himself. Eventually, [[Kraze Miles]] noticed that Rockland was not paying its taxes and sent the [[Imperial Guard]] in order to investigate the reason behind Rockland's tax woes. When a party of Imperial Guard members arrived, Grady placed the blame for the taxes on the Mt. Seifu bandits, claiming that bandit pillages had kept him from being able to collect taxes. In reality, Grady himself was stealing the tax money to line his own coffers.
[[File:Grady displays the common touch.png|thumb|left|220px|Man, why we do keep electing this guy? Oh right, autocracy.]]
Grady served as the corrupt military commander of [[Rockland]], where he engaged in embezzlement by withholding the town's taxes for personal gain. This unethical behavior caught the attention of [[Kraze Miles]], who dispatched the [[Imperial Guard]] to investigate Rockland's tax issues.


Though it was not technically their mission to do so, the Imperial Guard members went to [[Mt. Seifu]] and brought back [[Varkas]] and [[Sydonia]], the leaders of the Mt. Seifu Bandits. Upon hearing of this, Grady immediately imprisoned the two, despite Varkas' protest that they were innocent and that it was Grady himself who was the tax thief. Grady thanked the Imperial Guard for their service, and gave them a cash prize, claiming it to be a gift from the townspeople. Later, after the Imperial Guard left, Grady bound the men upon stakes outside his mansion, waiting for the two to starve to death.
Upon the arrival of the Imperial Guard members, Grady deceitfully blamed the lack of tax collection on the [[Mt. Seifu]] bandits, alleging that their pillaging activities hindered him from carrying out tax collection. In truth, it was Grady himself who was pilfering the tax money for his own benefit.


Eventually, however, the [[Hero (Suikoden)|hero]] and his party, some of the members of the Imperial Guard who had captured Varkas and Sydonia, learned how cruelly Grady was treating the two men and, feeling that they were responsible for this, the group vowed to help the [[Toran Liberation Army]] rescue them. Thanks to a fiery distraction from [[Viktor]], the group was able to free the thieves who threatened Grady before escaping. Grady would flee his position toward the end of the war, much to the delight of his former subjects.
Despite the Imperial Guard's primary mission being unrelated to the capture of bandits, they took it upon themselves to apprehend [[Varkas]] and [[Sydonia]], the leaders of the Mt. Seifu Bandits, and presented them to Grady as the supposed culprits. Grady promptly imprisoned Varkas and Sydonia, ignoring their protests of innocence and accusing them of being the tax thieves.
 
In a cunning move, Grady offered the Imperial Guard assistant commander [[Kanaan]] a cash bribe as a show of gratitude, falsely claiming it was a gift from the townspeople for their services. After the Imperial Guard left, Grady revealed his true intentions by cruelly binding Varkas and Sydonia to stakes outside his mansion, intending to let them starve to death.
 
Following their escape to [[Lenankamp]], upon learning of Grady's heartless treatment of the captives, the [[Hero (Suikoden)|hero]] and his party took it upon themselves to aid the [[Toran Liberation Army]] in rescuing Varkas and Sydonia. With a diversion provided by [[Viktor]], the group managed to free the bandits and intimidate Grady before making their escape.
 
As the war neared its end, Grady fled from his position as the military commander of Rockland, much to the relief and delight of the town's inhabitants.


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
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==References==
==References==
# [[Genso Suikoden Encyclopaedia]] (ISBN 4-575-16297-3), pages 88-9
# [[Genso Suikoden Kiwami Encyclopedia]], page 46
# [[Genso Suikoden Kiwami Encyclopedia]], page 46


{{GS01}} {{Short description|Military commander of Rockland}}
{{GS01}} {{Short description|Military commander of Rockland}}
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