Thomas Glover

Thomas Glover (, Tōmasu Gurabā) is an antagonist in Ryu Ga Gotoku Ishin!/Like a Dragon: Ishin! based on the real-life historical figure . He is an arms dealer affiliated with the British Navy.
== Profile ==
=== Appearance ===
Glover is modeled after Andre Richardson as seen in Yakuza 3. He has slicked back, shoulder-length blonde hair, and sunken in green eyes.
==== Attire ====
Glover wears a maroon suit with a red vest and a bright green cravat.
=== Personality ===
Glover is the prototypical example of a sneering imperialist: He plots to turn Japan into a British colony and when he encounters two samurai who intend to stop him and his local collaborator, he mockingly dismisses them, insisting there is no way they could defeat him and his modern firearms with their "archaic cutlery" (referring to their swords).
== Background ==
Glover is a former British Navy Officer turned arms merchant. After the American Navy forced Japan's markets open by imposing unequal trade deals on the Tokugawa Shogunate, Glover began traveling to the country to start selling modern weapons, artillery and naval vessels to the country's local feudal lords; many of whom were arming themselves in preparation for a new civil war in light of the Shogunate's loss of authority.
== Involvement ==
=== Ryu Ga Gotoku Ishin!/Like a Dragon: Ishin!: 1867 ===
Glover is contacted by the Tokugawa Shogunate's Minister of the Navy, Katsu Rintaro, with a proposal. Despite his standing within the government, Katsu was actively conspiring against the Tokugawa government and secretly supporting rebels from Choshu, Satsuma and Tosa in their efforts to overthrow the government and restore direct rule to the Emperor. By virtue of that, Katsu wanted to secure an exclusive weapons contract for Glover to supply Lord Yamauchi Yodo of Tosa with warships and weapons.
Glover agreed and began making routine, secret deliveries of armaments to Lord Yamauchi's castle in Tosa. However, once the contact had been established, Lord Yamauchi brokered another secret pact with Glover: Yamauchi intended to betray the Choshu and Satsuma rebels once they did the bulk of the fighting against the Shogunate and proclaim himself the new shogun of Japan and, in exchange for British support for his new government, Yamauchi offered to turn Japan into a colony for the English Crown. Glover acted as a liaison between Yamauchi and the British government and finalized this deal between them.
Eventually, the leadership of the Shogunate's Shinsengumi attacked Lord Yamauchi's castle in pursuit of his ally, Takechi Hanpeita of the Tosa Loyalist Party. During their raid, Sakamoto Ryoma and Okita Soji come across Glover and his British Navy escort while they're unloading weapons in the castle's docks. Since Sakamoto and Okita intend to assassinate one of his clients, Glover leads his troops in battle against them. Both samurai defeat the foreign sailors and their master, but reinforcements soon arrive, prompting Okita to tell Sakamoto to proceed to Takechi's chambers while he holds back Glover's men.
== Fighting Style ==
Glover wields two pistols and uses Kazuto Arase's moveset. Most often, he runs around the arena to avoid being hit and does kick-gunshot combos.
His Heat aura is bright red.
==Trivia==
* The fleet of ships that Glover arrives on appear to be based on ships designed and built by 
* In the original Ishin!, he lacks a theme song of his own and uses the generic boss theme. In Like a Dragon: Ishin!, he instead uses Andre Richardson's theme song, Sounds Storm.
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