Ribbon Smythe

Ribbon Smythe is a 58 year old man from Hertfordshire, England. Ribbon was given his name by his mother as she had a hard job conceiving a child due to the aristocratic inbreeding in Ribbons family line, so she named him Ribbon as she said he was like a gift.

Ribbon did not have what you would call a normal upbringing, born into wealth and aristocratic England Ribbon was afforded many luxuries that most children could only dream of. However it was not all good as he was never very close to either of his parents. His father Lord Edward Smythe felt it more important to keep up appearances in in the house of lords and high society than being a devoted father or husband to Lady Smythe. This is what led Ribbon being brought up by nannies and eventually sent to boarding school where he learnt etiquette and the way to behave to ultimately prepare him to take over the family estate in the event of his fathers death.

Whilst Ribbon was never very academic he learnt great practical skills and a fondness for classic racing cars something he would be obsessed with into his adulthood. It was also at boarding school he found a talent for conning people out of their money with his whit and charm. He once pretended he was a school inspector and phoned the school and told them they could pass the inspection if they paid him £1000 which he received and was never found out. From boarding school he managed to scrape acceptance to Oxford university through influence his father had with the selection committee.

At university he was like a fish out of water, always getting in trouble trying to chase girls, smoking joints and skipping classes. This ultimately led to his expulsion from Oxford university after only a year. Ribbons parents were very disappointed in him and did not think he would have what it takes to run the family's businesses and represent in the house of Lords after his fathers death.

Ribbons father was so ashamed he was planning on writing him out of his inheritance and giving it all to charity. But before this could be done Lord Smythe suffered a fatal heart attack then leaving a 20 year old Ribbon with all of the family's wealth, businesses and estate. Ribbon did not possess the maturity or know how to be able handle all of this. So over the years the family businesses collapsed and Ribbon spent all of the family fortune on fast cars, women, drugs and living a playboy lifestyle. He did not have any real friends just people who used him for his wealth and possessions. His mother passed away on his 25th birthday. Eventually after 38 years of irresponsible spending it finally caught up with him as it turned out the family accountant had not been paying the inland revenue taxes and had pocketed the money and fled the country.

The inland revenue were owed 2million pounds which Ribbon no longer possessed. With the threat of an arrest and potential jail time. Ribbon sold his prized Rolls Royce and used the last of his money to buy a plane ticket to Los Santos where he hoped to escape and start a new life. But what would an eccentric 58 year old with no qualifications or skills be able to do in Los Santos?

Ribbons goals in Los Santos is to recoup his lost fortune by any means necessary this may involve starting at the bottom of a business and working his way up to the top but if an opportunity came along to make easy money that maybe ethically questionable then Ribbon would not be adverse to this. Ribbon aspires to to be able to trust people again as his life has always taught him that he can only trust himself.

He wants to be able to make a lot of friends in the city and be a recognisable face and voice throughout the city and wants to eventually be influential over others within the city. This he may have achieved when he became Mayor, but only time will tell.