Lee Shaw

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―To be added[src]Colonel **Leland "Lee" Lafayette Shaw III** is a former liaison of the United States Army.

## Biography

### Early Life

Leland Lafayette Shaw III was born on August 3, 1924, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He eventually followed in his father's footsteps by joining the United States Army during World War II.

### Serving in the Military

#### Escorting Keiko Randa

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―To be added[src]In 1952, Lee was drinking in a bar in Manila when he sees two soldiers harassing a barmaid. Angered by the soldiers' inappropriate actions, Lee proceeds to fight the two soldiers and receives several bruises in the process. He is then summoned by his superior, General Puckett, who assigns Lee to act as a security escort for a Japanese scientist named Keiko. Upon meeting Keiko at the Mindanao docks, Lee initially mistook her as the Japanese scientist's daughter before joining her mission of studying strange readings of airborne radioisotopes in the jungle. While unloading their equipment from their jeep, Lee and Keiko run into a cryptozoologist named William Randa, who is on the hunt for a massive unidentified terrestrial organism that may have inspired local Filipino folklore about a dragon that carves a path of fire across the sky by emitting radiation.

Lee is unconvinced that William is someone who can be trusted, which leads to Keiko dismissing him from her service. Lee is driving back to Mindanao when he notices that the geiger counter is detecting high levels of radiation before witnessing trails of airborne radioisotopes in the sky. Realizing that William is telling the truth, Lee drives back to rescue his two acquaintances. Lee manages to rescue both William and Keiko as an Ion Dragon attacks them inside the USS *Lawton*. The trio hides in the jungle as they watch the creature claim the ship as its own.

#### Castle Bravo

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―To be added[src]Lee, William, and Keiko managed to discover and create an impression of Godzilla's footprint in Indonesia before they presented it to General Puckett in order to gain funding from the United States Army so that Monarch could resume its activities. Although they succeeded in obtaining the funding, they are frustrated to find Puckett deploying an atomic bomb to lure Godzilla out to the Bikini Atoll. Lee's attempt to convince Puckett to call off the operation falls flat since the latter believes that Godzilla is an existential threat to global security. Lee is then forced to prevent Keiko from thwarting the bomb's detonation and has doubts about whether killing Godzilla was the right thing to do. Back at their headquarters, Lee informs William and Keiko that the American government is willing to give Monarch further funding in case of future Titan emergences. William and Keiko agree to keep some Monarch secrets from Lee so that they can study the Titans without outside interference.

#### Encountering Godzilla

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―To be added[src]In 1954, Lee attends the annual summer military ball in Washington, D.C., alongside Keiko, who feels rather uncomfortable wearing a formal dress. General Puckett congratulates Lee for his promotion to captain as he meets up with other military personnel who wish to invest more in Monarch. Lee comforts Keiko for being looked down on by the military personnel and compliments her intelligence and resilience. Lee and Keiko then dance together as they start to enjoy each other's company. Lee then tells Keiko his potential plans for settling down in the suburbs when a telegram from William arrives. Lee and Keiko learn from William at the Monarch Headquarters that there is another potential Titan sighting in Japan, and they need to prove its existence to gain more funding from the government. Lee is reluctant since they have to present their budget proposal to the military, only to join the pair since he is not willing to have Keiko or Bill go on a Titan hunt alone.

Lee learns from William that he and Keiko have arrived at Hateruma Island, where they meet a Japanese scientist named Suzuki, who created a Gamma Radiation Simulator that will act as a Titan bait. Lee becomes concerned with Keiko's safety and decides to catch up with his friends. Lee then asks Puckett's permission to join with William and Keiko, but the latter warns him that he needs to make the right choice so that he will not suffer the consequences. Lee decides to meet his friends before having a heart-to-heart talk with Keiko about their future. Lee and Keiko share a kiss when the Gamma Radiation Simulator suddenly shuts down and is destroyed by Godzilla. Lee is greatly surprised that the atomic bomb in the Bikini Atoll did not kill or simply injure Godzilla. When they return to the Monarch Headquarters, Lee debates whether they should update the military on Godzilla's survival. However, he is shocked to learn that he has been demoted for insubordination, which frustrates Keiko.

#### Hunt for a M.U.T.O.

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―To be added[src]In 1959, Lee accompanies William and Keiko, who are now married and have a son named Hiroshi, on a M.U.T.O. hunt in the Kazakhstani countryside. During the drive, Lee praises William and Keiko for being able to start a family and work for Monarch simultaneously. As they proceed to walk on foot, Lee almost shoots a boy who is wielding a hunting rifle but is stopped when Keiko translates the latter's testament about the lack of radiation in the nearby abandoned power plant. Lee, William, and Keiko discard their masks and begin to place seismic charges around the power plant, which culminates in Lee detonating the charges. The trio learns that the bedrock beneath the power plant is hollow and delve deeper before discovering an Endoswarmer nursery. Lee is reluctant to continue on with the mission but relents when Keiko presses on to collect genetic materials. However, the unstable ground slowly awakens the Endoswarmer larvae, prompting both Lee and Keiko to climb back up to William. Lee starts to shoot the Endoswarmers that are targeting Keiko and is devastated when the creatures pull Keiko to her death.

### Exposing Monarch

#### Suspending Retirement

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―To be added[src]In 2015, Lee is spending his retirement at the assisted living community of Futaba Resting Home Social Corporation near Mount Fuji when he is visited by May Olowe-Hewitt and the two children of Hiroshi Randa: Kentaro and Cate. Knowing that the three visitors are being targeted by Monarch, Lee takes them to the garden as they reveal that they have uncovered William Randa's old files. He then reveals his ankle monitor to prove that he is a prisoner in the living community, and he asks the trio to join him on a mission to find out what truly happened to Hiroshi. Lee then dismantles and throws his ankle monitor into a nearby pool before giving May, Kentaro, and Cate about 60 seconds to make up their minds. As security guards begin to arrive, Lee Cate Kate, Kentaro, and May escape from the living community, which results in them driving out of Japan via a cargo ship on route to South Korea.

#### Search for Hiroshi Randa

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―To be added[src]During their journey to South Korea, Lee examines the Randa files that May had digitized while describing the Randa family's history with Monarch. He also explains that he has a friend in Pohang who has a plane that will fly them to Alaska before convincing Kentaro to throw the files into the ocean since they already possess digital copies. At South Korean customs, the language barrier between Lee and the staff prompts two of the guards to escort him and his group to a nearby truck. However, one of the guards incapacitates and locks the other in the truck before he reveals his identity as Du-Ho, Lee's friend, who helps the group fly to Alaska.

As Lee and his group travel to Alaska, he deduces that Hiroshi was not heading for Barrow due to the flight plan. They eventually reach the area where Hiroshi might be located, and Lee takes over as the pilot, with Cate as his co-pilot. Using a water bottle as an altitude indicator, Lee and Cate manage to fly and land the plane in one piece after an unusual turbulence through a storm system. Lee and his group discover that Hiroshi safely landed before setting up camp over a nearby hill. However, the investigation takes a darker turn when a Frost Vark destroys the plane and kills Du-Ho before it sets its sights on Lee, Cate, Kentaro, and May. Lee and his group are able to hide from the Frost Vark inside the glacial tunnel, but a new problem emerges when May accidentally falls into a pool of freezing water. As they climb the summit of a mountain, they come across a strange blue glow in the distance. Lee, Cate, and May decide to head for the coast while Kentaro goes off on his own to search for the shining object that he saw earlier. Lee leads the way for Cate and May before they realize that they have returned to the site of Hiroshi's camp. The trio spends the night inside the tent when the Frost Vark returns and devours the flames of the campfire. Lee realizes that the Frost Vark is drawn to heat and intends to create a large fire with Du-Ho's frozen body and aviation fuel from Du-Ho's plane that will distract the creature from pursuing him, Cate, and May. Right when a helicopter with Kentaro inside it approaches, Lee ignites the fuel and makes a run for the helicopter as the Frost Vark feasts. As the helicopter flies away, Lee glimpses the strange blue light that emanates from a massive crevice.

#### Arrested by Monarch

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―To be added[src]The next morning, Lee is frustrated that the Frost Vark froze the laptop in Hiroshi's tent. The helicopter soon lands, and Lee is surprised to find Monarch personnel greeting him and his group. Lee is detained at the Monarch Alaskan command post and views old footage of him, Keiko, and William as he is about to be interrogated by Natalia Verdugo regarding his past and recent actions. Lee praises Cate, Kentaro, and May for being a lot tougher than any Monarch operative. He calls Verdugo and the rest of Monarch out for allowing the Titans to battle each other in the middle of San Francisco before asking what would happen if the MUTOs managed to kill Godzilla. Lee then threatens to bury Verdugo someday, as he states that Monarch had lost sight of its original purpose long ago. Verdugo has been escorted back to his holding cell following the interrogation.

#### Finding Hiroshi

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―To be added[src]Lee is then taken away from the Monarch Alaskan command post when Michelle Duvall arrives to rescue him. After learning about how Michelle's sister Sandra Brody was killed in Janjira, Lee accepts her proposal for an alliance to prepare for another Titan emergence as they head out for San Francisco to recruit Cate, Kentaro, and May. Lee succeeds in convincing the trio that Duvall is their ally and can help them find Hiroshi.

Lee and his group are driving through the Algerian Desert as he praises Cate for being as intelligent as her grandmother. They come across a Monarch camp as he explains the lives they are gambling with. Upon reaching a ridge, they successfully locate Hiroshi. However, Lee notices that Hiroshi is telling them to leave due to the Gamma Radiation Simulator he is using on his truck. Lee and his group are sent tumbling down the ridge when Godzilla responds to the Gamma Radiation Simulator by rising from the ground and inadvertently knocking on the Monarch helicopter that is hovering above him. Lee agrees with Cate on how Godzilla observed her before walking away. He approaches the wreckage and claims that no one survived the crash before asking Cate, Kentaro, and May to join him and Michelle in tracking down Godzilla. However, the trio decides to part ways with Lee since they came to find Hiroshi.

#### Mission to the Hollow Earth

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―To be added[src]Lee and Michelle lead a team in taking over Monarch Outpost 88 in Fairbanks, Alaska, so that they can acquire all of the present detonators and explosives to destroy the nearby Hollow Earth entrance. As Lee and his team plant and detonate the explosives, their activities draw the attention of the Frost Vark. The Frost Vark attempts to attack the helicopter Lee and Michelle are in before it is sucked into the closing Hollow Earth vortex. Lee celebrates that he succeeded in closing the Hollow Earth entrance. However, the radiation eventually travels and intensifies in other Hollow Earth portals.

Lee and Michelle then lead their team to Kazakhstan, where they intend to destroy the Hollow Earth entrance in the power plant where Keiko was killed by the Endoswarmers. He also warns Michelle that the power plant will not be for the faint of heart. Lee then welcomes Cate, Kentaro, May, and Tim when they arrive before deciding to talk to Cate herself. Lee tells Cate about his experiences on the Hollow Earth and that he is helping the Titan keep the Hollow Earth and the surface world separate. Lee tries to convince Cate that he is doing what Monarch could not do to atone for his failure to rescue Keiko. Lee eventually detonates the explosives as an Endopede crawls out of the Hollow Earth portal. After the Endopede pulled Cate down with it, Lee tried to save her before both of them got sucked into the closing Hollow Earth vortex.

Lee finds himself returning to the world above the Hollow Earth as he reunites with and rescues May from deadly electrical charges caused by the explosives that he used to close Hollow Earth portals. As the pair search for Cate and trek through the forest, Lee reveals to May his previous experience in the Hollow Earth that resulted in his being transported to 1982, which is why he is biologically 70 years old instead of 90 years old.

## Personality

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## Abilities

* **Gifted Intellect**: *To be added*
* **Expert Combatant**: *To be added*
* **Bilingualism**: Lee is fluent in his native English, as well as able to understand Japanese.

## Relationships

* Monarch
	+ Eiji Serizawa †
	+ Keiko Randa - Former Lover
	+ William Randa † - Friend
	+ Ishiro Serizawa †
* Godzilla
* Hiroshi Randa - Surrogate Nephew
* Emiko Randa
* Du-Ho † - Friend
* Kentaro Randa
* Cate Randa
* May Olowe-Hewitt
* Tim
* Michelle Duvall - Situational Ally
* Endoswarmers - Attempted Killers and Victims
* Natalia Verdugo
* Frost Vark - Attempted Killer
* Konaté