Mayor Moore

**Mayor Moore** is a side character in Echo. She is the mayor of Echo and the aunt of Flynn Moore who appears exclusively on his route.

## Appearance

Mayor Moore is an older gila monster with gray scales and orange stripes. She has green eyes and a series of spikes on her head resembling hair. Chase describes her as being slightly overweight. She apparently has scars on her neck that are concealed by her scarf.

She wears a white-gray "outdoorsy" button-up shirt with short sleeves and a pair of khaki shorts. Mayor Moore also wears a straw sunhat and a white bandanna adorned with purple flowers.

## Personality

Mayor Moore is a blunt and straightforward individual who speaks her mind freely. She seems to respond quickly and efficiently to crises and is comfortable addressing even hostile crowds. Mayor Moore is also somewhat superstitious and has some sort of intuition toward Echo's paranormal nature, leading her to accept and prepare for a resurgence of the mass hysteria event. She appears to have somewhat of a southwestern accent.

## Story

### Prior to 2015

According to Chase, the Moore family has always possessed some sort of political power within Echo as far back as the early 1900s, an unusual time to see reptiles in positions of power. A possible explanation for this is the Moores' apparent sense of awareness regarding Echo's paranormal influence, a trait that leaves them immune to its effects. Mayor Moore mentions that her grandfather and brother Brett both explained the events of the 1915 hysteria to her in depth, making her aware of a possible resurgence of the event.

At some point before the events of Echo, Mayor Moore was elected mayor and continues to hold the position, running unopposed each year. After a falling out regarding Flynn being gay, his parents left him in the charge of his aunt and uncle in hopes of "toughening him up." In reality, Mayor Moore remained ambivalent to his lifestyle and seems to tolerate his frequent sexual activities. Mayor Moore separated from her husband in some capacity before the events of Echo. Eventually, she began to feel a "change" in the environment and began preparing to leave as soon as possible, encouraging Flynn to do the same.

Mayor Moore also possesses a strange orb made of quartz with a series of rods across it that she keeps in her office, though the purposes of this object are as of yet unknown. In the epilogue of Flynn's route, Devon finds it broken in the street outside of the town hall.

### Flynn's route

Mayor Moore first appears when Chase visits town hall in hopes of finding information about to help with his school project. She briefly makes references to her ongoing attempts to gain grants for the town before allowing him access to the town records. After Chase finishes his research, Mayor Moore somewhat suspiciously asks him about his plans with Flynn and Carl before storming back to her office.

Mayor Moore remains absent up until the events of Saturday when a mass hysteria begins sweeping the town. After the gang arrives at town hall in hopes of getting a clearer picture of what is going on in the town, she helps Flynn apply first aid to Chase before addressing the citizens of Echo regarding the hysteria event. She explains her understanding of the hysteria and states that the people of Echo will not be able to leave town until it ends, unveiling the corpse of Salem as evidence of the fate of those who try to flee.

When Duke suggests that Chase might be responsible for the hysteria in some way, Mayor Moore seconds him and uses Flynn's earlier suspicions against him as possible evidence toward the weasel's theory. As the gang decides to take their chances and attempt to flee the town rather than leave Chase to the mob, Mayor Moore remarks on Flynn being affected by the hysteria himself, bemoaning that she had assumed their family was immune and warning Flynn to be careful.

Ultimately, Mayor Moore is shot and killed herself by Genevieve Sanders during the hysteria as a mob breaks out.

### Other routes

Mayor Moore does not physically appear on any routes outside of Flynn's, though she is mentioned. On Leo's route, Kudzu mentions attending Mayor Moore's town meeting as the hysteria begins to envelop Echo.

The town meeting is also mentioned by Duke on Jenna's route, who indicates that he plans to attend the gathering. After the group has successfully escaped from Echo, Flynn mentions that he is waiting to hear from his aunt before receiving a call from the emergency response team inside the town presumably informing him of her death in a similar manner to that seen on his route.

## Relationships

### Flynn

Flynn is Mayor Moore's nephew, as well as the town clerk serving under her in terms of work. Mayor Moore took care of Flynn during his teenage years after his parents cut ties with him over his sexuality, seemingly tolerating if not accepting his gayness. Though the two are somewhat reserved in their interactions, they appear to care about each other as family and at least somewhat get along. In Flynn's route, he claims to have looked up to her as an example, expressing disappointment when she joins the mob mentality of Echo.

Before the events of Echo, Mayor Moore attempted to convince Flynn to leave town with her as soon as possible before the "tide" of the hysteria came back in. On the final occasion on which the two see each other, Mayor Moore seems saddened by Flynn falling victim to the town's influence and expresses concern for him. After her death on his route, Flynn goes out of his way to avenge her.

### Chase

Mayor Moore primarily recognizes Chase as a friend of Flynn's and Leo's ex-boyfriend. While initially accepting and even assisting in Chase's work on his project, Mayor Moore quickly becomes suspicious of the otter after witnessing him doing research. This is possibly a result of her being able to intuit Samuel Ayers' influence on his actions. Afterward, she is much more cold and questioning toward Chase, even accusing him of being the direct cause of the hysteria later on.

## Trivia

* Despite being a reptile, Mayor Moore still possesses breasts.
* Mayor Moore is a descendant of Porter and Beckett Moore from The Smoke Room, with one of the pair presumably being her grandfather.

## Gallery

DefaultAnnoyedHappyThe mysterious globe found in Mayor Moore's office.