Baron Leeman Hoadley

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B.G. Hoadley Group (formerly)

**Baron Leeman Hoadley**, also known as **O5-8** and "**The Lesser**", was an American businessman and co-founder of the B.G. Hoadley Group. Secretly, he was also a member of the O5 Council in the position of O5-8, funding the early days of the organization and serving as the *de facto* leader of the Council until World War II, when his brother died in a train crash and Hoadley lost most of his wealth.

Hoadley's position was greatly diminished, forcing him to recluse in his fortress and experiment upon himself. After Felix Carter was killed by Chaos Insurgency agent Calvin Lucien, Hoadley lost his immortality, causing his body to reject his augmentations and die violently as a result.

## Biography

### Early life

Baron Leeman Hoadley was born in the 19th century United States, eventually founding the B.G. Hoadley Group with his brother, Garrison. The Hoadley Group was a holdings company that held a stake in mining operations across the southern United States and Mexico, as well as limestone quarries in Indiana. The B.G Hoadley Rail Line was constructed from Mexico City to San Antonio, Texas, being one of the first rail lines to open on that route; these ventures made the Hoadley Group extremely wealthy.

### Foundation

At some point, Hoadley joined the SCP Foundation's O5 Council in the position of O5-8, becoming a major financier; according to Agent Ukelele, without Hoadley money, the Foundation would likely have been rendered defunct by the Allied Occult Initiative or the Church of the Broken God.

Through O5-8's funds, the SCP Foundation became one of the most powerful organizations on Earth. In O5-1's absence, O5-8 became the *de facto* leader of the O5 Council due to his power and influence. Many North American sites were constructed under O5-8's supervision, while secretly funneling anomalous artifacts to Marshall, Carter and Dark, Ltd. agents for extra money.

### Downfall

While Hoadley was busy with the SCP Foundation, his brother Garrison ran the Hoadley Group. After the end of World War II and the Seventh Occult War, Garrison was involved in a train accident that would end his life. O5-8 discovered soon after that his wealth was squandered, as the holding group was bequeathed to his nephew and Garrison's son, Frank Hoadley, who sold the company to Kerthier International.

Coinciding with the loss of his fortune, Valerie St. John assumed the position of O5-7 and began exerting her own power, forcing O5-8 to lose his spot as *de facto* leader, and with the loss of his company, O5-8 lost nearly all of his influence. Distraught and with nothing left for him, O5-8 took what assets he could gather and built an impenetrable fortress where the Overseers could not find him. There, O5-8 experimented on himself with augmentation and thaumaturgy, surrounded by state-of-the-art defenses, guards, and his Factotums.

He dropped from active participation in Council matters, becoming known as "The Lesser", with his fellow Council members such as O5-7 and O5-6 despising him. O5-8 managed to stay on the Council due to falsified voting records, though Ukelele theorized his longevity as an O5 was due to O5-7 not killing him yet.

### Death

In 2018, almost directly after Felix Carter was released from Death's contract and killed, Hoadley's immortality was stripped away. His augmentations were only prevented from rejection due to his immortality; with it now gone, they rejected O5-8's body and violently exploded, turning O5-8 into a gory, burnt mess and annihilating the fortress and the staff inside.

A few weeks later, Calvin Lucien and his team went to assassinate O5-8, only to discover that he was already dead.

## Meta

### Appearances

* Entry Page: 001 - djkaktus's Proposal III

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 *Entry Page: 001 - djkaktus's Proposal III*
2. ↑ *Entry Page: 2951*