Donny

Donny Bridgewood, (2006-2029) was a leader of a fictional civilization called Galaxy Town. He is a side character in the first two books of the Galaxy Town Book Series and acts as the main antagonist in the final three books.

**Appearance:**

Donny is a tall male with white skin and brown hair. He is often depicted as wearing a black hooded cloak and black clothing. Otherwise, he is depicted wearing a black cape, gray knight-ish armor, and a white helmet with a screen as the faceplate. (This is used to display his emotions and where he is looking) His face is never seen until the final book where he is depicted as having brown eyebrows, with the left one cut from Donny's scar on his eye. He also has hazel-colored (a mixture of brown and green) eyes.

**Behavior:**

Donny is often shown as being a solitary person the majority of the time (whether this is because of his self-exile, his work at Phoenix Labs, or just in general is unknown). At certain times he is social and helpful as much as he can be. During certain events (such as The Crimson Claws Attack, Spade Tower, etc) he will lead the others. He is also closed off, never sharing how he feels or what is going on with him. He is also a very rigid person, he never trusts anyone right away, and rarely will he even trust anyone. But this makes him a good leader. He never outright trusts anyone, for he is not as naive as Brian, and will never go into a situation without making a plan.

**Backstory:**

Donny Bridgewood was born and lived in Aleghiem with his father Alan Bridgewood and his mother Beatrice Bridgewood. Donny grew up exploring and doing many outside activities (gun shooting specifically). Donny also had somewhat of a laboratory in his room at Bridgewood Manor and liked to experiment. Donny eventually met Brian Silverwin when he went to his noble studies at the Aleghiem University of Nobility. Though Brian immediately wanted to be friends with Donny, he was a very rigid person who did not trust him right away. Eventually, Brian wore him down and they became friends. They often spent time in The Grand Library of Aleghiem, where Donny would study things to experiment with, and Brian would research leading a civilization. Along the way, they become friends with Preston and Riley Stonebard. Eventually, they all became good friends and would do everything with each other. (So all of them at the time were around 15-17 years old)

**Creation of Galaxy Town:**

Around 20 years of age, Donny along with Brian, Preston, and Riley began construction on the new civilization named Galaxy Town, They named it this because the land where they would build almost looked like a galaxy. With the help of the people who would live there once the city was complete, they built amazing structures. One of which would sit in the center of the city named The Hall of Leaders, where the leaders would live. The construction took almost 5 years to finish.

**Riley's Betrayal:**

Around 3 months into the construction, Riley tried to kill the others and after being confronted, fled with some of the people who "agreed with his ideals". Afterwards, construction began again but the original idea of having 4 statues of the leaders was brought down to 3. Donny went to explore around and found many different things that he kept in a journal of his findings.

**Donny's Self Exile:**

In the middle of the night, Donny stood in the hall looking at the 3 statues of the 3 leaders of Galaxy Town. He wore a black cloak with a hood on it. A black mask that covered his nose and mouth to make it harder for people to recognize him. Black pants and brown leather boots. He wore the pendant of Galaxy Town around his neck so anyone who got in his way would see who they were dealing with. Donny eventually made his way through the large expanse of mountains called the Windswept Peaks and made his way to The Islands of Chess and would remain there.

**Strange Coincidences or Foreshadowing future events?**

Donny in his house on The Islands of Wind has a chess set with custom pieces made to look like members of Galaxy Town. With himself as the white king, and his future wife (currently unnamed), as the queen. Along with Preston as the knights and Brian as the bishops. and Riley as the Black King. (This is foreshadowing Donny, Brian, and Preston's battle against Riley and the Crimson Claws along with Donny's future wife). Along with that, this shows Donny's craving for power, as he made himself the White King. After the events of Crimson (specifically after Riley is killed by Donny), Donny goes back to his house on The Islands of Chess and knocks over The Black King and replaces it with The White King. After doing this he says, "Checkmate... Old Friend."

**Looped:**

Throughout the events of Looped, Brian will be living the same day over and over again, with occasionally a masked man attacking the town (This is Donny. Brian had the thought that Donny left to prepare an attack on Galaxy Town). However, throughout the book, Donny is just on The Islands of Chess living his life normally. Eventually, Brian and Preston find him and take him back to The Hall of Leaders.

Donny dies along with Brian in Galaxy Town when he self-destructs the town.