The Red Guy

"I...am not...finished...yet..."

- - Jace Redd's first words after reanimating

Jace Redd is a deceased engineer who worked for Fredbear's Family Diner, and one of the main animatronics' key creators. After the diner closed down, Jace made it his duty to forever watch over the animatronics...even in death.

Appearance
When he worked as an engineer he wore his maintenance uniform, which was dyed red to signify his rank as the 'founding creator' of the animatronics, even though he was one of several. He dyed his mid-length brown hair a dark green for an unexplained reason, most likely to match his similarly coloured eyes. When he walked around he often carried a large wrench in his right hand despite the animatronics not using the type of screws it fixed. When asked why he carried it around, he simply replied, 'For safety'. After transferring to Cloaked Inc. he wore the simple grey uniform when on the day shifts, but changed back into his old red uniform during the night shifts due to it being 'practical'. He normally looked very serious and impatient, but when he was relaxed he smiled and laughed a lot, making him out to be quite a helpful and friendly guy.

After reanimating inside Gearkreig, the semi-animatronic suit he built, his appearance is strangely preserved for someone who should have been decomposing in an abandoned building for months. His usual red uniform is now a darker red than before, especially around the chest where a large cavity is located, after having a large water pipe punched through his torso, the blow which originally killed him. His left harm is heavily bandaged after being bit by one of the animatronics through the suit, which mysteriously began bleeding heavily after his return. The right side of his face is covered by a thin layer of dried blood from a head injury, also darkening part of his hair. He has less variety in expressions after death, with his face either being a cold scowl, an impassive frown, a twisted smirk or a look of absolute hate.

Jace rarely removes his suit, and so his real appearance is normally a mystery. However, on the rare occasions he reveals himself, animatronics tend to either scramble away in fear or freeze in place. This is usually the case for the for the original animatronics, who recognise their partial creator and realise that they (mainly Freddy) was responsible for his death. The other animatronics simply sense the strange aura of authority he radiates, and so try to escape punishment.

Personality
Jace used to be friendly and cheerful, but in a held-back sort of way. After the numerous unfortunate incidents revolving around the animatronics he designed, however, little of that happiness seemed to remain, replaced with constant dark, nervous thoughts about what might happen next, and who the next victim might be. He rarely bothered to acknowledge the other workers, who began to resent and shun him, mainly due to his belief that something unnatural was affecting the suits. He thought this because after checking and testing the animatronics he came to the conclusion that the suits could not be malfunctioning, and that there was no logical or natural explanation for the phenomenon. He feels responsible for the deaths of any caused by the animatronics, and takes on the job of stopping them from killing further unfortunate victims.

After reanimating Jace seems to regain some of his happiness, but his cheerfulness is replaced by cold amusement. Something affecting his vocal chords stops him from speaking legibly, but he can still communicate via electronic equipment, mainly over the telephone. His attitude of preventing the animatronics killing anyone changed to simply trying to destroy the animatronics, not caring what happens afterwards as he believes that when the final one his destroyed he can be at peace. Even in death he will try and help any security guards he comes across, and will see them as fellow watchmen of the night.

Before 1987
Jace was born on the fifth of November 5th 1955 near where Fredbear's Family Diner would eventually open. He took to programming and electronics at an early age, and quickly distinguished himself as a potential prodigy for his complex designs, software and robotics. When he was just 17 he became one of the main designers for the original animatronics - Freddy, Foxy, Chika and Bonnie. When the diner opened, Jace was employed as head of maintenance at the age of 18.

1987
14 years later when Jace was 32 and still working at the diner, the first murder of a child occurred while Jace was on duty, and was present when the body was taken away. Believing the animatronics may have witnessed the murder, Jace secretly installed video recording equipment inside the animatronics' eyes. Bad press led to the diner being renamed Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, but Jace stayed as a member as staff to monitor the animatronics. He quickly became good friends with Phone Guy, who was employed in management around this time.

Later that year, the 'Missing Children Incident' and 'The Bite of '87 occurs while Jace was off duty. He returned the next day to find the building flooded by police and forensic experts, and fearing the animatronics may have witnessed the murders checked the cameras he had installed. However, he found that the equipment had broken somehow and was caked in dried blood, the film inside ruined. Despite this, he did not report the findings to the police, instead removing the cameras before the suits were examined.