John Redmond

Background/History

John Redmond
Biography
Full Name	John Samuel Redmond
Alias(es)	N/A
Gender	Male
Nationality / Ethnicity	American
Date of Birth / Age	1983
Place of Birth	Los Santos
Status	Alive
Related to	Samuel Redmond (father) Beth Redmond (mother) Lily Redmond (sister) Mátyás Redmond-Vizsla (adoptive brother) Victor Donovan (nephew) Jack Donovan (brother-in-law) Jamie Evans (cousin)
Affiliations
Associated Characters	Joey Hunt Edward McHaggis Alexa Morrison Hans Naumann
Faction(s)	Redmond Group
Role in Faction	Chief Operation Officer
Timeline
Key Arcs	Shadow Of The Past
Miscellaneous
Writer	ProudHumbleGamer

John Samuel Redmond, more commonly known as John Redmond is the Chief Operation Officer of the Redmond Group and former member of the United States Chemical Corps. John is the son of Samuel Redmond and Beth Redmond, the brother of Lily Redmond and Mátyás Redmond-Vizsla. He is also the uncle of Victor Donovan, the brother-in-law of Jack Donovan and cousin of Jamie Evans.

Early life (1983 - 2000)

John Redmond was born in 1983 into the rich Redmond family in Los Santos as the first child. He was raised in luxury and wealth, supported by the corporation of John's grandparents, the Redmond Group. In the early years of John's youth, he grew up without the attention of his father as he was busy studying.

As a child, John was intelligent, charming, and highly manipulative. He learned early how to mirror emotions to gain approval, particularly from authority figures. He demonstrated limited guilt when confronted and often redirected blame with calm precision. He struggled to form genuine emotional attachments and displayed little natural empathy, instead studying emotional responses and replicating them when useful. Among all family members, Samuel was the sole exception to John’s detachment. In his father, John saw the ideal of discipline, intelligence, and strength. He regarded Samuel as the greatest man he had ever known and shaped himself accordingly.

John was prone to aggression toward other children, destroyed property during episodes of anger, and showed little remorse afterward. Incidents were often reframed to place blame on others, and he became skilled at avoiding consequences.

Birth of Lily Redmond (1985 - 1987)

When John was two years old, his sister Lily was born. He showed neither jealousy nor affection, responding with detached curiosity. Lily’s arrival did, however, reinforce his desire for his father’s attention, which he pursued with quiet intensity.

Conduct Disorder Diagnosis (1992)

As John grew older and remained detached and had unusual emotions unlike his sister Lily, Beth became increasingly worried about her son’s behavior. Beth had pleaded Samuel to take John to a psychiatrist, but for years he refused out of pride. In 1992, after a violent incident at John's school and at Beth's urging, Samuel finally agreed to have John evaluated by a private psychiatrist. Following several assessments, John was diagnosis with Conduct Disorder (CD), characterized by John's unemotional traits and impaired empathy. The diagnosis was kept a secret between Samuel and Beth. They agreed that neither Lily nor, later, Mátyás would be told.

Adoption of Mátyás Vizsla (1995)

When John was 13 years old, Samuel Redmond adopted Mátyás Vizsla after the death of the boy’s father, a long-time academic contact of Samuel from Hungary. Mátyás took the surname Redmond-Vizsla and was brought to Los Santos to live with the family.

John’s reaction to the adoption was controlled and outwardly indifferent. He did not resist Mátyás’s arrival, but he did not welcome it either. He observed his new brother carefully, assessing him rather than bonding with him. To John, Mátyás represented a shift in family dynamics and attention, and he adjusted accordingly with quiet calculation rather than emotion.