Don Glotine (Cataclysmic Gerosha)

Don "the Module" Glotine is a supporting character of the Purge-Flare. He appears in Purge-Flare: Stickin' It to Pencil, portrayed by an IT specialist stereotype model from Grand Theft Auto V.

Skills

 * Programming
 * Module is, similarly to Marvel's Micro, a genius-level computer expert.
 * Flight instruction
 * Module can hack the FAA, and reroute designated flight paths.
 * Espionage
 * This is demonstrated when he is able to successfully plant "RFID dye" into Pencil's coffee without being noticed. He also uses Miriam's attempts to socially engineer him as a way to get her to let her guard down, allowing him to engineer her back and deduce her identity.
 * Costume design
 * Module and his Padua connections have assembled most if not all of Chris' later suits, including his Extirpon-imitating eyelight mask / helmet, and his altered fireman outfit with the purple stripes instead of greenish-yellow stripes.
 * Weapons engineering
 * In addition to building the Purge-Flare's outfits, Module works with him to improve the designs of his pyrophoric weapons - and any other gadgets Chris may use.

Equipment

 * Padua Crusade Satellite Network
 * This includes a mainframe, multiple mission control stations, and mobile mission control setup apps on his phone
 * Purge-Flare equipment development labs, where Module creates and improves Chris' arsenal

Early life
Don Glotine was born to Earnest and Matilda Glotine on April 14th of 1979. He lived most of his life in Columbus, and took an interest in spy films from age 11 onward. He considered joining the FBI or CIA; but a connection he made at church in 1999 that was a former NSA member warned him about corruption going back as far as Projects Mockingbird and Paperclip. He urged Don to use his knack for working with tracking devices and spy drones to wage a crusade against this corruption - but carefully.

Padua
Through this same Rob Benozhi, Don was introduced to Benozhi's assistant, Henry "Tacky" Tack. They were then introduced to Benozhi's secret operation: the Padua Crusade, named after St. Anthony of Padua. Whether it was in the FBI, CIA, Catholic Church, or wherever, Benozhi had declared war on LGBTQPIZON and especially on global pedophilia, ever since his brother suffered a similar fate to that of Adam Walsh - only to see the governor in that state pardon the murderer for no reason other than "gay solidarity"!

Adopting the alias of "Module," Don went to work for Benozhi full time, sharing resources with Tacky. He moved to Cincinnati, to get a cover job doing roof maintenance for retail buildings. From there, he secretly installed equipment that would make it easier to relay communications between Ohio and Nebraska, and to catch predators.

Don met his future wife, Lisa Mackensale, while fixing a roof. She was working the dairy cooler at that store, and the two got to talking. Within a few months, they had a full-blown relationship. By 2012, the two of them were married.

Meeting Chris
After the events in Big Rapids, Gleeful-N'-Young appeared very much on Module's radar. However, he soon learned that with the backing of the Hebbleskin Gang, Clyde's men became extra brutal. While helping his niece Amanda get moved into her boarding school in 2013, Don was attacked by Gleeful-N'-Young operatives who were intent on kidnapping Amanda. The two of them were saved by one Chris Kennal, who was desperately trying to use his knowledge of how to make purple fire to trick his enemies into thinking Extirpon was attacking them.

When the assailants realized it wasn't Extirpon, they charged at Chris, in a suicidal manner. Module shot one of them with a taser, finally getting a chance to get a good shot at one in the back. This gave Chris the opportunity he needed to kill all three of the men that jumped Don and Amanda. Amanda fled inside the building, while Don chased after Chris to thank him.

Chris abducted Don, to learn more about him, and also to avoid the police finding him. After some time talking, the two of them forged an alliance. Don later invited Chris over to one of his hidden labs in Cincinnati, to fill him in on Padua's mission. By this time, Benozhi had been eviscerated by the Hebbleskins, and so avenging him was part of the mission. Don began upgrading Chris' arsenal over time, and the Purge-Flare was born. Chris agreed to tell Don more about himself, gradually, with each mission. Tacky also agreed that he and Module should share Chris - one for eastern missions, one for western missions.

Dozens of missions soon took place over the next two years, as Padua brought down Gleeful-N'-Young operations one-by-one. However, this also resulted in increased scrutiny from the Triumvirate. The Hebbleskins recruited their top hacker, Melvin Markus, to find out who "Module" was - and to bring his operation down! Meanwhile, the Critter Resistance Network crept in and began hijacking Padua servers to install protections against Melvin. One member of that network in particular - Sniperbadger - showed a very keen interest in protecting Module. However, there were suspicions within the ranks of the Critter Resistance Network that one of them was a mole, loyal to the Phaletori. This mole turned out to be DeathDachshund, who sold out secrets about the Padua Network to the Phaletori behind Sniperbadger and Tamperwolf's backs.

With this security compromised, the Society of the Icy Finger vowed to deal with the "Module" problem if it proved too difficult for the Hebbleskins to deal with themselves.

Stickin' It to Pencil
See also: Purge-Flare: Stickin' It to Pencil

By September 27th of 2015, a "big event" was rumored to be hitting Evansville and Gerosha very soon. Even Finneytown Ferrets gang leader Daran Phillips, a cousin of Ashley Phillips, had become aware of this - and shared what he knew with his gang. Module's once-airtight security was compromised, and he was only able to maintain a lead on secrecy through terminal dependence on Sniperbadger's assistance. However, he didn't know who she was. He was only able to deduce from her mannerisms that he was talking to a young woman.

Little did Module know that the "big event" in Evansville would be the attack on Old National Events Center Plaza. Or that a new dome would be placed around Gerosha. He did know that Antonio Frenze would likely be in Gerosha. He also knew that Clyde was debating whether to send in Frank Morvel or Mike "the Pencil" Javelin to assist Frenze and the Pyro Panthers.

Reasoning that it would be easier to draw attention from heroes like Ciem, Emeraldon, and the National Guard if Morvel went, Module came to the conclusion that the easiest way to secure that would be to eliminate the possibility of Pencil running the Gerosha Job. He approached Pencil at a coffee shop from a distance, and then laced "RFID dye" into Pencil's coffee when Pencil was distracted. He left, surprised that no one saw him lace the coffee.

With Pencil now permanently traceable on his phone app radar, Module was able to do detective work to figure out Pencil's next move. He learned that Pencil was set to take a private jet from a restricted area of the Cincinnati Airport to Indianapolis. Chris was instructed where to go - and also on how to hide his real van, steal another van, torch the stolen van, etc.

Following Module's instructions, Chris was able to locate a vantage point, and Pencil. He waited for an opportunity to shoot, and eventually got it. Pencil erupted into flames and died quickly; but Chris' problems weren't over. Meanwhile, Sniperbadger called up Module on his phone directly, not bothering to mask her area code of 660. Module was quick to deduce that Sniperbadger was calling him, and asked her why she'd be so reckless.

She urged him to hear her out, that Emeraldon had intercepted the private jet being piloted by Bert Mongale. Mongale was also using that plane to hide and transport some of the snuff porn that had been recovered from Sleet Mountain. With Mongale in police custody, the jet was gone. There was no plane for Pencil. However, Module's plan was for Chris to kill Pencil, ambush Mongale, and hijack Mongale's plane. With no plane, Chris now had no way out of the airport. Amidst her compulsive need to explain everything, Sniperbadger became even more careless, giving Module enough clues to know that she was one of the Flippo triplets. She also left Danny Loffin exposed to Module, while complaining that she didn't think Danny was courageous enough to earn the right to sleep with her sister, and that her sister was a fool to give him the privilege. Since Marina Flippo was on tour nationally, that left just Candi and Miriam as possible identities for Sniperbadger. Module deduced that they were attending Gerosha High, and that it'd be easy from there to find the location of Erin's house.

Module eventually ended his phone call with Sniperbadger, and got back with Chris on the phone, after Chris succeeded in killing Pencil. The whole time, however, Module learned that one of his bases of operation had been compromised. He fled through the subway tunnels to avoid capture by thugs sent after him. He finally met up with his wife, Lisa, and they exited the subway system together.

Lisa reminded Don that she was pregnant, and waiting to hear back from the doctor on when she could get another ultrasound. She warns him that Chris could get them in trouble with the FBI - and Don quickly reminds her that due to the Kirby Act, the entire Padua network is at risk of being arrested by SCALLOP instead. After sending Lisa home, Don assists Chris in finding another vehicle to steal. However, Chris winds up stealing a helicopter linked to Cold Digit Construction - a front for the Society of the Icy Finger. Module warns Chris that this was an unwise move, as Cold Digit is involved with Jeffery Epstein, with the Senate Democrats, and was responsible for the infiltration of Septagon Construction in Romania by one Yevghenny Mavoric, who then became responsible for the Cherinob incident.

Chris narrowly avoids a corrupt cop shooting him out of the sky, threatening to shoot him "into meat paste." After killing the officer and crashing both helicopters, Chris flees on foot toward his proper van in Covington - and then makes his way south to I-75 headed toward Rockholds, before roadblocks are put up. Don instructs Chris to hide for several days in Rockholds, until given an announcement over radio that it's safe to return to Cincinnati. From there, Don wishes for Chris to keep his promise, and explain the full story of what happened in Big Rapids six years prior. Without Don knowing it right away, Chris only naps for a few hours in Rockholds. He then drives to Tennessee, and visits the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Meeting Miriam
Using some time off he had from work on roofing, Don seized an opportunity to go to Gerosha ahead of Chris. On October 6th, without telling Chris anything about it, he stalked down the Flippos at their home by following them home from school. He then tricked Candi into inadvertently giving away Miriam's identity after he heard Candi talking on the phone to Danny. Saying he "didn't have time for formalities," Don finally introduced himself to Miriam officially. She realized that she was careless when talking to him. And that if he could deduce who she was that easily, then it was only a matter of time before the Hebbleskins also deduced her Sniperbadger identity.

Candi and Miriam are introduced to Padua, and Don promises Miriam that should anything happen to him, the codes he is giving her would give the Critter Resistance Network access to all of Module's satellite feed in the Padua Network.

Death
On October 12th of 2015, Module's identity had finally been revealed. Melvin infiltrated while Miriam was distracted with helping Tamperwolf with other missions. Knowledge of Module's whereabouts was made clear to the Icy Finger, and Rappaccini gave the clear to his Screwworm Network troops to strike numerous missiles across Cincinnati to take out all Padua operations there.

After the first missile hit, Module hit a trigger to signal for Miriam to open up her links to Padua, courtesy of him visiting her and giving her the means to open up a Gerosha-centered Padua operation. She responds only after it's too late to save Don. A missile lands directly on Module's house, killing him instantly. To his gratitude, Lisa was out of town when the missiles struck. At the moment of his death, Module was feeding instructions to Chris about entering Gerosha. He had just discovered that there were corrupt federal agents hunting Extirpon, in spite SCALLOP granting Extirpon a prosecutorial delay.

Chris got the bare minimal information about the ambush, before losing contact with Module. Chris then had to deal with the ambush on his own, with his van getting damaged as he dealt with his pursuers. He succeeded at hiding behind a forest located near the Long John Silver's in Gerosha. However, he was quick to inform Tacky that he'd lost contact with Module. Tacky informed Chris then that Cincinnati was bombed, and that Module may have been killed. More info would be shared with Chris as soon as it was available.

Personality
Module is portrayed throughout most depictions as being a nervous-yet-caring man, albeit one who is also a tad cynical. He loves his wife Lisa dearly; but seems to have trust issues with everyone else. Even when he mostly gets along and is friends with Chris, this doesn't stop him from playfully insulting the latter. In many respects, he is a merger in personality of Marvel's character Micro from the MCU, a fit and thin and somewhat level-headed vigilante, and a less-sleazy, less-greedy version of Lester Crest from GTA 5. For Purge-Flare: Stickin' It to Pencil, this is somewhat appropriate. Given it was shot using that game, placing Module in a similar role as Lester is fitting. However, Module is far better with relationships with women than Lester is.

Development
It was decided in 2015 that Chris should have developed some sidekicks in his tenure as the Extirpon impersonator Purge-Flare. "Module," due to his similarity to Micro on Netflix's Punisher series, was seen as a perfect stand-in, to continue the joke that Chris is operating like a poor man's Punisher wannabe, as part of his greater plan to fulfill his lifelong goal of being The Man That Police Could Never Catch.

During initial planning for this subplot for Ciem: Inferno, which was decided in 2018, there was no clear idea of what Module would look like. Only one detail was clear: that his real name would be Don Glotine. In order to avoid the Purge-Flare from becoming a full-on series that would be a total Punisher clone, it was initially decided that the one-off joke of having "Module" be his mission control sidekick would be abruptly interrupted with the bombing of Cincinnati, killing off this sidekick and leaving Chris back to fighting solo.

Over time, however, it was realized that Chris needed more backstory. Six years pass before Ciem: Inferno, and after the ending of Blood Over Water. Chris went from just some random fugitive, to being an Extirpon impersonator being hunted by authorities who think he is the real Extirpon. And this transition between the two versions of Chris across a six-year gap of history went very poorly explained in the outlines for Ciem: Inferno.

It would take another short story being made in-between the events of these two, before Chris' transformation could be explained well enough to at least partially fill the plot hole that would have otherwise been in place. In very late 2019, early work began on a crude attempt to make such a Purge-Flare story workable. The footage would be lost, and the scenes would be re-shot, in 2020. Various models of townie stereotypes were cycled through in Director Mode, until a look for Module was finally selected that seemed fitting for the character.

This same process was used to choose Chris' civilian form, finding a model that most closely resembled how Chris looked in Sims 4 renders. Likewise, this process was chosen for Pencil. Lisa was implied early on in development to be a thing, but her appearance hadn't been decided on until the model playing Module during the trial runs ran into a random female NPC in one of the subway stations of the Arrow transport system in Los Santos. In a quick screenshot grab, Lisa Mackensale-Glotine's appearance was decided on, to capitalize on the convenience, as opposed to having to put in extra work to find a similar NPC in GTA to control, which would make it impossible to guarantee the couple appearing onscreen together again.

After Module's appearance was decided on for Stickin' It to Pencil, his look was defined as a template for his Sims 4 renders for Blood Over Water and Ciem: Inferno.

Trivia

 * His alias is "Module" instead of "Macro," the sort of routine that can be programmed to run in a Microsoft Office application, due to this being slightly less obvious. Naming him "Macro" made it a bit too obvious that he was an ersatz for Micro from The Punisher.
 * However, he is still referred to as "Macro" in the Korean translation of Stickin' It to Pencil, since the joke didn't translate into Korean.
 * He is never seen doing much in the Stickin' It to Pencil sketch apart from running away or talking to someone in person or talking on the phone. This is because Module is very hesitant to engage in violence himself directly.  On top of that, his animations and set locations possible were restricted by the limitation of GTA V in Director Mode for the PS4.
 * For this same reason, Pencil is never shown doing much other than standing around nervously, or talking into a phone nervously. The initial plan for the comic was to have him run away after Chris misses a shot, panic that Extirpon was after him, trip a few times, have Chris catch up to him, be taunted by Chris, then be shot dead.  However, the airport interior in-game proved very difficult to work with.  So Pencil is killed out in the open.