Ron Staedtler is a former member of the Illuminati, responsible for erasing minds, and Reagan Ridley's ex-boyfriend. He is currently living in Appleton, Wisconsin with his memories of the deep state erased and living under a new name.
Biography[]
After working at the Illuminati for 10 years his job starts to get to him. and is sent to a group therapy run by Elliot Mothman were he meets Reagan Ridley. He then went to Bohemian Grove in order to sabotage his boss Dietrich Kluge only to find out that Reagan was trying to do the same thing to her father. They fought each other only to be captured. they escaped and hid in a giant owl statue. Reagan and Ron begin to bond which leads to the two of them having sex.
Reagan volunteers to go to Rome to brainwash the Pope into becoming less tolerant, so he can unleash an artificial Hell in order to raise church attendance and pay Cognito for building it. She uses this as an excuse to ask Staedtler to be her boyfriend at dinner. Staedtler zaps the Pope with his "Catholicizer", but is caught up with work, and Reagan, worried that Staedtler might not make it to dinner, zaps the Pope again, causing it to work too well as the brainwashed Pope unleashes the artificial Hell, but intends to destroy Rome it does not repent for its collective sins. Seeing the animatronic demons kill people, Reagan and Staedtler fight their way their though chaos all the while Reagan tries to ask Staedtler about their relationship. Staedtler tries to reverse the Catholicizer, but is hit by his own ray and willingly lets himself be dragged to artificial Hell. Reagan breaks in and apologizes, and the two have a heart to heart with Staedtler telling Reagan he was ask her other out because she was a brilliant scientist, and he was just some guy with a lot of emotional baggage. The two officially become a couple as the simultaneously shut down the artificial Hell and have romantic fun although out Rome. After The Pope’s brainwashing was undone, they celibate their union by attending a gay dog wedding.
After dating for some time, Staedtler tells Reagan how frustrated he is with his job at the Illuminati and is thinking about the leaving the deep state all together, so Reagan tries to ease him into Cognito through Brett. However, Brett finds that Staedtler is the first person he doesn't like, so Reagan instead tries to ease Staedtler in through a Halloween party. Brett, wanting to like Staedtler, has Andre create a virus that, when infused with Staedtler's DNA, will make him like Staedtler. Brett is unaffected, but the virus spreads to the entirety of Cognito causing everyone to become insanely obsessed with Staedtler. As Reagan, Brett and Staedtler run through the halls, Staedtler sees how unethical Cognito is with their clones of Adolf Hitler and baby organ stem cell research lab. Reagan tries to create an antidote using Brett's DNA, but it is rendered useless when he and Staedtler make up. They are left with no other choice but to wipe everybody's memory of Staedtler. After the problem was solved Staedtler leaves to think, leaving Reagan concerned.
Days later Staedtler contacted Reagan, finely having enough of shadow government work and found a way out; he would move to Appleton and created a new identity for himself. Knowing the higher ups would come after him if he remembers classified intel, Staedtler was willing to erase his memories to have a normal life and offered Reagan to come with him. At first it looked like she agreed to come with him, but when they got to the farmhouse Staedtler bought only his memories were erased as the Shadow Board offered Reagan a partnership and she used the Holo-Chamber to see a future of Staedtler starting a family with someone else. With Staedtler's memories wipe and knock out cold, Reagan gave him a tearful goodbye and returned to Cognito.