William Keynes

William Keynes is a character in the Dawn RP. He is a main character in the Lanceshir story line.

Bio
William Keynes is an old man in his late 50's. He has a wife and two children. He is the former President of Lanceshir and is currently serving as an advisor for the Howard Administration.

Plot
Keynes Administration

William Keynes was a President who did not follow traditional Lanceshirian views of expansion and contentintial domination. He instead wanted to make peace and unity with the nations surround Lanceshir and hope of a future through this way. With this belief, he would often condemn suggestions of expanding and would veto any and all expansion laws. This did not settle well with Secretary of State Stacy Jones, and Vice President Mark Buckner. Using this as well as well as many other problems many felt were caused by the Keynes administration, Mark and Stacy formed a government conspiracy to get rid of Keynes and to put Mark Buckner in power. With the help of the Secretary of Defense, The First Lady, Jamar, and several members of congress, they hatched a plan to kill Keynes during a speech on the Lanceshir independence day. During his speech, Keynes was shot by Jamar twice. Once in the ribs, and another in the chest. Keynes was quickly rush to the hospital where he was operated on. Two of the doctors operating on Keynes was Henry and Diana. Two members of the government conspiracy to kill President Keynes. After a revelation that the bullets would not be enough to kill Keynes, and not wanting to kill Keynes and suffer the punishment for that, Henry and Diana put Keynes into a coma where he would sleep for the next 4 months. Henry and Diana announced to the public that Keynes had been killed. Making Mark Buckner the new President.

Buckner Administration

William Keynes does not play a big role in the Buckner Administration due to him being in a coma for the duration of the administration.

Howard Administration

Shortly after waking up from his coma, Keynes learns of the war with neighboring nation Warron and President David Howard's kidnapped son. Before David Howard goes to meet with the leader of Warron, expecting to surrender in order to get his son back, Keynes visits the capitol and asks to go along with David. David agrees, and they go to Warron together. Once their, Keynes threatens the Warron Chieftain, Harold Jackson, with giving the order to let the Lanceshirian army attack and raid Warron's capitol. After hearing about the troops in Warron's capitol, Jackson decides to give David his son back and, with the co-operation of David Howard, he calls off the war.