Agents of Monarch
By H.R.C. Stanley
William "Bill" Randa
Date of Birth: 20th June 1908
Date of Death: 10th March 1973
Nationality: United States
Monarch Activation: 10th March 1952
Occupation: Senior operative/Assistance Professor
Areas of Expertise: Cryptozoology, photography, secretive funding
Education: Missouri State University
Background:
In 1943, at age 35, Randa was serving aboard the U.S.S. Lawton during the Second World War when it was suddenly attacked by a giant monster, leaving him the only survivor. He became obsessed with proving the existence of such creatures after the U.S. government covered up the incident as a mere bombing attack from the Axis powers. The identity of the Titan that caused the attack still remains unconfirmed to this day, though few believe that the Shinomura may've been a likely suspect.
Nine years later, he was approached by Dr. Kyohei Yamane during a trip to Tokyo, who offered the opportunity of a lifetime. Over the next twenty+ years since, he had been quite the ranked agent, with Yamane as his colleague and even sensei in a way.
In 1973, Randa and his newly recruited partner Houston Brooks managed to obtain funding from a senator to investigate an uncharted island in the South Pacific, with help of a military escort. When the team arrived, they were ambushed and smashed down by the 103 ft tall Kong in their helicopters after they dropped seismic charges on the surface. He survived the crash with minimal wounds, and was eventually confronted by Lieutenant Colonel Preston Packard about why they were on the island. Randa then revealed that his intentions and his work for the organisation, and that their mission was to and uncover and prove the potential existence of monsters on the island. He then eventually joined up with Packard and his men as they travelled across the island.
After all the surviving members of the exploration team met up, Randa and the group headed for the boneyard, a crater full of the remains of various creatures. Randa took pictures of the bones, but they were soon found and stalked by a Skullcrawler. After the Skullcrawler left, Randa once again began taking pictures, only for his flash to malfunction. The flash managed to attract the Skullcrawler back to him, and he was eaten alive completely.
While the video footage Randa took of Kong's appearance from the helicopter was fortunately recovered, the same couldn't be said for the photographs.
To be continued...