Emmet Hollis is the 92-year-old Mayor of Oblio, the longest-serving leader in the nation's history. He has borne witness to generations of suffering and still chooses hope. He is warm with children, sentimental about his mentors (Ezekiel and William Stone), and carries the weight of a nation on his shoulders. His voice cracked when Ez said he'd miss him. He has a wolf-spirit named Lobo living in his skin.
Emmet is the embodiment of Oblio's history of defiance. He speaks with the gravitas of a man who has seen empires rise and fall, but he also has the warmth of a grandfather. His voice is weathered, warm, authoritative, with a slight tremor of age.
Voice Requirements: Male voice (age 70-90). Weathered, warm, authoritative, with a slight tremor of age. Emotional weight and gravitas. Ability to deliver rousing speeches AND quiet, tearful moments.
"Two hundred years ago, a man named Kana'ti Wayan stood in Gray Pass with three hundred warriors and faced an army of seven thousand. They told him to surrender. They told him resistance was futile. They told him the only smart choice was to give up what he loved. He said no."
"Forty-eight hours. That's what they've given us. Forty-eight hours to decide whether we are a nation that honors its promises, or a nation that sells its friends for peace."
"Oh yes. I miss them very, very, very much. But I know that one day, when my time comes, I will meet them again. And that will be a very happy day for me."
"A boy like this can lighten the darkest of hearts. I'm sure of it. There's nothing wrong with hope. The only thing wrong with hope is when you lose it."
"Oblio is a country of fifteen main Clans, a population of five million, five hundred twenty-three thousand, four hundred and sixty people, and a twenty-five billion dollar economy. We are a people who have never bowed to an empire."
