John Sullivan Reek is the stodgy career politician, yes-man, and ex-governor who becomes the Commissioner of District Three in the Northeastern Province. He implements Windrip and Dewey Haik’s agenda by censoring journalists, opening the Trianon concentration camp, and running corrupt schemes with Shad Ledue. Eventually, Reek becomes anxious and afraid because he realizes that his colleagues will throw him under the bus for their own professional advancement. Sure enough, when Effingham Swan becomes the Provincial Commissioner, he immediately fires, arrests, and imprisons Reek.