Frederick Marshall

Frederick Marshall AKA The Puppet Master (PM) is a character role-played by GTAWiseGuy.

General Information
"Things are going to get a whole lot spicier."

- PM

The Puppet Master (PM) is a mysterious figure, whose identity is unknown to most. his real name was given as "Freddy" to Michael Simone making him one of the few people in Los Santos to know his name, Along with Mary Mushkin who overheard this.

Described as a psychotic-terrorist, the PM controls the Underground street racing scene in Los Santos, creating the hidden racing app and the cryptocurrency GNE. He also oversees the criminal underworld, hosting a facility that supplies heist materials to criminals and rewards them handsomely. He often uses his loyal Puppets to carry out his orders.

It is said that spray paintings of The Puppet Master first appeared around popular racing spots in London, England. As told by Eddie Marshall, when opening up the Tuner Shop, he noticed that the large spray panting present on the wall was familiar to him- the very same murals he had seen when he lived in London.

The Puppet Master is Eddie Marshall's uncle, and their backstory partially was detailed in the 6STR magazine:

"His uncle. Freddy Marshall, happened to run a very successful aftermarket parts manufacturing company at the time called Marshall Motors, Freddy took his nephew under his wing and gave him a job, allowing him to expand his mechanical knowledge and skill even further.

''One fateful night. his Uncle and Father got into an intense argument, one that led to the unfortunate death of Eddie's Father. With nowhere to go and no one to trust, Eddie packed up and made his way to the U.S."''

The underground racing scene
The Puppet Master controls the racing scene from behind the scenes and uses some racers to engage in terrorism and many other illegal activities, gives out dangerous missions to them by directly contacting them via phone or through one of their puppet, who may accompany or guide them during these activities. The PM has expressed that he wants to take over the State of San Andreas.

The racing app is used to host races and organize them, which also provides the cryptocurrency GNE to racers when the race. GNE plays a vital role in the racing scene, where they use it to upgrade the car parts and buy other street racing accessories like NOS, Harness, fake plates etc.

The underground criminal world
In July 2022, the Puppet Master made a personal visit to Los Santos, on behalf of an unknown close business acquaintance, seeking to takeover the city's criminal world by managing bank robberies and heists with a criminal crypto-currency known as X-COIN, named after X, a serial bank robber in Los Santos. The X-COIN is used to purchase supplies and equipment needed to conduct heists across San Andreas.

The his acquaintance’s system introduced a leveling system for heist progression, tied to the Bank Bustas app:


 * Level 1: Fleeca Bank Heist
 * Level 2: Paleto Bank Heist
 * Level 3: City Vault Heist
 * Level 4: Oil Rig Heist
 * Level 5: Unknown

Trivia

 * Rumoured to be from London, England.
 * Often ends his calls with a menacing laugh and uncontrollable coughing.
 * Recieves GNE payments from the Tuner Shop.
 * His Puppets listen to his every demand.
 * Always calls from an unknown number.