Alan Gray

"Please inform Mr. Drew that despite his insistence that the rumors of Joey Drew Studios going bankrupt are untrue, I want to remind him that if his studio does indeed fail, all equipment and experiments produced through our partnership, by contract, belong to the Gent Corporation." — Alan Gray's memo to Grant Cohen.

Alan Gray is the chief executive officer of Gent as well as the author of the book A Theory about Spaces. He was a business partner of Joey Drew until the studio shut down in 1948.

History

Early life

While not much is known about his past, Alan Gray seems to have studied science, specifically quantum physics. Implying he might be a scientist or at the very least interested in science.

Partnering with Joey Drew

As the CEO of Gent, Alan Gray partnered with Joey Drew Studios. After the partnership was established, Alan supplied Joey with tools, machinery, and even employees. During this partnership, Gent created the Ink Machine under Joey's orders, which Joey would later steal from them. Some time later, Joey Drew Studios would start facing financial difficulties, which Alan took note of, he would still fund the studio presumably to use the Ink Machine after it was taken by Joey. Alan Gray then informed Joey, through Grant Cohen, Gent will forcefully, if necessary, take back all the equipment and experiments produced through the partnership in the event of the studio's bankruptcy. Whether he succeeded with his claim or not after Joey Drew Studios' closure is unknown.

At some point, Alan wrote the book A Theory about Spaces, where he talked about different "wires", Euphonic Bases, and other scientific matter. A copy of this book was later seen in the ink realm in Wilson Arch's retreat.

Managing Gent

During the time Gent Corporation was still running, under his orders, Gent would take homeless people from the streets with the promise of paying them $350 per week. These people would be used as research subjects for the ink experiments, which resulted in multiple of deaths. Alan would still continue the conduction of these experiments, until the building these experiments took place in was condemned on October 31st of 1952.

Taking the Ink Machine back

After Arch Gate Pictures acquired the rights to Bendy and the property of Joey Drew Studios, by extension the Ink Machine, Alan visited the studio in an attempt to take the machine back, but was turned away by the receptionist, which was something Wilson took note of. After an unknown amount of time, Gent was finally able to take the Ink Machine back through unknown means. Alan then presumably continued the experiments with it right after the acquirement.

Characteristics

Personality

Alan appears to be a very ruthless and cruel individual. Under him, the Gent Corporation is said to utilize human experimentation. With it being mentioned death was 'like a way of life' at the company. Grant Cohen described Alan by saying that he wasn't helping fund Joey Drew Studios when they were close to bankruptcy due to wanting to make money, implying that he was only helping them so he could continue the experiments with the Ink Machine, showing his selfishness. He also seems to be interested in science as seen by the subject his book covers.

Documents

Memos

• "Gent Property" - Found in the Prologue of Bendy and the Dark Revival.

Behind the scenes

Alan Gray is the overarching antagonist of Bendy and the Dark Revival.

See also

• Gent Corporation, the company that Alan is the CEO of.