Written by Mr. Mouseburger 1st Nov 2006

Kindly submitted by Kooshmeister

High Chancellor Sutler is the dictator of the totalitarian regime which controls England, Norsefire, and our main villain. His downfall comes not from any direct action made by his enemy, the terrorist known as V, but rather from betrayal by his right-hand man Peter Creedy. V had made a deal with "Creepy" Creedy earlier in the film: in exchange for Creedy getting rid of Sutler for him, V would turn himself in.

Creedy, who is skating on thin ice already with Sutler, has no problems betraying his boss. Accompanied by several of his guards Creedy meets V in a suitably dark, dank, dreary alley somewhere in London. High Chancellor Sutler, having been kidnapped by Creedy's men not long after recording an address to the nation (which is playing on televisions across London during this meeting), is dragged into the alley with a black bag over his head. The bag is ripped off, revealing that Sutler, confident and menacing up until now, is absolutely terrified.

Regarding the whimpering Chancellor, V says, "At last we meet. I have something for you, Chancellor." V takes out one of his trademark red roses and slips it into Sutler's business suit. He says the rose is "for all the things you've done, for all the things you might have done." He then turns his back on Sutler and before the Chancellor can reply, Creedy, disgusted with Sutler's simpering display, puts his revolver to Sutler's head and squeezes the trigger, blowing his brains out. With a big, gaping, bloody wound in his noggin, Sutler promptly keels over dead.

There is some question as to whether or not the man Creedy kills is the real Sutler. As we saw on Gordon Dietrich's talkshow, there are at least two Londoners who look almost exactly like the High Chancellor. Therefore it's conceivable that the "Sutler" executed by Creedy was not the real one, and that the real Sutler can come back in the sequel, if there ever is one.