"For it's the simple minded who can not except something that is both wicked and beautiful. It is the simple minded who destroy what is most divine in this Godforsaken world."
Arthur Ford Sayco
Nick Names
Art, Mr. Sayco, Boss, The Big Guy, Big Money
Age
Forty-seven
Role
Oldest and one of the very first Active.
Hair Color:
Dirty/Sandy Blonde
Eye Color:
Blue
Height:
5’11
Weight:
179
Tattoos:
-His Left Shoulder blade, although it has faded a bit over the years.
-m on his right shoulder
Piercings:
None
Scars:
Several from the war.
Likes
Music|-|The Active|-|Smoking|-|Cigars|-|Sayco Manor|-|Old Books|-|Scotch
Dislikes
The Bleeders|-|Talking about his past|-|seeing happy families|-|seeing people in pain|-|The New Age|-|being threatened
Hobbies
Smoking|-|Reading|-|Running his Business
Fears
Failing |-| The Active becoming extinct |-| Not being able to protect his (adopted) daughter
Family Tree
Wife, Kelly Sayco(Age 25,Deceased)
Daughter, Daisy Sayco(Age 5,Deceased)
Younger Daughter, Lexi Sayco (Age 3,Deceased)
Hero
Type Detail
Blind Spot/Memory Replay
Arthur has a one of a kind ability, which works out perfect for him and comes in handy quite often. He can make a normal human blind to any Actives powers. The human can see the Active, but they see them as a normal being, whether or not they are using their power. Because of his high experience level his whole property is a large blind spot to any human or bleeder, but when off his property he has to be within a few feet of the active and the human to create the blind spot.
He also has the ability to watch your entire past within a matter of seconds, feel every emotion you felt in that moment. So saying he doesn't understand what your going through would probably be the stupidest thing to say to him. This power is accessed though touch.
Character’s Thoughts
Being Hunted: Ah, the hunt, what a tremendous gave of cat and mouse. Unfortunately they have orders not to bother me, I have to say I’m slightly upset about that, I’d like to see how many I could make cry for help and watch the sorrow in their eyes when no one came to aid them.
The Active: They are all family to me, if they ever need anything I’d give it to them, hell if they’d kill me I’d give my life for them. They deserve freedom and I’m going to help free them.
The Bleeders: Do I fancy them? Well no of course not, they are awful beings every last one of them deserves to be torched and caused the same amount of pain they cause a Bound when they tear two of them apart. A lifetime of cold, lonely hell.
Humans:They are weak, heartless, unchangeable. I was one once, they only see what they want. They close their minds to what they fear, what they don’t want to believe. You have to make them believe. I no longer have love for what I once was, they destroy everything they love.
Personality
Arthur is a brilliantly complicated man. He prides himself on southern hospitality and being a proper gentlemen. He has a very thick southern accent that tends to throw most people off when they first meet him. He has a very interesting perspective on life and anyone who has ever spoke to him privately would tell you that he is probably the wisest and interesting man they have ever meet in their life. The way he speaks is almost hypnotizing and he carries himself as if he has been to hell conquered it and came back to tell the tell, there is no one quite like Arthur Sayco.
His life is built on mystery and secrets. Arthur can be found most nights smoking a cigar in the darkness of his creepy old office, contemplating and letting his darkest thoughts consume him. Although he doesn’t ever show any ounce of sorrow or pain, the truth is he’s been messed up ever since he lost his family, he feels as though it is his fault for not being there to protect him. He is very much a father figure to The Active, even the older ones, they all go to him for advice or answers. He is a very kind man, he would give his life for a complete stranger. Though most assume because of his wealth and southern personality that he is selfish and impossibly evil.
One thing that most wouldn’t know about Arthur is how badass he actually is. He doesn’t act or appear violent in any way shape or form. Though he is one hell of a fighter and could take on a small group of bleeders by himself. Though there is a side to Arthur that few have seen, Arthur is never a violent man, but if he snaps, he's a very violent man, the kind southern gentlemen you thought you knew turns into a hostel, wicked man, that no one can control, so don't push his buttons, wouldn't want him to snap now would we?
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History
Hailing from Louisiana, Arthur was born to a very wealthy family. His father a wealthy English man from the UK. His mother a beautiful Southern Belle, winning several beauty pageants, even placing as runner up in the Miss America pageant. His parents were very much in love and although they were very rich they raised Arthur to believe that there was more to life them money or wealth. His parent were very loving towards their son, Arthur grew up an only child. He was very popular in high school meeting a young women by the name of Kelly Harris, they became serious and at sixteen they were expecting a child. His parents were disappointed but they supported him.
Kelly gave birth to a baby girl who they named Daisy, soon after Kelly and Arthur were married and although it was hard to be teen parents, go to school, and have a life, they were able to stick it out together. On December 31, 2013 nineteen year old Arthur and Eighteen year old Kelly were spending their New Years at the Sayco family home. Kelly had just informed him she was pregnant and the two along with their daughter were celebrating. Everything after that was a blur, he doesn’t remember much other then it was either him or Kelly who had to go to war and before his wife had a chance to answer he was already packing his things.
He saw things during those seven years he never imagined he’d see in his life time. His friends being ripped apart, their blood on his hands. There was a time when he was sure he’d die, but it was the thought of protecting his family that kept him alive. The radiation nearly killed him, but it didn’t he couldn’t understand why he had survived. After the seven years of war, he went to the camp his wife and kids were hiding at. His wife had died from infection only hours before he had gotten there. Both his daughters were dying from being exposed to a large amount of radiation. He had never met his younger daughter, she passed away first. Then his older daughter was all he had left and he held her until she too succumbed to death.
Most survivors were surprised a solider had survived. After burying his family he made his way with the rest of the survivors to rebuild their new lives. Although he was different and he knew it, it wasn’t long until others like him started appearing. He was smart enough to rebuild a house on the outside of the city and start planting and gardening. Now he runs one of the most lucrative businesses in the new world. No one is aware of his past and he doesn't ever bring up his family. Everyone assumes he is simply a selfish wealthy man, who never leaves Sayco manor. They have no clue what he's really been through.
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I'm gonna fight 'em off
A seven nation army couldn't hold me back
They're gonna rip it off Taking their time right behind my back
And I'm talking to myself at night because I can't forget
Back and forth through my mind behind a cigarette
I don’t feel strange, it’s more like haunted
Another moment trapped in time
I can’t quite put my finger on it
But it’s like a child that was left behind
Radioactive Undisclosed Desires