Description

Personality

"The thing about Artie is that he's lost a lot of people in his life, including agents. So, now he just shuts everybody out. It's a defense mechanism"

Artie hides very much of his personal life. He isn't one to talk about what he did on a given weekend or his memories from high school. He lets his agents know enough to do the task at hand, and does it without answering all of their questions. He jumps to conclusions with only tiny pieces of evidence, but normally tends to be right in the end. He prefers things to be old-fashioned, because it is comfortable for him even if they aren't his favorite ways of going about. He is protective over the people he has formed relationships with, out of fear and genuine care (although he'd never admit to it).

Equipment

Artie has extensive knowledge over artifacts both recovered and missing. Though no one has ever seen it, he has skills as an agent. Such as, knowing multiple ways to escape tricky situations. He also plays piano.

History

Dr. Arthur Nielsen, born Arthur Weissfeld, hunted down and traded artifacts in exchange for getting family members out of the country before working at the Warehouse. He thought the items were worthless, and didn't understand why people would want them. Artie worked for the National Security Agency as a cryptographer when he was in his 20s and decoded Soviet communications. and intercepted letters and phone transcripts for them. He turned on the NSA (though, no one knows why when he contacted a person they were spying on and sold secrets to the Soviets. Mrs. Fredric stepped in and "fixed" everything for Artie. Because of this, he is now known as Artie Nielsen in order to stay hidden from the Soviet government. After becoming Artie Nielsen, he joined the Secret Service, and later the Warehouse. He has dedicated more than half of his life to work in the Warehouse.