Arthur

Arthur Mills is an old flying tank with angel wings, modelled after a Challenger 2. He is the grandfather of Spymankiller and is one of the major characters in Spyman's Cosmos. He often takes on many missions, such as patrolling certain areas or searching for BSoD's bases all over the world.
Arthur is also one of the oldest characters of the universe, living already in the Stone Age.
== Biography ==
=== Early life ===
Arthur was born at least in the Middle Paleolithic era and met Neon Piano in his early childhood. Eventually the two started living together in the same cave.
One day in 120,000 BC, Neon asked Arthur if he wants to go hunting. Unaware of what that is, Arthur agreed, at the same time hitting his friend in the head for fun. During the hunting, Neon showed his friend tank the prey, which turned out to be a rock. Arthur protested, but Neon convinced him, saying they are starving. Finally, Arthur shot the rock with his laser cannon. Later, Arthur was responsible for preparing the "food" on fire, while Neon was protecting it from any outside dangers. At night, their neighbour - Frank's ancestor - entered their cave, asking to borrow some meat. He was getting on Neon's nerves, while Arthur was asleep, when suddenly he woke up and shot the intruder. Eventually, the two friends consumed Frank's ancestor.
In his teenage years, that is around the 1st century BC, Arthur became a druid and was known by the title of 'Arthur of Britain'. During his youth, he also made friends with another druid called Master Firlainn and heard about the legend of Fari, a deity worshipped in Finledge at that time.
=== Later years ===
Arthur was present throughout thousands of years of human history, often taking part in important battles and wars. In the present, he sometimes tells the stories from these times to his "grandsons".
Sometime in the late 19th or early 20th century Arthur was working with his friend Rodeschild as a helper in some house. He was usually responsible for doing laundry with the help of a mangle.
=== Collision Course ===
One day in 2016 Arthur was on mission of patrolling the snowy Midlands, when he got a notification about an underground threat in England. He decided to go there.
Eventually Arthur arrived at the underground fort, which was none other than BSoD's base. When he came, his grandson Spymankiller and his friends Pankid, Dr Saturn, OkiWan and Phil were already in the base and have defeated some of the enemies and freed their kidnapped friends - Mangle and PCus. However, Arthur managed to help by turning off BSoD's power and beating him for his doings alongside OkiWan, Mangle and PCus.
=== Arthur the Cavetank ===
One afternoon, Arthur gathered Spy, Saturn, Phil and Oki to listen to one of his past stories. One about his very early childhood. For the most part the four seemed to be bored by it, but Arthur didn't care for the most part and continued to tell his story anyway. They only changed their attitude and got amazed when they heard that their "grandfather" ate a human alive. However Arthur defended himself, saying that he's not a cannibal, as he didn't eat another tank.
=== Us vs. Us ===
Presumably in late May 2017 Arthur took on the mission of finding BSoD's base on the Kalahari desert. After three weeks he started getting closer to it and notified England about it.
Four days later, he was still breaking through the sandy terrain, when he noticed a lonely human on the horizon. The human turned out to be No-Life, who got annoyed, seeing a flying tank and told him to get out of his sight, as he wanted to spend relaxing holidays in his own company. However Arthur replied with telling him to move out of the way, as he had an important mission. Eventually, the two got into an argument.
The argument went on to be very long, when finally No-Life lost it and started jumping angrily and accidentally breaking the ground under him and falling into the hole. It was then when Arhtur met Spy, Saturn, OkiWan and Phil, who just got there. Arthur told them about the hole No-Life made and they soon used it to get into BSoD's base. Soon the battle commenced, but Arthur was not shown being a part of it. He appeared only after it ended and told his "grandsons" to go home.
=== Hurricane Inbound ===
After the events of Us vs. Us, Arthur decided to visit his grandson's mansion during a heavy storm. At the entrance he stumbled upon Mangle and Rex and asked them if it's the right address.
The two led him to meet Spy in the living room and on their way there, Arthur was astonished by how massive the mansion is. Spy was happy to see his grandfather again and soon gathered the gang to listen Arthur's story about his past jobs. Arthur told the story of camping at home and how he used to do the laundry. This one was actually met with a lot bigger interest than the one about his early childhood. However some were disappointed, because the fireplace wasn't on and the feeling wasn't the same.
=== Deep Sleep ===
Arthur was present at Spy's Mansion during his streak of nightmares. One morning he heard Spy scream, so he came to check on him. Phil and Mangle also came and asked Spy what happened. 
A few days later, Arthur was asked by Dr Saturn and Mad to tell Spy a story and make him fall asleep, in order for the two and Joseph to enter his dream and get rid of the source of nightmares. Arthur obviously agreed, ready to help save his grandson, adding that some of his stories are good at knocking people down. He then came to Spy's room and sat on the bed. Seeing his grandfather already made Spy happy and after Arthur's story he also quickly fell asleep. The Dream Team succeeded in destroying the nightmares' source and Spy could finally sleep peacefully. Sometime later, Arthur and Spy were sitting in the living room, when Mad came by and asked Spy how he is. After the talk, Arthur offered the two going to grab a dinner.
=== In Search of the Scarlet Griffin ===
During the Journey Squad's search for The Scarlet Griffin, Arthur was visiting the Phalanx facility in Austria. Coincidentally at that time, the Journey Squad called the agency to locate BSoD's base in the country. When Arthur heard, he decided to help too and so he did. 
Once, the expedition arrived at the facility, Arthur welcomed them. Spy came out of the plane first and was happy to see his grandpa, which was the same for Arthur. Phil then asked him if the agents already found the base and he confirmed, introducing Hans, the head of the IT department, who revealed that it was most likely located fifteen kilometres behind the city. Arthur pointed that it would be in the nearby forest. Soon, Hans said he also had hovercycles prepared for the gang to get there, so he led them to the hangar and Arthur followed.
While the gang was at the entrance to the hangar, Arthur was talking with some other tank in a distance, until he noticed the disappearance of the hovercycles and joined back to his friends. He witnessed a bit of Spy and Phil's infamous argument, whether going for Phil's friend Jenny first wasn't a risk of wasting time, which was soon turned down by Saturn. Arthur agreed with the latter and told Spy from neutral perspective that they should focus on rescuing a friend. Later, Arthur was talking with his grandson, as well as Phil and OkiWan, outside. When asked if he could come with them, he declined, as he had other missions to attend. Nonetheless, he wished his friends a lot of luck and was sure that they would do fine, which gave them the motivation they needed and finally made them put the fight aside.
The next day, Arthur came back to the facility and once again met with his friends, however his grandson was nowhere to be seen. Phil explained that Spy had left them to face BSoD's Gang alone and while it got Arthur a little worried, he was certain that Spy was still alive. Jenny then told him that they were about to discuss the strategy of stopping Blue Screen from using The Scarlet Griffin and when the tank heard the name, he offered to give some of his knowledge on the topic. Although Phil excused him, saying that they had already heard enough, Arthur insisted and was told by Phil to tell it quickly. The winged tank then described the earliest point of the artifact's history and the consequences of using it without the required traits, mentioning how it affected a greedy Egyptian king, who the gang realized was Garmatrol.
Later, he left the board room with everyone, except Saturn and Alice, who had to talk in private and then came back there to discuss the plan. Later that day, he went to Nisipoulis with everyone else and when they were above the island, he jumped out of the Phalanx jet to land using his wings. He was seen fighting Copper, in which he was supported by Jenny, using a dead Gun henchman. After the rest of Spyman's Cosmos joined them and BSoD was defeated, Arthur accompanied everyone on the party back at Phil's Mansion.
=== The end of Spyman's Cosmos ===
After BSoD stopped his malevolent plans for a long while and Spyman's Cosmos broke down, everyone went to do their own thing. It is unknown what Arthur was doing during that time, but he presumably was doing other missions.
=== Corrupted Chaos ===
When OkiWan was remembering all the great times he had with the gang, Arthur appeared in some of the flashbacks, which were the re-made shots from Us vs. Us 4/4 and Collision Course 4/4.
=== The Thunder ===
In 2020, in the middle of a huge thunderstorm in Hangajokul, Arthur stopped by Dr Saturn's Mansion to bring his grandson's friends entertainment by telling stories of his past. When he arrived, he was greeted by Spy, a little surprised to see him during that weather, but Arthur said it was nothing, as he's already been getting through snowstorms and deserts. Spy was still happy to see him though and was soon told to gather everyone in the gang, as this time Arthur would be answering their questions about ancient Finledge.
When everyone was in the living room, Joseph arrived in the last minute and Arthur was surprised to see him. The truck said it was because Arthur was going to talk about the exact same topic he was currently researching. He then asked the tank to tell them the legend of Fari. Arthur was surprised to hear this name after so many years, but agreed nonetheless. He revealed to them that Fari used to be one of the ancient guardians of Finledge, worshipped by the local druids, but eventually turned against them and was sealed in a sacred stone in Vaelroth, Norway. After he finished the story, Arthur asked if he could stay for dinner.
Sometime later, OkiWan and Pankid were asking Arthur to stay overnight, due to the weather. The tank was ultimately convinced, but said he needed a place to sleep. Oki then offered him to sleep on the couch. Though Pankid pointed out that it was where Droppy was sleeping, OkiWan said he probably wouldn't mind, which was met with confusion of Droppy, who suddenly came by.
A day later, a gang meeting was held, on which it was revealed that Hangajokul was about to enter the storm's red area and it was decided that Fari had to be sealed back where he came from. The way to do it was allowed due to the reveal of Blank Tank and Rex's discovery of a cave under the house, which couldn't be explored due to the flooding. However, they found a way, after Charles donated some of his plasma to Joseph, allowing him to breathe underwater. Soon after, Arthur was chosen to be a part of an expedition team, that went down to the cave and also got some of Charles's plasma, despite that he didn't need it.
Soon, he, Joseph, Dr Saturn, Alice and Phil went to the cave, which turned out to be the meeting point of ancient druids. There, they found a slab with runes, recognized by Arthur. He translated it and revealed it was the aftermath of the final battle with Fari. After reading it, Joseph deduced they needed druids to seal Fari back and he wanted to give up on the start, but was reminded by Alice, that Arthur was already one. Saturn then told them to go back to the surface, as he had an idea. They did so and gave the plasma back to Charles, while Sat explained that he would contact Coldmoor Paranormal Agency, as they were in touch with a group of modern day druids.
When it turned out that the group had to be learned the ancient spell first, the gang knew they needed at least two original druids and with Arthur being one, they decided to bring one from the past thanks to a time machine. Thus, sometime later, Arthur was called downstairs and together with Saturn prepared to go back in time. After a short talk, they were rushed by Alice, who said Hangajokul was now in the dark red zone and Fari would arrive that evening. With no time to waste, the two activated the machine and travelled to the past.
They then landed in Vaelroth in 35 BC and Arthur immediately recognized the area. They also instantly heard a characteristic noise, which Arthur deduced were the druids' chants. It didn't take long for the two friends to find them and after seeing them, Saturn was a little frightened. Thinking he could get away with doing the mission, he told Arthur to go and take one of the druids, but the tank called him a coward and ordered to do it together. They were then found by one of the druids and asked if they were the two disciples, who were supposed to join the brotherhood. Arthur and Saturn decided to go with did and confirmed it, but due to the latter's bad acting, they were recognized as intruders and the druid called his master.
The two was shortly brought to in front of Master Firlainn, who demanded answers. Saturn wanted to try and go on with the lie about being disciples, but Arthur stopped him and revealed the truth about them being from the future and Fari being a danger again. He then asked Firlainn for help in guiding the future genetation of druids. At first, Firlainn was mad that someone was giving him commands, but when Arthur simply told his name, druid master recognized him as Arthur of Britain, his teenage friend, and gladly agreed. Without further ado, the three was immediately transported back to the present.
When they arrived, Saturn realized they were on the sixth floor and Mad explained that the water level started horribly rising, so the machine had to be moved for them to come back safely. They were then called to the window by Droppy and saw none other than Fari floating above the mansion. Firlainn was terrified to see him, but Mad calmed everyone down, saying his teleport was charging in Lenny's room to take druids to Stonehenge, the closest sacred place, where the sealing ritual could be done.
Sometime later, everyone gathered in front of the room. Besides Arthur and Master Firlainn, it was decided that the main four would also go. They then went to stand on the platform and were joined by Saturn, who was giving Alice a goodbye. They were soon teleported by Mad and quickly arrived at Stonehenge. There, they met General Stefanson, who was happy to see the ancient master. Firlainn soon stood in front of the modern druids and Arthur joined him briefly. They then started leading the druids in the ritual.
Soon, the druids created a blue beam, which went to Fari in Hangajokul and started damaging him. While Arthur, Firlainn and the druids focused on that, Spy was tasked with pressing a button, which gave the deity a final punch and defeated him ultimately. However, instead of sealing him back in Norway, the stone was moved all the way to Antarctica, so it would never be found by anyone in the harsh conditions. After the victory, the main four was thanked by the general, while Arthur observed them a little far behind. 
After the storm, Arthur left the mansion and went to do his usual things.
=== Core Inbound ===
Few months later, Arthur was spending time with his brother Reynard, who at one point noticed a weird light in the sky and called Arthur. He deduced it was his 'grandsons' doing something, but Reynard pointed out the purple sky and they both realized something was up. They then decided to help the gang, especially that Reynard had much faster engine.
Sometime later, he and his brother joined Spyman's Cosmos in Dr Alford's laboratory to sum up their discoveries. Among everyone else, he listened to the story of Vitreous and when tried to calm OkiWan down, once he started denying everything, which resulted in a brief conflict. On top of that, it was revealed that the destruction of Vitreous' Driller caused a purple cloud to cover all of the Earth, which could potentially kill all life on the planet. This caused Oki to disappear and when it was noticed, they all followed him outside. Arthur helped to cheer OkiWan up, convincing him that despite not knowing his family, they were the real one and he shouldn't give up just yet. They eventually succeeded and Oki thanked everyone.
Much later, Arthur was present in front of OkiWan's house, when a huge crowd of people from Cosmos, their allies and beyond gathered to see the main four go down the Earth to stop Vitreous. Along with Reynard and General Stefanson, he watched as OkiWan was being interviewed by Panzer and revealed his secret crush on Mangle on live television. Reynard pointed out that his "grandson" was quite weird, which wasn't anything new for Arthur.
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=== Down in the Mines ===
Sometime between the summer of 2020 and the main action of the series, Arthur helped Alice and Dr Saturn in their discoveries regarding clutfunium.
== Personality ==
Arthur is a proud English tank, ready to take any mission for the good of his country. Even though he's a small tank, Arthur lacks on general fear and mainly takes on creations much bigger than him. He loves snow and sitting in it, mainly because he can't feel cold. He also likes guarding people, flying around, shooting things and going to parties. Arthur is also quite mysterious, but he doesn't mind revealing facts about himself. 
He cares a lot about his grandson Spyman, but knows he's capable of fighting dangers himself. He often calls his friends, such as Saturn, Phil or Oki, his grandsons too, even though they aren't related.
== Appearances ==
# Collision Course 3/4
# Arthur the Cavetank
# Collision Course 4/4
# Us vs. Us 1/4
# Us vs. Us 3/4
# Hurricane Inbound 2/4
# Us vs. Us 4/4
# Hurricane Inbound 3/4
# Deep Sleep 2/4
# Deep Sleep 4/4
#Corrupted Chaos (flashback)
#The Thunder
#Core Inbound 2/5
#In Search of the Scarlet Griffin 3/5
#Core Inbound 3/5
#Core Inbound 4/5 (cameo)
#In Search of the Scarlet Griffin 4/5
#In Search of the Scarlet Griffin 5/5
#Down in the Mines 1/4 (cameo)
#Core Inbound 5/5
#Wish Upon a Clock 1/3
#Machinery Landing 1/4
== Trivia ==
* Arthur can breathe underwater.
* He is one of wp.drive's oldest characters. He was created in 2007.
* With Spy and Neon, Arthur used to be one of the three wp.drive channel mascots and represent some part of his creator.
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