Felix Westwood

Felix Westwood is the ex husband of Martine Westwood and the father of Mitchell Deveraux, Toby and Celeste Faroe, DeMarcus Westwood and Maria-Carmela McQueen.
Felix was born in the mid-1970s, but spent most of his childhood in a care home in Moston. Whilst there, he experienced racial abuse at the hands of social worker Cormac Ranger, which he took out on Warren Fox by bullying him. Felix later met Martine and she later fell pregnant, giving birth to triplets. Felix sold two of the triplets to Ramsey Ley before fleeing on the orders of Martine's father Walter Deveraux.
In March 2020, Felix arrived in Hollyoaks after Celeste tracked him down. Felix also encountered Warren, who he clashed with until revealing to Warren that Cormac was racially abusive in the care home. After learning the truth, Felix witness Warren attack Cormac, and Cormac died of his injuries four months later. Felix and Warren started to get along, with the pair purchasing a garage and running a mechanics business. He also eventually reunited with Martine and was forgiven by his children.
After Martine's niece Lisa Loveday was killed by Toby, Felix discovered that he and Celeste had covered up the crime. He helped them continue with the cover-up, attempting to throw Martine and police officer Nate Denby off the trail. However, Toby confessed shortly before Salon de Thé de Marnie exploded, killing Celeste and leaving Toby comatose.
== Biography ==
=== 1970s-2020: Early Life ===
In his childhood, Felix grew up in a care home in Manchester. His father died at some point prior to November 2021. He was racially abused by one of the social workers, Cormac Ranger, and subsequently bullied Warren Fox (whom Cormac took a liking to). After leaving the care home, Felix became involved in crime and met Martine Deveraux in 1993. Felix scared Martine as he changed between being a charming young man and a violent thug, but the discovery that she was pregnant prevented her from leaving him.
Martine gave birth to triplets in March 1994, with Felix selling two of them to 'doctor' Ramsey Ley (who would name them Toby and Celeste Faroe) for £50,000. The third triplet - later named Mitchell Deveraux - was rejected by Ramsey as the doctors expected him not to survive long after birth. Felix left after Martine's father Walter Deveraux forced him to leave.
Felix continued his involvement in crime and was even incarcerated in the 2000s. He also embarked on a relationship with a woman named Viv, and Viv gave birth to their son DeMarcus in 2006.
=== 2020: Facing the Past ===
Felix arrived in Hollyoaks in March 2020, first meeting Grace Black after splashing her with a puddle. After taking her to lunch at The Hutch to apologise, the pair ended up exchanging numbers. Felix then turned up at 5 Oakdale Drive, Flat 3 to see Martine, resulting in her telling Celeste, Toby and Mitchell who Felix was. A furious Martine ended up punching Felix, Mitchell rejected him, and Toby and Celeste left after Felix told them about giving them to Ramsey Ley. Whilst leaving, Felix came face-to-face with Warren in the corridor, also receiving a punch to the face from him.
Vowing to win the Deverauxes back over one by one, Felix purchased a delighted Mitchell a car. However, Mitchell's boyfriend Scott Drinkwell realised that the car was stolen, resulting in Mitchell disowning Felix. Struggling to get Mitchell's forgiveness, Felix blackmailed Walter into helping him win the family over by bringing Mitchell to The Dog in the Pond. Mitchell and Felix ended up partially reconciling over drinks, but Scott overheard Felix and Walter discussing the sale of Toby and Celeste and learned the truth.
Despite sleeping with Grace after she separated a fight between him and Warren, Felix turned his attentions to Martine. Martine was left furious when she learned that Felix went on to have a son - DeMarcus - with another woman after leaving her, and ordered Felix to leave. Whilst at The Loft, Felix met Lisa Loveday and ended up sleeping with her, unaware that she was Martine's niece. Martine exploded the next morning in a public confrontation, with Toby learning that Felix actually sold him and Celeste. That night, Toby bludgeoned Felix with a pipe, leaving him comatose in hospital. To protect Toby, Celeste convinced D.S. Cohen that Mitchell was Felix's attacker, but Mitchell was released due to a lack of evidence.
=== 2020-2021: Cormac and Lisa's Murders ===
After Mitchell and Scott got engaged, Felix was adamant on covering the costs of the wedding, booking Thornoak Hall as the venue. He continued to flash his cash, purchasing Kyle Kelly's funeral flowers. This infuriated Warren who followed Felix home to confront him. Felix told Warren about the racial abuse he had received from Cormac whilst in the care home, including scarring from the beatings he had received. Cormac later confronted Felix, which Warren witnessed. Felix decided against going to the police but confided in Martine, who he ended up sleeping with despite having a relationship with Lisa.
On the day of Mitchell and Scott's wedding in September 2020, Lisa discovered that Felix had cheated on her with Martine and made plans to move to Ibiza. Intent on killing Mitchell, Toby went into room 13 of the hotel and bludgeoned Lisa to death with a fire poker, unaware she had switched rooms with Mitchell. Celeste and Toby covered up her death, but Felix became suspicious that they were involved in Lisa's 'disappearance'. However, Celeste spun Felix a story about Lisa leaving due to his affair.
thumb|Warren, Felix and Brody dump Cormac's body.
Felix attempted to make amends with Warren by purchasing Sylver's Workshop to convert it into a mechanics garage. The pair disagreed over the name and held a challenge in which the winner would name the garage, with Warren winning and naming the garage Warren's Wheels (which it was named before being purchased by Sylver McQueen). Upon learning that Cormac had returned to the village, Warren and Felix lured him to the garage in an attempt to make Cormac confess. Cormac ended up fighting with Brody Hudson, and Warren attacked Cormac when he prepared to strike Brody with a wrench. The pair dumped an unconscious Cormac outside of Dee Valley University Hospital and forced Brody to keep quiet about what happened.
Becoming concerned for Celeste after finding her acting strangely and nursing a sore arm, Celeste ended up revealing to Felix that Toby killed Lisa. Felix planned to go to the police, but Walter fell ill and needed a kidney transplant, with Toby being his only match. Felix planned to go to the police after the transplant, but changed his mind when Ramsey Ley arrived in the village and trapped Toby in The Loft before she was arrested. A few weeks later, Felix was informed that Cormac had suffered a heart attack due to the injuries sustained from Warren's assault, and died.
=== 2021: Reuniting with Martine ===
After Warren accepted a job stealing laptops for Brad King, Felix ended up briefly falling back into crime. After the van driver Katja escaped and ran over Maxine Minniver, Warren told Maxine about Felix's involvement and put his friendship with Felix under strain. Warren ended up associating himself with Brad's friend Fergus Collins, with Warren refusing to see Felix's true colours. After Fergus tricked Grace into signing over The Loft to him, a full-blown feud began between Felix and Grace, and Warren and Fergus.
thumb|left|Felix leaves the village.
Felix planned to leave Grace for Martine, but his plans were dashed when Grace discovered a lump on her breast and worried that it may be cancer. Felix continued his affair with Martine, but ended up finding a lump on her breast when preparing to sleep with her. Whilst Grace received the all clear, Martine was informed that she did have breast cancer, and Felix supported her. Grace found the pair kissing and broke up with Felix, with Martine choosing Grace over him. After speaking to Walter, Felix was convinced to leave the village. However, he ended up returning less than a month later after receiving a call from Celeste.
Arriving at Walter's birthday barbecue, Martine was initially cold towards Felix especially after DeMarcus turned up to confront Felix over leaving him again. Pursuing Martine in a canoe on the lake, DeMarcus accidentally crashed into Felix, causing the sail to knock Felix unconscious as he fell in the water. Martine rescued Felix and the pair reconciled, whilst DeMarcus forgave Felix out of guilt. Felix invited DeMarcus to move in with him, which he accepted.
Tensions between Felix and Warren hit a peak after Felix discovered that Warren was the Price Slice burglar who attacked Walter during the robbery. With Felix threatening to go to the police, Warren threatened to harm DeMarcus, but Fergus convinced Warren that he needed to kill Felix. Kidnapping Felix and taking him to the woods, Warren prepared to shoot Felix but the gun was deflected by Warren's son Joel Dexter, who made Warren realise that Fergus had manipulated him. The trio (and Grace) decided that Felix would disappear until evidence could be found to incriminate Fergus. Martine discovered the plan and Felix proposed to her before they planned to leave together. However, Martine became unwell and they decided that Felix needed to leave alone.
Felix returned in November 2021 as Martine underwent a mastectomy, despite Fergus having not yet been captured. Upon Fergus discovering that Felix was not dead, Fergus framed him for trafficking Maxine and running a perverted secret camera streaming service. Joel enlisted Felix and Maxine into helping them get the charges against Warren dropped, but Maxine ended up killing Fergus in defence of her mother Trish.
=== 2021-2023: Secrets Revealed, DeMarcus' Troubles and Relationship with Mercedes McQueen ===
Felix's troubles were not over as Saul Reeves - the nephew of Lisa's kidnapper Margaret Smith - learned that Felix, Toby and Celeste were involved in Lisa's death. As Felix married an oblivious Martine and the pair left for their honeymoon, Saul proved to be a continuing threatening presence. Saul confronted Toby and Felix after accusing Toby of killing Lisa, to which Felix lied that Lisa died by suicide by drunkenly drowning in the ocean. However, Lisa's body was found in Croxford Woods and Celeste framed Mitchell for the crime. Felix reluctantly went along with this until January 2022, when Toby confessed to killing Lisa shortly before Salon de Thé de Marnie exploded. Celeste was killed in the disaster, and Martine (whilst oblivious to Celeste's involvement) found out that Felix had known the truth the whole time. After Toby awoke from his coma, DeMarcus issued Felix an ultimatum: him or Toby. Felix chose DeMarcus and set up Toby to be arrested by the police, putting a strain on his marriage to Martine.
Determined not to fail DeMarcus as he did with his other children, Felix tried to get him involved with working at Warren's Wheels. Feeling pressured by Felix, DeMarcus broke into Hollyoaks High School and collapsed after finding and drinking vodka, and Felix managed to bond with DeMarcus over boxing. After DeMarcus complained about the lack of activities for teenagers in the village, Felix decided to establish a youth club with Scott. After Toby was transferred to a prison in Dorset, Felix refused to move with Martine to be closer to him, so she decided to end their marriage and leave on her own.
thumb|DeMarcus is arrested for Saul's murder.
After losing Martine, things took a turn for Felix; especially after being locked in a classroom with Nancy Osborne, who went into labour. Assisting in the delivery of her daughter Morgan, Felix vowed to be a better father to DeMarcus. Felix was left unaware when DeMarcus began arming himself with a knife to protect himself against bully Joseph Holmes. The knife was later used to fatally stab Saul, and DeMarcus was left prime suspect. Felix believed that DeMarcus was innocent and fought to get him cleared following his arrest, which created a rift between Felix and Zoe Anderson - the granddaughter of Pearl Anderson, a friend of Walter's who (along with Pearl) was living with Walter, Felix and DeMarcus.
DeMarcus was eventually released when Joseph's girlfriend Vicky Grant recorded a confession and sent it to her foster father - Scott. Meanwhile, Felix met Mercedes McQueen at the graveyard where both Celeste and Mercedes's husband Sylver were buried. Bonding over their troubled children (Toby and Bobby Costello), the pair ended up beginning a relationship. However, after Bobby started a fire in Price Slice after trapping DeMarcus - believing that he was Felix - in the store room, Felix reported Bobby to the police. When Mercedes learned that her brother John Paul was covering for Felix, she turned against him. Felix eventually confessed and Mercedes took her anger out on him. However, when Felix turned his back on her, she changed her mind about him and the pair reconciled.
In May 2023, Felix manages to open a local youth club for the local youths around the area however in doing so he upsets local drug dealer, Taz who often hanged out and sold drugs where the youth club is based, Felix attempts to reason with Taz however is met with Taz telling Felix to leave, Felix bites back but is told to leave it by Mercedes. Felix then discovers that the youth club has been broken into and rightly assumes Taz was behind it, he later has another run in with Taz inside the youth club ordering him to leave and things nearly turn violent when Felix challenges Taz to speak to his son poorly again. Felix is unaware as Taz leaves he swipes the set of keys. Later Felix hears the cries of help of Vicky as DeMarcus is being attacked by Taz but is unable to get to him in time as the doors have been locked by one of Taz's gang members. 
=== 2023: DeMarcus' Departure, Flaring Temper and Illegal Fighting ===
After DeMarcus' attack, Felix is shocked when DeMarcus accuses the attack being Felix's fault especially that Felix always in his sons eyes always encourages violence. Felix is further stunner when DeMarcus tells him he's leaving Hollyoaks Village due to all the bad that has happened to him in the past two years while living with Felix. Felix later attempts to get Warren to speak to DeMarcus after being encouraged to do so by Mercedes in a bid to have DeMarcus stay in the village however, Felix is left furious with Warren when Warren ultimately encourages DeMarcus to leave. During this Felix is seen clenching his fists and becoming aggressive towards Warren however DeMarcus notices this and tells Felix this is the exact reason his leaving. Felix continues to struggle with his emotions after DeMarcus leaves the house and he ends up punching a wall. Soon Felix begins to blame Warren and angrily confronts him gunning for a fight however Warren manages to calm Felix down but despite seemingly finally accepting that DeMarcus is leaving, Felix is seen currently struggling to keep his anger at bay. 
Some time passes about accepting about DeMarcus and while DeMarcus is still around Felix attempts to spend time with him however he has other issues like the garage going down under which causes Felix's anger to return, especially when Warren blames him and is unable to sort it. Later Felix begins to become jealous of Warren's father and son relationship with Joel. This causes Felix to clash with Warren and after Felix ruins any chance of Warren retrieving the stolen money back from rival gangster, Terry Smart. The pair get into a fist fight with Felix being the instigator and wanting the fight to continue he encourages Warren to hit him. The next day Felix continues to struggle with his emotions once more and looks for another fight with Warren by stating he doesn't deserve any of his kids. Despite this the two seemingly make up. 
After clashes with Warren comes to an end and still finding it hard to control his anger, Felix begins to dread waving DeMarcus away and the time comes with Felix clearly holding in his anger after an emotional farewell. Not long after DeMarcus' depart, Felix attends a part at the McQueen's but lashes out at Hunter McQueen when he mentions DeMarcus. Felix again guns for a fight with Hunter by mentioning Olivia Bradshaw. Felix gets the rise he was hoping for when Hunter punches him but Felix is totally unfazed and angrily encourages Hunter to hit him again but before things go any further, Prince comes to his brothers aid. Felix then later returns battered, bloody and bruised. He lies to Mercedes that it was Warren with Warren backing up Felix but demands answer. 
Felix is seen paying two separate men at different times and later seen entering a secret club of some sort despite Warren's pleas not to go along with it. Just before hand Felix is angrily confronted by Warren when his backing of Felix strains his relationship with Sharon who was told by Mercedes that Warren beat up Felix. However, despite promising Warren he will stop the fights he meets up with another guy. Some weeks pass and Felix is still returning home hiding bruises from everyone, he every gets Sharon to help cover one of his wounds and swears her to secrecy. 
Norma later discovers Felix's fighting arrangements after Felix reveals it to her after Norma wrong lying accuses Felix of sleeping with Sharon. Felix later is seen by Norma having a fight in which he wins, Felix is then later approached by Norma for a money making scheme where they will tell everyone Felix is past his prime and is slow which will have the odds against him. Felix does as planned in his next fight by toying with his opponent until Norma tells him to finish him off, Felix wins the fight by knocking his opponent down but gets too complacent and is attacked from his opponent as soon as he turns around but Sharon arrives as this is happening to stop it. Thankfully Felix escapes once more with nothing more than some cuts and bruises and Norma still gets her winnings. 
When Mercedes discovers Felix's bruises once more he lies to her telling her that they were done during a Boxing match, Mercedes believes him much to Sharon's horror seeing Felix lie once more. Felix continues the fighting and ends up being employed by a guy named Irvine. Felix asks Mercedes to move in with him but when she stalls for an answer, Felix meets up with Irvine demanding another fight. Felix ignores Mercedes as he meets up for another fight, Sharon ends up telling Mercedes where Felix is but its Warren who springs into action saving Felix from a potential beating to death after Felix is knocked out clean by his opponent. 
Felix is taken back to the village by Warren as his still concussed but when he comes around, he tells Mercedes everything but refuses to give up this leads to a heated row between the two with Felix lashing out and punching a wall scaring Mercedes who orders him to leave. Felix is then confronted by Irvine who demand £5,000 from Felix however Felix offers to wipe the debt by fighting up and down the country. Felix then decides to leave Hollyoaks as he boards Irvine's van in order to fight around England. 
=== 2023-2024: Mental Break Down and New Focuses ===
Felix returns some weeks later after being seen barely conscious as his dropped off by two unknown men outside Dee Valley hospital, Felix wakes up only to see Sharon who tells Felix he needs a scan despite this Felix attempts to arrange another fight but is caught by Sharon as well as trying to leave the hospital as Sharon is giving Felix an ear full on his injury Felix collapses and has a seizure, Felix is later told by Sharon that his scan is clear but he needs to stop the fighting. Felix soon reconnects with Mercedes who Felix has no clue has just slept with Warren. Felix finds it hard to accept living with The McQueen's after sorting things out with Mercedes and therefore is offered to move in with Warren by Warren but Felix unknowingly makes things awkward when he brings Mercedes to move in with them. 
Felix is seen struggling in his relationship with Mercedes and feels the pair have lost their intimate spark so this leads Felix to cook Mercedes some food in an attempt to get Mercedes in the mood to spend the night together however this does not work. Felix then soon decides he has to propose to Mercedes and tells Warren and Mercedes to meet him but is stunned when Mercedes tells him no. Felix begins to watch family videos of Martine, Toby and Celeste and tells Mercedes she's not real. Later Felix writes a suicide not leaving it at the garage unaware that Warren and Mercedes have just had sex. Warren notices a drawing from a quarry they used to go to during their time in the care home. 
Felix flees to the quarry with Warren behind him. Felix state of mind is that nothing is real and tells Warren to stop talking as he begins to walk off the cliff, Warren attempts to stop Felix but ends up hanging on the edge of the cliff, Felix however manages to save Warren but rambles on how much he loves and is sorry to Celeste when his managed to get in the car by Warren, Felix asks if Cormac will be waiting for him when they get back home. Warren realises Felix is unwell and calls an ambulance. Felix is then sectioned and diagnosed with psychosis. Felix orders Warren not to tell anyone where he is and why. 
Felix returns some weeks later much to Warren's worry. Felix decides to talk thing out with Mercedes but the two argue again as Felix kept her in the dark over being in a psychiatric ward thanks to Joel accidentally letting it slip in front of Mercedes. Felix manages to put things right with Mercedes but he's none of the wiser that Mercedes and Warren are having an affair behind his back, however Felix does nearly overhear a conversation between Warren and Ella when his name is mentioned but he only hears his name. Felix is still kept in the dark over Mercedes and Warren's betrayal. Felix also begins to attend counselling for his mental health. 
Felix later decides to enlist Warren in stealing Dave Chen-Williams' van full of parcels in a bid to sell for a engagement ring for Mercedes as he plans to propose to Mercedes again however the plan does not go well as Dave's son, Mason locks Dave inside the van. As Felix steals the van a trapped Dave is throwing around and knocked unconscious. Mercedes confronts Felix over the robbery as Dave awakens however Dave decides not to get the police involved. Despite the failure, Felix opens up to Nana about wanting to ask Mercedes to marry him, in response, Nana gives Felix a special ring and he later proposes to her and this time Mercedes accepts. Felix embraces Mercedes after the proposal unaware a jealous Warren is watching from afar. Felix and Mercedes throw an engagement party at The Dog things seemingly go well but Felix is none of the wiser to Warren and Mercedes' tension. Later on Mercedes discovers she's pregnant with possibly Felix's or Warren's child. 
Felix is stunned when he sees Mercedes outside Dee Valley hospital and learns that Nana had a stroke, Felix is not happy with Mercedes who tells him she will meet him and explain. Afterwards, Warren persuades Felix that he should go and see DeMarcus over the new year not realising his supposed friend's motive. Felix agrees to talk with Mercedes however she's a no show and therefore Felix decides to go to America and visit DeMarcus. 
== Kill Count ==
==== Murders/Manslaughters ====
None 
==== Attempted Murders ====
# Warren Fox, 1st February 2024 - Attempted to shoot Warren after discovering Warren's plan to murder him, but before Felix is able to pull the trigger he's tackled to the ground by Warren. 
==Appendices==
===Residences===
Address 	Duration
Manchester 	1970s to Unknown
7 Rowing Club Apartments	2020 to 2021
5 Oakdale Drive, Flat 3 	2021 to 2nd February 2024
===Employment history===
Job 	Duration
Warren's Wheels co-owner/mechanic	Since 7th October 2020
Warren's Wheels mechanic 	Since 7th October 2020
== Other Information ==
* Felix is a Liverpool F.C. fan.
* Felix was initially mentioned to be older than Warren Fox, giving him a year of birth of pre-1975. However, Felix was later mentioned to have been seventeen in 1994, changing his year of birth to 1976 or 1977.
== Background Information ==
* Richard Blackwood did not have to audition for the role of Felix: Blackwood stated in an interview that producers approached him about the role instead.
== Introduction Sequence ==
*2020-2022: Felix sits at the table with the Deveraux family.
*2022-2022: Felix kisses Martine Deveraux at the The Cunningham Grande Bazaar.
*2022-2024: Felix salutes and shakes DeMarcus’ hand at the Cunningham's Grande Bazaar.
==Quotes==
== See Also ==
* List of appearances
* Deveraux family
* Westwood family
==Gallery==
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