Sirius Gibson

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## Sirius Gibson

(シリウス=ギブソン)

* Present
* Past

### Relatives

Lady DorothyUnnamed mother Unnamed father

### Weapon

Axe (Common bad ending) Amulets (Primary) Books (Secondary) Lighter (Secondary) Chair (Sirius' Conclusion)

## Personal Status

### Status

Alive (In Bad End 1 and Sirius' conclusion)Dead in every scenario

## Physical Description

### Eye Color

Red

Sirius Gibson (***シリウス***=***ギブソン***; Romaji: ***Shiriusu*** ***Gibuson***) the playable character in Witch's Heart and one of the main characters. He is represented as the owner of the mansion in which the main characters of the game were locked up.

## Appearance

    In general, Sirius's clothing style resembles Victorian men's fashion. He wears a dark turquoise shirt with a collar under a blue coat, over which he wears a short gray cape with a collar and pale blue lining. A pale blue neckerchief with a red jewel was tucked behind the collar. Both his pants and boots are black.

He has short lavender-colored hair, which is slightly longer on the right side, and red eyes. He has a gold-plated moon earring in his left ear.

As a child, he wore a long-sleeved shirt with a dark turquoise collar and black pants.

## Personality

Sirius has great respect for Lady Dorothy after his parents were executed and she took him in as a foster child. He refused to go to play with Claire and Patricia just to be near her. When she "died," he began keeping her portrait in his room and occasionally talking to it, for example: in one of the bad endings and at the beginning of his script. Sirius is known to be an easily annoyed character, especially in relation to Claire and Ashe.

Overall, he has a grumpy and irritable personality, but he is genuinely concerned about the well-being of both Claire and Noel. He has a habit of snapping at people and taking things seriously. Sirius is a rather reserved person who absolutely hates going out, and prefers being alone. But despite his sirius demeanor, he is childish at heart.

He seems to be interested in fashion and accessories, and his moon earrings are one of his favorites.

## Story

In the past, Sirius lived with Claire and Dorothy. In the Bonus Scene, it was revealed that his parents, along with Claire's mother, were executed by Nicholas Levine. Sirius watched as his parents were killed. Dorothy, who had a daughter killed during the same witch hunt, understood Sirius' feelings and decided to adopt him. Shortly thereafter, Dorothy and Sirius visited Fiona's house to pick up whatever was left after her death. While Dorothy was in mourning, Sirius examined the house and found the underground room where Claire was hiding. Sirius called out to Dorothy that he had found the girl, who later told them that she had been waiting for her mother to return. Not wanting to upset her, Dorothy told Claire that her mother had gone away for a while and that Fiona had instructed her to take care of her.
When Sirius and Claire first met, he often cast cold glances at her and made rude remarks to her. In her own words, Claire claimed that he was "pretty mean."

However, Sirius never really thought of her or Patricia as bad people. He was jealous that Dorothy was paying attention to Claire and that she didn't have to suffer knowing that her parents had died during the witch hunt.

During an argument with Patricia, he accidentally revealed that Claire's mother was dead, unaware that Claire had been eavesdropping while in the vicinity. Claire admitted that she had always known this, but Sirius still deeply regretted what he had done.

Some time after Claire and Patricia disappeared from the mansion during a game of hide-and-seek, Dorothy received a newspaper saying that she would be executed by Nicholas because she had a case sewn up that she was a witch leader. She persuaded Sirius to escape and gave him her remaining savings, but he refused, saying he would only leave with her. At first Dorothy refused, but when she changed her mind, it was too late. Nicholas sent several armed men to the mansion to kill her. Dorothy hid Sirius in a hidden room, warning him not to come out until she said the danger was over. Eventually Nicholas got to Dorothy's room and dismembered the corpses of his own unconscious soldiers in what looked like "the work of a witch." Frightened by the noise of fighting and gunfire, Sirius came out of his hiding place and told Nicholas to stop shooting at Dorothy. This action gave Nicholas the opportunity to deliver one last blow to the old woman as she was distracted by Sirius popping out of the hidden room. Before Nicholas could take the Heart of the Witch from Dorothy, a multi-eyed monster appeared and "ate" her body. Sirius was left alone as Nicholas was dying from his wounds. He still believed that Dorothy had any chance of staying alive, since he had never truly seen her die.
A few years after these events, Sirius met a man who said he was the owner of the mansion. He asked Sirius to finish Dorothy's work, claiming that Sirius could have the mansion if he did. There is good reason to believe that this man is Dorothy's husband.

## Relationships

### Dorothy Elford

In the flashback, Dorothy takes care after Sirius's parents are executed. After this, Dorothy is shown to be very protective over Sirius and worries for him. Sirius, on the other hand, is very worry-free around Dorothy and highly eulogizes her by calling her "Lady Dorothy," doing whatever she says, and is willing to participate in anything as long as she is there. When Nicolas is hunting down Dorothy to execute her, Dorothy tells Sirius to run far away. But, he refuses, insisting that she must come as well, or else he won't leave. When Nicolas invades the household, Dorothy hides Sirius in a secret room so he can't be found. When Dorothy dies, Sirius mourns over it, affirming how happy he was when she was alive. In the present, he has a framed picture of Dorothy in the back part of his room, where it is shown for him to talk to it everyday, treating it as if it were the alive Dorothy. When Ashe and the others take Dorothy's name in vain, he is quick to act and forces them to apologize, through violence or words themselves. When Noel wants to get Sirius to help protect Claire, he tells him that if he does so, he will tell him where Dorothy is, taking advantage of how in denial Sirius is of Dorothy's death and how willing he is to see her again.

### Claire Elford

After Dorothy takes Sirius under her wing, Dorothy also comes to take care of Claire as well after Claire's mother (Dorothy's daughter) is executed. This leads to Sirius and Claire meeting as children and living together in Dorothy's mansion. However, Sirius quickly takes a disliking to Claire, as he becomes jealous of how much of Dorothy's attention she's "stealing" from him. Furthermore, he finds her positivity and bubbliness annoying, as he believes her happiness and cheer to be stemming from her ignorance of the witch executions. Feeling bitter that only he has to suffer from the truth, this manifests in Sirius being antagonistic and scornful toward Claire, despite her wishes to become friends with him. However, he soon learns that Claire had actually already realized that her mother had died, and has just been pretending not to know for the sake of Dorothy's peace of mind. Upon learning that "Claire had more on her mind than [he] realized," his "heart ached a little," demonstrating his regret for his treatment of Claire. Ultimately, despite outward appearances, Sirius still cares about Claire. This is particularly showcased when Dorothy and Sirius are planning to escape the mansion, and Sirius concernedly asks about Claire (as, at this time, her whereabouts are still unknown to him). Dorothy reassures him that Claire is safe somewhere, promising him that the two will reunite someday, and he smiles in relief.

In the present, Sirius and Claire meet again for the first time in 12 years. However, Claire doesn't seem to recognize or remember him, the mansion, Patricia, or Dorothy at all. This confuses him greatly, and Sirius once again becomes frustrated with her ignorance, paralleling his childhood bitterness at being burdened with knowledge/the truth. He finds it unfair that only he has to remember the traumatic past, and his bitterness is so intense that merely seeing Claire being happy and living normally makes him angry. However, in his Scenario, he starts to open up a bit more to Claire, claiming that while he personally doesn't care about her return to the mansion, Dorothy would've cared. Thus, in a roundabout fashion, he begins to care about Claire a bit more. TBC

### Noel Levine

Sirius and Noel were friends when they were little, along with Claire. When Noel came to the mansion and asked to discuss with Sirius privately, he lied and said he wished to discuss Lady Dorothy. This shows he remembers Sirius and how dear Lady Dorothy was to him. Sirius admitted that he didn't recognize that Noel was Patricia, going as far as to say he "didn't recognize you were that crybaby all those years ago." Similarly to Claire, Sirius mentioned that despite Noel and Claire bothered him a lot, he never saw them as bad people. Sirius agreed to keep the secret of the truth from Claire, but was confused after Noel mentioned she'd be killed if she knew the truth. Sirius also grew wary of Noel in his scenario after overhearing him saying the only way to end this was to kill Claire. He didn't know who Noel was talking to, or who "this" was. TBC

### Wilardo Adler

Wilardo and Sirius had relatively normal interactions during the game. Sirius seemingly trusts Wilardo more than he trusts Ashe, considering his tiny rant to Wilardo about how he's envious of Claire's amnesia in Sirius's scenario. Despite this, Wilardo defends Ashe when Sirius lashes out at him during Ashe's scenario, seemingly finding Sirius's outburst unreasonable. They do seem to have a slight understanding of eachother, however, as they both share a liking for solitude and silence.

### Ashe Bradley

Sirius and Ashe were hardly ever on good terms throughout the course of the game. Ashe often spoke badly about the "witch" Dorothy, causing Sirius to lash out at Ashe multiple times, not only slapping him but threatening to kill him. Ashe seems to reciprocate this resentment, labeling Sirius as a "witch adherent" for defending Lady Dorothy so strongly. Sirius finds Ashe's eccentric and loud personality to be suspicious and annoying, finding it hard to understand how he could be so cheerful at a time when they're trapped in the mansion. Ashe sees Sirius as weak despite the lavender-haired man's coldness, often leading to Sirius being Ashe's first murder victim throughout the games.

## Etymology

* The name **Sirius** means "Glowing" or "Scorching."
	+ Sirius (/ˈsɪriəs/) is the brightest star in the night sky. Its name is derived from the Greek word Σείριος (Seirios, lit. '**glowing'** or 'scorching').
		- The name **Sirius** is also named after a star called "**Alpha Canis Majoris**" or "the Dog Star", "**brightest star in the night sky**."
			* His name is originated from **Latin Sīrius** and **Ancient Greek**.
				+ **Sirius** is a masculine given name.

* His surname **Gibson** means "**Gilbert's son**"
	+ **Gibson** is also named after a star called "**Gibbous Moon**", it can also mean “**convex**"**,** "**rounded**"**,** "**protuberant**.”
		- His surname is from **Latin Origin**.
			* The word “**gibbous**” comes from the **Latin** word for **“hump”**.

## Trivia

* His theme color is purple.

* He copies the gestures of one of Dorothy's sprites, where his partially closed left hand is raised to his chest-Dorothy makes the same gesture with her right hand.

* He, Dorothy, and Rouge are the only characters who wear earrings in the game.

* Besides his finale, he only survives the bad ending #1, where he kills both Ashe and Claire.

* His first and last name, Sirius Gibson, is probably based on the star of the same name (Sirius) and the waning moon phase (Gibbous moon). Which may have a direct relation to his moon earring.

* The room in which Sirius lives during the game belongs to Dorothy, as he would not want anyone else to stay in her room.
	+ In turn, Noel gets Sirius' room since he's the most trustworthy out of others. (Sirius' view.)

* Sirius likes wine and upscale food, but doesn't like foods that are hard to digest.  In his room (where Noel stays during the game), you can find an almost-drunk bottle of wine in the fridge.

* Sirius' room is full of books on how to draw magical seals, as well as adventure novels and a tale of the Heart of the Witch by Kevin Martinez.

* There is a hypothesis that Sirius not only likes gourmet food, but can cook it himself. Many things in the kitchen hint at this: many books on foreign and local cooking, sharpened knives and frequently used pots, also in the refrigerators you can always find meat, and in the corner of the kitchen there are several boxes with fresh vegetables. This also suggests that Sirius often goes shopping in town, or has arranged to have food delivered from town right to the mansion's doorstep.

* As he himself claims, Sirius' life has not changed much since the new tenants arrived at the mansion. Reading grimoires is his hobby. But he notes that it's become so noisy that sometimes he can't concentrate.

* He's average at singing, but because he doesn't particularly like to sing, he probably won't even if pressured to. (However, it's possible he'd sing if Dorothy flattered him.)

* One of his strengths is studying. However, two of his weaknesses are physical activity and noisy places.

## Gallery

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## References

1. ↑ https://privatter.net/p/4934874
2. ↑ https://peing.net/ja/q/6fd1cd96-9b5c-480f-877d-3efa2e2151cd
3. ↑ https://peing.net/ja/q/5116a80a-8a75-4fa3-bb0a-1f7be5557ed3