Matthew Erickson

**Matthew Erickson**  (1998–2022) also known as "Hephaestus" (Greek: Ήφαιστος) was the primary antagonist in Mysteries of Turkey. He was the suspect in the murder investigation of student, Émile-Yves Monet in Once A Class (Case#12 of Mysteries of Turkey), businessman Eyüp Ayhan in Above The Death (Case#13 of Mysteries of Turkey), before killing traveller Ketevan Abramashvili in Chase Your Fate (Case#15 of Mysteries of Turkey), criminal Metin Akyüz in Dig Your Innocence (Case#18 of Mysteries of Turkey), makeup artist Mélodie Bousquet in An Evil Truth (Case#19 of Mysteries of Turkey), Hell's Gate Member Tarik Özden in Broken Promises (Case#22 of Mysteries of Turkey), HG's member Florin David in
Quarrel of Respect (Case#25 of Mysteries of Turkey), Georgian mobster Avtandil Gelashvili in King of Hearts (Case#29 of Mysteries of Turkey), before killing HG's leader Amanda Mackay in Power, Sacrifice and Death (Case#30 of Mysteries of Turkey), before getting killed in the end.

## Biography

Matthew Erickson was born on 2 September 1998 in Bristol, England. He was the oldest child and son of Jeremy Erickson and Sylvia Ashworth. He had a younger sister, Arianna Erickson and younger brothers, Tristan Erickson and Bryson Erickson. In 2004, his family moved to Liverpool, England. He took his education from Alsop High School and then was enrolled into University of Liverpool.

During his high school years, he figured out about his bisexuality, however he started to constantly hit on several people around his school, and he wasn't able to express his feelings to them, he got rejected by several people. His first ever relationship was with Layton McNeill, his classmate and friend, however the relationship was broken off after Matthew started to date Lauren Becker. Once in his high school, he was caught being intimate with another student for the reason, he was expelled. Due to his unsuccessful relationships, Matthew started to get jealous of his siblings relationship with other people.

Matthew was interested in crime and suspicious stuff and for the treason he started to get involved in crimes. In 2019, he started to date Emmeline Castaignède, and both of them murdered the Hell's Gate leader and took over it. They started to create violence and then were joined by Eylül Öztürk, and both of them hypnotised Amanda Mackay, and begin to spread violence in Turkey, where he disguised himself as MI6 agent. Matthew went onto kill several people, before killing Amanda along with Eylül, and then killing himself in a bomb explosion.

## Case Appearances

* Once A Class (Case#12 of Mysteries of Turkey)
* Above The Death (Case#13 of Mysteries of Turkey)
* Chase Your Fate (Case#15 of Mysteries of Turkey)
* Dig Your Innocence (Case#18 of Mysteries of Turkey)
* An Evil Truth (Case#19 of Mysteries of Turkey)
* Once A Bloody Union (Case#20 of Mysteries of Turkey)
* That Old Revenge (Case#21 of Mysteries of Turkey).
* Broken Promises (Case#22 of Mysteries of Turkey)
* Nowhere To Burn (Case#23 of Mysteries of Turkey)
* Over The Poison (Case#24 of Mysteries of Turkey)
* Quarrel of Respect (Case#25 of Mysteries of Turkey)
* Fate of The Lust (Case#26 of Mysteries of Turkey)
* Secrets Die Together (Case#27 of Mysteries of Turkey)
* Agony Goes Around (Case#28 of Mysteries of Turkey)
* King of Hearts (Case#29 of Mysteries of Turkey)
* Power, Sacrifice and Death (Case#30 of Mysteries of Turkey)