Arthur Venne

Arthur has medium-length, curly blonde hair and blue eyes. His face often seems to be curled into a permanent scowl. He has a square jaw covered in scruff, a broad and well-muscled frame, and he stands at five-foot-eleven-inches tall. When it comes to his clothing, he rarely ever goes casual, sticking to slacks and button-ups and general work clothes.  Most of the time, the most casual he gets is business casual, though he isn't opposed to getting more relaxed when he's at home or working out.

## Personality

On the outside, Arthur is far from the nicest person around.  He tends to appear as arrogant and self-centered, not caring much for the well-being of the people around him — in fact, his treatment of others can be gruff, to-the-point, and more than a bit harsh.  Most people meet him, dismiss him as a dick, and move on; but like a certain ogre we all know, he is an onion with layers, and this is but the topmost one.  Though, to be fair, it's a thick layer.  He's emotionally constipated on even his best days and is never a very open person, barely ever showing what his personal thoughts are and it's even rarer for him to show what he's feeling.  Whenever he *does* (god forbid), he feels the urge to cover it up with some kind of humor or horseplay or whatever else.  Toxic masculinity? Toxic masculinity (but he does try his best).  He's a bit of a workaholic and his definitely one to show up early, stay late, or even work all-nighters if he's stuck on cases.  The only thing stopping him from doing so is outside intervention that forces him to go home and take breaks.  He enjoys solving cases and figuring out mysteries, as well as the satisfaction that comes with locking up criminals.  He's a bit like a dog with a bone when he gets his mind set on something, though, so it can take quite a bit to convince him to part from his goals even temporarily.  He also tends to be quite passionate in all that he does, pouring his heart into it even if he isn't completely aware that he's doing so.  His passion can, at times, lead to another flaw of his — his short temper.  He won't snap at anything that's sent his way, and he certainly won't lash out physically at anyone (though things have been thrown more than once), but his fuse is certainly shorter than most and he's known to yell quite often.  The deeper down into the onion you get, though, the more of Arthur's true colors are revealed: yes, he can be a dick, but he really does care for the people close to him and can be quite protective of them, too, even if it isn't always displayed in overt ways.  He's certainly not a particularly caring person and isn't willing to, say, take care of someone when they're sick (what if *he* gets sick?), but he'd be the first to offer to walk someone home or to their car if they're feeling unsafe, or go to loom threateningly when he notices a female friend being harassed by a guy that doesn't know what 'no' means, or will happily play the part of possessive boyfriend if he's asked to do so - which isn't that far from the truth, really.  He's never shared all that well, and he feels that it should be made clear that the things that are his are *his* and aren't just open for the taking.  He's loyal beyond belief — he even still had some loyalty to his father, even after he disowned his sister, until he himself was disowned — and will back up his loved ones on just about everything.  He assumes the best of those close to him and saying that he "hates it" when someone else doesn't is putting it lightly.  He is, essentially, a pretty gruff guy with a heart of gold — or bronze, depending on the day.

## History

Arthur was born to a trophy-wife mother and a lawyer father.  Two years after he was born, his sister, Megan, was — however, their mother died in childbirth, leaving them to be raised by an uncaring and distant father.  Their childhood was a cold one, and for the most part they were raised by nannies when they were younger until they were old enough to care for themselves.  When Megan was fifteen, she had an argument with their father and came out to him during it — as their father was deeply conservative, he didn't take this well, and she was kicked out of the home, though she and Arthur still kept contact with each other despite him having orders not to.  He had expectations to follow in his father's footsteps and become a lawyer, like his father, and to join his father's law firm, but Arthur had no interest in doing so: instead, he opted to become a police officer, as he thought he could help people more that way, and because of this he was also disowned by his father. Now, he works as a detective in the Seattle Police Department.