Peter August

**Peter August** was a fictional character on the ABC daytime soap opera General Hospital. He is the son of the late supervillains, Cesar Faison and Alex Marick.

He replaced an unknown actor as Steven Culp in November 2017 before Chloe Lanier as Nelle Benson in the later part of 2020 after Nelle's death less than three years later.

He bores an uncanny resemblance to Jared Preston, Jr.

## Storylines

* 2017
* 2018-19
* 2020-21
* 2022

In November 2018, Peter met his half-sister and Valentin's cousin-in-law Britt Westbourne who in prison survived the earthquake month one after the deaths of their father Faison and their brother Nathan.

On October 10; Peter and Bryce framed Sam for helping Shiloh escape without Maxie, Robin, James, and Britt knowing.
On March 8, someone went to see Britt to give her a letter and a box full of Peter’s personal stuff. When Britt opened up the letter, she told Maxie that this is what’s left of Peter. One month later, two armed robbers Eric Watson and Harry DeFranco came to Charlie's Pub wanting revenge for Peter and Cyrus after Peter's death and Cyrus' imprisonment.

## Crimes Committed

* 2011-20
* Jan-Jun 2021
* Jul-Dec 2021

* Framed Sam McCall for being involved in Shiloh's escape to make her look guilty for premeditated murder (with help from Bryce Henderson, Nelle Benson, and Roz Venta) [Oct 10, 2019-Mar 4, 2021; Sam was arrested on Oct 14, 2019 and then released on parole on Dec 27, 2019; Sam's parole ended on Sep 17, 2021; Peter was arrested on Nov 22, 2021]
* Bribed Roz to represent Bryce as his lawyer [Oct 14, 2019; arrested on Nov 22, 2021]
* Worked with the Attorney General and Gabriel Burke to get Sam sent back to Pentonville to have Sam's new enemy Cyrus Renault from Seattle, Washington who bores an uncanny resemblance to Faison take her place as Danny and Scout's new babysitter before Cyrus became Chairman of the Board at General Hospital revealing that Cyrus has friends in high places [revealed on Feb 11, 2020; Attorney General’s part revealed on Feb 12, 2020 as Cyrus was released from prison with a full exoneration nearly two months later]

* Framed Jason Morgan for Franco's murder with the help from Cyrus in revenge for his father Cesar Faison, Hank Archer aka Shiloh, Cassandra Pierce, his female counterpart Nelle Benson, and Sam's former parole officer Dolores Maloney and have Jason be replaced by Yuri Tamashevich a month later after Franco's death [Mar 10-Jun 1, 2021; Jason was arrested on Mar 17, 2021 and exonerated on Jun 4, 2021]
* Published an article in "The Invader" about Chase's paternity drama under Cyrus' orders in revenge for his late female counterpart Nelle and his late father Faison [Mar 19, 2021]
* Threatened Carly Corinthos and her family [Mar 31, 2021]
* Threatened Anna Devane and Valentin Cassadine [Apr 9, 2021; arrested]
* Ordered a waiter to kill Hamilton Finn by poisoning his drink, but Chase ended up drinking the drink instead [Apr 9, 2021; Chase revealed to be poisoned on Apr 12, 2021 and was hospitalized from Apr 14-Jun 21, 2021; arrested]
* Threatened to kill Anna and Valentin's loved ones if they did not let him go [Apr 13, 2021; arrested]
* Extortion; blackmailed Anna to set Maxie up with him in exchange for the antidote to improve Chase's condition [Apr 21-26, 2021; arrested]
* Sent Chloe Jennings to Victor Cassadine's secret prison on his compound in Crete, Greece and disposed of her identification [May 10, 2021; Chloe was revealed to be alive and kidnapped on Aug 24, 2021; Victor's involvement revealed on Sep 27, 2021; arrested]

Hired Marie Hopkins to assume the identity of Chloe Jennings and had her pretend to be Maxie's nurse [May 10-28, 2021; revealed May 11, 2021; arrested]

* Knocked out Carly's guard, Frank, who was protecting Gladys Corbin [May 24, 2021; revealed May 25, 2021; arrested]
* Kidnapped Gladys under Cyrus' orders and brought her to him [May 24, 2021; arrested]
* Had Marie knock out Maxie with a sedative in order to kidnap her [May 25, 2021; arrested]
* Had Marie hold Maxie captive in a cabin [May 26-27, 2021; arrested]
* Fugitive; hunted by the P.C.P.D., the authorities across the state of New York and the W.S.B. [revealed Jun 2-Nov 22, 2021; arrested]
* Feld Port Charles, knowing that he was a wanted fugitive [Jun 2-3, 2021; Peter was revealed to have fled and eluded the PCPD on Aug 23, 2021]

* Stalked Maxie Jones by following her to Texas and then Nixon Falls [Jul 19-Aug 23, 2021; revealed on Aug 23, 2021; arrested]
* Withheld the information that Sonny Corinthos was alive and living as "Mike" [Aug 24-Sep 17, 2021; arrested]
* Attempted to break Elijah Crowe out of jail [Aug 25-Sep 21, 2021; failed]
* Held Nina Reeves at gunpoint in revenge for his late father Cesar Faison. Cyrus Renault, Nina's late daughter Nelle Benson, and Elijah Crowe [Aug 25, 2021; arrested]
* Blackmailed Nina into helping him find his daughter Louise Jones or else he'd kidnap their nephew James West and tell Carly that she hid Sonny as "Mike" [Aug 25-Sep 14, 2021; arrested]
* Threatened Sonny (as "Mike") and Phyllis Caufield in revenge for his late father Cesar Faison Cyrus Renault, Nina's late daughter Nelle Benson, and Elijah Crowe [Aug 26, 2021; arrested]
* Held Nina at gunpoint after Phyllis pulled a gun on him in revenge for his late father Cesar Faison, Cyrus Renault, Nina's late daughter Nelle Benson, and Elijah Crowe [Sep 13, 2021; arrested]
* Held Nina and Phyllis hostage at gunpoint in The Tan-O in revenge for his late father Cesar Faison, Cyrus Renault, Nina's late daughter Nelle Benson, and Elijah Crowe [Sep 14, 2021; arrested]
* Had Phyllis tie Nina up before tying her up in revenge for his late father Cesar Faison, Cyrus Renault, Nina's late daughter Nelle Benson, and Elijah Crowe [Sep 14, 2021; arrested]
* Arson; set fire to the Tan-O committing arson with both women tied up inside in revenge for his late father Cesar Faison, Cyrus Renault, Nina's late daughter Nelle Benson, and Elijah Crowe [Sep 14, 2021; arrested]
* Tried to blackmail Anna Devane into either killing him or letting him go by threatening to reveal to the authorities how Dr. Hamilton Finn had pushed him down a flight of stairs [Sep 21, 2021; failed]
* Tried to shoot Anna [Sep 21, 2021; arrested]
* Held Liesl Obrecht at gunpoint in defense of Victor Cassadine [Sep 27, 2021; arrested]
* Held Drew Cain at gunpoint and threatened to shoot him [Oct 5, 2021; arrested]
* Programmed Drew to eliminate Anna and Robert Scorpio by activating Drew's second level of conditioning that his father Faison and Valentin's mother Helena Cassadine had set up years ago [Oct 5, 2021; revealed on Oct 7, 2021; arrested]
* Bought off Victor's guards [revealed on Oct 18, 2021; arrested]
* Had the guards take Victor hostage and move him to his (Victor's) lavish room in the compound where Valentin was being held [Oct 18, 2021; arrested]
* Took over as Valentin Cassadine's captor [Oct 18, 2021; arrested]
* Ordered Russel Clark to kill Victor and Valentin if they tried to move [Oct 18, 2021; arrested]
* Programmed Drew to stage Valentin's rescue, help fake his (Drew's) death again, help kidnap Liesl again and help him escape from the W.S.B. [Oct 18-19, 2021; revealed on Oct 19, 2021; arrested]
* Shot Valentin in the back [Oct 18-19, 2021; arrested]
* Shot Drew in the chest three times and caused him to fall into the water in order to fake his death again [Oct 18-19, 2021; Drew was uninjured due to bulletproof vest; arrested]
* Held Drew hostage in a wine cellar on Cassadine Island when his conditioning is inactive and have Drew replaced by Linc Brown and Yuri Tamashevich [Oct 19-Nov 16, 2021; revealed on Nov 8, 2021; arrested]
* Held Liesl captive on Cassadine Island [Oct 19-Nov 19, 2021; revealed on Nov 1, 2021; arrested]
* Tried to blackmail Liesl into finding a way to condition Maxie to forgive him and take him back [Nov 1, 2021; failed; arrested]
* Programmed Drew to kill Britt Westbourne if Jason Morgan killed Peter [Nov 2, 2021; Jason lowered his gun; arrested]
* Programmed Drew to tie up Jason and hold him hostage at gunpoint in revenge for his late father Cesar Faison, Cyrus Renault, Nina's late daughter Nelle Benson to have Drew and Jason replaced by Linc Brown and Yuri Tamashevich [Nov 2, 2021; arrested]
* Held Britt at gunpoint [Nov 2, 2021; arrested]
* Held Britt hostage in a room on Cassadine Island in revenge for his late father Cesar Faison, Cyrus Renault, Nina's late daughter Nelle Benson [Nov 2-16, 2021; revealed on Nov 8, 2021; arrested]
* Held Jason hostage with Drew in the wine cellar on Cassadine Island [Nov 2-18, 2021; revealed on Nov 8, 2021; Jason escaped; arrested]
* Temporarily moved Britt down to the wine cellar at gunpoint in order to show her a demonstration of how he can control Drew through his conditioning [Nov 8-9, 2021; arrested]
* Had his guards duct tape Jason's mouth shut and ordered Jason not to resist or else he'd shoot Britt in revenge for his late father Cesar Faison, the imprisoned Cyrus Renault, Nina's late daughter Nelle Benson [Nov 9, 2021; arrested]
* Ordered his guards to grab Drew after un-shackling him [Nov 9, 2021; arrested]
* Programmed Drew to take a knife and hold it to Jason's throat [Nov 9, 2021; arrested]
* Programmed Drew to cut his own arm, to return the knife and to allow the guards to re-shackle him to the wall before deactivating him by displaying "The Chariot" tarot card and saying "Stand down" [Nov 9, 2021; arrested]
* Programmed Drew to return to Port Charles, kidnap Maxie and bring her to him so he could have Liesl condition Maxie into loving him again [Nov 16, 2021; revealed on Nov 18, 2021; Jason deactivated Drew before that could happen; arrested]
* Ordered one of his guards to kill Jason and be replaced by Linc Brown and Yuri Tamashevich [Nov 18, 2021; arrested]
* Programmed Drew to kill Jason [Nov 18, 2021; Jason deactivated Drew after they fought; arrested]
* Held Britt hostage at gunpoint to make Liesl drop her gun in revenge for his late father Cesar Faison, the imprisoned Cyrus Renault, Nina's late daughter Nelle Benson [Nov 18, 2021; arrested]
* Threatened to kill either Liesl or Britt if Liesl didn't stop talking in revenge for his late father Cesar Faison, the imprisoned Cyrus Renault, Nina's late daughter Nelle Benson [Nov 19, 2021; arrested]
* Tried to activate Drew's programming when he saw that Drew was back in his right mind and aiming his gun at him [Nov 19, 2021; Jason shot Peter to protect Drew; arrested]
* Engaged Jason in a shootout which caused a tunnel collapse and Jason's presumed death as Jason is replaced by Victor's henchman and Esme's male counterpart Johann Bauer since the names Jason and Johann start with the letter J [Nov 19, 2021; arrested]
* Tried to smash Drew's head with a rock [Nov 22, 2021; failed and arrested]
* Tried to grab his gun after he saw that Robert Scorpio showed up and threatened to shoot him [Nov 22, 2021; arrested]
* Threatened Maxie over the phone [Nov 22, 2021]
* Threatened to reveal Sonny's secret romance with Nina if Sonny tried to have him killed [Dec 8, 2021; failed]

## Health and Vitals

* Blackmailed by his brother Nathan's look-alike Shiloh into helping him get out of prison without Maxie, Chase, and his sister Britt knowing [Aug 22-Sep 20, 2019]
* Had a gun held on him by Phyllis [Sep 13, 2021]
* Jumped off a cliff to escape arrest and elude the authorities after failing to break Elijah Crowe out of jail [Sep 21, 2021]
* Hit over the head with a tire iron by Felicia Scorpio in defense of Maxie, causing him to fall down a slope and lose consciousness [Feb 22-23, 2022]
* Lost feeling in his legs [revealed on Feb 23, 2022]
* Died from his injuries and later replaced by two armed robbers Eric Watson and Harry DeFranco nearly two months later for armed robbery at Charlie's Pub [Feb 23, 2022]

## Relationships

* Family
* Friends
* Enemies

* Anna Devane - Peter's aunt
* Emma Drake - Peter's niece
* Patrick Drake - Peter's cousin-in-law
* Cesar Faison - Peter's father (deceased)
* Sonny Faison - Peter's paternal-half brother
* Maxie Jones - Peter's sister-in-law and Nathan's widow
* Alex Marick - Peter's mother (deceased)
* James Scorpio - Peter's maternal cousin
* Robin Scorpio-Drake - Peter's maternal cousin
* Britt Westbourne - Peter's paternal half-sister (deceased)
* Nathan West - Peter's paternal half-brother (deceased)

* Trent Beech - (deceased)
* Nelle Benson - Peter's female counterpart and Cyrus' possible associate (deceased)
* Linc Brown - Music producer (captured)
* Nora Buchanan - His female counterpart Nelle's former out-of-state attorney
* Sienna Colby
* Suzanne Cottle
* Elijah Crowe - Peter's African-American counterpart (captured)
* Jessica Cruz - aka Green Lantern
* Steven Culp - Peter's friend with Nelle and former editor of The Invader
* Harry DeFranco - Armed robber
* Jerome Grisham
* David Hopkins - Peter's henchman, and possible henchman for Cyrus Renault in the Renault Organization (captured)
* Marie Hopkins - aka Chloe Jennings, Peter's henchwoman, and possible henchwoman for Cyrus Renault in the Renault Organization (deceased)
* Dolores Maloney - Sam's former parole officer and his associate Cyrus Renault's friend
* Carl Pine - (deceased)
* Esme Prince
* Cyrus Renault - Peter's former associate for the Renault Organization who Cyrus bores an uncanny resemblance to Peter's late father Cesar Faison (imprisoned)
* Roz Venta - Peter and Nelle's henchwoman
* Eric Watson - Armed robber

* Haley Adams
* Leah Adams
* Randy Ashcroft - Sheriff of the Eerie County Sheriff's Department
* Curtis Ashford
* Jordan Ashford - Current Commissioner of the Port Charles Police Department
* Franco Baldwin - (deceased)
* Scott Baldwin
* Shawn Butler
* Drew Cain
* Michael Carson
* Mitch Carson - Nelle's former parole officer
* Valentin Cassadine - Liesl's ex-nephew-in-law and his paternal half-sister Britt's ex-cousin-in-law
* Lenny Caulfield - (deceased)
* Laura Collins - Current Mayor of Port Charles
* Carly Corinthos
* Michael Corinthos
* Sonny Corinthos
* Harrison Chase
* Brando Corbin
* Gladys Corbin
* Alexis Davis
* Dante Falconeri - Cyrus' ex-nephew-in-law
* Carol Ferris - aka Star Sapphire
* Ralph Finchley - Trooper of the Pennsylvania State Police
* James Garner - Trooper of the Pennsylvania State Police
* Hamilton Finn
* Austin Gatlin-Holt
* Sasha Gilmore
* Barbara Gordon - aka Batgirl
* Dick Grayson - aka Nightwing
* Martin Grey - Cyrus' brother, Laura's paternal half-sister, Peter and Nelle's former attorney
* Jasper "Jax" Jacks
* Josslyn Jacks
* Maxie Jones
* Hal Jordan - aka Green Lantern
* Koriand'r - aka Starfire
* Daisy Kwan
* Ric Lansing - Former District Attorney
* Kurt Lazarus
* Kirsi Mikkonen
* Jason Morgan - (deceased)
* Nixon Falls Fire Marshal
* Liesl Obrecht - Valentin's ex-aunt-in-law
* Sam McCall
* Henry Pierce
* Carl Pine - (deceased)
* Jared Preston, Jr.
* Shawn Phillips
* Diana Prince - aka Wonder Woman
* Brook Lynn Quartermaine
* Monica Quartermaine
* Monica Quartermaine
* Ned Quartermaine
* Ned Quartermaine
* Tracy Quartermaine
* Zoe Raleigh
* Trina Robinson
* Nina Reeves - Valentin's ex-wife
* Felicia Scorpio Mac's wife and Maxie's mother
* Mac Scorpio
* Myrtle Scorpio - Mac's daughter with Felicia
* Robert Scorpio - Robin and James' father
* Damian Spinelli
* Marcus Taggert
* Willow Tait
* Clyde Thompson
* Ellie Trout
* Rupert Watson
* Cameron Webber
* Elizabeth Webber
* Mary Wells - Current General Hospital Head Nurse
* Kate White - Trooper of the Pennsylvania State Police