Arthur

*If you are looking for the character with the same occupation, go here.*

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* Butler
* Masked Figure

**Arthur** is one of the two main antagonists of Season 1 of Escape The Night and the butler of the Estate. He betrayed his brother and tied him up beneath the Estate to feign his loyalty to The Evil. He manipulated The Evil into helping him commit his crimes. He often wore a disguise known as the "Masked Figure".

He, alongside the other staff members Marvin and Sarah pretended to help the YouTubers until they were exposed by Vincent Wells. He was killed by his brother after he was freed by the surviving guests.

## Role

For the most part, Arthur is the butler helping the guests. However, when he is the strange masked figure in the flashbacks, he does other things.

### **Episode 1 - An Invitation**

Joey introduces Arthur to the guests. He sets a timer for fifteen minutes to save Shane. He announces when Shane dies.

### **Episode 2 - The Ungodly Machine**

Arthur is seen as the masked figure for the first time. He gives Dennis Mann, the scientist, an Artifact to use as a power source for the Ungodly Machine.

### **Episode 3 - Buried Alive**

He asks Michael if Caroline Eastwick has been buried before performing a ritual to hide the second Artifact.

### **Episode 4 - Mannequins**

He tells Calvin that his art holds no equal. Though it doesn't show it, he hides the third Artifact in the room upstairs.

### **Episode 5 - Freak Show**

He watches Sam perform before offering the deformed man a chance at a life where he isn't ridiculed as a freak. We aren't shown how the Ring Master obtained the final Artifact.

### **Episode 10 - Betrayal At The House On The Hill**

We learn about Arthur being a confidence man in his past, even seeing him play his "favorite game." He proceeds to slip poison into Penelope, his wife at the time's drink. She drinks it and he says "happy anniversary, darling". She starts wailing, falls to the ground and dies. He throws his wedding ring in the ground and leaves. At the end of the flashback, we see him remove the mask, proving he was the masked figure all along. Him, Sarah and Marvin search the house for the remaining guests. When the guests free Arthur's brother, he kills Sarah and Marvin and proceeds to shoot Arthur, he falls back into the fountain and dies.

## Theory

Three of the six original names in the Death Journal sound familiar:

* Arthur Fletcher
* Sarah Hayes
* Marvin Jones

They are, of course the same as Arthur, Sarah, and Marvin, the Mansion staff members. Could the evil of the house be controlling them after Calvin wrote their names down, killing them? Or did Calvin write their names down and this foreshadowed how Arthur's Brother would kill them in episode 10, Betrayal At The House On The Hill?

## Trivia

* Fans used to believe that the masked figure was named Dennis Mann, but this is false as Dennis Mann is the Scientist from Episode 2.
* A *Confidence Man* is an old fashion term for con man.
	+ In Season 4, Timothy Delaghetto was nicknamed *the Con Man*, making him and Arthur have the same job title.
* He was originally supposed to be the other helper for season 4, along with the Sorceress. But was replaced with Mortimer.