Edmund Wickenthorp's Father

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Evil-doer
Full Name	Unknown
Alias	Dad (by Edmund and Eli)
Origin	Crossed: Badlands
Occupation	Unknown
Powers / Skills	None known
Goals	Ensure his sons survive the Crossed attack (initially succeeded, then failed)
Crimes	Pedophilia Rape
Type of Villain	Protective Rapist

Edmund Wickenthorp's Father is a minor protagonist turned antagonist of the Crossed: Badlands story, Yellowbelly. He is the father to the biggest coward in the entire Crossed franchise.

History

Edmund Wickenthorp introduces himself as a notorious coward, often called "Yellow Belly" by many of the people he knows, as well as a bit of a pervert. After graduating high school, Edmund is taken to a traveling circus as a reward with his father and his brother Eli. One of the first things they do is go and see a circus freak which Edmund is initially reluctant to see, and the man inside the cage acts completely feral as he "bites" a venomous snake to death. Backstage, the man's name is actually Henry and he was simply using a hidden knife to kill the snake. His partner Barry is worried that some people are noticing he's actually killing the snake with a hidden knife and his boss Boris is having thoughts of replacing him. Suddenly, a Crossed man enters their tent and kills Barry by ripping his neck out with his teeth, and then infects Henry.

As Edmund and his family enjoy the act of a woman ballet dancing on top of horses, a large group of The Crossed suddenly rush inside and kill everyone they come across, and everyone who can quickly evacuates. Edmund's father leads Edmund and Eli close to the exit until they're cornered by a Crossed clown and both sons hide inside barrels as he tries to defend them, but he's quickly overpowered and repeatedly raped by other infected clowns. The last thing Edmund hears before he passes out from the fear is his infected father raping Eli, and when Edmund wakes up several hours later, he discovers the massacre that The Crossed had left behind. Sometime during the chaos, either one of the Crossed or a survivor killed Edmund's father and Eli by stabbing them in the back with a spear.

Trivia

• Seeing how The Crossed are compelled to act on all of their intrusive thoughts, Edmund's father actions prove that he has had pedophilic tendencies in the past for his own children.