#Arthur P. Bellum RKZ

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What's Swap Arthur like?

Greetings Anon ^^

Hmm that's a bit tricky for me, I mean, Arthur is good, so, I guess he would be, bad or, evil in the Swap AU.

I think he would be prone to use fire power as an answer for questions, not being afraid to use artillery and drones to get his ways.

Arthur also, would, often consider just, using a nuclear weapon to "solve problems" but of course, for now, had not done it, but who knows what would happen if one day Swap!Art would really gets his hands on one.

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Bowler

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Has Blaise met Arthur before?

Greetings Anon

It is, possible that they have met, especially because, I imagine Arthur, before being transferred to Sam, was in a part of the army, that was stationed and fought in the "Coastal War", so it's possible that Art and Blaise have met there in the past.

Honestly, I believe, that because of the incident that got the mountain hare reassigned, he was, very likely, saved from the fate from having been captured one day, and ending up in one of the forced labour camps as Blaise Owens did and many others did.

When Blaise later hears the name Arthur P. Bellum again, they are surprised to see him again, and to discover he and Sam know each other, as well as that Art got promoted to the rank of general, with the old cat, despite the many years that have passed, still remembering Art.

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Bowler

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Do you think Arthur heard about the Roadkillerz before going to jail? it is the oldest origination after all.

Greetings Anon

The rabbit knows about the Roadkillerz existence, he knows that quiet a few people from the army joined them, for example Sergeant Phillip Morrison (@northerngrail).

Arthur has no problems with them, and does not judge anyone of the army personnel who joins them, on the contrary, he actually, admires them and the work they do, and is happy that people from the army find a new purpose and goal working for the Roadkillerz.

However Art himself, does at first not consider joining the Roadkillerz, because he believes it's his duty, to be a general for the army and to take over what Sam had left behind.

Which changes after he got arrested for disobeying/refusing orders and, having been stripped from everything that the Army has given him, he no longer saw a reason to be affiliated with them and joined the Roadkillerz himself.

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Bowler

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What did Arthur think of Carlos?

Greetings Anon

He saw him as a tyrant, that needed to be dealt with, so, when he got the message that, Carlos was gone, at first he felt glad, thinking that the war would be finally over, but well, that soon shattered into pieces.

First when he heard how this was only possible because Jude Valentine sacrificed himself, but also that this eventually lead to Sam defecting, and then of course the rise of Commander Grizzly.

I believe, Arthur, connected the dots quickly who spoke trough the bears body, and it made the mountain hare first feel sick, then angry, both against the lion, but also his former General.

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Bowler

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Did anybody find out about what Arthur did to his superior?

Greetings Anon

Sam knew, but not by Arthur himself, rather he was told, even in army, such incidents are talked about, I think Sam was told this, when he got notified that a Lieutenant General would be transferred to his army, but Sam were not told the details about why Art struck his CO.

However General Cottontail didn't mention it, until he and Arthur had one of their verbal arguments, were Sam let it slip, causing the mountain hare to yell something something like this.

Arthur: "That's what you are expecting and counting for,aren't you General Cottontail? But don't think I will...make it that easy for you to get rid of me. I will continue being a thorn in your side, and either way you pull that thorn out, or you better start living with it!"

Having said that, Art stomped out angrily of the tent.

The Lieutenant General also told Phillip and Flint Morrison (@northerngrail) once confidential, telling both of them the whole story and why he did it.

Later, in the present, when Sam and Arthur make things up, the mountain hare also tells the rabbit the whole story, given that it was similar, to what caused Arthur to be stripped from all his ranks, medals and him getting put into a high security prison.

Yours sincerely

Bowler

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Why did Arthur struck his superior?

Greetings Anon

Because Arthur refused to follow orders his superior had ordered him to execute, because in the mountain hare's view they were unlawful, which lead to a heated argument and fight and before Arthur knew it himself, he had already slapped the general he was subordinated to.

The army could neither arrest or demote him, given that Art was well liked by other soldiers and personnel, so instead they chose to relocate him.

He does theorize, that they very likely did that to protect the general who he struck and in a way to "silence" him.

Arthur was then sent, from the "Coastal War" to fight against the Wrath, being reassigned to General Cottontails part of the army.

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Bowler

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How did Arthur feel about the Adopt a private program?

Greetings Anon

He honestly wasn't thrilled about it, he had only, heard about the program first given that in the part of the army he was formerly in, there was no AAPP, at least, not that he was aware of.

Arthur used to called it "Adopt a Pet Program", because that's how the mountain hare felt about the whole army project, getting some young private who was supposed to follow you around every step and do as you say, like a, well ,pet, it made him shudder.

However, he genuinely liked Jude Valentine and thought he was a good person with a kind heart, unfortunately on the very same day when Jude had an argument with Sam that led to the bear facing Carlos Rojas all by himself, Art was seriously injured.

Unknown to Arthur he too, was a potential candidate to be involved in the AAPP, however that was before his forced relocation/transfer to Sam's army, because Arthur struck his former superior.

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Bowler

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6 and 8?

Greetings Anon ^^

6.Which OC prefers to dip someone? to be dipped?

I think Claire liked to dip people in water when swimming, but in friendly way, never meant to harm someone. Leonid probably did it too when he is going swimming with friends and Ruby did it very likely too at one point as well, but not out of bad intention, just in an, being annoying to your friends way :-.)

8. Which OC prefers flowing clothes? Tight clothes?

Franz Weißschloss, prefers to wear flowing clothes, which is why, he does usually wear his robe, but of course wears under it more everyday clothes, suits make him feel...as if he would be suffocating...he has been wearing them for so long.

Arthur on the other hand prefers more, tight clothes that fit and sit on his body well, with him usually wearing his army uniform, however, after he is no longer part of the Army I can imagine him wearing other clothing as well.

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Bowler

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Has Arthur met any of Sam's family members?

Greetings Anon

I don't think so, at least, not in the past, while the mountain hare and general has heard about the stories of Sergeant Donald Cottontail, he never met him personally, given that Arthur was on a completely different location before he got assigned to Sam's unit.

Maybe later, in the present, or when he joins the Roadkillerz, I could imagine Art meeting Theo, Grover and Elvin, and he thinks highly about them.

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Bowler

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I assume Arthur gets freed from prison and joins the RKZ towards the end of Roadkillerz?

Greetings Anon ^^

That is correct, it would be towards the end when the mountain hare and former general gets released and joins the Roadkillerz.

It would also the point were he and Sam have a talk, that leads to them putting their feud once and for all besides and they start to become friends.

With Arthur being free, he no longer sees a reason to be loyal to the army or the government, and shares as much information about them to the Roadkillerz that is possible.

This, of course is very embarrassing for the government, who can't do anything and brought it on themselves.

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Bowler

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Does Arthur know what became Jude valentine?

Greetings Anon

In the past no, he was convinced that Jude died on that day he vanished and blamed Sam for it.

He only found out when Phillip Morrison (@northerngrail OC) told him when Art was freed from the high security prison. He was shocked, glad and then cried tears of relieve, when he heard that Jude was still alive.

Arthur hopes that one day, Jude gets the control of his body back and that Carlos Rojas will be finally dealt with.

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Bowler

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How did Arthur join the Roadkillerz?

Greetings Anon

In the beginning, Arthur had not joined the Roadkillerz, the hare knew about the organization and also that some army veterans had joined them, which he did not mind, he actually thought it was good but, his loyalty remained with the army because he believed that was his duty.

That was, until at one point General Bellum refused an order from his superiors, and it was justified that he refused it because a lot of innocent lives could have been seriously hurt...or died.

Despite the fact that Art was loyal to the army, and had a good enough track record, that was enough for him to get arrested on the spot for treason, put on a trial that felt more like a show, and then placed into a high-security prison to ensure he would be never seen again.

The hare was stripped from all his honours, medals, ranks and titles he had gotten over the years, and left to rot in a cell.

Well, that was until Phillip Morrison (@northerngrail) OC found out, and he, together with Sam and a few others decided to free Arthur in which they succeeded.

Morrison gave Bellum the scolding of a lifetime, which was justified because the hare usually did things "his own way" and often put himself in dangerous situation, due to his lack of self-preservation and because he did not want that others got hurt, however Art would also tell Phillip that he had not much choice, he either way would have accepted his orders, or like any other reasonable person, denied them.

After he gets freed, Arthur of course, breaks away from the army and instead, joins the Roadkillerz as well, providing them with the military information he had gathered over the many years he was in the army

Yours sincerely

Bowler

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Who is Arthur P. Bellum?

Greetings Anon ^^

Arthur P. Bellum is a mountain hare and a few years younger than Sam, they both met when Art, a Lieutenant General (three stars) was assigned to the army General Cottontail commanded.

Given that he was one rank below, that made Sam his superior and commanding officer, however, they both did not see eye to eye.

While Sam in the past wanted to win the war against the Wrath no cost too great and probably breaking a few conventions as well in the process, Arthur saw in each soldier a valuable asset, and not cannon fodder. He cared deeply for them, and him receiving the numbers of fallen soldiers each day, deeply affected him, vowing to ensure the safety of the troops as good as that was possible to him, and giving them moral boosts. He cared a lot for the privates, for example Jude Valentine and Phillip Morrison (@northerngrail OC)

This caused of course friction between the two, with both Sam and Arthur himself wishing to get redeployed somewhere else, but, that did not happen. Internally Art also hoped that at one point he would get promoted to an "four-star" as well, so he wouldn't have to take orders from Sam anymore.

He got his wish granted, but that was after Sam defected to the Wrath and Art sustained an war related injury on his right leg (on the same day Jude Valentine...vanished). When Arthur got the news, about Sam having joined the enemy forces, his resentment towards him grew even more, and, the respect and understanding he had for "General" Cottontail got walled up.

The next time they saw each other, General Arthur P. Bellum did not hide the anger he felt towards Sam and that was the last time they probably saw each other, with Art having become, one of Sam's "successors" in the government army.

Yours sincerely

Bowler