{"id":5512,"date":"2016-08-15T09:14:22","date_gmt":"2016-08-15T16:14:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/?p=5512"},"modified":"2016-08-15T09:14:22","modified_gmt":"2016-08-15T16:14:22","slug":"sylum-inspiration-roy-hicks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/sylum-inspiration-roy-hicks\/","title":{"rendered":"Sylum Inspiration: Roy Hicks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20345713.jpg-r_640_600-b_1_D6D6D6-f_jpg-q_x-xxyxx.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5511\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/sylum-inspiration-roy-hicks\/20345713-jpg-r_640_600-b_1_d6d6d6-f_jpg-q_x-xxyxx\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20345713.jpg-r_640_600-b_1_D6D6D6-f_jpg-q_x-xxyxx.jpg?fit=610%2C405&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"610,405\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20345713.jpg-r_640_600-b_1_D6D6D6-f_jpg-q_x-xxyxx\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20345713.jpg-r_640_600-b_1_D6D6D6-f_jpg-q_x-xxyxx.jpg?fit=610%2C405&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-5511\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20345713.jpg-r_640_600-b_1_D6D6D6-f_jpg-q_x-xxyxx.jpg?resize=408%2C271\" alt=\"20345713.jpg-r_640_600-b_1_D6D6D6-f_jpg-q_x-xxyxx\" width=\"408\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20345713.jpg-r_640_600-b_1_D6D6D6-f_jpg-q_x-xxyxx.jpg?w=610&amp;ssl=1 610w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20345713.jpg-r_640_600-b_1_D6D6D6-f_jpg-q_x-xxyxx.jpg?resize=150%2C100&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20345713.jpg-r_640_600-b_1_D6D6D6-f_jpg-q_x-xxyxx.jpg?resize=400%2C266&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 408px) 100vw, 408px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Knight: Hunter<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/SylumManor\/wikiblog\/roy-hicks\/\">Roy Hicks<\/a> grew up out on the Western Frontier. All he knew was his father died at the Battle of Shiloh, and his mother took him out West seeking a job as a nanny for a wealthy land owner.<\/p>\n<p>Roy grew up running around the deserts, learning to live on the land from his patron\u2019s cattle ranchers. He learned to shoot, herd cattle, speak Spanish, and a few native languages from the local Priests at the Mission that settled in the area.<\/p>\n<p>He ended up the small town\u2019s Sheriff.<\/p>\n<p>Roy was prepared to ask Thomas Pace for his daughter\u2019s hand in marriage, when everything went to shit.<\/p>\n<p>Rogues rode into the town, destroying and killing everyone. Roy was able to grab Lucy and escape to the Mission, hoping to hide her so he could go get help.<\/p>\n<p>Only to have the monster follow him.<\/p>\n<p>Roy held Lucy as they watched the Priest fight off the Rogues, one by one they each went down. Until the last one stood, a man in a black hat.<\/p>\n<p>Hicks doesn\u2019t talk about what happened after that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Knight: Hunter &nbsp; Roy Hicks grew up out on the Western Frontier. All he knew was his father died at the Battle of Shiloh, and his mother took him out West seeking a job as a nanny for a wealthy land owner. 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