Arthur Bernard was a freed slave who was charged with treason when Tarleton believed him to be the revolutionary author spreading propaganda against the British under the pseudonym Cicero.
History[]
Season One[]
Bernard was believed by Colonel Tarleton to be the propagandist, Cicero, who had posted multiple anti-British pamphlets. They found him inside of his home, but he denied he knew Cicero.
Tarleton ordered his lieutenant, Ichabod Crane, to interrogate Bernard until he cracked. Katrina arrived just after one of the interrogations posing as as a Quaker nurse, to treat Bernard's injuries.
Crane tried to do his duty, but found that duty repugnant. Bernard refused to admit he was Cicero but told Crane the rumors of the secret war with demons is true. Crane thought him deranged.
When Crane was then ordered to take Bernard into the woods and kill him, Crane pretended to shoot Bernard allowing him to escape. Bernard thanked him telling him they will meet again, and that he should tell Katrina "orda ab chao" or order from chaos so she would know where his choice lay. Crane then asked if Bernard really was Cicero. Bernard replied that "he is all of us."
Bernard turned around and was shot in the back by Tarleton, in whose face Crane saw the hint of a demon.
The Sin Eater takes on his appearance later on in the episode to break the connection between Crane and the Headless Horseman.
Appearances[]
Season One[]
- 106. "The Sin Eater"
- 110. "The Golem" (flashback)