Arthur Challis was Kay Challis' abusive father that fractured her psyche, turning her into Crazy Jane.
History
When Kay was a child, Arthur Challis sexually abused her on their family farm, with Arthur making serious threats against her if she ever told anyone. Among the threats, Arthur threw Kay's beloved toy lamb Harry down a well. Kay's psyche would be destroyed by these events, with Kay developing multiple personalities to cope with the trauma as well as an area of repressed emotions in her head called "the Well".
Arthur would later be diagnosed with terminal colon cancer and, when Kay was seventeen years old, he was left in a coma from the disease. The doctors presented Kay with the option of turning off the machine that kept her father alive, and she accepted, watching her father die in his hospital bed. [1]
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Other Characteristics
- Colon Cancer: In the final stretch of his life, Arthur contracted colon cancer that progressed to the point that he was left in a vegetative state, hooked up to a machine in a hospital.
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- 2 Appearances of Arthur Challis (New Earth)
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- Character Gallery: Arthur Challis (New Earth)
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