Chick Laidlaw

Chick Laidlaw was the acquaintance of Nathan Johnson and a temporary resident at Number 3 City 17 Street.

History
Chick lived in the Outlands of City 17 before moving into the main city itself following the defeat of the Clandestine Company. He began squatting at the abandoned flat Number 3 City 17 Street, which hadn't been resided in for seven years since the passing of Zara Zimmerman. He took an interest in his young disturbed neighbour Nathan Johnson, who didn't seem to care about Chick living rent free in a flat.

Chick discovered that Nathan was suffering dissociate identity disorder and masquerading as a criminal known as the Mad Hatter. He discovered in Nathan's possession journal entries relating to his experiences in City 17 for over a decade, and the revelation that he was responsible for killing the Clandestine Company leader the Dark One. Chick began to use this to write a novel based on Post-Combine City 17. Nathan discovered this but didn't seem too fussed. Despite Chick's motives, he showed care for Nathan and even supported him when finding out Nathan was still severally depressed and suicidal following the death of his daughter Samantha over a year prior.

Unfortunately for Chick, Nathan's stress led to him to switch over to his Frank Blackstone split persona. "Frank" entered No.3 and shot Chick in the head, and then stole his notes on Nathan, feeling that such things should be left unread. The corpse was left to rot for three years, before new potential buyers came to the flat and found Chick's body.

Trivia

 * Chick's laptop belonged to Nathan, which he wrote his first episode of ''City 17 Street on back in 2006.