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Patrick Charles Blake was the son of an unknown man, the late husband of Maxine Minniver, the widow of Anna Blake, the father of Dodger Savage, Sienna Blake, Dilly Harcourt and Minnie Minniver, the grandfather of Nico Blake, Myra-Pocahontas Savage-McQueen, and Sophie and Sebastian Blake, and the great-grandfather of Victoria Blake.
Patrick was manipulative, controlling and abusive towards everyone in his life especially the women he supposedly love in both Anna and Maxine. Patrick would later be murdered by his own granddaughter Nico Blake in 2016. Patrick had Motor Neurone Disease, a disease which his father also died from.
Biography[]
1967-2012: Backstory[]
Patrick's father died from Motor Neurone disease, and he had a strained relationship with his mother, in which the pair had a strong dislike for each other. When Patrick was four years old, his mother sent him to boarding school, so he hardly knew her. In school, Patrick was head prefect and head of the debating club.
Patrick met a woman named Anna after graduating from University, and the pair married. Anna tried to leave Patrick several times and eventually did so.
2012: Arrival and Meeting Dodger[]
Dodger Savage tracked down Patrick in November 2012, arriving with friend Darren Osborne under the pretence of conducting a census. He discovered that they are not official and believed that the pair were trying to contact him. Dodger revealed that he was Patrick's son, but Patrick refused to believe him as Anna had told him that their son was dead. However, Dodger later proved himself to Patrick and Patrick began to accept him.
2013: Feud with Anna and getting rid of Kevin[]
Anna arrived in the village in March 2013 to see her son, Will, under the pretence of being his carer. She accepted Will's invite to his and Texas Longford's engagement party. Patrick and his daughter, Sienna were shocked (as was Anna when she learned that they were attending the party). When Sienna told Anna of her abuse at the hands of Patrick, Patrick revealed that Anna had tried to kill Sienna & Dodger as babies, and arranged for Anna to be sectioned. Patrick became annoyed when Will convinced Sienna to visit Anna in the institution, and Patrick threatened Anna into refusing to see them.
After being released from the institution, Anna tried to exact revenge on Patrick by attacking him. Sienna arrived home as Anna was about to set the flat on fire. Sienna sided with her father against Anna and Anna was stopped from killing Sienna and Patrick by Maxine Minniver. Patrick had her sent back to the mental institution.
In September 2013, Patrick visited Anna but discovered her dead in the bathtub. Despite their feud, he was left distraught by her death. Anna's will was voided due to Will's imprisonment for her murder, and Patrick received all of Anna's belongings as opposed to her later husband, Dirk Savage, as Patrick and Anna had not divorced before she married Dirk.
2013-2014: Abuse of Maxine[]
Prior to Anna's death, Patrick began a relationship with Maxine. Patrick soon after became mentally abusive towards Maxine. Maxine was charged with perverted the course of justice and lied to Patrick that she was let off. However, after discovering that she had been sentenced to community service, he became violent towards her.
When Maxine discovered that she was pregnant, Patrick hit her as he believed that she had been unfaithful, unaware that the incident had been overheard by Dennis Savage. Patrick's violence towards Maxine, and he was left unaware that Dennis had been helping her plan her escape. Patrick later proposed to Maxine and a fearful Maxine accepted.
On the day of the wedding in July 2014, Maxine attempted to flee with the help of Dennis and his girlfriend, Blessing Chambers. Patrick discovered the plan and brought Maxine back, but convinced her that he would never hurt her again. Maxine tried to tell Patrick afterwards that she couldn't be with him, which resulted in a struggle in which Patrick accidentally ends up ripping her dress, revealing bruises caused by Patrick. However, Patrick managed to convince several of the guests that he did not hurt Maxine. Maxine ended up leaving Patrick and got with Dodger. She later discovered that she was pregnant with Patrick's baby.
2014: Nico's Arrival and Incest Reveal[]
Patrick is shocked when Nico arrives in June 2014 whom is looking for her real mother, Sienna when Patrick discovers who Nico really is he attempts to manipulate her however when Nico keeps showing up Patrick decided to threaten her that he will kill her if she ever arrives looking for her biological mother again its then revealed that Patrick took Nico as a new-born in an effort to hide the fact Sienna and Dodger unknowingly slept together when unknowingly not realising they ate half brother and sister.
2014: Hit and Run and Minnie's Birth[]
In October 2014, Patrick was struck by a car not long after Maxine and Dodger got engaged. The culprit, Sienna, framed Maxine for the accident and Patrick lied that he saw Maxine at the wheel (unaware the driver was Sienna). Maxine received bail, and Sienna attempted to help her escape. Patrick pursued them in his car and he ended up running them off the road, causing them to get the car stuck on railway tracks. A train ended up colliding with the car and ended up flipping. Whilst searching for cell service to call for help, Maxine went into labour in a shed and gave birth to a daughter, assisted by Patrick, but Patrick left Maxine to die afterwards.
2015-2016: Motor Neurone Disease[]
In 2015, Patrick begins to have muscle spasms and begins to also lose his own coordination and after he collapsed after an appointment which is seen by Theresa McQueen, Patrick finally reveals that he has Motor Neurone Disease a Disease that his own father also died of he tells Theresa not to tell Maxine as he wants custody of Minnie, Theresa agrees but begins to help Patrick and eventually Patrick would enter into somewhat of a relationship with Patrick. Patrick is confronted by Sienna over this but she would find out about her fathers condition in which Patrick makes Sienna swear not to say a thing to which Sienna agrees to.
By the end of the year Patrick finally tells Maxine his suffering from the disease which leads Maxine to take pity on him but begins to support Patrick through his ordeal despite everything Patrick has put her through especially in the last 12 months such as leaving her to die and blackmailing her then current boyfriend, Darren Osborne to give evidence against her during her trial which led her to be imprisoned. Patrick then loses his ability to walk and begins using a wheelchair.
As Patrick struggles with his illness he still attempts to do his headmaster job but Patrick falls when unaided but he is helped by Peri Lomax and soon hands the job over too new headmaster, Sally St. Claire. During all this Patrick would also learn that Nico had killed Carly Bradley however he agrees to remain quiet.
2016: Death & Aftermath[]
By January 2016 in a last attempt to gain a control over Maxine, Patrick decides to record himself and make it look as though Maxine is slowly killing him however Patrick would have a change of heart but is confronted by Nico over wanting to report her over Carly's death which leads to a defenceless Patrick to be suffocated with a pillow by Nico and his body is found by Maxine whom panics and even more so when she finds the recordings this leads her to call Darren whom agrees to help move Patrick's body to the village wall and Nancy also discovers what has happened and offers help.
When Warren Fox is released from prison in June 2016 and returns to the village by July 2016 under the name of "Mike Jones" and becomes engaged to Maxine whom Warren is conning however Sienna discovers who Warren really is and begins to blackmail Warren into helping her to get Maxine to confess to what she did with Patrick, Warren finally gets a confession from Maxine telling him that Patrick's body is buried in the village wall however his body was moved by Darren and Nancy knowing that Warren was working against them.
By September 2016, Patrick's body is found in the woods by both Nico and Peri and Sienna, Maxine, Nancy and Darren are all questioned by D.S. Armstrong but when Sienna discovers that Nico killed him she takes the fall for his murder and then envisions Patrick at the table ready to eat a Christmas dinner together, Sienna is then released and Nico is later supposedly killed in a fire however she would return in 2018 revealing she's alive but is killed by Sienna in self defense. Patrick has been mentioned by both Sienna and Maxine countless times since his death.
Quotes[]
| “ | No. No! | ” |
— Final line to Nico Blake before she kills him.
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