Dr. Faker

Dr. Faker's History

. Faker is the the creator of Heartland.[2] He founded it with the intention to help poor children, but also intended as a place that everyone can have fun.[4]

Faker alongside Byron and Quinton find out missing pieces from Kazuma on their research.

Faker's youngest child, Hart Tenjo, was born a very frail boy. Knowing Hart could not survive without more aide than Faker could provide, he became obsessed with finding the door to other dimensions, wishing to use their power to sustain his son's life.[5] To that end, he worked with Byron Arclight and his son Chris. Arclight suggested they ask Kazuma Tsukumo for help. He was an adventurer who was also searching for the same door. Kazuma agreed to help them. After examining their theory, he told them what was wrong with it. They had been operating under the assumption that were twenty-one passage points. By analyzing that data, they could determine where the door would appear next. Kazuma revealed that there were actually twenty-three passage points, something he had determined while adventuring. With that new data, they determined where they needed to go.

Faker sacrifices Byron and Kazuma to open door to Barian World.

Chris stayed behind, leaving Byron, Kazuma and Faker to travel to the destination. When they arrived, Kazuma saved Faker from being crushed by a boulder trap in the temple. They reach a dead end, with Faker remaining slightly behind them. The two began to glow red and Faker reads the hieroglyphs below their feet, "when two souls are offered up, the door will open" ("Deliver two souls for mysteries untold" in the dub). Faker told them he would find the door to the parallel dimensions at any cost. Kazuma asked Faker if Byron and Faker weren't close friends and Faker responded that if Byron is really is his friend, he should be happy to be sacrificed. Average people like him could hope for no more than that. They fall through the portal, with Byron swearing revenge.[1]

Faker first meets Vector.

On the other side of the door, Faker entered the Barian World. Here, he met Vector, who agreed to heal Hart in exchange for Faker destroying the Astral World. Vector sustained Hart's life with his powers as Faker worked to complete the Sphere Field Cannon and collect the "Numbers". If Faker did not succeed, Vector would take Hart for himself.[5]

Faker believed Byron to be dead[6], but the latter survived and made his way back. As his form warped into that of a child, Byron took the name "Vetrix" and swore revenge.[1] Kazuma did not return, but was instead trapped in the Astral World.[2]

Faker and Mr. Heartland created Kite Tenjo's Deck using science from another dimension.[7] Faker also gave Kite one of his own cards, "Message in a Bottle".[8] Though Kite was unaware of the pact Faker made with Vector, he underwent training and was chosen amongst many other Duelists to become a Number Hunter and save Hart.[