Patrick Bauchau plays Sydney. Sydney is one of a set of twins; his brother's name was Jacob. He mentored Jarod in The Pretender Project for over 30 years. When the focus of The Centre's projects turned from benevolent to malevolent, it was too late for Sydney to just walk away. He's found himself trapped by fear and guilt, and remains at The Centre, in part to use his position to protect Jarod. Mr. Raines has warned Sydney that the only reason why Sydney hasn't been killed is because of his close emotional ties with Jarod. The longer Jarod is away from The Centre the thinner the tie is. Sydney has the knowledge and evidence to expose The Centre's history and stop its current exploitation of children, but he seems wait, because he fears what might happen if he does expose The Centre.
Sydney has a grown son, named Nick. He never knew that he existed. Sydney's lover, Michelle, had been a co-worker of Sydney's at The Centre when they were younger. On the day Michelle found out she was pregnant with Nick, she rushed to tell Sydney but was confronted instead by a man she didn't know. The man said that he would kill Sydney, if she didn't leave The Centre. She also received a large amount of money. When Sydney came to work the next day he found no trace of her. He didn't know what happened to her and his son until 1998, when Jarod sent him a copy of Nick's birth certificate.
Sydney's brother, Jacob was the only remaining member of his family. He survived an assassination attempt by The Centre, but eventually died of a brain virus. Nazis killed the rest of Sydney's family when Jacob and Sydney were children. The boys were kidnapped by a Dr. Werner Krieg, isolated in a concentration camp, and subjected to experiments. Because Sydney were twins, Krieg was using them to try and find the "twin gene", so he could then breed sets of twins after Hitler's notion of a "master race". |
