Sykes was a minor character from the fifth season of Gotham. He was the leader of the Soothsayers, a gang that controlled Gotham's Granton District following the Cataclysm. He and his followers had enslaved numerous children that had been orphaned following the Cataclysm and were using them to dig a tunnel beneath the Gotham River in order to reach the mainland. However, the Gotham City Police Department raided the Soothsayers' hideout and rescued the children.
Sykes and his gang followed Jim Gordon and three of the liberated children to a hotel, hoping to take back his slaves and claim the bounty that Penguin had put on Gordon's head. However, Ramos Silva and her Undead gang had arrived on the scene and they also wanted Gordon. During the standoff, Gordon spent his last bullet to kill Silva, but still had the rest of her gang and the Soothsayers to deal with. Suddenly, Barbara Kean arrived in an armoured truck and used its mounted machine gun to mow down all the gangsters. While Sykes was shot too, he survived the shooting and was left behind as Barbara, Gordon and the children drove away.
Death[]
In the episode "Ruin", Sykes and the remaining Soothsayers found themselves being put to work digging a tunnel for Jeremiah Valeska. With the workers suffering from starvation and exhaustion, Sykes decided to speak up to Jeremiah. This decision cost Sykes his life as Jeremiah slashed his throat with a razor blade.