William Fedorason

[edit] General Appearance Behavior Abilities/Skills Background Rumors Relationships Notable Events OOC Prompts Gallery  William Fedorason ♣ Warrior of Light ♣ The Nymian Marine ♣ The Godsbow ♣ The Strategist♣ The Mentor ♣ Gender Male Race Hyur Clan Midlander Citizenship Gridania Deity Thaliak, the Scholar Grand Company The Maelstrom Free Company The Mercs of the Silver Birth Name William Pleoh Chambers Occupation Top Brass of <<MERCS>> Nameday 22nd Sun of the 4st Umbral Moon William Fedorason, better known as Will, was born on the 22nd Sun of the 4th Umbral Moon. William is currently an eighteen year old Midlander who aspires to be the best adventurer for Eorzea’s chance to fight back the Garlean Empire. He is a high-ranking member of the Scions of the Seventh Dawn. He is the founder of the Mercenaries of the Silver. William originally arrived in Gridania in hopes of fortune while spreading goodness throughout the realm through at least one person at a time. He comes from a Midlander family from Hyrstmill within the North Shroud. He left home when he was about seventeen years of age to provide some money for his family and make some coin for himself and promised his family he will be safe. He initially took up archery to execute his plans swiftly and agilely. His surname of Fedorason differs that from his family's name of Chambers due to his father being a well-known lancer among the Wood Wailers. William desired to make a name for himself without the help of his family name. His father Solmunder realized the name change and is proud of him to become his own person. William usually is found at either his free company estate working on paperwork or his own cottage relaxing after saving Eorzea from harm after more than one occasion (page WIP) Free Company: The Mercenaries of the Silver A group of misfits who found each other their family and assist the land in a myriad of deeds. Some deeds include hunts, retrievals, and, if need be, hunting down a criminal whether he be wanted dead or alive. The Mercs were founded after a bad run in with the founders' previous free company leader. the Founders banded together, demanded their compensation to their previous leader and form the <<MERCS>> Free Company. Notable Members ♣ William Fedorason, Top Brass, Leader ♣ Brandoon Dragoon, Golden Lieutenant, Lieutenant ⬛ Sugis Kevade, Golden Lieutenant, Lieutenant ♣ Tyler Ultimathule, Silver Merc, Officer ♣ Aries Xela, Silver Merc, Officer ⬛ Sven Vollfied, Silver Merc, Officer ♣ denotes an original RPC Page for <<MERCS>> William's Typical Inventory Last updated: Jan 12th, 2017 - Several Potions, Ethers, and other elixers. - Several Magicked Prisms to create the illusion of having a large pumkin head. - Several Baits and Lures from when he used to fish. - Several types of materia. - Significant artifactual gear found from several Eorzean dungeons to be sold to his grand company - Many Ventures to pay his retainers for the quick explorations conducted. - Several substances of Dark Matter to self-repair his gear. - Many crafting materials. - Pocket Lint Height: 5 fulms 9 ilms Weight: 130 ponz Complexion: Fair. Hair: Light Brown with White dyed streaks. Eyes: Green. William's physical figure is rather average size with some musculature due to his continued training of several war disciplines. He has a scar that goes down his right side of his face, barely missing the eye. He got that scar after a run in with an Imperial Centurion. His other scar the left side of his face came from an Ixali encounter. William tends to sport a green painted stripe across his eyes merely for aesthetic purposes. His father would wear a similar facepaint during his younger days in the Wood Wailers. Behavior William, when meeting someone for the first time, would be nervous at first and try to be overly kind toward the person to show respect. However if needed to approach a new person, he would be hesitant at first but may muster the strength to talk to the person. Once someone gets comfortable, dear Thaliak save them.. William, if he believes someone is his friend, will crack puns way too often for a sane person to handle. Fears ■ One of William's biggest fears to date are diremites. He had a near-death experience when he first began his adventuring. Currently, diremites do not bother him so much, unless he is unprepared for a diremite encounter. ■ Not so much a fear, but a worry: William does not want to let his friends down healing. If one of his party members become rendered unconscious, William thinks of it as letting someone die. Preferences What does William look for in a partner? He is only interested in romantic relationship with females. He does not have too much preference into any race. He's pretty much open to any girl who's a kind and respectful person. Currently he is not really looking for a relationship, yet if the opportunity with a girl he's infatuated for reveals itself, he may go after it. Hobbies ■ Alchemy. ■ Assisting the Adventurer's Guild. ■ Reading in his study. ■ Cracking horrible puns. Likes ■Philanthropy ■Harmless pranks ■Triple Triad ■The setting or rising Sun ■Puns and jokes ■Chocobos Dislikes ■Failure of self ■Betrayal ■Drama among friends ■Hubris ■Ignorance ■Alcohol Favorites ■ Favorite Color: Ochu Green ■ Favorite Food: Rolanberry Cheesecake ■ Favorite Drink: Mulled Tea ■ Favorite Scent: Petrichor ■ Favorite Places: Camp Overlook, Outer La Noscea; Tailfeather, Dravanian Forelands Abilities/Skills An optional blurb about how your character looks and behaves during combat. Weapons William is currently learning the ways of nearly all disciplines and to their advanced job. If he had the choice, he would remain healing, and would rather stay away from the battle's front. Overtime, William learned to embrace the inevitable moment of conflict and thus began apprenticing the many disciplines. Some disciplines interest William enough to even put forth more time into mastering the techniques. The weapons William uses in conflict are as follows: ■ The Sharpened Word of the Magnate (Scholar's codex) Adept at Utility. ■ The Padjali Astrometer (Astrologian's starglobe) Advanced at Utility. ■ The Seraph Cane (White Mage's staff) Advanced at Utility. ■ The Almandal (Summoner's grimoire) Advanced at Utility. ■ Expanse Handgonne (Machinist's gun) ■ The Lunaris Rod (Black Mage's staff) ■ The Kinna Longbow (Bard's bow) Adept at Utility. ■ Pair of Yukimitsu (Ninja's dual knives) ■ The Hauteclaire and The Hellfire Shield (Paladin's broadsword and shield) Moderate at Utility. ■ The Rising Suns (Monk's horas) Moderate at Utility. ■ Brionac (Dragoon's lance) ■ Parashu (Warrior's axe) ■ Hive Claymore (Dark Knight's claymore) Magic Backstory on Magical Abilities ■Summoning of egis and faeries. ■Regenerative magic. ■Shielding magic. ■Embrace by the Echo ■Aetheric channeling Crafting As he was still making a name for himself before becoming a Warrior of Light, he would partake in the work of alchemy. He has always enjoyed the act of making elixers to assist his allies with enhancing their abilities or replenishing their vigor. As of late, William has temporarily retired the craft of alchemy simply to put other needs forward. In order for him to advance his skills of alchemy, he must learn the ways of other crafts to further his own skills. He is currently working on learning the ways of the goldsmithing, leatherworking, and smithing in order to learn the technique to self-repair his gear that is composed of such craft. Talents ■Summoning of each egi and faerie together at a time, yet not in combat. ■Taught his gaelikitten to retrieve objects on command. ■Proficient in archery to be able to shoot three arrows at once at a target. “My name is William Fedorason. For years I have faced a major calamity with only one goal: To save my realm. Now others have joined with me in my company. To them, I am William, but to the rest of Eorzea, I am the Warrior of Light.” -From a letter to Ser Aymeric de Borel in regards to assisting in the Dragonsong War. Birth and childhood (0-10) Born William Chambers in the year 1560 of the Sixth Astral Era, he was raised within the hamlet of Hyrstmill of the northern Shroud. His parents are Solmunder Chambers, a well decorated Wood Wailer, and Athilda Chambers, a skilled conjurer for the Twin Adders. He has two older brothers, Piers Chambers, who's a moderate archer and only 9 years older, and Roderick Arrowe, his half-brother who's was a skilled archer among the Gods' Bow and now a secretary for the free company of <<VOID>>. At young age, archery interested him a great deal. His father would craft him his own bow and dulled arrows to play with. Though he was no good, he still enjoyed it no matter what. Whenever William would injure himself when he plays outside, his mother always use her skills of conjury to cure his wounds. Over time, William learned to cure on his own, but not much more conjury than that. Adolescent Years As William grew, he met his now best friends in Old Gridania. At the age of eleven, he was tasked to travel to the city to pick up some seeds and tools from the Botanist's Guild to replenish his family's farm. When the guildmaster unfortunately stated there were no such seeds available for pickup, there was an Elezen kid who was also purchasing seeds who had came before him. He had noticed the despair in William's face and gave him a portion of his seeds. He had introduced himself as Brandon. Days passed and they would meet up to hang out, and William was introduced to Brandon's friends: Tyler Ultimathule, an Elezen, and Aries Xela, a Miqo'te who was typically called Alex. The four of them would become inseparable over time. William had minimal previous magical encounters. He once came across an altercation between the Sharlayan Circle of Knowing and a dark robed Mage. Apparently there was a surge of aetheric energy coming from near the Ehcatl 9 tribe, the docile Ixali group. William, only twelve at the time, was out gathering some firewood when the Mage confronted him. Frightened, William was cornered into a cavern. He noticed the Mage preparing to cast some magical attack, but was cut short when a Miqote conjurer, Highlander pugilist, and a Lalafellan thaumaturge confronted him. The Mage directed his attacks to hit the pugilist as some magic deflected off her and hit William instead. The conjurer came to his aid and cured his wounds. She remained by his side as the thaumaturge managed to harm the Mage. The Mage soon dissipated away. The three heroes of the hour introduced themselves as Y'shtola, Yda, and Papalymo respectively. They mentioned to William to contact them whenever there is a similar issue in the future. They dedicated there life to protecting the innocent from the forces of darkness saving the realm from calamity. From that day forward, William decided to become an adventurer and aspired to become like them, for he could discern true heroism within them. The Calamity Strikes With word of the "Meteor Project" coming to the light of the Eorzean Alliance, the grand companies and allied free companies took up arms to defend the Carteneau Flats from the Garlean menace. William's parents both took up arms to fight with the Twin Adders. At home, William was sitting outside his cottage with his brothers watching the slow descent of the false moon. Though he and Piers never truly saw eye to eye, this may be the only time when they are united. His friends had shown up to wait out the world’s immenent demise. William felt powerless. He wanted to do something about the inevitable calamity that would affect his quaint hamlet. He saw the enormous cracks forming upon Dalamud and something spoke to him inside his head. “Save them later. Be…a…hero…” The voice felt as if someone was echoing right behind him, yet when he turned around to check, there was only a dissipating mist. He had asked to his friends around if they heard anything nearby, but they denied. William looked back up to the falling moon as it suddenly bursts as the Dreadwyrm breaks free. William and his friends stand up in shock as Bahamut ravages the land. The first thought to pop in William’s head was the Circle of Knowing that he had met a month prior. He had hoped they would save the realm from total annihilation. William noticed the people around him either crying or standing in complete shock. He notice one man pick up his young daughter and held her tight saying “Everything will be alright sometime soon.” He could see a hunk of the false moon fall near the southern border of the North Shroud. Suddenly a flash of white bright light covers the realm. Soon after, the Dreadwyrm disappears without a trace. Eorzea, a realm reborn out of a tragic calamity, needs a hero. A Family in Shambles It has been five hours since the disappearance of Bahamut and William and his brothers are waiting anxiously for their parents to return. It was about the middle of the night when Roderick noticed a tired man carrying a woman in his arms. He trudged toward the cottage and as the light shined on his face, it was their father with tears flooding from his eyes. Roderick yelled for Piers and William to wake up. William came immediately outside and saw his father carrying his mother in his arms. William promptly yelled for his mother to wake up. With tears trailing from his eyes, he attempted to cast Cure on her, but to no avail. He attempted to execute a spell he has been learning, Raise. For a slight moment, he had heard the voice from before, but was indistinguishable. By the grace of the Twelve, his mother's eyes opened. She was awake, but not for long. She could speak, but she was very weak. Solmunder was speechless to witness such a temporary miracle. Athilda knew she would be passing soon, so she gave each a hug and a kiss. She told them all to be well and live happy whilst urging to remain together. Her last breath passed as she took hold on to William's hand before losing her grip on her mortal coil. Weeks passed after the passing of Athilda and Piers took excile from his Gridanian home to move to Limsa Lominsa for a new life. With two family members being gone from the home, only Solmunder, Roderick, and William remained. Solmunder tried to remain cheerful in the times of grief, yet he is always reminded of the dreadful day of the Calamity. Rod took notice of his father's decline in strength and mobility over time. He believed it to be caused by the grief and the PTSD from the moment Athilda's life started slipping. Rod thought to move the family to start over. Within two months, the family moved out of Hyrstmill and into the Lavender Beds. Once settled in, Rod taught William archery in the yard of their new home. Needless to say, William's skills advanced fairly over time. Years passed and Piers returned home from his travels in Vylbrand. In that time, Piers worked part time as a bow-for-hire and fell for a Miqo'te girl. Over time, they got a house, yet she would mooch gil off of Piers and eventually kicked Piers out of "their" house for an Auri girl. Defeated, he returned home. He had found the location of the new family home and noticed William practicing archery. Piers took pride in his skills of archery and believed he should be the best archer in the family, although he does not care whether Rod was good or not for some reason. As he came around the corner, he noticed William hit a bullseye thrice in a row. Piers' resent for William was reignited. For months they would have petty competitions too see who was the better archer. When William was about 15, he and Piers had one of their usual archery competitions. After each round, William was always closer to the center than Piers. At a moment when William was ready to shoot his next arrow at the target, Piers yelled out that he cheats each time. As he was ranting aloud, William shrugged it off until he could no longer. Piers then accused William that he was never really loved by his mother, such that it was all out of pity. William could not hold back much longer and as he released the arrow from the bow, he immediately turned to Piers to tell him off, yet the arrow was still in the bowstring. The arrow managed to hit the bullseye, but not on the target and instead in Piers' left eye. He fell to the ground screaming and writhing in pain. Piers yelled obscenities and slurs toward William. William considered taking out his wand to cure Piers, but he fled the yard instead. He returned about 75 minutes later to the house to see Piers passed out in the living room with the arrow still in the eye. William attempted to cure the eye. As he casted the spell, he slowly remove the arrow from Piers' eye. He noticed Piers' body relax some and soon woke up. Piers woke up wondering why he felt no pain rubbing his eyes. He opened his eyes and rubbed his left eye some more. He could see out his right but not in his left. Starting to panic, he ran to a mirror nearby , nearly tripping on a stool. He looked in the mirror to see his left eye foggy. Piers was blind in his left eye. Piers screamed out in horror and blamed William that he could never practice archery again. In the morning, Piers was gone and was not heard from again, officially. Adulthood The Beginnings of an Adventurer At the age of seventeen... Common Rumors (Easily overheard) ■ Most of his friends believe of his likeness to be that of a nerd. He does not deny, yet does not care, for his friends are also nerds. ■ William and his Mercs perform good deeds, while mercenary tends to have negative connotation. Moderate Rumors (Moderately difficult to overhear) ■ Many believe the infamous Chocobo, the man who roams the realm with only a chocobo mask, and William to be one in the same. ■ People assume that William is easily frantic within dangerous situations due to his proclamations of death forecoming, when it is highly unlikely. Rare Rumors (Very difficult or rarely overheard) ■ Some assume that William's pride in his healing is masking true cracks within his skill to heal scholarly when he tends to attack rather than heal directly in some occasions. ■ A small amount of people percieve William's Mercs of the Silver to be a band of miscreants due to the naming of the company being assumed to relate vigilantism and greed with the company. PC Rumors (Rumors from the characters of other players) ■ " I believe William was a chocobo in a past life.." ~Darius Kinkaid ■ “He thinks we don’t know he’s the wanted half naked man in a Chocobo mask calling himself a “Vigilante”, but we /know/.” ~Sugis Kevade ■ "Insert rumor here." ~Name Please feel free to add your own rumors under PC! Some of these rumors may be untrue or greatly exaggerated. ♥ In a Relationship |♥ Romantic Interest |♥ Sexual Desire |♥ Platonic Love |■ Family |● Good Standing |● Neutral |♦ Poor Standing |✖Deceased (page WIP) Family ■✖Athilda Chambers née Arrowe, (Mother) William’s Thoughts: "My mother is my true inspiration to why I remain healing. It's what she would have wanted.." Athilda was born in the streets of Ul'Dah, not knowing her true family. She would be a thief in order to get a meal, occasionaly stealing from the marketplace. One day, the grocer took notice of her actions and let the game continue for a while until she confronted her. Athilda, being scared of being arrested, attempted to run, yet was caught immediately. The grocer caught her by the Weavers' Guild and inquired about her life. She told her that she had no home, no family, and no food. Without a second thought, the grocer took her in and raised her. The grocer's name was Petra Arrowe. As she grew older, Athilda, moved to the Shroud to make a name for herself. She thanked her foster mother for everything she's done for her and stayed in touch. Before her marriage to William's father, she gave birth to Roderick, William's oldest brother, yet she was rather promiscuous during her twenties, so Roderick's biological father is unknown but assumed to be a Gods' Quiver archer. Having changed her ways, she found Solmunder eight years later and fell in love and married. They had their first son together Piers and then nine years later their second son William. Athilda lived her life as conjurer for the Twin Adders. Both she and Solmunder were fighting with the Grand Companies at Cartenau against the Garlean menace before the Calamity struck. Solmunder fought valiantly and took many Garlean lives with Athilda alongside him. As they were taking out the enemy, Athilda was caught blindsided and was slew by an Imperial Laquearius. Solmunder was filled with rage and pierced the Laquearius through its heart. Solmunder survived the battle and returned home to his children after the Calamity struck and informed them of the tragic news. William took it hardest of all. Only being twelve at the time of this calamity, he was really close to his mother and she would show him conjury tricks. Whenever William heals for his party, he always thinks of his mother guiding him through to victory.. ■Solmunder Chambers, (Father) William’s Thoughts: "My father would never let any bad situation ruin his sense of humor!" Solmunder Chambers came from a terrible household in Limsa Lominsa. He was born to a family of vile pirates known as the Chamberlain Crew. He was forced to partake in villainous crimes if he was to get a meal and bed each day. When he became eighteen years of age, he mustered the courage to hitch a ship to Aldenard without saying one word to his family. He arrived in Vesper Bay and changed his name to Chambers, for slight differentiation from his family. He trekked to the Shroud in hopes to learn either archery or lancing; upon his arrival to Gridania, he learned the latter. He became skilled quickly enough for one of the Wood Wailers to take notice and suggest him to be a private among them. For many years he was an esteemed Wood Wailer and caught the eye of a fan, Athilda. They met at the Carline Canopy when Solmunder was off duty and Athilda noticed him. She approached him commending him for his valor in protecting the Shroud and immediately hit it off. They would always make jokes with each other with Solmunder always cracking horrible puns, yet Athilda laughed anyways. Athilda's nickname for Solmunder was "Sully" and although he wasn't too fond of it, it did not bother him either way; His nickname for her was Thillie and she liked it. They worked together roaming the Shroud, vanquishing any threat to Gridania with Athilda supporting Sully as he fought head-on. After the passing of his wife, Solmunder tried to keep his joy alive by providing for their children. Sully was only in his early forties yet became weak at holding his lance for long. Roderick, who was proficient at archery, joined the Gods' Bow to provide coin for the family. Sully, being grateful for Rod's generosity, officially retired his lance and stayed at home to tend to the family crops. William loved his father dearly and would always assist him when Sully is unable to move around. William talked to his father about leaving to provide even more for his family. William even mentioned desiring to change his surname to became notable for his own deeds, not his father's. Solmunder was quite the opposite of being disappointed and gave William a big hug and told him he was proud of that decision and mentioned his own story of coming to Aldenard. To this day, William provides 45 percent of his earnings to his family and visits home every now and then. His father is his inspiration for whenever William cracks a silly pun and would think of him every time he does. ■♦Piers Chambers, (Brother) William’s Thoughts: "Piers and I never really saw eye to eye. He always tried to rival me in archery, even when his accuracy was low.." Piers is the middle child in the Chambers' family and felt he was only treated as such. He felt so much praise until William was born, and from then on he tended to resent him. William tried to show his love for his brother, but was never noticed. So he simply gave up and did not care for him. When their mother was killed in battle, there was even more disgust between the brothers. Piers always thought their mother favored William over him and he was filled with anger. Soon after, Piers left for Limsa Lominsa to get away from the family for a while. He had hoped his excile will cure his anger. In the meantime, Roderick taught William archery and became a prodigy at it. A few years passed and Piers returned home having made minor success and lost it all when he fell for a Miqo'te courtesan. He thought she truly loved him so he gave her a home in the Mist for them to live together. However, she mooched off gil after gil until she had the deed of the house and kicked him out for an Auri girl. He had but no choice to return home. Upon his return to Hyrstmill, he had noticed that the family had moved out of the hamlet and into a house in the Lavender Beds. When he found where the family was living at, he noticed William practicing archery in the yard with a target. He noticed William hit a bullseye with each shot. Piers did not like how William was better at archery than he and this refueled his anger. For the years to follow, they would pointlessly compete at archery. During one of these competitions, Piers blew a gasket and accused William of cheating everytime. William, unable to keep his cool, was about to make a shot at the target and turned to tell off Piers, but the arrow was released. The arrow flew and pierced Piers in the eye. Piers, writhing in pain screamed out obscenities toward William. William, knowing the conjury spell Cure, could have healed Piers if done immediately, but ran in fear. He came back home that night attempting to cure Piers' pain. The pain was gone, but Piers could never see in his left eye again. To this day, Piers is somewhere in Ul'Dah with his exact whereabouts unknown. William would once in a while recieve death threats from an anonymous sender, yet he could always recognize Piers' penmanship. ■Roderick Arrowe, (Half-Brother) William’s Thoughts: "Rod has always been a wonderful teacher in archery! We both show each other new tricks from time to time!" "" Non-Family ●Sugis Kevade, Lieutenant, Best friend William’s Thoughts: "For someone who's quite literally a mercenary, Sugis has done more for our company than I could imagine!" "Backstory to Character" ●Brandoon Dragoon, Lieutenant, Best friend 250px William’s Thoughts: "Brandon has always been there for me and I for him! Sometimes family does not need to be by blood." "Backstory to Character" ●Tyler the Ultimathule, Officer, Best friend 250px William’s Thoughts: "Tyler always is willing to do a me a favor anytime, and for that I am grateful!" "Backstory to Character" ●Aries (Alex) Xela, Officer, Best friend 250px William’s Thoughts: "In either's absence, we both yearn for the next time to have fun!" "Backstory to Character" ●Sven Vollfied, Officer, Friend 250px William’s Thoughts: "For a man who does not speak much often, when he does, he is open, honest, and does not hold anything back!" "Backstory to Character" ●Raven Hellkite, Best friend 250px William’s Thoughts: "Having been introduced to Ms. Raven by Sugis, I am grateful to bother her with a large supply of jokes!" "Backstory to Character" ●Darius Kinkaid, Friend William’s Thoughts: "When he is in town, we would both tease Sugis to the point of her leaving the room out of hilarity!" "Backstory to Character" ●Cody Texas, Friend 250px William’s Thoughts: "Cody is a good friend of mine, yet we do not see each other as often as we should." "Backstory to Character" ●Johann Fausty, Aquaintance 250px William’s Thoughts: "Though I do not know enough about him, I do know he truly makes Cody happy!" "Backstory to Character" ●Suvi Kevade, Friend 250px William’s Thoughts: "I swear the next time I hide a Chocobo figurine inside Suvi's house, I will be seen as a trophy on his wall." "Backstory to Character" ♦Shadow Smokeslayer, Ex Free Company Leader 250px William’s Thoughts: "The only thing I am grateful for meeting Shadow is that MERCS would not have been founded otherwise!" "Backstory to Character" Dates are included mostly for me so I can keep track of things. However, feel free to use them as references for character journals. Notable events are divided into arcs, so that you can easily find new info on each arc. An Example Organizational Tab (1/1-1/2) An Example Table (Status: Complete) (Who was Involved: Person 1, Person 2) Write about your important event here. What I am looking for/interested in: Here, you should put things you are looking for, such as romance arcs, long-term RP parters, etc. What I will NOT RP: ■ NO Erotic RolePlay. Just..no. ■ Political nonsence. ■ Dull situations. Links: William's Tumblr Template for this wiki page For William's Orchestrion Playlist About the Player: Optional section. Remove if you don't want. Annotations: This template created by Rihxo Matoi with the help of Nanagi Nagi and has pieces from the templates of Unnamed Mercenary, Roen Deneith, Cyrus Wolfe, and Coatleque Crofte. Other Stuff OOC notes. For extra fun, write at 3am. F.A.Q.'s ■ Does your character have siblings or family members in their age group? Which one are they closest with? William’s two siblings have a big age gap from William, with Piers being 9 years older and Rod being 17 years older. William is not remotely close to Piers any way. They have had too much bad blood over the years. Rod however remains very close to William, as he first taught him archery as he became a novice. Any other relatives are unknown as his father came from a family of pirates and his mother grew up in the streets of Ul’Dah. ■ What is/was your character’s relationship with their mother like? While she was still alive, she would always tell William stories of her adventures with his father each night as a child. William loved his mother dearly such that she is the true reason he kept healing. She taught him the basic heal Cure as a child. There were several instances where he became so flustered, he considered retiring his codex. Yet he remembered his mother would never give up in the heat of battle, so neither should he. ■ What is/was your character’s relationship with their father like? His relationship to his father is quite as loving as his relationship to his mother! Before Rod was actually teaching William archery, it was his father who gave him his first bow and arrow set. Even thouch his father was adept lancing, he had knew archery as well. When he presented William his own set, at roughly nine years old, his father demonstrated archery to him by taking three arrows from a quiver, placing each in his bow, and accurately shot the bullseye! William’s face was filled with awe and his love for archery began. His father’s jokes also rubbed off onto William, which eventually became everyone else’s misfortune. Every cracked pun blossomed from the sole purpose to simply make everyone happy, as his father made him. ■ Has your character ever witnessed something that fundamentally changed them? If so, does anyone else know? A year into William’s travels, having been months since he became a Warrior of Light, he was assisting the historical scholars of NOAH with emergence of the Crystal Tower. William was mainly a user of white magic and was hesitant to pick up a new skill at the time. He was tasked with preventing the realm becoming a World of Darkness. There was another healer in his group, one whose techniques differed from his own. He had not seen a healer perform abilities like these before. In duty, William took notice that their Warrior was taking too much damage at a point for William to replenish health quick enough. The Warrior got weak enough to the point where William was forced to grant him Benediction. The other healer managed to take over the main healing and was granting him aetheric shields to nullify incoming damage. William was astounded to see such a trick done in battle. After the duty was complete, he asked the other healer in the group where he learned such skills; he told him to find Alka Zolka and ask her the ways of the Nymian Scholar. Henceforth, he dedicated his following days studying the abilities of a Scholar in battle and became an adept Scholar under the great Nymian Scholar Surito Carito. ■ On an average day, what can be found in your character’s pockets? Usually pocket lint. ■ What does your OC look for in a friend? Do they value friendship a lot? What William finds for in a friend is someone who he is able to put his trust into, someone who he knows respects him as he to them, and someone who can put up with all of his dang shenanigans! Does he value friendship? Are chocobo couriers actually yellow chocobos splathered with tar? Yes! Friendship means everything to William and never wants to sever ties with someone he has grown see as a friend. ■ Is there a place they go to in order to escape the world, the stresses of life? What’s their favourite place? Whenever William feels stressed from either a poor dungeon dive or surrounded by plenty of drama, he either resides within the study of his home to review over past tomes or journeys to Tailfeather to surround himself with the chocobos within their natural habitat. Either resolution renders William at peace. ■ What are concepts they value? Virtues? What do they look down upon? William values the safety of his friends at all times within a duty. Whether he chooses to be the designated healer or a bard, he refuses to allow his party to fail, or even perish. He also values his friends above all else. As his virtues, William selects loyalty, as in to each other, and family, as in he places his family above everything else, whether it be his blood family or his friends who he looks to as a family. William looks down upon a betrayal of trust. He finds it very hard to mend broken ties, yet can turn the other cheek if necessary. ■Do they have a guilty conscience? Why? Did they ever do something they totally regretted? William is as innocent as he’s going to get. He totally does not enact shenanigans in public as the Chocobo. What if he was the Chocobo? He would not regret it one bit. He finds it hilarious to be stared at when he conducts his weekly foray into Issom-Har in his chocobo suit. However the most shenanigans he would openly admit to would be shuffling up Sugis’ books. Yet he really needs to learn to conduct his prank while she isn’t home.. ■ What are Tropes you associate with your muse? ● Bookworm since he studies old tomes he’s collected from the Gubal Library during some of Sugis’ forays, yet while he does not have a collection of tomes to amount Sugis’, his collection sums to an estimate of sixty. ● a literal Scholar, while that may be preferred healing job in duties, he tends to overly study past civilizations. He has recently taken an interest in the War of the Magi and regularly conducts expeditions to the Yafaem saltmoors for Mhach and the Wanderer’s Palace to communicate with the tonberries of Nym, if he manages to find a sane tonberry. ● Chocobo. ■ If given a million dollars, what would your OC do? “Dollars? Is that a currency? The only common currency used across Eorzea is gil, so I’ll assume the question will refer to gil.” William upon given a million gil will immediately donate a quarter to his family for however his father seems fit, a quarter to his free company to fund their move from their current base of a cottage in the Lavender Beds into a mansion of appealing scenary, a quarter to the Adventurer’s Guild for showing how even a Warrior of Light can make his start with them, and the remaining quarter for himself for various luxuries for his private house (totally not decorating it fully in chocobo decor). Other O.C.'s Relationships Sugis Kevade ■"Rumor has it that William deals in shady blackmarket business what with multiplw people seeing him go into the Kevade Mansion so often...." While that may appear so, his business at the mansion is strictly personal! He considers the “Void” officers friends! While Suvi is verbally annoyed by his jokes, William notices a smirk followed by disbelief upon his face. On occasion, he may give business advice, as he runs his free company. While he stays out of specific business details, he cares not for whatever “shady” business is conducted, yet refuses to get involved in actual dealings. Although on one instance, he proposed that Suvi hire William’s older brother to do some secretarial work. William's memories of Sugis ⭐️ One memory of William remembers is the day they first met in a duty to clear the first hall of Dzemael Darkhold. William on occasion tells Sugis how he both regrets and is grateful for that encounter. ⭐️ No matter what’s happening, whether it be a dangerous raid or utter nonsense, William and Sugis will not hesitate to be sarcastic and sassy to each other. ⭐️ William will not step one foot inside Sugis’ house. He once did and he was frightened by the sheer number of books in her house. Her house would put the Gubal Library out of business. ⭐️ How many puns does it take for William to get on Sugis’s nerves. A skele-ton. She’d punish him, but that in itself would be helping his situation. Sugis' memories of William ⭐️ Despite a slight age gap, and the fact that Will is /technically an adult/ Sugis still treats him like a child when it comes to his safety. ⭐️ Sugis quit drinking due to something that happened involving dungeon crawling, Will pressuring a drunken Ishgardian Dragoon to “Do It”, and multiple Gas Bombs. ⭐️ She likes to tease him, lightheartedly, about girls and when he’s gonna start dating to fluster him. ⭐️ If there was a gil for every time she shouted “You’re grounded” to Will… She’d probably be rich(er). ⭐️ Sugis takes the more serious marks for hunts and mercenary related stuff because she doesn’t want to see Will get hurt. Riaa Alteir Riaa's memories of William ⭐️ Riaa thinks that William is quite silly, but she appreciates it. Most people are too serious so it’s a nice change. She especially likes the OH JEEZ ⭐️ to the point now where Riaa gleefully joins in on the OH JEEZ as well. She isn’t too bothered if it’s bugging anybody, but she’s definately having fun with it, and figures if SHE’S having fun with it then William must also be having fun too and YAY FUN. ⭐️ She likes his hat. Not any specific one, just all of them. (Riaa really likes the chocobo head though, she thinks it’s hilarious.) ⭐️ (Weed-Lizard) After the pixie stix incident, Mariko is worried about the purity of her candy, and as such double-triple checks that it’s not got anything else in. She’s also a bit worried that William managed to get tweaked out like that. On candy. How even…?