Gender: Male
Species: Human
Height: 6ft 3"
Occupation: Swordsman - Knight. He's worked any number of odd jobs, mostly physical labour or running errands.
Appearance: William has warm hazel eyes, and an easy smile. He has scruffy stubble along his jaw, the same dark brown as his floppy hair. He may be a bit rough and scruffy, but he certainly has sent many village lasses giggling into their hands, he's quite a handsome fellow. He's fairly muscular, with broad shoulders, but also quite lean, since his muscles were built for manual labour rather than for show. Hard work has also roughened his hands, more so than his sister's hands. He has a selection of scars, chronicling an active lifestyle, and a few foolish ideas that he came to regret. Namely that one time he climbed into an orchard that turned out to have a guard dog.
Usually, William will be wearing a grey shirt, slightly patched black trousers, and hardy boots, much like Amity. However, he wears an unfastened leather jerkin, rough, well worn gloves and a pair of leather bracers on top of the outfit. He also wears a belt similar to Amity's, though instead of a quiver, he has a sword at his hip, and it doesn't have the same buckle. Instead, he wears an identical pendant, shaped like a shield and emblazoned with a wolf. William's sword is a plain affair, but it's clearly well made and high quality. It has a bright blue hilt and a barely visible shield shape pressed into the handguard.
William very rarely changes his overall style. He sometimes removes the jerkin if it's warm, but like Amity, he only wears a cloak if the weather demands it. He never removes his pendant, and very rarely his swordbelt. He does have a formal outfit, that he only wears to special occasions under duress from Amity. This formal outfit features a dark blue shirt, grey trousers, and his usual boots, though carefully cleaned beforehand. He'll usually still wear his swordbelt, and will have his pendant tucked into the shirt.
Personality: William is a bit of a joker. He's friendly, and a bit of a flirt, though he doesn't really mean anything by the flirting. To him, it's just another version of being friendly. He enjoys anything funny, and never likes to take things too seriously, except for one thing. He always tries to be noble and honourable, he likes to live by the code his and Amity's mother taught him, but he's very easygoing about it. However, he's also got a streak for mischief, and enjoys poking fun at certain types of people, mostly very serious people. He can be impulsive, and sometimes a little bit too direct, but he means well. William likes to tease people, but he sometimes doesn't understand that there are buttons that he should not press. In fact, that could be said about most things he does. When it comes to outside forces, however, William is very protective of his friends and family. He may not have his sister's touch with nature, but he is much better with other people.
On the other hand, William does not forgive easily. He doesn't like being in situations where there's nothing he can do, he doesn't react well to being helpless, or weak. This can raise problems where he doesn't like to seek help, even when he needs it. He's got a pretty big bone to pick with the Genius, having travelled around enough to see exactly who her reign has harmed, and how. He wants to help change things, make people's lives better. However, he can sometimes start thinking it's that simple, even though part of him knows it isn't.
Magic/Abilities: William has no magic, but he is a skilled swordsman, and physically quite strong. In battle, he is extremely good at reading what his opponents are about to do, bordering on precognition, and in turn can encourage his opponents to accidentally put him at an advantage. He follows a code of chivalry, such as never fighting an unarmed person, or striking someone who is unaware of his presence, however he can be quite cunning in battle. He has some survival training, but much less than Amity, and he also knows quite a bit about fixing things, like carts and roofs.
History: William has a vague half-memory, of a tall, strong man, who had all too much cruelty in his heart, fighting his and Amity's mother, blade to blade. However, this memory is ephemeral at best, and either way, he vastly prefers the more solid memories of his life after he was taken in by his and Amity's mother. He has a very strong feeling that their mother is a much better person than that man.
Amity and William have never stayed in one place too long. Since they took in William, they lived with their mother out of a wagon, with about 7 other small families forming a large nomadic family. While it didn't take the pair long to realise that William was adopted, they agreed at a young age not to acknowledge that fact, treating each other as they had always treated each other. William soon after realised that the way their family lived was not quite normal, that travelling from place to place in old wagons, hiding various antique trinkets, all baring the same coat of arms, amongst them, and practicing swordsmanship, which their mother taught to William, despite whispers from passerby about it being 'outdated'. When William turned 13, their mother explained why to him and Amity. They've kept the secret to themselves ever since. As far as they're concerned, all anyone needs to know is that their caravan trundles into town when it needs to, and leaves the same night.
What was the secret? That's for me to know, and you to find out!
A knight is sworn to valour
His heart knows only virtue
His blade defends the helpless
His might upholds the weak
His word speaks only truth
His wrath undoes the wicked