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| ====== William Davenport ====== | ====== William Davenport ====== |
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| William Davenport is the main character of the [[story:start|Will Story]] (working title). He's a young adult in his early 20s who begins the story as a magi-apprentice at the magic academy on [[story:myrah|Myrah]], the grey world. He's from a non-magi family but he shows a lot of magical aptitude. Given that, he was taken from his family at a very young age (around 4 or 5) to attend the academy and move into the elite class that runs their society. Although his parents are merely a shadow in his memories, he still remembers their unconditional love and determination to make every day better than the last. | William Davenport is the main character of the [[story:start|Will Story]] (working title). He's a young adult in his early 20s who begins the story as a magi-apprentice at the magic academy on [[story:myrah|Myrah]], the grey world. He's from a non-magi family but he shows a lot of magical aptitude. Given that, he was taken from his family at a very young age (around 4 or 5) to attend the academy and move into the elite class that runs their society. Although his parents are merely a shadow in his memories, he still remembers their unconditional love and determination to make every day better than the last. |
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| As he progresses, Will meets Julia as well as discovers multi-dimensional versions of characters with a variety of backgrounds and dispositions. He'll learn over the course of the story that a person's unique situation isn't just driven by fate, but instead by the culture they are raised in. He'll eventually becomes nostalgic for his home and guilty that he's able to see freedom while so many of his compatriots are still stuck in an oppressive home. This pressures him to return and try to fix his homeworld's society. | As he progresses, Will meets Julia as well as discovers multi-dimensional versions of characters with a variety of backgrounds and dispositions. He'll learn over the course of the story that a person's unique situation isn't just driven by fate, but instead by the culture they are raised in. He'll eventually becomes nostalgic for his home and guilty that he's able to see freedom while so many of his compatriots are still stuck in an oppressive home. This pressures him to return and try to fix his homeworld's society. |
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| In the current draft, Will will eventually meet Julie, who herself is a powerful sorceress from another dimensional world. She's been calling him across the void between worlds. Julie is evil and power-hungry but needs Will's goodness in a 'yin to my yang' situation that lets her increase her power with his. It turns out that Will, Julie, Julia, and another character (Marcus) are all the same 'person' or 'soul' but are each completely unique people with different attitudes. This is when Will realizes people are shaped by their environments. | In the current draft, Will will eventually meet Julie, who herself is a powerful sorceress dictator from another dimensional world. It's actually Julie who's been calling him across the void. She is a 'devouring mother' archtype and needs Will's goodness and magical ability to increase her own power and further subjugate her world. It turns out that Will, Julie, Julia, and another character (Marcus) are all the same 'person' or 'soul' but are each completely unique people with different attitudes. Will not only comes to realize that people are shaped by their environments, but also that all of these people live inside him and his ultimate conquering of Julie and Myrah require that he integrate these different sides of himself. |
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| | ===== William's Staff ===== |
| | {{ story:willsstaff.jpg?200px}}//Note the image is a draft for inspiration only.// |
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| | William’s staff is a practical, three-section modular quarterstaff around 5 feet in length, crafted primarily from lightweight, flexible willow and designed to serve as both arcane focus and combat tool for a third-rank Myrah magi. It consists of a knobby head, a main shaft, and a reinforced foot, joined at reinforced connection points wrapped in slightly protruding leather grips for secure handling during incantations, shielding, or defensive swings. The head bears Will’s own hand-hewn runes—etched after several painstaking attempts to optimize arcana flow—while the entire length is scuffed and scarred from years of academy drills. This utilitarian design is a reliable, repairable conduit for lightning orbs, wind barriers, or dimensional jumps. |
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