William Rapace

"“The frog in the well can't communicate with the ocean creatures, as it knows the depth of the sky. It's because the frog lived inside a cramped and small space, so he knows better than anyone, how precious freedom is.”""― Oh! Great"William "Will" Þórir Rapace is the son of Sigurd Rapace and his ex-wife Minna, he is the younger brother to Alexander, Gerhard, and Stefan and is the older brother to Emilia and Viktor. He is the older half-brother to Oskar and Kristian.

William is the father of Lysandra, twins Damian and Diana, and Aidoneus with Mari Ahez whom he would eventually marry. He also has a son named Emilio with a Zecian-born named Telaena.

Early Life
William was born on February 2, 2982 upon the UAF Leiper medical shuttle as the ship was being destroyed by (*&*)'s from the 31st Century commanded by (*&*), He was born two and a half months premature. Minna had been evacuated from the severely crippled Leiper, along with the rest of the crew, and gave birth to William while Erik Rapace died piloting the Leiper into the (*&*) in a kamikaze attack.

His mother and Sigurd began an affair two years after Erik's death when William was a toddler which resulted in the conception of his sister Emilia and the two later marrying, Sigurd would adopted Alexander, Gerhard and William and raised them as there own. Minna agreed to not tell to Gerhard and William about there real father, and made Alexander promise never to tell his younger siblings the truth to spare them the pain of what really happened.

William grew up believing his father Sigurd was his biological father but when his parents divorced and overhear an argument between the two when he was a young child causing him to resent his parents for lying to him about something extremely important. During one of Sigurd and Minna arguments, Will stole his father's cherry red 1965 Chevy Corvette convertible that originally belonged to his brother Erik, Will drove it recklessly, got into a high speed chase with local police, then nearly died when he barely managed to jump out, as he drove the car into a quarry.

As he grew up, he had little sense of purpose and by the time he was a teenager, he was an aimless rebel who had found himself on the wrong side of the law on more than one occasion. He agreed to join Androdamia after talking to (*&*) after getting into a bar fight in which he also met Sara and attempted to seduce her. (*&*) pushed the young man to challenge himself and reach the greater potential he was capable of achieving, calling him "the only genius-level repeat offender in the Midwest". During the transport to the academy he gave away his motorcycle to a construction worker and became fast friends with Louis Trelane.

Personality
William is a extremely intelligent and confident young man who has a sarcastic biting wit. While being kind and very brave when the situation calls for it his at the time ex-lover Mari states "He is kind not sincere" and "Lacking any emotion responsibility to the people he takes into his life, he's just like his father".

Underneath it all William is incredibly sensitive but hide's it very well but in reality is loyal to though he cares about it such as his friends, Mari, selective members of his family, and his crewmen. He often charmed women who were attracted to his confident and mischievous manner.

Appearance
William is tall, very attractive, and fairly well-built. He has pale skin, light brown almost copper hair, and striking blue eyes. He is always clean shaven and very well dressed at all times.

Powers & Abilities
Hand-to-Hand Combatant - William has shown a penchant for melee fighting, demonstrating great mastery in unarmed combat, being strong enough to easily keep the upper hand against (*&*) for most of their fight, to fend off both him and (*&*) at the same time and to strike (*&*) different times in rapid succession with him being unable to retaliate. His fighting style is an offensive, brutal and straightforward one, relying on a great variety of punches, kicks and even headbutts, which are shown to be both strong and fast; such moves can also be combined with techniques from his Lightning Manipulation with extreme fluency to great effect: using this trademark Arcane of his, William can create lightning orbs around his arms and legs before connecting punches and kicks, increasing their striking power in a way similar to Nadia's water, move around much faster, propelling himself towards his opponents, by surrounding his entire body with lightning, and empower his connecting strikes by summoning forth lightning from the sky to accompany his motions.

Arcane
Crown Flash - William possesses an manipulator-type which also him to manipulate and control lightning though he often doesn't use this power it has great potential if he perfected his Arcane power instead of pretending like it doesn't exist.


 * Lightning Manipulation - William is able to perfectly generate and manipulate lightning. He originally only could due discharged attacks, though under Markos Ahez tutelage he forced and pushed William to learn creation and compound techniques that would allow him better control and make his ability more versatile in use.
 * Lightning Mimicry - Under Markos Ahez tutelage and later being bitten by Mari, he was able to transform his body completely into electricity. William is capable of transforming his own body into electricity, turning himself into a lightning bolt, whose size can vary from mere, fast-moving sparks to large pillars of lightning. Together with the signature intangibility of Elemental Manipulation, which allows William to let physical and magical attacks pass harmlessly through his body when he's transformed, this form also grants him some traits typical of real lightning: he's shown capable of freely moving around at high speed and to travel over long distances, rapidly appearing at his destination from places away from sight as though as he was teleporting, as well as to electrocute everything crossing his path, with the voltage of his bodily electricity being high enough to wreak havoc throughout a large airship.

Weaknesses

 * Electrical Overwhelming - If William is not careful he is able to quickly overwhelm himself and severally damage himself to the point getting several 3rd degree burns and going into cardiac arrest.

Etymology

 * William is from the Germanic name Willahelm meaning "will helmet", composed of the elements wil "will, desire" and helm "helmet, protection". Saint William of Gellone was an 8th-century cousin of Charlemagne who became a monk. The name was common among the Normans, and it became extremely popular in England after William the Conqueror was recognized as the first Norman king of England in the 11th century. From then until the modern era it has been among the most common of English names (with John, Thomas and Robert).
 * Þórir means "Thor's warrior" from the name of the Norse god Þórr (also known as Thor) combined with Old Norse vér "warrior, fighter".
 * Rapace is from French and Italian rapace meaning "predatory, bird of prey, raptor".

Trivia

 * William is a descent of Laura Bergnéhr and Lucretia Magnusdotter Gyllenhielm through his mother's side.
 * He was named after his own mother as her full name is "Wilhelmina" though she is often called "Minna" for short.
 * His hobbies are card games especially poker, jazz music, and trying new recipes.
 * Will is also a fan of football.
 * Will's favorite dishes is crayfish seasoned with fresh dill and boiled in salt, with side dishes of dumplings with the insides of savory pork and potatoes, raggmunk and a bowl of lemon custard. Along with a glass of Akvavit.
 * William's mother Minna raised him in atheist humanist environment where as his father Sigurd raised him in a religious militarist environment.