William Blake (character)

William Blake is a recurrent character in the works of British author David Hambling, and the primary focus of a story cycle to which he lends his name.
==Overview==
Born in the early 20th century, by the 1920s Blake was one of the Bright Young Things, a term given to the post-World War I generation of the London party scene. While studying for his PhD, he made a living by tutoring promising lower-achievers, at that time renting a room in the house of an older couple by the name of Hall.
Blake was never to finish his degree, however, as a result of an encounter with an extra-dimensional entity; the same encounter left him with near-fatal injuries, killing most of his friends and putting the two other survivors forever beyond his reach.
Later in life, Blake would become a teacher, living a semi-itinerant life and moving regularly in an effort to leave his past behind him.
In late 1936, Blake was recruited by an old school friend to try and help his 8-year-old son, who had suddenly and inexplicably suffered a drastic personality change. During the course of his efforts, he discovered that the boy had been taken over by an advanced extraterrestrial being intent on finding ways to affect the course of an aeons-long war. Although he was successful in returning the boy to his own body, the being simply transferred itself to his father, an act Blake was helpless to affect.
==Appearances==
*"The Dulwich Horror of 1927" (2013)
*"The Monsters in the Park" (2013)
Category:Humans
Category:Characters Originating From Expanded Mythos Works