Will Edmond

## Personality

Will is a playful guy who likes to make others smile. He is incredibly good at cheering people up and absolutely despises sadness. He isn't an overly serious guy but isn't outwardly goofy. More than anything, Will is just a genuinely nice guy. He's friendly and kind, always a good person to go to if you need a shoulder to cry on or a good laugh. Will likes to keep to himself and doesn't like drama, it stresses him out a lot. Instead, Will gravitates towards other kind people like him, focusing on bringing positivity and joy into his life over sadness.

Although he is mentally strong, Will is not an overly "tough" guy. He dislikes confrontation and would much prefer to simply live a chill existence. He is also horrible at talking about himself and his past, viewing himself as a burden on those he cares about. Instead, he changes the topic or deflects with a joke. It may be hard for people to understand just how sad and lonely someone as outwardly happy and kind as Will is. He has an impenetrable wall built up around him that is in desperate need of breaking down.

## History

William Murphy Edmond was born and raised just outside of Toronto, Canada. William is a result of a drunken night after a freshman college party where his mother, the black sheep of the Edmond family, and his sperm donor, some rich kid who's father paid his way into the school, met and did the horizontal tango. A few weeks later, Will's mom found out she was pregnant and his father left, not wanting anything to do with him.

Perhaps motherhood wasn't exactly what his eighteen year old mother wanted but she definitely stepped up to the task. She changed her university degree to a college diploma in interior design and continued school while working full time. Outside of his mother, very few family members wanted anything to do with him. From day one, it was always him and his mom against the world.

Despite being raised by a young single mother, Will had a fairly good childhood. He never went without food on the table or presents for his birthday or a roof over his head to combat cold, snowy nights. Will had his small group of friends that were his ride or dies, the lot doing everything together. He faced some bullying because of his economic status and a rather heavy lisp he spoke with until the sixth grade but Will never cared. He also discovered during this time that he was gay and immediately told his mother who loved and supported him through it all.

Life was going well until Will was thirteen and his mother was diagnosed with Stage 4 brain cancer. In a moment, his world crumbled. The only person who had been by his side through everything was given a death sentence of six to eight months. His mother moved down to a part time position, Will started picking up various jobs around town to help make ends meet. Life was tough but even through everything, his mom was still by his side.

Somehow, his mom fought past the eight month maximum and managed to live another two years until she passed shortly after Will's fifteenth birthday. Will was crushed and incredibly scared, not knowing what was going to happen to him. It was decided that he would go live with his father who volunteered to do the job after pressure from his family was laid on although the two had never met.

Will's life was packed up and moved to Oregon where he moved into his financial adviser father's penthouse in Manhattan along with his step-mother and two step-sisters. There was extreme disconnect between Will and his father, clearly he was not wanted. Will also noticed that his being gay would not be tolerated in that family due to his father's heavily homophobic views. Will was forced to throw away everything he had become and the confidence he had built with his mother just to keep a roof over his head.

It was decided shortly after moving in that Will would move and attend Silver Oak Academy to keep away from his father and the life he had built that simply did not include Will.