Michael Williamson

> I have to harvest all the Dark Spores in order for me to fulfill my deepest desire. I've always wanted to go to the Digital World.
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> Michael Williamson

> Don't worry!, I'll always be here inside the Digital World! I shall protect it! Goodbye, Digidestined... and thank you!
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> Michael Williamson's last words

**Michael Williamson** (played by Mark Strong) is a tragic character, with many facets to his personality. In his core, he is very curious and intelligent, though extremely shy and lacking in self-esteem. He is easily obsessed with things he likes, such as the Digital World and his only friend, Harold (Cody's father). After getting possessed by Myotismon, his personality became heavily influenced by the demonic entity possessing him. He became haughty, arrogant and cold, and more than a bit impatient and short-tempered.

## History

Michael was a shy and lonely British child but eventually befriended Cody's father, Harold now passed. Michael and his friend always wanted to go to the Digital World, but it seemed to be impossible. Paul, Harold's father, became worried about his son's obsession and decided to take the video games away from them. Since he felt Hiroki spent too much time with Michael, Paul tried to separate them and forbade Michael from entering his house again. Although the two were heartbroken, they remained friends. The two made a promise that one day they will visit the Digital World together.

When they entered collage, Harold and Michael started working on a project that would help them get to the Digital World. Michael became a computer programmer working along with Ken's father, while Harold became a police officer. In 2011, Harold got married to a woman named Frances and the two had a son, Cody, though Michael didn't have much contact with either. In 2013, following the battle between Parrotmon and Greymon in San Francisco, Michael went there to investigate along with Looker and T.K. and Matt's mother. At this point, Michael hypothesized that it was a gateway to the Digital World. In 2016, while on duty, Harold took a bullet for an important figure and died. Michael took it very hard, and never got over the death of his only friend. On 2017, he was on the rail at Golden Gate Bridge after a year after his friend's death, watching tearfully as the Digital World appeared in the sky; it is implied that he was going to commit suicide at the Golden Gate Bridge. Michael held up a framed picture of Harold to the sky while crying that Harold is unable to see their dream realized. At that time, Michael also saw the original DigiDestined returning to the Digital World to fight the Dark Masters and yells for the children to take him with them but were unable to hear him since he was far away at the Golden Gate Bridge. then a disembodied spirit of Myotismon offered to help him get to the Digital World. The desperate Michael agreed, and Myotismon entered his body, from then on acting as a latent force that directed Michael's plans, actions and this conspiracy.

Following the possession, he became even darker in demeanor, his skin became sallow and his obsession with the Digital World grew increasingly unhealthy. Despite not being consciously aware of the evil entity he was hosting in his body and influencing his actions, Michael gained from Myotismon the idea and knowledge of how to create Digimon to serve him. Combining data with his own blood DNA, Arukenimon and Mummymon were created with the purpose of doing his bidding and in some way sending a part of himself to the Digital World. But while they could travel to the Digital World, he still could not, and seeing his creations freely wandering the Digital World only made him yearn to be there even more. He soon came to the conclusion that he would have to weaken the boundaries between the worlds to accomplish this. When he saw Ken at the funeral of the boy's older brother and sensed the Dark Spore residing in his neck, he manipulated Ken into becoming the Digimon Emperor.

Three years later, as the Digimon Emperor was doing creating nothing but pain and suffering to the other Digimon, it turned out that he was just a pawn. Michael's plan was to spread the Dark Spores that was inside Ken, to other kids, so he can enter the Digital World. However an evil spirit who took over wanted the spores so he can revive the King of the Undead known as Myotismon.

After the other Dark Spores had grown strong enough to bloom into flowers, Michael gathered all of the children together in San Francisco and used the Dark Spores to try and open a gate to the Digital World. Then one night Looker got into and broke into his house to investigate without him there. Looker guesses that the password to his laptop is "Digimon" and he finds out that he was possessed by Myotismon! where he find Michael's email send to Ken with Myotismon's signature instead of his name, pictures of the Dark Ring and Spiral and the Control Spire and even Myotismon's previous victims and realizes Myotismon behind all those plans and this conspiracy and was blowing to destroy Earth and the Digital World. However, he did not know that BlackWarGreymon and BlackMetalGarurumon had sealed the gate with the last of their power. It turns out that the spirit of Myotismon took control of Michael because he was upset that both his best friend was dead and his only way into the Digital World was out of reach. Myotismon sensed this, and made Michael open up a portal to an entirely different world, the world of dreams. He entered the portal along with the Dark Spore children, his henchmen, Looker and the younger DigiDestined, who made it through the portal at the last second. Michael was confused when he realized he didn't reach the Digital World, and Myotismon's spirit used the powers of the dream world to remind Michael that he had possessed him. Following this, Michael fell to his knees in pain and the spirit of Myotismon separated from his body and assumed his appearance before absorbing the Dark Spores of the children to complete his rebirth, transforming himself into MaloMyotismon.

After MaloMyotismon was defeated, Cody went back to the world of dreams through a rip that was created in the barrier between the worlds, and tried to bring Michael to the Digital World. Thanks to his best friend's son, he finally got an actual glimpse of the Digital World, and met the Digimon he had seen so long ago in the video game he once played with Harold, Datirimon, who joyfully announced that he was Michael's partner Digimon. Unfortunately, Michael's body was so badly weakened that despite being only inches away, he was unable to enter the world that he so badly aspired to reach. Knowing that he had little time left to live, Michael sincerely apologized to the DigiDestined for what he had done and have no idea had did and finally knew what Myotismon did, and expressed regret that he'd never allowed himself to open up to others, as it was part of the reason he'd become such a miserable person and was so easily exploited. He then proceeded to use the power of the world of dreams and sacrificed himself to repair the damaged Digital World with his own being, changing his dying body and soul into data (shown in the form of a swarm of glowing iridescent butterflies). His spirit lives on as a part of the Digital World itself. This makes Michael the first and only known Digidestined (as he has a partner Digimon) to die and never revive, though he was too dangerous to be kept alive.

## Creation Digimon

* Arukenimon
* Mummymon