Will Serholt

**Will Serholt** (ウィル・セルフォルト) is the protagonist of Tsue to Tsurugi no Wistoria and a student at Ligarden Magic Academy. He is unable to use magic and relies on physical abilities to win his battles. His goal is to reach the top of the Mercedes Caulis and his childhood friend Elfaria Alvis Serholt.

## Appearance

Will has purple/blue eyes and messy black hair with a long ahoge. He usually wears his uniform consisting of a white shirt, black pants, a bolo tie, and student robe along with his glasses. When he goes to the dungeon, he wears clothes made by Rosti consisting of a striped shirt, black pants, two belts, black gloves, a shorter robe than his usual one, and the goggles given to him by his childhood friend Elfaria. Whenever he fights, he pulls down the goggles over his eyes.

## Personality

Will is hardworking and diligent in addition to his friend Colette mentioning him to be kind. He desperately tries to not fail in the academy due to his childhood promise with Elfaria of becoming Magia Vende and seeing the sunset atop the tower. Although he doesn't fight back when people make fun of him for being unable to use magic, he once questioned whether he needed to save Zion, who was bullying him, nevertheless he decided to do so anyway so he could be worthy of Elfaria. Despite this he admits during his fight and argument with Zion that he did have a grudge against him and got revenge in his mind many times over. He has been shown to compliment others without any ulterior motive, causing Colette to become embarrassed when he described her as cute. Because he is unable to use magic, he knows what it's like to be at rock bottom, and uses that knowledge to help his allies, such as when he encouraged Ignor and helped him get over his fear and inferiority.

## Abilities

**High Physical Ability**: Since he can't use magic, Will trained his body instead, and is able to easily deal with monsters with his physical ability. According to Workner, Will has superhuman strength unbefitting that of a mage, is robust like a Dwarf, has the insight to completely grasp an enemy's movements just by seeing it once, and his sword slashes surpass lightning.

**Dungeon Knowledge**: Will is shown to be knowledgeable about the dungeon, knowing things that even Ignor hadn't seen or heard about. Due to not being able to use magic, he is also skilled at dungeon survival.

**Familiar**: Will owns a familiar with a jewel on its forehead named **Kiki** (秘晶の守護獣(キキ)) that follows along with him when he goes to the dungeon. as a guardian, Kiki is able to act on its own, such as running off to get help for Will. As its name suggests, it can use a magic that can block magic attacks, with the magic being strong enough to block an attack from a Valkal on the 11th Floor.

### Equipment

**Moria's Silver Sword** (モリアの銀剣): An anti magic sword.

**Rosti's Carefully Made Battle Cloth** (ロスティ謹製の戦闘衣(バトルクロス)): Clothes made by Rosti that Will wears when exploring the dungeon.

**Goggles of Promise** (約束のゴーグル): Goggles that were given to him by Elfaria before she left Ligarden. They represent Will's promise to reach Elfaria at the top of the tower.

**Magic Items** (魔道具(マジックアイテム)): Will uses magic items made by Rosti.

## Trivia

* Will's eyes were originally blue but were later changed to their current color.
* Will currently has 7199 credits.
* Will' bio:
	+ Birthday: December 24, the same as Elfaria
	+ Likes: Ice candy
	+ Hates: Morry medicinal herbs
	+ First love: An older woman he met when he was a child