Wilhelm

****Wilhelm**** is a cyborg who serves Handsome Jack, and who nearly killed the original Vault Hunters after the events of *Borderlands*. He is one of the bosses in *Borderlands 2*, and is the "Enforcer" class playable character in *Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel*.

## Background

As a child, **Wilhelm** had a mild case of Bone Waste that required him to get cybernetic implants at an early age, which would develop into a full-out addiction to cybernetics and a desire to become a full-on robot later in his life. He became a mercenary due to the fact that, in his own words: "as a kid/teenager, I was good at fights". He would go on to become the galaxy's most famous mercenary, having fought for every corporation and gaining a kill count equivalent to the population of a small country though his failure to protect either a president or an orphanage made it harder to get jobs in the inner world. At some point, he was hired by Jack as a Vault Hunter on Elpis for a few million dollars, helping him in his rise to power and eventually becoming his chief minion.

## Involvement

**Wilhelm** is the first major boss of *Borderlands 2*. He is mentioned multiple times by the Guardian Angel, with considerable trepidation, before he is fought at the End of the Line.

Physically he is part Hyperion loader, with his body from the waist down replaced with loader legs. From the waist up, **Wilhelm** resembles an engineer with a constructor's optic sensor in the place of his right eye. **Wilhelm** also bears a shoulder-mounted mortar, which he uses for ranged attacks.

## Quotes

### Personal ECHO Recorder (Neural Backup)

Jack: Hey, **Wilhelm**. You wanna come to the moon and hunt a Vault for me?

**Wilhelm**: No.

Jack: I'll pay you a couple million dollars.

**Wilhelm**: Okay.

**Wilhelm** (commenting): Yep. That's my backstory.

### Robotic Aspirations

Portrait of a Young Man: Learn more about **Wilhelm** the Enforcer.

ECHO 1:

Interviewer: **Wilhelm**, you've risen to prominence as one of the foremost mercenaries in the galaxy. But you had humble beginnings, did you not? A life no different from any other. What spurred you down your path of ultraviolence? What confluence of events, what changing winds of circumstance and privilege led you to sit right here in front of me, dictating your autobiography?

**Wilhelm**: As a kid I was good at fights.

ECHO 2:

Interviewer: Let's move into later years. Puberty. The teenage years. A difficult time for anyone, perhaps more difficult for you, yes? Coming from a violent childhood, a broken home, possessing little intelligence: tell me, how did you get on with your peers? Take me inside your mind.

**Wilhelm**: When I was a teenager I was good at fights.

ECHO 3:

Interviewer: What about the man you are now? Who is **Wilhelm the Enforcer**? What drives him? What are his likes, his dislikes? Please give me an answer which does not include the word "fights".

**Wilhelm**: I like steak and robots.

ECHO 4:

Interviewer: This has been an extraordinary waste of time. What's the point of you, **Wilhelm**? What do you even want out of life?

**Wilhelm**: I'm really good at killing people. I wanna be a robot.

Interviewer: That's pretty weird.

Upon completing:

**Wilhelm** (commenting): Those were my personal emotions! I feel violated. Nobody can know I like steak!

## Skills

### Hunter-Killer

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