William Stronger

**William Stronger**, A.K.A. **The Bloodliner Hunter**, is a serial killer who targets Bloodliners, particularly King's Heirs. He was once a priest in a small town who cared for the King's Heir Kibou.

He is currently known to have killed eight Bloodliners and is suspected of killing six more.

## History

### The New Timeline (Past)

William Stronger was the head priest in a small Sinnohan town. When a baby Kibou was left on the church's doorstep, he took her in and raised her as his own daughter.

During a party, where the Adamant Orb was being showcased, he suddenly got in a trance and grabbed the orb. He was bombarded with a vision of a future war between humans and Bloodliners. When Kibou tried to snap him out of it, she accidentally awakened her Bloodliner abilities and electrocuted him until he fell unconscious. He remained that way until a couple days later. When he awoke up, MissingNo was there stating that he will change a lot in the next seven years, he also explains what happened and clarified what the war he saw was, ultimately leading him to become the Bloodliner Hunter.

### Poison War Arc

William was directed to Vermilion City and a pair of twins that lived there by Savitore. These twins were Bloodliners with some sort of Electric-type Bloodline. He used some Dugtrio that Savitore had given him to collapse the Community Center's building on the children killing them in the process. After confirming the kills with Savitore, the other man provided him with some other Bloodliner leads in other regions, of which he chose to eliminate someone known as "The Gray Poochyena" in Hoenn.

During the helicopter ride to Hoenn, William slept and had a dream of two Bloodliners with the Z-shaped marks murdering all the inhabitants of a now ruined city, one because they wanted to, the other obviously being blackmailed into it. When he arrived in the region he first gathered intelligence in a small town from the town's head. He then proceeded into the forest accompanied by two Granbull. After searching for a while one of the Fairy-types located a small tuft of silver hair that he then had then use to track the owner's scent. The scent led to a furnished secret base and the Bloodliner in question waiting for him. He tried to defeat her with his team designed to combat Dark-types but was surprised when she used Counter as well as Rock-type moves instead. She defeated his team without taking too much damage, and when he attempted to shoot her with his gun, she knocked him out with a Stone Edge.

When he awoke, he was confronted by a girl that greatly resembled Kibou, only without the z-marks on her cheeks, taking care of him named Hope. She explained that she found him in the forest and brought him back to the Arcean church where she lived, and that the priest was out fetching medicine for him. He was resigned to wait until her recovered, but being around Hope made him think of Kibou. He missed her dearly and wished he had the chance to say goodbye to her before she ran off. He knew that she resembled the Bloodliners he hunted but denied the possibility that she was one.

When the priest had not returned for multiple days, he asked Hope about her and warned her of the danger of Bloodliners. She tried to question his views but he insisted and eventually she ran off crying. More days passed and Hope now spent very little time around him. He decided he would avenge the priest, take out The Gray Poochyena and then return to Hope to take her with him and care for her as he once did Kibou. When he snuck out a window, he was soon confronted by Hope asking where he was going. She then started accusing him of murdering innocents and that his dreams proved that not all Bloodliners were evil as he claimed. She eventually stated that he was the one bringing the war that he dreamt of. When he tried to walk away she called him his birth name, causing him to turn and see the birthmarks fade into place on her cheeks. He knew this was Kibou and that she was a Bloodliner. When he heard a howl from The Gray Poochyena behind him, his brief glance in that direction was long enough for the vision of Kibou and the church itself to vanish. He was again in the forest and set off to track his previous adversary.

When he found her she was playing with the broken Poké Balls that contained his team he brought with him. She called him from his hiding place. The battle resumed and he utilized a sonic weapon designed to incapacitate Pokémon with sensitive ears, fortunately for him she was affected as well. He tried to charge her but instead fell into another of her traps, this time a pitfall. From the hole he unleashed a gas weapon before jumping out and striking the girl with his electric baton a couple of times and stabbing her once. He paused briefly thanks to hearing Kibou's voice begging him to, and in this moment the Bloodliner used a Reversal attack to knock him away. She then retreated into her cave and sealed the entrance shut with boulders. Unable to get to her, he returned to the village he first arrived at and received medical care. When he was recovered enough he investigated the cave once more and found the girl had escaped using a different tunnel and ran away.

After speaking with Savitore, William chose the next targer and collaborated with some Team Rocket grunts in Mahogany Town, to attempt to murder Marron Armond, a thirteen year old Bloodliner girl, by causing an explosion in the girl's house during the night while she was sleeping. When he was walking away from the home, he was confronted by Frey. Before Frey could apprehend him he stunned the G-Men agent with punch to the jaw and ran away. To ensure his escape he dropped a Poké Ball disruptor that disabled Frey's balls. The murder was unsuccessful thanks to Frey managing to rescue the girl before she was killed by the flames.

### Indigo Arc

MissingNo appeared before The Bloodliner Hunter and informed him about a large ship, that had a hidden cargo of Bloodliners hoping to escape from their homes. On the ship was a Bloodliner who had stolen an evil mask that drove him mad, and spread the madness to any Bloodliners he came into contact with. He made his way to the ship, and when he arrived it was in chaos. Many of the Bloodliners on board had been corrupted and were attacking anything that moved. William used the Pokémon he had on him to clear a path for him to find the Bloodliner responsible. The perpetrator was found in the captain's room wearing the mask and The Bloodliner Hunter unloaded his entire gun's load of bullets through the mask and the thief's head upon finding him. With the main threat neutralized, he switched focus to exterminating all of the Bloodliners aboard. When he was finished, he steered the ship onto a nearby island before fleeing the scene.

### Year Two Unspecified Arc

William Stronger led a raid on Two Island with the goal of finding and murdering Fitzdane and Ciel, who were training on the island. He utilized a device that disables Poké Balls for a few hours to prevent them from calling up aid. When Fitz nearly knocked William off a cliff, he refused to be saved by a Bloodliner and decided to fall. He barely managed to survive the fall.

Over the Christmas holidays that year, William payed a visit to Frederick Swietenia, the Mahogany Town representative in the government of Johto. Frederick gave him a lost of participants in that years Silver Conference and asked him if he thought any Bloodliners were among them. William answered in the affirmative and promised if he was given the resources that he would get rid of them.

## Pokémon

### Crobat

**Moves:**

* Leech Life

### Fearow

**Moves:**

* Drill Peck

### Rhydon (2)

**Moves:**

* TBA

### Manectric

**Moves:**

* Thunder
* Flamethrower

### Octillery

**Moves:**

* Hydro Pump

### Dugtrio (Multiple)

**Moves:**

* TBA

### Grandbull (2)

**Moves:**

* Play Rough

### Pinsir

**Moves:**

* Brick Break

### Yanmega

**Ability:** Speed Boost

**Moves:**

* Ancient Power

### Kricketune

**Moves:**

* X-Scissor

### Wigglytuff

**Moves:**

* TBA

### Flareon

**Moves:**

* TBA

### Dragonite

**Moves:**

* Hyper Beam

### Golduck

**Moves:**

* Bubblebeam

### Starmie

**Moves:**

* Bubblebeam