Will D Zauberer

**Will D Zauberer** is a primary protagonist of the oneshot Symphony of Blade and Blood

## Appearance

Will is a tan skinned half-elf with green eyes who stands at 5'5" and weighs 132 pounds. Will has the look of a frazzled ginger, and his curly orange hair sticks out in what seems to be every direction possible. Ever since he was deaged by his wild magic, all of his clothes became too large to fit him, so he borrowed a pair of pants and boots, and wears his oversized cloak to cover everything else. He has 3 daggers strapped to his belt along with a light cross bow on his back and both the tips of his hair, as well as the bottom of the cloak are slightly singed. Will also has a ring on his right middle finger that he fiddles with when he is nervous. The ring has the words hethalos carved into it, elvish for big storm.

## Story

### Early Life

Similar to many of the half elves Will knew, he had a divided family unit growing up, with his father wanting him to become a ranger and his mother wanting him to learn magic. Originally, his parents planned for Will to learn martial skills from his father while his yet to be born sister learned magic from his mother. However, due to complications during childbirth, his sister did not survive, and his parents' dreams were shattered. Knowing there was no way Will would be able to learn martial skills and magic at the same time and wanting her child to be able to wield magic, his mother brought him to the Feywild where one of her old acquaintances blessed Will in exchange for his mother's eternal servitude. This happened when Will was a child, leaving him with only faint memories of his mother and a father who had suffered a great amount of grief, losing both wife and child in the span of less than a year. Believing that he would be unable to be a good father and not knowing how to deal with the wild magic surges from Will, Will's father sent Will off to an orphanage, but made sure to stay in contact with letters throughout the years.

### Teenage Years and Young Adulthood

Throughout his teens, Will began to look fondly upon the stories his father told him of being in the army for the Church of Gnosi. Wanting to make a name for himself and wanting to hopefully understand his father more, Will joined the army as soon as he was allowed to. His great ability with magic allowed him to rise quickly in the ranks and by the time he was 21, he was already leading squads of troops into battle. During one of the battles, while Will was casting magic amidst his troops, he was unable to fully control the magic that surged through him and as a result, a fireball went off centered around him, killing everyone in his squad except for him. This memory has haunted him ever since and when he is able to, he tries to be deployed as a singular unit rather than with a troop, and this way the only life that he will endanger is his own. Since then, he has also doubled his efforts into trying to control his wild magic so that something that tragic doesn't happen again.

### Symphony of Blade and Blood

Just prior to the start of the Symphony of Blade and Blood, Will was on a mission where his magic surged again, causing him to deage about 17 years, which led to a slight bit of confusion as he appeared to be the youngest commander present. During the strategy meeting, Will tried to convince the High Guard Sunborn that it would be better if he didn't command a unit during the battle, but the High Guard Sunborn insisted on Will leading and told Will to trust himself. During the strategy meeting, it was decided that most of the army would crash down on the left flank of the enemy while Will and Atlas did their best to hold off the right flank.

When the actual battle started, Will softened up the left flank with some long-ranged fireballs before focusing his destructive magic on the right flank that was beginning to charge towards him. When the enemy calvary got too close, Will summoned a wall of light, which blinded the calvary, allowed his troops to easily take care of the units that were in disarray. At the same time, Will supported his fellow commanders with their magic by bending luck whenever he could, which caused the giant to be taken down much quicker than what would have been possible otherwise. Halfway through the battle, Atlas teleported away, leaving her archers under the command of Will. As the right flank bore down on him and his troops, Will began drawing on more powerful magic, decimating the enemy and allowing his troops to do the cleanup work. Near the end of the fight, Will finally lost his grasp on the magic building up inside of him, and the surge that burst out caused illusory butterflies to form around him, a serene sight amidst all of the chaos and death in front of him.

As the main battle was winding down, one of the antagonists, the former cloak, tried to kill Maithamir with a spell, but Will was able to counterspell it and protect Maithamir from harm.

## Personality

Will has a very scattered personality, and it seems that the way his magic surges randomly has had a great toll on his mental health. He often stutters over his words and speaks as if he is scared the mere act of speaking will cause something bad to happen.

Will cares deeply for the lives of those he deems his friends. He would rather die than see any harm come to them, which is why the death of his squad by his hands affected him so greatly.

## Relationships

Will has an amicable relationship with those that he serves with in the army. He tries his best to not build any strong relations as he is afraid of losing those close to him, and he figures that by keeping everyone at a distance he will be able to protect both them and himself. Will doesn't outright hate anybody, except for those who hurt his friends, and they often don't last much longer after doing so.

With his father, Will has a somewhat distant relationship, they haven't talked face to face in years and only really correspond through the occasional letter. On the other hand, Will has essentially no relationship with his mother as he believes she died. Will also doesn't know about his dead sister.

## Other Notes

### Fun facts

* Will was acknowledged by the cloak as not an insignificant being
	+ "Look at those insignificant beings...(sees Will decimate about 300 people)... okay maybe not that one, that one's kinda powerful"
* Will's name essentially spells out wild magic, Zauberer means Magician in german, so Will + D + Magician = Wild Magician
* Will and his units had more kills than the rest of the group combined, but never actually advanced his troops
* The counterspell that Will managed to pull off was a DC 19, in the words of the DM "Well that's kind of underwhelming"
* Tony the Phony began worshipping Will as a god
* Will doesn't really know where his magic comes from, he just assumed he got it from his mother, who he knew could wield magic.
* Renais got angry with his mages when they were unable to be nearly as destructive as Will

### Notable Items

* The ring Will has is a gift, which was given to him by his mother just before she left him, it is also his arcane focus.