Editing Erwilian "Wil" Fletcher (section)

== History ==
By all rights, Wil should have made an excellent slave. Quiet, self-effacing, never any trouble to anyone for any reason. Always did what he was told, without a word of complaint. Alas, he couldn't stop thinking. And questioning, always questioning. Fortunately enough, he learned very early on that it was best to keep his questions to himself. That didn't stop him from wanting answers, though.<br />

Even now, some twelve years later, Wil's not certain what made him stow away aboard the Gilded Serpent. It wasn't an impressive looking ship, nor did the crew particularly friendly. But he saw the opportunity, he supposes, and he took it. And one month later, a month of sea-sickness, hiding from sailors, and stealing scraps of food, he knew that it had been the right choice after all.<br />

He snuck ashore when the ship docked at Onwat, and spent the next several months living by his wits. Barely. At least until he fell in with Paraet the Loquacious. Paraet, the famed scholar, storyteller, bard, and thief. Mainly thief, in those days. He took the young Wil under his wing, introduced him to the wonders of the written world, and regaled him with stories of adventure and wonder. Some of them were even true.<br />

But...not many.<br />

When Paraet lost his head, all too literally, on the road to Rel Mord (a certain self-styled "Bandit King", who still bore a grudge over some admittedly libelous lyrics that Paraet had penned some two decades earlier), Wil found himself alone again. But this time, much better equipped to make his own way in the world.<br />

For nearly a decade now, Wil has been wandering from town to city to village. He's been a teacher, a scribe, a gravedigger, and a storyteller. He collects knowledge the way that others accumulate coins, but it's never enough. There's always so much more to learn....