| William Morton | ||
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| Gender | Male | |
| Occupation | Junior High Student | |
| Age | 14 | |
| Status | Alive | |
| “ | I know your son wouldn't want you to die like this!! | ” |
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— Will or William Morton | ||
Will (ウィル romanized : U~iru) or William Morton (ウィリアム・モートン romanized : U~iriamu Moton) is the main protagonist of The Hanged Man. In the beginning, he appeared to have run away from his home and gotten lost during snowy weather for some unknown purpose. He's revealed to be David Hoover's half-brother, after David's father had an affair and left his family.
Appearance[]
In his first appearance, Will's face is covered by the fluffy part of his hood. Will is a young boy at age 14 that has slightly curly, short, creamy blonde hair and has light blue eyes. In The Hanged Man game during the winter season, he wears a light blue long-sleeved winter coat with pockets, with a blue collared jacket over. He also wears a white sweater under his winter coat and wears dark blue pants and black sneakers. Will carries a dark gray backpack, strapped over only his left shoulder.
In his childhood, he wears a white long-sleeved shirt with blue sleeves and black shorts.
Will in first appearance in The Hanged Man game, walking in the town with snowy weather.
Uri mentioned on her Twitter that Will is 153 cm (5 ft) tall.
Personality[]
At first, Will seems to be mute, as he does not speak until the scene where Pop runs away from him.
When Pop is gone, Will's true personality is shown. He is cowardly but is also a very sensitive, caring, and imaginative person. He is short-tempered when irritated, but is also a good kid who loves animals. He deeply cares about people and his friends. He is able to see strange entities, who were his "friends"; Mime, Murdoc, Misery, and Old Billy. These entities only started appearing when he first talked to the Hanged Man when he was young.
Despite how considerate Will can be, he seems to strongly distrust other people and doesn't speak his thoughts even to his mother or friends. But during the accident to find Pop in the Abandoned Hospital, Will begins to trust other people as well as starting to speaking his mind to the people around him.
Background[]
Will was born after David's father had an affair and left his former family to marry his mother, Cindy Morton, who was already pregnant with him. Six years later, Will's father died from his illness and since then he lives with his mother.
In his childhood, one day he talked with "The Hanged Man." Since that day he can see strange entities (such as Mime, Murdoc, Misery, Old Billy and Pop, but Will saved Pop from a mouse trap while he was in elementary school and has been with him since, while the other four entities disappeared), but no one believed him when he mentioned the entities.
Eight years after Will saved Pop, he heard his mother talking about something important on the phone. He saw her crying while she was talking to the "Hoovers." It made him curious, because his mother was hardy and never showed tears before, and he wondered who was this "Hoover" person (David). After that Will discovered his father's secret, including a letter with the message: ' "You're a demon child. Someday you'll be burning in hell for your sins ', as well as a "The Hanged Man" card. He also discovered his father's diary. Inside, his father said that he abandoned his former family to marry Cindy after Will was conceived. This made Will feel guilty with himself, but also for David, who is his half-brother.
Will can't stand it anymore, and wants to apologize to David for making his family fall apart. By using the address in the memo he goes to find David's house. Before he went out, he carried Pop along, but when Pop tried to stop him, he still resisted. His character bio after Good End 2 mentions that if he got a call from his mom, he'd chicken out and come back home, so he left his phone at home and went away without saying anything.
Role[]
The Hanged Man[]
Will has a role as the main protagonist. He left his home and got lost in the town, While he's losing the way, he enters the fishing shop.
Gallery[]
See : William Morton/Gallery
Trivia[]
- He's the only protagonist who didn't show himself on the The Strange Men game jacket.
- Mentioned in Uri's Q & A in her Twitter, Will's blood-type is B.
- He's the youngest protagonist in The Strange Men Series.
- He's voiced by Morty K.
- Younger Will is voiced by Starleeter.
- Uri clarified in a Twitter post that there's nothing between Sophie and Will after the events of The Hanged Man. Sophie likes older men and Will prefers gentle and feminine girls. Sophie thinks of Will as a little brother, though.
- His birthday is on April 2nd.