PLAYER: William Gray	CHARACTER: William Gray
PRONOUNS: he/him AGE: 43 ORIENTATION: Bi-curious LOCATION: Naples, Italy OCCUPATION: Financial advisor	GENDER: <M> AGE: Adult ENABLE PKMN SPEECH? No PAIN THRESHOLD: Reduced TRAINER CLASS: Gardener

OUT OF THE GAME TW: Death during childbirth, suicide. Neither described in detail. William is an older man who is currently on sick leave due to mental health issues caused by the sudden death of his daughter Lucy. William grew up in Naples as the only child; he lived with his mother in a small apartment. Despite struggling financially as a single parent, William's mother did wonderfully in providing William a happy childhood free of worry. In truth, William only understood how much his mother had struggled long after becoming an adult. While his mother has since passed due to old age, William adores his mother and often talks about what a wonderful woman she was. When it came to education, William always took it seriously. Despite lacking any big career ambitions, William dreamed of owning a house with a garden where he could dig a small pond to for the wildlife. This led William, who admittedly enjoyed studying to begin with, to get good grades throughout his time in school and even earned him a scholarship to a university in the United States. During his time in the United States, William met his wife Sarah. The pair worked well together and what had started as a mutual respect and friendship bloomed into a wholesome relationship. Together they made the decision to move back to Maples after university to work for a company providing loans and support to startups. William remembers his university dreams fondly due to his memories with his wife despite the amount of work necessary to do well in a school of such calibre. When the pair had eventually earned enough for a downpayment on a pleasant little house with a garden, it quickly became apparent that Sarah was pregnant. Overjoyed by the news, the pair spent months talking baby names, decorating the nursery and making sure the house and garden were completely baby-safe. It was the best time of William's life; those nine months are something the man misses dearly and would give anything to relive. It was due to complications with the pregnancy that Lucy, their beloved daughter, was born prematurely and that Sarah, the love of William's life, passed soon after the birth. Despite being devastated by the turn of events, William always saw it as a blessing that Sarah at least was able to hold their daughter in her arms before passing. Since the death of his wife, William has worked extremely hard as a single father to provide for his daughter. It was no secret that Lucy grew up spoiled, always getting whatever gifts she wished for and being taken on vacations in and out of the country at least once a year. Despite all of this, William thinks he failed his daughter as he failed to realize how much his daughter was going through in her personal life. Years passed by with William being under the illusion that he and his daughter were close, that Lucy trusted him with her life, only for everything to come crashing down. A month prior to graduating from high school, William received a call informing him of the fact that Lucy had taken her life at school by jumping down from the roof. The subsequent investigation revealed that his daughter had been bullied for years; the fact that she'd not once mentioned it to William completely broke what little was left of the man who'd lost everything. It has now been slightly over a year since Lucy's funeral and William has finally begun cleaning out her room. In the process of doing so, William discovered the VR set he'd bought for her for the last Christmas they'd spent together. Remembering how happy the set had made her and all the times she told him about a game called UNOVR, giddy with excitement has led to William trying out the game for himself as he tries to hold on to the happy memories of his daughter. As he begins to explore the world of UNOVR, William only wishes he'd taken the time to properly learn about the game and play alongside his daughter. Unaware of the built-in VPN that allows William to connect to the game not currently available in the region, the older man has set out to explore the game to gain a better understanding of her late daughter.

INSIDE THE GAME William has not quite grasped the idea of "pretending to be someone else" in games and as such has created an avatar as close to his real self as possible. William in the game is a genuine person who is making the effort to be kind and understanding of those around him. William has since realized that UNOVR was a form of escapism that kept her daughter going for as long as it did, he does his absolute best to only be kind to the players he encounters and cheer them on in their travels, even if he still struggles to understand the controls and concept of the game. That being said, William is completely new to the world of Pokemon. He's a man who's only seen a few episodes of Pokemon on the TV when Lucy had been watching them and as such has incredibly limited knowledge of what most people would consider basic knowledge. It will not be an uncommon sight to see this man learn by trial and error, or by indulging in pointlessly long tutorials as he does his best to learn how to play the game. He is admittedly rather embarrassed at his lack of knowledge. As if being unfamiliar with Pokemon wasn't making it hard enough for William to immerse himself in the world of the game, the man has also not played a single videogame since university. In short, William is an incredibly kind, older gentleman with little-to-no knowledge of the game he has decided to immerse himself in.

FACE CLAIMS IRL CHARACTER - ORIGINAL ARTWORK PLAYER CHARACTER - PEPPERJACKS PICREW

OOC NAME Mothimistic

STARTER PKMN Do you want to receive your starter in-character at the Starter Lab? YES, AND RANDOMIZE MY STARTER!