Will Thackery
Played by: Tish (snoopthulhu)
William Helaman Thackery (a.k.a. Will)
Physical Description
General Physical Condition
Fae: Blue skin.
Body Features
Facial Features
Physical quirks
Apparel & Accessories
- Pocket Knife, Billy Club, Stilleto
- A leather bomber jacket (armor)
- Cane
- a pocketwatch with the Troll symbol on the face, and on the back face two golden apples - one with a bite out of it. Inside front face enscription reads "To the Hopeful Nobles of House Dougal" (given to him by Olivier Dumaine)
Specialized Equipment
Mental characteristics
Personal history
1933
December 28th - Born in Worcester, Massachusetts.1939
Parentification starts.1949
At 16, lied to the army about age and enrolled during the Korean War. Didn't tell parents. Left note and took off in the middle of the night before he had to report for duty leaving a note. Family called him Billy, he despises it. This is why he goes by Will now. Never talks about his middle name.Mental Trauma
Personality Characteristics
Personality Quirks
Social
Family Ties
Parents
David William Thackery
- Active LDS convert. (Nothing more fanatic than a convert).
- Had Will at 24.
- Owner of Thackery & Son's Plumbing.
- Appearances are everything.
- No contact. Though does have Will's phone number.
Martha Elizabeth née McBride
- No contact
- Had Will at 17.
- Parentified Will early (around 5) making him give bottles and change diapers. Trying to make Will soothe them when crying.
- Today blames Will for encouraging those children who have fallen away from the church "due to his evil influence."
- Will will sometimes refer to his mom as Mayzie after the bird in the Dr. Suess story Horton Hatches the Egg, drawing parallels to the story and how he felt growing up.
- Hadn't cooked a meal for herself from the time Will was 9 until Ben left for Vietnam in 1967.
- Always acts as if she does everything.
Siblings
1935: Robert (Bobby) Nephi
- Served Mission: Montana.
- Active LDS.
- Married, 6 children.
- Works with father as plumber.
- Bitter about being forced to become a plumber (It was supposed to be Will.)
- No contact.
1937: Stephen (Stevie) Lehi
- Twin of Sariah.
- Served Mission: Hawaii.
- Active LDS.
- Currently teaching Foundations of the Restoration at BYU Hawaii.
- Married with 7 children.
- Low contact, maybe just holiday cards - or at least their wife sends them with the family update at Christmas.
1937: Sariah Davida
- Twin of Stephen.
- Active LDS.
- Got a full ride to BYU for Geneology - Graduated with a degree.
- Got married the summer between her freshman and sophomore year.
- First child just after graduation. 2 more after that.
- Has not used her degree for anything other than for family and friends genealogy.
- Currently lives in Salt Lake City, Utah.
- When kids go to college plans to try to get a job with Church in their geneology department.
1938: Genevieve "Genny" Alice
- First child Will really started to be parentified with.
- Active LDS.
- Married after high school.
- 9 Children.
- Man she married received a farm in La Pointe, Utah as inheritance and they went to live and work the farm.
- Sends holiday cards with family news letters.
- Always hopes for Will's return to the church.
1940: Michael "Mikey" Moroni
- Served Mission: Montreal
- Active LDS.
- Currently Massachusetts Mission President.
- After last phone call with their father, Mikey has taken over contacting Will if ever needed.
- Married with 7 children.
- Peacemaker.
- Low contact.
1941: Joseph "Joey" David
- Asshole Golden Child (Asshole then and Asshole now)
- Served Mission: Washinton D.C.
- Active LDS.
- Works for Nixon's administration - low level, but would totally brag about it.
- Married with 4 children.
- No contact.
- Stands in complete opposition of Will's beliefs.
- Fuck this guy, he killed Jimmy with stupidity.
1943: James "Jimmy" Brigham (Deceased)
- Died at the age of 14 in 1957 in an accident.
- Riding in the back of a pick up with Joey driving a bunch of friends while they threw rocks at mail boxes. Front passanger tire blew out and Jimmy was thrown from the back of the truck and landed on his head.
- Excellent athlete and always loved to laugh.
1944: Mary Elizabeth
- Identical twin of Barbara Anne.
- Actually prefers to be called by her first and middle name together.
- Princess Petty/Holier than thou.
- Went to community college for one semester before dropping out to get married and start a family.
- Her Wards Relief Society's president.
- She is that PTA mom.
- Banal af.
- Has 5 kids.
- No Contact.
- Very bitter words were said to each other at Ben's funeral. She made a comment about him selling his soul to the devil selling alcohol. Will returned that he was surprised she was allowed to get married in the temple and wear white. Almost got in a fist fight with her husband.
1944: Barbara "Barb" Anne
- Twin to Mary Elizabeth. Opposite in personality.
- Tom boy growing up into adulthood.
- Left home and the church at 17.
- Made her way across country.
- Runs a Bed and Breakfast in Vail, Colorado with her business parter, Laurie Harper.
- Not married.
- Probably the one that stays in contact with Will the most and knows the most about his life, as they are both black sheeps of the family. Letters and occasional phone calls.
- Will has never asked her about her sexuality and Barb has never told him directly.
1946: Marjorie Louise
- Headstrong.
- Went to BYU to study general ed. Took 2 year hiatus during her junior year to go on mission. Then came back and finished her studies deciding her major to be Anthropology (1971).
- Served Mission: Navaho Juni Mission (Arizona) 1967-1969. (Fell in love with the people and the culture.)
- Currently finishing up her Phd in Anthropology with a specialization in Native American Studies.
- More focused on studies than religion. She is considered inactive in the LDS church.
- Not married. Wants to concentrate on her career.
- Hasn't seen Will since Ben's funeral, but she does drop him a line every now and then since she no longer lives at home. Will sends her a little money around her birthday and such.
1948: Benjamin "Ben" Noah (Deceased)
- Sensitive child.
- Loved animals.
- After Benjamin's draft card was pulled, Will tried to get his parents to send Ben to Canada, but they wouldn't listen.
- Killed in Vietnam in 1967 after only being there a month.
- Final straw for Will with most of his family. He went no contact with everyone for awhile after Ben's funeral.
1949: Christopher "Chris" Isaac
- Daredevil as a child.
- Did exceptionally well in school.
- Got a full ride football scholarship from University of Michigan. BA in Biology - Medical (Kept him out of Vietnam)
- Currently in 3rd year of study at the University of Michigan School of Dentistry.
- Working part time in Ann Arbor at a book store over the summer.
- Inactive in the church.
- Neutral toward the family. Sees them on holidays only, but doesn't enjoy it.
Mannerisms
Hobbies & Pets
Relationships
History
When Adelaide first came to New York City, she couch surfed - going from strangers' home to strangers' home. When she played her first gig at Thackery's, and Will asked her afterwards where she was staying, he was horrified. He immediately offered his home as a place she could crash. Permanently. As Adelaide puts it, they haven't officially fucked yet, but in her mind it's just a matter of time. Of course, this didn't last. And they began dating in 1968, marrying the next year. While pregnant with their first biological child, Will and Addy adopted They adopted Ocean Madeline Rose on May 1,1970. Daniel Ezekiel Dennis Thackery was born later that year on August 15, 1970.
Commonalities & Shared Interests
They share between them two oathes: Oath of Truehearts and Oath of Mutual Amity. Will has noticed that since the encounter with the Mages that Addy has been getting more radicalized.
Shared Secrets
- Will has ptsd from Korea and experiences flashbacks that can get pretty violent/bad. Typically brought on by nightmares, or cars backfiring. Adelaide has witnessed and worked through many of these over the 6+ years she’s been living with Will, and they are the biggest reason for his reticence to take their relationship any further; he’s terrified of hurting her when waking up during an episode. The first time he experienced this, it was all she could do to convince him to let her stay and that she wasn’t afraid of him.
- Adelaide’s presence kicked off Will’s Chrysalis
- Adelaide would happily take their relationship further when he’s ready, but in the meantime she indulges as she feels and flirts unabashedly.
Relationship Reasoning
Will views Denny as a brother. Has felt so proud of seeing Denny start to come back to himself after the Gray incident. But he also feels guilty, as he feels he strong armed Denny to join House Dougal with the rest of them.
Commonalities & Shared Interests
They share an Oath of Mutual Amity.
History
Jennifer has been coming to Thackery's since she started college in NYC, and has become fast friends with its patron, Will. They talk for hours about different political movements and philosophies - he even let her stick a poster up for her feminist marches and such. Their relationship has been slightly strained since the fallout with Alice de Vries.
Commonalities & Shared Interests
Jennifer and Will shared an Oath of Fosterage (1969-1970), and now share an Oath of Mutual Amity. He views her as a sister, and has noticed her trauma coming back from the War. He would like to help her more, but feels she isn't in a headspace to hear it.
History
In 1973, Janice was moved to staff Will's new venture, with her daughter, Audrey, being hired to staff Thackery's.
Relationship Reasoning
Janice works for Will, and while she's a good waitress, it is kind of tiring to have to keep telling her that she needs to "be nice."
History
Serving in Korea together changes people... sometimes not for the better. Will is trying to help Bart as best he can, but some people just don't want to be helped... and it's getting on Will's last nerve.
Relationship Reasoning
Janice works for Will, and while she's a good waitress, it is kind of tiring to have to keep telling her that she needs to "be nice."
Commonalities & Shared Interests
Cliff and Will study history together - Cliff is the more knowledgeable on the subject, and has mentored Will in a lot of ways.
History
After joining up at the behest of the Hesperides' leige lord, Coop has become part of the motley. Amos spends a decent amount of time in Thackery's and Bart Bowman, Will, and him have been known to pal around together.
Relationship Reasoning
Will feels a kinship with coop, both being war veterans.
History
Capt. Adelaide and Will met in the aftermath of the Resurgence, and as the sidhe began to take over freeholds and flex their power, she offered to become the Hesperides' leige lord to protect them. Will and the others reluctantly agreed, but the Night of Iron Knives and the subsequent Accordance War have strained things. Will respects Adelaide for sending Amos Cooper to join the motley after Olivier Dumaine's death, but he feels that she is complicit regarding what the noble houses did to the commoners.
Commonalities & Shared Interests
Will has sworn an Oath of Fealty to Adelaide.
History
Will has known Ocean since she was born (as a friend of her biological father, Danny Rose and mother Madeline), but it was only after her father died in the Beltaine Ball attack in May 1970 that she was adopted by him. He is a doting father and fiercely protective of her.
History
Will is a doting father and fiercely protective of Daniel.
Nicknames & Petnames
Nani, a nickname given to him by his older sister, Ocean Rose.
History
Will did not know of Tamerlane's existence, though the vampire definitely knew of his. A friend and lover of Will's close friend Danny Rose, Tamerlane kept an eye on Danny and his life for several years (unable to remain close due to the increasingly important matters both had to attend to in their own worlds and the damage that Tamerlane's very presence could do to Danny). After Danny's death, Tamerlane began a watchful guardianship over Danny's daughter, Ocean Rose. Will adopted Ocean, and was unaware of this psychic guardianship over his daughter for two years before Tamerlane revealed himself. He was openly distrustful of the vampire when they met, but due to Tamerlane's clear affection for the Rose family and Tamerlane's help with Lhandren, he has grown to trust Tamerlane more.
Nicknames & Petnames
Tammy, a nickname given to Tamerlane by Ocean.
History
Alice de Vries was the girlfriend of Jennifer Lyons when Will and her first met. She was soon Enchanted by Jennifer and fell in love with the Changeling world and approached Will's wife, Adelaide Peters, to be permanently Enchanted, which Addy agreed to. She worked for several years with Will and Addy as an on-call babysitter for them, even quitting her job to be more present for the children, but became increasingly disenchanted (in the emotional sense) that she would always be set apart from the fae that she had become friends with. When she admitted that she was frustrated with the fact that she was unable to fully enter the Changeling world and that she felt that she had given up her life for something that she could never be a part of, Will was offended. He felt that she was accusing the motley of using her as nothing but a babysitter and looking down on her for being human. He is cordial, but very surface level with her now, and will no longer allow her to babysit Ocean Rose or Daniel Thackery. He would have nothing to do with her if she wasn't dating Jennifer. He has been honest with his feelings regarding Alice. Jennifer is family, and Will knows that to be mean to Alice will only drive Jennifer away so he tries to stay more out of the way when she's around so she isn't uncomfortable.
CHARACTER BREAKDOWN
- Kith: Troll
- Court: Seelie
- Legacies: Sage/Beast
- House: Dougal
- Seeming: Wilder
- Birthrights/Frailty: Titan's Power and Strong of Will and Body/Bond of Duty
- Antithesis: Religious Missionaries - Any Preaching
- True Name: [Unspecified]
- Musing/Ravaging Thresholds: Helping Those in Need/Exploit Dependence
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