William Tyler

Name: William "Will" Tyler
Age: Sixteen
Gender: Male
Eyes: Grey
Hair: Dark chocolate, mostly unkempt
Height: 5'7"
Body Type: Slim
Skin Color: Fair
God Parent: Athena
Mortal Parent: Raymond Hyland is his real father. He is deceased, however, and Will has been kindly taken in by Eric and Sarah Tyler.
Country of Origin: United States of America. He was born in Belmont, Massachusetts, to be exact.
Pets: None. He is smart enough to know that any animal that ends up in his care is doomed.
Talents: Will is smarter than the average person, owing to his lineage. Although he is far from having a photographic memory, he is able to retain information with ease and can easily memorize things if he puts his mind to it.
Weapon: Will owns a set of three celestial bronze throwing knives. He usually keeps them strapped to his belt. They contain no magical properties, unfortunately enough.
Positive Traits:

As long as he isn't provoked, Will is easy to get along with. In his best mood, he likes to make others laugh and tries to cheer his friends up if they're down. He is fairly determined and confident. Giving up isn't in this boy's dictionary and neither is backing down from a fight.

Will is naturally inquisitive and curious. He enjoys reading books in Ancient Greek, considering that his dyslexia hampers his ability to read English. When Will is interested in something, he does his best to seek out answers from whatever source. Mythology being one of his favorite subjects, he can be found in the library in the company of old books.

He is also friendly and sociable, not exactly the introvert bookworm most would assume from his being a son of Athena. Will can be chivalrous especially in the presence of pretty girls. He is also a chess whiz.

Flaws:

• Arrogance. Will has an ego with a capital E. He knows he is smart and he will not be afraid to rub it in your face if the situation calls for it. He tries to keep this to a minimum, but the occasional cocky remark still tends to slip out.
  
• Pride. Will is proud. He speaks his mind and it will be very hard to convince him otherwise once he has come to a conclusion. Even if he later learns that he was wrong, he will not apologize or do anything to admit that he was.
  
• Laziness. You know some people could be brilliant, but all they do is sit around and do nothing productive? Will is one of those people.
  
• Competitiveness. Will has developed a mindset where only the winners are allowed to survive and that losers are useless. He hates losing more than the average person and he doesn't take failures well. This is why he does everything to win. And I mean everything. He doesn't care how good or how bad his methods are as long as he is up there with the prize. For this demigod, the end justifies the means.
  
• Envy. Will can easily get jealous of those who he thinks are better than him. May it be in terms of money, looks and even mindpower, a little part of Will tends to hold somewhat of a small grudge against certain people, especially those who are lucky enough to be gifted with supernatural powers. Unfortunately in camp, he never runs out of reasons to get jealous.
  
• Physical Flaws. Besides his untidy mess of a hair, Will has an assortment of scars littered around his body, majority of which on his arms and legs. He has been sliced with a sword a fair few times and has had multiple accidents with the climbing wall. Will mixed with any kind of physical activity does not produce good results. This is why he takes the backseat during battles or any kind of strenuous activity that would require him to use his body.

Powers: Much to his dismay, Will doesn't have any.
Life Before CHB:

Being the son of the successful Raymond Hyland, Will had a bright future all planned and carved out in front of him. He was a spoiled young toddler, getting everything he wanted with just a snap of a finger, and should fate have permitted him, he might've grown up into a more arrogant and cockier version of himself. He might've been drowning in sheer luxury, training to manage his father's steadily growing law firm. He might've been all those, if it weren't for the unforeseen fire that ravaged everything in Will's life - his treasured toys, the house he lived in, and most tragically, his father. Perhaps he might've perished that fateful night, if it weren't for the effort of his elder brother.

James was Raymond's first son with his college girlfriend. She died in childbirth, leaving James in his father's care. Though barely in his teenage years at the time of the fire, he tried his best to take a three-year-old under his care but it proved to be too much for the boy. Lost, desperate for help, and ultimately angry for what he was forced to experience, the once kind brother took out his negative emotions on the helpless clueless Will, who could do nothing else but drink in his last kin's words. "You're so weak!" James had said. "Why can't you be useful for at least once in your life?"

And that was when Will was dropped off at an orphanage under cover of the darkness, his brother setting out on his own. Since that night, he had never seen him again.

But then, Will didn't remember any of these things. His earliest memories were already of the orphanage he spent the next years of his childhood in. Still, one thing was burned into the confines of his mind, and that was his brother's last message. True, he isn't able to recall what his brother looked like, but he could remember how hurtful the words were, the pain pushing him to be the strongest he could ever be regardless of the circumstances. Though he didn't realize it, Will subconsciously tried to avoid experiencing that kind of pain again and, as a result, makes sure that he always comes out as a winner rather than a loser.

After spending around five years in the orphanage, a kind elderly couple, the Tylers, adopted Will. He was then accepted into a family with a simple life, and truth be told, he liked his new parents, and though he wondered about it at times, he never really felt a strong urge to know who his real parents were. The Tylers were loving and generous... why would he need to go and search for the family who has abandoned him? But he never forgot about his older brother. When alone, he ponders on what had become of him. Is he still alive? Where is he right now? Will has no clue how to answer himself, and these questions bug him day after day.

At ten years old, in a local public school, Will started to notice strange things. For one, that strange crippled boy in his class kept staring at him, although he was quick to turn away whenever Will caught his eye.

Then, midway through his science class, he glimpsed a flock of birds fly right past the window, but they weren't exactly the kind of birds he was used to seeing. After all, just what species of bird had bronze beaks? He had never seen them again.

A short while after that mind-boggling incident, the crippled boy who paid so much attention to Will disappeared without a trace. After that, Will was astonished to find out that no one has even heard of the boy, no one but him.

About a month later, another crippled strange boy entered Will's life. He told Will that he had the scent of a demigod. Of course, at this point, Will thought the guy was completely bonkers until he fearlessly took off his pants. Instead of human legs, he had hooves. It turned out that the kid was a satyr reinforcement after the other one got mauled by Stymphalian birds. Convincing Will to go to Camp Half Blood took a while and some fashion, but he ultimately agreed in the end. And the rest, as they say, is history.

RP Example:

William woke up to the sound of his debating siblings in the other room. Not again, he thought sourly, turning and twisting in his covers. After it was made clear that his comfy pillows were not going to muffle his half-siblings' raised voices, he rolled out of bed and into the carpeted cabin floor. He groaned. What a great way to start the day.

Unfortunately, the fight ensued even after Will finished making himself look more presentable. Dressed in the orange camp shirt that was starting to look a little worn off now and a pair of baggy jeans, he calmly made his way out of the room and threw his bickering siblings a sour look. He was in a grouchy mood now, no thanks to them. "Give it a rest, man," he told one of them. "Charizard is definitely not a dragon-type."

Shaking his head, Will walked out of the cabin, having no desire to listen to his half-brother's whines.

Any notes about your characters: Will is an edited version of a character I wrote for a Pokemon roleplay site. Also, I didn't realize that his history ended up to be rather lengthy, so I hope you don't mind the long read. Lastly, he is played by Callan McAuliffe.

... Wow. This form is awesome.