William Roberts III

William Roberts III
William Roberts III (also known as Diplomat William Roberts) is a Human of Gilnean and Kul Tiran descent. Born to a wealthy, minor nobility, William grew up quite privileged. William's father, Lord William Roberts II was a minor member of King Greymane's Court. Williams mother, Lady Anne Roberts, was the daughter of a wealthy Kul Tiran Merchant who met William II on a trip to Gilneas. Due to the fact that William II's job was in Gilneas, they decided to live there. William was the oldest of 3, he had a sister Anne Roberts who was 2 years younger than William, and a brother John Roberts who was 5 years younger than William.

At the age of 9, William was sent to a Gilnean Military Academy. The school was known for making great strategists. William was at the top of his class in Strategy, Swordplay, and Politics. When he was 15 years old, the First War erupted and many of his teachers expressed their conflicting opinions on Gilneas's involvement in the war. When the Orcs were defeated political tensions simmered. When William was 17 he graduated from the Gilneas Military Academy and quickly took on a small job in the Gilneas Council regarding advise when it came to Politics. He would remain so until William II died, and William would take on his slightly larger role.

William led a normal life during the 7 yeasr in between the First and Second War, his relationship with his brother, grew strained as William and him rarely saw eye to eye on anything. William's mother also lost all ties to her family during this time as Kul Tiras and Gilneas had developed a strong rivalry. William's mother's family never contacted William's family again. John had graduated at the beginning of the Second War and would join the Gilneas Army. When the Second War began, William became very busy with work and rarely left his office, only to get food, pick up a book, or the rare appearence in Court. This caused William who was considered a very nice person, to become a cold and calculating. (Look at the Political Beliefs Section to see William's political beliefs during this time)

At the end of the war, when Gilneas withdrew and built the Greymane Wall, William was pleased with this in terms of Political Beliefs, however his job was only focused on internal politics which after a while contained very little until the prelude to the Northgate Rebellion. During the 6 years between the building of the Greymane War and the Northgate Rebellion, William developed an interest in the arts and decided to learn Diplomacy. William's skill in politics attributed to his skill in Diplomacy and William quickly learned the art of Diplomacy and became quite good at it.

When the Northgate Rebellion beagn, William went back into a similar stage as he did during the Second War, William lost all ties with his brother as his brother was a Rebel, whereas William and the rest of his family were Loyalists. William did however talk to his parents and did go to his parents estate in the country to have dinner with them, they were often joined by Lord Godfrey. When Lord Crowley was incarcerated, William got interested in Law after witnessing the trial. William began Law School but never completed it due to the outbreak of the Worgen Curse.

When the Curse broke out, William was called back to his parents Manor where, William and his sister remained boarded up during the Curse. A few weeks after the beginning of the Worgen Outbreak, the Greymane Wall collapsed. William II, saw that where the Wall was breached and loaded his family into an armored carriage. William II hired 2 mercenaries to protect the wagon. The plan was to break through the still buidling Scourge defenses and head to Lordareon. When they approached the defenses that were still being built, William's family noticed strange banners but recognized the Scourge. William II was driving the Carriage with one mercenary beside him and the other on the back of the carriage, William III, his mother, and sister were inside. When they got close the Carriage went under heavy fire, William II was shot first, the mercenary beside him took the reins and forced the carriage through. When they were midway through, a bullet came through and shot William's mother, Anne in the throat. Another bullet came through on the other side and shot his sister, Elizabeth in the forehead. By the time they made it deep enough into Silverpine that the attack ceased, one of the 2 horses were dead, the only other living person besides William III, the mercenary was shot in the stomach and the carriage wasn't able to go more than 5 mph. William ordered the Mercenary to pull into the forest. There they transformed the Carriage into a makeshift, coffin and the other mercenary died before it was finished. William fed one of the horses some grass, and mounted the horse to ride to Lordareon. When he reached the border he recgonized the same banner and decided it was wise to head to Ironforge rather than risk further clashing with the Undead that attacked Gilneas.

When William reached Menethil a few days later, William got food, rest and sent for his families remains to be retrieved. William learned a brief overview of the last events and took a boat to Stormwind. There William, received his families remains and gave them a proper burial as well as bought a new apartment. After that William spent 3 days locked in his apartment catching up on the history of the outside world since the end of the Second War. William then learned of the arrival of Gilnean Refugees in Darnassus. William took the first boat there and was able to attend the last of induction of Gilneas into the Alliance. When William returned to Stormwind, he sought to achieve Stormwind Nobility but was denied.

William then learned of a Milita being put together for Gilneas to repay Darnassus, William enlisted and quickly rose to the ranks of Captain due to his knowledge of Strategy. When William was finished he returned to Stormwind and enlisted into the Alliance Forces as a minor Diplomat.

William was transferedd to several different groups during a brief period of time. At one point, William was employed with a group of Kul Tirans wishing to resettle a small island off the coast of Kul Tiras that had been abandoned. William was barely accepted due to being only Half-Kul Tiran. During this time, William was in Stormwind and was attacked by a man named Zachary Owens. The cause for the attack was that William had insulted him by wearing the Kul Tiran Tabard. William sustained an injury that forced him to become crippled in the right leg. William required a cane for a few months after that. William then left the Kul Tiras community after that. William continued his work as a Diplomat but was unable to defend himself. William learned of a doctor of the name, Rotwulf.

This brilliant man gave William a metallic leg brace no longing requiring William to have a cane, also allowing William to be able to do anything a normal man could. This brilliant doctor also built William a flintlock that allowed him to fire Arcane Bullets. Shortly after that, William was trnasferred to the Stormwind Navy, William did well as a Diplomat here however he had a serious issue with the Royal Admiral. During his time there, William became adept at guns and refreshed his memory on swordplay.

William eventually had had enough of his Admiral and resigned from his position. William had angered many officials by this as he was supposed to be transferred before that time. William then was given a special assignment by King Varian Wyrnn to inspect all the forts norht of Thandol Span to make sure the Alliance could strike Lordareon should the need arise. (This was shortly after the Ceasefire, and Varian didn't't think it would last long)

3 weeks later William returned, William noticed the Kul Tiras Marines Corps were recruiting, William had prievously spoken to them as a Diplomat and decided to join. Strange enough, Zachary Owens was also in their ranks. William made many friends there as a Sailor and was recently promoted to Diplomat along with being a Sailor. William is now relatively content in his new position, and learning how to navigate a ship.

Political Beliefs and Opinions of Alliance Leaders.
William has a trained opinion in Politics and is considered a Moderate Conservative by most. However on some topics he is considered Liberal and rarely Authoritian.

The following include what William believes in: The following include what William disgreess with:
 * The Execution of Garrosh Hellscream
 * The retaking of Gilneas, Lordareon, Arathor, Hillsbard, and Alterac
 * The rebuilding of Theramore
 * The establishment of an Airforce
 * To engage in Diplomatic Relations to settle an quarrels with the Sin'dorei and possibly annex the Sin'dorei and any lands they hold into the Alliance
 * The choice not to begin building any large Alliance settlementents in Northrend
 * The lack of War Debt commissioned to the Horde
 * The lack of restraint on Whores in Stormwind
 * The lack of funding for soldiers stationed in places such as Kalmidor and Northern Eastern Kingdoms

Opinions of Alliance Leaders
Given that William is a Diplomat, William has met or gone to meetings with all the Alliance Leaders the following are his opinions of them:
 * King Varian Wyrnn - William respects King Varian however disagrees with many of his choices especially in times of War
 * Muradin Bronzebeard - William thinks he is a strong leader and well represents the Bronzebeards
 * Thane Falstad - No opinion
 * Moira Thaurissian - No personal opinion, but doesn't like what he has heard of her
 * King Genn Greymane - William's family were strong supporters of King Archibald Greymane and also strongly support King Genn Greyman, William almost always agree's with his choices and is a strong supporter of him.
 * Jaina Proudmoore - He thinks she is a bit reckless but is a good archmage and was right to evict the Horde from Dalaran
 * Prophet Velen - No opinion, but hears good thingd regarding his wisdom
 * High Tinker Megatorque - No opinion, but has heard good things about his ingenuity
 * High Priestess Tyrande and Archdruid Stormrage - William strongly disagrees with their choices and doesn't like Night Elves much either. He thinks the Debt issued was excessive, and despite the hospitality William thinks they are too demanding. In the recent court trial of Hellscream, William was pleased withe Tyrande's argument and presentation and has gained some respect for their ability to govern.