Willham
| Willham | |
| Characteristics | |
|---|---|
| Species | Screener |
| Gender | None (Uses Male Pronouns) |
| Age | Unknown |
| Fur Color | N/A
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| Information | |
| Home | The Void |
| Story Role | Screener (Formerly) |
| Occupation | N/A |
| Status | Deleted |
| Game(s) | |
–Willham
Willham, sometimes spelled Wilham and Wilhem, is a Screener created by GuyThatExists that appears in the short stories Blank Slates, Salem Rose Pt. 2, and Blank Slates 2 as a main character, Salem Rose Pt. 1 as a minor character, and the one-shots Self-Awareness and Heather Dating Sim Prelude as a main character. He also appears in Heather Dating Sim Chapter 3 and Chapter 6 as a supporting character.
He is one of two screeners, the other being Shadow Mari. He was originally against the population of The Void and worked to delete them all, but he eventually had a change of heart. He was visited by Miles and Milfre during their conflict and was one of the many people to help defeat Salem Rose. He later worked to apprehend GenericChallenge and find Jeremiah Slaczka. He was also a major player in the game to stop the Master of the Abyss from destroying the Drawn to Life universes. At his death, he transferred his powers over to Temte Mapleleaf.
Appearance
As a screener, Willham is a blue mist that can change his form at will. He also has one physical accessory, being a pair of glasses, that can also be dissolved or changed at will.
Story
Blank Slates
Creation
Willham was created alongside Mayo and the Four Guardians by Joe at one point to help regulate cut and unused content in The Void.
Shadow Mari's Attack
Willham is first seen at the Discussion Grounds with his fellow screener Mayo, helping the Four Guardians decide on who to send up to the Developer's Grove. Eager to send someone up and be done with the discussion, the Guardians and Willham agree to send Mildew to the Grove. After making the decision, Shadow Mari attacks the Discussion Grounds and sends a beam of Shadow through Willham, killing him.
Erasing the Villages
Eventually, Willham reforms himself and watches as the Wii Village begins to form. He decides to erase the village and those in it, including Rocko, Fox, and Jinxy. He succeeds in erasing the village, but fails to erase the three characters. After threatening to erase them, Rocko convinces him to keep them alive, as they can lead him to Shadow Mari so that he can get his revenge against her. Rocko says that they need to make a pit stop at The Next Chapter Village to find Fiora and Lambert.
When they get to The Next Chapter Village, Willham begins to dissolve the village, and after getting in another argument with the characters, he leaves them. Eventually, he charges at the village and erases it, along with Fox, Lambert, Hans, the Rocket Vulture, Rata, Tat & Tat. This prompts and argument between all the survivors of the attack in the area, ending with the group splintering off. After fighting with Mayo and Crawler, the three of them, along with Rocko, decide to fly to the Shadow Hole to fight Shadow Mari.
Fixing his Mistakes
On the way there, Flash stops them and begs them to help fight Dinofrog. Willham agrees to help fight and creates a cloud of blue smoke around the beast, erasing it. Just as the smoke dissipates, a tree thrown by the Droogle Killer lands on where Dinofrog used to be. The group then returns back to their journey. When they arrive at the hole, Willham apologizes to the characters for erasing their friends and begins to fly to the other side of the hole. As he makes his way to the other side, Mayo begins to fly after him. When Drakon flies into the Shadow Hole and Shadow Mari calls off the army, Mayo tells Shadow Mari to kill Willham once more, and she obliges.
When he reformed himself, he was met by Mayo's breakdown and her screams. When she noticed him, she began to yell about how she changed the void for him. When Mayo floats back to the ground and begins to sob, Willham pulls Shadow Mari aside and asks her about what happened. Eventually, the two of them come to an understanding and worked together to silence the Droogle's fear. Willham asked for the Droogle Leader, and in tandem with Shadow Mari, grabbed him and dove into the Shadow Hole, erasing it from the void.
When he arrived in the Developer's Grove, he handed the Droogle Leader off to Joe and asked him to delete Mayo from the void permanently. He and Shadow Mari then returned to the void to bring life back to the area and return everyone's friends.
Salem Rose Pt. 1
Giving Miles a Shadow Stone
Willham is next seen when Miles discovers the void. Annoyed, Willham takes Miles, along with Flash and Rocko, to The Next Chapter Village. As Flash talks to Miles about how he found out about the void, Miles reveals that he has a Time Machine at his disposal. Willham gets annoyed, and when Miles says that more of his friends are time-travelers as well, Willham tells Miles to leave. He points out the Color Vat and then tells Miles how to use a Shadow Stone to return to his realm, explicitly telling him to destroy the stone.
Self-Awareness
Later on, Willham is one of the beings who welcomes Alana, believing herself to be Aly, back into the void. He and Shadow Mari realize that Sandal's Shadow is restoring Aly's memories. When Alana's memories of the void return, Willham and Shadow Mari pull her aside and tell her about GenericChallenge, asking her to help them capture him and bring him to the void. She agrees to the terms and returns to Belleview.
Fighting Salem Rose
Almost immediately after Alana leaves, Salem Rose, a corrupt version of Miles, attacks the void. Willham, along with Shadow Mari, Crawler, Jinxy, Fox, and Rocket Vulture. They encase Salem Rose in a ball of Shadow and smoke, but he portals away to the Color Vat. Willham, Shadow Mari, and the Four Guardians fly over to him, but Salem Rose falls into the vat before they can attack him. They call for him to come out, and when he does in a blaze of color, Willham realizes that Salem Rose never destroyed the Shadow Stone and tries to erase him from existence, but his attack misses and Salem Rose disappears.
Salem Rose Pt. 2
Building Milfre's Team
Willham is next seen when Milfre comes to the Dev Grove asking for help fighting Salem Rose. He and Shadow Mari come up to the Grove at Joe's request, and the two of them agree to help fight Salem Rose. Milfre gets Kamalah and Jowee from Rapoville in 2042, and the five of them go to 1982 to find Athys and her time machine. When they arrive in Rapoville, Shadow Mari hones in on Athys' Shadow while Willham explains to Milfre and Kamalah the events that had happened in the void, stating that he's happy to finally be away from the void. Just then, Shadow Mari notices that Athys teleported to her lair, creating her own portal, and the group travels through it.
In Athys' Lair, Willham stays back with Milfre while Kamalah talks to Athys and Shadow Mari talks to Jowee. Willham asks Milfre why she doesn't have any code or art associated with her, and Milfre, annoyed at Willham for a tone he had earlier, simply brushes off his concern, saying that it might be because she's a Creation Hero. She then announces that Athys' time machine is ready to use, so the five of them pile into the machine, and Athys tells them to return to 2042 to visit Lavasteam.
In Lavasteam, the five of them appear in Russet's meeting room, and Willham, Shadow Mari, and Russet talk about the damage Salem Rose had caused. As Milfre reunites with Stampy, she calls the attention of everyone in the room. After getting a census of the abilities each being had, Willham's being his ability to erase things from existence, she tells the group about the fight against Salem Rose they were about to take part in. Everyone except Lock and Russet gather in the time machine, with Russet staying in Lavasteam and Lock holding onto the machine, and the group leaves for 2007 Rapoville.
Rematch with Salem Rose
When they arrive outside the Village Bridge, Willham waits as Milfre attempts to talk down Salem Rose, but when she fails, Willham, along with Jowee, Lock, and Stampy, fight Salem Rose. Willham tries to erase him from existence, but Salem Rose attacks Willham's glasses, causing the screener to vanish for a bit. When he reforms, he sees the rest of Milfre's team sending blasts of their weapons at Salem Rose, so Willham joins in. However, he is attacked when Salem Rose throws the Galatic Jungle Orb at Willham, erasing the orb from existence. Then, Salem Rose releases a supercharged blast of ruby energy, knocking out everyone except Wilfre and destroying all three time machines in the area.
When Willham and Shadow Mari wake up, they find Athys and Wilfre pinning Salem Rose down and stripping him of his power. Willham takes the opportunity to erase the Ruby Earring from existence. When Wilfre kills Salem Rose and Milfre wakes up, she, Willham, and Shadow Mari help bring their unconscious friends back to the Dev Grove. Once there, Willham says goodbye to everyone, and as they return to their homes, he goes over to Joe, asking to be sent back to the void.
Blank Slates 2
Searching for Miah
When Shadow Mari returned, Joe explains that the Droogle Leader had gone missing, taking his sword with him. Willham decides to erase a cluster of trees to search for him, but his plan fails. Eventually, Joe decides that they need to find Miah. Joe brings Alana and David Franco back to the Developer's Grove, and he tells them that after the development of Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter, he hid himself in canon as Mike's father - Mr. Row.
While Alana, Franco, and Shadow Mari left for 2007 to look for him, Willham and Joe stayed behind to discuss the grove and the void. When the three of them return with GenericChallenge, Willham starts berating him for stealing people and things from the void, leaving them in canon and establishing their roles. GenericChallenge agrees to tell the group where Miah was if he was allowed to tie up his loose ends in canon. Willham and Joe reluctantly agree, and GenericChallenge leads them to Miah.
When Miah returns to the Developer's Grove, he creates the Stylus and explains how it works. Willham thanks Miah for the chance to meet him, and Joe uses the stylus to send Willham and Shadow Mari back to the void.
Battle with the Jungle Creature
Willham and Shadow Mari reappear outside the Two Realms Plains where they see the Shadow Squid attacking and reopening the Shadow Hole. Willham takes to the skies and asks Gingerfre what had been going on. After learning about the Tree King, Willham covers the Shadow Squid in smoke and attempts to delete it, but is shocked to see it doesn't work. Willham helps the rest of the group fight the Shadow Squid, and the combined efforts of Lambert and Violet take it down.
Willham and the group then head towards the Wii Village, where the Tree King had starting attacking again, and Willham attempts to erase it. However, the Tree King is too large to be deleted, so Willham recruits Lambert to douse his flames, which would kill the Tree King. Lambert is unable to kill the Tree King himself, so he returns to the screeners to get their help. Willham agrees to help him, so he and Lambert fly back up to the Tree King's face, where they are joined by Mill. The three of them extinguish the Tree King's flames, killing the Tree King, and they help treat injuries and bury the deceased Droogles.
Heather Dating Sim
Canon Path
Willham is next seen when You arrive in the void through The Abyss. He is called to Heathers' house along with Jinxy. Willham demands to know who you are, so you tell him your story of travelling through the abyss to both Belleview and Rapoville, and he determines that you are beyond the Drawn to Life canon. He introduces the three people to you and asks you to describe the Master of the Abyss. You tell him what you saw - a giant blocky face made of mostly muted colors, with two giant hoop earrings made of gold - and he summons the Guardians and mayors of the villages.
After some time, cracks begin to appear in the void, and the Master makes herself known to Willham. Willham immediately recognizes her as Mayo, and the two of them begin to fight in-between the void and abyss. You attack the Master, allowing Willham to get some good attacks in, and since an army of beings was closing in on her, Mayo retreated.
Much later, when the Master's cracks spread much faster, Willham noticed the cracks spreading and went through one, coming face to face with the Master once more. Alme also dives into a crack and begins arguing with Willham, telling him to not kill the Master, as she was really just Temte - his sister - being controlled by Mayo. Willham differs to you on what to do, and you decide to try and save Temte.
Willham works with you and Alme during the Mayo's game to kill you, hiding in the background and fading from Mayo's perception. When you answer Mayo's last question, she attempts to attack you, but Willham reveals himself, deleting Mayo's tendrills, saving your life. Temte slowly begins to take control of the Master's body once more, but Willham tries to keep Alme from flying close to her and giving her words of encouragement. You tell Alme to go forwards, much to Willham and Q-Heather's dismay. However, Alme's words work, allowing Temte to completley push aside Mayo.
When the four of you return to Roboville, you decide to spend the rest of your day with Temte, and The Engineer gives you some canisters of Abyssal Energy to travel to the void. However, Willham, Temte, and Alme use the Wishing Well to return home. When you arrive at the void, Willham tells you that if you need anything done, go to the Guardians' HQ.
Non-Canon Paths
- If you don't explain yourself to Willham, Heathers, and Jinxy, Willham will kill you.
- If you run away from the fight between Willham and the Master, the fight ends with the entire void being deleted, including Willham.
- If you let Willham kill Temte, Alme will vanish and Willham will direct the non-Roboville natives to Joe, who uses the 3DS Stylus to send everyone home.
- If you fail at any point during Mayo's game, the universes collide into one universe, killing Willham.
- If you refuse to let Alme go to Temte, Willham will accidentally delete him, letting Mayo win her game.
- If you decide to spend the rest of your life with Heathers, Willham will explain his theories about the Master and Mayo's connection before leaving you with Heathers.
Heather Dating Sim Prelude
Death
An unknown amount of time later, Willham is sitting in the Guardians' HQ alone, as every other inhabitant of the void had vanished in a burst of light. When Temte Mapleleaf appears outside the HQ, Willham is shocked to see that she's still alive. Willham tells her that everyone else had died, and he asks her to take his powers so he could finally rest. Temte agrees to his terms, so he releases his smoke from his body, allowing it to inhabit Temte, and she crushes his glasses. These glasses are eventually deleted when Temte erases the void.
Quotes
Relationships
Allies
- Jeremiah Slaczka/Mr. Row - Former Superior
- Joseph Tringali - Superior
- David Franco/Franco Key/Daniel James - Former Colleague
- Four Guardians - Colleagues
- Lambert - Victim
- Shadow Mari - Colleague and Killer
- Repair Guy
- Fox - Victim
- Alana/Aly/Lyrica
- Nolan
- Fiora
- Crawler's LARPing Group - Former Enemies
- Droogle Killer - Victim
- Milfre
- Kamalah
- Jowee
- Athys
- Russet
- Stampy
- Lock
- Robigo
- Wilfre †
- Gingerfre - Former Enemy
- Red Dragon - Former Enemy
- You
- Alme Palmette
- Heathers
- Pleather
- The Engineer
- Temte Mapleleaf - Final Killer
Enemies
- Mayo/Master of the Abyss - Former Colleague and Former Ally
- Droogle Leader - Colleague
- Drakon †
- Dinofrog †
- Miles/Salem Rose †
- GenericChallenge - Situational Ally
- Tree King
- Jungle Creature/Shadow Squid
Trivia
- The name "Willham" was Isaac's name in beta builds of Drawn to Life
- This may be the reason Willham wears a pair of glasses.
- It is implied that Willham is actually just the glasses, and the smoke is merely an extension of his body and his powers.
- This may mean that Mayo is actually just her earrings and not the smoke.
Media
Willham in the final logo for Heather Dating Sim