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Ouster Will (OW-stir will[1]) was the son of the First Fellows, Dwayne and Gladys.
Biography[]
Early life[]
Ouster Will was the second-born son of Dwayne and Gladys, the First Fellows. He somehow knew that his parents were letting his older brother, Omer, in on secrets that they did not tell him. He became very hungry for power at an early age. This is why the second-born takes the throne in Anniera, and the first-born becomes Throne Warden.
The Ancient Stones[]
Ouster Will was set on finding the Ancient Stones beneath the earth, that were said to give someone limitless power. He came up with a plan to do this. He impersonated his brother, Omer, and slew the son of Yurgen, the king of the dragons. He claimed that this was accidental, and that Yurgen's son could be healed using the Ancient Stones. Yurgen burrowed and burrowed underneath the surface of Aerwiar. This submerged much of the Dragon Kingdom, and separated Anyara from the rest of Dang. Eventually, Yurgen broke off two tiny flecks of ancient stone, now called the holoré, and holoél. Yurgen's son was beyond the healing of the stones. Yurgen found out that it was really Ouster Will who had killed his son, he became furious and moved his kingdom to the depths of the Dark Sea of Darkness. This is how the First Epoch ended.
Later life[]
Ouster Will began experiments with melding using the holoré and holoél. Many of the animals that he melded together were bought from Bonifer Squoon. None of his meldings ended up being very useful, though, and decided he needed to test it on a human. Bonifer Squoon smuggled Davion Wingfeather, the son of High Queen Madia Wingfeather of Anniera, to Castle Throg, where Ouster Will lived. Davion was born crippled, and Bonifer told him that he was abandoned by his parents because of this. Ouster Will decided not to meld Davion and never told him his name, but instead called him The Nameless. Davion came up with a name that he thought would fit his ugly nature: Gnag. Ouster Will had been using the water from the First Well to keep himself alive for epochs, but when Yurgen had done his Burrowing, the well was also misplaced. Ouster Will began to worry that he would die, and became very angry and frustrated. Gnag killed him in his sleep, and drank the small bottle of water from the First Well himself. He hoped that it would heal him, but it did not. Near the end of the Wingfeather War, before the Battle of the Hollows, Gnag gave the skull of Ouster Will to Yurgen in hopes of an "alliance."
Trivia[]
- Ouster Will was the villain in many Hollish nursery rhymes, such as one simply titled "Ouster Will."
- Various parts of the Saga refer to Will as Dwayne and Gladys' younger son, while others state that he was their eldest. It's unclear if the Annieran system was already in place or not, so there's no way of telling which is correct.