will walked into the book store humming quietly to himself, not bothering to take off his sunglasses as he looked around the shop. based on the size of the shop he didn’t have high hopes that they would have the first edition he was looking for but he’d also heard good things about the owner so he decided to give it a go. he sauntered up to the counter and flashed the woman a smile, finally removing his sunglasses “my gods. it must be my lucky day, your beauty could make even aphrodite jealous.”
‘ you know, i never properly thanked you, for bringing - him here. ’ there was never really a chance, but will still feels a shard of guilt inching towards the center of his heart, threatening to expand, to take him over. he wipes beads of sweat from his brow with a hand still gloved, though miraculously clean of blood - the stark white is an odd sight on him, but welcome. he can feel all of that demigod nervous energy compounding in his nerves, though, his leg bouncing idly as he studies percy. ‘ you could’ve just ignored him, but you didn’t. i know it must’ve been tempting. ’ / @thalassus
will sat at the table sipping his wine as he waited for loki to arrive. he had almost just surprised him by portaling in to wherever he was but if loki was playing some long con then will didn’t want to blow it up, so he decided to have a snake deliver a message to loki to meet up. of course it was at one of the most lavish restaurants in the city, because william laurent didn’t know how to do anything conservatively. hearing the door to the private room open up, will looked up from the newspaper he was reading and smiled at his old friend “well look at you, director really feels like a step down from prince. did they not teach you on asgard to step up with titles?” he teased
william walked into the loud club, a stunning model on each arm drawing the stares of many of the club goes. he didn’t blame them. between his own looks and the looks of the models they were bound to draw attention, which was what william wanted. he had never laid low and if the man that killed his mother knew of him then will wanted the warlock to know he was coming. the handsome man ushered the girls to the dance floor before going to the bar to get them all some drinks. as he waited will leaned against the bar and smiled flirtatiously at a blonde. “now what on earth is a beautiful girl like yourself doing all alone? it’s a crime against the gods.”
“you must be in constant trouble with the law.” william sighed, shaking his head as he pretended to be upset at the prospectbefore smiling at the stanger “because it has to be illegal to look the way you do.” the dark haired man leaned forward, slightly invading the other males space, and intently studied his face “if i didn’t know her i’d say you were had crafted by my aunts own hands.”
ever since the death of his mother will had been not only searching for her killer but also for her medallion. if you didn’t know what you were looking for it would just look like an old coin, but hecate had used the old piece of drachma to bless her followers with additional power. while he did want the coin to be able to amplify his powers will also wanted it to have a piece of his mother with him. he’d heard of zatanna and her magic shop but will could tell there was more to it than meets the eye so he was hoping that even if the coin hadn't fallen into her possession that she might have some information on it's location. will walked into the shop and looked around for the magician, smiling when he spotted her “ms. zatara?” he walked up to her “i’m a big fan of your work.”
Have you ever noticed that WILLIAM LAURENT who’s connected to LOKI LAUFEYSON looks a lot like BEN BARNES? But HE also goes by n/a. Having the ability of MAGIC, REALITY WARPING, DECREASED AGING sure makes them a force to be reckoned with. Rumour has it they are 362 and is working as an n/a.
as usual i’m back on my bullshit, did you expect anything less?
william laurent as born in the realm of olympus in 1658.
son of hecate and a french marquis
his early years were spent with his father, learning the ins and outs of the courtesan life until he began displaying abilities like his mother
at the age of twelve william joined his mother in hades to learn control of his abilities
growing up surrounded by gods and goddesses helped feed his attitude and ego. he’s cocky, sarcastic, and so flirty that his aunt aphrodite would be swooning.
during his time studying with his mother, he met a fellow mischief maker in the norse god loki who had come to learn from hecate.
they were usually seen together, and if you only saw one of them you knew to be on the lookout because they caused constant trouble.
once his mother deemed him in control of his magic, she sent him back to his father in paris. he quickly became the eye of many ladies of the court, even opportunities of raising his family’s position in the court were coming his way.
he ended up marrying the youngest daughter of the king’s right hand.
with the skills he’d learned from the members of the greek panthenon, william was an active member of the court and was sent out to neighboring lands quite frequently as a representative of the french monachy.
during one such trip, the ship william and his wife brielle were on got caught in a storm. the ship was sunk and will had nearly been unable to get a portal open for himself and brielle in time... sadly his wife didn’t make it. he made an appeal to his mother to let her rest in hades, brielle had been a dear friend to him and he wanted to be able to see her when he could
before she could intervene a reaper came and took her to her afterlife, probably heaven since william had never been able to magic his way in there
he then returned to hades and spent his time learning more about what his magic could do and how to use it in a fight if needed.
after enough time had passed on earth so that he wouldn’t be recognized william returned, splitting his time hosting lavish parties in paris and venice. he had no expectations to live up to anymore and he was more than willing to enjoy his time now.
over the years he drank, slept, and flirted his way through all of europe. he used his magic to get what he wanted, not caring about the consequences of it all
during this time william learned that his mother had been killed. his days of partying stopped and he began hunting down the emerald warlock to get revenge for his mother’s death.
he’d been in athens, looking for the warlock’s whereabouts, when he saw an article about thor and loki and the avengers and it piqued his interest, so he followed their activities, making sure to stay out of thor’s radar.
when he saw that loki had returned to earth, seemingly making amends, will knew he had to see it for himself, see if it was real or a scheme that will could get in on... and see if loki wanted to get in on his murderous plans.
because there are some differences between normal greek mythology and marvel's version of it i'm gonna put some links to the marvel wiki :)
