William XXIII Avent, Emperor
- Birth Date
- Unknown
- Species
- Human
- Ethnicity
- Sollan Imperial
- Caste
- Palatine
- Blood Type
- AB+
- Aliases
- William the Great; The Sun of the Millenium
- Home Planet
- Avalon
- Affiliation
- Sollan Empire
- Reign
- ISD 15826 - Present
- Introduced In
- Empire of Silence
- Birth Date
- Unknown
- Species
- Human
- Ethnicity
- Sollan Imperial
- Caste
- Palatine
- Blood Type
- AB+
- Aliases
- William the Great; The Sun of the Millenium
- Home Planet
- Avalon
- Affiliation
- Sollan Empire
- Reign
- ISD 15826 - Present
- Introduced In
- Empire of Silence
Whatever you may think of me, know this: seldom has man known a ruler like William Caesar...But question not the goodness of the Emperor. The boy on Delos I once was believed that all the lords of our Imperium were as my father. Many are. But the lord of the Imperium, the sovereign of those half a billion suns . . . he was of another cloth entire.
— Hadrian Marlowe[1]
Emperor William XXIII Avent took the throne as a young man in ISD 15826 after the passing of his mother, the Empress Titania Augusta. [2] As lord of the Sollan Empire and sovereign of some half a billion systems, he holds many titles: His Imperial Radiance, Firstborn Son of the Earth; Guardian of the Solar System; King of Avalon; Lord Sovereign of the Kingdom of Windsor-in-Exile; Prince Imperator of the Arms of Orion, of Sagittarius, of Perseus, and Centaurus; Magnarch of Orion; Conqueror of Norma; Grand Strategos of the Legions of the Sun; Supreme Lord of the Cities of Forum; North Star of the Constellations of the Blood Palatine; Defender of the Children of Men; and Servant of the Servants of Earth.
Appearance and Personality
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Artist:Rene Aigner
Attributes and Abilities
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Relationships
Dramatis Personae
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- Maria Agrippina Avent (Spouse)
- Aurelian Avent (Firstborn Child)
- Irene Avent (Second-born child)
- Faustinus Avent (Thirteenth-born child)
- Matthias Avent (Thirty-fourth-born child)
- Ricard Anchises Avent (Forty-seventh-born child)
- Philip Avent (Fifty-second-born child)
- Eleanor Avent (Seventy-seventh-born child)
- Elara Avent (Seventy-eigth-born child)
- Selene Avent (Ninety-ninth-born child)
- Alexander Avent One hundred-seventh-born child)
- Titania Avent (One hundred-eighteenth-born child)
- Vivienne Avent (One hundred-twenty-sixth-born child)
- Nicephorus (Homunculus Servant)
- Titania Augusta III Avent (Mother)
- Hector Avent (Brother)
- Nicholas Avent (Cousin)
- Marcus Avent (Cousin)
- William VII Windsor (Ancestor)
- For a list of other notable ancestors, see the line of Sollan Rulers here.
- Direct subordinates include the Exarchs on Nessus (Centaurus), Ptolemy (Sagittarius), and Tiryns (Perseus). [3]
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History
Preceding the Books
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In Empire of Silence
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In The Lesser Devil (Novella)
In Howling Dark
In Queen Amid Ashes (Novella)
In Ashes of Man
In The Dregs of Empire (Novella)
In Tales of the Sun Eater & Other Stories
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The Demons of Arae
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Notes and References
Index
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Empire of Silence
Mentioned: The Broken Binding Edition - Introduction; Chapters 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 13, 14, 23, 29, 37, 38, 41, 42, 52, 56, 58, 61, 64, 66, 72, 75, 77
Present: N/A
Howling Dark
Mentioned: Chapters 9, 12, 13, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 41, 43, 45, 47, 50, 55, 57, 60, 63, 78, 79
Present: N/A
Demon in White
Mentioned: The Broken Binding Edition - Introduction; Chapters 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 17, 27, 31, 32, 33, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 52, 53, 55, 56, 57, 59, 60, 62, 66, 70, 71, 72, 74, 79, 87
Present: Chapters 1, 2, 28, 29, 30, 34, 50
Kingdoms of Death
Mentioned: Chapters 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 19, 20, 21, 24, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 38, 39, 40, 41, 45, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51
Present: Chapters 5, 7
Ashes of Man
Mentioned: Chapters 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, 21, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 38, 40, 41, 44, 46, 47
Present: Chapters 14, 15, 16, 17, 20, 35, 36, 37, 39, 42, 43, 45
The Dregs of Empire (Novella)
Mentioned: The Dregs of Empire - Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16
Present: N/A
Disquiet Gods
Mentioned: Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12,1 3, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 36, 37, 38, 40, 44, 46, 47, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 56, 62, 63, 66, 68
Present: Chapters 33, 35
Tales of the Sun Eater & Other Stories
Mentioned: Tales 1: The Demons of Arae, The Night Captain, The Parliament of Owls; Tales 2: The Dragonslayers, Fire in the Sky, Kill the King, The Four Devils; Tales 3: After the Feast, [Re]Incarnation, Daughter of Swords; Tales 4: Guns of Pharos, The Royal Game, The Fangs of Oannos
Present: N/A