William Sterling



William Sterling was born of a Tjatey female and a male human. His father's name is unknown but Letha Sterling is the name of his mother. She is a former warrior and the only daughter of Tjatey warlord Ammon. Because of his heritage William is viewed as an outcast by both the humans and his own people. In Tjatey culture hybrid children are an abomination and a blight on their honor. On top of everything else he is also a pacifist and will only fight back if it's the only choice he has. Sadly because of this, his Tjatey people look down on him, especially being he is the blood of Ammon, and in their great prophecy he is the one who must take over and lead them.

However, Letha has kept this truth from her son in order to protect him, and because she now believes that he must choose his own path in life. But in truth finding his own way has been nothing but a struggle for William, and in his quest for acceptance he later discovered his love of movies, especially those starring one spectacular blonde actress; Victoria Thompson. Finding peace and comfort in her films, William finds he has fallen in love with her and dreams of telling her how he feels. Yet the fear of rejection keeps him away; the fear of her knowing who and what he is as well.

One of his best friends (aside from Stan Winston) and confidant Justin Church gives him the push he needs to attend one of Victoria's premiere parties. Justin convinces William to approach the actress with a pen in his hand so he can ask her if she dropped it. All things seem to go as planned, that is until William quickly finds that Justin had abandoned him on the spot, leaving him to face the woman of his dreams all on his own.

Nervously, he offers her the pen and asks if she dropped it, to which she replies no, but it's in that moment where he's able to look right into her eyes that makes him yearn for more. And so after leaving while feeling like he's on top of the universe, William comes up with the idea of writing her a letter; with him posing as her secret admirer. He keeps this idea to himself until after he drops off the first letter; leaving it right outside the doors of the Card Shack (since he knows that's where she spends her days and nights)

Luck appears to be on his side once she exits the building and Maxwell (Who unfortunately found it first) gives it to her, claiming that whomever wrote that must be some kind of stalker. Victoria ignores him and relishes over the thought that somebody still remembers and cares about her existence. This in turn leads to William sending her even more letters, unknowingly causing the actress to fall for him. Yet later when he discovers she's been looking for him all his fears of being discovered comes back, and with the help of Justin, he begins to stay out of sight. Things only get worse when William and Justin are both stalked by someone (who turns out to be Justin's colleague at Atlantech; former Tjatey warrior female named Dendera) Then, both William and Justin learn of the Tjatey uprising that one such warrior has been planning. Dendera refers to these warriors as the elders, claiming she too is considered one of them even though she is against their attack plans. Horrified and eager to alert everyone else on the base, Dendera begs them not to, claiming that if they alert the others her partner Onuris would be murdered by the rest of the elders.

Knowing there's a strong possibility that he could die in this uprising, William writes one final letter to Victoria, promising that should he survive the attack, he will reveal himself to her. Remarkably, he does in fact survive, but sadly the stakes had been higher than he anticipated and those who did die in that uprising are haunting him day and night. Not only that, but he is also put on probation by AMF Captain Abraham Grant, and Chief Commander Lynne Williams.

Unable to live up to his promise to Victoria, he wallows in his misery while also missing his two best friends; Stan and Justin. His future looks bleak as he sits at home grieving the loss of Sergeant Dickerson as well as the almost death of Abraham.

In Atlantech Days of Darkness, William struggles with accepting what he and Justin did (withholding valuable information) They both know the blood of those who died is on their hands, especially Sergeant Dickerson's. At first whatever friendship remains between William and Lynne seems strained, but after Lynne has a special talk with Abraham she makes the decision to forgive William and let him off probation. This is also around the same time that he's received a gift basket from Justin, who also included a letter and details of how he would break him out if necessary. William waits to read the letter AFTER Lynne has left. Although while she is still there he does ask if she will also let Justin off the hook too. She tells him she doesn't know, and also that it's something she'd rather not think about at this time.

Earlier, William's mother Letha also pays him a visit to tell him that she is proud of him. William is still very broody and shows his mother the physical scar (from when he was sliced on the right arm by one of Naeem's warriors) He tells her the warrior who did this wanted to see if he bled like the humans. He also talks about the emotional scars and how he will never be the same. ( He can't be the pacifist he used to be because of the war.) He and Justin are also aware of the hatred their fellow comrades feel for them now.