Will Raynard

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Will Raynard
Information
Game	Tales of Legendia
Age	28
Race	Human
Weapon	Hammers
Japanese Voice Actor	Susumu Chiba
English Voice Actor	Cam Clark

Will Raynard is the first person Senel encounters on the Legacy. A trustworthy man, he has put his crystal eres abilities to good use while serving as sheriff of Werites Beacon. While the townspeople call him sheriff, he refuses to accept that title and insists he is a natural historian. Sometimes strict and sometimes gentle, his experience, leadership skills and ability to make hard decisions serve the party well. Yet despite all his strengths, he harbors a single hidden weakness.

Will's character quest focuses on his past relationship with a noble woman named Amelia. They fell in love, but her father was against their relationship so they ran away to the Legacy at age eighteen and had their daughter, Harriet, at nineteen. Amelia was forced to return home afterward and Will was banished to the Legacy, never to return to the mainland. Amelia passed away shortly before the main storyline began, therefore, Harriet took it upon herself after nine years of not knowing her father to confront him on the Legacy. She hates him initially, but eventually they become a normal father and daughter, Will being very protective of her and the only one who will put up with her terrible cooking.

[edit] In Battle

Despite the fact that Will equips a large hammer as a weapon, he does not use it very much, being far more proficient with the magics of Crystal Eres. Will has the highest base Intelligence of all of the Crystal Erens of Legendia, but as he is male, he cannot equip the Angel Halo, which puts all three of the girls over him. He starts out as the most versatile of the Crystal Erens, possessing both offensive and curative magics, but Norma will eventually surpass him once she begins learning her own curative and defensive Crystal Eres. It is also unfortunate that his only Sea-elemental spell is Spread, which is really too weak to be of much help against all of the endgame bosses that are weak to it. In the end, Will ends up being worse at healing than Norma, worse at offensive casting than Grune, and just all-around inferior to Shirley, who can do everything he can only better. However, he is still a very versatile caster, so if you are planning on using more than one Crystal Eren, Will is more than suited for the job.

[edit] Trivia

• Will is referenced in Tales of Vesperia, as a skill called "Raynard" that Karol can learn, which increases his power while wielding hammers.
• Will's "Norma Nickname" is "Teach".
• There is a recurring gag in the game, in which Will punishes people, mainly the other party members, by bonking them hard on the head.