William Robert Woodman

"Although the events that unfold here are no longer in my control — for they have come to pass — I am free to color them as I like."

- William Robert Woodman.

William Robert Woodman, also called Frater V.O.V. in the Abstergo Industries DDS, was a co-founder of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn alongside William Wynn Westcott, and Samuel Liddell Mathers.

Later life
"I briefly wonder who of my two colleagues, of my two oldest and dearest friends, the assassin works for. [...] One wants me dead; the other has a much more sinister idea."

- William pondering on the attempt on his life.

A little before Christmas, William tended to the flowers in his greenhouse, when he was approached by a young Gustav Meyrink, who asked for his help as an editor. William only mumbled noncommittally, but Gustav seemed satisfied.

Some time after Gustav had left, William sensed the approach of an assassin, one he knew to be independent from the well-known Order of Assassins.

Knowing that one of his two oldest friends was responsible, out of friendship and faithfulness to him, William nonetheless did not resist, and succumbed to the killer's poison.

After death
"Through the confines of the System, I have relived these memories countless times..."

- William.

Even after death, William somehow continued to live on, even observing his own funeral and commenting that the ceremony was "well performed — though completely useless." Here, only Mathers, the Evoker of Spirits, and Moina, the Seeress and Mather's wife, seemed to acknowledge William and know he was present.

Through "the System," William began exploring the events that led up to his death, as well as those that followed it. He once thought on this, knowing that he could neither change nor control these events, but could only color them as he liked.