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David Williams

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minor

Also known as David, Williams

First appearance: The Great Return

David Williams shows up with force in The Great Return. The page is where that presence becomes real.

A villager who observes the strange lights and atmospheric changes accompanying the Grail's manifestation.
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In The Great Return: A villager who observes the strange lights and atmospheric changes accompanying the Grail's manifestation. Later, in VII: The Mass of the Sangraal: Mr. Williams's brother in Australia who sends a…

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MWMr. WilliamsDLDr. LewisMMMiss Mary Reyn…EDEdward DaviesMSMr. SecretanDWDavid Williams

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  • Other

Character groups

  • Great Return and Brain Experiment
  • Supernatural and Terror Investigators
  • White People Narratives
  • Harlesden Strange Events

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SetupAftermathClimax
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  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

The emotional peak occurs when the soldier awakens to a profound sense of "delicious ease," "assurance of comf…

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