John William Bancroft

John William Bancroft [[ Human Incarnate |280px]] Information Japanese Name ジョン·ウィリアム·バンクロフト Rōmaji Name Age Gender Male Hair Color Black (Human Form) Brown (Incarnate Form) Eye Color Brown(Human Form/Manga) Petrol (Human Form/Anime) Petrol (Incarnate Form) Height 98 ft. (Incarnate Form) Family Unknown Wife (deaded) Nancy Schaal Bancroft (Daughter) Occupation Soldier (Formerly) Affiliation Incarnate Soldier Unit (Formerly) First Appearance Debut Chapter 1; Episode 1 Image Gallery

John William Bancroft is a Nidhogg Incarnate and member of Incarnate Soldier Unit during the War,he military rank is Special Private. William is also Nancy Schaal Bancroft ’s father

Appearance

In his human form, William appeared as a middle-aged black haired man with small glasses and a white uniform.

In his Nidhogg form, William appeared as a brown western dragon with armored scales, a black horn on his forehead and a tail club at the end of his tail.

Personality

It is believed William was a kind hearted person as he ran an orphanage, and volunteered to become a Incarnate when the government offered to support his orphanage. He also promised his daughter, Schaal he would return after the war.

Abilities

Enhanced Strength: True to his body size, he possesses immense strength. One light swing of his tail is capable of chop down multiple trees at once. His strength is among the highest of any Incarnate, making him a secret weapon of the army.

Flight: He is capable of flight, however, due to his massive size and his wings is small compare to his size, he can only fly in a short term.

Enhanced Durability: His scale is hard and capable of bullet-deflecting.

Enhanced Stamina: His life-force is said to be inexhaustible. It is far surpasses any other Incarnate. On several occasions, he has survived battles that left both armies in shambles.

Fire Breath: He is capable of breathing fire.

History

Past

William was a villager from Rivulet Wood, where he opened an orphanage. William's wife died many years ago, so William took care of their daughter Schaal and adopted many orphans. Even though the village is not wealthy, they still live happily. In order to enable Schaal to be independent, William taught Schaal how to use use their family's rifle gun, the Sappho Buggane (elephant gun) and told her that this shotgun would come in handy one day to protect Rivulet Wood's village and asked her to remember it.

One day, one time while eating, William discussed with Schaal the recent problems of not having enough food, tea, and money at home. He told Schaal not to worry too much about these problems, because he would definitely come up with a way to solve the problem. At this time, a soldier from military intelligence visited William under the leadership of the villagers. Since William had "special aptitude" and some "unique skills" in the "Incarnate Project" promoted by the government to the outside world, he was qualified to become an Incarnate to end the war. Beside, that soldiers drafted William as he was compatible with the scientist and physician who created the Incarnates --Elaine Bluelake's Incarnate research, and the government promised to give money to the orphanage and village, which would help everyone.

After hearing that the soldier recruit him for Incarnate research due to his compatibility, and the government will promised to fund the orphanage and the village, William accepts and willingly to secure orphanage funding to become an Incarnate .Before going to war, William left his daughter Schaal and the orphans in the care of the villagers, he promising Schaal he would come back, and Schaal promises she'll be here when he returns. Later, William became an Incarnate and brought many contributions to the country. He once told Incarnate troop's Captain Hank Henriette about his daughter Schaal helping him take care of the orphans. At first, William had been thinking about whether to tell Hank that he would entrust his daughter Schaal to Hank to protect her if he was get some danger happened thing to him, but he later felt that he should do his best to protect Schaal and Rivulet Wood's village first.

The events that occurred shortly after becoming an Incarnate, considering the safety of Schaal and the villagers, were allowed to killed by Hank

Later, after the war, William met his daughter Schaal who welcomed him back during the triumphal procession. Although William followed Schaal back to Rivulet Wood's village and continued to live in the orphanage, due to the repeated use of his Incarnate ability on the battlefield for a long time, William returns post-war as the Nidhogg Incarnate, a giant brown dragon retaining human cognition , even he is trapped in his Incarnate form, though his mind remains human. Everyone accepts her father back anyway, the villagers considering him a war hero. After awhile, William sometimes began to scream in the middle of the night, troubling the villagers, but developing violent nocturnal episodes, during William would roar in the middle of the night and look at her fiercely, which worried Schaal. As William's appetite grew abnormally large, he began to behave like an animal, forcing Schaal to use the money that was supposed to be used to care for the orphans to purchase food. As a result, Schaal was forced to close the orphanage when funds became extremely short, not only that, to make sure the orphans to for their own safety, Schaal had to use the money her father William received from his military service to send the orphans to different orphanages, leaving the remaining money for the two of them to use.

After Schaal relocate the orphans for a while, the Rivulet Wood's villagers discovered that many livestock had been torn into pieces and bitten off by unknown animals in the village. They did not want to suspect William as the culprit who killed the livestock. However, as many bandits appear outside the village, rumors spread that many people have become "Incarnate killers", making them feel uneasy. Although the villagers did not wish to force Schaal to tie the bell to William's arm, they nevertheless restrained William and offered to wear a bell on him. Therefore, Schaal half agreed to the villagers' suggestion to bring a bell for her father William. When William listened to Schaal discuss whether to leave the village with her and live a secluded life in the mountains together, he knew what Schaal meant but did not answer her opinion about himself. Not long after, on a rainy night, William found that his former Incarnate troop captain Hank came to the village to find him. William knew that Hank had heard what he was doing in the village, and also understood that he came to kill him to fulfill the promise they made during the war. out of consideration for the safety of Schaal and the villagers, William did not resist and allowed Hank to shoot and kill him. But William is unaware that Schaal witnessed all of this, prompting her to become resentful of Hank and to dedicate herself to hunting him down in order to find out what happened.

Obtaining extradition in Rivulet Wood's village

Although William was buried in the back hill near the Rivulet Wood's village, a year after the Whitechurch incident, he suddenly revived for unknown reasons and seemed to have survived being shot by Hank. William's body became decayed and no longer showed any signs of humanity. He wandered around the creek forest killing animals and humans in search of food, and even attacked many travelers trying to pass through the forest, causing the Rivulet Wood's village to panic. Eventually, reports of William's behavior reached the ears of the Incarnate Extermination Unit Coup de Grace troop and arrived in Rivulet Wood's village. Schaal, who came to the Rivulet Wood's village around the same time, joined the team to search for him. When John stumbles upon Schaal, The Coup de Grace troop's leader Major Claude Withers , and Liza Renecastle while they are resting, he shocks everyone by returning from the dead. Moreover, William did not recognize Schaal and attacked her, Liza and Claude, as well as the Coup de Grace troop. Although The Coup de Grace troop immediately launched a counterattack against William, William quickly broke many trees with his tail attack, forcing them to dodge and walk directly into the depths of the forest.

The next day, after Liza provides Claude with information about William and gives Schaal some Godkiller Bullets to fight the Incarnate, Claude decides to lure William with the village's livestock and use The Coup de Grace troop's Rotary Machine Cannon to fight him. That night, The Coup de Grace troop used the village's livestock to lure William into the outskirts of the village and used the Rotary Machine Cannon to smash his wings, knocking him down. At first Claude decided to burn William with fire to prevent him from resurrecting, but William suddenly moved and gradually approached the village. Schaal interfered with the Coup de Grace troopers' operation to ask the villagers to seek refuge, and she plucked up the courage to follow Hank's example and use the Godkiller Bullets to extradite her father William. After facing Schaal and firing all the Godkiller Bullets at him, William gradually approached and close to her. It happened that William's body and right hand gradually collapsed and disintegrated, and his eyes seemed to reveal that he had remembered Schaal and came back to his senses. As his body slowly disintegrated, William gradually collapsed to the ground and used his remaining left hand to reached out to Schaal, just like when he returned from the battlefield, letting her hug him for the last time. William saw Schaal was flinches, but she realize that he now remembers her. After Schaal holds him hand again instead of hugging him, William closed his eyes and fell to the ground with his body. His remaining hand shattered on the spot, leaving only his fingers against Schaal's face. After the incident, The Coup de Grace troop handed over William's body to the military to recover to prevent him from reviving in the village again .