William Slade

William Slade was a human male mercenary who worked as one of SMITE's recruits. He was a skilled fighter, driver and assassin who became known to his friends as a "zombie-slaying machine" due to his skills. Being an assassin, he did not consider himself to be a hero but knew that he wasn't a monster either, hance why he left SMITE immediately after he discovered that they were threatening the world.

Born in the year of 2071 AD, Slade pursued an action packed life, first working as a soldier and later becoming a mercenary. He was at some point before 2107 AD hired by an organization called SMITE in order to put some chemicals into public drinking water. Slade ended up attempting to sabotage their plan with one of his friends, Dawson, but had to escape when they got caught, with Dawson soon getting killed. Slade himself survived and eventually encountered another group of survivors whom he joined.

Early life
Slade was born in 2071 AD. In his later life he served as a soldier, and upon retiring became a mercenary.

Working for SMITE
At some point before 2107 AD, Slade was along with Dawson, Gregori Lioneskya, and a Ruko Nishiwa hired by SMITE, a small terroristic group, to pure some chemicals into public drinking water. He and Dawson became skeptical of this plan and upon finding out what the organization's plan was, they attempted to sabotage them, though they caught and were forced to escape. The two stole a car and drove to an unidentified city where Dawson shot and killed a dog whom they later roasted and ate. The following morning, Dawson got woken up by a strange sound which turned out to be an undead, which was created as a result of SMITE's plan. He shot the attacker, which woke up Slade and caught the attraction of numerous other undead. Reacting quickly, Slade took his gun and started shooting the crowd of undead that gathered around them. After killing most of the undead, the mercenary used his chainsaw to dispose of the few enemies left, before he jumped into the car and picked up his friend. He then drove the car outside of the city where it broke down due to running out of gas. Much to their shock, the undead started rising from the fields next to them, causing the two to start shooting. Upon running out of ammunition Slade used his chainsaw to defend himself, though Dawson got killed due to having no defence against the undead. After his death, Slade climbed on the top of his car and cut all of the undead that came too close to him, eventualy killing them all. He later fell asleep on the pile of corpses and woke up the following morning, now missing his helmet.

Following Dawson's death, Slade encountered two soldiers and found a military exo-suit. The three drove into Plastin in an attempt to clear the city of the undead, though both of the soldiers ended up getting killed and Slade was forced to retreat. He later returned on a motorcycle with a hammer and a shield, attempting to dispose of the zombies himself, with him at one point being saved by Gerald Karlson, a survivor who watched his actions from the nearby Tamalys' house. The two were soon joined by the rest of Gerald's group which consisted of Matthew Belovik, Joseph Vogel, Russel Tamaly, and Jennifer Tamaly. They took on the hoarde and althought they ultimately started losing, they ended up getting saved by the Terror Counter Force. Slade and Russ were however seperated from the rest of the group.

Personality and traits
Slade was a human male with black eyes, light skin and brown hair. Outside of being a soldier and working for SMITE, his past was left clouded with mysteries for everyone but himself. When facing danger, he was known to be cold and fearless, showing no signs of fear even when his friend died in front of his eyes. He was a skilled fighter, both in hand and ranged combat, managing to take down a group of zombies with only a chainsaw.

Equipment
Slade was equiped with a gun and a chainsaw which served as his primary weapon. He temporarily owned a car which he and his friend stole from SMITE. Following his encounter with the two soldiers, he started wearing a military exo-suit and was equiped with a shield and a hammer. He also started driving a motorcycle.

Behind the scenes
Slade first appeared in the 2010 The LEGO Zombie Apocalypse and is voiced by Matthew Poppe. Back then he didn't have a name as the episode was only a short special and wasn't planned to be expanded into a series. His first name was revealed in 2021 on the official website.

Appearances

 * "Episode One - The LEGO Zombie Apocalypse"
 * "Episode Two - Infection"
 * "Episode Three - Mutation"
 * "Episode Four - The Deathwagon"