William Afton

An extremely dangerous and vile individual, Afton was a serial killer who believed that abducting and murdering small children would allow him to almost 'absorb' their life essence and allow him to become immortal and thus never have to face death, as he seemingly developed a unbearable fear of dying after witnessing the deaths of his two children Elizabeth Afton and his Unnamed son, and the murdered children only went on to possess the Animatronics at his pizza establishment. In the mid–1970's, Afton and his friend and business partner, Henry Emily, created the company Fazbear Entertainment and opened Fredbear's Family Diner. Henry designed, manufactured, and built two Springlock Suits (Spring Bonnie and Fredbear), and later the four main animatronic entertainers for Freddy Fazbear's Pizza (Freddy Fazbear, Bonnie, Chica, and Foxy), while William would handle the business's paperwork, management and finances. In the building's first years, Afton would dress as Spring Bonnie, a Springlock Suit which depicted a large androgynous yellow rabbit. He would wear it inside the pizzeria, via using a hand crank to move the inner springlocks of the suit away from his face, chest, arms and legs, as not doing so would lead to his impalement inside the suit. He would often brag about how he could perform effortlessly while using it, being very proud and flamboyant as he did so. Some people claimed the character that he so loved to portray was more alive than he was. One night in 1983, Henry's daughter, Charlotte Emily, would be left outside the diner, and William seized the opportunity to kill her. Later that year, his younger son was killed when his older brother and his peers during an act of bullying where they forced him inside the animatronics mouth to terrify him as much as possible. The animatronic’s jaw then clamped shut, ending his life in front of a laughing crowd. Two years later, around June 26th, 1984, Afton would abduct and murder five children by luring them into a backroom, dressed as Spring Bonnie. When suspicion arose, he hid their corpses to avoid getting caught, likely in the animatronics. The police would arrest Afton, but let him go due to a lack of evidence and the bodies never being found. After the first location closed due to bankruptcy, William Afton left Fazbear Entertainment, later briefly returning once under an alias. Some years later, William would create the company Afton Robotics, and set up a new location, called Circus Baby Pizzeria with a new cast of animatronics called the Funtime Animatronics. However, this location would shut down even before it opened due to a supposed "gas leak." In reality, multiple children were sent into the building and most, if not all, were subsequently murdered by the Funtime Animatronics. William's only daughter, Elizabeth Afton, was part of the group of children sent in, and was killed by Circus Baby. Following this disaster, William would rebrand the restaurant into Circus Baby's Entertainment and Rentals, renting out the Funtime animatronics to private parties. William has been described as a tall, lanky caucasian man with scruffy brown hair and deep eye bags -- simply looking like a middle aged man. William Afton is depicted as the textbook definition of evil. He is the sadistic serial killer who sparked the downfall of his own company, Fazbear Entertainment, having murdered over a dozen children in cold blood, and started the tragic chain of events that leads the players throughout the series. It is heavily implied that William's true motive is to gain the secret of immortality and live eternally alongside fulfilling his cruel and sadistic pleasures. Judging from his actions and appearance within the games, William is wicked, cold-blooded and methodical, clearly showing no remorse for his actions. He was even malicious enough to murder his closest friend and business partner Henry's only daughter Charlotte, an event which caused Henry immense emotional turmoil to the point where he was considering suicide. This shows that William does not care even for his friends, and is more than willing to harm them, whether it be mentally, emotionally, or physically. William is extremely ruthless and sadistic and appears to take delight, satisfaction, and pride in the murder of innocent people while watching his victims suffer in agony, especially when said victims are mere children. William can exhibit a rather calm and neutral personality, but this is likely a facade to hide his true intentions and evil mindset, showing that he is a manipulator and seemingly theatrical, being able to easily put on a character to fool people. The fact that he created the Funtime Animatronics, which are very technologically advanced, shows that he has gained a skill for robotics, possibly from Henry Emily, and is very proud of his creations. He is arrogant, boastful, and confident. It is implied he admired his only daughter and his younger unamed son, however his relationship with Michael Afton is extremely negative; as he blames him for his siblings deaths. Mrs. Afton took her life a few years after William's youngest son was born -- leaving him to attempt to raise his three children by his own, before they ended up moving to Utah.