While playing around on Hero Forge, I came to realize I'd written much about the psychopathic bear William Gurdetha, but only had pictures of his living descendant, Graham. This is a figurine of William himself, wearing a black suit and pants with a yellow tie, but padding (barefoot). (Originally I pictured him wearing a blue Civil War-style uniform with a rope-tensioned snare drum; the tall ornate drums on either side of William therefore represent this. Alternatively, William might wear other typical clothes of the era men wore.)

William was often hailed as the J. Burns Moore of the animal kingdom, living about the same time period as Moore. He was therefore one of the finest percussionists and composers of his generation, playing in military and circus bands. (Graham, therefore, felt it was his duty to drum in a circus.)

People only remember William's bad side, however, because he lived during a period where Wildcat City had issues with its humans being extremely rude towards furries, a fact today's people assume was CNG's doing (since it wants to erase humanity for being "too savage of a race"), and it didn't help he was bullied a lot. As a result, he snapped, and used his talents as an excuse to rally furries to join his cause to create a society without humans, and one way of separating himself from the humans was preaching all animals must live barefoot. His biggest mistake, however, came from the fact he supported the evil General Kayne's ambitions to make Wildcat City its own stand-alone nation, instead of just leaving it as a city in the state of Kansas. Eventually Leo Washington (Leo the Patriotic Lion's ancestor) jailed both of them after liberating the city, and it was during his time in prison that William wrote his most memorable music.

Towards the end of his life, however, William was able to win back humanity's trust when he apologized and showed remorse for his actions (upon release from prison when it was determined he was a mentally unstable being; a common theory is that he might have been either bipolar or schizophrenic). His autobiography, Don't Bear With Me: Living a Lifetime of Lies and Deception, was published posthumously, and his descendant (Graham) profits from sales of the book today.

William was bon in 1855, and died in 1937.

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