- "Right off the coast, eh. All our treasures combined will not equal this one, Mary."
- – William to Mary. [src]
William Read is a pirate, appearing in the Tales of the Witchblade.
Biography[]
Island of the Witchblade[]
Anne Bonny and her lover, Jack Rackham acquired a rare map during a tavern brawl that they shared with William and Mary Read, a pirate team whose main love is the rarest of treasures. Although the map warned that the entire island is alive, they headed to a deserted island as William wanted to built a good home for their unborn child. As they explore the island, they find it to be unusually alive. When they get deeper into the jungle, one of the crew mates named James is grabbed by a bunch of vines. He's then eaten by a giant, carnivorous Venus flytrap, much to the horror of his crew mates.
Even with loss of James, the crew continues their journey. Suddenly, they hear the sound of cannons and Anne suspects that Blackbeard has tracked them down and attacked their ship. She then tells Rico to go back to the beach and signal them as soon as he sees the enemies. As Rico turns around to go the beach, the ground comes to life and buries him together with his monkey.
Eventually, they comes across a mound of bones and treasures close to a waterfall. On top of it is the Witchblade, emanating a light that seems to be the force behind why the jungle is so alive and so dangerous. Andy and another crew mate decides to go the mound and take the Witchblade. As Andy enters the water, he senses something touching his leg. When his fellow crew mate reaches the mound and he puts on the Witchblade, it proceeds to blow off his arm. As Anne sees a pack of panthers emerge from the water, she tells Andy to immediately come back. Before he can do that, the panthers attack him and shred him to pieces.
This distracts the team, enough that Blackbeard is able to attack Annie by surprise. He then sends two of his crew to capture Bonny, while Blackbeard takes his hostages to the beach for execution. At the shore of the beach, William and Mary are about to be executed by Blackbeard's crew when Annie jumps out of the jungle and traps the pirates in the cage made out of earth. One of the crew recognizes the Witchblade, calling it the Blade of Fire. The Blackbeard and his crew are then ripped apart by a pack of tigers.
Anne then left the island with William and Mary, knowing too well that they lost most of their people, but with this new weapon in her hand, things will get interesting for all of them.
Gallery[]
