The protagonist of Metaphor: ReFantazio, canonically known as Will primarily,is a young man of a fantasy background. He is of the elda tribe, a race defined by no distinguished characteristics and an impossibly rare tribe. Due to unfolding events that lead to a public election that is decided by people's faith, the protagonist joins as a candidate and embarks on a mission to save the prince, his best friend since childhood, from a curse by assassinating the supposed perpetrator Louis Guiabern.