[b]Name[/b]: William Campbell

[b]Age[/b]: 25

[b]Height[/b]: 5' 8"

[b]Weight[/b]: 178 lb

[b]Appearance[/b]: [hider=William Campbell][img=http://freedwallpaper.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/hijikata-toshirou-anime-guys_99093.jpg][/hider]

[b]Race[/b]: Human

[b]Nationality[/b]: Amestris

[b]Personality[/b]: William is a very perceptive and focused man. Years ago he had lost his ability to speak, forcing him to sit back and watch things go by throughout his life. Needless to say, he's an excellent listener and is very understanding. William takes an avid interest the art of Alkahestry and has dabbled in the art as well, of course his power and knowledge of Alchemy is much more superior and vast in comparison. William often likes to relax on his spare time; enjoying a nice cigarette or just thinking about things usually puts his anxieties, whatever they may be, at rest. 
 
[b]Background[/b]: Ever since William was a boy his interest in Alchemy always lead him into trouble. Practising the art whenever he saw fit, and usually having little to no regard for the consequences. By the age of 14 William thought he knew everything there was to know about alchemy and decided to learn alkahestry, thinking they were along the same lines. He mustered up some money and took a long and unforgettable trip to Xing, where he went to tons of different libraries cross referencing everything he learned. It was to his misfortune when he accidentally stumbled upon a sacred families secret. Descendants of the aforementioned family abducted him off the street a few days later and preformed unauthorized and unprofessional surgery on him. During the abduction they removed his vocal cords, this was a symbolic way of saying don't speak a word of the family's secret. Luckily for William, doctors at the nearest hospital used alkahestry and medical sciences to save his life, and prevent him from bleeding out. The doctors told William that he would probably never speak again. William had to find an alternative way to communicate with people, he started to use a small, clipboard sized chalkboard to write out what he wants to say. 

William came back to Amestris a changed man. Gruesome dreams and nightmares came to him when he slept for nearly 9 months. William couldn't take another night of reliving his throat being pulled out in his dreams, so he started researching. Researching anything. He researched anything that fancied him even a little, just to take his mind off things. He came to the conclusion that if he became a state alchemist, the government would hand him assignments that would distract him from his real problems. He studied and practised for years, making sure he couldn't fail the state alchemist exam. Through his tireless efforts and everlasting will he managed to pass the exam and become a full fledged state alchemist. 

[b]Profession[/b]: State Alchemist.

[b]Art[/b]: Alchemy and a little bit of Alkahestry.

[b]Specialty[/b]: Liquefaction - William uses alchemy to create quicksand using the ground. William must preform a chain like reaction to create this quicksand. First, he uses his alchemy to deconstruct the earth in a targeted area and destroy it into millions of pieces of sand. William then uses his alchemy to saturate the sand with water obtained by the rock around the sand (Equivalent Exchange). The third step in his form of alchemy is to manipulate the quicksand to do whatever he wants. William was the first person to create and use this type of alchemy. William used this alchemy during the practical part of his state alchemist exam to impress the judges. He preforms his alchemy with a small chalkboard that he carries around, this chalkboard is the same one he uses to communicate with.

[b]Techniques[/b]: 

[i]Quicksand pit[/i]- William puts his chalkboard on the ground with a transmutation circle drawn on it, and starts this technique. He creates a long narrow strip of quicksand leading from the chalkboard to his opponents feet, making them sink down into the sand. The technique has a maximum range of around 10 metres, and is about 1 metre wide.

[i]Quicksand Pillar[/i]- After turning his desired area into quicksand, William manipulates the quicksand to jump out at his target. He creates a cylinder of quicksand that rises up from the pit he had created to grab onto his enemy. Once the quicksand has a firm hold on his enemy, it starts to drag him downwards into the pit.. It's only practical use is to take out enemies in the air.

[i]Quicksand net[/i]- Very similar to quicksand pillar, but without the intent to kill. William creates a pit a quicksand in which a good portion shoots towards his enemy. Instead on sinking the enemy and suffocating him/her, the quicksand just holds the person in place, avoiding his/her head. 

[i]Solidification[/i] - This technique is the exact same as making quicksand, only in reverse. William uses the water already infused in the quicksand to compress the sand into a hard solid, almost as strong as the earth in which the quicksand was originally made from.