Will Darling

Summary
Will Darling is an ex-soldier home from WWI. After being de-mobbed he has a hard time getting a job and he is one step from living on the streets. The war has given him nothing but experience in killing people (which for some reason is discouraged in civil life) and an emotional support knife. After a period of odd jobs or more often no jobs, he has inherited a book shop from an estranged uncle.

Birth year
"'Will had gone to the War at eighteen, and come back five years later to find himself useless and unwanted.'"Assuming Will was eighteen when the War started in 1914 he would have been born in 1896 making him 27 at the start of Slippery Creatures.

Relationships
Best friends with Maisie Jones.