Willard the wildly successful

Willard only ruled the kingdom for about 45 seconds. It is a custom in the land for the kings first command during the corronation to be carried out unquestioningly. Typically, this is used to declare benign decrees like "Everybody party!" or "Everyone be nice!". Willard does not like parties, and the coronation is more or less just one big party. He leaned over to his council of advisors and muttered "Ugh.. somebody kill me." They did. Instantly. Unfortunately the king's second, third and fourth commands do not cary the same weight. "No!", "Wait!", and "Stop!" all fell on deaf ears. His later commands were not recorded, as they were drowned out by the bludgeoning.

Some people claim that he is the motivation behind the "Willer" piece in Rodginteen. The game designers deny this claim, dispite the blatant similarity to his name and demise.

Willard left no heirs, but due to a quirk of history, Leon the 87th appeared from the past and assumed the throne.

Appearance in fiction

 * The academic book Realm Hole mentions Willard, but the author appears to have a bias against him.