
Allanon reveals to Wil that he is a descendant of the royal House of Shannara and tasks him with protecting the Elven Princess Amberle Elessedil.Ī year after Amberle Elessedil restored the Ellcrys, Wil Ohmsford is scarred by the loss of Amberle and his separation from Eretria. He is awoken by the Druid Allanon, who has come looking for him. Naive and out of his depth, Wil is nearly killed by a Troll soon after leaving Shady Vale, only to be saved, drugged, and robbed by the Rover girl Eretria. Flick urges Wil to throw away the Elfstones, and Wil pretends to comply, but he takes the talismans with him when he leaves the Vale. In her final breaths, she insisted that Shea was a good man, not the crazy person people thought him to be, and that Wil should "seek out the Druid."Īfter burying his mother, Wil resolves to leave his home in Shady Vale to study the art of healing at Storlock, over the protests of his uncle Flick Ohmsford. Not much is known about Wil's early years except that he never once stepped foot outside Shady Vale, his home.Īs Heady lay dying, she gave to Wil the Elfstones that had once belonged to his deceased father Shea, and told him that they contained magic. He is an aspiring Healer and the only child of Shea Ohmsford and Heady Ohmsford. Wil Ohmsford is a main character in The Shannara Chronicles, based on the lead character of the same name in The Elfstones of Shannara.
