Owens relocated the Byers and Eleven to Lenora Hills, California. Three months later, Will tearfully said goodbye to his friends before he and his family moved out of Hawkins, taking Eleven with them.ĭr. Putting his feelings behind him, he joined his friends in once again fighting the Mind Flayer. To make matters worse, Will sensed that the Mind Flayer's presence still lingered in Hawkins, and discovered that Max's stepbrother Billy was being used at its new puppet. He attempted to organize new Dungeons & Dragons campaigns, but grew upset and angry when he saw his friends were clearly losing interest. Will was the only member of the Party to not be in a romantic relationship, and with the attention of his friends in short supply, he struggled to feel accepted, or valued. Mike had become involved with Eleven, Lucas with Max Mayfield, and Dustin with a girl from Utah that he met at summer camp. A month later, a recovered Will attended the Snow Ball at Hawkins Middle School with his friends.īy the summer of 1985, many members of the Party were in romantic relationships.

Additionally, Eleven, an escaped child test subject from Hawkins Lab with psychokinetic abilities, and a friend to Mike, Lucas and Dustin, used her powers to seal the interdimensional gateway this cut off the Mind Flayer’s psychic link, and for a time, ended the Upside Down’s incursion into Hawkins. With the help of Joyce, Jonathan, and Mike's sister, Nancy, the portion of the creature that inhabited Will was driven out of his body, disappearing into the night. The creature, which Will's friends dubbed the 'Mind Flayer', exploited its connection to Will to manipulate Owens and the scientists at Hawkins Lab, resulting in many deaths and casualties at the facility. Will began to see a gigantic spider-like creature looming in the skies of the Upside Down, and despite his best efforts to resist, became possessed by the entity. However, his visions proved to be of a much stranger and more sinister nature. Sam Owens, who dismissed Will's visions as a consequence of trauma. Although Will returned to his old life in Hawkins, his time in what his friends called 'The Upside Down' had left a mark on his psyche he began to experience visions of the two worlds flickering in and out of existence.īy the fall of 1984, Joyce had started taking Will to Hawkins Lab to be examined by Dr. He was taken to hospital to recover, where he reunited with his family and friends.

Joyce and the local chief of police, Jim Hopper, travelled into the alternate dimension via an interdimensional gateway at Hawkins National Laboratory, and finally managed to locate Will.

Will was eventually captured by the creature and taken to the other dimension's version of the public library, where he was strung up and attached to a mysterious alien vine. For a week, Will evaded the creature while his family and friends desperately searched for him he found a way to communicate with his mother Joyce across dimensions by manipulating electricity. Will tried his best to escape, but the creature cornered him, transporting him to its home dimension. However, Will's life would turn upside-down on Novemwhile cycling home from his friends' latest D&D campaign, Will crossed paths with a humanoid predator hailing from an alternate dimension. Will was a shy, artistic boy from Hawkins, Indiana who loved to play Dungeons & Dragons with his three best friends, Mike, Lucas and Dustin. He is the youngest son of Joyce Byers, the younger brother to Jonathan Byers, the stepbrother of Eleven, and the best friend of Mike Wheeler, Dustin Henderson, Lucas Sinclair, and Max Mayfield. William 'Will' Byers, portrayed by Noah Schnapp, is a main character in Stranger Things, having a recurring but pivotal role in the first season, before being promoted to the main cast from the second season onward.

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