William Robert Woodman

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[[File:PL-Vota Vita Mea.png|thumb|250px|right|William in his greenhouse.]]
'''William Robert Woodman '''(1828 - 1891),<ref name="Wikipedia">''Wikipedia:'' [[wikipedia:William Robert Woodman|William Robert Woodman]]</ref> also called '''Frater V.O.V.''' in the [[Abstergo Industries]] [[Data Dump Scanner|DDS]], was a co-founder of the [[Hermeticists#Modern times|Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn]] alongside [[William Wynn Westcott]], and [[Samuel Liddell Mathers]].

==Biography==
===Later life===
{{quote|I briefly wonder who of my two colleagues, of my two oldest and dearest friends, the assassin works for. [...] One wants me dead; the other has a much more sinister idea.|Woodman pondering on the attempt on his life.|Chapter 4 - Frater V.O.V.}}

[[File:PL-Finem Respice.png|thumb|250px|right|Woodman meeting with Gustav Meyrink on the day of his death.]]
A little before Christmas, Woodman tended to the flowers in his greenhouse, when he was approached by a young [[wikipedia:Gustav Meyrink|Gustav Meyrink]], who asked for his help as an editor. Woodman only mumbled noncommittally, but Gustav seemed satisfied.<ref name="Project Legacy">''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]'' - ''[[Chapter 4 - Frater V.O.V.]]''</ref>

Some time after Gustav had left, Woodman sensed the approach of an assassin, one he knew to be independent from the [[Assassins|well-known Order of Assassins]].<ref name="Project Legacy" />

Knowing that one of his two oldest friends was responsible, out of friendship and faithfulness to him, Woodman nonetheless did not resist, and succumbed to the killer's poison.<ref name="Project Legacy" />

===After death===
{{quote|They wish I wouldn't spy on them now, but they know I'm here. They always do. I've rarely met humans so gifted before.|Woodman on his contact with Mathers and Moina.|Chapter 4 - Frater V.O.V.}}

[[File:Rosy Cross of the Golden Dawn.png|thumb|250px|right|Woodman's coffin, marked with the Rosy Cross.]]
Even after death, Woodman somehow continued to live on, even observing his own funeral and commenting that the ceremony was ''"well performed — though completely useless."''<ref name="Project Legacy" />

Here, only Mathers, the Evoker of Spirits, and Moina, the Seeress and Mather's wife, seemed to acknowledge Woodman and know he was present.<ref name="Project Legacy" />

Woodman went on to observe the downfall of his Order by following Samuel Mathers to important meetings. He saw Aleister Crowley's initiation into the Inner Order, Mathers meeting with one of the [[Templars|Secret Chiefs]], who revealed to Mathers how important Woodman had been, and Mathers resignation from the Order. He was also present during Moina's prediction of the downfall of the Order.<ref name="Project Legacy" />

==Trivia==
*"V.O.V." likely refers to the Latin phrase ''"vincit omnia veritas,"'' which translates to "truth conquers all." The phrase is also used as a memory title in Woodman's chapter in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy]]''.

==References==
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