Wilford appeared literally out of nowhere with a bright pink glitter explosion and the sickeningly sweet smell of candy, scaring a slightly older Ego half to death. Back then, Dark was quick to find cover before looking for an object to defend himself with against this unfamiliar, possible foe who'd covered him in glitter. Back then, Wilford wore a stupid pinstripe jacket and tophat when he'd introduced himself to the emo-Ego.

He stuck around Dark because he had nowhere else to go; because the other had some sort of powers, too. Because they looked like clones of each other. Neither of them really understood how to use their powers or why they looked alike, unfortunately. They didn't know about Mark back then. They barely even understood what they were, let alone the fact they had a creator in a plane parallel to their own. Wilford didn't understand that he'd been turned into a YouTuber's icon, and that's where he'd come from.

They'd constantly faded in and out of visibility. They took refuge with each other cold nights, while in the day, Wilford went off to explore; only to return when darkness started falling again. Out of the two, he was the one to discover the King of the Squirrels first, when the newest Figment literally jumped out of a tree on top of Wilford. Wilford took more interest in the King than Dark did, but even his own interest was limited and the King was left by the wayside when the original duo started learning their abilities better.

Wilford learned to teleport first. That was their first big power-discovery. He'd poof here and there, just to rub it in Dark's face that he couldn't do that. Eventually, it was Dark's turn to scare Wilford half to death when he learned it for himself, teleporting so that he wound up face-to-face with the pink-stached Ego.

They trained together, then. They hurt each other more often than not, unfortunately. Once, Wilford had caught sight of the King sitting in a tree, snickering at them, when Dark had been knocked unconscious and Will had part of a wall collapsed on him, pinning him to the ground.

Due to a mistake on the King's part, and curiosity on Mark's, they discovered their creator; in turn, he found out, in a very rude awakening, who they were. Wilford was the one to greet him after the King fled back to his 'kingdom'.

Wilford found Mark interesting. Annoying, maybe. Fun to annoy, too.

Much to Dark's annoyance, Wilford got plenty of actual screen-time after that; rather than just little cameos here and there. It didn't help that the candy-scented Ego rubbed it in Dark's face.

Wilford changed faster than Dark. The canon for him clearer, and it seemed Mark was always trying to improve his character. He went from a junior reporter practically stalking Slenderman to a psychopath in pink suspenders and fancy knives and guns. Dark was stuck as the emo-Ego for a while yet; up until Mark actually thought to improve on his 'character' as well—making him the manipulative, demonic entity the fans were currently familiar with.

Will was always excited for screen-time. So, when Mark asked him to be part of 'Who Killed Markiplier?', Wilford practically jumped at the chance. Amy had fit him with a bushy false mustache that covered his natural one, and he was given a soldier's attire. He was to act as the Colonel. A new Ego! he'd thought with a grin. Mark and the team were creating not one, but two new Egos with the series: The Colonel and the Mayor!

How wrong he'd been. Mark was expanding on canon, not creating new Egos. Now, Wilford found himself holding his spine more rigidly, as if at attention. His eyes always felt strained, like he needed glasses. He'd known what death was before. Now, he had a hard time grasping the idea that when someone died, they stayed dead. He mourned Damien, and Celine, and the District Attorney—people who'd never truly existed. He tried to remind himself that they were just planted memories, ones that appeared with canon; it became increasingly more difficult as time went on, until Wilford just decided to ignore the feeling altogether.

For a long while, while Dark was quietly furious with their creator for that series and unasked for changes it had caused, Wilford became violently livid. Mark couldn't even show up in their plane for a good three weeks after the series because as soon as he walked through that door, the pink Ego was throwing a knife or firing a gun his way.

Only good thing about it, Wilford admitted, was that the fans gave him even more attention after that. Like Dark, he became more powerful.

Even now, it really wasn't clear which of the duo was more powerful. Wilford claimed it was him, while Dark would just quietly scoff if he heard such a thing.


Like all the Egos, Wilford's strength comes from how much attention/popularity he gets from the fans. His abilities include:

-Teleportation: He can travel either on his own or with multiple companions in doing this. If with companions, they get engulfed in a bright pink, glittery cloud. It smells sickeningly sweet, and they will feel as if suffocating until reaching Wilford's desired destination.

-Magic: He can make things appear out of thin air. Wilford, along with Marvin, also created a door bridging the Septics and Ipliers' offices together. It's unclear what the extension of his magic is, as he mostly uses it for small things like pulling a piece of candy out of thin air or decorating the office for a holiday in the snap of his fingers. He has been known to poof a truck out of thin air and make non-Ego Figments disappear, and Dark seems wary of his abilities, but he has yet to use it to his full extent. This tends to scare Mark and everyone else, as well. With how predictable he is, and how unknown it is just how far he can go, things could turn dangerous very quickly.

-Reality Warping: Directly linked to his magic. He can make a room look like it's churning, or make someone see only in hues of a certain color, even when none of this is actually happening. Usually just used to annoy others. He has used it on the androids before, making them see only in shades of red, so that they thought they were having errors and flipping out because they couldn't figure out the problem. Sometimes he might make Dark's office look bright pink, too.