Willie's parrents were travelling pedelers whose route included much of SE England and passed throught several faerie forrests, where they got some of their stock. He grew up travelling with them in most of the SE area of England. During this time Willies natural tallent for bargaining developed and having a child bargaining for them helped the bussines prosper. When The Gift surfaced, Willie became a liability, espessially when his slightly pointed ears and green cats eyes became pronounced. He was apprenticed at several other occupations, but The Gift always drowe him away, before his Parens, Petrus, found him. The only person not avoiding him during this time was a bird that found him shortly after the Gift surfaced.