James Ratri

James Ratri (ジェイムズ・ラートリー), professionally known as William Minerva (ウィリアム・ミネルヴァ), is an author who has written several books in Grace Field House's library. He has been leaving secret messages in his books with Morse Code in hopes of helping cattle children trapped in the farms.

History
To help the children, he provided clues about the orphanages' true nature. At the Grace Field House, Phil discovered that all the books in the library contained a hidden message: "run from the house because there is danger lying ahead of them." Such clues are in the form of secret coding which the children call Minerva's Morse Code. He also left multiple letters behind; both the Grace Field House and Glory Bell orphanages had one letter. Another letter hidden within Shelter B06-32's library told the children to head towards Goldy Pond.

Sister Krone also found a pen marked with the initials "WM", which matched his William Minerva alias in his books. The pen has multiple functions: holographic mapping the user's current location and direction and accessing the secret shelter. It is later discovered that Minerva made multiple pens as Mister and Lucas used another pen to enter the secret shelter when they escaped their orphanage.

Appearance
He is depicted as a tall man, who is almost always seen wearing a suit with a black tie and a hat. On several occasions, he is seen holding a cane.

Personality
He is a complex and intelligent man, leaving hints behind for children to survive and escape the plantations and leave the demon world. He even went as far as to endanger his own well-being and life when he tried to help the children by building safe sanctuaries.

Trivia

 * In the special edition of Volume 13, an interview with Kaiu Shirai and Posuka Demizu revealed that William Minerva was initially not planned to exist as a character.
 * It is likely that William Minerva's name originates from the Ancient Roman Goddess Minerva. Minerva is the goddess of poetry, medicine, wisdom, strategic warfare, commerce, weaving and crafts. Like William, she is also commonly depicted and symbolized with her owl, "The Owl of Minerva".
 * James Ratri is likely named after Captain James Hook from J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan.

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