William Norton Jr.

William Norton Jr., also known as The Reader, is a criminal mastermind with the ability to read minds.

Personality
William is an utterly remorseless, unpredictable, ruthless, manipulative and psychopathic person who deeply enjoys forming complex criminal and large-scale plans and executing them successfully, revealing that he does it for the thrill and to challenge himself by topping the major crimes he commits. He puts on the facade of a regular person usually and often seems well-mannered, kindhearted and generous but this is to hide his true colors and make it easier for him to manipulate others.

Unlike most criminals, William does not care about organized crime or profitting from his crimes, just for the pure thrill he gets off from what he sees as personal scores and challenges to beat. William is a showman; whereas most criminals would work from the shadows and conceal their crimes, he often broadcasted his, and he would always have a theatricality to his acts of crime. He has also shown to have a disregard for the safety of his own and others, as long as he gets what he wants.

Skills and Abilities
William has the unique ability to read minds of anyone within a range, either all at once from a specific individual if he concentrates, though his range is reduced on a single target. This allows William to control people by reading their darkest and most inner thoughts, then using them to manipulate the person.

William has a very high intellect and advanced mental faculties, being able to understand topics prematurally. He is able to flawlessly execute the crimes he commits through careful and methodical planning. He possesses an eidetic memory, profound encylopedic knowledge, remarkable logical reasoning, highly manipulative and has talents in a variety of topics and fields. As well as this, William is very proficient in the use of firearms, particularly handguns.