Lord William de Adlard

Lord William de Ardled is a Varrockian noble seen during the second RuneScape novel Return to Canifis. He is very fearful, even scared of stairs. He is not very religious, even to the point of refusing to accompany his friend to the chapel in Varrock palace to pray. He has feelings for Lady Caroline.

During Return to Canifis, William is tasked with accompanying Squire Theodore during his time in Varrock. He goes with Theodore to the Dancing Donkey Inn where Kara-Meir has supposedly taken a room for the night, buying him a dwarven stout. He also later accompanies Theodore, Doric and Castimir to the site of a Wyrd killing.

He accompanies the embassy being sent to Morytania to call of the Wyrd's attack and demand the children returned up to where they reach the temple at Paterdomus, where he stays for a night then returns to Varrock to aid Ebenezer in his illness and in his investigation into the Wyrd's actions.