William Afton
Also known as: Purple Guy, Springtrap, Scraptrap, Glitchtrap
Co-founder of Fazbear Entertainment and the serial killer behind the missing children, who always comes back no matter how thoroughly he's destroyed. The springlocked architect of the entire franchise's misery.
Other FNAF Characters
Michael Afton
7k works
William's eldest son, doomed to clean up his father's massacres after his own prank killed his little brother. Scooped, rotting, and still walking, he's the fandom's favorite tragic everyman of the Afton family saga.
Glamrock Freddy
3k works
Security Breach's rockstar animatronic bear, the only machine in the Pizzaplex that protects Gregory instead of hunting him. Freddy's chest-cavity hiding spot and gentle dad energy spawned a flood of found-family fic.
Gregory
2k works
The scrappy runaway kid trapped overnight in the Mega Pizzaplex, armed with a Faz-Watch and nerves of steel. Gregory's implied homelessness and bond with Glamrock Freddy make him the emotional core of Security Breach fandom.
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