Benedict, born William David Jones, is a human male, 183 cm tall, weighing 85 kg. He has dark brown hair that will show blonde highlights if he's been in the sun lately, brown eyes, and an easy smile. He favors business suits and sport coats but will wear body armor beneath them. He never goes anywhere without a weapon, although often it will be nothing more than a slimline Glock or Walther. An astral perception test will reveal that he is a mundane, and carries a bit of cyberware (essence 2.05).

Raised in a corporate environment, Benedict progressed through his schooling showing no special aptitude or abilities beyond being absolutely normal. After graduation, he hired on with Fuchi America subsidiary before being fired in a leveraged buyout of the company. After that he went to Microdeck Industries for two years until he quit over a salary dispute. His next move was something unusual and a bit spur of the moment: he enlisted.

His service tests for the UCAS Marine Corps showed a bit of aptitude for tactical thinking as well as an ability for electronics and weaponry. It was enough for him to be seconded to a program run by Ares under the auspices of Knight Errant Security. After training for four years in a secluded base in northern Minnesota, he joined the Corps as a specialist in urban and unconventional warfare. His service records indicate eight years of undistinguished service marked with accession to rank at the regular times and nominal scores on all placement exams.

It is during the ninth year that problems began to crop up, and details at this point become fuzzy since his service records of this time remain sealed and are unavailable despite several freedom of information inquiries. He, himself, is reluctant to talk about what happened, saying only that several bad decisions were made. What is known is that he spent some time in detention at a military facility in Lakewood, NJ before disappearing. Four months later he turns up in Miami, SSSF as a freelancer. After only six months of operations there, he hires on as permanent fixture in an organization run by a fixer named Fury.

Benedict's loyalty is secured by money and by the fact that Fury has never asked him about his past. He will carry out any mission she sets him, as long as it does not involve an exorbitant amount of risk on his part. He usually functions as a go-between for any of her operations occuring outside of the Seattle Metroplex. Occasionally he will work with Mazakeen, but is usually found at the head of his own local network of informants and suppliers.