# William Dawes

Dawes rides disguised as a farmer. Dragoons take longer to notice him.

Character · Fictionalized · Established

Stable ID: `lantern-run-william-dawes` · Revision 1 · Updated 2026-10-30

Context: [Revere’s Ride: Lantern Run](/field-guide/collections/lantern-run/)

[Web page](/field-guide/entities/lantern-run-william-dawes/) · [JSON record](/field-guide/entities/lantern-run-william-dawes/record.json)

## Appearances

- [Riders and people](/gamelab/lantern-run/people.html) (context: [Revere’s Ride: Lantern Run](/field-guide/collections/lantern-run/))

- [Locations](/gamelab/lantern-run/locations.html): Named in this published page.

- [Secrets](/gamelab/lantern-run/secrets.html): Named in this published page.

- [Summer into AI 2026: Sons of Liberty](/summer-into-ai-2026/summer-into-ai-2026-sons-of-liberty.html): Named in this published page.

## Sources

- [Riders and people](/gamelab/lantern-run/people.html) (revision sha256:1b0e97a9a53cf52f8034c60d9480dc32e21cb90626918d14285172de7d04c445)

## Portrait

![William Dawes source-derived portrait.](/field-guide/assets/portraits/catalog-model-lantern-run-william-dawes-1200.webp)

Portrait rendered from the original Lantern Run rider model with the authored paint palette.

[Download original](/field-guide/assets/portraits/catalog-model-lantern-run-william-dawes.png) · [Lantern Run authored rider model](/gamelab/projects/lantern-run/assets/models/people-western.glb) · v1 · SHA-256: `2d8a96f7089473270047c276e6a93101eb8e01380ed26a003cf062a809a76682`