William Berenz was a member of the Coalition of Ordered Governments serving at the Vectes Naval Base on the island of Vectes during the Pendulum Wars. After the base was closed down, he settled with most of his team in the small town of Pelruan, where he became the Deputy Mayor after the island was cut off from the rest of the world during the first fifteen years of the Locust War. After the COG relocated to Vectes, Berenz became one of the official COG representatives in the town.