Thursday, September 10, 2020

Bill Compton from 'True Blood' (HBO)

 I was made vampire in 1865, when I was thirty human years old.

Bill Compton

 


 

 

 




 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

F: Rm (30)
A: Rm (30)/In (40)
S: Rm (30)/Am (50)
E: In (40)/Mn (75)
R: Gd (10)
I: Rm (30)/Mn (75)
P: Rm (30)/Am (50)

Health: 140/195*
Karma: 70/135
Resources: Rm (30)
Popularity: 5/30/40 (In Bon Temps/As the Avatar of Lilith/Spokesperson for

Talents:
Military*
Leadership*
Mystic Origin*
Knowledge: Vampires
Knowledge: Vampire Authority Organization.
Knowledge: Bom Temps area
Knowledge: History
Multi-Lingual*
Politics

Powers:
Vampire: Bill Compton is a relatively young vampire who possesses all of the abilities of a True Blood vampire of his age. Prior to his return as the avatar of Lilith, Bill did not have elder powers, but all of that changed once he drank the blood of Lilith. For Bill’s vampiric ability, please see the write-up on True Blood Vampires. Bill’s abilities as ‘Billith’ included:

  • Enhanced FASERIP: While Bill was enhanced by the blood of Lilith, his FASERIP, Health, and Karma increased to the secondary listings. It was stated openly by several of the other characters that Bill had become ‘The strongest creature on Earth’ and was capable of incredibly feats of strength and endurance. Bill could literally tear steel out of place, rending three-foot doors apart with little effort.
  • Increased Psionic Abilities: Bill’s hypnotic abilities and the ability to read the minds of those who had tasted his blood increased tenfold, going from their normal attributes to Am (50). Bill also gained telekinesis of Rm (30), able to move things easily with his mind, manipulate simple devices and machines, and use his will to move people and things in conjunction with his strength. Bill also gained a form of precognition allowing him to see and experience possible future events and specifically events involving vampires he was connected to. Bill would need to make a Psyche FEAT to resist the empathic pain from those terrible events or else he would feel the phantom damage as if he were taking it.
  • Flight: Bill could fly like an elder vampire with Am (50) airspeed, increasing his levitation skills by +3cs (normally Excellent).
  • Enhanced Vampiric Abilities: Bill’s vampiric abilities were incredibly enhanced after taking Lilith’s blood. Bill is considered to have the ‘Ancient’ level of power, making him at one time a rival to the original vampire’s abilities. Bill is also the only vampire to return from staking, regenerating instantly after being staked (which he did himself). Bill no longer suffered the limitations of being a vampire – Sunlight was a discomfort which could be eliminated with faerie blood, Bill no longer required permission to enter locations, and Bill was considered to be immune to most if not all the vulnerabilities that the TB vampire community had while the blood of Lilith was inside of him. In addition, Bill’s command of his progeny Jessica Hambey became a compulsion which Bill could use to cause rank damage to Jessica or any of Lilith’s line if he so chose.
  • Immunity: Sunlight: After drinking the blood of the vampire Warlow, Bill was immune from sunlight and could pass this immunity to any vampire that drank his blood. So long as Warlow remained ‘alive’, Bill and whomever drank his blood could remain in the sun indefinitely.
  • Enhanced Speed: Bill’s already impressive hyper speed as a vampire was increased to Mn (75) levels, allow him to potentially break the sound barrier and move with such alacrity to seem to be a blur. Other vampires had a hard time keeping up with him.

Vocal Mimic: Bill is able to perfectly mimic any human voice with Ex (20) ability, a power he had that was unique to him apparently and existed prior to his drinking of Lilith’s blood.
Contacts:
Bill’s contacts vary depending on his position and current situation. Bill could reliably call on Jessica Hamby, and was considered to be well entrenched with the Vampire Authority (at one point serving as the King of Louisiana. Bill could also call on Sookie Stackhouse with some regularity (until he took the blood of Lilith) and Eric Northman at different times. During his time as ‘Billith’, Bill’s powers made him capable of commanding any vampire or drawing any resources. Bill’s later time as author and ‘face’ of vampires tempered his disposition and made his contacts more reliable.

Limitations:
Before the blood of Lilith, Bill Compton had all of the limitations of a vampire, and additional ones as well:
  • Dark Secret: Bill secretly worked to engineer his meeting and bonding with Sookie Stackhouse.
  • Dark Secret: Bill had a dark past that he tried to hide, specifically his time with his maker Lorena, and the role he played during his period with her.
  • Public Identity: Bill is the public face at times of the Vampire Authority, and one of the most visible vampires in the world prior to his time as ‘Billith’ and even more so afterwards when he writes the book on the nefarious dealings of Governor Truman Burrell.
  • Protective: Bill is extremely protective of Sookie Stackhouse and Jessica Hamby, and will go to great lengths to protect either of them (Such as the time Bill walked into sunlight to try to save Sookie in season 1).
  • Villain: Bill’s activities during his first few encounters after becoming ‘Billith’ are villainous – seeking to capture faerie blooded individuals, forcing those to serve him for ‘the greater good’, and generally sharpening Bill’s worst behaviors. Bill is able to regain himself after losing the Blood of Lilith, but it takes some time to convince people he’s back to normal.
  • Infected: After Bill loses the blood of Lilith, he becomes infected with the vampiric Hepatitis which advances quickly. Bill is considered diseased and dying until his final destruction at the hands of Sookie Stackhouse.

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