William Vegas

== About Willy... ==
William Vegas was born in Las Venturas on January 1st 1954. His father, Normand, was nowhere to be found... and was ultimately raised by his single mom Juliette.
William faced many challenges growing up. His mom, working as a nurse, and moved from city to city almost yearly. They faced financial difficulty at every turn, and when they defaulted on rent or on payments... they simply moved. They always felt like they were on the run.
Fast forward 16 years, Vegas, his new patched name, fell in with the "San Andreas Bikers" - the Las Venturas chapter in specific. Responsible for major drug trafficking, Vegas bloodied his hands to bring home money for his mother. But she did not approve of his methods at all, and declared that if he didn't up his ways, that she would cut all ties with him.
William tried to exit, he tried to plea for his freedom, for him and his mother to be left alone - but he knew... that once you put on a patch, you are in it for life. As they packed their luggage for what felt like the hundredth time, the bikers arrived at his mothers home. He told her to hide, but they had no time. Bullets began reigning down on the household, destroying most of their valuables, and hitting Vegas in the shoulder. They set the house ablaze, along with his bike and his mothers vehicle. Luckily, this home had been equipped with an underground storm shelter. They waited and waited, as his mother treated his wound and trembled, for the bikers to leave. When they finally left, all that was left was rubble. So they packed what they could, and moved to Los Santos. ... but not before Vegas could get his revenge.
He had been to the President's house on numerous occasions. For family BBQs and the like. Armed with his revolver, he climbed up onto the roof and carefully entered through the window. Vegas approached the President's bed with cat-like stealth, putting a grizzled hand over his mouth as he woke up, eyes wide. "You are going to leave me and my momma alone, you understand?" he said to him. The Presidents eyes folded as he smiled under his grip, and shook his head no. Vegas placed his revolver gently under the man's chin and repeated his statement - to the same response... so he shot him. He needed to exit the house with haste, before anyone could respond. As he turned around he bumped into the president's son. A wide eyed 9 year old boy who did not understand what just happened. With regret, William clobbered him with the butt end of his revolver, knocking him out cold. He knew that leaving a loose end would come back to haunt him - but he refused to kill a child.
He wrote a simple note, attached to a brick, and hurled it through the Clubhouse's main window as he drove by. The note read: "Leave us alone.".
Arriving in Los Santos, everything was relatively quiet. He met a few acquaintances here and there, but mostly kept to himself. In 1975, he enlisted with the United States Air Force. William vowed to his mother that he would return with enough money to allow her to relax "for once in yer life". He wanted to help her put the past behind her, settle in and finally stop looking over her shoulder. She died while he was in service in Vietnam.
== During last year... ==
He arrived from service to find that his mother had passed away peacefully in her bed. There was no foul play, only underlying medical issues.
During the past year, Willy forged few friendships, he kept mostly to himself. He traveled across the state, and then the country by train hopping, eating when he could, doing odd jobs here and there for money. He did what he could to keep his grief at bay.
When he got back to Los Santos, he realized he needed to make his life here. The year 1976 was going to be his year, and he would begin his life anew to make his late mother proud.