Billie Gull

Evelynn Seadrop (Step-Cousin)

**Billie Gull** is a character portrayed by Coxswain\_Stroke.

## General Information

Billie Gull started her endeavors in the city as a petty car thief, but together with her sister Ellie she quickly formed criminal relationships and got further into the criminal network. Billie has come a long way from boosting cars and then became one of the founding members of the Vespucci Queens.

She is not known as a very talkative person, she usually uses her time listening and learning about others, which goes in her favor when forming business opportunities and relationships. Billie has a knack for finding loopholes in pretty much anything. If she feels that she is in the right she will not yield until she gets her way.

Billie a varied repertoire of skills, including but not limited to driving, hacking, extracting knowledge and finding smart solutions to the different situations she tend to find herself in, usually accompanied by the girls from the VQ.

## Background

### Gull Family History

The Gull family originate from East London and aren’t the richest of family groups. Areas of council housing and high-rise flats are where they usually reside. They are a large family group that dominate the streets of London, particularly in London’s youth hotspots.

Most of the Gull children would find their way to a life of petty theft and drug use before the age of 18, out of basic survival instinct. Whatever they couldn’t afford, they would take. It was a family tradition. Some took to the shopping districts and had an eye for valuables from passers by. Some would go even further and create their own distractions for slight of hand tricks. Some went to drastic measures to take advantage of the poorly boarded up storefronts; and they most definitely took advantage of the dramatic increase in riots during the late 20th century.

The Gull family are smart. Even though they may be petty criminals, blending into the background most of the time, they are well known on the streets for their wits and quick thinking. Although it must not be mistaken, The Gull family didn’t work as a family unit: too much dominance in one family. Most times they would take-route in a group on the street at a young age, naturally taking leadership and respect from the group of street kids. It also helped that the Gull family is one predominantly of males, natural born leaders that made the streets their playground.

### Billie Gull's History

Billie spent most of her youth growing up in a council flat in the East side of London. At a young age, the family unit consisted of Billie, her mother, father, and older brother. Like all Gull children, Billie became a child of the streets and found herself a group from the youth of the estate. Much like her family unit, the males dominated this area and Billie had to find her ways to climb the social ladder. She established her image and her activities, getting to know the leaders and finding contacts in high places.

Her brother was well established in an older group around the estate, an instant access to knowledge and reputation. She had to live up to that expectation, and with her older brother as her role model it was clear that she would not grow up to wear high heels and dresses like her mother.

Although, Billie does not speak of her older brother, not even to Ellie; he was a large part of her life. He was part of a cartel operation hidden in the estate. It was a method of survival for most struggling financially. Her brother went deep into the ranks of the cartel, so when he was caught being responsible for a failed drug shipment he was shot dead. Three days later, the cartel leader was found dead, cause of death overdose, the base of operations raided, the plans for expansion to America missing and no suspect...

It took a couple more years before Billie decided to make the move to America and she took her adopted sister, Ellie, with her. She intercepted the cartel’s route to America and took what she needed: enough to survive, not enough to be noticed. And this is how she lived for several months, unbeknownst to Ellie, she stole drugs and sold them to the more elusive criminals. Kept her name out of the spotlight.

Her key skill that she brought from the estate was boosting cars: she was a born racer. However, Ellie eventually introduced her to Spanner who, in turn, introduced her to Heidi. From there she became more involved in jobs such as Store Robberies and Bank Robberies. Eventually she was invited to join the Vespucci Queens by Heidi. A group of ladies that she could blend into the background of and have her back when she needed? How could she refuse?

## Relationships

#### Vespucci Queens

Billie was a member of the criminal organisation Vespucci Queens. Originally invited by Heidi, she came to work with a number of the members. However, as time went on and the group fell apart, as members became snitches and made stupid decisions, Billie grew more distant from all but her sister and Heidi.
* Elliotte Gull **(Sister) -** Ellie is the one person in her life that Billie trusts and one of the only people she cares about. As a person without many social skills, Ellie was a key connection to the world for Billie. Saving Ellie from her family and then from the life in England, Billie brought Ellie to America with her. From there, however, Ellie was the outgoing one and the maker of connections. When Ellie started stealing from stores and bank, Billie did. When Ellie joined the VQ, Billie did too. Now without Ellie, Billie doesn't know what she's going to do...
* Heidi Jensen **-** Heidi is one of the only people Billie feels she can have an intelligent conversation with. They met each other while Heidi was still a member oft the Ballas and they often did jobs together. Once the VQ was established, they were often seen as two of the main three leaders of the group. Heidi and Billie often saw eye-to-eye and their relationship only fell apart as Heidi grew up in the world and Billie dropped back from the line-light to pursue a more 'hidden' criminal route. Due to history, Billie would likely still do anything should Heidi ask.
* Kimberly Johnsen **-** Kim was one of the people Billie butted heads with most often. They would never see eye-to-eye and Billie would often try avoid doing jobs where she was involved. After finding out about how much Kim had snitched, especially after she revealed the location of the VQ stash to the cops, Billie was all for the death of Kimberly. Billie was one of the individuals holding the gun to Kimberly as she was forced to jump.

#### Other

* Maximillian Mersion **-** Billie and Maxy rarely interact, but when they do it is almost always for mutual business. Maxy used to work with the VQ put it got to a point where the VQ seemed to be working for him. The pivotal moment of this came during a kidnapping and torturing job in which both Billie and Ellie were involved. Ellie was shot multiple times and nearly drowned during the flight from the scene. Additionally, Maxy made Billie be the one to shoot the individual in the head. From this point on, Billie has vowed never to work for Maxy again.