Bowie Strife

Bowie is an arms dealer of unknown origin, who is known for being part of her family business in the black market. She joins the Toppats after being recruited by Ellie Rose. She provides the Clan with guns and works in the weapons department with Slice and their coworkers.

## Profile

### Appearance

Bowie has short, purple hair, but her appearance is meant to deceptive. Some of her hair is bound up in her tophat to keep it from falling off. Her true hair style is shoulder-length, wavy hair. She also carries a device that can change the color of her hair. No one is sure what her real hair color is, really. It's all meant for Bowie being able to change her appearance on a dime and hide her identity from people. She also wears a bow or bowtie all the time. But, it's not why she's named Bowie. She wasn't born with the bow. She tends to wear black.

### Personality

Bowie is great at stealth, sweet-talking, knows just about everything about guns, and knows how to disguise herself.

## Abilities

* Marksmanship
* Stealth
* Haggling

## Criminal Record

* General:
	+ Selling illegal firearms
	+ Stealing legal firearms
	+ Assault with a firearm
	+ Probably killed someone with a firearm
	+ Definitely killed someone with a firearm
	+ Fraud
	+ Smuggling contraband
	+ Tresspassing

## Henry Stickmin and the Greatest Heist

***Main Article:** Henry Stickmin and the Greatest Heist*

After Henry Stickmin and Ellie Rose become the new Toppat leaders, they are invited to bring aboard one new recruit each. Ellie enlists an old pick-pocketing pal, Bowie Strife.

Bowie happily joins the Toppat clan, simultaneously with Charles. She works hard to become a Toppat Top-Op and get weapons for the clan.

## Relationships

### The Strife Family

Apparently, the Strife family hails from a tribe of nomads who have no specified race or country, due to their many years of traveling across the planet. There are no official or public records of any members of the Strife family, so to say they're off the grid might be a slight understatement. They are very hard to track down, but always seem to find their way back to old clients. As seen through Bowie, members often travel solo or in small groups. It's unknown how often Bowie keeps in contact with her family, but she does mention that her parents are still living and that she a sister to more than one brother. It's also unknown if the Strife family is restricted to blood ties, or if there are more families involved in the business.

Bowie once mentions to Charles that all the family members secretly gather every ten years for a family reunion referred to as "The Great Burning", where all members destroy all their burner phones and paper trails in a giant bonfire.

### Ellie Rose

She and Ellie have a short but memorable history of thievery together. They met in Japan (their original reasons for being there are unknown), and spent some of their time pick-pocketing snacks. Eventually, they escalated and robbed a military base for weapons. It's hinted that this was done for the Strife family as Ellie's payoff was a single pistol and a stack of cash. Afterwards, both moved on with their lives. Bowie left the country and just assumed Ellie stayed behind. Bowie and Ellie didn't meet again until after the events of *Completing the Mission*, when Ellie manages to have Bowie tracked down in Malaysia. Ellie contacts her and recruits Bowie to the Toppats.

## Quotes

#### Henry Stickmin and the Greatest Heist

* "Hey, Right Hand Man, you ever done long distance kneecapping?"

#### Ask Bowie

* "You mean Joe Jennings? *My Jimenez JA-22, **you memeing scum?!?!***" - Ask Bowie #2
* "As an arms dealer, I've seen some crazy stuff. It's usually if the police or FBI shows up and a shoot-out happens. Scary stuff. There's probably something traumatic in those memories *I don't want to remember.*" - Ask Bowie #3

## Killed Victims

This list shows the victims Bowie has killed:

* Jacked Hughman (Reddit Post FAIL) (Direct)
* AnyAd8934 (Ask Bowie #32) (Direct)

## Trivia

* Despite being often seen with bubble tea on heists with Kenshi, bubble tea isn't particularly her favorite drink or food. Kenshi just always happens to have one for her. It's rumored that it might be a bribe for Bowie's services.

## Gallery

*See Bowie Strife/Gallery.*

Bowie's original design.Bowie's card.