Duke DeVille

## Background

Duke DeVille was born on the 11th of April 1950 at the southside hospital in Los Santos. His Father, Russell Eldridge DeVille & his Mother Tonya Denise DeVille. They brought Duke up on Forum drive, where he was surrounded by that life from a very young age.

Whilst growing up Duke would spend a lot of his time at the community center, he played a lot of basketball and often times would spend his days just hanging around people that actively took drugs and did petty crime. This would begin to pave his path for the future.

Duke's Father was active in the gang life, whilst not representing any of the gangs, he was at the hands of the OG's and would do work for them for money and drugs. At the time Duke didn't mind this as it funded the household however it soon took a toll on the young disco enthusiasts mind. His Father ended up dying from an overdose on the hard drugs and the family was hit hard. Mostly his sister Marlene.

Duke then took it upon himself to not fall to cracks of the southside and move from the typical life that was made for its inhabitants. He joined the LSPD at the age of 18 (1968) and found himself trying to mentor and guide many people that were growing up in the same vein of life he had. It had gone really well for Duke and whilst people disliked him due to the fact he was a cop from the southside, he still managed to save many people that were certainly not destined for the average life of the harsh environment of southside living.

He had kept at his job, feeling passionate and confident in the work he was doing always. Though stressful Duke would wind down by going to disco's and the strip clubs in his off duty time and would always seem to be the man of the party. During this period of his life, he married 3 times and had already had 2 kids, one called Sadie his eldest (1975) and at this time his youngest Marlon (1979). These marriages were never great and were never built to last, Duke just liked to have some connection but they always deteriorated as the last 3 were strippers and Duke didn't want them to continue that line of work.

Sadie was his favourite and whilst she lived with her Mother, Duke always made the time to see her and look out for her. Marlon on the other-hand, he hadn't seen since his 4th birthday. In 1985, tensions rose when his sister Marlene found herself in a lot of trouble when her husband Earnie Wagstaff was arrested, she was left with nothing but a son to feed (Wallace Wagstaff) and a house to pay for. Duke loved the southside even though it was a vicous place to live yet still told his sister that they could move out to Atlanta, and try and start anew. Wallace was left with Grandma DeVille (Tonya) and the siblings left to Atlanta.

In Atlanta Duke became an officer of the law again and continued his practices very well and confidently. His sister was doing well however was once again married to another dead-beat street thug and Duke just tried to take no notice. Duke ended up marrying again and having 3 more kids with the same woman (1987, 1989, 1992). This was his longest marriage yet, however he was not happy. She stopped him doing as much police work, she stopped him going to the disco's and he was definitely not allowed in the strip clubs. He had practically no relationship in the end with the woman he once called his wife and they ended up divorced and living apart where Duke didn't give a damn about seeing those three kids. He was always thinking about Sadie and his mother back home and was sick of his life in Atlanta.

1995, January 7th. DeVille receives a letter from a new captain at the LSPD reading something along the lines of. "DeVille, the department is in disarray. There has been problems and issues all around and im a new Captain shipped in and thrown into this mess. You know what you're doing and you know these people, would you be interested in relocating to Los Santos and helping me as my Sergeant?". Duke instantly packed his bags and left. With little money to his name, he found himself living back on Forum drive with some of the people who he watched grow up. Without himself there he blames himself for the mess they became. Back in the PD at Davis, Duke finds himself trying to break away from the hate he receives in the southside. He is now trying to mend his relations with the locals of the neighborhood.