Bill Sykes

Bill Sykes was a high-ranking Molinari Family associate. He worked for the Molinari's as their debt collector and loan shark. He operated out of an old warehouse down in Atlantic Quays, Oakton City.

"Remember Bucky; this is your last chance."-Sykes intimidating Bucky.

## Overview

Sykes was born in New York City in 1959 where he was involved in crime from a young age. During the 1980's, Sykes began working as a hired thug for many of the city's finest gangs. He often did work with the Five Families who would call upon Sykes when they needed a special job that most people were afraid to deal with. He developed a reputation on the streets of NYV as a feared hitman for hire. In 1986, Sykes was forced out of New York when he murdered Donnie Tasco a member of the Barzini Family for mocking him at the Luna Bar. Sykes came to Oakton City where he found work with the Molinari Family who placed Sykes under their protection. The Molinari's were highly impressed with Sykes' work back in New York and they decided to employ Sykes as their new enforcer. Thanks to the Molinari's protecting him and the Barzini's not wanting war with families across the Atlantic, they were forced to swallow their desire for vengeance. Due to not being fully Italian, Sykes can never be a made man, but over time he grew to become the family's top associate working for the gang as their debt collector and the head of all loan sharking operations. He became very close friends with Don Salvatore Molinari Jr, and believed that his ties to Molinari made him untouchable. He was unaware that Don Molinari didn't really care for him as a friend, and mainly kept Sykes around because he made the family a lot of money. Sykes was assisted in his affairs by his two Dobermans Desoto and Roscoe. He did his business out from a warehouse in Atlantic Quays, Oakton City. In 2020, Sykes and his dogs were killed while trying to get their money back from Bucky McBadbat. Sykes personally was killed when his car was crashed into by a train, with the remnants of his body and destroyed car falling into the Thames. Interestingly, the Molinari's never bothered to seek retribution for Sykes' death allowing themselves to be bought off. The implication being that the Molinari's never really cared about Sykes and were not that eager to avenge his death. More evidence for this fact is that they immediately had the warehouse in Atlantic Quays taken over by one of their Capos Vincenzo Cilli. The warehouse was converted into a tomato sauce importing plant ran by Vincenzo and his regime.

## Trivia

* Massive chain smoker; he smoked ten cigars a day.
* His father was a Bronx blood born and bred, while his mother was Italian. As a result, Sykes was unable to fully become a Made Man in the Molinari Family, but remained their top associate.
* He owned a Cadillac with the custom license plate Doberman.
* In hidden depths; Sykes had a penchant for collecting model cars, and he had several of them in his office.
* Suffered from horrific wind, and often stank out his office with bad gas.
* Despite loving his pet Dobermans; he felt no misery when they died on the train tracks.
* Though not a Capo, Sykes had a crew that worked under him.