Sheriff Bill

* Standing
* With rifle
* With LMG

**Sheriff Bill** (referred to simply as **Bill**) is a leader and the main protagonist of *Dead Ahead: Zombie Warfare*. He is dressed in a tucked-in beige jacket with the sleeves rolled up, a white shirt, jeans, a belt with a yellow buckle, brown shoes, and a tan ten-gallon hat. He has friendly mutton chops. He is seen constantly spitting whenever he's out of the bus.

He is rather grimy and has a bleak outlook on the current state of events, what's shown in his lack of hope. At the same time, he prefers not to project that negativity on to the other survivors, and rather acts very cautious around them, trying not to take any risks, and escape dangerous areas as soon as possible. Despite that, he is ready to take action when necessary, and he doesn't mind fighting when it's the only option.

## Story

There's nothing known about Bill's backstory and his motivation for fighting zombies aside from the fact that before becoming the leader of the group of many different people, many people close to him have died during the initial outbreak. He is keen and determined, eventually leading his group to the main source of the plague, Cephalopods. He may have his own reasons to fight it, rather than just saving the world.

## Gameplay

Bill acts as the game's main tutorial guide. He will explain a few basic game mechanics during some of the missions during the first stage of the game.

He is the driver of the bus and its last line of defense against enemies. He is armed with a bolt-action rifle and a light machine gun to protect it. In all of the main game and most events, Bill uses his rifle to shoot at threats that get too close to the bus, always targetting the closest enemy first. The damage of his rifle can be increased by upgrading the bus.

When the rage meter becomes full, players are given the choice to make Bill use his LMG to spray the entire battlefield with lead via a 7th unit portrait on the very right of the battle deck which only appears when the meter is full. This attack lasts four seconds which is represented by the rage meter steadily draining and Bill ceasing fire once it's empty. His LMG targets all enemies, dealing damage to every one of them in random order. The fewer enemies present on the field, the more each individual target gets hit. This attack only hits enemies, and not the barricade nor those that are too far behind.

Bill's weapons are not affected by the Fury buff's damage increase. They also deal less damage to bullet-resistant enemies.

### Princess Rescue

In Princess Rescue event, Bill gains an ability that allows him to throw grenades, functioning akin to Grenadier/Queen's manual attacks. It costs 10 rage points and only deals 50 damage in a small area. There is a bit of a delay before the grenade lands on its mark as Bill has to retrieve a grenade from the bus and toss it himself, unlike the rage abilities present in the event, all of which are either dropped or placed immediately. If aimed directly at enemies, it may miss them entirely if they are fast enough, and therefore must be timed very well. There is also a chance it can accidentally fall in the same area that Princess happens to walk by, making caution and some foresight necessary as well.

Bill's LMG is unavailable in this event.

## Trivia

* Bill's portrait is used for the developers' account on KTPlay.
* Strangely, although Bill's rifle can alert idle zombies, his LMG will not.
	+ This can be seen in challenges and missions using Agents, by sending them out to fill the rage meter and choosing Bill's special portrait once it's full. Despite firing his loud LMG for several seconds, any idle zombies left remaining will have yet to notice the bus.
* Because Bill acts as an NPC, enemies that are still present after defeating Cephalopods will not attempt to attack him.

## Gallery

Bill spitting... a lot (iMessage sticker).Bill laughing (iMessage sticker).Bill raising his hat off (iMessage sticker).Bill clapping his hands (iMessage sticker).Bill facepalming (iMessage sticker).Bill with a futuristic visor (iMessage sticker).

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