Board Thread:Creation Box/@comment-4199666-20141119114457

Gender: Female

Birthday: October 12, 1989

Face claim: Cintia Dicker

Family/Housemates: Lilah Stavros (roommate), Hilde and Harvey Keller (parents), Gresilda Keller (sister), Maxim Keller (nephew)

Address: 88/G Main Street, Barfield

Personality: Billie is very determined and self-sufficient. She's always been raised to believe that she can do whatever she puts her mind to, and if she does want something, she'll go out of her way to make sure she can get it. She also loves the feeling of power, being in control of someone else. She is extremely self-confident and has total control over her own life. However, by seeing everything as a step to getting what she wants, or gaining control, she tends to lack empathy for others and rarely builds emotional attachments to people. She's also materialistic and doesn't think much of things that won't help her personally.

History:

Billie was born as the youngest child to Hilde and Harvey Keller, two German immigrants who moved to the US after giving birth to her older sister Griselda in Germany. Her parents were entrepreneurs and set up their own restaurant, which is where Billie would spend most of the time with her family, although she was expected to work without earning much money, which she didn't like. Her sister moved out when she was seventeen, after getting a job as an 'actress'. Billie, being only fourteen at the time didn't realize what she meant or why her parents wouldn't explain it to her, and it wasn't until she was older that she realized why her parents didn't want to talk to her anymore.

Her school life was regularly interrupted by her parents restaurant taking precedence. Billie was expected to do her homework and assignments at school and then come home and work until closing time. As a result, Billie failed a lot of school, which only made her like it less, until she eventually decided to drop out at the age of sixteen. She worked with her parents for another year before meeting Lilah Stavros, a friend of her sisters, who worked at a strip club in Lebeaux. Although she was hesitant to take on Billie at first, and her sister advised her against it too, she admired Billie's determination and took her under her wing, mentoring her and teaching her everything she knew. Her parents, as expected, did not approve of her choice and gave her the ultimatum of quitting or packing her bags, and before the month had ended, Billie moved into her first apartment in Barfield, which was small and cramped, but within her price range.

For a while she learned to love the cramped spaces, even though they were less than ideal, but being in the business she was in, Billie didn't realize how careful she had to be to ensure she wasn't followed home. After being stalked by a regular client at the strip club, Billie called the police who told her that they could give him a restraining order, but they didn't think it would work. Besides that, she didn't even know his name. When he started calling her house phone and addressing her by her real name, Billie freaked out and, after telling Lilah, decided to move into a new apartment with Lilah so that, at least, they would have each other for security. After saving up a bit of money, the two of them upgraded their apartment to a penthouse on the main street of Barfield and they've been living there ever since.

Describe your character in a word. Determined

How your character would describe him or herself in a word:  Empowered 