

Unlike most vampires who are outwardly aggressive or domineering, he’s an incredibly compassionate and humane vampire. Personality… Bill’s a true Southern gentleman: polite, kind and good-natured. He’s also accused of murder by the sheriff, he murders a vampire, and he has to raise a newborn vampire. First he’s ostracized by the community, then he falls in love with Sookie, who he’s supposed to be tracking, then he has to fight for and protect an often-reckless and uncooperative Sookie. They continue to have an on-again off-again relationship for much of the series.Ĭhallenge… Bill faces many challenges once he returns to Bon Temps. The two have a passionate relationship, although they also go through some rough times. Spurned by Sookie, Bill wins over Adeles church audience with his vivid recollections from the Civil War. But hes nooooooot Weeping in her little yellow summer dress, Sookie heads to the cemetery in the middle of the night to pay her respects at Bills grave.

Bill is immediately attracted to her, and after spending time with her and her Grandma Adele, he begins to fall in love with her. Bill possesses the common powers associated with being a vampire: glamouring, superhuman strength, speed, and accelerated healing. Relationship Status… interested in Sookie. Interests… finding out more about Sookie and her strange powers, spending time with Sookie, keeping Sookie out of danger…you get the picture. He spends most of his time getting to know a local girl, Sookie Stackhouse, who possesses an extraordinary ability: She hears people’s thoughts. When Bill first comes into town, no one knows why. Initially treated with outright fear and hatred by the community due to the fact that he’s the first vampire to come to Bon Temps since vampires “came out of the coffin.” After being accused of several murders, Bill is eventually treated neutrally by most townsfolk due to his generally quiet and peaceful presence. After the death of the last living Compton family member, Bill returns to Bon Temps for reasons unknown. He spent much of his young vampire life having violent orgies with his maker before growing tired of his murderous and immoral lifestyle and leaving Lorena. And after so many back-and-forths in their off-again on-again relationship, it seemed logical that Bill would do practically anything to stay with Sookie. Sookie also begged Bill to take the vaccine, wanting to live out her remaining years with him. Though his childhood is mostly a mystery, it is known that Bill lived with his wife and two kids during the Civil War, before being “turned” by a seductive vampire named Lorena. Eric (Alexander Skarsgard) offered his longtime friend the cure to Hep-V, yet he refused. Grew Up… in Bon Temps, Louisiana around 1835.
