Bill Compton (The Southern Vampire Mysteries)
| Bill Compton | |
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| The Southern Vampire Mysteries character | |
Stephen Moyer as Bill Compton in True Blood, the television adaptation of The Southern Vampire Mysteries.
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| First appearance |
Novel: Dead Until Dark Television: "Strange Love" |
| Created by | Charlaine Harris |
| Portrayed by | Stephen Moyer |
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| Nickname(s) | Bill Vampire Bill |
| Species | Vampire |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Vampire King of Louisiana Investigator of Area 5 Compiler of Vampire Database |
| Family | Robert Compton (older brother) Sarah Compton (younger sister) Caroline Holliday (granddaughter) Matthew Phillips Holliday (grandson-in-law) Caroline Holliday Bellefleur (great-granddaughter) Andy Bellefleur (great-great-great-grandson) Portia Bellfleur (great-great-great-granddaughter) |
| Spouse(s) | Caroline Isabel Compton (human wife) |
| Children |
Sarah Isabel Compton (vampire offspring - tv series) |
| Relatives | Lorena Ball (Vampire Maker) Judith Vardamon (sired by Lorena - "sister") |
| Nationality | American |
Sarah Isabel Compton
(daughter; b. 1861)
Thomas Charles Compton
son; 1862-1868)
Lee Davis Compton
(son; 1866-1867)
William Erasmus "Bill" Compton is a fictional character from the The Southern Vampire Mysteries/Sookie Stackhouse series by author Charlaine Harris. He is a vampire and is introduced in the first novel in the series, Dead Until Dark, and has appeared in all of the novels since. In the fifth season of the television adaption, Bill plays the role of the main antagonist.
In the book series, Bill was born on April 9, 1840. He lived in Bon Temps, Louisiana, and fought for the South during the Civil War. He was a married farmer with three children (there is inconsistency in the storyline, with Bill telling Sookie that he had five living children with his wife in Dead Until Dark). On November 20, 1868, some years after the war, he was made a vampire by Lorena, with whom he had a long and stormy relationship. Later in the book series, Bill discovers that he is related to the Bellefleur family in Bon Temps and secretly provides them with funds to aid in the repair of their ancestral home. The Bellefleurs, who do not know he is the source of the income, they like him then they soon dislike him, though he briefly assisted Portia Bellefleur during her murder investigation in Living Dead in Dallas.
In Living Dead in Dallas Bill's middle name is given as Thomas, rather than Erasmus.
At the end of the first novel, Dead Until Dark, Bill is concerned about the power of Area Five sheriff Eric over him and Sookie. He decides to apply for that area's investigator position and he gets it. It was revealed that Bill works for Queen Sophie-Anne and she has sent him to Bon Temps to investigate Sookie Stackhouse's telepathic abilities.
Bill is also the creator of a valuable database in which all the vampires in North America are listed along with their significant information. Vampires from other areas of the world, such as Peru, have also provided information for this database. The database itself has been controversial because of potential security issues and is only available for purchase to other vampires. While most older vampires have good memories, Bill's ability to recall precise details, faces and conversations is reputed to be exceptional, even among other long-lived supernaturals.
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