

Francis Bill appears to have some sort of rivalry with Francis, though the precise reason for this is unknown.Out of the other three Survivors, Bill stands out most prominently as the leader of the group. WARNING: The following is conjecture and may not be considered canon. Finding a bone saw and a knife to defend himself with, Bill fights the sudden rise of Infected outside the hospital to make it back home, where he equips his old military clothing which had been put away for safekeeping. Bill somehow staves off his oncoming unconsciousness through sheer force of will as he simultaneously fights off the Infected nurse, disabling her momentarily.

When a resident staff attempts to make small talk in regards to Bill's missing family along with his smoking habits, Bill tells him to go practice somewhere else.Īs he undergoes anesthesia and slowly blacks out for the surgery, one of the nurses becomes an Infected and kills the operation room staff. Two days after the first Infection, Bill was at a veterans hospital waiting for an operation, possibly relating to his knee injury.


īill served 2 duties during the Vietnam war, during which he suffered a knee injury as a result of shrapnel boring into his knee, causing permanent damage. After decades of aimless drifting and dead-end jobs, Bill's finally gotten back the only thing he ever wanted: an enemy to fight. But now an army of infected has declared war on humanity. It took two eventful tours in Vietnam, a handful of medals, a knee full of shrapnel, and an honorable discharge before the unthinkable happened: Bill ran out of wars. Official Description William "Bill" Overbeck According to The Sacrifice comic, Bill was attacked by multiple Tanks after he went down to reactivate the stopped lift bridge generator to save his team from the oncoming Horde.īills' facial features are based on Bernard Fouquet and he was voiced by the late Jim French. He often has a lit cigarette in his mouth that only extinguishes when he dies.īill is killed prior to the events of Left 4 Dead 2's " The Passing" during the (canonical) events of " The Sacrifice". He is usually seen wielding the Assault Rifle (which appears as the M16A2, a real-life assault rifle used by the U.S. Army 1st Special Forces Group, and is the oldest of the group. He is a Vietnam veteran who served in the U.S. William "Bill" Overbeck is one of the four playable Survivors in Left 4 Dead. It means you're scared as hell, and then you pick up the shotgun anyway." ―Motivating an incapacitated Survivor he is reviving Portraying Bill as a once heroic army veteran, who though older and wiser, can still excel at physical combat." ―Ariel Diaz, Valve " Bein' brave doesn't mean you're not scared.
