Sheriff Billy Holme

Billy Holme is a character featured in Age of Empires III: The War Chiefs. He started out as an individual assigned to protect Chayton Black from the Sioux, but was later promoted to the title of sheriff.

Biography
Billy Holme was a hardned civil war veteran on the Union side and he later became a good friend of Chayton Black. He and Chayton protect several miners and Settlers from Sioux raids sucessfully over the length of a year before parting ways.Several years later, Chayton meets again with Holme (now a sheriff), who had discovered Gold on the Black Hills and offered Chayton a partnership in the mine. When the Americans claimed that gold, tensions between the Sioux and Americans erupted after the miners continued to invade Sioux lands to strip it of its resources. At first Chayton aids with Holme but when Holme asks Chayton to raid a Sioux village and kill even women and children, Chayton refuses after realizing that his old friend had become curropt and attacked Holme´s Base. Holme fled and Chayton searched for him and with the help of native Sioux he finally discovered him in a cave. After killing his team of bandits armed with gatling guns, Chayton tries to convince Holme to stop attacking the Sioux villages but Holme refuses and tries to kill Chayton with a quickshot from his pistol; Chayton was faster on the draw however and fires a split-second before the aging sheriff can. Mortally wounded, Holme stumbles backwards into some powder kegs before falling down a mine shaft that then explodes as the kegs land at the bottom as well. Chayton shakes his head in disappointment at his former friend's decision and slowy walks away from the smoking hole.

Personality
As a Civil war veteran, Sheriff Holme sees this territory as land of conflict and opportunity, and has given him a gruff, sometimes jesting, view of life. In-game, Holme wields a pistol and a rifle and can train outlaws but has no special attacks.