Billy Creel

Billy Creel is a man from Megaton. He takes care of little Maggie whose parents died during a raider attack. His house contains a small safe whose code can be earned by talking to Maggie with the Child at Heart perk.

He is a very friendly, upbeat man who constantly consumes Nuka-Cola and dotes on his adopted daughter. His past is unknown, though it is hinted he was a simple wasteland explorer who gave up the dangerous profession to raise Maggie. Manya reveals that Billy is from somewhere out east. This could be from any number of places. It could be Canterbury Commons, being he used to work with the caravan traders.

According to Colin Moriarty's private computer, Billy Creel may himself be a slaver who took in Maggie as a trophy, however, there is no other evidence in game to support this, and is more likely Moriarty's ironic mistrust of an honest man. He writes this: ''That Nuka-Cola swilling prick. Parading his little "daughter" Maggie around for all to see like a proud father...yeah right. Found her wandering around the Wasteland my left ass cheek. I bet old Billy fed Maggie's parents that buckshot sandwich himself then added the little girl to his trophy collection in that shithole he calls a home. I better keep my eye on him.'' In addition if you kill Billy, his last word is "Maggie.." which supports the notion that he cares for Maggie. Later in the game Maggie tells the PC that Billy has died and she is going to try to live with Manya and Nathan. Though, it was never stated how he died, or when. Besides being killed by the player, Billy is succeptable to falling to his death, which also triggers this response.

Corpse Loot

 * .44 Magnum, .44 Rounds (10)
 * Head Wrap
 * Housekey - Billy Creel
 * Merc Adventurer Outfit
 * Scoped .44 Magnum
 * Billy's Note - Confession in which Billy admits to killing Maggie's parents and doing bad things to her.
 * He also has an eye patch but it can not be looted off his body, as it is part of his character model.

House Loot
If you can get into Creel's house when he isn't there (easy lockpick), you can pick up four Pre-War Books. you can also go into his safe for some cool stuff

Appearances
Billy Creel appears only in Fallout 3.

Trivia
The safe in Billy's house built into the floor is in keeping with the idea of the quarantine hatch found on the jungle floor in the U.S TV show Lost. Down the hatch, a man had to keep inputting the numbers 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42, to keep an unstable, possibly radioactive energy source, from destroying the world. The code to the safe is 15, 16, 23, 42. Clearly the designers at Bethesda were avid Lost fans.

He is stated to be a Nuka Cola Addict and indeed, he does consume Nuka-Cola constantly, but whether or not he's truly addicted or if it is a substitute for drinking alcohol is undetermined, this may be a false proclaimation, due to the contrast between his somewhat mild obsession of Nuka-Cola, in contrast with Sierra Petrovita's extreme obsession, and addiction to the beverage, their attitudes are of contrast, and comparison as well, with Billy being upbeat, and cheerful, whereas Sierra is jumpy, twitchy, and somewhat hyperactive.

He may be a reference to Bo Creel, a character in the book Sidewinders.