Billy Coen (Resident Evil: Undead)

Billy Coen is a main character in ''Resident Evil: Undead. ''He is a survivor and was a U.S. Marine Corps Second Lieutenant turned death-row inmate.

Background
Billy Coen was a Second Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps with Force Recon, who, along with a team of marines, were sent into hostile territory in Africa to attack a village suspected of being used as a guerilla training ground. Unfortunately, the air-drop was off-target, and as such the team had to march across miles of hostile terrain to their target objective. The heat, combined with enemy attacks, soon reduced the team to four, and when they finally arrived, they found the village was actually full of innocent civilians.

Billy's commanding officer ordered the execution of the villagers and framed Billy for it, claiming he panicked under the extreme conditions and unintentionally killed the civilians. Upon returning to base, the base commander, Samuel Regan, had Billy court-martialed. Under Clause 1; Article 118 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, Billy was found guilty of 23 counts of first-degree murder. Under military jurisdiction, Billy was eligible for capital punishment and sentenced to death.

Personality
Billy is a damaged man who was once a brave and respected marine who helped protect his country but after he was set up for war crimes and plus the apocalypse, Billy began to get reckless and was a changed man; becoming intensively grief-stricken with the death of his close ones and believing his country betrayed him. Billy became a cold-blooded murderer who killed anyone who got in his way, even if they were harmless survivors but later managed to reclaim his sanity and became less reckless and savage, instead being a hardened, protective and a more calm man with a sense of humor. Billy is a strong survivor and a protector willing to do anything to keep his people from harm.

Rebecca Chambers
Initially, Billy's and Rebecca's relationship was poor. Billy intended to kill Rebecca once she wandered in his territory, forcing Rebecca to fight him and managed to knock him out, but had him held captive instead of killing him. Billy begged Rebecca to kill him howerver Rebecca refused and tried to help him, realizing the outbreak has took it's toll and drove the former marine to insanity. Eventually due to Rebecca helping him regain his sanity and keeping him alive, Billy befriended Rebecca and they became good friends with Billy willing to take a bullet in order to protect her.