Derek Woods (Step by Step)



Renegade - Styx

Derek Woods, or Scarface, is an upcoming character in Step by Step. He was a former leader of the Blue Pythons, a gang with a basis in dealing with narcotics. Trudging on with the woes of life, Derek tripped and fell into the criminal life in his early summers.

Respected and recollected later on, Derek kept his gang up into adulthood. Youthful, yet smart, Derek was an indomitable force of the streets of Indiana. When Big E. rose up, targeting the lesser gangs, Derek was prepared for the worst. In the end, the gangster fell off his throne with the combined alliances of Derek and Lyle; at the cost of having to give up the Blue Pythons, a gang who by then he had pulled to great lengths.

Personality
Derek is a honest guy in general. He preferred to hang out with friends rather than staying home. He began to develop more knowledge of the streets after leaving his home, thus making him a decent gangster. Although he is a school dropout, Derek is still intelligent, he proved that when planning the assassination of Big E. Despite all the terrible things that occurred, he stays positive, calm and collected.

Background
Pre-Apocalypse= Derek lived in a small house in Indiana with a small family, which consisted of his parents and himself. In his second year of high school. Derek was suspended from school after smuggling alcohol on school grounds.

After a week or two, he was allowed to get back to school, however, Derek didn't and began to skip class. Derek usually went to his hangout with some other friends during school hours, drinking liquor and smoking weed. However, on one day, his parents caught him while leaving the house during school hours again. Derek didn't care and confessed it. After a month, Derek stole money from his father's bank account and left his home. He mostly spent his money on alcohol, tattoos and drugs. Atleast three years after home, Derek forged a gang with the name of Blue Pythons, the gang was small and committed petty crimes for example robbing small stores.

The gang developed over the months and began to smuggle illegal products over the North American border. At least six months later, a gangster by the nickname of Big E took over the streets of Indiana. This enraged Derek, after Big E murdered two of his lieutenants, Derek retaliated by forming alliances against the notorious gangster, a notable figure of those was Lyle C. Jackson, a criminal.

During the final stages of Big E.'s reign, Derek assisted Lyle by arranging between Derek himself and Big E. The true plan, however, was to assassinate Big E. Derek told Lyle all the details and sent him to the place where they would meet. Lyle succesfuly managed to kill the hustler and even hold the gangs together. After a month or so, the police began to chase down Derek, after a brief shootout with the police, he managed to escape and continued to live under fake names.

Another year later, an infection broke out and the dead rose from their grave, they are known as "crazies". Derek, who had passed over leadership of the Blue Pythons over to a trusted member, took a fully-loaded revolver with him and began to creep through shadows like a rat, attempting to avoid all contact with infected individuals.
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Killed Victims

 * Numerous counts of crazies and people
 * Big Earl (Caused)

Trivia

 * Derek has a large tattoo of a python, referencing his former gang Blue Pythons.
 * After starting his criminal life, he was known by his alias, Scarface.
 * Derek was a character created and casted by TheFlyingDutchman.
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