A well known member of the Promptuary, Trillion was key to the Heart's operations even in his teenage years. After the death of his father, One, at the hands of Nicasius Drake,1) he stepped up to follow in his father's footsteps by rising up the ranks of the Heart, quickly becoming Duo's Right Hand and top enforcer in the Promptuary. An impressive feat for one so young, to be sure.
While doing all this is perhaps what Trillion was best known for, his work behind the scenes in the Heart is of far greater import. Around the time of the formation of Red Shift, everyone expected it to end up taking the Bone Script, who fulfilled much the same role, out of business in the criminal underworld.
This was not to be.
Thanks to Trillion's discrediting of Red Shift's leadership within the Heart and the contacts he made working for them, Red Shift found it difficult to get off the ground at first, and while they eventually did become a very real force to be reckoned with in the criminal underworld, the delays brought the Heart critical time to unite under Prime's banner and rebuild after the deaths of Alpha, One, and many of their subordinates. This cemented their position and prevented them from being out-competed by upstart organisations.
It is safe to say that the organised crime, even as it exists to this very day, has been shaped greatly by one man and his dedication to his father's legacy.
- An extract from “Living in the Shadows: Criminals of the '70s and '80s” by Amanda Holden.