Born Billy Baldwin in the mountain village of Pueblo. Baldwin changed his name when he took up a career as bounty hunter and private investigator. This line of work brought him into contact with James Woods, an occultist and vampire hunter. After working together on a few cases the pair decided go into business together. They became renowned vampire hunters, capturing or defeating scores of the undead fiends. Their partnership ended abruptly when Montoya was bit on the job. Instead of staking his friend, Woods decided to spare Montoya, giving him two days to flee. After that Woods would track him down. For three years Montoya evaded Woods. He took a job as a blitzer on a traveling blood bowl team, The Things, coached by John Carpenter. When Carpenter was fired from the team Montoya chose to follow him to his next job, as head coach in the fledgling Nurgle Amorical Football League. Woods found Montoya when he came across the League's season three announcement. When Woods confronted him, Montoya managed to convince him to spare his life and join the Vampires. Woods agreed. Sadly, Woods was killed at the hands of brute playing for Orctemis Prime. Montoya has vowed to avenge his former partner.