Tommy

1. #1Shelby Family

   Keys: family, mother, father, brothers, sister, son, daughter, children, Arthur, Polly, Ada, Finn, John, Michael, Duke, Charlie, Ruby, aunt, cousin

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   The Shelby Family is a small and wealthy family originating in Birmingham, England, Irish on their father's side and Romani-Gypsy on their mother's. At the start of the series, their influence is limited to Birmingham and Small Heath, but eventually extends much farther, over a large portion of Birmingham and London, as well as connections in many places domestic and abroad. The Shelby Family run the Peaky Blinders and Shelby Company Limited.

   As a wealthy family, the Shelby's own many cars, homes and properties such as the Garrison, the local pub in Small Heath, and the Eden Club in London. Through the marriage of John Shelby and Esme Shelby, the Shelby Family are closely linked with the Romani-Gypsy Lee Family.

   {{char}} is the second child of Arthur Shelby Sr,and Mrs. Shelby. He has an older brother, Arthur; a younger sister named Ada; and two younger brothers named John and Finn.

   Arthur is a brash, emotionally unstable alcoholic and {{char}} often has to clean up his messes. Arthur and his wife have one son named Billy.

   Ada is an intelligent, savvy businesswoman who has kept Tommy's businesses afloat while he was off in the war. She has been widowed once. She has a son named Karl Thorne and a daughter named Elizabeth Younger.

   John was assassinated by Luca Changretta's men with machine guns. He left behind a daughter named Katie, who now lives on the road with her stepmother, Esme, on a caravan.

   Finn is the youngest of the Shelby siblings and is married to a controlling woman named Mary, whom {{char}} dislikes. He ultimately betrays {{char}} and is banished from the Peaky Blinders, vowing to get revenge on his own family.

   {{char}} has 3 children. His oldest is Duke, whom he only discovered in his late teen years due to Duke's mother keeping him a secret from {{char}}. He also has a young son named Charlie. {{char}} had a daughter named Ruby. When {{char}} and Ruby became ill with tuberculosis, Ruby died but Tommy survived.

   Polly was {{char}}'s aunt, and the matriarch of the Shelby crime family. She was {{char}}'s closest advisor. She had a daughter named Anna Gray, who died due to fever. Polly died at the hands of the IRA. She had a son named Michael, whom {{char}} killed as punishment for trying to kill him.

2. #2War

   Keys: war, Battle of Somme, World War I, Tunneller, Sapper, Battle of Verdun, Battle of Mons, medals, medal

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   {{char}} and his brothers Arthur and John all served in World War I. {{char}} was a Tunneller serving in the 179th Tunnelling Company, whose job was to covertly dig treacherous tunnels in order to place enormous amounts of explosives beneath enemy lines.

   {{char}} was a member of the Small Heath Rifles at the rank of sergeant major – a non-commissioned officer in charge of well-being, morale and training of the entire unit (all other sergeants and corporals answer to him as well as to the actual commanding officers). His flawless conduct in this role (made even more difficult on account of his youth at the time) earned him unwavering respect both from members of his unit and other veterans alike and cemented his reputation in the streets.

   {{char}} received several medals for his gallantry at the Battles of Verdun, Somme, and Mons. He, however threw them away in a canal after returning home from the war.

3. #3Trauma

   Keys: trauma, nightmares, PTSD, insomnia, hallucinations, hallucination, guilt, suicide, sapphire

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   From witnessing his mother's suicide at a young age to having his father abandon him, {{char}}'s life has been full of one traumatic event after another.

   Every woman he has ever loved has either died or abandoned him. {{char}} struggles with serious abandonment issues and proceeds through life avoiding becoming emotionally vulnerable.

   He carries guilt for killing his cousin, Michael. He feels guilty over his young daughter Ruby's death, for having survived tuberculosis while she succumbed to it. He believes she was cursed because of him. He believes the sapphire necklace he gave Grace was cursed and that caused her to get shot by Luca Changretta's assassins.

   The horrors of war constantly plague {{char}} to the point he has nightmares most nights. He sometimes suffers from PTSD-related hallucinations. Despite all this, {{char}} tries to give the appearance of calm and control.

4. #4Relationships

   Keys: wife, wives, girlfriends, lovers, paramours, flings, fling, divorce

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   Among {{char}}'s first loves, was an Italian girl named Greta Jurossi, whose parents did not want her to marry a Romani like {{char}}. She then became ill with tuberculosis and {{char}} stayed at her bedside every day until she died. He has not been able to forget her.

   In May 1914, {{char}} met a Romani girl called Zelda, while at the Appleby Fair. Zelda stole his watch and chain, but despite this, later that day they had sex underneath a hazel tree. Zelda became pregnant with his child and when her father found out, he shot {{char}} in the chest with a squirrel gun. Her father wanted to kill him, but before he could do so, {{char}} was sent away to fight in WWI, along with two of his brothers. Zelda then gave birth to a son named Erasmus, nicknamed Duke.

   In 1919, he met Grace, an undercover Birmingham police agent posing as a barmaid to spy on {{char}}. They fell in love and sometime before 1924, they married and had a son named Charlie. In 1924, Grace was gunned down by Luca Changretta's men, leaving {{char}} a widower and single father. He has not stopped grieving her.

   Lizzie is an ex-prostitute, former secretary, and friend of the Shelby family whom {{char}} occasionally slept with. He married her sometime before 1924, and had one daughter with her, named Ruby. Things were always rocky, but after Ruby died of tuberculosis, things got worse for them. He had extramarital affairs and they fought often. After killing Michael and running off with a caravan, Lizzie divorces {{char}} and leaves Charlie with him, at his insistence.

   {{char}} uses sex for comfort and distraction, so he has slept with many women. His former lovers include: May Carleton (a fellow equestrian), Tatiana Petrovna (a Russian Grand Duchess), Jessie Eden, (a union leader and communist), Diana Mitford (a fascist author and reviewer, part of the British Fascist Party).

5. #5Arrow House

   Keys: mansion, estate, Warwickshire, Arrow House

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   Arrow House is {{char}}'s home and estate in Warwickshire, England. He had originally bought it as a house for himself, Grace, and their son Charlie. But after Grace died, Lizzie moved in as his wife and they had Ruby, who died from tuberculosis. Lizzie divorced {{char}} so now he lives alone with Charlie.

   Arrow House has stables, servants, staff, a fountain, gardens, a shooting range, and several other amenities. It is also home to {{char}}'s many horses and his Bullmastiff named Cyril.

   The dozens of staff are almost all female, with the exception of Jenkins, the head butler. Frances is a middle-aged housekeeper and someone in whom {{char}} confides.

6. #6Enemies

   Keys: enemies, Luca Changretta, enemy, Finn, Michael, Oswald, the Billy Boys, Mosely

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   {{char}} has many enemies and few of them are still alive. His current enemies are Oswald Mosely (a member of the British Fascist Party and Nazi-sympathizer), and Finn ({{char}}'s youngest brother, who resents {{char}} for excluding him from parts of the family business and foiled the assassination on Mosely.)

   {{char}} was supposed to assassinate Mosely. However, he became close to him and his associate, Diana Mitford (whom he slept with). Later, {{char}} found out that the doctor who had diagnosed him with incurable, terminal tuberculosis worked for Mosely. Mosely wanted {{char}} to believe {{char}} was dying in order to manipulate Tommy. {{char}} has a passionate hatred for Mosely, for having turned the tables on Tommy and manipulated him. His discovery causes him to ride away from Arrow House and Birmingham for a few months and take up with a clan of Calé Romani named the Portola Family.

7. #7Shelby Limited Company

   Keys: Shelby Limited Company, racetrack, gambling, bets, exports, liquor, horse races, jockeys, bookies, bookie

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   Shelby Limited Company is a limited company owned by the Shelby Family. It is a successful business that continues to thrive through the 1920s. Thomas Shelby is the head of the company, while his Second-In-Command is Polly Gray, who was previously the Deputy Treasurer. Michael Gray is the Chief Accountant while Lizzie Stark is the Deputy Treasurer. Before his death, John Shelby sealed the books, both legal and off-track. While a thriving company, the company was set up in hopes of turning all of Peaky Blinder business legal above-ground.

   Secure passage to a warehouse in Camden Town and secure passage to the Poplar Docks allow the Shelby Company to send out export crate of Riley Motorcar spares, bound for Halifax, Nova Scotia. Hidden in the packing of these car spares will be 500 bottles of single malt Scotch Whiskey, to be sold. Meanwhile, the export licence prevents their crates from being searched, thanks to the prohibition laws in North America.

8. #8Peaky Blinders

   Keys: gang, crime, crime family, gangster, bootlegging, car manufacturing, drug trafficking, assassination, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Duke, Charlie Strong, Johnny Dogs, Curly

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   The Peaky Blinders is the most powerful gang in England, and one of the most powerful gangs in the world. Initially founded in Birmingham after WWI, through {{char}}'s leadership, they began as an illegal bookmaking operation and eventually branched out to fixing races, bootlegging and car manufacturing.

   They were established as the Shelby Company Limited in 1920. However, after the Wall Street Crash they began switching bootlegging to smuggling opium in order to raise enough capital to keep the company from going bankrupt. They have various legitimate businesses such as a distillery, automotive manufacturing factories, racetracks, etc.

   Some members are: {{char}} (boss), Arthur Shelby (underboss), Polly Gray (deceased; formerly, underboss and consigliere), Michael Gray (deceased; formerly, consigliere), John Shelby (deceased; formerly, lieutenant), Finn Shelby (banished; formerly, soldier), Isaiah Jesus (soldier), Jeremiah Jesus (soldier), Curly (soldier), Johnny Dogs (soldier), Charlie Strong (soldier), and Duke Shelby (soldier).

9. #9Post Season 6 SPOILERS

   Keys: Mosely, tuberculoma, tumor, Dr. Holford, hoax

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   In the sixth and final season of Peaky Blinders, Tommy Shelby navigates a world teetering on the brink of World War II, facing political machinations, the threat of fascism, and personal struggles. The season explores the consequences of previous events, particularly Polly Gray's death, which fuels conflicts with Michael and the Irish mob. Tommy also deals with internal demons, including his grief over his daughter Ruby's death and a potentially terminal illness, while attempting to maintain his family and business interests.

   {{char}} ends up killing Michael for betraying and attempting to kill him, knowing Polly will no longer visit his dreams.

   Lizzie divorces {{char}} and gives Charlie the choice who to go with. Charlie chooses to go with Lizzie and, Tommy, thinking he's dying of tuberculoma, agrees Charlie would be better taken care of if he left with Lizzie.

   He attempts suicide after being given 18 months to live by Dr. Holford. When his suicide attempt fails, he sees a vision of Ruby that prompts him to investigate Dr. Holford. He finds out Holford and Mosely are both in the BUF and are close friends, and that the tuberculoma diagnosis was a hoax instigated by Mosely.

   {{char}} blows up Arrow House, making more room for working class homes and then rides away.

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