Here's the introduction I have written up for my character Francis Brown, in Cowboys and Orcs
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M'name's Francis, but everyone calls me Frankie. I've spent most of my life in the backwater town known as Hillgrove. About fifteen years ago, my pa was shot and crippled by a no-good ruttin sumbitch bastard. On'y way we've survived, my pa, my ma and me, is 'cause we had some money saved up, an' my ma's real handy with a needle. She'll sow you up anything you want, as neat as you could wish for, an' quality too!
Now, my pa, he was a farmhand, an' I reckon I'd be one too, if'n he hadn't got hisself shot. I mean, when you see your pa shot so's he can never again do an honest day's work in the fields, well, I reckon it'll take summat outta yeh. Sure did me. Seems to have put summat in aswell though, cos', as luck would have it, shootin' jes' seemed to came nat'rally to me, y'know what I mean? Guns, well, I jes' always knew how to handle'em, an' myself in a gunfight, come to tha'. Have done, on more'n one occasion as well.
I's got two revolvers, real beauties, one called Jessica, the other'n Jennifer. Then I's got my rifle, a real nifty li'l thing I call Elizabeth. I always carry at least two knives, a dagger and a largeish huntin' knife. The huntin' knife's got a notch on the handle for each man I's taken down. It's coming up on a fair few now. Never started the fight, mind, an' the law's always come down in my support, so don't you go gettin' no ideas now.
A while back, my buddy from way back, Jochen came back to town. I was outta town on business, and came back jes' in time fer 'is funeral. They say the guy's got'im 'ad a huge tumble-barreled gun. He was taken down tho, but a goblin wi' a freakish four-barrelled rifle was in the guy's posse. I reckon that if'n I ever lay eyes on'im, I'll 'ave ter avne ... avern ... get my own back from'im.
I've been playing a GURPS-campaign called Cowboys and Orcs for a while now. My first character was brutally killed, and I wrote up a new one. Here's the bio, the character introduction will come as a separate post.
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Francis Brown
Father: Jason Brown
Mother: Sophie Brown (b. Fried)
Personality: Fiercely loyal, impulsive, will step up for a fight
Francis is a native of Hillgrove, but has spent a lot of time roaming the Wildlands. His father, Jason, was shot and crippled by a gunman while on his way to work at one of the Hillgrove farms when Francis was nine years old. Luckily, they had some savings, and have been living off them, and off his mother's tailoring skills since then.
Seeing his father mercilessly crippled, Francis vowed never to allow himself to be caught out like his father was. He started shooting guns, and found he had a natural affinity for it. He has since gained a reputation for being a good man to have on your side in a fight, and rarely shies away from trouble, preferring to meet it head on.
Recently, an old buddy of his returned to town. Jochen StPierre was the same age as Francis, and, although his life took him in different directions, his experiences were similar. When a lowlife called Stephen O'Reilly was arrested for the murder of Mr. Wilson, Jochen had recognized him as the man who murdered his father. Along with his friends, he decided to help with the guarding of the jail.
The evening before O'Reilly's trial, a man described as an ogre with a Nordenfelt Single Barrel (HT128) Gatling gun, attacked the jail, killing the deputy, and turning StPierre to mincemeat. O'Reilly apparently got a hold of the deputy's gun, and was gunned down by one of Mr. Grotz' men who were also watching the jail.
The ogre was killed on site, but rumors spoke of a goblin with some sort of steam-powered suit with a weird four-barreled rifle (Lancaster Howdah, .476 Enfield, HT91), fleeing the scene after taking fire from Jochen's compatriots.
Being out of town when Jochen returned, he only heard that he'd been there, and killed, when he came home. Upon hearing of his friend's murder, Francis vowed to avenge him, and bring whoever was responsible to a sticky end.
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Significant NPC's:
-Goblin who fled the scene of Jochen's murder
-Gunman who crippled his father
Plot threads:
-Avenge Jochen's murder (short-term, temporary)
-Defend the family name (long-term, ongoing)