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Character Name: Born Ezekiel Gunsinger. Known among the Cherokee as Wa-ya, and infamous to the Mexican army as El Lobo Solitario. His incredibly few close friends call him "Zeke," but its not a name he allows the average acquaintance to call him to call him.Current time period: 1877 AD
Current place of origin: The Western Frontier
Age: 35 years old
Height: 5 feet, 9 inches
Weight: Average weight
Species: Human
Physical Description:His physical structure is caucasian but his Coffee coloured skin and dark hair shows his mixed heritage. He typically wears a full mustache to help blend in and make him appear more caucasoid, but has been known to shave when the occasion or mission calls for it. His most startling physical feature are his deep red eyes. Eyes like the devils some would say.... eyes like pools of blood.
Typical Dress: Gunsinger wears clothes in the colours of the southwestern turf.. typically a plain brown Frock coat and hat.. with a deep brown vest and plain white muslin shirty. A cravat and an old pocket-watch are his only extravagances.. he also wears plain tan trousers with a gun-belt... an 1875 Cavelry Model Schofield revolver holstered at his side. His feet are clad in plain but sturdy brown boots.
Occupation: As a Mercenary Covert Operative, Gunsinger will work for anyone.. provided they can afford his price. He has been hired by the US government to assassinate rogue Mexican generals and Indian guerilla leaders. And he has retrieved property deeds and valuable objects for Wells Fargo. Rumor has it he has even helped the Indian nations in their plight against forced removal by US forces. It is unknown if money is his only motivation for this line of work, however, as he carries out his job with ruthless efficiency, takes his payment... then disappears....
Magical or Supernatural Powers: He has no supernatural abilities per se, but he does possess an uncanny ability to bled in with his surroundings... supposedly a trick picked up during his time with the Cherokees
Brief History: Not much is known about Ezekiel Gunsinger before the year 1861. In that year, the first year of the American Civil War, a 19 year-old Gunsinger volunteered for service in the union army. He quickly moved through the ranks going from private to sergeant in a matter of a few months. Not long after that he became a member of the vaunted first sharpshooters regiment, the "tree frogs." He served with them until 1863... when a cannonball Destroyed the tree he was sniping from, leaving him severely injured.. He was taken in by a group of Cherokee... deserters from the confederate cavalry. They nursed him back to health and and he stayed with them until late in the year.. when he slipped away and reported back to union headquarters... Having learned some tricks from the Cherokee... and a bit of information about the rebels... the Union army dispatched him on an espionage operation... However, the union brass did not trust him, due to his fraternity with the Cherokee, and the operation was intended to be a suicide mission. Gunsinger not only completed the mission objectives... but he returned home alive. The army's trust restored in him, they continued to use him as an espionage operative until the end of the war.... when Gunsinger left the army... He headed south first and tried settling down just outside of Indian territory... but the peaceful life didn't suit him.. and the southerners resented him... so he moved west... and began living the only way he knew how.
Brief Description of Personality: Gunsinger is outwardly very cold... he rarely says much and tends to keep his distance from people... mostly out of habit... you never know where your next job is coming from in the territories and a man may be your neighbor one day... and your target the next. that isn't to say he chooses his work indiscriminately.... if he has to kill someone he tends to make certain there's a good reason for it... he might be a killer but he's not a murderer... though Gunsinger himself will tell you there is a damn fine line between the two. Overall he's a cautious man who chooses his friends carefully. He carries with him the grim countenance of a man who has seen hell.. shared it with his friends.. and been the only man to walk away from it. And even on those occasions where he does smile.. there is something menacing about it... "like the smile of a wolf."
Brief Description of Character Strengths and Weaknesses: Ezekiel Gunsinger is a highly trained military sniper.. and an expert in revolvers, rifles, and other small arms. He knows the greater part of the western territories like the back of his hand. He has a snipers patience and typically thinks quite methodically.. but he is also capable of responding spontaneously to new and developing situations. He has no real phobias but he does suffer from post traumatic stress disorder(PTSD), which causes him occasional flashbacks.
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Mr. Gunsinger--
Dont ask how I found you, even I am not quite sure. But there is something waying on my mind recently and you are the only person I know or trust to help with it. There shold be no problem with your fee. If you want to discus further, you know where I am usualy found.
- F. L.
A pie wielding clown attacks your town with acidic custard tarts of DOOM!
What do you do?
a) Hide in the basement until the attack peters out.
b) Tote that gun and smite the clown!
c) Hire a mime as your personal bodyguard.
((Haha, I missed them too actually. I don't suppose there's been any activity there recently... It still makes me sad that that died. Such a good concept.))