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If anyone is interested.....
A story set in the old West, with cowboys, and bank robbers, and vampires, and zombies....
My character is a gun for hire, and his specialty is dealing with the undead and supernatural creatures in whatever form they may present themselves.
Johnathan James McCoy
DOB: January 29, 1843
Race: Human
Hgt/Wgt: 6'02" - 192 lbs
Dark brown hair (almost black), blue eyes
Originally from Atlanta, GA, McCoy was 17 when the War Between the States broke out. He couldn't join up and fight, however, because he was in Europe with his father and mother at the time.
His father, a professor and teacher of history and science, seemed to travel all over the world, dragging the family with him. As a result, John had a lot of influences from various cultures growing up, from fighting styles of the Far East to formal education at some of Europe's finest schools.
When John set out on his own, he joined a group of others of his unique educational background. This group investigated, or rather hunted, supernatural creatures and occurrences.
The skills needed to combat these creatures John gained through study and tutelage under many different teachers.
McCoy generally wears a long cotton canvas duster coat over a cotton collared shirt with the brown canvas pants typical of western trail riders. His boots have seen the miles of trails throught the US and Mexico. Sometimes he dresses up in a suit with tie, depending on what the occassion calls for. At all times, however, he's wearing a dark brown felt hat with black braided latigo band.
McCoy carries a Colt Single Action Army revolver in .44/40, and Winchester Model 1873 rifle in the same caliber that he keeps on his horse saddle most of the time. Also on his horse, in a specially made leather wrap-style case is a Sharps Shiloh model rifle, complete with tang sight, and chambered in the .45/70 cartridge. McCoy is uncannily deadly accurate with all three.
John has a ring that he received from someone in Europe when he was still a child. It is a plain silver band with an unknown type of script engraved on it. The ring has an enchantment: it protects him from curses, and allows the wearer to heal from wounds more rapidly than normal.
John's black horse is an Andalucian breed, built for strength and speed. The horse, who's name is Shadow, is loyal to John as much as a faithful dog would be, and has a peculiar sense of being aware of his surroundings, especially when there's trouble.
The setting will be the town of New Hope, somewhere in/around Texas, Arizona, New Mexico. The town is, or was, a thriving community, with a large population in the outlying rural area. The town itself sits near a forested area bordering some large hills and mountains, with canyon passes and old mines. There is train service and stagecoach serviceto the town, as well as a ferry that can shuttle people down river to the sawmill town of White Rock. It seems lately, though, this thriving town has met up with some unusual occurrences...strange deaths, bodies drained of blood, vicious animal attacks in the woods, reports of empty graves.....
A story set in the old West, with cowboys, and bank robbers, and vampires, and zombies....
My character is a gun for hire, and his specialty is dealing with the undead and supernatural creatures in whatever form they may present themselves.
Johnathan James McCoy
DOB: January 29, 1843
Race: Human
Hgt/Wgt: 6'02" - 192 lbs
Dark brown hair (almost black), blue eyes
Originally from Atlanta, GA, McCoy was 17 when the War Between the States broke out. He couldn't join up and fight, however, because he was in Europe with his father and mother at the time.
His father, a professor and teacher of history and science, seemed to travel all over the world, dragging the family with him. As a result, John had a lot of influences from various cultures growing up, from fighting styles of the Far East to formal education at some of Europe's finest schools.
When John set out on his own, he joined a group of others of his unique educational background. This group investigated, or rather hunted, supernatural creatures and occurrences.
The skills needed to combat these creatures John gained through study and tutelage under many different teachers.
McCoy generally wears a long cotton canvas duster coat over a cotton collared shirt with the brown canvas pants typical of western trail riders. His boots have seen the miles of trails throught the US and Mexico. Sometimes he dresses up in a suit with tie, depending on what the occassion calls for. At all times, however, he's wearing a dark brown felt hat with black braided latigo band.
McCoy carries a Colt Single Action Army revolver in .44/40, and Winchester Model 1873 rifle in the same caliber that he keeps on his horse saddle most of the time. Also on his horse, in a specially made leather wrap-style case is a Sharps Shiloh model rifle, complete with tang sight, and chambered in the .45/70 cartridge. McCoy is uncannily deadly accurate with all three.
John has a ring that he received from someone in Europe when he was still a child. It is a plain silver band with an unknown type of script engraved on it. The ring has an enchantment: it protects him from curses, and allows the wearer to heal from wounds more rapidly than normal.
John's black horse is an Andalucian breed, built for strength and speed. The horse, who's name is Shadow, is loyal to John as much as a faithful dog would be, and has a peculiar sense of being aware of his surroundings, especially when there's trouble.
The setting will be the town of New Hope, somewhere in/around Texas, Arizona, New Mexico. The town is, or was, a thriving community, with a large population in the outlying rural area. The town itself sits near a forested area bordering some large hills and mountains, with canyon passes and old mines. There is train service and stagecoach serviceto the town, as well as a ferry that can shuttle people down river to the sawmill town of White Rock. It seems lately, though, this thriving town has met up with some unusual occurrences...strange deaths, bodies drained of blood, vicious animal attacks in the woods, reports of empty graves.....
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