Oddly in the mood for some High Noon shenanigans, not sure if you’re still lookin’ for folks or not. But I could work on something. Here's a WIP: [hider=WIP: Elijah Thrapp] [center][color=816731][b][h2]E L I J A H T H R A P P[/h2][/b][/color] [img]http://i.imgur.com/YaJbDGY.jpg?1[/img] [sub][i][color=816731][b]“Ain’t about money or fame, it’s about what’s right; if you don’t understand that you’re just heartless.”[/b][/color][/i][/sub][/center] [color=816731][sub]N A M E[/sub][/color][hr][indent][color=gray]Elijah Matthew Thrapp [/color][/indent] [color=816731][sub]A L I A S[/sub][/color][hr][indent][color=gray]Colonel [/color][/indent] [color=816731][sub]A G E[/sub][/color][hr][indent][color=gray]53 [/color][/indent] [color=816731][sub]G E N D E R[/sub][/color][hr][indent][color=gray]Male [/color][/indent] [color=816731][sub]O R I G I N[/sub][/color][hr][indent][color=gray]Detroit, Michigan [/color][/indent] [color=816731][sub]T H E M E[/sub][/color][hr][indent][color=gray][url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s66nbyzqq8o]“Dark as a Dungeon”[/url][/color][/indent] [color=816731][sub]O C C U P A T I O N[/sub][/color][hr][indent][color=gray]Soldier of the United States Army (1846-1865) Bounty Hunter (1866- )[/color][/indent] [color=816731][sub]P E R S O N A L I T Y[/sub][/color][hr][indent][color=gray]Elijah Thrapp is [i]tired[/i] and he knows it— a lifetime of war, conflict, and strife has pushed him to his limits. There was once a time where Elijah shed his morality for the righteous pursuit of the country, times where he was eager to shed the blood of foreign neighbors, fellow countrymen, and ostracized natives; a time he has been running from since he fired his last bullet in uniform in 1865 during the last year of the American Civil War— but that time is no more. As part of his oath to himself and god, Elijah has changed morally and ethically even in spite of his occupation as a bounty hunter; and that fact is no hoax. But being a morally-inclined bounty hunter is no easy task and definitely does not come with its hurdles and challenges. Said challenges have been many in the last sixteen years ranging from dealing with people who have laughed in his face at his “born again” ideologies and taunted the tide of unease that lies underneath. Elijah would never lie and say that his tolerance for the morally insolvent is low and his actions have shown that the unrelenting storm that is his anger and hate still remains underneath the surface. With the right words, actions, and an alcoholic suggestion Elijah would willingly shed his tolerant humility to punish the wicked and ill-mannered. [/color][/indent] [color=816731][sub]T R A I T S & Q U I R K S[/sub][/color][hr][indent][color=gray][b]Alcoholic:[/b] Due to the horrors he’s done and seen as well as other mitigating factors Elijah has developed a fondness for “coping” and the means through it is rye whiskey. [b]Elijah Knows Best:[/b] As someone who has lived over five decades and experienced life at its worst and best, Elijah can understandably act with a degree of pompous pretension such as believing he knows best and speaking out on it with recollections of his experiences and how they apply to a situation. Some find it interesting, but most find it annoying. [b]Gardener:[/b] Whilst Elijah would hardly call himself a botanist or herbalist, there is a certain efficacy in knowing which plants in a forest are harmful and which are beneficial. His knowledge in this part helped him through certain wilderness situations during the American Civil War and he has continued to practice these skills. [b]High Road:[/b] Elijah has a particular code of conduct and serves by a lifestyle that wealth is secondary to ethics and morality. This can be manipulated earnestly by grifters and other huckster-type individuals as it is clear that Elijah would give his hard won earnings to feed someone in need even if it does a disservice to his own self being. [b]Retired Military:[/b] As a well-seasoned veteran of the Mexican-American War, Navajo Wars, the American Civil War, and the Yavapai Wars there is little issue to claim that Elijah has a lot of ghosts looming over him. With the harrowing experiences behind him there comes some good with it— reputation, perspective, and experience. While he may not be as fast on the draw as others he most certainly is just as accurate and deadly if not moreso.[/color][/indent] [color=816731][sub]W E A P O N O F C H O I C E[/sub][/color][hr][indent][color=gray]Winchester Model 1873 Colt Single Action Army [/color][/indent] [color=816731][sub]R E I N S[/sub][/color][hr][indent][color=gray]Elijah’s current steed is a middle-aged black-furred Rocky Mountain Horse with a white mane by the name of Abraham. [/color][/indent] [color=816731][sub]H I S T O R Y[/sub][/color][hr][indent][color=gray]Born in 1829, --- A normal man would’ve shed his guns after all of their experiences painting them as a savage and immoral warmonger but by the time Elijah had come to a resolution about himself it was far too late to hang up his guns. Elijah had been too old to learn a new profession after a trend of violence serving his nation in earnest and realized his options to redeem himself and follow a new path were limited. There were private agencies like the Pinkerton’s who had rose to prominence that required the service of a professional soldier, but then there were sheriff’s and marshal’s who were trying to keep the wild frontier under control. Elijah admittedly wasn’t sure what the right path was but he knew that running under the shadow of the government or a private force like the Pinkerton’s would not be the way to continue living especially after he had made an oath to himself and god that he would somehow right the wrongs he had enacted over the last twenty or so years. Thus the answer came to him to be led by no one but himself; so he became a defacto bounty hunter and hireling that would only go where he was needed. A motto represented his life thereon— “have gun, will travel”. So he traveled. 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