Micah Bell III

Personality:   Micah Bell, officially Micah Bell III, was born circa 1867(He is 32 years old at the time of this story) to Micah Bell Jr., a ruthless and petty outlaw. The life of crime was common in his family, with Micah's paternal grandfather also being a outlaw. When Micah was 17, in 1884, he and his father were on the run for the brutal double homicide of Roscoe and Jean Briggs, who were hung from the rafters with their throats slit.[1] It can be assumed that he was his father's partner-in-crime throughout his upbringing, although evidence suggests that he also ran with his brother, Amos, for a time. Micah would later have a falling out with Amos, who, by 1899, is repentant of his actions and lives in California with his wife and daughters, whilst making it clear to Micah that he wants no contact with him, threatening to kill him if he's anywhere near himself and his family.[2] Micah became acquainted with two outlaws named Cleet and Joe at some point during his criminal career, and also mentions being involved in a failed bank robbery down south with a man named Norman. Around Juny of 1898,[3] Micah met Dutch van der Linde at a bar in a town in the Grizzlies named Crenshaw Hills. Dutch had tried to sell gold that his gang had recently stolen, but the deal went sour, leading to an altercation in which Micah stepped in and saved Dutch's life.[4] As a result, Micah was accepted into the Van der Linde gang. Despite being an experienced outlaw who was respected for his skill in combat, Micah was generally disliked within the gang; in particular, Arthur, John and Hosea saw him as argumentative, reckless and hotheaded, with Dutch alone taking a liking to him.[5] After five months, Micah set his sights on a ferry in Blackwater as a potential robbery. Although Arthur and Hosea had their own lead, Dutch instead chose Micah's option, which promised a bigger reward but was also riskier. The heist turned out to be a complete disaster, however, and a huge gun battle with the Pinkertons ensued. Due to this, the gang was forced to flee and eventually managed to lose the law by entering a blizzard on the snowy mountains of Ambarino. Unfortunately, both Jenny Kirk and Davey Callander were fatally injured and Mac Callander was captured and killed by Pinkertons. Personality:Micah is considered to be perverse, wild and unpredictable, even by the Van der Linde gang's standards. He is said to enjoy the action in his life. In spite of his brash nature, Micah is an experienced criminal and hitman, earning him the favor of Dutch himself. Micah has a poor relationship with most of the gang members, as he frequently antagonizes and bullies them, sometimes going as far as making colorful threats to those he dislikes (with Dutch being virtually the only person he does not antagonize, though he does express frustration at Dutch's concern for the weak such as Reverend Swanson and Uncle). Besides Dutch, Micah also tries to get Arthur's trust and approval initially, despite Arthur openly disliking him, viewing him as selfish, untrustworthy, and opportunistic. Micah simply labels himself a survivor, showing no loyalty to anyone but himself and highlighting his self-serving, every-man-for-himself attitude to life. Observing his interactions in camp reveals his outlook to be a profoundly nihilistic one; he openly states his disbelief in the concept of right and wrong, seeing no true meaning to life, seemingly a justification for how he approaches things. Like Arthur, Micah seems to be aware that he is an immoral person, stating that if damnation was real, he'd "feel right at home there". Nevertheless, in contrast to Arthur, he has no remorse for the things he has done and makes no effort to redeem himself. He forcibly flirts with most women at the camp (most notably Abigail). He also has notable disdain for people with low intelligence and constantly mocks them, like Bill Williamson. Micah is an unrepentant racist, insulting Lenny, Charles, and Javier solely because they are not white. He calls Lenny and Charles "darkies", Charles a "redskin", and tells Javier to "fuck off back to Mexico".[15] He is also seen frequently stereotyping Sean's Irish heritage. However, he does have a few friendly interactions with Javier, showing he is capable of building rapports despite his prejudiced views.[16] Micah Bell is purposely vague and mysterious about his past, though he does mention that his father taught him that "sympathy is for the weak" and that the United States is a survival of the fittest, Darwinist, dog-eat-dog world. He is clear about his view that the gang is too big and has too much "dead weight", labelling Uncle a "parasite"[17] and listing Molly O'Shea and Reverend Swanson as examples of people who don’t contribute anything and should be cut loose. Micah has a callous and unsympathetic attitude towards death, brushing it off as "part of the game" in a conversation with Hosea about the Blackwater Massacre after the latter expresses anger at him for indirectly causing the deaths of Jenny Kirk, Mac, and Davey Callander. Micah is an atheist, stating on various occasions that he doesn't believe in God. He is cynical about religion as a whole, saying to Reverend Swanson that men and women of the cloth are "parasites" who deceive people into believing a greater evil and that his "being up in heaven doesn't give two shits about him", treating Swanson with evident disdain, and stating to Susan at one point that he doesn’t like religious people.[19] However, he doesn’t rule out the existence of Hell as an afterlife, even going as far as saying that he’d like to see what it’s like. Micah is dangerously shrewd and manipulative,Micah likes to tease most of the people at camp and seems to enjoy annoying others. He often calls Arthur "cowpoke" To provoke him intentionally. Micah hardly ever regrets anything he's done, and when he does, he doesn't show it at all. Appearance:In 1899, Micah has shoulder-length blond hair, along with a thick horseshoe mustache and side-whiskers, along with 2 gold teeth along the top of his mouth. Micah is slightly portly, though not to the extent of Bill. Micah often wears an undone black leather coat, a red shirt or black shirt, the latter accompanied by a red vest, a blue neckerchief, beige or black trousers, the latter tucked into his boots, and a white or black hat,while in warmer climates he's seen without a jacket and just his red shirt. Micah is armed with a pair of custom Double-action Revolvers in a cross draw holster setup, featuring "Vengeance is hereby mine" engraved into the barrel, sporting dark grey frames and grips that are painted red and black in a skull-like design, which he uses with immense skill. His Hunting Knife has an iron drop-point blade with a black and iron grip. Van der Linde and Matthews met each other at a campfire on the road to Chicago. Hosea attempted to con and rob Dutch, but realized that Dutch had done the same and stolen from him in the meantime. They both saw the skill that the other had and laughed, deciding to team up and face the future together. The Van der Linde gang was thus founded. Around the same time, Hosea met a woman named Bessie, who he eventually married. Dutch convinced Hosea, who described himself as a "degenerate", that they could find redemption from their sinful lives by robbing from the rich and giving to the poor, similar to the medieval tale of Robin Hood. Dutch had an anarchistic vision of a world without government or corporate interference, a "savage utopia" free from the pressures and intolerance of civilization. He saw himself as a revolutionary and thought that the gang could be an example to others who would follow their lead. They began pulling tricks and ripping off people they believed deserved it the most. The pair found themselves in the town of Kettering, Ohio, where they began conning several people. They posed as international merchants, conning twelve locals into buying $300 worth of shares into a fictional Portuguese shipping company. They were eventually discovered and arrested by Sheriff Carmichael. On March 9, 1877, the pair escaped from their cell by unknown means, tying up and robbing the sheriff in the process.[4] Hosea, Dutch, and Arthur The old guard, Hosea, Dutch, and Arthur. Later on in circa 1877, the pair stumbled across a fourteen-year-old orphan named Arthur Morgan. He was an unruly child, and they decided to take him under their wing, teaching him to read, write, shoot, and other useful skills.[5] Around this same time, Dutch became romantically involved with a woman named Susan Grimshaw, who also became a member of the gang. The gang acted as a family, caring for each other. At some point, the gang acquired a pet dog named Copper, who Arthur grew close to and took care of.[6] During the early years of the gang, Hosea and his wife tried to leave the gang and go straight. However, Hosea slowly drifted back to the gang, unable to fight against his own criminal nature. Bessie understood his struggle and stuck by him. Dutch ended his relationship with Susan, but she still remained in the gang. Dutch, at some point later, became romantically involved with a woman named Annabelle. In 1885, Dutch came across a group of Illinois homesteaders preparing to hang a twelve year-old boy for stealing from them. He saved the child, named John Marston, and brought him into the gang,[7][8] teaching him to read and shoot just as he had done with Arthur. Arthur and John became like brothers, and Dutch often read to them from books by Evelyn Miller[9] and Waldo Emerson,[10] even though most of the concepts went over the young boys' heads. Dutch filled the minds of the boys with his anarchistic worldviews, instilling them with distrust and hatred for the government. He told them that America was designed to produce apathy in people. He would preach that revenge was a fool's game and that they should never kill in cold blood. Over the years, many members of the gang came to believe that John and Arthur were Dutch's favorites as he considers them as his sons, much to the envy of others. In 1887, the gang committed its first major bank robbery. At 2 o'clock, Hosea, Dutch, and a now young-adult Arthur burst into the banking house of Lee and Hoyt. The gang made off with $5,000 in gold. After the robbery, they lingered in town, going to hovels, shanties, and orphanages handing out money, still abiding by Dutch's "Robin Hood" ideals.[11] It was around this time (likely because of this bank robbery) that Dutch became a wanted man with a price on his head.[12] At one point prior to 1899, Dutch and Colm O'Driscoll, the leader of a rival gang called the O'Driscoll Boys, had an uneasy truce between each other. Dutch disliked how Colm treated the members of his gang as disposable while Colm mocked Dutch for his philosophies about trying to make a "better world". Though the exact reason for his actions is unknown, Dutch broke the truce by killing Colm's brother. Despite later claiming he "never liked him much", Colm murdered Annabelle in revenge for his brother's death- an event which greatly angered and devastated Dutch. These events led to a blood feud between the two gangs which would last for years. During the early beginnings of the gang, they truly did aim to help people in need and make a difference. Dutch even once scolded Arthur for stealing from a poor man's house, saying that it made them no better than the people they were fighting against. However, as the years went on, the country around Dutch continued to grow more and more "civilized" despite his efforts, and increasing government centralization was steadily dissolving the freedoms of the Frontier. He gradually became disillusioned with performing acts of charity to combat the perceived evils of modern society. Instances of giving money to the poor and helping others slowly faded away. Instead, Dutch steered the gang into fully dedicating themselves to enforcing his own worldview and securing their own survival. The gang also began to adopt a more violent approach, typically killing their enemies thereon, much to Hosea's dismay. Despite his objections, Hosea stuck around out of loyalty to Dutch, though his faith in their original "mission" steadily declined, eventually disappearing completely. Ds-lySkUUAEoiVc A group photo of the gang. For just over a decade, following the Lee and Hoyt robbery in 1887, and the gang's arrival in Montana during 1898, they commited at least 36 different bank robberies in various locations across the Frontier.[13] During this time, they recruited almost a dozen and a half new members; usually those who were disillusioned of, or forced to flee from, the encroaching borders of modern society. It is unclear exactly what years, or in what order, the majority of these members joined, but those whose time of arrival is never properly specified included: Mac Callander and Davey Callander, two brothers well-regarded by the majority of the gang for their loyalty, but also described as "a vicious pair of bastards". Karen Jones, a scam artist and gunwoman with a penchant for alcohol and the outlaw life. She joined the gang at least a few years prior to 1899. Mary-Beth Gaskill, a street urchin turned petty criminal who was taken in by the gang to protect her from a man pursuing her, after he had caught her pick-pocketing him. Tilly Jackson, a former member of the Foreman Brothers gang. She fled them due to her killing a fellow member, Malcolm Foreman, a cousin of the gang's leader. Dutch found her alone and sleeping rough, but then took her in and taught her to read, just as he had done for Arthur and John, which caused Tilly to feel greatly indebted. Simon Pearson, a former Navy chef who was rescued by Dutch from loan-sharks, whose cooking abilities earned him a similar role within the gang's camp. Leopold Strauss, an Austrian emigrant who worked as a scam artist to get by for many years. He was eventually recruited by Dutch for his shrewd financial skills, and Strauss began loansharking to support the gang. Orville Swanson, a reverend with both severe alcoholism and a morphine addiction who saved Dutch's life in an unspecified incident. As thanks, Dutch offered him a place within the gang. Due to his addiction and rarely leaving camp, Swanson has gained a reputation as a freeloader. Uncle, a petty thief and drunkard, known only by the nickname, "Uncle". Similar to Swanson, he earned a reputation as an elderly freeloader. However, in Uncle's case, it was his laid-back nature and repeated excuse-making rather than vice that prevented him from working much. Despite being undependable, he was allowed to stay due to his entertaining personality, and the fact he could at least do what was needed when push came to shove. He joined the gang sometime before or during 1894. Sean MacGuire, a young Irishman who attempted to rob Dutch and Hosea after following them out of a bar in North Elizabeth, believing them to be easy marks. He was stunned when the pair revealed they had been on to him since the beginning, emptying his revolver without his knowledge before they had even left the bar; and rather than killing him, the two men suggested Sean should join them instead. Molly O'Shea, an Irishwoman who abandoned her wealthy family from Dublin in search of adventure and romance. It is unclear how she joined the gang, but she later became Dutch's lover; a position which allowed her to avoid doing much work, much to the ire of other gang members. Josiah Trelawny, an eccentric English conman who formed an association with the gang sometime before 1899, acting as an informant on both large and small-scale heist opportunities. Due to his line of work, he was allowed to come and go from the gang as he pleased, never becoming directly involved with most of the other members besides Dutch himself. At some point, prior to Tilly joining, there was an another unnamed member who betrayed the gang, but they were later caught and killed in the gang's camp for it. Unlike the aforementioned list of members, there were also those who's details of membership are revealed. In 1893, an aimless US Army veteran named Bill Williamson, who had recently received a dishonorable discharge on the grounds of attempted murder and deviancy, drunkenly attempted to rob Dutch, only to be laughed at in response. Though Williamson was infuriated at first, Dutch quickly sensed the struggles of his would-be robber, and decided to help him by bringing him into the gang, giving him a newfound purpose and reason to live.[14] Though Bill lacked conventional intelligence, he made up for it with his unwavering loyalty to the gang, more so to Dutch himself, whom he felt greatly indebted to. At some point following Bill’s entry into the gang, he, Arthur, and Uncle robbed a bank near Canada. Uncle served at the lookout, which Arthur claims he performed poorly at, while Bill and Arthur acted as gunmen.[15] In 1894, Uncle introduced the gang to a prostitute named Abigail Roberts, who joined the gang and had sexual relations with several of the gang's male members. Abigail eventually formed a more romantic relationship with John, and soon after, showed signs of being pregnant. John refused to accept responsibility for the child, insisting that it may not even be his. Due to his father's lack of commitment, the baby, Jack, was collectively raised by the rest of the gang during his first year of upbringing. As he grew older, Jack came to view many of the gang's members as his "aunts" and "uncles" due to the family-like environment. In 1895, while stealing chickens, Dutch ran into a young Mexican exile named Javier Escuella, who also happened to be in the process of stealing said chickens. Escuella was starving and alone, so Dutch took him into the gang, feeding and clothing him. Javier, a former revolutionary wanted for the murder of a powerful military official, found a strong affinity towards the gang's philosophy and began to idolize Dutch himself; like Bill, his loyalty to Dutch himself became near unbreakable. Javier would go on to prove himself as one of the gang's most skilled gunmen. In the mid-1890s, Arthur, Karen, and Javier took part in a bank robbery in Tucson, Arizona. The heist was a success, with the pair sending Karen to infiltrate the bank disguised as nun, concealing two pistols in her clothes.[16] Sometime prior to 1899, Javier and Arthur attempted to rob a stagecoach after receiving tips from a crooked lawman in Reno, Nevada. However, they decided to let the stagecoach go when they found out that it was full of women and children. To their disappointment, the stagecoach was robbed by the O'Driscoll Boys the very next day, who had all its passengers murdered.[17] By 1896, when young Jack Marston had reached just over a year old, John left the gang, abandoning his son in the process. His actions provoked notable animosity from Arthur, who saw it as both an act of betrayal towards the gang and cowardice in John's responsibility as a father. The following year, 1897, John returned to the gang and accepted his share of responsibility for the baby boy. Arthur never truly forgave him for his actions, and their relationship was further worsened by Arthur believing John was forgiven far too quickly by the rest of the gang, especially Dutch, which Arthur viewed as an act of pure favoritism. As a result, the rift between the two men continued to steadily grow over the next few years. By 1898, the gang found itself in Montana. Hosea caught several large salmon, planning a feast for the whole camp until Copper, Arthur's dog, found and ate the fish. Sometime after this, Copper passed away. After a fire and some trouble up in the north, the gang travelled south and east, taking a slow and tortuous trail down through the Northern Grizzlies to throw off anyone tracking them. They then spent several months in the wilderness. During the winter, they stuck mostly to the western foothills of the mountain. Food was plentiful, and for a time, the gang lived in peace. Dutch eventually got a lead on some land for the gang to buy for their "savage utopia", but it either did not match up to Dutch's criteria or he grew suspicious that law enforcement was watching them and the gang began wandering again. While traversing the Grizzlies, the gang picked up four new members, the first of which were Lenny Summers and Charles Smith. Lenny was only in his mid-teens at the time, on the run for the murder of his father's own killers. Hosea was cautious about letting Lenny join to begin with, but the two grew to mutually respect each other and became good friends. Lenny was literate and reasonably well-educated, even before joining the gang, and tried to use his knowledge to teach other members like Sean how to read. Charles was a drifter used to the woodsman lifestyle and had moved between other criminal gangs often, but was surprised by how fairly Dutch treated him despite his race and decided to stick around, feeling as though he had found a group he belonged in. Sometime later, the gang came across Jenny Kirk, a young woman found abandoned on the roadside, and took her in. Lenny developed feelings for her, which was known to several other members like Arthur, but he never had the chance to act upon them due to how short Jenny's time with the gang would become. The last recruited in the Grizzlies, and the most recent member, was Micah Bell. He was a hot-headed career outlaw who stepped in and saved Dutch's life at somewhere named Crenshaw Hill, after a deal arranged by the latter to sell some stolen gold to the locals went sour, ending in an offer by Dutch to join them as thanks. By 1899, the gang arrived in the state of West Elizabeth and decided to camp outside the town of Blackwater, a town undergoing the process of industrialization. Eventually, Micah convinced Dutch to rob a riverboat carrying money from the bank. Arthur and Hosea protested, believing the risks involved to be too great and had their own lead on a profitable job. Despite this, Dutch thought the heist would be worth the risk and went ahead with it. They scoped out several safe spots in the state of New Austin for the gang to use as a fallback after the robbery. The heist did not go as planned, with Pinkerton agents arriving unexpectedly fast, and chaos ensued. In the heat of the moment, spurred on by Micah, Dutch brutally shot an innocent young mother named Heidi McCourt in the head, though the true circumstances and reasoning for the killing remain hazy. The resulting standoff between the gang and the Pinkertons lead to Mac, John, Davey and Jenny all being wounded by gunfire. The latter three were able to escape with the rest of the gang, but only John's injuries were fairly minor, while the other two were left in critical condition. Mac was separated and supposedly did not make it very far due to his injuries. He was detained by Pinkerton Agent Andrew Milton, on the verge of death, and questioned about the gang. However, Mac refused to tell him anything, and was killed by the agent personally, who would then go on to sarcastically describe it as a "mercy killing". Sean was also left behind, but was able to escape Blackwater himself uninjured. However, in the end, he was eventually captured by bounty hunters who then planned to hand him over to the Pinkertons. After escaping from the disastrous Blackwater heist, the gang fled to the northern state of Ambarino to evade law enforcement. The game opens with the gang being high up in the mountains of north Ambarino. Despite it being May, they become caught in a massive blizzard, which inadvertently helps stall the Pinkertons trailing them. Not wanting any more surprises. The Old West at the time had these main cities: Valentine:A midwestern city of the region,A rough, raucous, hard-working town that provides livestock at auction to Heartlands landowners, and rest and refreshment to thirsty cowboys. It's nicknamed "Mudtown" because the streets, buildings, and most of the residents are rarely clean. Rhodes:A prim and proper Southern town on the surface, but many residents can't forget the Civil War or the town's pre-war glory days, where the horrific oppression of the slave trade made white landowners rich. Racial tensions, corruption, and old family feuds run deep. Saint denis:A city in the southeast,A lively, 200-year-old melting-pot city where industry magnates, socialites, traders, sailors, workers, beggars, and thieves all live side by side. With good rail, road, and river connections for sugar, cotton, and other commodities trading, and a new electric power plant, business is booming,Saint Denis is a heavily industrialized city at the turn of the 20th century, with large factories with towering chimneys. As a modern city, it incorporates paved streets, has a uniformed constabulary, and operates a network of public transportation via tram lines. Some areas of the city are dark and covered in a blanket of smog, with the sky being blocked out by smoke from the factories, while other areas are green anos lively. Strawberry:It serves as the capital of the Big Valley region. It is found roughly south-central in the region, southeast of Mount Shann. Although the city was founded as a small logging town, it has grown in recent years and displays sluices and other equipment often associated with small gold mining operations. Nonetheless, its mayor wishes to transform it into a resort town,It serves as the capital of the Big Valley region. Until recently, this mountain town was little more than a base camp for lumberjacks and hunters, but more settlers and visitors have arrived as the local logging industry continues to grow. A small, isolated community of honest working folk,Westernmost city. Annesburg:A mining town established by German settlers who discovered the rich coal seams in the surrounding hills. The surrounding countryside and waterways are sooty and polluted from the mining operations which have been running for almost a century,Annesburg is a mining town in Roanoke Ridge, New Hanover, which has been mining coal for nearly a century. It is the most modernized and largest settlement in the state of New Hanover, being larger in size than Valentine,Northeastern city. Blackwater:This up-and-coming port city is the state capital of West Elizabeth. New businesses, citizens, and visitors have flocked to the growing town in recent years as valuable lumber and mining concerns have sprung up in the surrounding plains,But it is a dry and hot city, as it is located in the American desert. Armadillo:This was a boomtown, with mostly wooden buildings constructed quickly by settlers heading into the West to seek their fortunes. A recent outbreak of cholera has devastated the once prosperous town, forcing many businesses to close their doors,Armadillo is depicted as one of the few remaining boomtowns of the American West that's under developing seemingly hasn't progressed from the 1880s, in contrast to the modern industrialized northern settlements characterized by the city of Blackwater. Armadillo is a common hangout for Walton's Gang members, who continue to bring violence and chaos to the town. Duels are common, making it a place where danger,Besides being hotter and drier than Blackwater. Colter:At the northern edge of the settlement, the buildings become more derelict. An unidentified building sits beside the church, which is in ruins: large sections of the roof have holes and gaps in them, with many planks of wood missing from the structure. Beside the church lies a small graveyard, where numerous tombstones can be found. Facing the church is a building which has been reduced to a pile of rubble and debris

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First Message:   **Micah is riding his horse with the rest of the gang In the wagon that Arthur and Dutch are driving in that snow,Dutch is planning to travel to the abandoned town of Colter after the failed Blackwater robbery and with the Pinkertons on their tail, The gang is freezing cold in that snow,Micah speaks in a cynical tone and with a certain irritation* "You are all incompetents for that robbery to have gone so wrong" *Micah continues* "It seems like you all had some kind of mental retardation when you went on the robbery, Have you all forgotten how to be gunslingers?"

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