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Description

Zach has rich black hair and soft brown eyes, his face and body tanned from hard riding. Although he is only 19 he looks older. Zach is a young man who is enjoying life, riding the trail seeing the American West. He is quick to laugh, even at himself. Nevertheless, when confronted or those riding the same brand as he is harassed or bothered, he quickly angers, as most young men do. Zach is tall, standing about 6’1, but lean from hard drives and a hard life on the trail. His body has scars from fights with Indians, rustlers and the occasional range war.

Personality

A quite confidant young man, a shy boyish smile graces his angular face. He has the eternal enthusiasm that all youth have, with large dreams and the will and determination to see those dreams come to fruition. He rides for the brand and understand loyalty, in returns he expects the same for any ranch he rides for.

Equipment

While not technically a gunfighter, Zach does carry a Colt .45 on a low slung and tied down holster. He also carries a Sharps .50 on his saddle, and uses it with great effectiveness. He carries a Bowie knife on his saddle as well. Zach wears faded denim jeans, well-worn boots, and a faded long sleeve red shirt. He has a battered, brown stetson hat and a faded blue bandanna around his neck. The worn faded black leather gun belt frames his lean hips, tied low on his right thigh. The shell loops full of .45 shells.

His saddlebags carry a black broad cloth suit and white shirt, as well as a black derby he picked up in Kansas City. He also carries the Circle BW branding iron of his father strapped and wrapped on his saddle. He has some money on him and a letter to a bank in Kansas City where he has over 2000 dollars, saving for the day when he can wire them for a draft to purchase land and cattle of his own.

History

Zach is a lean, wiry 19-year-old. Born in Texas, along the Rio Grande, Zachery was born and raised around cattle. Since he turned thirteen he has been riding the trail as a hand on cattle drives. His father was an English pugilist who settled with his young bride and became a small rancher. When he was twelve an Apache raid across the Rio Grande to steal horses became a bloody massacre as the ranch was attacked and most were killed. Zach was away in the far reaches of the ranch with several other hands herding some cattle away from a dangerous wash. When he returned to see the carnage, he sold the ranch and took the few hundred in gold coin and began riding for other brands. But he never forgets his family. He is always looking for a new place to start the Circle BW again. Zach has just left the last drive to Kansas City and has ridden the rail as far as it would take him, now he and his Appaloosa, named Donny, have ridden the rest of the way to Green Hallow.

Zachery Blackwood's Story