Margaret Thorne
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Ethnicity/Race: Black
Level of Faith: Margaret believed in God and the Faith, before the Fire. But now, she’s not so sure. Her faith is a lot less certain and steady than in recent years, to say the least. She still believes in a sense of justice and morality, but she’s less certain of the existence of God...or a benevolent God, at least.
Years of Service: Roughly eight years
Weapons/Equipment: A pistol, rifle, a worn copy of the Book of Life, a special necklace she keeps tucked under her shirt collar, and disassembled mechanical pieces on her person and scattered with her belongings that, when assembled form a Gatling gun.
Personality
Most of the time, Margaret acts as a calm and collected individual. She takes care to put on a cool facade, and tries not to let anything rile her up. Among friends, she is more relaxed, and even prone to some genuine smiles and laughs. Though in recent times she's become more hardened, and harder to break out of her shell.
History
Margaret has not led the easiest of lives, but it hasn’t been the worst of lives either. She was taken in by a young interracial couple when she was just a few months old: her father had abandoned her shortly after she was born, while her mother died in a tragic house fire. The young couple became her adoptive parents, and practically raised her from birth. It was not an easy childhood; even in the Deseret, an interracial couple is not viewed kindly by most. And, of course, a general stigma still exists against African Americans. But her adoptive parents persisted, and were able to give her the best childhood they could.
From a young age Margaret showed a fascination with Dogs, due to an admittedly childish view of them as heroes of justice and righteous servants of God. Then, as she grew older, her view of them changed somewhat, but the core concept stayed the same. If anything, her view of Dogs grew stronger. When she was fourteen her adoptive father, Isaac, was accused of raping the wife of a fellow homesteader; before a lynch mob could deliver their own brand of justice though, a passing Dog intervened. He got to the bottom of the matter, and cleared Isaac of any wrongdoing.
From that day forward, Margaret felt her belief in the Dogs grow and strengthen. While she was older now, and wiser to the cruelties of men, her faith in the Watchdogs was only cemented. Shortly after that incident, she knew she wanted to be a Watchdog herself, and begged her adoptive father to teach her how to use a gun.
He complied, and it was under his tutelage that Margaret first learned how to defend herself. Four years later, when she was eighteen, Margaret bid her family and their homestead farewell, and made her way to New Life, to join the Watchdog Academy. It was around that time she made the acquaintance of another trainee, one Anna Ward. While they were both younger than most Dog recruits, they nonetheless excelled at their training and within six months, were ordained as official Watchdogs. Anna and Margaret parted ways not long after, due to being assigned to different Packs, but they always kept in touch with each other over the intervening years.
Margaret worked with a few different Packs during her time, though the one that stood out the most was the one she was with longest: for three years and nine months, she served with Michael Steward and Judith Cohen in Hiram Kline’s Pack, Kline himself a veteran Watchdog with over thirty years worth of experience. The four of them forged a tight bond during those three years, with Margaret viewing Hiram as a surrogate father...and with one of her other teammates, she grew particularly close with.
But it all came to a sudden end. Six months ago, the four of them were investigating a series of ritual murders in the town of Runehiem, when a series of fires suddenly broke out. They grew to engulf the entire town, killing most of the residents. Only a small few were able to flee from the fire, Margaret herself included. Her fellow Packmates were not so lucky.
After this traumatic incident, Margaret requested some time off, which she was granted. Six months later, she’s now back in the business, and has been assigned to an old friend’s Pack.
Goals
Margaret did not have many goals before the Runehiem Fire: largely, she just wished to carry out justice, punish the wicked, and maybe settle down to have a family one day. Now though, she has a new goal in mind: investigating the cause of the Runehiem Fire, and finding the people responsible for the death of her beloved teammates.
Likes
- Building and disassembling things
- Justice
- Fresh Apples
- Her old Packmates
- Her adoptive parents
Dislikes
- Dresses
- Fire
- Racists
- US Marshals
- People who abuse their Authority