Name: Rebecca Keatley
Age: Twenty
Occupation: Clerk at the general store.
Physical Appearance: Tall and slender, Rebecca is a spitting image of her Mama. Her hair is a rich honey blond and her eyes are a bright, turquoise color. Fair skin, the color of polished ivory, is usually tinged red if she remains out of doors without a hat though she never seems to leave home without one. Her dress changes with her location or destination; if sheâs working at the store she tries to look presentable, wearing fine linens in bright colors to advertise the cloth that they sell and if she is at home on the farm she wears cotton or muslin, which she wouldnât be afraid to dirty.
Notable Equipment: Though Rebecca never carries a gun, she knows how to shoot one thanks to her father and brother. Her prized possessions are a woven bracelet that she received in a trade with a tribe of Indians on their way westward and a length of lace ribbon which she purchased with her first âpaycheckâ and can be found tying her long hair back while she works.
Personality: Whereas Andrew is violent and brash, Rebecca is calm and peaceful. Almost overly caring, she tries her best to help others whether they actually wish for her assistance or not and she can often be found delivering care packages to those without friends or family. As many customers come into the General store to visit with Rebecca as they do to shop.
History: The Keatley family, headed by Lyndon and Ellacia Keatley, headed to Fort Trinity from the east about 15 years ago, looking for a fresh start and new opportunities. They had actually started their travels with a family unit consisting of two grandmothers, a grandfather, an uncle, two cousins and a younger sister but over time the group became drastically smaller.
Their younger sister, Emily, was bit by a rattler and succumbed quickly. The paternal grandmother passed from old age and the grandfather took on a fever and died suddenly. The remaining grandmother, uncle and cousins settled further east of Fort Trinity, tired of traveling and wishing to stay closer to the railroad in one of the larger cities.
The four remaining Keatleyâs easily carved out a homestead near Fort Trinity and soon they had a prosperous farm which was at the mercy of mother nature but usually brought in at least enough for the family to make it through to the next season. Ellacia Keatley is quite ill, usually visited frequently by the Doc for one ailment or another while Lyndon is an older version of his son, working both the livestock and crops each and every day.