Please, if ya'll wish to start with a post of arrival etc, please do so; do not, however, start killing anyone or the like! Fist fights excluded, of course.

Oh...this will be interesting. I hope you all did your research into what post Civil War Laredo was like. It was not a large city, the area was kept under law by the recently returned Union army and those it recruited into helping, mostly ex Rangers and lawmen. There probably would not be a sheriff or deputies or any of that. Reconstruction government was ruling at the time, cattle drives were a big money maker for the ranches nearby and there was plenty of cattle rustling and banditry across the border. Also, a note, there is Nuevo Laredo right across the Rio Grande which is where most of the native born ethnic Mexican population went after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hildalgo ignored Laredo's vote to stay part of Mexico.

GM, what season is it? Laredo has two seasons, scorching hot and mildly warm.

Just did some reading, the county's population went from about 1,400 people in 1860 to 2,615 by 1870. So all those newcomers had to come from somewhere, some carpetbaggers and some trying to start a new life away from the war's devastation.

@idlehands So a Union town that holds mostly confederate soilders? It will be a real mascacre

@UserThe war is over. I know he hasn't changed it in the OP but the year is 1868, so 3 years after the war and well into Reconstruction.

@idlehands Hey, id be sour if the guy next to me killed my freinds yet still gets served even though they lost...

On that subject time to make a new char!

Oh indeed there are going to be tensions. Confederate vets would be embraced by most of the populace but still they'd have to follow the law as set down by the Union or they'd be considered outlaws, just as any other law breaker would. I'm sure there was brawls, stabbings, shootings but they would be dealt with harshly. The army used a lot of ex Texas rangers and other lawmen that had not worn a Confederate uniform to keep the peace at this time. They might have even turned to ex Confederates though it's still early after the war.

@User, is it ok with the GM to have more than one character?

@idlehands So a Union town that holds mostly confederate soilders? It will be a real mascacre

Wait, I just woke up so I'm not firing on all cylinders. Laredo was not a Union town, they were mostly Confederate sympathizers if they had a stand in the war. The battle was between invading Union troops and a local Confederate guard. Union soldiers of course now patrol but they're not all over the place, they'd likely be stationed in San Antonio and or smaller forts scattered through the Rio Grande valley and to the west.

@idlehandsSomeone else has two... Id say its fine

Oops, didn't see that.

I'm just waiting for GM to give permission to post char.

After that anyone who wants to get into a fist fight is welcome to take the first swing!

Aaaaaaaaaaand character is up.

Who wants to punch people in the face now?

@Monochromatic Rainbow Id be down if you do first post

Huh. I admit I didn't do any real research on the locale yet, thanks @idlehands.

The way you described the town fits quite well with what I anticipated, but it's always nice to be re-affirmed.

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As for the characters- i admit I hadn't had the time to read all the sheets fully, but I skimmed through histories when I had a chance and read the rest of the info and whatnot- but I enjoy our cast immensely to be perfectly honest. Even if there's some overlap I think it serves the setting nicely- just as the disparity and tension that will undoubtedly be present amongst the characters will be immensely satisfying and amazing.

I think everything'll turn out fine if I'm allowed to be my optimistic little self.

That being said, sundays are my D&D days, so I'll be gone for a vast number of hours.

@PhoenixWhite All in all, we are conferorates. Thats the vast majority. So me being a union boy will be butchered.

Oops, didn't see that.

I'd check with Jb first. We did some screening before he accepted my 2nd.

@User
Ehh, I doubt it.

At the very least people tend to be apprehensive about butchering their fellow roleplayers, but once again I have optimism that our inter-character drama will do no harm to each other [beyond character developing harm]

Then again I'm also morbid enough that if someone just exploded I'd die in laughter before I got to ask 'why did that happen'

@User You should be fine, not to mention you were a doctor, not one of the people actually killing people.

Now, Union NPCs...

Of course, Mono's a crazed scottish barbarrian with a teleacopic sight on her claymore union hating murder machine, so there's always danger...

There's always danger in the old west.

@User Can I get drunk and break a bottle over someone's head?

@PhoenixWhite Don't forget she's half Apache too~

Lots of their culture has been ignored in favor of the warrior aspect, but she got an extra helping of that warrior aspect.

You do realize your character would be hunted down and hanged if they murdered Union soldiers, right?