[OOC] The Grim and The Good (A Neo-Western Slice of Life)

“Bound my mud, blood, cattle and beer”

History

Gatling, New Mexico is known for a few things in this world; it’s beautiful scenery, for tourists it’s one of America’s most haunted towns and for locals, it’s known for the legendary feud between the Grimm’s and the Goode’s.

The story goes that the Grimm’s and the Goode’s arrived in Gatling around the same time. The Grimm’s were essentially a large outlaw gang, looking to plant some roots when they happened upon the slowly forming town of Gatling. Upon arrival, they adopted their name as a family unit and set up a cattle ranch. On the other side of the town, the large Goode family were getting settled into building a farm of their own, a farm whose goal was to grow their own produce and make their own beer. At first all was well with the families, in fact the two got into business together and created the local favourite “Grim and Good Lager”. Of course like all good things must come to an end.

Like all good feuds, this one started over love. When Florence Grimm, an African member of the gang and Jamie Goode started courting, the Goode’s hated the thought but put up with it for business. However over time tensions began to rise and small misunderstandings grew to become arguments and fights. Everything changed when Florence became pregnant. Jamie’s brother Clyde, unable to stomach the idea of a coloured niece or nephew, kidnapped Florence and murdered her. In retaliation, the Grimm’s hung Jamie from a tree with a cows head attached to his own. Thus the Grimm and Good feud was born. 

The war lasted many years, with many family members being imprisoned and killed before cooler heads prevailed. One of the biggest events of the war happened on New Years Eve 1899 in what came to be known as The Century Fire. As the townsfolk gathered under the hallowed roof of Saint Christopher’s Church to celebrate the coming new year, a rogue team of Pinkerton Agents arrived in Gatling intent on ridding the world of the troublesome Grimm’s and Goode’s. Knowing that both families would be in the church, putting aside their differences for one evening, the Pinkerton men set the building ablaze, wiping out half of both families as well as many of the townsfolk. Each under the impression that other started the fire, the war raged on but soon died down upon the arrival of the an even greater war. During the First World War, Grimms fought alongside Goode’s in the trenches and saved each other’s lives. After returning home, the families stopped hostilities but the tension always continued.

In present day Gatling, the Grimm/Goode feud is the stuff of American Mythology, up there with the Hatfield’s and McCoys. Many of the tragic events that unfolded during their war have been romanticised into ghost stories of the region which tied with the towns history of outlaws and renegades has birthed idea of Gatling becoming known as “The Most Haunted Town in America”. With a tag like that, Gatlings tourism business is huge and has really helped with town expansion. In spite of this, it is a town that has not lost its values of hard work, honesty and simplicity. The cities and syndicates have took notice, with big pharma and crime factions looking to buy up a whole lot of land and ranches in the area, leaving many residents just fighting to keep their heads above water. With the law failing them, many have taken to working outside the system just to survive and make it to the next day.

As for the Grimm’s and the Goode’s, both families still have a large presence in Gatling with their names plastered over many of the towns businesses and buildings even of the family has nothing to do with it anymore. Hostilities have ceased bar the odd fight here or there. Children of the family could sit together in class and men can share a drink at the bar but the tension is always there, just below the surface, waiting for a match to strike it alight. 

Further Info

Genre: Modern, Slice of Life, Western

Welcome to the town of Gatling, folks! A small mountain town deep in America’s Heartland, Gatling is known for its ghosts, it’s family feuds and it’s beautiful scenery. It is a rustic looking place surrounded my ranches, farms and mountain trails.

Our story takes place in the modern day and will be a centered around the day to day lives of the residents of Gatling, New Mexico; specifically the lives tied to the Grimm and Goode families. We will explore their secrets, their lies and see the world through their eyes. You do not have to be a direct member of the families, any relative by blood or marriage will do.

This is a mature rp; the intention being a real honest look at life on the front lines and the last vestiges of the American Frontier. We hope to explore many real life problems ranging from drugs, violence, abuse, financial crisis etc and shine a light on day to day life in the heartlands.

”We ain’t living, we’re surviving. By the skin of our teeth, that’s what it’s all about. Surviving” - Hank Grimm

Name:
Henry Wayne Grimm

Nicknames:
Old Man Grimm
Pop
Mr Moustache

Age: 
74

Gender:
Male

Sexuality:
Heterosexual

Occupation:
Owner of Redwater Ranch
Sheriff of Gatling (Formerly)
US Army Corporal (Formerly)

Appearance & Personality:

Hank Grimm could not look any more of a rancher if he tried. Tall, lanky with a sun kissed but weathered complexion and the greatest mustache on the planet, he is the quintessential country man. He has a deep voice resonant voice with a silky southern drawl that kills everyone into a false sense of security. His once dark hair has completely greyed to the point of white but this only adds to the air of authority and wisdom that Hank carries around with him. He dresses simply in old faded Levi’s, cowboy boots and a long sleeve shirt or flannel. He saves his ten gallon hat for special occasions of course.

The patriarch of the Grimm dynasty is a rancher through and through. He was born on the ranch and knows full well he will most likely die on it. He is a hard working man with an unwavering dedication to his chosen craft. In spite of his advanced years, Hank has always been the first one up and the last one to call it a day. He is known for his strict disciplinarian style with his children, which he believes builds character. That said he is devoted to his brood just as much as he is to his farm. Nothing much else matters bar his beloved wife.

An army veteran and former lawman; Hank has spent the better part of his life trying to hide from many of the atrocities that he witnessed and possibly committed during the war. He doesn’t talk about those days bar a few mumbles and groans in his sleep. Those days still haunt him and very much a big factor in his way of life. He is not a great people person and is well know for being a cantankerous old man to pretty much everyone he meets.

History:

Henry Wayne Grimm is a Gatling boy born and bred. He came into this world during the 1944 Gatling Stampede, one of if not the biggest event of the town calendar. He was born in the barn of Redwater Ranch like his daddy and his daddy’s daddy before him and has spent most of his life in the mud and the dust of the family farm. A studious child, Hank always had bigger dreams than life on the ranch. He was a big lover of the spooky tales of Gatling and wanted to write a book about them all. When his head wasn’t buried in a book. young Henry of course was helping around the farm, at least that was until he was drafted.

Much of Hank’s formative years were spent over in Vietnam, fighting in a war he didn’t believe in but so full of pride that he was unable to stop fighting. Whilst in ‘Nam, Hank would lose much of his innocence, his heart hardening swiftly to stone. It was really the only way he could truly cope. Upon his return to the States, he struggled to get back to his old life and so joined the Gatling Sheriff's department in order to join another war, the only way he could feel secure. 

By this point, Gatling had become a hot commodity and both legitimate and not so legitimate businesses made the small farming town a target for purchase. For the next several years, Hank and his deputies acted as a vigilante force against the offcomers before a bullet to the face nearly cost him everything. It was while in the hospital recovering that Hank met his beloved Sadie. The two’s courtship was fast and soon enough she was living at Redwater with Hank and pregnant with the first of their children.

Hank has spent the last thirty something years toiling at the ranch. It was never his dream but a fear of the outside world forced his hand. Now he lives and breathes for the farm. Recently things have took a turn however, the criminal element is back in Gatling and his loving wife has passed away. Hank is alone on an island with no life raft in sight.

Extra Info
Font Color: [AD783D]
Face Claim: Sam Elliott

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