WhiteAngel25Character Name - Joshua Hawkes
Nickname - (if any)
Age - 30
Occupation - U.S. Marshall
Gender - Male
Height - 6'2"
Weight - 210
Appearance -
Clothing -as pictured
Starting location - Ft. Hadly
Skills - Growing up in the country, being able to shoot and ride was second nature, gotten even better during the war. Can read and write well.
Weaknesses - Can be overzealous at times in pursuit of outlaws, has been known to use his position as a Federal appointed Officer of the Court to overstep the authority of local Sheriffs.
Weaponry -1873 Colt Single Action Army .45/ Henry repeating rifle/ Bowie knife
Equipment -Tobacco pouch/ saddlebags/Saddle/Duster/bedroll/3 day ration of beans/Canteen/two changes of clothes/and a horse, of course.
Personality - Joshua tends to be Quiet, reserved and laid-back unless a strongly-held belief is threatened. He's hard to get to know well and very Individualistic, But is well-respected by the few that do know him for his perserverence in doing the right thing. He Can be depended on to follow through and will stick to things until they are done.
Biography - Born in Virgina and raised up on a farm by God fearing parents, he learned early both the value of hard work and keeping your word and had every intention of marrying and settleing down and living the good, quite life of a Farmer. Until the War between the States broke out in 1861, and not long after they lost the crops to scavanegers both blue and gray, then finally the Farm, which Union Cavalary came and confiscated it in 1863.
At the age of sixteen, he lost both his parents to fever and with no land to call his own, and with little prospects, he found himself riding with Jeb Stuarts Virginia Cavalry for the last two years of the War.After the surrender, he rode to the Territory of Texas and fell in with the Rangers chasing down, Renegade indians, Horse Thieves, Cattle Rustlers and Mexican Bandito's. When a Judge friend moved to New Mexico to become a Federal Judge, he asked Joshua to come Marshall for him.
