The Hole-In-The-Head Gang

One of the first posed photographs of Timmy The Flea
In the vast multiverse of my gaming headcanon, this Earth (Earth-WW) is home to my Wild West dreams and aspirations.

Events on this Earth have developed slower than the norm, so that its current chronology and technology is roughly analogous to the American Wild West, although some things are slightly advanced (for instance, Jack Daniels is an established whiskey distillery and already using its square-shaped bottles) and others slightly behind their equivalent on 'our Earth'.

There may also be "something" hiding in the shadows, going bump in the night, and adding meat to the ghost stories cowpokes trade around the campfire. Or maybe there isn't...

Time moves differently here and it feels like it's always the late 1870s.

Timothy 'Timmy The Flea' Gale is a notorious outlaw, cold-blooded killer and leader of The Hole-In-The-Head Gang, operating primarily in New Mexico.

Despite his youthful complexion, Gale is the second oldest member of his gang, but this contributes to his vanity, narcissism and obsession with getting himself photographed whenever his gang rides into a new town that has a photographic studio.

This is almost certainly a manifestation of his desire for fame and immortality.

Hole-In-The-Head Gang: (back row, left to right) Quick-Draw Law, Timmy The Flea, Irish Annie, and The Ghost;
(from row, left to right) Trapper John, Steel-Eyed Steve, and Old Scratch

THE HOLE-IN-THE-HEAD GANG
  • Quick-Draw Law: A sharpshooter with unnerving reflexes, he acts as Gale's second-in-command; 
  • Irish Annie -  The short, feisty Irishwoman can hold her own among this gang of cutthroats and cattle rustlers, her forte is handling explosives. 
  • The Ghost - This ex-soldier is a mysterious figure, silent and spectral, a master of stealth and disguise.
  • Trapper John - Former army scout, this rugged villain is skilled in wilderness survival and setting traps. 
  • Steel-Eyed Steve - Cold, calculating, with an unflinching stare; the gang's enforcer and interrogator.
  • Old Scratch - The oldest and possibly most superstitious of the group, embodying the image of the devil on Earth.
The gang's name is a macabre joke about their favourite method of dispatching enemies.

The current bounty on The Flea's head is $500, but it's bound to increase the longer he evades capture

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