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SILENT CREEK
Isaac woke up to the rain’s steady drumbeat against his roof window, just
as he had done so many times before. He straightened up, threw his legs
over the edge of the bed, and put his feet in the slippers. He had done his
morning chores so many times the routine was imprinted in his muscles.
He scraped away the embers from yesterday, lit the stove, ground coffee,
and got water from the well. By then the stove was hot enough to put the
kettle on and to roast his oatmeal – porridge on roasted oatmeal was better
when the oatmeal was damp.
He picked up something to read at breakfast. While leafing through the
magazines he had already read a hundred times, Isaac’s gaze drifted out
the window. Was it ...? Yes! A rider! No, two? Three? An entire company!
Fantastic! Finally, the routine changed. Was this the sign he was waiting for?
Would Silent Creek come alive again?

During the Black Hills Gold Rush, several smaller
rushes broke out. Someone in the area finds gold so-
mewhere and suddenly hundreds of prospectors are
heading in that direction. A mining camp is established
in no time, sometimes even a boom town. When the
gold runs dry or when the prospectors discover there
was never any gold there to begin with, the camp is
abandoned faster than it came to life. Silent Creek is
a place just like so many others following that pattern.
Silent Creek is located in the northern parts of Black
Hills, high up in the mountains. It is hard to get there
since there are no proper roads. It takes 4-5 days to
travel to Silent Creek from Deadwood, if someone in
the group of travelers succeeds with a Skill Check
for Survival/Mountains. If they fail, it will take
the characters 1d4 additional days to arrive.
During the first stage of the Black Hills Gold Rush
in May 1875, a group of prospectors led by Hiram
Bonville came to the northern area of Black Hills and
ventured high up in the mountains. They found gold in
a small stream called Silent Creek. Since Bonville and
his group were veterans, they refrained from panning.
Instead, they immediately went out to look for the
mother lode, the rich vein of golden ore they expected
to find if they followed the leads. Other prospectors
registered mineral rights all along Silent Creek, and
a small mining camp was soon bristling with activity.
In June 1875, the Bonville Group found a vein of
gold substantial enough to allow them to start mining
directly from the mountain. They got their pickaxes
ready and began excavating, breaking ore straight
out of the rocks. It did not take long until the rumor
had spread – somebody had found the Mother Lode.
People flocked to the remote location, despite how
difficult it was to get there. Fortune-seekers dragged
their belongings and businesses to Silent Creek. Not
everybody survived the journey and some were lost on
the road. Dangers be damned, no one wanted to miss
the chance to be a part of founding what they expected
to be the new capital of Black Hills. As prospectors
and adventurers poured in, they drew up a city plan
and started construction on new homes and businesses.
By September 1875, the gold vein was depleted. Ba-
sed on Bonville’s experience, he determined there were
probably no major deposits left in the area. He and the
prospectors he worked with sold their mineral rights
to tenderfoots at a ridiculously high price (considering
the claims were worthless as far as they could tell) and
left the area. The gold vein had dried out just as the
military intensified their efforts to keep prospectors
away from Black Hills. Many who had their plans
set on Silent Creek subsequently changed their minds.
Getting there in the first place was bad enough, but
with the combination of the meddlesome military
and the first signals that the boom was already over,
many decided to try their fortunes elsewhere instead.
Many houses in Silent Creek were still under con-
struction, which led some to stay on for a while, in spite
of the possibility that their luck had changed. Then
came the cold and brutal winter. From November
1875 to February 1876, life was hard in Silent Creek.
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was running out of supplies and it seemed impossible
to restock in any way. Snow lay several feet high on
the mountainsides, isolating the town.
The last residents decided to leave Silent Creek, no
longer believing the settlement had any hope or glory
left for them if they stayed. Life was no better if they
chose to remain. Many poor souls froze to death in their
ramshackle houses or on the way down the mountains.
In February 1876, when the military was ordered to
drive the Sioux Indians off the land instead of chasing
the prospectors away from the area, Silent Creek had
already turned into a Ghost Town.
SILENT CREEK TODAY
Even though many left, the city is not completely de-
serted. The editor of the Silent Creek Sentinel, Isaac
Havelock, still lives there. He barely survived the
harsh winter, however, and has become a little crazy
in the process. He invested everything he owned to
move his printing press from Montana and launch a
newspaper in Silent Creek. Unfortunately, he arrived
just as the gold and the residents of Silent Creek disap-
peared. Havelock is convinced this is just a temporary
decline. Soon, Silent Creek will flourish again.
Havelock refuses to accept the harsh reality that
Silent Creek is a ghost town. Thus, he does not want
to abandon the place. He is a kind soul at heart, but
the last six months have been a strain on his sanity. He
longs for companionship or just simple conversation.
He desperately wishes Silent Creek will get some new
residents, people with whom he can socialize.
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A few days ago, his prayers were answered. Two
prospectors, Seth Broward and Victor Collins appea-
red in Silent Creek. The two men settled in the old
rental stable, Dumont Livery Stable. Broward and
Collins seemed surprised and nervous to encounter
Isaac Havelock, but Havelock soon managed to put
them at ease when he welcomed them to Silent Creek.
However, Havelock thought Broward and Collins
seemed a little restless. In order to encourage them
to stay, he snuck out one night, stole their horses and
chased them down the mountain. The two prospec-
tors became very upset when they woke up and their
horses were gone. They accused Havelock of stealing
their horses, but the lonely reporter blamed it all on
the Sioux. When they were unable to find their horses
anywhere in the vicinity, they decided to believe his
story. They had run into trouble with the Sioux before,
which made them dismiss their first suspicions.
Broward and Collins are in fact no prospectors at
all. Havelock realizes this deep down but prefers not
to admit it, even to himself. The two do not have any
prospecting tools (no gold pans, no cradle, not even a
pickaxe.) and they know next to nothing about ore or
geology. Broward and Collins are outlaws, guilty of a
series of stagecoach robberies in the Black Hills. When
the couple robbed a stagecoach outside of Spearfish,
some ranchers gathered a surprisingly well-organized
crew to hunt them down. Their posse forced Broward
and Collins to flee into the mountains to get away.
Desperate for a place to lay low for a while, they
found Silent Creek and immediately realized the ghost
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town would be a great combination of a base and a
hide out for continued robberies in the entire Black
Hills area. But now that they have lost their horses,
they are stranded here. The nearest community is Bear
Gulch, a prospector camp on the border to Wyoming.
It would take more than a week to get there on foot
in good conditions. Now the weather is unstable and
Broward and Collins have lost some of their supplies.
They have no intention to risk a journey on foot in
the mountains, especially if there are Sioux nearby.
Then some other folks appear in Silent Creek, and
they still have horses and supplies. Those new faces
could be Broward’s and Collins’s ticket out of here!
THE CHARACTERS & SILENT CREEK
The newcomers are the player characters when they
arrive in Silent Creek. It is early April in 1876. There
may be several reasons why they end up here:
LOST
Maybe the Game Master wants to give the characters
a rough start while demonstrating how dangerous it
is to travel in the wilderness unless you have the right
set of skills. If none of the characters has Scout or
Survival/Mountain, the group could easily get lost
in the Black Hills. If they have access to these Skills,
but consistently fail their rolls while traveling, you can
also have them end up in Silent Creek. A sinister Game
Master could let the characters arrive to Silent Creek
hungry and desperate, maybe suffering a few points
of Constitution-loss or suffering a minor illness.
SEEKING SHELTER
Even if the characters are used to the wilderness, there
are dangers in the Black Hills that could force them
to seek shelter in Silent Creek. For example, if they
find tracks of Sioux, cautious characters (especially
those with Expertise/Indians) may want to take
a detour to avoid the risk of encountering a full war
party. That detour can lead them to Silent Creek.
Since the terrain is rough and there are no proper
roads, the weather alone can force them to temporarily
seek shelter. In the spring, melting snow can make a
stream flood, cause a landslide, or wash away the path
the characters were using for travel. An unexpected
blizzard or torrential rain can lower the visibility
to almost zero. Rather than risk tumbling down a
mountainside, they might well decide to wait for the
storm to pass in the nearby ghost town of Silent Creek.
LOOTERS
Less scrupulous characters may have heard of Silent
Creek and decided to get there and see if there is
anything left behind worth looting. If they can bring
a carriage and/or donkeys up to Silent Creek (a good
Drive/Wagon Skill is recommended, as well as
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Craft/Wheelmaker, should the carriage break),
they can load their conveyances full with abandoned
furniture and equipment. It may not be glamorous,
but they can find things to sell and thereby make a
profit on their looting. If the characters come as loo-
ters, Havelock will be far more hostile to them than
described in the rest of this article, and the Game
Master may adjust the course of events accordingly.
A WISH AND A PRAYER
It has not been too long since the town was aban-
doned. Rumours of gold in these hills might still be
drawing in people from places where news is slow
and opportunities are few. The characters could be
prospectors either ignorant of Silent Creek’s decline
or optimistic enough to hope for a miracle. ‘Spent’
mines have yielded a second trove of wealth before,
so why not now? Prospecting characters could be
deeply hopeful people or down-on-their-luck miners
throwing everything into one last chance for fortune.
These kinds of characters will be extremely welcome
in Havelock’s eyes, as they are just the sort of new
blood for Silent Cheek that he has been hoping for
all these long, hard months.
SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
Whenever the characters arrive in Silent Creek, the
community seems to be abandoned. Many of the
houses on Main Street are not completed. They can
see smoke from the chimney on house No. 6 (see map).
If the characters arrive in the evening or night, they
can also see the glow from the windows of that house.
Havelock will greet the characters when they arrive.
He welcomes them to Silent Creek and invites them
to share some food with him. He has worn, stained
clothes and seems untidy, but a haggard appearance
is not unusual in the Black Hills. He makes a nice
impression and he is unarmed when they meet.
If the characters agree to Havelock’s offer, he will
take them to his home and serves a simple stew and
turnips. He chats with the characters, asks where they
are from, and tells them a little about Silent Creek.
However, he does not say much about when and how
the city was abandoned. Instead, he says the city is in a
temporary decline. ‘Any time now it will bloom again!’
In conversation, he flatters the characters and insists
a group with a little forward spirit can easily revive
Silent Creek. After all here they have a good base
with several buildings no one really owns anymore,
just ready to be taken over by someone enterprising.
Havelock says nothing about Broward and Collins.
If they specifically ask if there are any others left in the
city, he will change the subject or responds evasively
that prospectors traveling through the mountains oc-
casionally stay here. He advises the characters that
the Queen’s Saloon (No. 5 on the map, the building
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side by side with Silent Creek Sentinel) is well-built
and has fared well through the winter. There is a
stable on the backside of the saloon, and some of its
roof has collapsed. Otherwise it is in good condition.
The characters can explore Silent Creek’s aban-
doned buildings, but from a story standpoint, it may
be best if they do not discover Broward and Collins
during their first day here. The Game Master can delay
them by letting Havelock follow them when they walk
around the city. He is constantly chatting, happy as
he is to finally have new friends. Wherever they go,
Havelock tells stories and anecdotes about the former
inhabitants of every building. However, he seems to
be a little confused, mixing the end of one anecdote
with another and repeating some of the names. He
may even use the name of one of the characters to
describe a former resident in Silent Creek.
Havelock invites the characters to breakfast next
morning. When they see him again, he is accompa-
nied by Seth Broward and Victor Collins. They are
also invited for breakfast. If he claimed there was
no one else in town last night, Havelock begs the
characters’ forgiveness. He cannot understand how
he could forget to mention the two prospectors who
recently settled in the city.
Broward and Collins will first keep their distance,
but as soon as they realize the characters have horses
and supplies, they get friendlier. When Havelock is
not around, they explain they have no intention to
settle down in Silent Creek. That is just a figment of
poor Havelock’s imagination. They will only be in the
area a couple of weeks to do some prospecting. If they
do not find any gold, they will move on. According to
them, Havelock is nice but not entirely sane. Should
the characters grow tired of his bungled up stories,
they are welcome to visit the old rental stable, where
Broward and Collins have set up camp.
Havelock’s goal is to get the characters to stay in
Silent Creek for as long as possible. He will use or-
dinary honorable hospitality, since he has food and
drink to share. His back up strategy is to sabotage
the characters equipment at an unattended moment.
Havelock can pull pins from wagon wheels, cut off
saddle belts, etc. He is unstable but not stupid. The
sabo-tage will not be too obvious. For instance he
cuts the saddle strap where it is already worn. His
last desperate act is to repeat the trick he used against
Broward and Collins – steal the characters’ horses
and chase them down the mountainside. Havelock
plants evidence pointing towards the Sioux, but it
should be easy to dismiss his efforts if the characters
have any real knowledge of native tactics and tracks.
Havelock is crazy but no murderer. He does not
want to hurt anybody and will be truly remorseful if
any sabotage attempts have dire consequences. If the
characters reveal his attempted sabotage or catch him
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in the act as he tries to steal their horses, he breaks
down. Crying, he tells the whole sad story of how he
invested his life savings to establish a newspaper in
Silent Creek only to immediately see the town die.
Broward and Collins are craftier. First, they invite
the characters to a poker night and try to get them
drunk enough to stay asleep while Broward and Col-
lins steal their horses. If the characters are alert (a
successful Vigilance), they notice Broward and Col-
lins stay sober and pretend to drink while discreetly
pouring out their whiskey when they believe nobody
notices it. Should this plan fail, the outlaws try to
surprise and overpower the characters, one at a time.
Again, their goal is only to steal the horses and
equipment, not outright murder. That said, if they
realize Havelock set their horses free, Broward and
Collins will attack him to exact revenge. A very scared
Havelock will then seek protection from the characters.
Broward and Collins will try to hide their lack of
horses, but if the characters snoop around the old
rental stable (No. 11 on the map), they notice the two
prospectors have neither horses nor prospecting tools
there. Characters knowing anything about prospecting
can easily determine that Broward and Collins are
not what they claim to be simply by talking to them.
The two men clearly lack prospecting experience.
If the characters confront them, Broward and Col-
lins first pretend to be regular travelers who got their
horses stolen by Sioux while they were staying in
Silent Creek. Then try to make the characters believe
they only lied since they were too embarrassed to tell
the truth. If this ruse is believed, they will ask the
characters to ride with them to Bear Gulch or Dead-
wood. The two outlaws are of course still as devious
as ever. Should the characters accept, the outlaws
plan to overpower them during the trip, take all their
belongings and leave them for dead.
If Havelock realizes all his new friends intend to
leave, he will try to sabotage to make them all stay
one last time. If it is not possible, he will sneak ahead
and try to cause a rockslide to block the way down the
mountain – a plan that can deteriorate in many ways.
The ideal end to the adventure for the characters is
to reveal Broward and Collins as stagecoach robbers,
overpower and deliver them alive in Deadwood or
Spearfish. In the process, they can collect the reward
of $350.
Havelock will not leave Silent Creek no matter what.
Even if he was inclined to do so, he has no horse, since
he ate it to survive the winter. If the characters have
treated the old editor with respect and forgiven him for
his sabotage attempts, he will be forever thankful and
happy to help them as long as it does not require him
to leave Silent Creek. If they take his offer seriously,
settle down in Silent Creek, and try to rebuild the city
to its former greatness, they will have a friend for life.
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SILENT CREEK
Silent Creek consists of just over ten houses along a single street.
At one end of the street are the remains of an old campsite that
previously housed hundreds of tents, but now it is just flattened
land adorned with a few tattered pieces of tent cloth stuck under
rocks. In the middle of the old campsite, there is a well that still
has drinkable water.
All these buildings are abandoned, except No. 6 (where Isaac
Havelock lives) and No. 11 (where Seth Broward and Victor
Collins have set up camp). On a closer examination, all the
buildings show signs of being looted. There is no food or drinks
left, as anything consumable has been long since taken. There
are other random signs too of scavenging as well. In one place,
a wall-mounted lamp has been pried loose, while somewhere
else someone has recently broken off two floor planks, and so on.
These are all traces left by Havelock’s activities during the lonely
months he has spent here. He has found all the food and drink in
town while searching through the buildings and moved them to his
own basement for sustenance. The other things he has found that
are useful for repairs or other needs, he has stored the same way.
1. BONVILLE HOTEL 3. SURVEYOR’S OFFICE
The hotel is meant to be a two-story building, but The Surveyor’s Office is the place to go for all matters
only the lower floor was fully completed. The upper concerning land in the area, including claims and
floor lacks a roof, or at least one to cover the entire property registration. The office is a small building
floor. The consequences are as evident as they are consisting of only two rooms. At the front the little
predictable – the whole building is waterlogged and office is filled with junk. At the back, the surveyor’s
murky. A lot of furniture was left behind, but they bedroom is still mostly intact and livable.
are so ruined by exposure that they are not worth In the front room, office supplies of all kinds (ink
trying to resell. However, a thorough looter can save horns, paper knives, letterpresses, etc.) worth $26
a number of brass details from the restaurant (two in total can be found. More valuable still, there are
spit cups and footrests, along the bar among other dozens of registration documents neatly sorted in
random fittings) worth $30 in total. an archive cabinet. This is an invaluable resource
for anyone who wants to bring Silent Creek back to
2. GOLD BAR SALOON life. Several carefully filed maps and surveys note
A saloon with a fancy name, but it only consists of a ownership and shows how much of the area that still
large tent on top of a low wooden building without belongs to someone, who it belongs to, and so on. Un-
roof. The tent has completely collapsed, which has left fortunately, the rest of the archive is partially destroyed
the wooden construction open to the forces of weather by moisture and some of the documents are illegible.
and wind. The stomped earth floor has been trans- Some folders are missing, since Isaac Havelock
formed into a mud bath, but otherwise the building sometimes retrieves documents from here in order to
is in decent condition. If someone searches through have something to read. He does not always remember
the tattered tent carefully they can still find a couple to put them back. You can probably find them where
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4. BARRETT’S GENERAL STORE
Barrett’s General Store is a two-story house with a
large hole through the roof and the top floor. This has
made the stairs up to the top floor collapse. The roof
caved in after a week of heavy snowfall during the
winter, creating all the havoc. The rest of the building
is still in good condition, no further collapse is likely.
The ground floor (the store) and the basement have
been thoroughly looted, but anyone able and willing
to climb upstairs (to where Mr. Barrett with family
lived) will find nice, undamaged furniture worth $75.
5. QUEEN’S SALOON
This single-story building has survived unscathed,
apart from some leaks from the roof and a half-col-
lapsed stable, attached to the back of the building.
This building is in a condition good enough to stay
in and would make an excellent camp for the charac-
ters. It should even be easy to clean it up and have it
running again, if the characters are so inclined. This
is where crafting and construction-related skills can
shine in this adventure, as the property has a strong
foundation and could be turned into something special.
The magnificent saloon mirror hanging behind the
bar is worth at least $160, but is very cumbersome
to transport. Should it break or get a crack in it, the
value will plummet to next to nothing.
6. SILENT CREEK SENTINEL
Isaac Havelock’s combined home/ editorial office is the
best-preserved house in Silent Creek. In sharp contrast
to the other buildings, the Sentinel gives a comfortable
and cozy feeling. It is surrounded by and completely
complimented with items of all kinds, giving off the
impression being well-lived in. This building shows
all the signs of being owned by someone who cares
for the place and all of the belongings left here.
In addition to all the food and spirits Havelock
keeps in the basement, he has also carefully collected
almost every readable text from anywhere in Silent
Creek. In hs collecting, one can find books with pages
curled with moisture, old newspapers (his own and
others), Bibles in varying conditions, mail order ca-
talogues, letters both half-finished and signed, and so
much more. Havelock has even hung some books and
newspapers on a drying line in front of the fireplace.
One room holds Havelock’s printing press, which
he keeps in perfect condition awaiting new orders of
printing paper and the subsequent return of the Silent
Creek Sentinel. As soon as there is someone here to
read his magazine, Havelock will print new issues!
In the backyard there is a large heap of wood, which
on closer inspection turns out to be broken furniture
and floor planks. Behind the heap is a old horse carcass,
still attracting starving ravens and rats. An exami-
nation show signs of crude but effective butchering.
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7. OWEN & HILL HARDWARE
The hardware store is two stories high. It is the only
brick building in Silent Creek. Unfortunately its foun-
dation has settled into the muddy ground and now the
roof and walls are crooked and cracking. The building
looks like it could collapse at any time. A few useful
tools are left inside (worth $17). However, if more than
two people spend longer than 15-minutes inside the
building, there is a 60% chance that a wall collapses.
8. BEST DRY GOODS
This skeleton of a house is surrounded by fallen scaf-
folding. If carefully searched, a basement hatch can
be found buried beneath a pile of heavy planks.
In the basement there are two bolts of fine, unspoi-
led fabric that can be sold for $44.
9. KAISER HOTEL
Kaiser Hotel was, unlike the Bonville Hotel, built all
the way through and finished. All the pieces of the
building were there, walls, roof, floors, doors, win-
dows, you name it. Unfortunately, the craftsmanship
was so bad the hotel began to fall apart even before
the severe winter began. Now the building is almost
completely destroyed. Its sign lies on the street in front
of the hotel, all the shutters have been detached and
only two rooms are still intact.
Nothing of value can be saved from the Kaiser Ho-
tel. Searching this place is a waste of time and effort,
though the characters will not know that until they try.
10. SHEPHERDESS SALOON & SPORTING HOUSE
A fox family has made Silent Creek’s old brothel their
home. They have gnawed down a straw mattress in
the madam’s old room upstairs and built a burrow
for themselves and their six kits.
There is some fine furniture preserved here, but it is
impossible to resell because the stench of fox urine and
feces that cannot be removed. However, the building
itself is well preserved and habitable if one can stand
the stench and chase away the foxes. Severe cleaning
over a long enough period of time could help.
11. DUMONT LIVERY STABLE
This low wooden building is a stable with a hayloft.
The stable and hayloft are better preserved than the
main building, whose floors are rotten and saggy. Seth
Broward and Victor Collins have, after much discus-
sion, decided to settle in the main building. It is hard
to get around on the floor, but at least the roof does
not leak as it does in the stable.
There is several hay bales left in the hayloft, but they
have all begun to mold and are not suitable for horses
to eat. The stalls are in excellent condition, but do not
have locks on their doors. This made Havelock’s story
about the Sioux releasing the horses more believable.
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ISAAC HAVELOCK
Isaac Havelock has always been an
odd one. He abandoned a promising
career as a reporter back in Montana to
go southwest and practice his editorial
work far beyond glory and probity. He
always had a passion for the wilder-
ness, is a decent hunter, and he likes
the ‘everything is possible’ atmosphere
in the western boomtowns.
Unfortunately, roaming from one
boomtown to the other with a printing
press is neither easy nor makes one
rich. Silent Creek was Havelock’s last
chance to make it back from the brink
of ruin. When the attempt failed and
everybody moved out, it became too
much for his fragile sanity.
When the characters meet Havelock,
he is thin and worn, but eager to show
himself and Silent Creek from its abso-
lute best side. Havelock is sociable on
the verge of annoying. He is prepared
to go quite far to get the temporary
visitors to stay. However, there is no
evil in him, and he would never want
to see anyone get hurt.
GAME STATS – ISAAC HAVELOCK
Age 45; 5’8; 160 lb; Brown eyes; Black hair;
PoB; Kennebunkport, Maine; Right-handed
talents Focused/Handy/Hard to Impress
obstacles Achilles’ Heel: Printing Press/
Cripple/Absent-Minded
reputation 0/50 destiny p. 1 Obstacle p. 2
cool 17 con 13 dex 15 int 14
qck 12 STr 12 vig 14
guts 1 grit 4 combat exp. 1 defense 5
WEAPON TH DV CS A Q
Remington RB 17 - 10 2 ±0
SKILLS
Arithmetic 18, Art/Penmanship 18, Business/News-
paper 11, C/Cooking 10, C/Carpentry 11, C/Printing
19, Drive/Wagon 12, Eloquence 15, Etiquette 18, E/
Politics 15, E./Economy 10, First Aid 7, Game/
Boardgames 13, Hide/Seek 13, L./Latin 13, L./
French 9, Photography 11, Read 20, Rel./Methodist
17, Ride 11, Scout 8, S/Mountain 12 Track 13
SETH BROWARD
Seth Broward is a tough man with a
tough exterior – a squat, muscular man,
with a big scar running from his left ear
down to his neck. His piercing way to
look at you makes most people think
twice before they pick a fight with him.
Seth has been lawless throughout his
adult life. He has never been in prison
even though it has been close a couple
of times. He believes it is because he
never had delusions of grandeur or at-
tempted any advanced heist. Simple
stagecoach robberies are his specialty
and they keep him away from big
towns and the Law.
Over the past year, he has collabo-
rated with Victor Collins, a southerner.
The last two months they robbed stage-
coaches in Black Hills. They work well
together according to Seth, since Col-
lins accepts him as their leader. Seth
decides what crimes they commit.
Seth is troublesome and cocky. He
must restrain himself to be nice, but
he hopes it will increase the outlaws’
chances to steal the characters’ horses.
GAME STATS – SETH BROWARD
Age 35; 6’2; 207 lb; Blue eyes; Dark blond hair;
PoB; Portland, Oregon; Right-handed
talents Fearless/Slugger/Hard to impress
obstacles Blunt/Wanted ($250)/Hot-Headed
reputation -8/65 destiny p. 2 Obstacle p. 2
cool 10 con 17 dex 17 int 12
qck 15 STr 14 vig 14
guts 5 grit 8 combat exp. 5 defense 9
WEAPON TH DV CS A Q
S&W Schofield 20 - 16 3 ±0
Evans Carbine 16 - 14 2 ±0
Unarmed 23 23 13 2 - Knife
SKILLS
Arithmetic 6, Acrobatics 12, C/Carpentry 12,
Drive/Wagon 12, Etiquette 4, Exp/Weapons 7,
First Aid 12, Game/Cards 11, Hide/Seek 14, Lock
Picking 7, Read 8, Religion/Episcopalian 4, Ride
15, Scout 16, Sleight of Hand 12, Swim 8, S/
Mountain 11, Track 6, Weapons Drill/Revolver 15
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VICTOR COLLINS
There are two kinds of people in this
world – those who lead and those who
follow. Victor Collins follows. He enlis-
ted in the Confederate army towards
the end of the war (when he was 15
years old) just because his friends did,
and he deserted only a month later
when they all left the army to live the
much easier life of looters in the after-
math of the war.
Since then, Victor has been a lawless
drifter. When it started to go bad for
the gang Collins was in, he ditched
them and joined another gang instead.
For a year now he has worked with
Seth Broward. Just being two actually
works as well as being in a gang. He
has nothing particularly good or bad
to say about Broward, but is content
to hang out with him as long as things
go well for them. If the characters seem
to be a better bet, he would be just as
happy to abandon Broward and try
to join the characters’ outfit instead.
The only person Victor is ever truly
loyal to is himself.
GAME STATS – VICTOR COLLINS
Age 26; 5’9; 167 lb; Bluegrey eyes; Blond hair;
PoB; Westhaven, Tennessee; Right-handed
talents Slippery/Liar/Lucky
obstacles Wanted ($200)/Easily Impr./Coward
reputation -5/45 destiny p. 1 Obstacle p. 2
cool 13 con 15 dex 17 int 9
qck 15 STr 10 vig 17
guts 3 grit 8 combat exp. 5 defense 12
WEAPON TH DV CS A Q
Colt Peacemaker 18 - 17 3 ±0
Winchesterrifle-73 18 - 14 2 ±0
17 17 13 2 ±0
SKILLS
Acrobatics 15, Arithmetic 5, Dance 5, Etiquette 5,
Exp/Confederate Army 4, C/Cooking 8, Game/
Hazard 6, Game/Cards 11, Hide/Seek 16, Hunt/
Fish 14, Mimicry 13, Read/Write 5, Religion/
Baptist 5, Ride 17, Scout 17, Sleight of Hand 15,
S/Mountain 13, S/Forest 13, Track 8