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Because im interested in Wild west theme'd stuff, i am making a sort of journal styled story about my adventures in the Mount and Blade 1866 mod! Of course since the mod is not done some stuff isn't complete and It will have to be 'adlibbed' so to speak! Also there may not be a whole lot of pictures :\ if any at all, it's boring uploading them.

Background: My Name is Austin Parker, I grew up in the Appalachian low-lands of the Eastern United States. Dad was a mountain man, and we lived off the land. I learned to hunt at a young age and how to survive on my own. When the Civil War broke out, My brother Matthew and I joined the Union Army. We fought many battles together, and made friends with a few men too, one of them was Albert Gale, a soldier in our company.

After Gettysburg, Us three discovered a crate full of thousands of dollars, much better then the 30 or so we'd be left with from the army, so we agree'd to hide it in a safe place, and go back for it after the war.

So after the war, we returned to the place we had left it, us three's, but were surprised when Gale has a group of 12 or so with him, and robbed us blind, and took the money. Matthew tried to put up a fight, and was shot, luckily, he wasn't killed, unluckily, they dragged him off! So I had trailed them west as far as i could, and learned they were heading to the Texas frontier.

My father and I had a blood price on their head now, and I knew one thing, Albert Gale and his gang had to pay. Dad gave me what little money he could spare, as did some family friends, and i set off west, with $61 dollars, some Venison, my Hawken Rifle, and old springfield rifle, and some ammo...

May 2nd 1866

Finally, this train has stopped, im outside some town called Bishops Lodge, looks decent enough, think I'll go on in, try an' find me some grub, maybe some better clothes then this union uniform, and a revolver, i need something that shoot's fast if im goona hunt down Gale and his lot!

Well, i bought a pretty nickel-plated Winchester, hold's 15 rounds, for all the money i have. $4 won't get me far, but atleast i have a fast rifle. Now i need to go find some work. A horse would be nice too, which is next on the list.

I took a walk around Bishop lodge, and found the Sheriff's office. I figure building support from the law will be needed to hunt down Gale, so I thought I'd check in there. Some crook, a Mexican named Teton Silas Murphy killed a guy and robbed the family blind and fled, and was suspected to be in Pueblo Del Cactus, wherever that was, so I took the job. Murderer's only have one thing waiting for them, and that is death. After checking my food supplies, I left Bishop's Lodge.

I noticed a little ways out, there was a band of close too 20 horsemen (deserters) following me on the desert a few pace's back, but I was moving faster then them, still, I figured it'd be best to carry on throw the night and not make camp.

Turns out Del Cactus is a ways south, across the river into Mexico, past El Rio. I could probably ford the river, but taking a boat would be faster and safer, however, I'd need money. I had sold my fur hat before leaving Bishop Lodge, and had around $14, which i assumed would be enough to take a steamer. Then again it's nothing but open desert in front of me, any trips to other places would be a waste of time...

It is apparent the large desert between Tannersville, Shady Valley, and Bishops Lodge are not well patrolled, I see groups of Ex-Confederates in the distance all the time, better keep my distance, hopefully they accept money instead of a fight!

The Trip to El Rio was easy and fast though, and by late afternoon I had crossed the river, and was on the cities edges, when I noticed a stage coach being chased by a group of Bandits in the distance!

Luckily, there were few bandits, and the battle was over quick. The Stage Coach drivers thanked me, and they gave me a few things. First of all, the handed a prisoner, a Bandito, to me, since I was going into town anyways, and they had stuff to clean up, and secondly, they let me loot the corpses of the gang. I found a nice leather coat, much better then my Union uniform, so I decided I'd sell the uniform and make some cash.

I now had around $17, and checked around, found a nice looking Starr Army Revolver, but it's $33, So im hoping I can buy it sometime after. For now Im going to Del Cactus, I wanna find that crook before he move's elsewhere.

Just outside of Cactus though, I got ambushed, by a gang of 9 looters. However, my Winchester came in handy, and I dropped them like nothing, and took the Colt's they had on them, pieces of shit, but they'd fetch me a coin when I got back to El Rio, hopefully tomorrow. I decided i'd camp outside Cactus, and go in to fetch Murphy tomorrow.

May 3rd 1866

At dawn I broke camp and rode into Cactus. I found Murphy, and Slew him, took 3 shots to do it. Aw well, that's done I now turned back to El Rio, figure I'd do the same thing, find a wanted man and hunt him down too, grow some fame in the land, and let Gale know he's in trouble!

After a chat with the Sheriff, he told me a bunch of Looters are going around El Rio, and that he'll pay me 80 cents for every band i remove. sounded fair enough for me. I also bought the Starr revolver, after getting rid of the Colts I looted. Now that I have good shooters and horses, I think I'll spend my time roaming the west, killing evil doer's. Then again, my dad used to tell me stories about the west, told me that 'Priorities change' and that in the end, I need to do whats right for my Brother, not me, but im sure ill figure all that out down the road..