John Marston, early years

Dutch Van Der Linde and his gang

Dutch and John rode back to his gang on top of Dutch's beautiful white horse. Ditch wore a elegant black waistcoat with a red back and a beautiful golden pocket watch hanging out of the pocket and smart pinstripe slim trousers with a black leather engraved gun belt and 2 pearl and gold engraved Schofield revolvers. he had a charismatic atmosphere that made you let your guard down and made you feel like you had been friends with him for years even though you might have only just met him. His gang had about twenty or so members which were as follows. Hosea Matthews a old but sharp and witty con man who clearly hadn't lost his edge, also Dutchs right hand man. Arthur Morgan a skilled hut young gunslinger and fighter, he was only in his early twenties but a better fighter than all of the gang. Susan Grimshaw a funny sarcastic but tough woman (also Dutch's girlfriend). Strauss , a loan shark with a german accent. the Callender brothers (Davey and Mac) string fighters and much loved members of the gang. Karen a attractive woman with a lust for violence and alcohol. Mary Beth, a pickpocket. Tilly, another pickpocket and Pearson the camp cook. Dutch introduced John to everyone saying they should make him feel welcome and that he was thinking of joining the gang (he was but he hadn't told Dutch, how did he know?) Anyway, Pearson gave John and bowl of stew and him and various memebers of the gang spent the night talking over the campfire. "So I assume you'll start training tomorrow, John?" Hosea shot the question at the boy "well I hadn't thought too much about it I suppose" John replied. "Probably be best to start you young, I'll show you how to hold a gun and all the basics tomorrow" Arthur told him, not asked but told John he would start tomorrow (not in a threatening stern way tho, more like a big brother tough love way). John finished his stew then slept in the tent Susan had prepared for him.