Izzy Watson

=== General Information ===
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Personality	While Izzy was once innocent, troubles from her past have tarnished her good nature and given her a strong sense of paranoia towards people, leaving her a skittish outsider. She does not consider herself a hard worker, but her time spent in Saint's Crossing suggests otherwise.
Appearance 	5'6, pale complexion with light freckles, light green eyes, and fiery red hair often tied up into a thick braid to keep out of face. She has sharp features and while small in stature, she holds her own. She has a long deep scar down her back, bullet scarring on the right side of her stomach, scarring on her neck, and scarring on her head.
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==Arrival at The Crossing and the Early Days==
A year after the incident that killed her husband and left her homeless, she came to the crossing looking for a new future and the possibility of forgetting a troubled past. Arriving at the Rhode's train depot, she found herself giving a warming welcome to a horse and punching it straight in the face. A friendly deputy by the name of Bill showed her around the town of Rhode and introduced her to the stables. Izzy found herself a beautiful Buttermilk colored Buckskin Kentucky Saddler, which she named ever so cleverly, “Butters.” For the moment, she has kept to herself, exploring what the Crossing's has to offer, finding herself liking a small town by the name of Strawberry. The friendliness of the local Ranger by the name of Hal Dreen and a Deputy by the name of Nadia was surprising to her. They showed her the sites and good places to hunt, earn some good money, and even gave her enough money to get her first bow. She wasn't a sportsman; she wasn't anything in her opinion, but she would at least try. This allowed Izzy to venture out and meet a few friendly faces across the countryside that would tell her of good fishing spots, and possible good baits. Her first few days have been relatively uneventful if you don't count being shot by local townsfolk because they are quick to anger, attacked by wolves, and her new friend Jack Murphy being mauled by a bear. Izzy has been jokingly calling him Worried Murphy with how much he's been concerned for her safety.After returning from her first solo mining trip without Murphy, she was stopped by two women; one by the name of Sasha Reznikov, that seemed to be friendly at the time, in turns only to rob Izzy of her brand-new gun and bear pelt. Better your gun then your life. At first, she was okay, just took it in strides, but overthinking, and her paranoia got the best of her. A lesson learned sadly, she doesn't feel the need to stop for anyone anymore and wanted to wait for her newfound friend to continue working.With picking up jobs from the town boards, she found herself in Saint Denis draining her worries in a few nice drinks, feeling well underdressed at The Bastille Saloon. She took her drink elsewhere, though not very far, found herself staring into the openings of the trash outside. This is where she happened across Alabaster Willhelm, a gentleman with some wit that would rival hers. Offered to accompany her on her fishing trip; though neither had ever fished in their lives. Seemed to be a good sign of their fortunes ahead. Their day ended with Al's horse CJ being stolen whilst they were fishing, which led to Alabaster falling down a cliff face after walking their way back to Valentine following Izzy's shortcut.Izzy met with Murphy in Strawberry after a challenging day, he had a few more odd jobs that he wanted a companion while doing, including a mining job up north. Murphy was still recovering from the mauling he endured, all while Izzy's been reopening her stitches every other day. They decided tactically to acquire a nearby wagon to help transport the coal, which some local riffraff didn't approve of, ended up in a shootout, leaving Izzy with yet another bullet wound. Murphy being kicked dead to the right by Colt, his horse. The two of them have started to become closer with these daily trips out for game, long hours of quiet periods. The only thing that fills the void is the wind through the trees and each other's company and conversation. Murphy rented a buggie to take Izzy on a night on the town, for an impromptu date to Saint Denis, the two felt a little improper, so they dressed up a bit. They ended up exploring what the town has to offer, where he confessed that he'd started to become sweet on her, but he felt guilty because it felt like stealing because she was so new to the crossing. She, too, expressed her feelings towards him, and they shared a kiss on the upper balcony of the Saint Denis's Mansions. While up in the Northern Territory where Murphy showed Izzy his home of Colter. While out in the West, grizzles on another hunting trip, Murphy's luck continued poorly after investigating a strange noise that was rumbling over the mountainside out towards a rushing river. He ended up taking an icy plunge into its freezing waters. Izzy quickly, but clumsily, got him to a fire, taking in her warmth as Izzy spoke of her family's folktale of the “Blue-Eyed Monster” which lives up in the high mountains. This was the reason her family doesn't like the colder climates. After their undertaking in the wilderness, they returned to and spent their night by the fire, swapping stories.Izzy opened up to Jack Murphy a little more about her past and spoke about how she's scared of her emotions and overwhelming thoughts that happen when she goes out on a hunt. Speaking about how she enjoys it a little too much, picture her husband's killer, Damian. The better she becomes at hunting, she has been getting this gut feeling of how easy it's been. Izzy wanted to be completely transparent with Murphy about her fears and feelings, giving him the chance to hightail it and run. Surprisingly, he understood and spoke about she's stuck with him. Even suggested that he be the one to right the wrong of her past, so she wouldn't have to have blood on her hand.
=== Moving to Colter and Meeting Billy Joe ===
Izzy realized that picking off the wolves that threaten the town of Colter is easy money. She quickly got introduced to one of the men of Colter who has been known to be on the wrong side of the law occasionally, a man by the name of Billy Joe Barber. They met earlier when Murphy and Izzy were on a hunting trip, and they met a few women after they accidentally stole their wagon after theirs went missing. She ended up warming to him after Murphy, Herself as well as a Deputy by the name of Leon played a few rounds of Texas Hold'em, turns out he's not as scary as she first thought. He ended up showing her how to use a lasso properly, to not damage and receive a more pristine pelt. As a thank-you she asked if he would like to join her on her hunt, and they ended up going out for the day earning their fair share of pelts, game, and fowl. Izzy and Billy Joe had long talks, enjoying each other's company, all while he showed her the sights that the Crossing has to offer. All the odd places that not really numerous people come across, such as the taxidermist's cabin filled with foxes playing poker and juggling squirrels. He ended the night serenading Izzy with his guitar, and she began to see him in a different light. He was calming and quieted her demons for a time.Soon Izzy and Billy began spending most of their waking time together, travelling and adventuring, talking, and falling in love with each other. Murphy watched with a tinge of jealousy as Izzy and Billy Joe grew closer, accompanying them on some adventures. Things became tense on the night before Murphy had to leave for some business back east for a couple of days. Murphy acted very sullen, clearly bothered by seeing how close Izzy and Billy Joe had become, and despite Izzy attempting to split her time with both men, Murphy continued to be in a sour mood. Izzy asked Murphy several times to tell her what he wanted, and each time he refused to answer, further irritating Izzy. Who felt like she was being punished for not reading his mind and wanting to be told plainly what it was he wanted with her so she could agree or disagree.With Izzy able to focus on one man, her relationship with Billy Joe flourished. They continued to adventure across The Crossing, doing odd jobs and hunting for money. Izzy told Billy Joe a bit more about her past, and explained that her name is not Izzy Watson at all, her actual name is Elizabeth Rose Pierce. The actual Isabelle Watson was Damian's wife, and she died alongside Damian when Izzy took her revenge on him. Izzy feared that Billy Joe would feel differently about her, but the fear was unfounded, as a bit later. After processing the information, Billy Joe asked her to marry him, presenting a ring he'd carved out of a large diamond, and she said yes.
=== Murphy Returns ===
When Murphy returned, he had changed. He had become more direct, more dangerous, and Izzy felt a bit conflicted, liking the changes she saw in Murphy, but that feeling didn't last long. While working together, Murphy suggested to Izzy that the only reason that she chose Billy Joe over him was because Billy Joe had more contacts in The Crossing. An accusation that Izzy disagreed with so strongly that the best way she could express herself was to stab Murphy seven times. Wanting him to suffer but not necessarily die, Izzy brought Murphy to a doctor to get stitched up before leaving with Billy Joe. Billy Joe and Izzy continued their adventures, and Billy Joe turned out to be the best person possible to help Izzy deal with the voices in her head. When they would get too loud, Billy Joe would help any way he could, by playing music or by helping Izzy to find someone to kill, supporting her the whole way. Billy Joe instilled the philosophy that he and Izzy should only do whatever they wanted to do, that they are the final arbiters of what they do or don't do.One night, Izzy, and her friend Percival O'Leary were resting on top of the water tower in Strawberry, listening to Billy Joe play. Izzy accidentally got launched off the water tower. Billy made it apparent that he would kill Percy if anything else were to happen to Izzy. Due to everything, she suffered a concussion with some memory loss, specifically losing recent memories of Murphy. She sent Murphy a telegram and agreed to meet and talk to try to regain her memories. 
=== Meeting with Murphy ===
Things once again started off well, with Murphy admitting his faults and jealousy, but, once again, eventually turned sour when Murphy told Izzy that Billy Joe acted more like her dog than her man. This continued to intimate that Izzy's actions were what caused Murphy to act the way that he had. The stress from the conversation caused the voices in Izzy's head to grow into a cacophony, and she barely managed to keep from shooting Murphy, shooting instead into the desert and passing out. Billy Joe, hearing the gunfire, came running to find Murphy leaning over the body of Izzy and very nearly shot Murphy in the head before he realized that Izzy did not have any bullet wounds that he could see. Billy Joe immediately began soothing Izzy, calling her name and guiding her through the hallucination she was locked in, seeing herself stuck in the burning house with Toby again. Billy Joe was able to bring Izzy back to her senses and brought her home to a cabin on O'Creagh's Run where they had been staying to avoid Murphy. 
=== The Death of Revolution ===
Billy Joe and Izzy rode Billy Joe's horse Revolution to St. Denis, where an unfortunate accident involving a Frenchman in a wagon led to the death of Revolution. Izzy was overcome by grief and guilt as she had been alone on the horse when the accident occurred and blamed herself for not moving Revolution out of the way of the wagon. The grief and guilt Izzy felt triggered the voices into a clamor, leading Izzy to kill multiple citizens of St. Denis to quiet them. Izzy decided that her way of making things up to Billy Joe was to purchase a new horse for Billy Joe, not as a replacement, but as something to mark his new path and their time together in Colter. After working for a few days to save the money, Izzy bought a beautiful white Turkoman horse named Lunar. She also earned her worth to get Billy a customized pocket watch that was engraved with a special momentum, Time with You. As well as some starting lyrics for the song that Izzy and Billy have been dabbing with, she wanted his thoughts on it. This, overjoyed, Billy Joe, who took Izzy and Lunar out to the frontier to see how he glistened in the snow at night. Billy Joe decorated a Litchfield Repeater in black and purple and named it Revolution in honor of his fallen horse.
=== Saints and Sinners ===
Days leading after gifting Lunar to Billy, Izzy decided that she too deserved a new horse that would measure up to Lunar. So they put their heads to the ground and did some good ol' fashion work to earn enough money so she would be able to get a Turkoman of her own. Eclipse, an all-black colored Turkoman was purchased, to continue on her theme of the night, and it would go hand in hand with Lunar's white-silvery coat. Eclipse was just as beautiful in the nighttime, almost a purple hue under the moonlight, while Lunar had an almost metallic silver coat. During this time, Billy and Izzy tried to keep to themselves up in Colter while they focus on preparations for their wedding. They were also plans of getting a band together, and start to tiptoe on the wrong side of the law, back to Billy's older days and to allow Izzy to let loose a little more. 
=== Friend or Foe? ===
Izzy and Billy continued to focus on getting some money together to start collecting supplies for their future endeavors. Izzy would leave Billy to his own devices to touch base with his 'friends' and by friends, most, if not all wanted to kill or have attempted to kill him in the past. His thoughts were that if he went around to show face, they'd be more inclined to answer the call when they're ready to officially make their gang. Billy ran into an old outlaw that he used to run with from time from, that asked for his help to track down a group of 'no good outlaws' that stole his rifle. Apparently, it was given to him by a long and forgotten friend back from his younger days, and they took the day to track the thieves. Billy was convinced it was group of younger outlaws that honestly "don't know no better" and didn't know who they were stealing from. After the two found the group and got as much intel as they needed, three men and a woman by the name of Lola, Billy, and his friend split ways and Billy found himself in Valentine. 
Izzy met with him after sleeping in a bit up in Colter to check up on how everything was going and continued to do their daily jobs of milk runs, hunting, and coal from time to time. During one of their hunting trips, Izzy felt uneasy and started racing off the main road, and quickly took a turn and hid in the thicket, asking Billy to be as still as possible. Suddenly, a thundering roar of horses came raising by, a group of eight to ten outlaws past them. Izzy was certain they were following them, she had seen them multiple times before and doesn't believe in coincidence. 
Billy and Izzy decided to take their own path through the woods to make it to their destination, attempting to avoid the group that seemed to be pursuing them. Unbeknownst to Billy and Izzy, they found themselves on a road that led them to a group of people taking up camp down the road, and it was too late to turn around without being seen. As Billy slowly approached to be his 'friendly' self, he noted that few members of the group had pig masks. His demeanor changed and had gotten a little giddy, saying to Izzy that he hadn't seen this group for quite some time and that they had a certain reputation, so they had to be careful. One would be able to cut the tension with a knife, as Billy spoke, he quickly realized that this was the group that he and his friend were tracking from before. He noticed that there wasn't really a sole leader, which worried Billy, being an old outlaw himself, he knows that it's best for the group to have one voice. Whereas this one had multiple voices, no leader and that means one thing, unpredictable. They seemed to be overly interested in both Billy and Izzy, wanting to see her ring, where they planted their roots, too much for small talk. Billy managed to talk his way out of their situation, as he often does, when one of the group ran up to them as they were leaving and said one thing, a very concerning sentence that shook the couple to their core, "Murphy sends his regards." 
=== Colter Wilderness ===
After the concern they had caused, the two hide out up at the old cabin where Billy had stayed for well over a year before riding down to Colter and meeting Izzy for the first time. A plan was needed, and they wanted to find out what was Murphy's goal. Izzy understood that he was upset with how everything went down, but in her eyes, he was in the wrong; she wasn't the type to be controlled, and he was too protective of her. His accusations needed to be addressed, she wasn't going to allow him to speak without the understanding of how wrong he was. Billy wanted to convince Izzy that Murphy was no longer her friend, and that it was best to remove the snake from the head. Removing the problem before it became a bigger concern for them would be their best option. Izzy wanted to speak to Murphy first because she didn't believe that he was the type to send a hit out on them, he'd be the one to do it himself. 
=== The Colter Rose ===
Days after, Izzy wanted to search for Wisteria, a well-known outlaw from Billy Joe's older days, they've met a few times before, but she wanted to pick her brain for her medical knowledge. Izzy's thoughts behind everything was that if she at least can help those within her group, they wouldn't have to deal with the law as much. While searching for Wisteria, Eclipse believed that he was a mountain goat after Izzy swerved to miss an oncoming person on horseback. This caused Izzy to get flung off the side of the mountain into a thick pile of snow in front of the oncoming person, who was, by coincidence, Wisteria. Wisteria quickly tossed her upon her horse and headed back up to Colter, only to find Billy just waking up. The two were quick to get her inside to address her wounds. Wisteria took the time to reset Izzy's shoulder back into place, while Billy held on to her tight. Suddenly, a group of people brought in another woman who was found out in the wilderness, bleeding in the snow. It seemed to be the local barkeep of Colter, Marry Waterson. After Izzy was taken care of, she and Billy Joe were asked to ride down to Valentine to find a Medic. As the two were loading up to head out, Eclipse had other plans. In an attempt to mount him, Eclipse kicked Izzy straight in the chest. While she was getting back to her feet, he kicked her once more to the ground and Izzy was left in severe pain, unable to move, lying in the snow. 
Billy and Wisteria were quick to grab both Izzy and Mary and take them down to Valentine themselves to find help, as it wasn't looking good for either with them. After finding help and seeing the local doctor, Izzy's injuries were grave, a rib was broken and had to be surgically removed because it was close to puncturing her lung. Billy sat next to her begging and pleading to save her, he and the doctor have had some issues in the past ever since he took the wrong rib during an operation a few years back. So, let's say that Billy isn't sure where he got his medical degree. Izzy was stabilized, after a painful time in surgery, and Billy was very incessant that they take it slow for the days to come because his heart can't make it if something were to happen to her. 
=== Milk Maiden ===
As Billy Joe and Izzy slowed down on their adventures that tend to lead one or both of them at the doctor's office, they started to enjoy the day to day, almost mundane life. Doing jobs for locals, where Izzy started to enjoy going out on milk runs for locals, she spoke to Billy about how the voices have simmered down for the moment. Not allowing the voices to control her emotions and giving into the actions that could cause her and her loved ones undeserving pain.
During this time, Billy, Izzy and Percy tend to stay together in talks of the future while they went on hunting trips and milk runs. Trying to keep to themselves, the group was going on a larger milk run while they rented out a larger wagon, Billy was stopped by the law stating that they required to search their wagon since they were in an area of a well-known moonshine runners. The Undersheriff, Rabbit, who was seemed to be determined to use Billy Joe as an example to the other deputies that were with them, was persistent in the search of all of their belonging and their wagon in question. Undersheriff Rabbit Windward, another old friend of Billy Joe who turned to serving the Law and the two left each other on poor terms. They took it upon themselves to have their deputies take up a large portion of their time, searching every possible. Our group of 'outlaws' were simply doing a milk run, and it took a long while, where the milk almost spoiled. 
=== Wedding Preparations ===
They started to focus down on getting their wedding arrangements together, asking around to see how they might go about getting married. After weeks of Billy Joe and Izzy being together, Billy was on a mission since he found out that carrot cake was Izzy's favorite and often brings back great memories. He was finally able to collect all the needed ingredients, and ended up taking Izzy out for the night and re-proposed to her to signify how much he truly loves her. Wandering throughout the Crossing to find either a captain of a ship, a preacher, or a sheriff that would be willing to officiant over their wedding. One evening in Blackwater, Billy Joe, who has been often known to be down for a friendly round of fisticuffs here and there, encouraged Izzy and Percy to enjoy a night of friendly competition with a few lawmen that he respects. 
==Quotes==
*"I guess I'll just go fuck myself” ~ Izzy
*“BUTTERSSS”—Izzy
== Trivia ==
*Telegram, EZ896
*Her luck (or lack thereof) tends to infect others.
*Izzy is a clean freak and takes baths regularly. Sometimes 2 or 3 times a day.
*Uses hogtying as a means of expressing affection
*Middle name is Rose.
*Has a love for books and writes poetry.
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