Talia Morgan

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Talia Morgan is a central character in the Morgan's Series. Being originally introduced as one of the two deuteragonists of The Finley Morgan Series, she goes onto be one of the major characters in the Prequel Series and the duel protagonist of the Dave and Talia Series.

She is the younger sister of original Series protagonist, Isaac Morgan, and the Aunt of the second series protagonist, Finley Morgan. Talia is extremely Family orientated and the safety of her Nephew as the only family she has left is her top priority. Being raised by both her brother and the The Eastern Angels, a gang of all women outlaws travelling through Lemoyne when Talia met them, makes Talia a skilled markswoman, and she has held her own in combat - both Physical and Gunfire - with men with twice her age and experience. She is vengeful at the world for taking her brother away from her, and hopes to honour his memory by teaming up with what remains of his gang to bring his killers to justice.

## Backstory

Talia, much like her older Half-Brother Isaac, was a product of a loveless relationship and another accidental child of Andrew Morgan. Unlike Isaac though, she was born in America and grew up with her Mother in the slums of Saint Denis, with limited contact with her Father and small knowledge of her siblings.

Her mother fell ill when Talia was older. Desperate for a way to save her and make money for treatment, she turned to 'performing' for money in various saloons and small bars. After a few weeks of selling herself - and still very short of money - she was picked up by a gang of women who passed through named The Eastern Angels. They taught her to shoot and to hunt, gave her a horse - Epona - and showed how she can use herself in other ways to make money. With their help, she earned enough help money through Bounty Hunting (and some robberies) to buy medicine for her mother. The Eastern Angels then set off to Canada and Talia stayed behind to look after her Mother. She spent a lot of time trying to catch Bounties, and one particular night she was out late and she jumped Andrew Morgan and his son, Isaac Morgan, in the streets. Although originally Talia acted hostile, Andrew informed them that they were siblings and that he was in fact Talia's Father. With that, he offered her business in which she wasn't putting herself in so much danger and Talia agreed, joining the family moonshine business.

# The Prequel Series

## Season 1: The Beginning

While Andrew ran his shop in Saint Denis, Talia was sent off with Isaac to run his Moonshinery. They dealt with deliveries, resource gathering and even fought rival gangs. One day, the two siblings were walking through Saint Denis when they were held up by a young man asking for money. Although Talia had a hand on her revolver, Isaac just laughed and offered him work, like how his Father did with Talia. The man said his name was Dwight Grayson, and he agreed, going with Isaac and Talia to meet Andrew. Andrew sent the three of them to Annesburg, where they got on a boat and shipped Moonshine from businessman George Clinton back to Saint Denis for their Father. While Dwight stayed on land on horseback, Isaac and Talia boarded the ship and helped bring it back to the big city. Upon arrival, one of their Father's assistants asked them to go back to his house to see him, and they left Dwight to take the Moonshine back. When they arrived, Isaac headed up to the front door when they were stopped by Andrew, who came out of hiding. As he was telling them not to go in, he was shot in the head from across the garden and Isaac pulled Talia to cover and the two of them ran. In their escape, They spotted Samuel Stoneheart, the brother of the Mayor. Isaac then turned to chase him down but he was cut off by a Guard that tackled him to the ground. Talia knocked the guard away and started slashing him with her knife, giving Isaac time to get up and finish him off by knocking him out.

Talia and Isaac found Dwight and the three of them fled to Valentine where they took a moment to breathe. Isaac bought the three of them black clothes and told them off his plan to sneak into the Mayor's house and find evidence of Sam being corrupt so they could publish it to the press. Once they were ready, they headed back to Saint Denis and waited for nighttime. They headed to The Mayor's house, which as heavily guarded, but they took out the Guards and left Dwight to watch over the back door. Isaac searched downstairs while Talia searched upstairs, and she headed into The Mayor's office. When she got there though, The Mayor was up late and at his desk. Both of them panicked and the mayor reached for a gun under his desk, but Talia shot him in the chest, killing him. Realising what she'd done, she began to panic when Isaac ran into the room after hearing the Gunshot. He promised it would be okay and h would take the blame if necessary. The two of them ran and Dwight joined them as they escaped through the Gardens and across the marshland. However, Lawmen began approaching them and Isaac sent Dwight and Talia away to hide in Van Horn. He promised he would write Talia a letter and catch up with her soon before holding off the Lawmen alone to give his sister and friend time to escape. Dwight and Talia eventually made it to Van Horn, and hid out there for many hours before going to the Fence to buy new clothes. While there, Talia also cut her hair and sold her horse. She and Dwight exchanged words on the pier of Van Horn, and she said a quick goodbye before running to Annesburg. When there, she waited for the cargo train to come past and she snuck on. As the train departed Annesburg, Talia looked across the water, wondering when she would see her Brother again.

## Season 2: Isaac

Talia ends up in the Grizzly East, a mountainous region of the state of Ambarino. Compared to the rest of the state, the East was significantly warmer and Talia had an okay time of living there. She had shelter in the recently abandoned Wapiti Indian Reservation, but preferred to live in a Camp in the North. She also acquired a new Horse, that she named Storm, and survived by hunting for her food and hiding from her enemies. She frequently visited Bacchus Station, where she would leave letters to be sent for Isaac and pick up letters he had sent to her. However, during his time in New Austin, Isaac had to fake his own death and his letters to Talia became less Frequent. Due to this, Talia decided to head to New Austin to look for him - But in a cruel twist of fate, Isaac had just moved to the Grizzly East with his new wife Jem, and the two siblings miss eachother by a week. Talia searches New Austin but it is a big state and she searches to no avail. Instead, she purchases a small property in the city of Blackwater and lives there. She stays by the window each day, hoping Isaac will ride past and she will see him again.

## Season 3: Sam

Several years later, Talia is still living in Blackwater and has taken up Bounty Hunting, something which she is fairly good at. One day, She is leaving the Saloon in Blackwater when she crosses paths with Samuel Stoneheart, who is walking in at the same time. She stops and watches him go in, recognising him, and she heads to the opposite of the Saloon to watch the meeting the shadows. She watches through binoculars as Colm O'Driscoll enters the Saloon with somebody she recognised from Bounty Posters to be Micah Bell, a member of Isaac's new Gang. However, while she is watching, she spots another gang moving towards her and flees further into Shadow. She waits for the meeting to be over and she watches as a wagon arrives to collect Sam. Realising that they must be meeting about Isaac, she tails the wagon on Storm. She manages to intercept it near an overpass in The Heartlands and she shoots the driver in the head, causing the wagon to crash. She then throws a Molotov cocktail down onto the wagon, forcing Sam and his assistant to escape from it on foot as it erupts into flame. She rides down into the Valley to chase them when she is attacked by wolves. As she tries to escape to continue going after them, Sam fires back at her and instead hits Storm in the head, causing Talia to topple off of the horse. As she does, she manages to fend off the Wolves and once she is free she crouches by Storm's body, watching Sam and his assistant flee.

Talia buries Storm and makes her way back to Blackwater on foot, which took her almost all day. She heads to her home and decides to quit Bounty Hunting, ashamed that she couldn't protect her brother as he did for her.

## Season 4: Talia

At some point between the Isaac and Finley Series, Talia searches for Dwight and finds him in Strawberry. He fills her in about what happened to Isaac and tells her the location of his grave before going to search for his son, Finley. Talia heads up to Isaac's grave and promises to get revenge for him.

# Finley Morgan Series

## Season 1

Talia encountered Finley for the first time at Isaac's grave, where he was visiting with Dwight Grayson, an old friend of her and Isaac's. At first, Finley got Talia in a headlock, worried she was damaging the grave. Talia managed to break out and point her gun at him, but the fight was broken up by Dwight who introduced the two as Family. Once they had finally greeted eachother, Dwight offered to take them back to his Ranch, which was near to Isaac's Grave. Talia, on her horse, Frigg, rode down to Dwight's Ranch with Finley and Dwight. Dwight gave her a spot in his stable for Frigg and a bed to sleep in, both of which she was grateful for. A day or so later, Dwight told her that he planned to bring Isaac's killers to justice, but needed to ensure that Finley could defend himself first in case them came for him too. Talia offered to train him, and that evening she took Finley outside and taught him to shoot. She trained him to shoot at various bottles, pots and rotting fruit she had set up around the ranch as targets, and showed him combat with both a revolver and repeater. He was slow at first, but quickly adapted to the shooting and managed to get the hang of it. However, the gunfire attracted a visitor. In the middle of their training, a man arrived on the Ranch that Talia recognised as Fernando Coyote, another old friend of Isaac's. Upon Dwight's request, Fernando stayed the night, and in the morning showed Finley how to use a bow. While they were training, Talia discussed with Dwight about their first move to getting revenge, and Dwight said that while he was gathering food in Strawberry, he saw a bounty poster for his brother, Dave Johnson, one of Isaac's old friends who betrayed him and fought against him on his final day alive. Dave was last seen in Van Horn Trading Post, which although was a long way away, was a decent enough start. Talia agreed that they should go after him.

The next day, Dwight, Finley and Talia set off to Van Horn, leaving Fernando to defend the ranch. The three of them eventually made it to Van Horn, where they discovered Dave was living with Sean McGuire, another old Gang Member and a very old friend of Isaac's. After spying on them for a while, they tracked Dave and Sean from the Saloon and confronted them in their house. Dave admitted to betraying Isaac, but assured them that he had no part in his death and even aimed at the sky in encounters with him. He had been drinking himself to Death in Van Horn, and although Talia felt like killing him for what he did, Finley asked Dwight if Dave and Sean could come back to the ranch and he agreed. Sean rode on the back of Frigg with Talia on their long journey back to the ranch, and he said that Isaac used to talk about her and he knew who she was straight away. He assured her that Dave really had changed, putting her mind at ease. They eventually arrived back at Dwight's Ranch, which they found destroyed. Finley ran into the house where he found Fernando dead. There was no trace of who had done this, but The Ranch was completely ruined and Fernando was gone. After burying him, they vowed to get revenge. However, Dave needed his guns. And he had buried them near Isaac's grave. The next day, Talia accompanied Finley and Dave up to Mount Shann, where Isaac was buried. Dave dug around for his belongings, and although they weren't very useful after being in the ground for so many years, it was a start. As they were planning on heading down though, the trio were jumped by a Gang of Outlaws who claimed they ran with Juan Ramirez, a name that Talia recognised as being both a big figure in New Austin and an old friend of Isaac's before he shot him. Before they could react, Finley was shot and rolled down the cliff face, and Talia was tied up and taken. Dave tried to save her, but Talia told him to get Finley to safety instead, which he obeyed.

The Gang took Talia to Valentine where she was loaded into a coach to be shipped off to Juan. She was in the coach with a man named Alejandro, or Ali for short, who she quickly befriended. Ali was an accomplished Bounty Hunter in New Austin, something that got him on Juan's radar, and admitted that there wasn't much hope for their survival given Juan's reputation. He told her that he thought he would be safe in The Heartlands, but it seems they both lucked out. The wagon left Valentine and began moving through the Heartlands, where it was intercepted by Dwight, Dave and Finley, who killed the guards and let Talia, Ali and the other prisoner out. The driver begged for his life and Finley let him go, but in order to send a message to Juan, Talia took Finley's knife and tackled the Driver to the ground, driving the knife into his chest. Shaking, she was given a coat and taken back to the ranch, Ali joining them per her request. The group now had to figure out a new place to stay as not only was the Ranch compromised, their numbers were increasing. But for that they needed money. Talia allowed Finley to join her on a high paying bounty to intercept some Saint Denis government officials that were being escorted to the city. They killed the guards and tied up the bounty, taking him back to Strawberry. On their ride there, Talia and Finley figured out from pieces of information they received from The Guards, The Bounty and things around the camp that the Bounty was supposed to be a guest at a party that the Mayor of Saint Denis, Mason Clerk, was throwing. Mason was also an old friend of Isaac's that went rogue after his death, using Isaac's reputation and demise as leverage to get himself in the running for Mayor of Saint Denis, which he won. After taking in the bounty, Finley and Talia arrived back at the Ranch and informed the others of their news. Dwight decided that the group would leave the Ranch and go closer to Saint Denis, seeing Mason as a good opportunity to earn more information about the other Gang Members.

Using the wagon that they had intercepted when saving Talia and Ali, the group packed everything they could and set off for Saint Denis. Talia rode with Dave on her horse, and she was quickly warming to him as a person. They had spent a bit of time together training Finley and fixing up the ranch, and they stayed in the same bunk at the ranch so spent a lot of time together. Upon arriving at Shady Belle - an old, dilapidated manor house - they decided to share a room, giving them even more time to bond. With the group all together, and invitations to get into Mason's Party in a few day's time, their quest for revenge was just beginning.

## Season 2

After purchasing a very expensive looking dress from Rhodes, Talia got prepared to head to Mason's party with Finley, Dave, Sean and Dwight. Ali drove them there in the wagon and then escaped back to Shady Belle to watch over it. Dwight snuck the group's horses around the side of the house in case they needed to escape and Finley, Talia, Dave and Sean got into the party. They agreed to split up and find as much information as they could. Talia began talking to many different at the party, finding tidbits of information about Mason's rise to power and his past. As she was about to report back to the group, Mason revealed himself on his balcony and made his speech. He thanked everyone for coming and told them to enjoy fireworks. However, during his speech, Finley had got himself captured, and shortly after so had Dwight, Dave, Sean and Talia. After the party, the gang was lined up in Mason's garden, where his assistant was walking backwards and forwards. Talia came to consciousness when they began talking. His assistant then began pacing, aiming his gun at each individual person before finally settling on Dwight, who he shot in the head as a warning. However, before he could continue, he was shot by a sniper, giving Finley, Talia, Dave and Sean time to escape to their horses. The gang fled through Saint Denis, being chased by many of Mason's men. On their way out though, Finley spotted Mason escaping himself and tailed him, while Talia, Dave and Sean made it back to Shady Belle. Upon arriving home, Talia realised Finley wasn't with them and tried going back for him when she was stopped by Dave. A boy arrived at Shady Belle, introducing himself as Hamza. He revealed to the group that he was a guest at the party who was there to kill Mason but failed in doing so in time. He apologised for Dwight's death, and offered to join the group to give his services to them as payment for not acting quicker.

By the time Finley had arrived back, Talia and Dave had already finished packing the wagon with everyone's belongings in time to set off again. Finley confirmed he killed Mason as revenge, but was shaken by Dwight's death. Talia assured him everything would be okay, but first they had to leave here. Now accompanied by Hamza, the group set off to Blackwater, where they bought new clothes and resources before heading to New Austin. They decided that their next target would be Juan Ramirez, the self-proclaimed ruler of New Austin that had Talia kidnapped a week or so prior. They set up camp in a secluded part of the Desert, and began to map out their next move. Talia continued to take in bounties in and around New Austin, hoping that anybody she took in may have a connection to Juan. After a few days, she was hunting a known criminal. When she caught up to him and tied him up, he told her that he was trying to stop a Moonshine Operation and wasn't going to commit any more crimes. While taking him through Armadillo to the Sheriff's Office, she spotted Finley in town buying groceries and told him about the Moonshine operation. Knowing that Juan ran most of New Austin's Moonshine business, they decided to check it out. Talia and Finley silently took down all of the Guards and Cooks, eventually managing to destroy The Moonshine caches that the Gang were protecting. Upon inspecting the bodies, They discovered that the men were in fact were Juan's, and decided to leave before reinforcements arrived. They arrived in Tumbleweed to discuss the situation over a drink, where they overheard some people talking about a disturbance in Blackwater. It turned out that Juan's Gang had also spread their reach into Blackwater and were planning on an overtake of major businesses there. Finley and Talia left the Saloon and spotted Dave, who was taking a bounty in himself. The trio decided that Talia would take Ali and Sean to Blackwater, while Finley and Dave stayed in New Austin with Hamza to deal with Juan's business here. After a quick goodbye, Talia set off to camp to collect Sean and Ali while Finley updated Dave about the Moonshine.

After arriving back in camp, Sean and Ali agreed to go with Talia and the three of them rode off to Blackwater. On the ride, Talia filled them in about what she and Finley had discovered and about what was going on with Juan's Gang. The ride was fairly short, but when they arrived in Blackwater, it was already Night. They began wandering the streets, careful not to split up in case Talia or Ali were recognised from the breakout. After a little while of searching, they spotted some strange looking men on a rooftop. Talia, Sean and Ali darted into an Ally way, hidden from cover, and watched the men to see what they do. When it got even darker, the men descended the building using a ladder right next to where the group were hiding. As they climbed down, Talia noticed their clothes and realised that they were in fact Juan's men and the information they overheard was correct. As the men began heading off to New Austin, Talia, Ali and Sean tailed them from far behind, making sure that they weren't seen. They followed them to a camp near Fort Mercer, an old, abandoned fort that they could now see Juan was using as one of his bases. They quickly headed back to their camp where Finley and Dave were eating. After explaining what happened, Finley, Talia, Dave and Sean headed off to Fort Mercer to confront Juan, leaving Hamza and Ali to look after the camp. When they arrived at the Fort, Finley asked the Guard at the main gate if he could speak to Juan in person. However, Talia saw the guard slowly reaching for his gun and shot him in the head, causing a shootout. Talia and Dave headed into the Fort, while Sean and Finley scaled the wall. Along with Dave, Talia took out a lot of Juan's men in the shootout, but began getting pinned down by a sniper, unable to leave cover. Sean and Finley were about to take out the sniper to let them out, when Sean was shot through the head, forcing Finley to hide behind cover himself. With Talia distracting the sniper, Dave climbed the wall and attacked him with his machete, but was captured by another of Juan's men before he could finish him off. In rage, and the only Gang Member left on the field, Talia began firing wildly at them, trying to save Dave. However, she was shot through the stomach by Juan, who had finally revealed himself. Assuming that Finley was dead too, Juan left with Dave still captured. Finley managed to grab Talia and escape on her horse, Frigg. He brought Talia back to camp where alongside Ali and Hamza, he began treating her wounds.

Due to the speed in which she was treated, Talia quickly recovered from her wound, but had to stay around camp while Finley, Ali and Hamza began buying resources to take down Juan and keep her alive. When she had slightly recovered, Finley decided he and Hamza would look around Tumbleweed while Ali was already stationed in Armadillo, working with the Sheriff. Talia told Finley to let her come, but Finley instructed her to stay as she was too weak. She knew she couldn't go anyway as Hamza would be riding Frigg so she would have no way to catch up, and reluctantly stayed behind. When they left, she decided to make some stew for when they returned and began drinking beer. As she was sat near the fire, somebody snuck up behind her and tied her up, throwing her onto the back of a horse. She recognised the person as Juan himself. She was taken to a series of mines further into New Austin and Juan threw her down next to a badly beaten and tortured Dave. Before she could say or do anything, Juan knocked her out.

## Season 3

Juan would frequently visit both Talia and Dave in captivity and torture them for information. However, where he would cut, burn and even knock Dave out, he would only beat Talia, giving her enough time to study things around her. She studied the guard changing patterns, the little conversations they would have during change-overs, and even little habits that they had. One particular guard never tied his bootlaces properly, and would constantly bend down to do them up. She studied all of these things, mostly because she was bored, but also because it gave her some sort of hope that she would be able to use the information to escape. A few days went by, and Juan returned again for Information. As he was about to begin torturing Dave with his knife again, gunshots began firing outside. A guard straight away ran in, and Talia recognised him as the Bootlaces Guard. He told Juan that Finley had arrived, with reinforcements this time, and that they were taking out most of their men. Panicking, Juan took Dave and left through a secret exit in the Mine, dropping his knife in the process. Talia waited for the Guard to tie up his laces - which he did - and using Juan's knife, cut herself free. When he got up, Talia stabbed him in the neck and stole his repeater, hoping to go outside and find Finley. She ran outside as Finley ran in, and the two briefly reunited in the Mine. She told him that Juan had escaped with Dave, and they had to follow him before it was too late. Leaving Hamza and Ali behind to kill the rest of Juan's men, Talia and Finley chased after Juan on Finley's horse, Splat. However, as they were riding, they were intercepted by another of Juan's men - The sniper that killed Sean. Finley dived to his horse and knocked him off of it, stealing it and riding alongside Talia. Talia split away from him to cut Juan off while Finley ran behind him. She went around a hill and as Juan was firing behind him, distracted with Finley, Talia rode Splat directly into the side of Juan's horse, causing both horses to fall and her to go flying, hitting her head on a rock. This maneuver, which admittedly almost got her killed, gave Finley enough time to catch up and dismount, planning to fight Juan himself. However, the Sniper arrived again and this time tackled Finley to the ground, giving Juan enough time to flee into the nearby tall grass and escape. After Finley was finished fighting the sniper, he untied Dave and before they could help Talia, she told them to after Juan and either she would catch up later, or Ali and Hamza would find her later on. They agreed, and followed Juan into the Grass, being careful as he was firing at them, hidden.

After a little while, Talia managed to get up and stumble after them through the Grass. However, she couldn't see Finley, Dave or Juan. She continued walking, and suddenly heard the sound of gunshots. She headed towards it and found herself on a ledge above Mercer Station, where she saw Finley walking in with his guns out. He was moving towards a small house and just as he was about to open the door, Juan tackled him from the side, pinning him the ground and ready to strangle him. Using the Guard's repeater, Talia shot Juan in the side, letting Finley overpower him and push him off. He then finished Juan off and looked up to see Talia, who waved at him. She felt a sense of relief wash over her - She had avenged her brother by shooting the man that shot him. Along with Dave, Talia and Finley reunited with Hamza and Ali at the Camp, where they all decided that they would leave New Austin. However, Ali told the group that he planned on heading to Blackwater to relinquish any control Juan's men still had over the city, and maybe restart his Bounty Hunting business now he wasn't wanted. After a heartfelt Goodbye, in which he promised to visit them again, The Gang split from him and headed North. Talia and Dave decided to head to the ranch and fix it up a little, hoping to use it as a place that they would be able to lay low for a few days before figuring out their next move. They got there and cleared the house, eventually deciding that they should go and buy a wagon to easily move their things around again if they needed to. They headed to The Strawberry Stable, and on the way there stopped outside of The Sheriff's Office to look at the Bounty Board. One particular poster stuck out to them - Colm O'Driscoll, Last seen in Ambarino. Talia knew of him reputation wise, but Dave knew him on a personal level; Colm tried cutting out his tongue years ago when he was running with Isaac's Gang. As they went to buy their wagon, Dave explained to Talia that Colm is who Micah betrayed the Gang for, and if he is in Ambarino, Micah likely is too. They took the poster and headed back to the Ranch, where they found Finley looking puzzled. He explained that he arrived back at The Ranch while Talia and Dave were out and found Fernando's horse here, and also a strange boy claiming to be his son. While Hamza guarded him, Talia and Dave told Finley about Colm and Micah, and the trio made the decision to move up North to take them out, as Micah was the last name on their list of traitors. The next morning, after the group had finished taking turns guarding Jose, Finley and Talia finally confronted him about his true identity. He explained his name was Jose Coyote, Fernando's Son, and he was looking for his Father and knew the Ranch was his last known location. Undecided whether to believe him, Talia and Finley decided that he would join them to Ambarino. They forced him into the back of the wagon, where Dave and Hamza could guard him, and Talia drove the Wagon out of the Ranch to go North.

When they reached the base of the Mountains, the group realised that they wouldn't be able to take the wagon through the deep snow and decided to set up Camp as it was getting dark anyway. They began moving essentials from the wagon to their horses and Talia made some stew while the others set up camp. They all sat down to eat, their first moment of peace in a while. Truthfully, even though it only had been a couple of days, Talia already missed Ali. He was one of her closest friends and they were both very close, having been through a lot together. She missed having him around, but knew that he would be doing great work in Blackwater. She was also worried about them being down on numbers, but if Jose was who he said he was, he would surely want revenge for his Father too. And whether he was a good shot or not would be irrelevant - Another gun is another gun. She shared a tent with Dave. Their relationship was blossoming and although his frightening exterior scared most people off, she saw him for who he truly was - a relief he must have felt too. In the morning, once everyone was in their warmer clothes, The Gang sold the wagon - and anything they couldn't carry - to a nearby farmer and headed up north to Ambarino. They settled in an old, abandoned mining town named Colter, which was big enough for the group of them but small enough that they wouldn't catch too much attention. They all shared one house for safety, with Talia and Dave taking the room with a double bed and Hamza and Finley staying in the other with two singles. They left Jose in the shed. The next morning, they decided that they would go out hunting and bring Jose with them to make himself useful to them. After hunting for a little while, they arrived at another abandoned town, which they explored to look for clues. It seemed as if the town had been entered recently, and after a group discussion, Finley decided that he and Jose would look around further up the Mountain. Talia, Dave and Hamza took the animals they had hunted back to Colter for cutting and preserving.

After a few hours, Finley and Jose arrived back with information about Micah. While searching the mountains, they had discovered a camp of hostile outlaws that they fought. After inspecting the bodies, Finley discovered that they were O'Driscolls, and that there were more camps up the Mountain. The Gang set off, leaving Jose behind as his only weapon was a bow. Finley and Talia headed up to another Camp, while Dave and Hamza headed to another. They look out the Camp together, avenging Isaac with each shot. After they had cleared the Camp, they spotted where Micah and Colm must be; A watchtower, a little further down from where they are now. Talia and Finley set off towards it, meeting Dave on the way there who said Hamza was injured. The trio set off towards the watchtower, guns drawn. When they arrived, Finley killed a guard and Colm exited the Watch Tower - accompanied by Micah. The 5 of them were at a standstill for a moment, when suddenly Micah began firing at them, causing Talia, Dave and Finley to run for cover. Colm and Micah dived for cover too, with the very dangerous shootout lasting a while. Dave hatched a plan though, and while Talia was distracting Colm, Dave snuck round and attacked him with a Knife, causing them to begin fighting. Micah turned to help Colm when Finley tackled him. Finley and Micah began engaging in a fist fight while Dave and Colm fought with Knives. As more men began arriving, Talia began holding them off, hoping her Nephew and Partner would be okay behind her. After a while of fighting, Dave plunged his knife into Colm's heart and began going to help Finley with Micah when Talia stopped him, telling him it was Finley's fight. Dave helped her clear the rest of the O'Driscolls while Finley finally beat Micah, shooting him in the head and watching him topple from the mountain top. After Talia and Dave had cleared the others, they came over to comfort him, but he silently walked past them and returned to Colter. When they got back, they packed up their things and returned to The Ranch. Isaac was avenged.

# The Dave + Talia Series

## Season 1

After the Battle on Mount Hagen, Talia returned to Dwight's ranch to live there with Dave and Finley. Finley mostly stayed in his room, taking meals there aswell, and spent the rest of his time tending to the Ranch. Talia - although feeling as empty about Isaac's death - kept searching for ways to fill her sadness. She began taking long horse rides across Big Valley and took to hunting, and she and Dave even purchased a wagon for easier trips to and from Strawberry for shopping. One particular day, a few months after Micah's death, Talia and Dave returned from a trip from Strawberry and found Ali at the Ranch. He informed that while helping to clear up the remnants of Juan's Gang, he'd heard a rumour that Mason was still alive and he was planning on heading to Saint Denis to speak with the new Mayor about it. Dave and Talia both agreed that they should see this through and help to bring Mason to justice if he was. Talia went inside to leave Finley a note telling him that she and Dave were going away for a little while to finish some old business and that he wasn't to worry. She met Dave and Ali outside and they set off to Saint Denis. On the way there, they stopped off in Rhodes and Ali told them he would go ahead to meet with the new Mayor's assistants to give Dave and Talia clearance to enter the city after the incident at the New Years Party. He set off, and Dave asked Talia if she would come with him to his childhood home and see his Mother, which was in the area. She agreed and they headed to the house. However, when Dave went in, it was empty and his Mother was no where to be seen. Talia waited outside and consoled him and they decided to head back to Rhodes to wait for Ali. Eventually, Ali arrived back and the three of them travelled to Saint Denis.

They met with the Mayor himself in his home office and he told them that after Mason was assumed death and Sam was fired, they had all of Sam's private documents leaked and there was various marked safe houses that both Mason and Sam had across the States. He gave the trio the list and agreed to cover-up any loose ends they had as long as Mason was dealt with before news of his survival reached the papers. Talia, Dave and Ali headed north and headed to a Safehouse in between Emerald Ranch and Van Horn Trading Post. Upon arrival, the front door was locked and the Gang headed up to an open window on the second story. Talia entered first, and she was attacked by somebody in the shadows. The man was twice her size and he quickly overpowered her, but luckily Ali jumped through the window and defended her. He fought the man off and managed to subdue him, giving Talia time to pull her gun on him. While Ali checked the rest of the house, Dave checked on Talia and she was about to kill the man. However, Dave managed to convince her that if the man was hiding out in one of Mason and Sam's safehouses, he may have a connection to them. She agreed to spare him and sent him outside to be tied up by Ali, who had done a search of the house. Dave followed and he sent Talia and Ali - who now had the man on the back of his horse - to make camp further in the woods while he headed to Van Horn. Although hesitant, Talia agreed and she and Ali did exactly that. They discovered the man's name was Gill, and he was once a member of Sam's private army and he was stationed at the Safe House before the New Years incident was forgotten about, being there ever since. After a short while, Dave returned with an old friend of his, Eddie Warden, who had promised to help them in exchange for help with something in return. After setting up a tent for him in Camp, Eddie was present when Talia beat the truth of Mason's whereabouts from Gill, who said that he was likely in the mountains in a tower called The Loft. He offered to take them, and after standing aside with Dave, Dave agreed that she should go and bring Eddie for back-up so she would get to know him. She agreed and the three of them set off, leaving Ali and Dave at camp.

They arrived at The Loft and Talia sent Gill with Eddie, who would be keeping a look-out from up the hill, and she snuck into camp to scope it out. However, as she got closer in, she was approached at gunpoint by a Guard. She was trying to talk her way out when he looked as if he would fire and then dropped dead. Gill had snuck away from Eddie and saved Talia by shooting the Guard, but the gunshot had alerted the other Guards and the three of them fled. They arrived back at Camp and Talia invited Gill to join them, thanking him for saving her life. That night, Talia had a dream where she was walking through Sam's brother's house in Saint Denis and as she reached the office, Isaac was standing inside. She always woke up when he turned around. It was late at night and she realised that Dave wasn't awake either so went to join him on the cliffside next to their camp. They discussed what to do with Mason, with Talia wanting to kill him and Dave wanting to take him in. The two of them sat on the cliff together until morning, where Eddie told them that they would need more ammo for the upcoming assault. Leaving Gill and Ali at the Camp, Talia headed to Annesburg with Dave and Eddie to purchase Ammo. Upon returning, they decided to head out to finally confront Mason. They arrived at the Loft and Eddie and Ali headed up the hill to snipe and Talia, Dave and Gill approached on horseback. Gill dismounted down the path and they had planned for him to go in as a distraction, but as he began walking down, he was shot in the head by Mason. Dave and Talia rode down the path and into the Camp where they took out his small Gang and headed up the tower where he was waiting. Keeping him at Gunpoint, Dave told him that he could be taken in peacefully but Mason attacked him. Talia and Dave began fighting him two vs one, but Mason still managed to get the upper-hand. Even with both Dave and Talia attacking him, Mason was much stronger and he managed to overpower Dave and shoot him off of the tower. Talia then attacked him with her knife but after she slashed him a few times, Mason caught her wrist and disarmed her. He then strangled her, knocking her out, and set the tower alight as he fled. Eddie and Ali managed to get Dave and Talia back to camp safely though.

Talia came to before Dave did, and after checking that he was alive, she took his Machete and headed out alone during the night to find Mason before he could escape. She tracked him to Mount Shann, where Isaac was buried, and she took out the rest of his guards before confronting Mason at Isaac's Grave. After he told her that Isaac meant a lot to him, Talia shot Mason in the stomach and he fell to his knees. She pointed her gun at him and he said that although he understands if she kills him, if she wants true revenge, she should be pursuing Sam. Talia cocks her gun and instead shoots Mason in the shoulder. She leaves him there to either bleed out or escape, knowing that he was never her true enemy. She decides to still strike out alone and she rides to Saint Denis where she vows to find Sam.

## Season 2

Talia tracks Sarah, Sam's Sister-in-Law, at the grave of her husband. Talia gives her condolences for what happened and tells Sarah that the cycle of Violence can end if she tells her where Sam is. Sarah spits at her and Talia attacks her. However, Sarah punches her and begins running off. Talia chases her through various back allies of Saint Denis and eventually corners her in a dead end where she asks once again for information on where Sam is. Sarah refuses, and Talia strikes her with Dave's Machete. It's assumed that Talia manages to get information out of her - it's unclear where Sarah dies - as Talia then heads to Rhodes to meet with a man named Jacob who will be able to ferry her across Flat Iron Lake to where Sam is.

# Epilogue

7 years had gone by and now in 1913, Talia and Dave had settled down on the Ranch, Finley and Hamza living with them as Farmhands. They had a baby now, a little girl named Julia that Talia cared for very deeply. When she was younger she could never see herself being a Mother, but now she had everything she wanted. One day though, a note arrived at The Ranch. A note asking Finley and his Gang to meet the writer in The Heartlands, and Finley went with Hamza. Although Talia was reluctant to let Dave go, He went too, making sure Finley was safe. Almost a day had gone by when Dave returned home with only Hamza, and Talia assumed the worst. Dave explained that the man they went to meet - Sam - was Mason's Assistant and had been serving the Mayor of Saint Denis for years. It was him that killed Fernando, and also revealed that he had payed Micah and Juan to betray Isaac so that he would die, supposedly getting revenge for something Isaac did in Saint Denis years before. Talia almost went out to find Finley on her own when Finley finally returned home. It was raining, and she hugged him outside, glad to see her Nephew safe. He muttered to her "Talia. It's over." They had finally won.

A week or so later, Dave proposed to Talia. And a couple of Months after that they got married, with all of their friends and family (which admittedly wasn't a lot) in attendance. Afterwards, Talia, Dave, Finley, Hamza and Ali met at Isaac's old moonshine shack to celebrate, and they all drank the night away, finally at Peace. A little while later, Talia and Dave decided to sell the Ranch and downsize to a smaller farm near Rhodes, In the Scarlett Meadows. Hamza lived with them for a little while, and Finley remained on the ranch until it was sold. That's when he received the news. He headed to Talia and Dave's house to tell them that he had been drafted, and Talia broke down in tears. She hugged him, asking him to be careful and demanding that he come home straight away. Hamza managed to avoid drafting due to his citizenship, and Dave due to being mentally unstable, so Finley was all she lost that day. She was still crying when he left, though she eventually realised that he was a brave and capable man now. He could handle himself.

After 4 years, Finley returned to Talia and Dave's house. Over those 4 years, Hamza had moved out and Dave had passed away due to complications with his mental health, leaving just Talia and a now 5 year old Julia. She was washing dishes that day when she heard the clacking of hooves outside, and she walked out the backdoor to see how now not so little Nephew back from the war and safe. They hugged once again under a sunset, and he promised to never leave again.

## Trivia

* Talia's name is a reference to Talia al Ghul, Daughter of Batman villain Ra's al Ghul.
* Talia is one of only three named, female characters in the entire series, the others being Isabelle Greenfield, Mother of Finley Morgan, and Jem Morgan, Isaac's first wife.
	+ Other female characters appear in the series, just no others are named. As Isabelle dies before Talia can meet her, and Jem and Talia never meet, neither of these characters are every on screen at the same time.
	+ Talia is also the only female POV Character (the others being Isaac, Finley and Dave)
* Her horse, Frigg, is named after the Norse Goddess of Marriage and Motherhood, foreshadowing Talia's happy ending at the end of Series 4.
* Talia's choice of weapon are duel Schofield Revolvers, and she is rarely seen using just one.
* Talia's hair changes each season, progressively getting longer as time goes along. Her usual hairstyle though, that appears at once each Season, is a Neat Platt.

## Mounts

* Epona (Prequel Series)
* Frigg (Finley Series)
* Autumn (Dave + Talia Series)