Deckard Van Dell

Unnamed Ex-Wife

Unnamed Mom

Unnamed Dad

Unnamed Older Brother

Unnamed Younger Brother

Unnamed Older Sister

Bounty hunter (Formerly)

Deckard is a former outlaw, hunter, and bounty hunter. He was born in Oklahoma around the wild west era to a farming family with his parents and 3 other siblings. He is known for his helpful disposition and his love for fishing, despite saying that he was never really good at it. He has outstanding skills with a few firearms, mainly his Colt Navy Revolvers, which has had people nickname him as "Gunslinger" before, despite not fancying himself as one. He has also been nicknamed "Cowboy" by some people, but that is likely due to his southern accent.

## Backstory

Deckard Van Dell grew up in Oklahoma around the wild west era to a farming family with his parents and 3 other siblings. When he wasn't helping his parents, him and his siblings would usually pass the time by throwing rocks at each other or shooting each other with rubber band guns. As Deckard and his siblings grew older, they each went off in pursuit of jobs (His sister became a bounty hunter, his younger brother became a "Salesman", and his older brother went to work in mines), while deckard had trouble finding a job. To make matters worse, he had a child and got married before finding a real job. Out of desperation, Deckard joined a criminal gang known as the flat cap gang and cooperated with them on small heists such as store robberies or bootlegging in order to make ends meet. By the time he had enough money to keep him and his family set for a while so he could look for an actual (and legal) source of income, Deckard decided he liked the gang members and considered them close friends, so he stayed in the gang while telling his family members he worked as a security guard for a wealthy business owner.

Later on during a store robbery, the store owner was unexpectedly prepared for them, and managed to catch Deckard off guard with a knife, which the store owner used to slash Deckard across the face, giving him the scar across his eye and also tearing up his mask he was wearing. After his gang member shot the store owner out of panic, they grabbed what they could and ran just as the police were arriving. Due to Deckard's mask being torn down, the police and nearby witnesses managed to catch a glimpse of Deckard's face, and he ended up on a wanted poster a few days later.

When his parents and siblings found out, they had a long argument with him before disowning him and changing their own names. His wife, upon finding out about the crimes and the wanted poster, took their daughter and ran off somewhere else while deckard was gone. Deckard was now alone, other than having his gang members.

A few weeks later, the gang had made a plan for a big heist that would let them go anywhere they wanted to. They were going to rob one of the biggest banks in the state. On the day they arrived to the bank though, the police were already there waiting for them, due to one of the gang members selling everyone out. The gang was shot down and killed, with Deckard being the only survivor. He was taken to a penitentiary and was supposed to serve 30 years, but got out in 3 when the transport wagon he was on happened to get attacked by an unrelated criminal gang that was looking to get their own member back.

Deckard decided to use his freedom as a second chance at life, and decided he wanted to work harder to be a better man, and try to gain his family's trust back.

## Roleplay Events

Deckard Van Dell has been a major character in the Hunter arc, the Trip to France arc, and is a Side character in the currently unnamed arc that involves Ava trying to escape California.

### The Hunter arc

The arc primarily starts at Tommy's Pub, where deckard goes to supposedly get a drink. When he arrives, his friend Tommy isnt at the counter, but a snake known as Hunter Jones is. He sits down and asks where Tommy is, only for the snake to indirectly admit to having murdered him. The two argue for a bit before Deckard reveals he's there to take Hunter in for the bounty on his head. After Hunter refuses to come peacefully, Deckard fires a shot, only for Hunter to dodge the bullet, much to Deckard's surprise. After a few attempted shots and swings from deckard, Hunter gets tackled by Fat-Man, who happened to be at the bar watching the whole thing go down. Deckard pays Fat-Man $5 and takes Hunter to the nearby station to collect the reward.

A few days later, Deckard went to a fancy bar to get a drink, where Jacob Vance happened to be at as well, much to Deckard's irritation. The two talked for a bit, before Jacob started scratching his arm and neck weirdly and left to the bathroom for a bit. When Jacob returned, he looked oddly relaxed, and had a needle hole in his arm. Jacob then proceeded to try and hit on Carly the bartender, which annoyed Deckard and made Carly feel uncomfortable. After persisting on his advances, Jacob grabbed Carly by the arm to stop her from turning around, which caused her to scream and caused Deckard to grab Jacob to get him off her. Jacob hit Deckard in the nose out of reaction, causing Deckard to fall to the ground. Jacob kicked Deckard out of anger, which made Deckard to fire a warning shot into the air. Right after he did that, Jacob randomly froze up and fell down like a corpse, making it look like Deckard shot him. After a bit of panic and Click blocking Deckard's exit, Jacob stood up, exclaiming that he had just overdosed on Psycho, and revealing he didn't even remember much of anything since he came back from the bathroom. Deckard left the building irritated, not knowing that everything was just recorded by Raetherine.

Around a week later when Deckard was having lunch with his Great Great Great Great Granddaughter Ava, He saw Tommy alive and well, working as a waiter. After Ava introduced Deckard to her at the time girlfriend Teneila Tanuki, he asked Tommy what happened. Tommy revealed that he had been resurrected, but his pub was burnt down a week ago, which caused him to have to get a job as a waiter at an uncharacteristically fancy KFC. Deckard promised Tommy he would help find the person responsible for burning down his bar. Shortly after a debacle involving Ava and Teneila playing Yu-Gi-Oh in the bathrooms together, Deckard and Ava left the restaurant. Deckard went to the prison to check on hunter since it was close by shortly after.

A few days later, while on an elevator with Saki Ikari, Amanda Chungus, and Curtis Johnson, the elevator seemingly stopped, and the group was stuck. After Amanda managed to put a giant hole into the roof of the elevator, The group climbed out and onto the top of the elevator, where Deckard noticed one of the cables was broken, which likely caused the elevator to break. Curtis then called up Mr. Wrong to come and retrieve them from the elevator shaft, which he did.

Deckard went to the burnt down building that used to be Tommy's Pub. He went over into the ashy area to investigate, only to have Jacob, Maori Everlyn, and Raven Necrosyse to show up while he was trying to dig around, much to his Dismay. A while later, Zabrina showed up to antagonize Maori about money, which only irritated Deckard further. After a bit or arguing and complaining, The group was approached by Raven (Not to be confused with the previously mentioned Raven) and Duncan and told them they were all trespassing, as she was asked by Detective Jenna to keep the ruins of the building safe from other sources of Harm. Deckard exclaimed he was there on behalf of Tommy to find clues, which made Raven calm down a little. She then let Deckard know that Hunter had escaped from jail shortly after he went to visit him. Raven then asked Deckard if he was on the elevator that malfunctioned recently, and if he saw a green skinned girl with sharp teeth (Referring to Raetherine). She told Deckard that when Hunter escaped from prison, there was a green skinned girl helping him on the security footage, which she was informed of by Detective Jenna. Deckard asked if he could have a meeting with Jenna to discuss the evidence, to which Raven approved. He set off on his horse shortly after that.

Shortly after, Deckard rode over to the sheriffs office, where after a unnecessarily tense confrontation with Buck, he went to talk to Jenna about the footage. While there they discussed Hunter's inhuman abilities and how they could capture him. Jenna also suggested Deckard bring Fat-man along to help with the case, saying as he helped capture him last time. Deckard took the little but helpful info he had and leaves, thanking Jenna for her time.

Deckard receives a letter a few days later from Hunter, claiming they have blackmail on him, and that they need to meet at Tommy's old pub ruins. In response, Deckard attempts to gain the assistance of Jacob, but never receives word back from him. Ava decides to help out Deckard due to Jacob being a no-show, even though Deckard is against this. He did manage to get the help of Fat-Man however, who showed up at Deckard's camp. However, the trio needed to go into the town, and there wasn't enough room on Deckard's horse, so Fat-Man had to walk all the way to the bar while Deckard and Ava rode on horseback. On arrival, Hunter showed up to reveal to Deckard that he escaped under Deckard's name, making it seem in the records that Deckard was a wanted escapee, and that he was the one who burned down the bar. Hunter then tells Deckard that he can have the bounty as long as he quits pursuing him, or that he can disagree with the deal, in which Hunter will continue to blackmail him and eventually kill him should the blackmail not work in the end. Deckard is also made aware that the deal extends to Ava as well. Despite this, Deckard refuses the offer and readies to fight Hunter, when Jacob suddenly wanders onto the scene. Deckard assumes that Jacob is there to help him out like he asked, only for Jacob to reveal he was actually paid by Hunter to be an extra man. After Deckard and Jacob argue for a bit, Deckard tries to convince Jacob to assist him over Hunter, while also trying to relate to Jacob. This attempt fails as Jacob punches Deckard out of anger. Ava lifts her gun to shoot Jacob, but Deckard stands and tackles him to the ground, so Ava redirects her fire to Hunter, which he dodges with little effort. Fat-Man then arrives shortly after and bashes into hunter while he wasn't expecting it, sending him a few feet away. The group all fight for a while, until Raetherine shows up to join the fray, and lights a ring of gasoline around the bar with a match. In the middle of the fight, Jacob suddenly has a heart attack from the drugs he took, and falls over seemingly dead. After some fighting, Hunter manages to wrap himself around Ava and choke her, only for Ava to get loose just enough to bite him and make him uncoil. Deckard rushes in to tie him up, while Raetherine grabs Jacobs revolver to shoot Deckard, only for Fat-Man to knock her into the ring of fire, in which she burns to death. Deckard ties up Hunter and stands over him triumphantly. Just as he was talking to Hunter though, A shot rings out as a .44 bullet flies into Deckard's skull, killing him. Jacob has appeared to get back up, along with having 16 new needle holes in his arms, and very bloodshot eyes. Ava fires bullets from her revolver at him, only for him to tank them, and proceed to break her hand and wrist. Jacob demands that Hunter give him the money that was promised, which hunter responds to by trying to wrap around Jacob to choke him, only for Jacob to grab onto Hunter, and strangle him to death. Fat-Man attempts to attack Jacob, but Jacob tells Fat-Man that it's not worth it anymore, and he walks away.

### The trip to France arc

Deckard was not primarily in the arc, but was the main focus of it.

After a long trip and after Ava manages to bluff Grin into thinking that she has detailed information on him, they are teleported to Deckard's grave in order to revive him. They dig him up, and Grin uses his ability he stole from Mercy to revive Deckard. After a shocking revival, Ava asks for them to be teleported back to France. Upon re-arrival, Deckard consoles Ava and lets her know he is proud of her, and thankful that she revived him. Ava informs Deckard that Tommy is in France as well, and he goes out to find him. After a few trips to a few different bars, he finally manages to find the right one, and finds out that Tommy is the owner of said bar. Tommy serves Deckard up a drink, surprised and happy that Deckard is alive. While talking, Deckard tries to take a drink, only for his hands to start involuntarily shaking, causing him to spill it. Tommy claims to deckard that he should go and get that checked out. Deckard wishes Tommy good luck on his new business venture, and leaves back to the hotel.

## Relationships

**Ava Van Dell-** Ava is the Great Great Great Great Granddaughter of Deckard, and thus he is very kind and protective of her, if not a bit scolding towards her. He is usually willing to give up his "Talk it out first, fight it out later" approach to things if it involves someone possibly harming her, as one of his promises he made to himself was to be better towards family.

**Tommy-** Deckard considers Tommy a really good friend, and admires his skills as a bartender and a brewer. He also considers Tommy someone he can talk to.

**Jacob Vance-** He was very not fond of Jacob, but did admit he could see him as a decent friend. These emotions didn't last long though, considering Jacob killed him later on. Thinking about Jacob brings up bad memories for Deckard now.

## Trivia

* Deckard's horse is a white Andalusian named Wick. The name is in reference to the "John Wick" movies, saying as RJ is a big fan of them.
* The reason how Deckard is in the present day despite being from the 1800's is not known. RJ didn't want to do a "Cheesy and dumb time travel plot" so he just chooses to ignore the plot hole, despite it being bad writing.
* Deckard is RJ's Red Dead Online character
* Deckard owns two Navy Colt revolvers, a pump-action shotgun, and a bolt action hunting rifle.
* Deckard suffers from PTSD after his death, but does not like to talk to people about it for the most part, saying that having a fear of something would go against what he promised himself.
* He promised himself to do three things once he was free from jail:

1. Protect family
2. Help others
3. Find a better source of employment

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