Juan Ramirez

Juan Ramirez was a supporting character in the Isaac Morgan series and a secondary antagonist of the Finley Morgan series. He was a fairly late addition to The Morgan's Marauders and didn't know many of them well, leading to his eventual betrayal of the Gang on the day of it's fallout. After Isaac Morgan's death, Juan moved to New Austin and started his own Gang, the Los Devastadores, which quickly grew to become one of the most powerful Gangs in the state, allowing Juan to become a pseudo leader of the entire region of New Austin.

## Backstory

Juan grew up in Mexico with an abusive alcoholic father and a Mother that loved him deeply. His father would hit him frequently, and threaten to kill him at times. When he was 15, Juan's Father got so drunk that he tried to kill him. However, his Mother stepped in the way and told Juan to run. As he ran, he turned to watch his Father kill his Mother but knew that he had to run or he would die too. He fled Mexico by hiding in the back of a wagon that was taking supplies to Armadillo, a town in America within the Desert state of New Austin. The community within Armadillo were close, and gave him a home there. He attended education there and trained with passing outlaws to help work on his shot. When he was in his mid 20s, his shot was so good, that the Sheriff tried hiring him but he refused, falling into the Outlaw life instead. He was banished from Armidillo, and decided the first thing he would do was get revenge on his Father. He travelled back to his family home for the first time in almost 10 years and there were people there, looting it. Initially he was angry, but the Gang asked if he wanted to join them and get revenge on the world for wronging them. Juan agreed, and he became an official member of the Los Demonios. He travelled around Mexico with them for years, before eventually leaving the Gang to pursue his own interests. He headed back to America and was discovered by Isaac Morgan and The Morgan's Marauders, a newly formed Gang searching for their purpose. He decided to join them, hoping he would find his purpose there too.

# Isaac Morgan Series

## Season 4

Juan spent the majority of his time at Camp, guarding it. He was an excellent shot from afar, so he was top choice as defender as nobody ever got close. However, he grew tired of Guard duty and was never able to go out on missions with the others. After finding out that Micah had betrayed them to join the O'Driscolls, everyone was especially vigilant. Eventually, after an almost devastating win at Blackwater - where Isaac, Dave, Mason, Lenny and Charles had secured the Gang a lot of money - Micah returned to the camp. Charles informed everyone that Micah planned to ruin them and if they didn't leave now, they would die. Charles, Lenny and Mason left, leaving Juan with Dave and Sean McGuire. Micah arrived in the camp and told them that his Gang was on the way and promised them a better life, to which Juan - and Dave - agreed to. Sean denied this, and when Isaac finally arrived back at Camp, sided with him against Micah. Everyone began aiming guns at eachother, but Dave, still confused, aimed to the skies. Juan took note of this, unsure if Dave was fully on board, but any chance at a better life - and finally some money - would be a chance he would be willing to take. Dwight arrived at Camp, having heard about Micah's betrayal, and he too sided with Isaac. Before another shootout could break out, Bounty Hunters - who had likely followed them from Blackwater - began attacking the group, causing them to fight back. Isaac, Dwight and Sean escaped while Dave, Juan and Micah fought back the Bounty Hunters. After killing them, Micah mounted his horse and began chasing Isaac, with Juan and Dave following. After meeting Isaac at Mount Shann, they engaged in a battle with him, still fighting off approaching Bounty Hunters. Micah and Isaac began engaging in a fight, and it seemed like Isaac had the upper hand when Juan shot him. He shot Isaac in the chest from afar, giving Micah a chance to knock him down. They left him to bleed out, and Dave disappeared.

For a year or so afterwards Juan ran with Micah and the O'Driscolls, eventually meeting with Samuel Stoneheart, the man that payed Micah to betray Isaac and was supposed to be rewarding them all nicely. He gave Juan a lot of money - almost 100,000 dollars - which Juan used to begin his own Gang back in New Austin. Due to the finance he could use to buy many outlaws, horses, wagons, guns and bases, his reach spanned across all of New Austin and he became an almost leader of it. With this power, he was able to track down his Father. When he found him, His Father was old and didn't recognise him. Juan reminded him of what he did, and although his Father admitted he regretted what happened and had changed Juan tortured him to death as he begged for his life. Over the next 6 or so years, Juan's power became so massive that he controlled New Austin with an Iron Fist. He became known as 'The Devil', as people believe that his presence caused the cholera outbreak in Armadillo and that his completely cold and ruthless demeanor made him into a terrifying individual. He met Maria Alverez, a well known criminal with her own gang, and married her, combining their gangs. At some point in 1905, he had a run in with Bounty Hunter Ali Marquez, and placed him on his hitlist.

# Finley Morgan's Series

## Season 1

Juan had a gang patrolling Mount Shann, the location where Isaac died. The gang ran into Finley Morgan, Talia Morgan and Dave, who were collecting Dave's belongings near the Grave site. After injuring Finley, the Gang kidnapped Talia and brought her to Valentine. There, she was thrown in a wagon with Ali Marquez, a Bounty Hunter that had been chased from New Austin, and another prisoner. They were being taken to Juan when the wagon was intercepted by Finley, Dave and Dwight. All 3 prisoners were rescued.

## Season 2

After taking out large portions of his gang and his main moonshine opperations, Juan was present when Finley and his gang launched an assault on Fort Mercer. 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 Juan shot Sean through the head, forcing Finley to hide behind cover himself. 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. He headed over to Dave and picked him, slinging him over his shoulder. By the time he arrived in the main square, Finley and Talia had disappeared. Juan decided to take Dave to another of his bases, Gaptooth Breach, an abandoned mine. He tortured Dave for days, Juan burned him, beat him around, cut him and even removed his eye - mostly for information, but also partly because he saw Dave as betraying him all those years ago. Dave never fought back though, which irritated Juan. Due to the fact he was well aware where their camp was by now, he went there himself to kill Finley, Talia and Ali. When he arrived though, only Talia was still there, and he headed in to capture her. She was drinking, and staring into space, so she wasn't aware of him and he managed to knock her down and tie her up with minimal resistance. He threw her on the back of his horse and took her back to Gaptooth Breach, where she was thrown down next to Dave. Now, his plan was to use them as bargaining chips. He just had to find a way to send a message to Ali.

## 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 as his wife, Maria, didn't like that he had her captured. 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 told Juan that Finley had arrived, with reinforcements this time, and that they were taking out most of their men - and they had killed Maria. Panicking, Juan took Dave and left through a secret exit in the Mine, dropping his knife in the process. Juan carried Dave to his horse and strapped him to the back, and rode off, leaving his men to fight Finley, Ali and Hamza, who had arrived to get back Dave and Talia. From behind them though, gunshots wizzed past. Juan turned and Finley was riding after him, Talia on the back of his horse. Juan started firing shots behind him at them, not hitting any due to the speed of the horses and the uneven terrain of New Austin. Finley killed of one of Juan's men and stole his horse, leaving to Talia split away from him, riding Finley's horse, 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 man arrived again and this time tackled Finley to the ground, giving Juan enough time to flee into the nearby tall grass and escape. He darted behind a tree and watched as Finley untied Dave and the two of them began stalking him through the tall grass. Night fell, and Juan kept firing them at them with his rifle, missing with shaking hands.

As they got closer, Juan fled further down to Mercer Station where he ordered the next train to be quicker so he could escape on it. He hid in a house there, upset that his wife had been killed. Suddenly, he felt a twang of regret for doing what he did to Isaac, but regret wasn't going to save him. He saw through a window that Finley was approaching the house, guns drawn, and Juan waited until he got close to the door. He bashed it open and tackled Finley to the ground, strangling him. He commented that he had already killed one Morgan, so killing another wouldn't bother him. Suddenly, a bullet hit him in the side of the chest and Finley rolled him off. Juan looked up to see Talia standing on the ridge above them, a rifle in hand. She waved at him and he realised that he had been killed the same way he killed Isaac. Finley aimed a gun at him and asked where Micah was, and Juan told him that he was with Colm. Not wanting to live much longer, Juan made a jab about Finley doing his 'weak father some justice' and killing him. Talia and Dave headed down the ridge to meet him, and instead, they left Juan to bleed out. His blood staining the sand as Isaac's did the snow.

## Trivia

* Although becoming a member of the Gang before, Juan's first on-screen appearance is in the Finale, where he betrays Isaac by siding with Micah.
	+ Additionally, the way Juan dies is an exact Mirror of how he kills Micah; Micah and Isaac were Fighting, and Juan shoots Isaac. Finley and Juan were fighting, and Talia shoots Juan.
* Juan has 387 confirmed, canon kills, including Isaac Morgan and Sean McGuire.