Charles Smith

## Description

Charles Smith Is An Native American Born To A Black Father And Indian Mother. He Lived With His Family Until His Mother Was Taken And His Father Fell Into Alcoholism. At Some Point Before 1899, Charles Joined The Van Der Linde Gang And Become One Of The New Members Of The Gang.

## During The Gang's Last Year

After The Failed Ferry Robbery And The Gang Take Shelter At Colter, Charles Lends Arthur His Horse Before Getting The Rest Of The Horses Inside.

A Few Days Later, Charles Convinces Arthur To Go With Him To Find Food For The Gang And Teaches Arthur How To Use A Bow Before They Find Two Deer. On The Way Back To Camp, Charles And Arthur Remain Out Of Sight From A Bear Before Continuing Back To Camp.

Charles Later Participates In Robbing Leviticus Cornwall's Train Along With The Rest Of The Gang.

Weeks Later, Charles Is In The Saloon In Valentine When A Fight Begins And Later Cheers Arthur On During The Brawl With Tommy. Charles Later Leaves With Josiah Trelawny And Javier To Investigate Blackwater After Learning Sean Macquire Is Alive.

Charles Aids In Rescuing Sean From Bounty Hunters Along With Arthur And Javier.

Sometime Later, Charles Later Joins Arthur, John, And Sean To Rob A Train In Scarlett Meadows. He Deals With The Engineer While Arthur And John Clear Out The Train.

After Learning They Can No Longer Stay In Valentine, Charles Is Sent With Arthur To Investigate Dewberry Creek But Find A Better Camp After Helping A German Family Find Their Father. During This, Charles Learns Why Arthur Distrusted John.

After The Gang Settle In Camp, Charles Joins Uncle Raid Along With Arthur And Bill And Survives The Job After Things Get Complicated When Reinforcements Arrive And Bill Slips Up.

Charles And Arthur Are Later Sent To Locate Trelawny And Learn More About The Bounty Hunters After Them. Charles Saves Arthur When He Is Caught By A Bounty Hunter Before They Eliminate The Rest Of The Bounty Hunters.

After The Braithwaites Betray The Gang And Kidnap Jack Marston, Charles Participates In The Assault Along With The Gang. After Settling In Saint Denis, Charles Participates In The Doomed Saint Denis Bank Robbery And Allows The Gang To Escape By Distracting The Guards.

After All The Gang Are Reunited, Charles Revealed He And Sadie Kept The Gang Together After Everything Happened And Robbed Hosea And Lenny's Bodies From The Morgue.

Charles Later Accompanies Arthur The Following Morning To Take Over Beaver Hollow For The Gang To Use As A Hideout.

A Few Days Later, Charles Introduces Dutch To Eagle Flies And Reveals The Indians' Horses Have Been Stolen By The Army. Reluctantly, Charles And Arthur Join On The Raid And Get The Horses Back.

Charles Is Sent Along With Arthur To Rescue Eagle Flies After He Is Captured By The Army Because Of Dutch. Charles Learns Arthur Is Terminally Ill And Is On Borrowed Time. The Indian Outlaw Assures Arthur He Still Has Time To Make Things Better. Charles Takes Eagle Flies Back To His Father After They Rescue Him.

Not Long After, Charles Convinces Arthur To Join Him And Rains Fall In A Meeting With Colonel Favours To Negotiate. After Negotiations Go Poorly, Charles And Arthur Save The US Captain, That Had Been Helping Them, From Being Executed By Colonel Favours.

Charles Later Participates In The Assault On Cornwall Kerosene And Tar And Fights Alongside Arthur And Eagle Flies. After Sending Eagle Flies Back To Wapiti Indian Reservation And Witnessing The Prince's Last Moments, Charles Leaves The Gang And Says Goodbye To Arthur Before Helping The Tribe Pack Up.

Charles Later Returns To Roanoke Ridge And Beaver Hollow After Learning Of Arthur's Death And Buries Him And Susan Grimshaw.

## 1907

Eight Years After The Gang Has Been Disbanded, Charles Reunites With John And Uncle In Saint Denis Before Participating In A Competition. Once The Fight Is Over, Charles And John Fight Their Way Out Of The City After They Are Discovered By Guido Martelli's Faction.

After John Purchases Some Lumber, Charles Along With Two Hired Guns Escort The Wagons To Manzanita Post To Buy Some Tools To Build John's House At Beecher's Hope. The Group Soon Find Themselves In A Fight With A Local Cult Called The Skinner Brothers And Lose One Of The Hired Guns Before Finding His Dead Body. After Arriving At Beecher's Hope And Dropping The Wood Off, Charles Heads Off To Blackwater To Bury Him.

After Building The House, Charles Celebrates Alongside John And Uncle And Pass Out After Getting Drunk. When They Awaken, Charles Discovers Uncle Has Been Kidnapped And Is Joined By John To Get Him Back. When Charles And John Get Uncle Back To The Ranch, Charles Reassures John That He And His Family Will Be Safe.

After Learning Micah's Location, Charles Rides With John And Sadie To Find Him And Kill The Traitor. However, Charles Is Shot In The Shoulder By A Sniper And Stays Behind While John And Sadie Continue On. Charles Saves Sadie Soon After She Is Stabbed By One Of Micah's Men.

After Returning To The Ranch, Charles Celebrates John And Abigail's Wedding Before Leaving For Canada.

## Personality

Charles Is Known To Be A Quiet And Reserved Person And Finds The Silence Calming. During A Campfire Conversation, Charles Reveals He Feels Directionless And Believes He Was Born To Suffer.

## Appearance

Charles Is A Muscular Man With Dark Skin And Long Flowing Black Hair.

## Weapons And Gear

Charles Has A Variety Of Tools That Aid In His Survival.

* ***Customized Sawed-Off Shotgun*** - A Custom Handheld Shotgun Used Effectively In The Hands Of Charles Smith During Combat.

* ***Bow*** - Growing Up In The Indian Ways, Charles Uses A Bow To Silently Kill Animals For Hunting Or Stealthily Killing Guards During Covert Missions.

* ***Throwing Knives*** - A Pack Of Throwing Knives, Charles Uses These To Swiftly Deal With Enemies And Even Saved Arthur Morgan With One Of These Knives.