Robert LeBeef

## Early Life

Robert was born in San Luis Obispo, California 1873. Around the time of his birth, Robert was abandoned at the steps of the Spanish Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa, where he would spend his youth to young adult hood in the care of the nuns and priests that tend to the Mission. He would spend much of his youth doing chores and other tasks around the mission as well as learn basic academic skills such as basic math, reading, and writing. At one point, when he was tasked to clean the Padre's living quarters, he stumbled upon his revolver tucked in the back of a closet. Robert then brought the revolver to a more secluded area outside the Mission grounds, and was attempting to shoot at a tree. After being able to fire the gun once, he dropped it out of his hand, in shock at the load bang, and began to run off back to the Mission in fear. Once he returned he found the Padre whos, revolver it belonged to, and told him what he did. They both go to the spot to where Robert had dropped the gun to retrieve it. But instead of immediately returning back, the Padre tells Robert to pick the gun back up and started showing him how to properly hold it and fire it. After practicing until there was no more ammo left. After that, the Padre told Robert that he was to never again to use his revolver and to go into the near by town to purchase more ammunition to replace what was used. Going against the Padre's wishes Robert would continue to sneak the revolver from the Padre's quarters and go to the same place outside of the Mission grounds to practice more and more. Eventually, the Padre had discovered what he had been doing behind his back and confronted Robert about it. Robert admitted to this and received a punishment sought fit by the Padre. After, in an attempt to keep Robert from continuing his practices, he was told to take the revolver to town and sell it to the gunsmith. Robert obeyed and began to make his way to the town to sell the gun. On the way Robert came across a few men who were shooting bottles on a fence and making bets in between each shots. Robert approached them wanting to participate, with nothing to offer as a bet, he bet the revolver he was to sell. After a few rounds of bets, Robert was able to keep the revolver and make more than enough money that he would have gotten if he had sold the gun. Robert then hid the revolver outside of the Mission where he knew where he would find it again and give the money to the Padre with the lie that he sold the gun in town. Robert would continue to use the revolver to make bets with other travelling gunslingers and rustlers when ever he was heading into town.

## Going to Odessa

When Robert had turned 18, he was no longer allowed to stay at the Mission and was given $10 to help him start to find his own way outside of the Mission grounds. Robert retrieved his revolver from his hidden spot and wondered around California to find work where ever he could find it. One day, Robert wondered into a saloon and decided to stay the night. As the day was ending he met a Woman named Vanessa. Vanessa and Robert spent hours talking to each other, well in the evening. Robert began telling her that he doesn't have anything steady for work and Vanessa brought up how the work and clients in California are starting to wither and its getting harder for her to make a living. She told Robert about more parlors and saloons opening in the near by state of Odessa. Vanessa also stated that this would be her last night in California and she will make her way to Odessa in the morning. They both stayed up nearly the whole night talking and enjoying each others company. Come morning, Vanessa had took the train, and Robert stayed at that saloon for nearly the entire day. He finally made a choice to go find her in Odessa. But Robert could not afford a train ticket, he had to find other means to get to Odessa. Robert started on foot and eventually came across a generous caravan that would take him to as far as BlackWater in Odessa. Going from town to town Robert eventually found Vanessa working nights at a saloon in Valentine. After reuniting, Robert and Vanessa seemed inseparable and in love. Time went by and Vanessa and Robert decided to settle down and get a real home. They had made enough to by a small log home outside of Valentine where their lives started to see regular and routine. Vanessa and Robert decided to have a baby together. When Vanessa was in labor, there were already signs of troubling complications with the process. Vanessa died while giving birth to Sophie, a name that they both agreed on if the child born was to be a girl.

## Robert to Bobby

Nearly eight years have passed since the death of Vanessa, during that time it has always been just Robert and Sophie. Robert was much more desperate for work taking on more than he can handle with multiple jobs and his side hustle of entertaining new visitors to Valentine with his extraordinary aim with a sidearm. During this time the health of Sophie began to deteriorate without explanation. After nearly spending all that they had to get Sophie the best help to figure out and hopefully help with this new immune suppressing condition. Robert started to do some small petty crimes around Valentine, such as stealing food and yards of fabric. Robert began to formulate a better alternative to what he was doing in valentine. He would begin to take on the nickname he was given growing up in the Mission to commit more volant crimes to pay for the increasing treatments that Sophie required to stay alive, in the hopes that if he was arrested for his crimes, it would not come back to harm Sophie. Bobby began doing small highway robberies, one of his first victims would be later known as Leila Clay who would immediately identify Bobby to the Strawberry sheriffs office. After being able to make quick money for Sophie's treatment, Bobby was later discovered by the sheriff of Strawberry and immediately apprehended after a brief chase and desperate duel by the waterfall in Strawberry. Later, after Bobby was treated for his wounds after losing the duel with Sheriff Hoop. he was asked to walk himself back to the jail house while being chaperoned by the law. Bobby was nearly by the jailhouse, when a distracting person came to discuss other matters with the law, Bobby saw this opportunity to flee. Bobby had escaped custody and continued to stay away from Strawberry out of fear of being arrested for a much longer sentence.

With a new perspective on the situation that he had found himself in, Bobby could not see any other way out of his financial troubles other than to continue preying on the traveling people of Odessa. One day, Bobby had came across a friendly hunter who stopped to talk to Bobby. After a few quips back and forth, Bobby drew a gun on the hunter and demanded all the contents he had in his pockets. This didn't go as hoped, when a passerby on a horse drew on Bobby for aiming his gun at the hunter. Bobby shot down the passerby mean while the hunter attempted to flee to the nearest town. Bobby seeing this after dispatching of the passerby, began to chase after the hunter on horse back. It was clear that catching up would be futile. Bobby desperately tried to get the hunter to stop by firing off a few round, but one would unfortunately clip the hunter in his shoulder. The hunter crumbled off the back of his horse and fell to the ground. Bobby in a state of shock, picked the hunter up and attempted to bring him back to Strawberry to find medical help for the hunter. Upon entering Strawberry, the regular doctor was no where to be found. The only person in town at the time was a man names Charles Hudson, who knew of Bobby's past misadventures and criminal history. Bobby begged Charles to help the hunter to which he agreed to do his best. At this time while Charles was busy with the Hunter, Bobby fled. Fleeing with his all that he has in life flashing before his eyes, he could think as he just continued to ride West not knowing where the road will take him.

## The Del lobos

After riding for a full day, Bobby found himself in the nearly Cholera filled town of Armadillo. Once he got to Armadillo, Bobby decided with a dollar of his ill gotten gains, he would buy himself a new outfit to better hid himself from those who might look for him. After leaving the tailors, he was greeted with two men waiting for him outside in the street. It was Coyote and Asesino, Bobby had no clue as to who these heavily armed men were and attempted to walk past them. Taking offence to Bobby's ignoring them, they stopped and began to verbally challenge Bobby in an attempt to intimidate. Bobby did not give any indication of fear from this. The two Del Lobos were impressed by Bobby's courage and asked him for the reason for him being around Armadillo. After hearing Bobby's financial constraints, they offered Bobby an opportunity to accompany them back to BlackWater to rob the bank there. Bobby agreed seeing that he could possibly make a grand sum of money to hep his daughter with treatments. The three made plans just outside of BlackWater and it was all agreed that Bobby would go in and hold the bank up while Coyote and Asesino would guard the outside. Once loud alarms began to ring, the tow seem to immediately be filled with law form various towns in an attempt to stop the robbery. Once the bonds were collected, Bobby and Coyote fled towards the construction site in town. Coyote and Bobby were able to escape, but did not know the fate of Asesino. They continued with the plan of meeting in ThievesLanding should anyone be separated. Upon getting there, they see Asesino had been there for some time. After the bonds were split around the three of them, Coyote told Bobby that he is invited to TumbleWeed to meet their leader El Cascabel for more opportunities to make money.

Bobby with not many options agreed to meet the Del Lobos. Bobby was told that they would have an important meeting with a reporter who went by Emily, in Armadillo. Once in Armadillo, Bobby was introduced to all the Del lobos present there and was asked to share a drink and if need be guard and act as security to the Del Lobos while they were busy with this meeting. Later as the meeting continued, People that Bobby had recognized from Strawberry showed up and were looking around the town. Once one of them noticed that the Del Lobos were in the area, He fled back to Strawberry to inform the law of the Del Lobos location. Once it was obvious that the reason for the people leaving Armadillo is to retrieve law to attack the Del Lobos, the meeting with Emily was cut drastically short and orders to take on positions to hold down the town in preparation for the inevitable fight that would ensue. Bobby was ordered to stay with Emily n the towns saloon and make sure no harm comes to her. After minutes of waiting, the law arrived to town and began sweeping the streets to find the Del Lobos. Immediately the saloon was surrounded with armed lawmen with clear intent to take down any opposing forces they come across. Fearing for Emily's life, Bobby guided her to behind the bar, as soon as she got behind cover gunfire range in every direction. Two lawmen attempted to shoot down Bobby and Emily but were dispatched by Bobby. Once the saloon seemed clear, Bobby guided Emily through the back door and towards the horse pens where they were keeping their horses. Emily had not brought a horse with her, so Bobby gave her his horse to escape the area. Emily agreed and fled. After she had left, Bobby turned his attention to the fight that was going on in Armadillo. after much of the gunfight, all the Del Lobos had been shot down along with most of the law with the exception of Sheriff Hoop. Sheriff Hoop had begun carrying those who were injured to a place to get treated, when Bobby came out to confront the sheriff. while holding one of the Del Lobos the sheriff started firing at Bobby, it was met with a back and forth gunfight that ended with the Sheriff being shot down. Bobby started to find all the Del Lobos that had been gunned down and getting them treatment. During which Sheriff hoop had IDed Bobby and swore that he was now irredeemable and part of the Del Lobos.