The Butchers

The Butchers were a gang of outlaws that helped to raise Dave Johnson. A group of orphaned men that were shunned by society, the Butchers live within the forests of Roanoke Ridge and have several camps around the area. They can be categorised by the fact that they don't wear shirts, and although they are seen as merciless, the Butchers have rules that are enforced by their leader, Machete; Do not kill women, children or the innocent. They make their living stealing from the rich and killing those who truly deserve it, and they take in those desperate to find an escape from the cruel world around them.

### Notable Members:

* Machete † (Killed by Agent Ross)
* Hatchet † (Killed by George Clinton's men)
* Knife † (Killed in the Battle of Roanoke Ridge)
* Tomahawk † (Defected, Later killed by Dave Johnson and Talia Morgan)
* Hammer † (Defected, Executed by Dave Johnson)
* Dave Johnson
* Arrow † (Killed in the Battle of Roanoke Ridge)
* Cleaver † (Killed in the Battle of Roanoke Ridge)

### New Butchers (Lead by Tomahawk):

* Hatchet (Killed by Talia Morgan)
* Knife (Killed by Eddie Warden)
* Hammer (Killed by Ali Marquez)

The gang was started when Machete and Hatchet tried to rob eachother as teenagers. The two of them realised they were in similar predicaments, they decided to join together and formed The Butchers, which Machete agreed lead. Afterwards, they recruited Hammer and Knife, two cousins that had escaped their poor and rather large families to find a better life. Their latest recruit before Dave was Tomahawk, and The Butchers were a tightly knit gang of 5.

Before the events of The Butchers series, Tomahawk and Hammer were sent to Annesburg to steal shipments coming in via train. However, they spotted businessman George Clinton and his wife near the train station, talking. When they left, Hammer and Tomahawk approached the train when Mrs. Clinton came back, having left her purse, and spotted the two Butchers. Realising they had been caught, Hammer turned to run, leaving Tomahawk alone. Tomo=ahawk then slit Mrs. Clinton's throat - breaking a cardinal rule of The Butchers - and escaped on the train as it left. He watched as George returned to find his wife dead, and he called out in anger for a bounty to be put on their heads.

## The Butchers Series

News quickly spread of what happened in Annesburg, and Machete, Hatchet and Knife went hunting for Tomahawk and Hammer. They discovered that the train had been intercepted and Tomahawk had been captured by Bounty Hunters, and Hammer was on the run. From what they had gathered, Hammer killed Mrs. Clinton and ran, pinning the blame on Tomahawk. Due to believing that Hammer broke a rule and betrayed the Gang, the remaining Butchers hunted him down. However, in the midst of their search, they encountered Dave Johnson, a 16 year old boy from The Scarlet Meadows who had escaped his home. Although they originally capture him, Machete sends Hatchet and Knife to continue the search while he takes Dave back to their camp. Machete gets Dave food and some shelter when Hatchet arrives back to camp with Hammer tied up. He drops him in the camp and Machete prepares to execute him when he decides Dave should do it instead as initiation. He gives Dave a hammer, and watches as he kills the traitor with it. In the meantime, Knife locates Tomahawk and heads back to Camp to tell them of his whereabouts. Now a member down, the Butchers adopt Dave into the gang.