Andrew Morgan

Andrew Morgan is a minor character in the Morgan Universe. Being mentioned in both Isaac and Finley's Series, he appears as a supporting character in the Prequel Series. Andrew is the Father of both Isaac and Talia, and is the reason for their meeting. An Englishman with a passion for people, Andrew owns a very successful shop in Saint Denis that places him amongst the highest in the city. However, his past with both women and alcoholism doom him and his family as he places them in great difficulty when his shady business ventures overshadow his children's need for a Father.

## Backstory

Andrew was born in Norwich, England to a relatively poor family. His father owned a very small corner shop in the city and Andrew spent most of his childhood there, hoping to one day to take it over. In his late teens, his Father died and Andrew turned to drinking. He began seeing life through the bottom of a bottle, and through to his adulthood he turned his attention to women instead. He treated like objects, and due to the fact he was relatively good looking, they let him. That was until he got one of them pregnant. He was forced to move out by his Mother and marry this girl, meaning he also had to take over his late Father's store to help support her. He did, and grew to love her. 10 years later they lived together in a small house, and had a son - Isaac. The shop was doing quite well, and Andrew was offered an even better shop location and business opportunity in America. He initially refused, but Isaac's Mother was thrilled at the idea and convinced him to go, saying that they would come with him to seek a new life in America. The family sold the shop and their house for passage to America and set off. Though the journey wasn't long, it was long enough for both Isaac and his Mother to fall terribly ill. Where Isaac pulled through, his Mother didn't and died on the journey to America. They buried her in America soil and Andrew set off, a lone father in a strange new world.

Although his new shop was in a prime location within a fairly popular industrial city - Saint Denis - and Isaac was helping around, Andrew felt incredibly alone and helpless. He frequently blew his money on drink and money in the Saloons in the city, and due to his recklessness, he Fathered more children he had no idea about. In 1877 he met Jessica Brookes, an artist in the poorer area of Saint Denis and entered a casual relationship with her. Once again, he got her pregnant and she was one of the only woman to actively seek him out once their baby, a girl that she had named Talia after her mother, arrived. Initially, Andrew wanted nothing to do with the baby as he didn't have enough money to fund another child on top of himself, Isaac and the shop. Jessica insisted that Andrew figure out a way to help pay towards raising Talia and he decided he needed to find funding elsewhere. He entered Moonshining, a dangerous but rewarding business. He started construction on a Shack that had an Underground bar, and he quickly gathered revenue by creating the Moonshine and having runners distribute it. He placed Isaac in charge of the Shack and things quickly picked up. Both his Moonshine business and his shop quickly picked up, and Andrew began earning a lot of money. A lot of money that he blew on drinks and women.

## Prequel Series

16 years later, Andrew was a well known and respected businessman within the city, though he was now extremely overweight and drank alcohol more than he did water. He and Isaac were heading through Saint Denis at night when they were stopped in a back street by a girl with a gun. She had a mask up, and braided blonde hair but Andrew had photos of Talia and straight away recognised her. Isaac had his hand on his revolver, ready to shoot, but Andrew convinced both of them to lower their guns and introduced the siblings. They were both amazed of eachother's existence and Andrew walked ahead while his children followed behind him, talking. Talia told them she had taken up robbing rich men in the city in order for her and her mother to stay alive as her Mother wasn't fit enough to work. However, Isaac pointed out that she had little control over the gun and promised to teach her. Andrew hired Talia into the Moonshine business where she would be able to make a living and she helped Isaac on various missions.

He later on hired Dwight Grayson, a young man in the same position as Talia and sent the three of them to intercept a rival Moonshine shipment heading through Van Horn trading post. While there, they discovered an even bigger shipment that was supposed to be taken north to Canada. However, Andrew hired a boat and payed for the Moonshine to be transported down to Saint Denis where they could easily sell it. He had Talia and Isaac escort the payload and he headed back to Saint Denis on horseback. When he arrived back, he found his house in shambles and realised that it was being robbed by a rival Moonshine gang, the Lunar Drip. Andrew hid as the Gang ransacked the house and the gardens to find anything of value, and that's when Isaac and Talia arrived home. Isaac was about to enter the house when Andrew came out of cover to stop them. However, before he could warn them about what happened, he was shot in the side of the head by an unknown gunman. This caused Talia and Isaac to flee and was the event that set the rest of the story in motion.

## Trivia

* Andrew gained more and more weight with every passing episode, something which was representative of his growing greed.