(http://file.walagata.com/w/frida_d/Elliquiy/Sam.jpg)<br/><br/><strong>Name:</strong>Sam Markham<br/><br/><strong>Gender:</strong>Male<br/><br/><strong>Position:</strong>Court Certified Bounty Hunter<br/><br/><strong>Location:</strong>Sam tends to hang around in or near the saloons and brothels of each town on his circuit as those he’s after tend to frequent such establishments.<br/><br/><strong>Age:</strong>34 years old<br/><br/><strong>Personality:</strong>Sam tends to be a quiet spoken man.  When dealing with the felons he’s after he’s deadly serious.  When he’s with a woman he likes and respects he tends to be more flirtatious and tender more times than many may expect of him.<br/><br/><strong>Weapon of Choice:</strong>Colt 45 revolver and a Sharps .45-90 long rifle<br/><br/><strong>Description:</strong>Sam’s an average looking man with no physical features that would cause him any notoriety.  He’s a few scars from gunshot wounds he took as a Texas Ranger but none are visible with his clothes on.<br/><br/><strong>Background:</strong>Sam was in the U.S. Cavalry for a couple enlistment periods, was a marshal in a few notable towns in Kansas and elsewhere before becoming a Texas Ranger.  He was retired as a Ranger due to the severity of his wounds from an ambush from which he was the only survivor.  He worked hard to recover and brought himself back into better shape than he’d been in as a Ranger from shear stubbornness.  Sam is a crack shot with his long rifle. He was trained as a sniper in the army.  With a Colt in his holster he’s deadly fast.  He’s never married, though he’s known some women.  His family is fairly scattered across the West as the Homestead Act motivated them to seek better lives where the land was cheap and clean.  He’s new to this circuit.  He came down from the 6th circuit with the Chief Judge who is a childhood friend and an equally stubborn but fair man.  The Judge had hired him as the lead apprehension officer in that circuit.  Very few men that Sam set out to bring back escaped that fate or worse.  The courts tended to reward life capture more generously than bringing them back dead so Sam had become a master at bringing them back alive. This is his first trip through the Oasis area and he’s intending to stay long enough to get to know the town and it’s people before he moves on to the next town.