<div class="floatright">(https://i.pinimg.com/236x/1a/91/2e/1a912eeb60b579948dea7d16467c402c.jpg)</div><span class="bbc_u">Last Chance</span><br/><br/>Before the great cataclysm known as the Apocalypse, Last Change was a tiny Hamlet set on the border between two great holds known as 'States.' One State did not allow drinking, fornication, or gambling; the other State did. So, the hamlet was the last chance to indulge in these sins.<br/><br/>The apocalypse destroyed the States and their great cities. Last Chance found itself beset by waves of refugees fleeing the apocalypse and bands of scavengers hunting the refuges. However, Last Change was an Oasis in a sea of misery. A place for those wishing for a few simple pleasures - sex, drinking, drugs, and gambling. The hamlet attracted those interested in the various joys and those willing to provide them.<br/><br/>A modicum of stability came to Last Chance when a band of raiders, the Devil Dogs, decided to base out of the town.<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u">Marshall</span><br/><br/>No one is quite sure of where Marshal comes from, and he doesn't talk about the time before he arrived in Last Chance.<br/><br/>The first thing people knew was a gunfight breaking out in the Devil Dog's headquarters - the small strip mall that contained the former police station and diner. The ensuing fight left the president and senior officer of the Devil Dogs dead.<br/><br/>It also left Marshal with a dilemma; leaving would have left Last Chance and its inhabitants at the mercy of the remaining Devil Dogs and other bands of raiders.<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u">A few bits</span><br/><ul class="bbc_list"><li>Those who have seen Marshal without his chest armor say that he has the scars from six bullet wounds - fatal for a mortal man.</li><li>Marshal carries a badge that is emblazoned - U.S. Marshal.</li><li>Marshal is rumored to have beaten and raped several of the Devil Dogs opposed to his taking over the town.</li><li>Marshal has PTSD (or something), occasionally waking from nightmares.</li></ul><br/><span class="bbc_u">The Day he Died</span><br/><br/>It hurt, he hurt. The pain was worse than anything Marshal had felt in his life. Briefly, he considered dying. Only when Marshal heard his wife's screams was the man able to crawl towards the crude sod house the two had built. Crawling into the house, he found that the screams were only in his mind. His wife was long dead. She had been tied to the table and repeatedly raped.<br/><br/>A pain of a different type blossomed in Marshal. The pain of loss. However, the pain was quickly replaced by another emotion - rage. Marshal was not a good person, not a nice man. He was a violent man in a brutal trade. However, she had brought out the best in him. More importantly, she could look past the surface and see the kinder, gentler person inside. That day, the kind, peaceful man died.<br/><br/>Marshal went where he had hidden his bike and gear, silently cursing the day he had let her talk him into putting away his equipment.<em>"Swords into plowshares,"</em>she had told him. Marshal left his homestead that fateful day with two missions - to kill those who had taken the one decent thing in his life, and to die. For better or worse, Marshal succeeded in getting his vengeance. However, he found another reason to live.<br/><br/><strong>Marshal's Wife - Dianah</strong><br/><br/>Dianah came to work at Scarlet's place early. She was a charity case, her parents couldn't afford to feed her. Scarlet put her to work in the kitchen. Dianah was not a beauty by any stretch of the imagination - tall and muscular from a life on the farm; dirty brown hair cropped short. Dianah was at the market one day when a couple of the Devil Dogs began hassling her. It was all good fun until the two of them decided to drag Dianah into the alley for a blowjob or maybe something more. Marshal never talked about it, but something trigger him. Marshal beat the snot out of the two Devil Dogs and sent Dianah back to the Hodin. After that, Marshal no longer slept with any of Scarlet's other girls. However, he kept a wary eye on Dianah.<br/><br/>Nobody quite understood what sparked between the plain kitchen wench and the at that time, tough as nails Gunlugger. However, the pair ran off one night to get free of the Last Chance.