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|Name = Lone Buffalo | |Name = Lone Buffalo | ||
| − | | | + | |Born = 1800 (77) |
|Role = Resident | |Role = Resident | ||
|Group = [[:Category:Babylon|Babylon]] | |Group = [[:Category:Babylon|Babylon]] | ||
| − | |Status = | + | |Status = NPC (Active) |
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<p>Actor: [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0313381/?ref_=tt_cl_t_3 Chief Dan George], ref: ''Outlaw Josey Wales''</p> | <p>Actor: [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0313381/?ref_=tt_cl_t_3 Chief Dan George], ref: ''Outlaw Josey Wales''</p> | ||
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=Tropes= | =Tropes= | ||
| + | [https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CoolOldGuy Cool Old Guy]; [https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Cuckoosnarker Cuckoosnarker]; [https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MagicalNegro Magical Negro]: Native American variant | ||
=Details= | =Details= | ||
| + | <p>By all accounts—mostly ''his''—Lone Buffalo has lived in the same half-buried sod-house upstream of the town some distance since the turn of the century, well before the white-man started digging holes here. If you get him started (often by buying him a drink) he will go on and on about his many wives, and adventures, and tricks he's pulled off. He is a stranger to the local Utes; when asked, he's named a number of tribes he belongs to which folks are pretty certain he's made up on the spot. He'll appear out of nowhere to try to pass off some rock he found on the road as some valuable ancient relic, or pass along some cryptic ancient wisdom, and when someone's looking for him, he's nowhere to be found. He talks to animals as if they're friendly people—even ones he probably shouldn't Sometimes, though, he shows up when he's needed: He's been able to help some sick folk when white doctors couldn't, and some credit his wisdom for turning their lives around. [[Ezekiel Clayton|Rev Clayton]] warns against following his heathen ways, but Lone's not around enough to be considered "competition."</p> | ||
| + | <p>When Chipeta recently came to [[:Category:Babylon|Babylon]] for help, Lone Buffalo turned up to act as her translator. It was he who pointed out that her tongue was cut out, not by the [[:Category:McCastle Gang|McCastles]], but as part of a shamanic ritual. He said the assault against her was a bad omen, and after Papa McCastle's trial and execution, he disappeared for a few months. Since then, he showed up once or twice at [[Chantilly Darnell|Tilly's]] brothel, where Chipeta was laying low, to check on her and bring her some supplies.<!-- He was not present at the Reprisal Raid—surprising no one—though he was spotted a week later sneaking into the cemetery to perform what he would later describe as a "cleansing ritual" to "ward off evil spirits." About the raid and the McCastles, he would only say that "The universe has a way of balancing itself out." [[Bill Hatcher|Marshal Hacher]] and his men, since they arrived, have gone to great effort to make Lone Buffalo feel unwelcome in town; he pretends not to be able to speak English around them, on the rare occasions he comes to town at all.--></p> | ||
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| + | ===Contact=== | ||
| + | Category: Cultural/Ethnic (Native), Religious (Native)<br> | ||
| + | Core Skill: Philosophy (Native)-15 | ||
=Traits= | =Traits= | ||
| + | Indigenous tribes & lore expert; Speaks several local tribal languages; Esoteric medicine expert; Expert naturalist; Expert hunter; Keeps out of other peoples' business; Prankster | ||
=Notes= | =Notes= | ||
[[Category:Old West-The Debt]][[Category:Personalities (OWTD)]][[Category:Babylon]] | [[Category:Old West-The Debt]][[Category:Personalities (OWTD)]][[Category:Babylon]] | ||
Latest revision as of 04:08, 7 December 2024
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Actor: Chief Dan George, ref: Outlaw Josey Wales
Concept
Enigmatic Naturist & Philosopher
Tropes
Cool Old Guy; Cuckoosnarker; Magical Negro: Native American variant
Details
By all accounts—mostly his—Lone Buffalo has lived in the same half-buried sod-house upstream of the town some distance since the turn of the century, well before the white-man started digging holes here. If you get him started (often by buying him a drink) he will go on and on about his many wives, and adventures, and tricks he's pulled off. He is a stranger to the local Utes; when asked, he's named a number of tribes he belongs to which folks are pretty certain he's made up on the spot. He'll appear out of nowhere to try to pass off some rock he found on the road as some valuable ancient relic, or pass along some cryptic ancient wisdom, and when someone's looking for him, he's nowhere to be found. He talks to animals as if they're friendly people—even ones he probably shouldn't Sometimes, though, he shows up when he's needed: He's been able to help some sick folk when white doctors couldn't, and some credit his wisdom for turning their lives around. Rev Clayton warns against following his heathen ways, but Lone's not around enough to be considered "competition."
When Chipeta recently came to Babylon for help, Lone Buffalo turned up to act as her translator. It was he who pointed out that her tongue was cut out, not by the McCastles, but as part of a shamanic ritual. He said the assault against her was a bad omen, and after Papa McCastle's trial and execution, he disappeared for a few months. Since then, he showed up once or twice at Tilly's brothel, where Chipeta was laying low, to check on her and bring her some supplies.
Contact
Category: Cultural/Ethnic (Native), Religious (Native)
Core Skill: Philosophy (Native)-15
Traits
Indigenous tribes & lore expert; Speaks several local tribal languages; Esoteric medicine expert; Expert naturalist; Expert hunter; Keeps out of other peoples' business; Prankster
