James Bronson

Name James "Doc" Bronson Born Role Doctor Group PCs Status PC (Active)

AKA "Doc"

Actor: Charles Bronson

Details

Background

• Was born somewhere in the east to a upper middleclass family.
• For reasons TBD, family moved West when he was a teen.
• Parents wanted him to go to have a proper education and he went to medical school
• Mom or dad or both were killed by bad people that were trying to extort his family
• Doc goes on killing spree a la "Punisher" and kills most of the bad guys earning him the nickname "The Butcher of xxx"
• The marshal assigned to the area captures Doc and gives him a chance to capture the rest of the gang legally
• Doc becomes a deputy marshal and turns a new leaf to capture the remaining bandidos
• Doc becomes a respected lawman for several years; overlapping time of civil war
• Meets a nice Mexican girl and they get married, have 1 kid
• Job is too hazardous, bad guys he puts in jail threaten his family
• Doc feels he has too much to lose and decides to retire as lawman and put his education to use and become a doctor
• ## Sep 1876: He opens up or takes over a small clinic in another town away from the bad guys
• Builds up successful business and gains reputation as doctor (Healer 3); not many people remember he was once the "butcher"