Elizabeth Fisherton

Elizabeth is a woman of few words. Even when she was in gang, she was quiet, preferring the company of the horses. She would often be found brushing the horses or sneaking them treats when no one was looking. When asked, she would always reply that when she was with the first gang, the horses were the only ones that didn't treat her differently and would listen to her. The gang leader took pity and gave her a horse that he had caught, a gray Kentucky Saddler that she named Trigger. Trigger was the reason she was so stubborn, as he kept throwing her off his back and she refused to give up on him. Trigger eventually became comfortable with Elizabeth. She trained him to return to the gang from where ever the pair was. This was how she was reunited with her loyal horse after she had been arrested.

Having needed a faster horse for bounty hunting, Elizabeth bought another Kentucky Saddler she named Justice. Justice was as loyal as Trigger, and although the two seemed to dislike each other when tied up next to each other at camp, the two horses eventually began to tolerate each other. That was enough for Elizabeth to be happy, having been tired of being woken up by Trigger trying to kick Justice away from him and Justice doing the same. Justice was happy to be on her own by the camp, usually found having escaped her halter and eating the nearby grass.

Elizabeth was born into a family with two older brothers and one older sister. Her mother died when Elizabeth was very young from complications due to childbirth that weren't discovered until years later. Elizabeth's siblings always blamed her for their mother's death and would ignore her. Elizabeth learned to do everything by herself since her siblings ignored her and her father was always too busy gambling away their money. When Elizabeth was old enough to understand what was happening with her father, she began to push him to go out and work instead of gambling and using his winnings for alcohol. After years of pestering, Elizabeth was taken by men that she recognized as people her father often played poker with.

Elizabeth swore that her entire family would never hear from her again after her father turned his back on her, leaving her to plead and cry as she was dragged away from her family home. She was given clothes that were too big for her and put to work doing the jobs no one at the camp wanted to do such as cleaning the animals, cleaning, cooking, etc. Elizabeth never said anything against the gang as they would just add more chores onto her list and expect them to be done before she went to bed every night.

When Elizabeth was 14, she fled the gang, stealing one of the horses and fled into Valentine, a nearby town. She let the horse go and found somewhere to hide until they left. Once the gang realized she was gone, they went after her, but couldn't find her despite finding the horse. Once they were gone, Elizabeth left her hiding place and bumped into the leader of a rival gang. The gang leader took her in and taught her everything he knew about survival and taught her how to defend herself. The leader's right-hand man taught her how to read and write, something both her father and her old captures didn't do.

When Elizabeth was old enough, she began to travel on the horse that the gang leader gave her. Having been quiet and a new face to the town, it didn't take long for a recent murder to be blamed on her. She was arrested and sent to Sisika Penitentiary where she was freed and repaid her freedom by avenging the employer's husband. She became a bounty hunter and would keep the police off the backs of the old gang she ran with, occassionally running into them in her travels and spending a night or two with them to catch up. While she always remained loyal to that gang, she enjoyed her freedom.