[Sorry, didn't realize that this post would be so long]
Name : John Sandow
Species : Gila Monster
Age : 24
Appearance : very tall and very muscular. Back east he will usually dress in one of his strong man outfits when he's going to perform, or when he's not in casual wear or a casual suit. While traveling in the western areas he tends to wear very casual wear, not seeing the need for the casual suit that he'd usually wear in the eastern cities, though he does bring a change of clothes, for occasions where he may want or need to wear such things.
For personal weapons he has a Gatling pistol with a clip to feed the bullets instead of having to always have a belt fed bullets, though it could take those. It is a .30 caliber pistol. It doesn't need to be cranked. He also has a large knife at times.
He also has some fingerless gloves that have 3 layers, soft for wearing next to his skin, chain-mail for protection for the second layer and topped with regular leather. His boots are steel toe. He also has a pair of gloves more like metal gauntlets, but seldom wears these.
One of his many strong man tricks is to use a modified gatling gun, holding it in one hand and cranking it with the other, instead of using a stand. Though with this accuracy is practically zero. It's meant for a strong man display, not a personal weapon. This is often kept in a wagon, or on his strong man equipment area along with some other things he has for his strong man stunts. When moving with the circus he takes all of it with him.
Occupation : Strong Man
Personality : For being a large person he is a nice laid back fellow, instead of a natural bully. He is strong willed but quiet about it and hard, if not impossible to be intimidated. Some may refer to him as gentle giant, though he can get mad. He has a good head for business also.
Brief Bio : He noticed he was stronger then other kids his age & started to lift heavy things and do other things to build up his strength. He also often would stand up for those who would bully smaller folks, getting to where he could lift and throw most others. He also started doing shows for fun to show off his strength, working on some exercises to build his strength. After taking a job as a body guard for extra money did such a good job of it that the person had a custom pistol made that he calls a gatling pistol made for John.
A passing person putting together a circus saw one of his shows and recruited him. He saved his money, living as a near pauper as an older teen and put some money into the circus. Later this circus merged with another one to form a larger circus thus making him part owner of this circus also. Thus he gets money not from just being a strong man but also part owner of a circus. This merged circus often travels by train so they can stay longer in large cities. He is still saving most of his money since he has a goal to buy 1 or more buildings in the city where the circus winters so he can have it be a museum to circus history with perhaps a nearby building where some circus folks can put on a show now and then and maybe an apartment for circus folks to live in. He has a decent amount of money coming in since he has made some smart investments. He only performs as a strong man part of the year since when the circus merged the other one had a strong man also who didn't mind and suggested that they could take turns, taking half the tour to do strong man shows and the other half back with their family that doesn't go with them by circus. Having several sources of money he suggested to the other strong man that he personally would do 4 or 5 months and the other strong man can take the rest of the months to perform since he is not married and has less need for money, playing down he had several sources of money then just performing.
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Name : Jack A. Worthington
Species : Coral Snake
Age : 22
Appearance : has the usual coral snake coloration, and easily mistaken for a milk snake by those who don't know the difference that as a north American snake that if red touches yellow, as it does on him, is a sign he is a poisonous snake. He wears a hat, depending on the area it is either a bowler or a more stereotypical hat, depending what most others are wearing in the area he goes to.
He has several custom made guns. one is similar to Rattlesnake Jake's gun. Another has fewer cylinders but has a barrel for higher accuracy. Though he still has his full tail so it doesn't look exactly like Rattlesnake Jake's, (since his tail comes to an abrupt end and has no real tip) & he uses the very end of his tail to pull the trigger.
Occupation : sharpshooter
Personality : Not afraid to speak his mind. Strong willed and not as quiet about it, but knows when it is best to speak his mind. Isn't afraid to use his fangs in combat.
Brief Bio : Was out traveling with his family and when they were attacked by bandits he picked up a rifle dropped by someone who had been shot and though not made for someone using a tail to shot did manage to aim it and pull the trigger with the tip of his tail. This showed him he was a crack shot and his family encouraged him to develop his skill. He started doing a sharpshooter skill with his father as his manager. With the money he made he put some aside to have a gun designed for a snake made, then another one so he'd have 2 types. They later agreed to join a circus. He later met John Sandow when the 2 circuses merged. He was surprised that a strong man was also part owner of the other circus and with the merging of this one also.
