Hail to the King, Baby

Davy Crockett:
King of the Wild Frontier
(Storm Knight/Tracker)

by Rob Vaux and John Wick

Dexterity: 12 Fire Combat 15, Stealth: 15 Strength: 12 Toughness: 12 Perception: 14 Camouflage 15, Tracking 17, Trick 16 Mind: 9 Survival: 12 Charisma: 11 Spirit: 8 Possibilities: 10

Equipment: Buckskin clothing, coon-skin hat, Bowie knife, M- 16, powder horn.

Quote: "I've stared down Santa Anna's entire army and didn't give him a blink. You think some overgrown garden snake's going to scare me?"

Davy Crockett appeared after Elvis' premiere concert at the Alamo. Presley closed the concert with a cover of the old "Davy Crockett" tune and the audience's chant seemed to have some kind of mystical effect over the entire evening. just after the show, Davy appeared to the King in the men's room, complete with coonskin hat.

He didn't know how or why he was there, but the King quickly ascertained what had happened. He offered Crockett the chance to help him to take back a new and dangerous American frontier: the Living Land. Crockett, of course, couldn't resist. Davy doesn't seem to have the aging problem that Presley has, and has even performed some outstanding feats of tracking and tricking in the Living Land, despite the mysterious mist that seems to befuddle the U.S. Troops. He hates the eidenos with a passion, and considers any dinosaurs who cross his path easy prey (these feelings are presumably mutual).

He's just recently heard about the deadly velociraptor and has decided they represent a personal challenge to his skills. Crockett has sharp blue eyes and sandy brown hair beneath his cap (which has never fallen off). Although he has replaced his Kentucky rifle within M-16, he has never really had any problems with Possibility backlash. He rides alongside the King on an old Harley two-seater (complete with sidecar).

Hail to the King, Baby

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