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====== The Iron Horse ====== | ====== The Iron Horse ====== | ||
- | //Faith and tradition collide with the outside | + | //Faith and tradition collide with the modern |
- | {{ : | + | {{ : |
- | Lorado | + | Lorado, a town in southern Texas is facing an inevitable change. The ever-expanding railway |
- | Sins and temptations are the ever-present | + | Sins and temptations are the ever-present |
- | The people of Lorado seek guidance and help from one man, Mickey “The White Eye” Rogers, who runs the city with a religious tenacity. Nobody knows how he managed to create this flourishing community here in the middle of nowhere but it just seems that whenever there is a need, he has a solution and resources | + | The people of Lorado seek guidance and help from one man, Mickey “The White Eye” Rogers, who runs the city with a religious tenacity. Nobody knows how he managed to create this flourishing community here in the middle of nowhere, but it just seems that whenever there is a need, he has a solution and tools for it ready to go. |
- | It was not long ago, when the town had no saloon and both alcohol and gambling were banned. The effect of the railway is starting to show. A saloon was built not long ago even though Mr. Rogers was sternly against it. Majority | + | It was not long ago when the town had no saloon and both alcohol and gambling were banned. The effect of the railway is starting to show. A saloon was built not long ago, even though Mr. Rogers was sternly against it. The majority |
- | The railway near Lorado has been a dangerous place lately. | + | The railway near Lorado has been a dangerous place lately. |
How long can a lone man fight against the inevitable? | How long can a lone man fight against the inevitable? | ||
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* Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want | * Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want | ||
* Progress is inevitable | * Progress is inevitable | ||
- | * One man is but a wheel of the great machine | + | * One man is but a wheel in the great machine |
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===== Mickey “White Eye” Rogers ===== | ===== Mickey “White Eye” Rogers ===== | ||
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Mickey is a thin and pockmarked man. His eyes are so bleak that he has been called “White Eye” for as long as anyone can remember. | Mickey is a thin and pockmarked man. His eyes are so bleak that he has been called “White Eye” for as long as anyone can remember. | ||
- | He was a reckless gunman once, but as he has explained in countless sermons | + | Mickey |
- | He helps the city folk with forced enthusiasm. He has seen what a dump the town was before he arrived and knows that it will become one again, if the threads he now controls are severed. And if he embraces his wicked side once more, The Shadow of God will be waiting for him somewhere, and from that meeting neither his body nor his soul would ever recover. | + | Mickey |
- | Mickey wishes to keep things as they were. If the strangers would leave and stop messing around in the town it could be possible. But wishes alone can not make his dreams reality. | + | Mickey wishes to keep things as they were. If the strangers would leave and stop messing around in the town, it could be possible. But wishes alone cannot |
<WRAP box round> | <WRAP box round> | ||
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- | | 3 | **The good folks of Lorado** \\ Many have seen how he pulled the city away from filth. | | + | | 3 | **The Good Folks of Lorado** \\ Many have seen how he pulled the city away from filth. | |
- | | 2 | **Former | + | | 2 | **Former |
- | | 2 | **Enthusiastic | + | | 2 | **Enthusiastic |
- | | 1 | **Mysterious | + | | 1 | **Mysterious |
^ | ^ | ||
- | | 1 | **Judgement of the past** \\ Wicked past drives to despair and extremes. | | + | | 1 | **Judgement of the Past** \\ Wicked past drives |
- | | 1 | **Divine | + | | 1 | **Divine |
</ | </ |
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