Alex's Character Sheet

Name: Alex Greenwater
Physical Description:
Height: 6’5”
Weight: 180lbs
Eye Color: Clear True Blue
Hair: Dark blonde to light brown, shaggy to collar in back bangs to mid-forehead, to mid-ear.
Ethnic Group: Caucasian
Skin Tone: Bronzed, Tan
Body Type: long, lean, Athletic
Build: Broad Shoulders, long body, Long legged, thin waist
Distinguishing marks: A birthmark in the shape of a horse on his lower back.
Born: May 14, 1892
Age at time of story: 17, so the year would be 1909
Birthplace: Kansas City, Kansas

Life in 1909: President, Theodore Roosevelt, he was the first president to drive. He converted the existing stables to a garage for four cars. The world was a fast moving place and many changes were on the horizon during Alex’s life.

Family Background information: Mother, Julia Wetsole, was a saloon girl who married a gambler, Robert Greenwater. His father’s family owned a ranch in Abilene, TX. His father disappeared when he was two years old leaving him and his mother in a Saloon in Kansas City, he was shot two days later. A telegraph was sent to Robert’s family of his death. At that point, they asked Julia if Alex could come and live with them. She would not part with her son at that time. Three years later, she died in a brawl in the same Saloon. The Saloon owner contacted the Greenwater’s and soon a saloon girl traveled with Alex to Greenwater Ranch. Just outside of Abilene, TX. After she handed Alex off to his relatives, she left to return to Kansas.

Father figure: Uncle Jerrod, and Grandfather Sherman

Mother figure: Grandmother Cheryl

Best Friend: Dale his horse

Favorite Foods: Anything Spicy, Apple Cobbler

Habits: Shuffling his feet, cracking his knuckles, clinching his jaw when he is mad and staring though people.

Hobbies: Riding horse, fishing, cooking when he can sneak in the kitchen

Talents: Shooting, Riding horse, growing anything, cooking, singing but nobody knows that but his grandmother.

Fears: That something will happen to his remaining family.

Hopes/Dreams: Be considered ‘good enough’ one day have a ranch of his own.

Personality Traits: loyal, hard headed, hard working, honest, easily embarrassed, sticks to what he believes

Schooling/training: High school, ranch hand, homesteading, general animal care.

Heroes: Uncle Jerrod, Grandpa Sherman, Wild Bill Hickok

Enemies: Jeremiah Boland, Mark Boland, Randy Calhan,

Normal Weekly Routine: Rise everyday at 6:00, chores till 8:00 breakfast, School from 8:30 to 12:00, chores till the supper, then clean up and free time, unless something comes up. Every day except Sunday and Sunday its Chores till 7:30 breakfast, Church, family and friends, and free time.

His Admirers: Sherry Calhan, Mika Boland, Rosa Remarize

Spends Time with: Ricky Remarize, Jimmy Boland, John Rose, the ranch cowhands, and family

Current Living Environment: Greenwater Ranch, outside of Abilene, TX, Approximately 500 head of Cattle, 100 horses 30 of them are draft horses, 40 unbroken, 10 foals, the rest are work horses, Dale included. A dozen or so pigs, a dozen or so chickens, some goats, a few ducks two geese, several cats and three dogs. The ground is loamy, sandy. Mesquite trees grace the yard, but most of the land is shinnery. (shinnery – a dense growth of small trees or an area of such growth; especially: one of scrub oak.) Summers are hot and typically dry, low humidity in this region. The winters are cold and have been known to have snow, but mostly cold rainy and stormy weather. The ground is covered with crabgrass where there is grass, briars and goat-heads abound. Some common area wild life would be the occasional mountain lion, sometimes a panther, mostly deer, coyotes, rattle snakes, jackrabbits, a few cottontails, other snakes, scorpions, armadillos, possum, and skunks.