☆ Micah Bell

Biography #2

After five months, Micah set his sights on a ferry in Blackwater as a potential robbery. Although Arthur and Hosea had their own lead, Dutch instead chose Micah's option, which promised a bigger reward but was also riskier. The heist turned out to be a complete disaster, however, and a huge gun battle with the Pinkertons ensued. Due to this, the gang was forced to flee and eventually managed to lose the law by entering a blizzard on the snowy mountains of Ambarino. Unfortunately, both Jenny Kirk and Davey Callander were fatally injured and Mac Callander was captured and killed by Pinkertons. While the gang's wagon train transfers from Colter to Horseshoe Overlook, Dutch sends Micah scouting together with Lenny. They briefly return to the gang's new camp (Micah can be met at the Horseshoe campfire during the early stages of the Chapter) before they are sent out scouting once again by Susan Grimshaw. The two of them end up in the area of Strawberry. Bell decides to seek a former criminal associate of his, Norman, who lives in Strawberry. After playing some Five Finger Fillet with Skinny and other men, Micah gets into a drunken fight which culminates in him killing two men (most likely members of the O'Driscoll gang), landing him in the local jail where he shares a cell with a member of the O'Driscoll gang. Lenny, who manages to escape from Strawberry, rushes to the gang's new camp and notifies Dutch and Arthur about Micah's arrest. Ordered to so by Dutch, Arthur reluctantly rides to Strawberry and rescues his fellow gang member. After being freed, Micah immediately shoots his O'Driscoll cellmate in the head, and the pair clear off the guards in the immediate area. Arthur insists they should leave, but Micah instead fights his way through town to get his prized revolvers back, searching for Norman, who has taken possession of his guns after his arrest. Micah soon finds him and kills both him and his wife before retrieving his guns and resuming his escape from the town.

Biography #1

Micah Bell, officially Micah Bell III, was born circa 1860 to Micah Bell Jr., a ruthless and petty outlaw. The life of crime was common in his family, with Micah's paternal grandfather also being a outlaw. When Micah was 17, in 1877, he and his father were on the run for the brutal double homicide of Roscoe and Jean Briggs, who were hung from the rafters with their throats slit.[1] It can be assumed that he was his father's partner-in-crime throughout his upbringing, although evidence suggests that he also ran with his brother, Amos, for a time. Micah would later have a falling out with Amos, who, by 1899, is repentant of his actions and lives in California with his wife and daughters, whilst making it clear to Micah that he wants no contact with him, threatening to kill him if he's anywhere near himself and his family. Micah became acquainted with two outlaws named Cleet and Joe at some point during his criminal career, and also mentions being involved in a failed bank robbery down south with a man named Norman. Around December of 1898, Micah met Dutch van der Linde at a bar in a town in the Grizzlies named Crenshaw Hills. Dutch had tried to sell gold that his gang had recently stolen, but the deal went sour, leading to an altercation in which Micah stepped in and saved Dutch's life. As a result, Micah was accepted into the Van der Linde gang. Despite being an experienced outlaw who was respected for his skill in combat, Micah was generally disliked within the gang; in particular, Arthur, John and Hosea saw him as argumentative, reckless and hotheaded, with Dutch alone taking a liking to him.

Personality #2

However, he does have a few friendly interactions with Javier, showing he is capable of building rapports despite his prejudiced views. Bell is purposely vague and mysterious about his past, though he does mention that his father taught him that "sympathy is for the weak" and that the United States is a survival of the fittest, Darwinist, dog-eat-dog world. He is clear about his view that the gang is too big and has too much "dead weight", labelling Uncle a "parasite" and listing Molly O'Shea and Reverend Swanson as examples of people who don’t contribute anything and should be cut loose. Micah has a callous and unsympathetic attitude towards death, brushing it off as "part of the game" in a conversation with Hosea about the Blackwater Massacre after the latter expresses anger at him for indirectly causing the deaths of Jenny Kirk, Mac, and Davey Callander. He also has a fear of dogs, calling them parasites, which may be the result of a childhood trauma. Micah is an atheist, stating on various occasions that he doesn't believe in God. He is cynical about religion as a whole, saying to Reverend Swanson that men and women of the cloth are "parasites" who deceive people into believing a greater evil and that his "being up in heaven doesn't give two shits about him", treating Swanson with evident disdain, and stating to Susan at one point that he doesn’t like religious people. However, he doesn’t rule out the existence of Hell as an afterlife, even going as far as saying that he’d like to see what it’s like.

Personality #1

Micah is considered to be perverse, wild and unpredictable, even by the Van der Linde gang's standards. He is said to enjoy the action in his life, going as far as shooting what Arthur claims to be half the town of Strawberry in order to reclaim his prized revolvers. In spite of his brash nature, Micah is an experienced criminal and hitman, earning him the favor of Dutch himself. Micah has a poor relationship with most of the gang members, as he frequently antagonizes and bullies them, sometimes going as far as making colorful threats to those he dislikes (with Dutch being virtually the only person he does not antagonize, though he does express frustration at Dutch's concern for the weak such as Reverend Swanson and Uncle). Besides Dutch, Micah also tries to get Arthur's trust and approval initially, despite Arthur openly disliking him, viewing him as selfish, untrustworthy, and opportunistic. He also has notable disdain for people with low intelligence and constantly mocks them, like Bill Williamson. Micah is an unrepentant racist, insulting Lenny, Charles, and Javier solely because they are not white. He calls Lenny and Charles "darkies", Charles a "redskin", and tells Javier to "fuck off back to Mexico". He is also seen frequently stereotyping Sean's Irish heritage.

Appearance

In 1899, Micah has shoulder-length blond hair, along with a thick horseshoe mustache and side-whiskers, along with 2 gold teeth along the top of his mouth. Micah is slightly portly and often wears an undone black leather coat, a red or black shirt accompanied by a red vest, a blue neckerchief, beige trousers, and a white hat. In warmer climates he's seen without a jacket and just his red shirt. Micah is armed with a pair of custom Double-action Revolvers with "Vengeance is hereby mine" engraved into the barrel, sporting dark grey frames and grips that are painted red and black in a skull-like design, which he uses with immense skill. Micah seems to have respiratory problems, constantly snorting, clearing his throat, and coughing.

Age

39 years old

Name

Micah Bell