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Name: Colt Buckley
Age: 48 ; Born March 23rd 1976
Gender Pronouns: Cis Man, He/Him
Faceclaim: Jensen Ackles
BACKGROUND
Place of Birth: Outside of Scottsboro, Alabama, US
Family: Bob Buckley [Father] ; Annie Sue Buckley [Mother] ; Winchester "Winnie" Buckley [younger brother ; potential WC] ; unnamed youngest half-brother [potential WC]
Previous Occupation: Various, most recently slaughterhouse worker
Biography (TW: alcoholism, child abuse)
Colt was born as the eldest of three boys to his father Bob Buckley and his mother, Annie Sue, into rural, agricultural Alabama.
Colt's homelife was quite troubled from the start - his father was an alcoholic, his mother would often enough disappear for months at a time, much to the anger of their father. When she was with them, she seemed to switch between being loving and completely distant
The family was not rich by any means, living off of the little money they gained from running their cattle farm, the surplus of what they grew and hunting.
Winnie, the middle brother, was born just two years after Colt. The boys' relationship was often volatile, yet close, and they were often seen wandering, loitering and causing trouble together. Partners in crime, so to speak.
Their mother ended up leaving fully when Colt was only twelve years old, after a harsh argument between her and her husband. Colt hasn't had any contact with her since, and doesn't know if she's even alive.
With their mothers absence, the farm began to deteriorate. Their father seemed more preoccupied with the bottle, leaving Colt and Winnie to pick up the slack where they could. Colt picked up temporary jobs, teaching Winnie how to hunt to keep them fed.
Some time when Colt was seventeen, their father remarried, bringing home a new woman called Francince, who was barely older than Colt himself, Soon enough, their youngest half brother was born. Francine died soon after child-birth from an untreated infection.
The youngest seemed to take more easily to Colt, rather than being a natural sceptic like Winnie, and often followed both of his older siblings around. While the death of their mother hit the family hard, it seemed to bring the boys closer together. They were often seen around Scottsboro and the neighbouring area, where they gained quite a bit of notoriety.
Winnie eventually told the family he planned on signing up for their army. Their father was furious, chasing Winnie out of the house. Colt barely had any contact with his younger brother since then.
For the most part after that, it was just Colt, his father and the youngest. There were a few brief stints with women, even a short-lived marriage that lasted a couple of years, something which Colt rarely talks about.
Colt's most recent workplace was a slaughterhouse.
The last thing he remembers before he woke up on the ship was a barfight, in which he beat up the owner at the bar who knew of his reputation and ordered him to leave.
Headcanons:
The closest Colt ever came to leaving their homestead was a temporary job he took as a druck triver.
Colt has several scars, most notably a dent in his shoulder from a shotgun blast, a long line on his left side from a knife, and a round burn on his right thigh from a cattle iron. There are various smaller scars of healed injuries littering his body.
He also has a rather high pain tolerance.
Colt also has several tattoos, some bigger some smaller, which can be found here.
Colt struggles with reading. He spent the least amount of time in school, so though he is able too, it's difficult. It's also not something he talks about.
