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"You ain't nothing better than a filthy pig thief, Floyd Hatfield!"


Two households, both alike in dignity,
In the fair South, where we lay our scene,
From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,
Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.


"Sam and Parris McCoy murdered my kin!"


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Wiliiam 'Devil Anse' Hatfield deserted from the Confederate army, leaving his friends and comrades behind to die. One of his closest friends, Randolph McCoy 'Ole Ran'll' was captured by the Union and sent to a prison camp in Ohio, only one state away from his home in Kentucky. Randolph was the only soldier in his outfit that wasn't killed by the Union. While Devil Anse Hatfield reunited with his wife Levicy, started a family and managed a successful logging company, Ole Ran'll was starving in a Union prison camp. Randolph had a long time to think about Devil Anse, and to stir and brew a hatred for Devil Anse and all his kin.
When Randolph was finally released from the camp and returned to his own family, Devil Anse tried to be friendly towards Randolph, but Randolph wasn't having it.
This wasn't a feud. It was a misunderstanding between two men. There was a precarious peace along the Tug River border of West Virginia and Kentucky. Cousins of the Hatfields married cousins of the McCoys.
However, in 1865, Asa Harmon McCoy was murdered by a Hatfield uncle, the evil Jim Vance and his gang of marauders, the Logan Wildcats. No one was charged for the death of Harmon, and that infuriated the McCoys.
13 years later, 13 years of unevents, the death of Harmon nearly forgotten, Floyd Hatfield was traveling to slaughter his pigs when he met Randolph McCoy, and McCoy saw his mark on the ear of one of the pigs Hatfield had in his trailer.
Floyd Hatfields’s trial took place in McCoy territory but was presided over by a cousin of Devil Anse. It hinged on the testimony of star witness Bill Staton, a McCoy relative married to a Hatfield. Staton testified in Floyd Hatfield’s favor, and the McCoys were infuriated when Floyd was cleared of the charges against him. Two years later, Staton was violently killed in a fracas with Sam and Paris McCoy, nephews of Randolph. Sam stood trial for the murder but was acquitted for self-defense reasons.
Then, to make matters worse, on Election Day in 1880, Johnse Hatfield, the son of Devil Anse, and Roseanna McCoy, the golden child of Randolph McCoy, met and fell in love. They disappeared for hours, and when they came back to the voting place, Roseanna's brothers had gone home to tell their Pa that they could not find Roseanna.
Johnse and Roseanna didn't know what to do. Johnse offered to let Roseanna stay with them, so Roseanna spent the night with the Hatfields, in Devil Anse's own home. He was not pleased, and neither was Ole Ran'll when Johnse returned Roseanna the next day. Roseanna told her Pa that she and Johnse were in love, and Ran'll disowned his favorite daughter.
Roseanna went back to live with the Hatfields, and she and Johnse planned to get married. However, Levicy kicked Roseanna out of the house when she discovered that Roseanna was pregnant. Neither woman informed Johnse of Roseanna's pregnancy, and Levicy told Johnse it was for the best that Roseanna wasn't living with them anymore. He didn't believe her and still wanted to marry Roseanna, but he had no idea of her whereabouts.
Sally McCoy knew that Randolph would be blind with rage when he discovered Roseanna's pregnancy, (with a Hatfield, born and bred, no less!) so Sally sent Roseanna away to live with her Aunt Betty.
Johnse went to the bar one night to drink away his sorrows about Roseanna, and he said something out loud about wanting to find her. Roseanna's less polite, more cunning, ruthless cousin, Nancy, brought Johnse home and seduced him, because he thought she was Roseanna. She informed him of Roseanna's pregnancy and he was twice as determined to find Roseanna.


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When Randolph and his five sons discovered Roseanna's compromising situation, Raldolph went mad with grief and threw out Roseanna's things into a muddy hole. Her brothers found Johnse, trapped him in a cabin, and are going to shoot him at sunrise. Roseanna's youngest brother, Bud, ran out to inform Roseanna that their other brothers had Johnse and her going to kill him. Roseanna ran to Devil Anse for help, and Devil Anse and Roseanna are standing outside the cabin, getting ready to go in and free Johnse.


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First of all, thank you for sitting through that. I wish I didn't have to put it on there, but for those who didn't watch Hatfields and McCoys last night, it was necessary.

RULES

1. There are requirements and special details to this roleplay. I, unfortunately, read the entire Hatfield/ McCoy story before watching the show, and I know how certain things pan out. These certain things will NOT turn out this way in the roleplay.
2. The 'f' word will not be used in this roleplay.
3. If you need to, fade to black. PLEASE INFORM ME BEFORE YOU DO THIS.
4. I run the show here. {But don't worry, I'm nice. :3}
5. This is a semi - lit roleplay. So that's 3 to 5 LINES per post, with nice grammar.
6. Most characters will be characters from the show.
7. I am allowing 6 original characters, you cannot roleplay more than one original character IF all the original slots are NOT filled. After the original character slots are filled, I will allow you to roleplay more than one original.
8. You can roleplay up to 3 show characters, but you must be able to handle all of them.

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These are the show characters that need to be roleplayed. BE SERIOUS. Stay in character. Know your character. For more information, use this family tree. USE IT. And if there is a video to go with your character. Watch it. I also reccomend watching Episode 1 of the Hatfields & McCoys.

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Randolph McCoy - Open {His wife, Sally, does not play a large role, and only appears sometimes, she will also be rp'd by whoever rp's Randolph. She doesn't count in the number of your characters.}

Nancy McCoy ( neice of Ran'll) - OPEN. {PM ME BEFORE YOU APPLY FOR THIS CHARACTER}

Roseana - тαкєη- rp'd by myself, MissRose.

Jim McCoy- OPEN

Calvin McCoy- OPEN

Tolbert McCoy- OPEN

Pharmer McCoy- OPEN

Bud McCoy- OPEN

Squirrel-Huntin' Sam McCoy- OPEN

Parris McCoy- OPEN

Perry Cline - OPEN {IMPORTNANT. PM ME BEFORE YOU APPLY FOR THIS CHARACTER}

Bad Frank Phillips- OPEN {PM ME}


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Devil Anse- OPEN {His wife Levicy doesn't play a HUGE role, but she does speak with Johnse a lot. Whoever roleplays Devil Anse will also roleplay Levicy. She doesn't count in your number of characters.}

Johnse Hatfield {SUPER IMPORTANT. PM ME BEFORE YOU POST YOUR FORM}

Cap Hatfield - OPEN

Wall Hatfield - OPEN

Good 'Lias - OPEN

Ellison Hatfield - OPEN

Cotton Top Mounts {Ellison Jr.} - OPEN {PM ME. It's not a big deal, I just want to talk to you. }

Jim Vance - OPEN {PM ME. It's not a big deal, I just want to talk to you.}

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Harmon Roberts - Age 18- Rp'd by MissRose {Me}

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Post One- Info, Whom We Need
Post Two- Forms & My Characters

[MissRose]

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[right][img]Use AN OFFICIAL ONE IF POSSIBLE[/img][/right]
[b]Name:[/b]
[b]Age:[/b]
[b]Hatfield or McCoy:[/b]
[b]Personality:[/b]
[b]How do they feel about the feud?[/b]
[b]Family:[/b]
[b]Love Interest:[/b]
[b]Relationship Status:[/b]
[b]Other:[/b]

Name: Roseanna McCoy
Age: 18
Hatfield or McCoy: Well, that's the thing.. she wants to be both.
Personality: Roseanna is a very soft, sweet, fragile girl among big, burly, men who all want to kill each other. She has the biggest heart in the immediate McCoy family. Roseanna is kind, and she is a worrier. She worries what people think about her, what people think about her family. Roseanna has a soft, quiet, cheerful spirit.
How do they feel about the feud? Roseanna wants the feud to stop, so bad.
Family: Her father is Randolph McCoy and her mother is Sally McCoy. She has five brothers, and one sister, Alifair.
Love Interest: She is in love with Johnse Hatfield, and Johnse Hatfield is in love with her.
Relationship Status: Heartbroken
Other: Roseanna is about 2 and a half months pregnant with Johnse Hatfield's baby.

Name: Harmon Roberts
Age: 18
Hatfield or McCoy: Harmon tries to be neutral, but more times than not, he finds himself leaning towards the Hatfields.
Personality: Harmon, or Harm, as his family calls him, is like a fruit gusher. Hard on the outside, but gooey on the inside. Harm appears strong and stoic, and usually he is. However, Harm is still just a boy. Eighteen, he works at the Hatfields' logging company, which makes Harmon's life dangerous. Because Harm is neutral and most of the Hatfield's know it, and he's not part of the family, if he says anything that makes him look McCoy, Harm could lose his job, or worse, his life. Harmon likes to hang out with his friends, maybe hit the saloon every once in a while.
How do they feel about the feud? So far, no one in Harm's family has been killed, none of his friends. To him, it's a fight between two families.
Family: Mother, Father, a younger brother, Tribolet, and a little sister, Sarah.
Love Interest: Open
Relationship Status: Single
Other:

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{No matter what happens, we roleplay. I know that Bud, Pharmer, Tolbert and Ellison have died tonight. When we roleplay, they are all still alive.}