Michaela "Mickey" Ervin
August 6, 1877, Dustwater, Texas, USA
A cunning con-artist who makes her living selling snake oil and other trinkets.
Michaela "Mickey" Ervin is a traveling saleswoman who roams the towns of the Wild West, peddling an assortment of medicines, lucky charms, and magic potions to the locals. She turned to this life after losing her family ranch, which was destroyed during the Civil War and later unlawfully acquired by a wealthy railroad magnate.
Although she claims her products possess miraculous powers, they are, in truth, little more than worthless trinkets or mixtures disguised with eye-catching packaging. Michaela's preferred strategy is to sell as many items as possible, before making a hasty escape, leaving her buyers to discover the truth only after she’s long gone. During these performances, she adopts the persona of "Doctor Majestic," an extravagant European doctor who boasts mastery over the secrets of all sciences.
While Michaela is more of a cunning adventurer than a hardened outlaw, she is a skilled gunslinger and more than capable of defending herself when necessary. However, she avoids violence whenever possible, considering it a surefire way to attract unwanted attention from the law.
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"Heh, long as this dusty ol' West's crawlin' with fools chasin' miracles, I’ll never go hungry. Ain’t nothin’ easier than turnin’ their hopes into a fistful o’ dollars"
Created Jan 24, 2025
Updated Aug 27, 2025
Published Jan 24, 2025