Erik Clyde

Erik Lillian Clyde was a retired US Marshal, soldier, private investigator, bounty hunter, and member of the First Playthrough Party.

Early Life
Erik Lillian Clyde was born to Florian Dudley Clyde and Irma Elizabeth Nelson Clyde on the 28th of February, 1868, in Dallas Texas. Florian, his father, was a Confederate veteran and railroad worker. Erik was born the youngest of seven.

Military and US Marshals
Clyde enlisted in the Army in 1886, and served in the Samoan Crisis and Samoan Civil War, and later in Haiti. In 1890, Clyde left his four year conscription and enlisted in the Department of Defense's US Marshals Service under the leadership of Director V. P. Dunn. Clyde and his partner, Lawrence "Larry" Seward, were assigned to investigate the cold case of the Fort Lackman Robbery by the illusive Cowboy Dan Posse four years prior. Clyde was hot on Daniel Baumgartner's heels up until Seward's murder in March 1891. Clyde lagged off the case and considers himself ultimately responsible for the 1891 Porcupine Canyon Train Derailment. Clyde turned in his badge, but became obsessed with tracking down every member of the Posse as a private eye.

Tracking the Party
Clyde was following a lead in New Mexico Territory when he read in the paper that Posse member Lucky Kemp had saved the President's life in Houston during the Independence Day Bombing in 1901. He traveled to Houston, and tracked the party down, eventually catching up to them in August of 1901 near La Junta, Colorado...