Appearing in 1st story
Featured Characters:
- Grifter (appears in both flashback and main story)
Supporting Characters:
- Eva Gudring (Only appearance; dies)
Villains:
- Charlatan (First Appearance) (appears in both flashback and main story)
- Lloyd Gudring (First Appearance)
Other Characters:
- Wicked Breeze (Kathleen) (Single appearance) (Dies in flashback)
- Peters
Locations:
- Wildstorm Universe
- United States of America
- Washington
- Cascade Mountains
- Seattle
- Washington
- United States of America
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Vehicles:
Synopsis for 1st story
In Seattle, Grifter meets with Eva Gudring, wife of U.S. Senator Lloyd Gudring, about death threats her husband is receiving from the assassin called Charlatan. Cash remembers how Charlatan killed a former lover of his in battle and agrees to organize security for the Gudrings at their mountain retreat. After dinner, Grifter finds a downed guard and realizes Charlatan has arrived. He prevents the Gudrings from being shot and chases Charlatan into the woods. Cash corners the assassin in a cable car, and they fight inside until the car is buried in an avalanche. Grifter digs himself out and returns to the Gudrings’ retreat to find news crews on the scene. Eva has been shot and killed, supposedly by Charlatan. As that is not possible since Grifter was battling Charlatan the whole time, Cash confronts the senator and deduces the whole scenario was a setup. Gudring hired Charlatan and used one of the assassin’s guns to kill his wife. Grifter nearly shoots Gudring but stops himself. Gudring tells Grifter he will be watching him; Grifter says the same thing back.