Reaver Vs. Landon Ricketts

Its a Shoot out between two skilled gunmen

Reaver Versus Landon Ricketts









Reaver
The Person:
He was a pirate, a businessman, slum lord, factory owner, but above all the hero of skill. With a long and expanded life, Reaver build a empire using his quick shooting and sharp tongue as main tools.

Not much is known about the background of Reaver, but we know that he was born in the town of Oakvale, a small village in Albion. Somewhere during his life, he came across the shadow court and struck a deal. He would be granted eternal youth but he had to make sacrifices. The first of these sacrifices began when the shadow court destroyed Oakvale and killed all its inhibitants. After that, Reaver had to maintain his youth by bringing victims to the shadow court in a annual ritual where his youth would be restored again at the cost of other lifes.

Reaver became a pirate, bringing fear on the high sea with his ship The Reaver and he used his legendary shooting skills to capture other ships. He would shoot the captain from the other ship across the water, not caring about distances or weather conditions. The more impossible the shot, the quicker the crew would surrender.
Due to his piracy, he became very wealthy and was able to aquire a large coastal house in the town of Bloodstone.
When Reaver met the hero of Bowerstone, he was 200 years old and had the appearance of a young adult. Showing his discare for other people, he tried to betray the hero of Bowerstone twice. First, he tried to sacrifice the hero tot he shadow court and later gave him up to Lucian to collect the bounty. (Lucian was the main villian of Fable II) Lucian tried to arrest both Reaver and the hero of Bowerstone so the two fled to a secret underground tunnel under the mansion and after escaping that, he saw how his ship got blown apart. After a fight where the hero of bowerstone, he, the hero of will and the hero of strenght fought against numbers of soldiers, Lucian finally got killed.

After his job as hero was done, Reaver traveled to Samarkland with the hero of skill (Garth) because of the exotic substances and the uninhibited people there. What happened in Samarkland is unknown but according to his biography that he wrote himself, Reaver got bored by the place and was responsible for the death of Garth. He came back to Albion a day later.

During the events of Fable III, Reaver had gotten in charge of the industry. His business tactics and greedy nature proved a profitable combination as he endorced childlabor and cut 100% of the empoloyee's wages, thereby becoming even richer and a powerfull ally for the new king Logan. To keep his workers in check, Reaver made up some terrible rules: Workers could only rest for three seconds a day and were not allowed to complain. Anyone who broke one of the laws, got shot.

Reaver had a new large mansion and when the hero of Brigthwall tried to free some members of the resistance from that mansion, he got trapped and was forced to play the wheel of misfortune while Reaver and his guests watched. This was a game where the hero was forced to fight off different creatures in several rounds and when round four revealed balverines, the guests showed that they were balverines in disguiss and attacked the hero. Reaver mentioned a deal and that they were now 'even', showing that Reaver had a bargain with them.

After the Hero of Brightwall became king, Reaver showed himself as a adviser, advocating the more corrupt decisions. Whatever the hero decides, Reaver would invest into that, showing he would make money either way. After the big battle of Fable III, Reaver dissapeared, leaving a note saying that he had to leave for a important but wearying errant.

Reaver showed himself to be a narcissistic, egotistical, megalomanic person with a disregard for live. He had killed several people for no reason at all, killing artists because they depicted him wrong and shooting a photographer because it would take three months for the photo develop for example. He also was a bisexual and with a total disregard for loyalty or fidelity. That is made obvlious when he admitted that he had several lovers of both sexes at the same time.
However, Reaver did have had a soft side earlier in his life as the final entry of his journal says that he did not know that the shadow court would kill the people of Oakvale and that he lost his lover there. He also speaks about his recurring nightmares, about the destruction of Oakvale.
However, in the end of the entry, Reaver talks about how he has become a different man. He was a fearfull breakable man but he ends with: 'I am not he..... I am Reaver. And i will sleep much better with a chalise of wine'

The weapons:
I have three things to say before I start writing about the weapons used by Reaver. 1. I do not count any armour in this match since neither man is known to have worn armour. 2. I have only three weapons per warrior since neither was really known for having a lot of weapons. 3. I did not include other guns then the pistols they have been seen wielding. The reason for this is because I would have had to guess which weapons they would have used and no matter what weapon i'd choose, someone would find something wrong with it.
The three weapon category's are melee, ranged and special.

As melee weapon, Reaver has the Inquisitor. The inquisitor is a sword that Reaver used to spread his influence throughout Bloodstone. A weapon that was inspired by the age of industry, it has a steam punk look. Apart from its description which mention being used by Reaver, it can also be upgraded by acting like Reaver; Kill villagers, doing evil expressions and spending a lot of personal gold.
The inquisitor is a two handed sword, that can be used for both thrusting and slashing.
The sword can be upgraded and for this match, I will take a fully upgraded weapon into account. The first two upgrades are not interesting to mention as they give the user money with each hit and a tiny bit more damage. The third one however, will come into play during the fight. The bloodsucker gives Reaver some health with each hit on his opponent.

As a ranged weapon, Reaver uses the dragonstomper 48. The dragonstomper is the weapon most associated with Reaver and the one he has used the most.
There were six dragonstompers made for six lucky people. Reaver killed four of them with his own dragonstomper, ending up with five dragonstompers in the end. In the games he has used one in fable II and a different one in fable III.
It has six shots before it should be reloaded. It is also a powerfull weapon that can do much damage. It has a medium range and a good speed.
I would like to add that this weapon will be used the most by Reaver and it will be the weapon with the most kills.


For special weapons, Reaver uses explosives. This may be a odd choise but Reaver used them to close up a tunnel during the escape from his mansion. I would not be suprised he would use them into combat during his pirate days. The explosives have enough impact to create a small avalanche inside the tunnel and block the exit. A human would be torn apart. However, It takes a timer to detonate and therefore need to be used with planning as a suprise attack.

You can see the explosives at working at 0.38 but if you watch further, You can see more of Reaver in action.

X-Factor:
the x-factor of Reaver is the fact that he is the Hero of skill. This plays out in a few ways.
Aiming & accuracy skills: Reaver has some great aiming skills, being able to sub target and zoom in with ease. He is also a master marksman as he could hit a target on another ship while the weather conditions were poor. He has said himself that he never misses and he demonstrated it by shooting several opponents in a quick succession.
Speed: Being a fast runner will not help in this match but reloading speed does. It also effects the speed with which Reaver swings his sword and his reflexes as he is shown to be able to block a bullet with a cane.


links:
I have a bio of Reaver, as usual.
http://fable.wikia.com/wiki/Reaver

And some passages from Reaver's diary

Landon Ricketts
The Person:
'I was the fastest in my time. i've must have been. I'm the only one left'
Landon Ricketts

There is very little known about the history of Landon Ricketts. He was a famous gunslinger and there were many stories about his adventures. He killed the Butcher brothers in 1896 and he was active in the Blackwater massacre in 1899 for example.
After a gunfight in California three years later, Ricketts left for Mexico and became a unofficial lawman in the town of Chuparosa.
It was there that John Marston met Landon and the old cowboy teached him the last part of dead eye.
The two did several missions together as they fought against the Mexican regime.
According to the Blackwater Ledger (a newspaper), Landon died from old age in his bed.

In the Undead Nightmare, Landon made another appearence. Here he defended another Mexican town by the name of Casa Madrugada. He defended the town against the undead hordes all alone and made it a permanent safe zone. He also made boombait for Marston by combining undead bait and dynamite.

Landon Ricketts has gone into history as one of the fasters shooters in the wild west. Even John Maston admitted that Landon was still a faster and more accurate shot then John himself and as Ricketts showed Marston how to use dead eye, he has been very good in its use himself.
Landon was also familiar with the duel as he told Marston how to act in one and he spoke Spanish.

Weapons:
As with Reaver, I have selected three weapons for Lando. Two of them, he has been seen with ingame and the third one I have chosen becaue it was the most obvlious melee choise.

For melee, Landon will use the hunting knife. The hunting knife is based on the bowie knife and can be used as tool and as a weapon.
As tool, the hunting knife was used to skin animals and cut meat.
As weapon, the hunting knife can be used to fight and kill both animal as human opponents.
Altough Landon is never seen using the hunting knife, he would have used it since its one of the few melee weapons in the game and very commen.
Landon can use the hunting knife to fight opponents up close and personal, block some attacks and slash a neck from behind.
It has only one sharp egde to slash but can also be used to stab. It also has a short range.

For ranged, the gunslinger uses the schofield revolver. The schofield is a single-action six shot revolver.
It is one of the most powerfull handguns in the game and can do much damage to a person, even if the bullet does not kill. It has great stopping power and a accurate range of 50 yards.
Landon used the schofield himself during the gameplay himself and he gave such a weapon to John Marston to replace a older weapon.

The special weapon of Landon will be the dynamite.
The dynamite is another weapon that originated as a tool. Primarely used to blow up stuff, the dynamite was also used to blow opponents up. With a 5 second fuse, a stick of dynamite does a lot of damage to its surrounding as soon as soon as it explodes.
Having used dynamite to blow up a prison and create boom bait, (a anti zombie explosive liquid) Landon could use the dynamite with a expertise and would have used it a lot in his days.
There are three ways Landon can use dynamite in this fight. He can leave a stick somewhere as a trap or throw it at his opponent. When it hits a opponent, it will explode instantly.
There is another way I will allow Landon to use the dynamite. During the zombie invasion, Landon made boom bait by combining dynamite and undead bait. When thrown, the boom bait leaves a pool of green liquid that explodes after ten seconds. When a bullet gets fired in the pool, it will explode also and it will kill when it hits a opponent, just as normal dynamite.

X-Factor:
As for x-factor, Landon Ricketts will put his trust into dead eye. He teached Marston how to use dead eye and since he is the only person who does that, he must have mastered it himself.
When dead eye targeting is used, everything moves into slowmotion and Landon can easily pick off his targets. He can take as much targets as there are bullets in his gun and he can even use the dynamite in dead eye. To make it even more dangerous, a weapon will be reloaded instantly when dead eye starts.
Such a power comes not without its flaws. Dead eye must be activated and it can run out if not used properly. Landon has to wait before he can use it again when it happens. When all the bullets are fired or the dynamite stick has been throw, dead eye stops also.

Links:
Again a bio.
http://reddead.wikia.com/wiki/Landon_Ricketts

And the reason why Ricketts is a epic gunslinger.

And just because he had a really short bio

The Edges:

Inquisitor Vs. Hunting knife.

- Weapon for weapon, we have a huge difference. Reaver has a sword that can do damage by thrusting and cutting.  It also gives the user a bit of life energy with every hit. Landon on the other hand, does only have a hunting knife. Altough the knife can be used for blocking smaller weapons, it will not help much against a far more larger sword. We must also not forget that the sword has a special ability that the knife does not have. 

- As for armour, neither warrior wore any armour and so neither can protect themselfs.

- As for skill, both would have enough skill to use this without a problem.  Since the sword reacts on acting like Reaver, Reaver would be more then competent with it. Landon would have used the hunting knife a lot himself and also know how to use it very well. 

- In the end, the weapons are by far not even. The only real similarity is that both warriors had a lot of skill with their weapons, but if you compare the weapons you can see that the weapons are by far not even. The sword is clearly better because it's  a longer reach and has a special ability that crushes the hunting knife. I can talk long about it but the melee winner is clear.

Edge: Reaver

Dragonstomper .48 Vs. Schofield revolver

- Both guns are very deady and belong to the strongest weapons in the games they are in. It would not be a suprise that they both were the primary weapons of Reaver and Landon Ricketts. The two weapons have more in commen that that; Both weapons have six shots, both have the same bulletspeed and they both have a medium accurate range. There is one important difference between these two weapons. The schofield has more stopping power then the dragonstomper and will do more damage on impact. 

- I can say again that neither warrior wears any armour but Reaver can use his sword and reflexes to block the bullets of the opponent but i am not shure if he could block more then one bullet. 

- With skill, both warriors were master marksmen. Reaver was the hero of skill ofcourse, which means that every bullet would be fired with a lot of skill. I have already talked about the aiming Reaver can do. As for Ricketts, he was a skilled gunman without dead eye. With this, he became even more dangerous. He knew every aspect of dead eye and how to use it well in a batte. As for skill, both of them are dead even.

- Now I come with my final judgement about these two weapons. I have already said that the dragonstomper and the schofield are the primary weapons of the two warriors and it would not come as a suprise that these two weapons will get the most kills in this match. 

However, one of these two peforms slightly better and it is for me to judge which of the two it is.

These small firearms have the same amount of ammo and the same accurate range. Reaver has a advantage with the defence because can block a bullet with his sword. These defence is not perfect though. The blocking skills of Reaver are good but when Landon uses dead eye, the pirate might not be able to block all bullets. Besides that, Reaver needs to have his sword out for this trick to work.

The fact that the shots of Landon have more power then those of Reaver means that they can deal more damage per shot and altough it wil not matter much, it matters enough for me to give Ricketts a slight egde.

Edge: Landon Ricketts

Explosives vs. Dynamite

- These are two dangerous explosives that can blow someone to little pieces. Both of them explode after a while and neither gives off schrapnall damage. 

To see which of these two is better, I first have t look at what explosive packs more power and after watching both explosive I have decided that the explosives of Reaver have a bit more power behind them.

'Now I know which has more power, i have to see which of the two peforms better in a fight.

Reaver can use his explosives as a suprise attack, blowing people up and transforming buildings into dangerous falling objects. Reaver is also able to time the explosives and thus making running for it somewhat harder.

Landon has his dynamite stick that he can throw at his opponent or leave on the ground as a suprise attack. he can also use the boom bait to suprise his opponent and ignite it by either waiting or firing his weapon into the liquid.

Lastly i would put light on the time to explode. Reaver can time his explosives and thus being able to get away before it explodes or make it explode before the opponent gets away. (this last thing may make it hard for him to get away in time himself) The dynamite of Landon has a fuse of 5 seconds but the boom bait can take longer to explode.

- As for defence, both warriors will get blown into small little pieces by the explosion of the opponent. There is some sort of defense this time as both warriors may use the ancient art of getting the hell away before the explosion. As I have said, Reaver can time his explosives but may be cought in the explosion himself if he is not carefull. If he set it too long, the opponent may escape this deathtrap. 

Landon has a fuse for five seconds, which can become less as he holds it. This has the same flaws as the weapon of its opponent. The boombait is slightly better because Ricketts can activate it by shooting a bullet in the liquid.

- Now for skill. The explosions themselfs require no skill but rigging the explosives does. Reaver can set his explosives well and even time it perfectly. Landon has shown to be able to use dynamite in a other form and he can use dynamite in dead eye. When used in dead eye, the dynamite will explode directly after it hits the opponent. This also makes the dynamite impossible to dodge.

- For my final decision, I have to judge which of these two special weapons is better. Altough this might seen very hard to judge, it is not. The explosives of Reaver give bigger explosions but this can turn around as the pirate needs to be a lot further away himself. The dynamite on the other hand can be used as throwing weapon and in dead eye. The boombait will be especially devastating since it is a very good booby trap. (Reaver cannot possibly expect a small pool of liquid to blow up) The dynamite is not perfect though becaue it can roll away from the opponent and Reaver may kill the fuse if he reacts in time.

In the end, the advantages of the dynamite are just too much for me to ignore.

Edge: Landon Ricketts

The fight

'Come on Men, Work those lazy arsses or I'm going to shoot you here and now.'  Reaver watched how ten of his pirates were walking with him through the desert, most of them complaining. These good for nothing idiots were complaining of the heat and the sand. If they would not hurry, Reaver was going to shoot someone to set a example. 'Hands, remind me to take a few Aurorians with me next time. They are used to deserts and do not complain like this sorry bunch.' 'Ai Captain' His first mate answered.

It had been a very long time since Reaver had fared the sea to capture other ships as he usually was too busy with his factories to do any fun stuff. The life of a factory owner was rather dull and since the king insisted on having new rules in a factory that benefitted the workers, Reaver needed to get out for a while. He collected a group of pirates, bought a new ship and set sail to unknown lands, hoping to find valuable items.

When they finally found land, after some harsh stormy days, they were suprised to see a desert. Reaver had then picked ten of his crewmen and set out to find a city they could take. 

'A City!' one of the crewmen yelled and indeed, there was a walled city in front of them. the whole group cheered and after checking their weapons, the pirates made way towards the gates to ransack the city.

The pirates yelles as they stepped into the city, they continued yelling as the grabbed everything they could find and pushed the townspeople away. 

Reaver watched the carnage with a smile and saw how this easy picking suddenly became a lot harder. It was his first mate Jonas Hands who experienced the toughness of the Mexicans as he got shot with a rifle when he cut down a old man with his cutlass. 

They are fighting back, Reaver thought as he saw how Hands died. 'They are attacking, kill them!' He yelled. 

As if to show how to do it, Reaver took his loyal dragonstomper and shot two Mexican warriors that came running at him, the bullets hitting the men in the throat. 

After this, a firefight ensued in which the Albion pirates tried to fight off the Mexican people.

Landon rode towards the city that he could call his home now. Ever since he left America, he had felt at peace in this odd country. Here was violence also ofcourse, but few people knew about his gunslinging days and even less people came looking for him. Now he was just  a old man who knew how to handle guns.

Landon brushed some sweat of his face and lighted another sigar. He had just been hunting, something he did every week to keep his shooting skills up. As his horse rode in the direction of the main gate, a teenage girl ran towards Ricketts. He recocgnised her as Maria, one of the townspeople of Chuparosa. 'Help, Help' She yelled. 'People came in the town and started shooting' The panicked girl spoke. 'Where they Mexican army men?' Landon asked. 'No no' came the answer. 'Americans?' Now the girl was only shaking her head while crying. She swallowed some tears and spoke. 'I do not know who they are, strange clothing and strange weapons.' She then burst into tears again.

Landon thought for a second before acting. 'Maria, run away from the city and find a place to hide in. I will help the people.' Maria nodded and ran in the opposite direction of the city. 

As Landon neared the city gate, he saw two strangers under the wooden roof in front of the gate. He had not seen any of these two before and he could not tell where they were from. He did hear shooting from the city and saw that both men were holding strange rifles. Suddenly, a loud bang came from the city and he saw some debree flying in the air. He took a stick of dynamite from his horse, lighted it with his sigar and thew it towards the gate. 

The dynamite exploded, shattering the wood and throwing blood and body parts all around. After this distraction, Landon rode up to the wall and jumped on it. He then climbed in the city and saw one of the attackers firing a blunderbuss in front of him. The cowboy grabbed his hunting knife and sneaked up to this attacker. When he was in position, Landon grabbed the face of his target and slashed the throat with a quick move. The attacker fell on the ground silently but before Landon could suprise anyone else, two attackers holding pistols came running towards him with their weapons held ready. Landon dropped his knife and reached for his schofield as he went into dead eye. Ricketts targeted the chest and face of the first opponent and the throat of the second. He then fired. The two fell on the ground almost at the same time without making a sound. Landon took his hunting knife from the ground, headed towards the central plaza of the city and fired a bullet that hit one of the attackers in temple. He turned around and saw the last of the attackers near the church.

Reaver had fun. He had missed the killing for some time and in a way, he was happy that those people resisted the pirate attack. Reaver fired a bullet that hit one of the townspeople in the heart and then chose a small house to set his explosives in. After the explosives were set, Reaver walked out of the house and got into a safe distance as the house exploded. The explosion took one of the townspeople and ripped his body apart as the debree flew all around and hit one of the townspeople and one of his men as the two were fighting each other with their fists. Both of them died due to the impact of the debree on their skulls. 

One of the townspeople came running towards Reaver, trying to stab him with a knife. Reaver drew his inquisitor and as the man tried to stab the pirate, Reaver cut off the attacking hand and thrusted his sword in the chest of the man. After pulling the blade out, Reaver moved towards a stranger with a big hat and a black mustache, to cut the man in the neck. After a third man had died by the inquisitor, Reaver saw that only one opponent was standing. To his dismay, all of his crew were dead. Reaver put the sword back into the sheath and pulled his dragonstomper as he stared at this last opponent.

Reaver and Landon watched each other, both trying to figur out their opponent. The men suddenly fired a bullet each and watched how the bullets collided in the air. 'Impossible' Ricketts spoke softly. Both men then hid away before they fired their handguns at each other. Reaver ducked into the church and fired from cover while Landon was hiding behind a small wall in front of the saloon. For the first times in the careers, these two skilled gunmen missed their targets. 

After a while, Landon noticed that this would not work and using the wall as cover, sneaked away. The old cowboy then jumped on one of the houses and jumped from house to house, keeping himself out of sight.

The pirate captain walked out of the church with his weapon ready. He had not been shot at for some time and was wondering if he finally managed to kill the last occupant of this town. Staying close to the houses to have a cover if needed, something large suddenly landed on his back. Reaver dropped his gun and landed on the ground. When he turned to see who had attacked him, he was suprised to see it was the old man he was fighting. 

Landon stepped towards his opponent and attacked the man with his hunting knife. The knife tear through the shoulder as Reaver grunted in pain. He managed to avoid another attack and quickly drew his sword. A slash with the inquisitor forced Landon backwards and another slash struck the cowboy in the side. 

Ricketts threw his knife to distract his opponent and ran away. He jumped over a legde as he felt his side burning and fled into the town market. Suddenly, he noticed his pocket and realised that he still had some boom bait left from his tests on wild animals. He threw the bottle in a open spot and as it broke, a green liquid appeared on the ground. He then ran away, only to be shot in the leg. 

Reaver walked towards his opponent, who had crashed into a stand and smiled at the old man. 'Hello there my dear man. I thought I would finally have a worthy opponent, but it appears that i am wrong.' Landon was silent at the insults of this english speaking man. 'You look to wrinkly for my tastes to be a toy but I can find other uses for you. I need to have a prize and you will do well as one. The shadow court might like you.' Landon had no idea what the 'shadow court' was, but it did not sound very appealing. 

Reaver fired another shot that landed in the left shoulder of Landon and the pirate clearly enjoyed giving the pain. 'Now what we are going to do.' Reaver began again. 'I am going to shoot you in your last leg' Blam! a bullet went into the healthy leg of Landon. 'Now i will collect the rest of my pirate crew and have them drag you to our ship. They will also take the treasures and any young men and woman we come across.' Before Landon could react, Reaver stepped backwards and into the green puddle. 

'Boy, never taunt a opponent who can fight back' Landon spoke now. Reaver saw that revolver in the right hand of Landon and before he could fire, the old man targeted Reaver's hand, chest and the puddle. 

After a succession of three shots, the puddle blew up and the lifeless torso of Reaver fell on the ground. His legs or head were nowhere to be found. Ricketts himself was on a good distance of the puddle and only recieved some burnings on his legs. Still, the cost of defeating this opponent was too high. Far to high.

Winner: Landon Ricketts

It was a hard match to judge but in the end, Landon Ricketts would prevail. Reaver had a lot of skill and the kill count would be close. (I suspect a difference of less then 100 kills) There are however three reasons why Landon would win more times then Reaver. 

The first reason is the taunting of Reaver. The hero of skill tends to taunt at his opponent a lot before killing him and that is something very unwise when your opponent is as skilled with the gun as yourself.

The second reason that Ricketts would win is the dynamite. He could use the dynamite in a lot of ways and even throw it in dead eye as a instant kill shot.

This brings me to my third and last reason. Dead eye. Both men were greatly skilled gunmen and I can see a lof of dubble kills. When both warriors are dead accurate, you must look at the speed and who can get the first shot off. With dead eye, everything else moves in slowmotion and it gives time for targeting and shooting before the opponent has a chance to shoot. If you look at dead eye and the training Landon recieved with duels (where it is important to be the first one to pull the trigger) He just had a speed advantage over Reaver that was very hard to overcome.

With Landon, his most dangerous weapons were the schofield revolver and the dynamite. He could use both to the extreme and I have no doubt that these were his most lethal tools of destruction.

As i have said, Reaver is not incompetent himself and the differerence would be less then 100 kills. His most lethal weapons would be his dragonstomper .48 and his inquisitor. The dragonstomper would kill a lot in a ranged distance and would work together perfectly with his X-factor as the hero of skill. The inquisitor would be very dangerous up close and overpower the hunting knife easily. I have no doubt that in the rare occasions that these two fought up close, the inquisitor would win every time.

My next fight will be between:

Who has the better will to become stronger and survive this duel?