1859
21-year-old Jonah Hex is engaged to marry Cassie Wainwright, but she is killed by scalphunters a day before the wedding.
25-year-old Apros introduces the idea of a library to his people, bringing them into a new era of learning.
26-year-old Abin Sur becomes a history teacher.
The Bride, ironically using the only name given to her by her creator, begins also working as an assassin, both in Paris and abroad.