< 1871 >
32-year-old Jonah Hex and 37-year-old John Standing-Bear confront each other when Hex takes a bounty on him. After an extended game of cat and mouse, they come to an understanding, and Hex helps him finish a raid on a group of kidnappers.
16-year-old Tallulah Black's family homestead is visited by seven men claiming to be government agents trying to acquire their land. Her parents and brothers are murdered, and she is shot in the head, losing her eye. She buries her family and makes her way to Little City, where she becomes a prostitute.
223-year-old Citrina comes to serve in House Amethyst.