Long Duk Dong

A chinaman played by Brant Danger in Coldstone

Origin

Long is the son of a wealthy Californian. Long's grandfather Chow Da Dong, immigrated from China in 1821, with his two sons, Beeg Phat Dong and Way Hung Dong, and his daughter See Mi Dong. Beeg Phat Dong was stricken by an ailment in his lungs on the journey over the sea which led to his demise shortly after arriving in California. Soon after settling Chow opened a successful asian restaurant in the growing city of San Francisco. A few years after gaining employ as a laborer for a mine during the day and helping his father and sister in the restaurant, Way wed the daughter of another immigrant family and soon had his first child, Long Duk Dong. Chow's restaurant became very popular after See Mi developed a new recipe containing rice and the reproductive organs of cattle, which they called rice & rhoni. See Mi had also married an american businessman and entrepreneur named Thomas Steele and they had a son named Daniel the same day as Long's younger sister Sung Bowt Dong.

Growing up, Long delivered food for his grandfather's restaurant and helped his father in the mine. Occasionally, Long would accompany his cousin Danny on odd jobs for his uncle, known by some as Two-Face Tom. Danny favored Tom's tasks over the manual labor his uncle often urged him to do. Tom would pay more and some tasks were as easy as sneaking into the rooms of drunken and hung-over guests in Tom's hotel and taking some of their casino winnings before they awoke. Through some of these jobs and when playing with Danny, Long learned to deceive people, visually as well as with words. Long most often did not approve of these actions and adhered more strictly to the moral and physical routines taught by his Grandfather and father. Danny occasionally attended sessions with his cousins, uncle and grandfather in the restaurant before opening in the mornings, but as he grew older his attendance to the lessons became less and less.

Danny's demise and the setting of a vendetta

Three years ago Danny was back in town in between jobs when he got himself perished. In the months prior to this event, Long learned of Danny's new habit for opium. Danny became increasingly moody and would disappear for days at a time, without even letting his father know his whereabouts, which was a new development. One day Danny mentioned to Long a job he had to do and he was going to rustle up some compadres to assist. Fearing for Danny's well being and curious as to his new hobbies, Long volunteered to help him out. It turned out, Danny heard about a stagecoach robbery that was supposedly going to be easy pickins. Although as was Danny's nature, he wasn't satisfied with the robbery himself. He said he knew the three guys who were planning the heist and they'd be an easier pick than the shotgun on the coach. So, his plan was to wait until after the robbery and to rob the robbers. One of Danny's friends, a fairly toothless fellow by the name of Bud Stanley was with Danny and Long when they awaited the robbers on a rocky game trail a ways off of the main road, but where they'd be able to hear any yelling or shooting at the heist. There were five shots fired, no yelling, no shotgun. Minutes later, three horses came down the trail as Danny predicted. Danny's plan was to sit on horseback barring the outlaws' way to discuss with them the option of trading half of their loot for their lives and their freedom. Some things Danny weren't expecting happened. The three horses were carrying four men. One of them had a double-barreled shotgun across his hips, and as soon as he saw riders on the trail leveled it and blew what may have remained of Bud's few teeth clean out the back of his head. Moments later, Danny had shot the shotgun man, and the other single rider, although neither fell dead. However, The front double rider had shot Danny in both arms as Long was thrown from his bucking horse. The riders then charged over Long as he dodged their horses' piercing hooves. As they rode past, the rear rider of the pair shot all three of their horses. They paused for a moment as Danny was screaming for mercy and the rear rider shot him once in the gut before they disappeared over the hill and out of sight. Long carried then drug Danny to the road where the coach was. The four coach horses were all shot in the head, as was the driver. Danny died in Long's arms while they awaited a passer-by who could perhaps help. Long then vowed to find the murderous man, who shot the horses and his pleading cousin dead. Long found the cashbox on one man with the shotgun and carried it as well as all firearms he could find back into the nearest town where he deposited it all at the local bank, returning to them their money. He explained to them that he had come across a heist that had seemingly gone wrong and that there was a massacre up the road. He then returned back to San Francisco and his life. ((you decide if he told the family of Danny's demise))

Some months after that, Long was making a deposit at the local Wells, Fargo Company bank for his grandfather when the bank was being held up. Long could not stomach standing idly by. He told the masked robber he would not take his money, despite the robber jamming his pistol barrel into Long's ribs. Long sprung into action. He wrapped the robber's gun arm around behind the mans back before delivering a skull crunching punch to the base of his skull, he then grabbed up his pistol as he fell and another robber shot at Long, hitting his falling partner high in the shoulder. Long then fired all the rounds in the robbers pistol at is two retreating accomplices. No one other than the robber abducted by Long was injured. The manager of the bank, one D.H. Easton, had coincidentally, transferred from the small town where Long had returned the strongbox and he recognized Long. He awarded Long and thanked him for his services again saving the bank a heap of trouble and possibly money. He also offered Long occupation as a stage shotgun, but Long turned down the offer as well as every other offered by the manager every time Long visited the bank thereafter.

Not long after that, Long was making another deposit in the bank when he noticed a wanted poster for Jesse Holt - Dead or Alive. He recognized the sketch as the an who not only shot his cousin, but also murdered all of the horses at the coach heist. Long did not care so much for the $1000 reward, but more for avenging Danny and to stop the badgering of Mr. Easton. Long took the job and Mr. Easton fixed him up right as a contracted detective under the employ of the Wells, Fargo Company, rather than as a lone bounty hunter. Long had a regular deposit made in his account by the bank, free use of Western Union telegraph services on account of the Wells, Fargo company and has since been tracking his quarry eastwards. Along his journey gathering information about outlaws and renegades, Long has had some run-ins and has become quite handy with his side arm. He has also learned a bit about how outlaws operate and how to garnish information from them (acting and streetwise).

Heading West

His search has thus far led him east as far as Missouri. The bounty on Holt is up to $2500 and Long has recently been working his way back westward trailing Jesse. For the past few weeks Long has been in the employ of the Union Pacific Railway, under the scrutinizing eye of crew boss, Jim Wales. The rails are pushing west out of Fort Hall, and Long has just caught wind of one Willy Potts, a lieutenant of Holt's gang in the nearby town of Coldstone, so he's made his way there in seek of further information.