Walter Franks

Walter "Cowboy" Franks is a character role-played by gibbs_gg.

Description
Walter is from a small rural community just north of Vice City. He grew up on a farm owned by his father, who inherited it from his father and his father before him. Growing up Walter had many responsibilities on the farm as he was an only child. This instilled in Walter a strong work ethic, sense of duty, teamwork, and most of all honesty. Walter lived a pretty menial life. On the weekends Walter and his father would head to the farmers market and sell their oranges and vegetables. This was how the family made their living. After the mortgage, income tax, and yearly property taxes, the Franks Family Farm made just enough to get by.

One fateful summer after-noon the Franks family were on their way home from a meeting at the local farmers union. On a rural back road, there was a horrific accident. Walter was the only survivor. Unable to have the mortgage in his name the bank auctioned off the Franks Family Farm. Walters uncle feeling bad for the kid took him in. There was a glaring problem with this situation... Walter's uncle only known as "Shake" was an outlaw biker. Moving to Vice City was one of the most shocking experiences of Walters life aside from his parents dying.

Walter's life quickly changed after moving in with his uncle. Late nights partying, smoking weed, drinking beer. Walter was having the time of his life. This went on for years and Walter gradually moved on to harder drugs. Meth quickly becomes one of his favorite drugs. He would do odd jobs like cleaning the bikes for the club, do alcohol runs, and run the bar. Walter was never a part of the club and they would pay him with drugs.

One day Walter felt he wasn't getting paid enough and stole a large bag of meth from the club... "Shake" came home, saw the bag of meth, and knew what Walter had done. "Shake" Busted down the door of Walter's room... He wasn't there..." Shake" knew he was home because his truck was in the driveway. He made his way outside and behind the trailer. Walter was digging in the ground with a trowel. "The Mole King I need to find and kill The Mole King and Queen before they kill me!" "Shake" knew the club would kill Walter when they found out what he did and felt responsible. Once Walter sobered up "Shake" explained to him he would have to leave town. The Club would kill him when they found out what he did. Walter's uncle put him on a plane to Los Santos to get him as far away as possible, and a chance to start fresh.

Walter's meth addiction continued after moving to San Andreas. At the tail end of a long meth bender Walter found himself at U Tool on the outskirts of the Grand Senora Desert. A chance encounter on that night would leave a woman dead and Walter in prison for seventeen years. He was quoted as saying " I had to kill her she was the Mole Queen. I had to stop the rebellion."

Walter's time in prison was hard. A cell-mate suggested that he keep a journal. At first he didn't he didn't write much, but as with all things in prison, it became routine. Walter wrote in his journal daily until he was released from prison on March 3, 2021. After his release he still writes in his journal when he gets stressed.