At the age of 13, Charles ran away and wandered the country alone. His mother was captured by soldiers a couple years later and was never seen again, whilst his father fell into a depression and became an alcoholic. He states that he and his father lived with his mother’s tribe until the US Army drove them away. A decent, honest man who also happens to be deadly.Īn infant Charles with his mother and fatherīorn to an African American father and a Native American mother, Smith became one of the most recent additions to the Van der Linde gang, joining roughly 6-7 months before the events of the game. A relatively recent recruit to the gang, Charles is quiet and reserved but extremely competent in everything he does and virtually unbeatable in a fight.