Maggie Callaway
Proud landowner. Went West to escape an abusive marriage. Complex, self-reliant and knows how to use a gun.
The Inhabitants
Marshal Perry Robinson
Tenacious lawman. Regarded with suspicion by the rest of Thurston’s residents. Always gets his man.
Rosie MacGillicuddy
Thurston’s soiled dove. Lost her family to the plague when they went West. Surviving the only way she knows how – selling sex and secrets.
Cyrus McCormick
Thurston’s general store owner and one of the town’s first residents. Thoughtful and worldly. Has secret trading relationships with those outside of Thurston.
Agnes Snead
Thurston’s shrewd former madam. Mother of the Snead boys. Fierce and domineering, she takes care of herself and her own.
Edmund Snead
A charming scoundrel and gambler. Husband to Agnes and father of the Snead boys. Dangerous to those who cross him.
Harlan Snead
Lawman turned gunman. Oldest son of Thurston’s former madam Agnes Snead. Cunning, controlling and cruel.
Amon Snead
The middle Snead brother. Suffers from a “derangement of the mind” after a mineshaft accident. Leaves bodies in his wake.
Owen Snead
The youngest Snead. Babied by his mother and bullied by his brother Harlan. Years of resentment simmer just below the surface.
Josephine “Jo” Maxwell
Widowed during a stagecoach robbery. Reluctantly does whatever it takes to stay alive. Learned medical skills during the War.
District Attorney Stewart
Educated back East. Patient and practical. Seeking to build a career in the lawless West.
Inolah Walkingstick
(Autumn Morningstar Custalow Alfaro)
Strong-willed, passionate, and protective of her family and Cherokee tribe.
Pinkerton Detective Frank Daniels
Dogged and relentless. Pursues his man to wherever it takes him.
Marie Dumont
Beguiling and mysterious. Travels the rails conning men out of their fortunes.
Dr. Benjamin Walkingstick
Intelligent and pensive. He straddles two worlds – that of his Cherokee family and that of the Western European settlers.
Mabel Winston
Curious and precocious. Travelling to California with her family.
Judge William Richards
Travelling magistrate. Pompous, proud and yellow-bellied.
Preacher
Struggling to bring civility to the West. A decent man until his own survival is at stake.
Bailiff
Tough and serious. Believes in vigilante justice if justice isn’t served in the courts.
Sheriff Nate Hart
Reluctant lawman. Went West after going AWOL during the Civil War. Observant and practical. Lives in the gray area of justice.
John Callaway
Former plantation owner. Lost everything in the War. Dastardly and dangerous. Has come West to reclaim the one thing he thinks he still owns.
Garrett Thurston
Founder of Thurston. First watched the railroad pass his once thriving mining town by then the plague take most of its residents. Still clings to the dream of the West.
Pearl Thurston
(Kathryn Browning)
Garrett’s wife. Disappointed and bitter about her life in the frontier.