"You got you any brothers? I got a bunch. Only they ain't rightly mine-- they comed with the rustling charges. Them weren't mine neither, the charges I mean, but I got 'em sure as I got them brothers. I reckon life's got one mighty peculiar sense-a humor." Gideon
GIDEON FLETCHER: good soul with a penchant for calamity. He's pretty sure justice needs a hand-- not just any hand-- but his.
ASPEN RIVERS: eldest brother, square-rigged, 6'4" in his socks, official guard, big brother & all around mother-hen
RIVERS FAMILY: a rowdy clan that believes in family, honor, courtesy & fighting your sibling to the ground for the last doughnut
LUKE GANDY: sheriff of Caswell Crossing, arrested Gideon for cattle theft, loves asking questions, hates doing paperwork
CASWELL CROSSING: small town west of Sticksville & beyond lost
MR. REED: A.K.A. "Pickle Face", a sour man with a bitter disposition who believes anything gone amiss must, eventually, be Gideon's fault.