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* [[spoiler: FromRagsToRiches]]: [[spoiler:Dropping charges against him has him return to Kansas and help around his town, leading him to be a shoe-in for mayor and later become an excellent senator.]]
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** [[InterfaceSpoiler The epilogue can also tell you his full name without romancing him]], though it won't tell you how he hates it.
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* Yandre: see above

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* Yandre: Yandere: see above
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*Yandre: see above
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* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: There's hardly a time when she isn't drinking or doesn't at least have alcohol nearby. She even keeps a bottle reserved at the Babylon.

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* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: There's hardly a time when she isn't drinking or doesn't at least have alcohol nearby. She even keeps a bottle reserved at the Babylon. [[spoiler:Tellingly, a very high influence with her is described in the "Story Mode" of the Marshal's statistics as "She loves you more than whiskey itself."]]
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* OlderSidekick: [[spoiler: He becomes a variant of this if the Marshal stays in Lander County and has a decent amount of influence with him.]]
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* CoDragons: She and her brother are serving as their father's boots on the ground in Lander County.


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* CoDragons: With his sister. They're the Upton family's chief agents in Lander County.


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* BigBad: A very removed one. [[spoiler: He's pulling the strings on the plan to destroy the transcontinental railroad that drives much of the game's arc.]]

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* BottleFairy: There's hardly a time when she isn't drinking or doesn't at least have alcohol nearby. She even keeps a bottle reserved at the Babylon.


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* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: There's hardly a time when she isn't drinking or doesn't at least have alcohol nearby. She even keeps a bottle reserved at the Babylon.
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!! Caraway [[spoiler:Hartigan]]

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!! Caraway [[spoiler:Hartigan]]
Caraway
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* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: [[spoiler: He can knock out a bear with a single punch in one scene.]]

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* [[spoiler: TheAtoner]]: Can become one, if the Marshal plays their cards right.



** MisplacedRetribution: He's set about killing any U.S. Marshal he can find until he can actually track down the ones who actually killed his brother. As far as he's concerned, anyone who wears a tin star shares in their guilt.

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** MisplacedRetribution: He's set about killing any U.S. Marshal he can find until he can actually track down the ones who actually killed his brother. As far as he's concerned, anyone who wears a tin star shares in their guilt. Gets even worse when [[spoiler: it turns out his brother wasn't killed by U.S. Marshals but by four members of the Marshall ''family'']].
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* [[spoiler:WomanScorned]]: [[spoiler:She will try to kill the Marshal and anyone they've taken up with if spurned.]]

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* [[spoiler:WomanScorned]]: WomanScorned: [[spoiler:She will try to kill the Marshal and anyone they've taken up with if spurned.]]

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* PutOnABus: He disappears to Oregon for a while after the Golden Stagecoach run.
** TheBusCameBack: He reappears during the attack on the Central Pacific railway if Hungry Snake has been killed.

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* PutOnABus: He disappears to Oregon for a while after the Golden Stagecoach run.
** TheBusCameBack: He reappears during the attack on the Central Pacific railway if Hungry Snake has been killed.

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* RealMenLoveJesus: He's a member of the Latter Day Saints.

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* RealMenLoveJesus: He's a member of the Latter Day Saints.Saints and the finest rifleman among them.



* TheBear: A near constant descriptor for him.



* [[spoiler:{{Yandere}}]]: [[spoiler:She will try to kill the Marshal and anyone they've taken up with if spurned.]]

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* [[spoiler:{{Yandere}}]]: [[spoiler:WomanScorned]]: [[spoiler:She will try to kill the Marshal and anyone they've taken up with if spurned.]]



* CrusadingLawyer: Yiska is a Shoshone with a legal education who works on behalf of his people to fight for their rights. Unfortunately, laws that spans societies are complicated

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* BadassBookworm: He's a lawyer, sure, but he's also an Indian brave who can fight with the best of them.
* CrusadingLawyer: Yiska is a Shoshone with a legal education who works on behalf of his people to fight for their rights. Unfortunately, laws that spans span societies are complicatedcomplicated, and the people he deals with often don't give a damn what the law says.



* MasterSwordsman: She's an excellent fencer.



* [[RealMenLoveJesus Real Women Love Jesus]]: She's a devoted Catholic, and she plans to found a hermitage in the Sierra mountains during her stay.

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* [[RealMenLoveJesus Real Women Love Jesus]]: She's a devoted Catholic, and she plans to found a hermitage in the Sierra mountains during her stay. Also, when pushed to it she's a fine swordswoman.
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** GivenNameReveal: If he's romanced, he'll reveal that it stands for [[spoiler:[[StarTrekTheOriginalSeries James Tiberius]].]] It's a family name, and he hates it.

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** GivenNameReveal: If he's romanced, he'll reveal that it stands for [[spoiler:[[StarTrekTheOriginalSeries [[spoiler:[[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries James Tiberius]].]] It's a family name, and he hates it.
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* LiteralistSnarking: Ge indulges from time to time.

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* LiteralistSnarking: Ge He indulges from time to time.

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-->'''Yiska:''' "Indeed, I should hope not for that would be a difficult contract to craft," ''Yiska chuckles,'' "though they could have you stuffed and
--->mounted I suppose, but then how would you make the rounds?"

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-->'''Yiska:''' "Indeed, I should hope not for that would be a difficult contract to craft," ''Yiska chuckles,'' "though they could have you stuffed and
--->mounted
and mounted I suppose, but then how would you make the rounds?"
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* Determinator: If you manage to derail the train, the powder barrels aboard explode, killing nearly everything aboard. Except possibly Reginald, who manages to climb out of the burning wreckage and draw on you.

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* Determinator: {{Determinator}}: If you manage to derail the train, the powder barrels aboard explode, killing nearly everything aboard. Except possibly Reginald, who manages to climb out of the burning wreckage and draw on you.
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* RaceFetish: While she can be romanced by a Marshal of any race, she seems to have a thing for Native Americans in particular. She used to be involved with [[spoiler:Hungry Snake]], she carries a torch for Yiska, and will immediately hit on an Indian Marshal.

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* RaceFetish: While she can be romanced by a Marshal of any race, she seems to have a thing for Native Americans in particular. She used to be involved with [[spoiler:Hungry Snake]], she carries a torch for Yiska, and will immediately hit on an Indian Marshal.NA Marshal (which they can comment on).
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* EmbarrassingMiddleName: Roscoe, after his father's deceased dog.

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* AmbiguousGender: If the player chooses to have them referred to by a title like "Marshal" or "Doctor" instead of assigning a male or female gender, the game will use they/them pronouns and avoid gender descriptors.



* EarnYourTitle: What the Marshal says to Yiska when they first meet determines what he calls them for the rest of the game.



* MistakenIdentity: People occasionally mistake them with Marshal Steele, [[spoiler:the false marshal sent to take their place, even after the man himself has been jailed or killed.]]

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* MistakenIdentity: People occasionally mistake sometimes confuse them with Marshal Steele, [[spoiler:the false marshal sent to take their place, even after the man himself has been jailed or killed.]]



* LastNameBasis: Most people outside of Albion Falls call him "Carson."
** FirstNameBasis: Get his approval high enough and he'll let you call him "Ben."



* TheBear

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* TheBearTheBear: A near constant descriptor for him.



* LastNameBasis: Most people call him "Schmidt."
** FirstNameBasis: Get his approval high enough, and he'll let you call him "Dan."



* MountainMan

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** GayOption: The Marshal's gender identity (or lack thereof) is not a problem.
* MountainManMountainMan: If he's not being referred to as TheBear or {{Prospector}}, it'll probably be this.



* ShipTease: The Marshal can catch him flirting with Miss [=MacMurphy=] in Chapter 6 if he isn't being romanced.




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* [[spoiler:{{Yandere}}]]: [[spoiler:He will try to kill the Marshal and anyone they've taken up with if spurned.]]



* AffectionateNickname: Get her approval high enough, and she'll let you call her "Carrie."
* AmicableExes: She used to be involved with [[spoiler:Hungry Snake]], and they still get along pretty well.



* FieryRedhead

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* FieryRedheadBountyHunter: [[spoiler:She can become one in the epilogue.]]
* FieryRedhead: The companion with the reddest hair and quickest temper.



** GayOption: The Marshal's gender identity (or lack thereof) is not a problem.
* RaceFetish: While she can be romanced by a Marshal of any race, she seems to have a thing for Native Americans in particular. She used to be involved with [[spoiler:Hungry Snake]], she carries a torch for Yiska, and will immediately hit on an Indian Marshal.




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* [[spoiler:{{Yandere}}]]: [[spoiler:She will try to kill the Marshal and anyone they've taken up with if spurned.]]



The founder and sheriff of Preston Springs.

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The founder founder, mayor, and sheriff of Preston Springs.



* EmbarrassingMiddleName: [[spoiler:Tiberius.]] It's something of a family tradition, and he hates it.



* LiteralistSnarking: Not nearly as much as Yiska, but it's there.

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* LiteralistSnarking: Not nearly as much as Yiska, but it's there.He indulges from time to time.



-->'''Preston:''' "With a pistol, I expect. Though, I suppose a rifle or shotgun might have done it."

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-->'''Preston:''' -->'''J.T. Preston:''' "With a pistol, I expect. Though, I suppose a rifle or shotgun might have done it."



** GayOption: The Marshal's gender identity (or lack thereof) is not a problem.



* OnlyKnownByInitials: He refers to himself exclusively as "J.T."
** GivenNameReveal: If he's romanced, he'll reveal that it stands for [[spoiler:[[StarTrekTheOriginalSeries James Tiberius]].]] It's a family name, and he hates it.



* LiteralistSnarking: Quite a bit.

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* LiteralistSnarking: Quite a bit.He indulges from time to time.




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** GayOption: The Marshal's gender identity (or lack thereof) is not a problem.



** GayOption: The Marshal's gender identity (or lack thereof) is not a problem.




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** She also tends to hide a knife up her sleeve.



* ActionGirl: She's as ready and able to fight as her brother.



** If you manage to derail the train, the powder barrels aboard explode, killing nearly everything aboard. Except possibly Regina, who manages to climb out of the burning wreckage and draw on you.



-->'''Regina:''' "Not while there is breath in my body and a gun in my hand. And look, here I have both."
** If you manage to derail the train, the powder barrels aboard explode, killing nearly everything aboard. Except Regina, who manages to climb out of the burning wreckage and draw on you.

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-->'''Regina:''' -->'''Regina Upton:''' "Not while there is breath in my body and a gun in my hand. And look, here I have both."
** If you manage to derail the train, the powder barrels aboard explode, killing nearly everything aboard. Except Regina, who manages to climb out of the burning wreckage and draw on you.
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* SilkHidingSteel: Figuratively and literally, as she tends to hide a derringer up her sleeve.



* BlingBlingBang: His pistol features gold and pearls to match his watch and cufflinks.

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* BlingBlingBang: His pistol Smith and Wesson Model 1 features gold and pearls to match his watch and cufflinks.ivory handles.



* Determinator: If you manage to derail the train, the powder barrels aboard explode, killing nearly everything aboard. Except possibly Reginald, who manages to climb out of the burning wreckage and draw on you.
* LiteralistSnarking: Ge indulges from time to time.
-->'''The Marshal:''' "How could you say that?"
-->'''Reginald Upton:''' "Very easily: by speaking the words."



* SharpDressedMan: Rivals Preston in this regard.

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* SharpDressedMan: Rivals He rivals Preston in this regard.



* IWantGrandkids: He's intent on his family line continuing, [[spoiler:so this is a requirement if the Marshal marries one of his children.]]



!! Hungry Snake

A Bannock warlord who works for Richard Hartigan and [[spoiler:the Upton twins.]]

* AmicableExes: He used to be involved with [[spoiler:Caraway]], and they still get along pretty well.
* BloodKnight: He enjoys fighting and shedding blood.
* WeaponOfChoice: His Walker Colt.
* WorthyOpponent: He can see the Marshal as one.



* BewareTheNiceOnes: She's a sweet proper lady [[spoiler:who will take up a knife and advance against a man with a pistol if provoked.]]




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* ShipTease: The Marshal can see Schmidt flirting with her if he's not romanced, and she definitely responds in kind.
* TrueBlueFemininity: She's wearing something blue pretty much every time she appears.



** PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: If the Marshal convinces him to meet Pamela in person, they hit it off in a major way and he enthusiastically proposes. They marry and live happily, and he eventually passes control of his business onto their children.



* TheQuietOne: He doesn't speak more than is necessary.

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* TheQuietOne: He doesn't speak more than is necessary.
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* LiteralistSnarking: ''All the time.''

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* LiteralistSnarking: ''All Quite a bit.
-->'''The Marshal:''' "I'm
the time.''Marshal of Lander county but I won't be serving as such forever."
-->'''Yiska:''' "Indeed, I should hope not for that would be a difficult contract to craft," ''Yiska chuckles,'' "though they could have you stuffed and
--->mounted I suppose, but then how would you make the rounds?"

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* CoolSword: She carries a saber made of Toledo steel that matches her uncle's.

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* CoolSword: She carries a saber made of Toledo steel that matches her uncle's.steel.



* HappilyMarried: To Julie. [[spoiler:Though it's possible for their relationship to fall apart if the Marshal doesn't get revenge against Upton.]]

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* HappilyMarried: To Julie. [[spoiler:Though [[spoiler:To Julie Moore, though it's possible for their relationship to fall apart if the Marshal doesn't get revenge against Upton.]]



* HappilyMarried: To Marshal James. [[spoiler:Though it's possible for their relationship to fall apart if the Marshal doesn't get revenge against Upton.]]

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* HappilyMarried: To [[spoiler:To Marshal James. [[spoiler:Though James, though it's possible for their relationship to fall apart if the Marshal doesn't get revenge against Upton.]]




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* WomanInBlack: Very common for her, given her profession.



** If you manage to derail the train, the powder barrels aboard explode, killing nearly everything aboard. Except Regina, who manages to climb out of the burning wreckage and draw on you.



*** ProfessionalKiller: The Marshal can learn that Jack was paid by the Uptons to kill the marshals of Lander County. He was using the money as funds to get to Kansas for his revenge.

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*** ProfessionalKiller: [[spoiler:ProfessionalKiller: The Marshal can learn that Jack was paid by the Uptons to kill the marshals of Lander County. He was using the money as funds to get to Kansas for his revenge.
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* DirtyCop: Can be played this way.
* EvidenceScavengerHunt: The Marshal has to gather evidence to prove that they’re the rightful marshal of Lander County after Steele shows up.
* FamedInStory: They can gain quite a lot of fame and/or notoriety during their stint in Preston Springs, helped along by the series of dime novels based on their exploits.



* MistakenIdentity: People occasionally mistake them with Marshal Steele, [[spoiler:the false marshal sent to take their place, even after the man himself has been jailed or killed.]]



* PlayerCharacter
* ReligiousBruiser: Possible, especially with a high Brawling stat.
* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: Can take this stance whenever Preston or anyone else tries to bribe them.



* TheDrifter: He gets antsy and bored if he stays in one place for too long.

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* TheDrifter: He gets tends to get antsy and bored if he stays in one place for too long.long. He will stay longer stretches in Preston Springs during the Marshal's term, however, especially if he's befriended or romanced.



* IntoxicationEnsues: Pretty much what happens whenever the Marshal drinks with her.



* LadykillerInLove: An unattached Preston tends to enjoy the attention of local dancing girls. If romanced, he can remark that he hasn’t looked their way since he’s had the Marshal.



* BetaCouple: He and Maria can end up together.



* ArrangedMarriage: With her first husband.
** PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: She notes that they were a good match, had many things in common, and she reflects upon his death with genuine sorrow.
* BetaCouple: She and Yiska can end up together.



* CoolSword: She carries a saber made of Toledo steel that matches her uncle's.



* MayDecemberRomance: With her first husband, who was twenty years her senior.
* OutWithABang: Her first husband collapsed shortly after they consummated their vows.



* [[RealMenLoveJesus Real Women Love Jesus]]: She's a devoted Catholic, and she plans to found a hermitage in the Sierra mountains.
* SilkHidingSteel

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* ParasolOfPrettiness: She's scarcely seen outside without one.
* ProperLady
* [[RealMenLoveJesus Real Women Love Jesus]]: She's a devoted Catholic, and she plans to found a hermitage in the Sierra mountains.
mountains during her stay.
* SilkHidingSteel
SilkHidingSteel: The saber she carries isn't ornamental.



* MistakenIdentity: The Marshal doesn't know much about him, hence when [[spoiler:Steele comes around trying to pass himself off as the rightful marshal, it's easy for the Marshal to get confused when people say that Marshal James died at New Years. The Marshal James they're referring to is actually Simon's brother Eugene, who was shot by Tumbleweed Jack.]]



!! Julie

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!! Julie
Julie Moore



* AngstySurvivingTwin: A possibility.



* {{Determinator}}: Particularly if you capture or murder her brother or Hungry Snake.
-->'''The Marshal:''' "You could surrender, you know..."
-->'''Regina:''' "Not while there is breath in my body and a gun in my hand. And look, here I have both."
* HighClassGlass: The Marshal notes her monocle nearly every time she appears.
* RedOniBlueOni: The more reckless and passionate Red to Reginald’s meticulous and stoic Blue.



* AngstySurvivingTwin: A possibility.
* BlingBlingBang: His pistol features gold and pearls to match his watch and cufflinks.



* RedOniBlueOni: The stoic and careful Blue to Regina’s smug and reckless Red.
* SharpDressedMan: Rivals Preston in this regard.
* StoicSpectacles: He's about as calm, measured, and level-headed as Carson.



* ButForMeItWasTuesday: He says as much if the Marshal asks him if his schemes were personal. [[spoiler:Of course, he changes his tune pretty quick if the Marshal reveals that they killed any of his children.]]
* ImpoverishedPatrician: His house is in a state of decay, giving off the impression that his family has fallen on hard times. [[spoiler: This is a smokescreen to hide just how powerful and influential they actually are.]]



* DirtyCoward: He shot [[spoiler:Marshal Eugene James]] through a crack in his office wall.




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*** ProfessionalKiller: The Marshal can learn that Jack was paid by the Uptons to kill the marshals of Lander County. He was using the money as funds to get to Kansas for his revenge.



* CurbStompBeatdown: He clubbed one of the previous marshals of Lander County to death.

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* CurbStompBeatdown: NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: He clubbed one of the previous marshals of Lander County to death.
* PutOnABus: He disappears to Oregon for a while after the Golden Stagecoach run.
** TheBusCameBack: He reappears during the attack on the Central Pacific railway if Hungry Snake has been killed.


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* IcyBlueEyes: To match her cool, calm, and dignified demeanor.

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* BlingBlingBang: His Smith and Wesson Model 1 revolver has ivory handles and a polished silver trim.



* LiteralistSnarking: Not nearly as much as Yiska, but it's there.
-->'''The Marshal:''' "How did he get shot?"
-->'''Preston:''' "With a pistol, I expect. Though, I suppose a rifle or shotgun might have done it."



* [[RealMenLoveJesus Real Women Love Jesus]]: She's a devoted Catholic.

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* OverlyLongName: Maria Agustina Theresa, Maria de Zapopan, Maria de la Descalzas Reales, Maria Paulina de Toledo y Santarosa.
* [[RealMenLoveJesus Real Women Love Jesus]]: She's a devoted Catholic.Catholic, and she plans to found a hermitage in the Sierra mountains.


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!! Richard Hartigan

A known outlaw who has plagued Lander County for over a year.

* CurbStompBeatdown: He clubbed one of the previous marshals of Lander County to death.

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!! Maria

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!! Maria
Maria Agustina Toledo y Santarosa



* ArrangedMarriage: He was set to enter into one with Pamela Winthrop, the sister of Harold and Larry, as a way to bring their businesses together in a more permanent way than a contract. Until he was shown a tin-type of the woman in question, that is...



* MaliciousSlander: They spread a lot of terribly rumors about Jeff Donner, which starts to affect Donner's standing in the town.

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* MaliciousSlander: They spread a lot of terribly terrible rumors about Jeff Donner, which starts to affect Donner's standing in the town.




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* WomanScorned: They were looking to bring their business together with Jeff Donner's by having him marry their sister, only for Jeff to run for the hills upon seeing a picture of her. Because of this insult, the brothers are looking to get back at Donner however they can.



* TheBlacksmith



* HiredGuns: Preston hired them to act as bodyguards, enforcers, and occasionally gophers.

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* HiredGuns: Preston hired them to act as bodyguards, enforcers, and occasionally gophers.gophers.

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USMarshal: He recruited the Marshal for their job in Lander County and works as one himself.


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* DaddysLittleVillain: She and her brother are both in Lander County to execute the schemes of their father.
* {{Revenge}}: She can take up this cause against the Marshal for the murder of Hungry Snake and/or Reginald.


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* DaddysLittleVillain: He and his sister are both in Lander County to execute the schemes of their father.
* TheUnfavourite: Fredrick dotes on Regina but insults Reginald just about every time he's mentioned. Reginald seems to have given up trying to win his approval.


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!! Kevin Coolidge

The blacksmith of Preston Springs.

* TheQuietOne: He doesn't speak more than is necessary.

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* TheMatchmaker: They can help bring Yiska and Maria together as a couple.



* USMarshal: They have to serve a four year stint as Marshal of a county that has a habit of either driving them out or putting them in a pine box.

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* USMarshal: They have to serve a four year stint as Marshal of Lander County, a county that has a habit of either driving them out or putting them in a pine box.



!! Caraway Hartigan

* ActionGirl
* BottleFairy: There's hardly a time when she isn't drinking or doesn't at least have alcohol nearby. She even keeps bottles reserved at various establishments in Preston Springs.

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!! Caraway Hartigan

[[spoiler:Hartigan]]

* ActionGirl
ActionGirl: She's an accomplished gunslinger and can assist the Marshal with their duties. [[spoiler:Being the daughter of an outlaw probably helps.]]
* BottleFairy: There's hardly a time when she isn't drinking or doesn't at least have alcohol nearby. She even keeps bottles a bottle reserved at various establishments in Preston Springs.the Babylon.



* Egopolis: He names his town after himself.
* GentlemanSnarker

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* Egopolis: {{Egopolis}}: He names his town after himself.
* GentlemanSnarker
himself.



* PlatonicLifePartners: With Miss MacMurphy.

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* PlatonicLifePartners: With Miss MacMurphy.[=MacMurphy=].



* BlueBlood

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* BlueBloodBlueBlood: She's Spanish nobility.



!! Miss MacMurphy

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!! Miss MacMurphy
[=MacMurphy=]



* SmallTownRivalry: Engaged in one with the Winthrops.

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* SmallTownRivalry: Engaged in one with the Winthrops.
Winthrops after an arrangement between them fell apart.



* SmallTownRivalry: Engaged in one with Jeff Donner.

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* SmallTownRivalry: Engaged in one with Jeff Donner.
Donner after an arrangement between them fell apart.



!! Mister Ellis

The proprietor of the Evening Star Saloon.

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!! Mister Ellis

The proprietor of
* CoolOldLady: She runs the Evening Star Saloon.
saloon that will take the business of anyone who can keep their temper in check and has a little coin to spend.
* NeverMessWithGranny: She runs the rowdiest saloon in Preston Springs, and there isn't a person who doesn't show her respect.

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* BadAss

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* BadAssBadAss: So much so that you'll either earn a place in the history books, inspire multiple dime novels, became a folk legend, or all of the above.



* TheMentor: The Marshal can be one to Sam Pitcavage, a down-on-his-luck prospector.



* TheParagon: A Marshal with high stats in the [[KarmaMeter Karma Meters]] will inspire others to be good people in turn. One character can even be canonized as a saint as a result of your character's interactions with them.



* USMarshal

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* USMarshal
USMarshal: They have to serve a four year stint as Marshal of a county that has a habit of either driving them out or putting them in a pine box.



* {{Cowboy}}: His job. The Marshal refers to him by this until he introduces himself.
* DeadpanSnarker

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* {{Cowboy}}: His job. Ben Carson's a cowpoke working at the Blue Bell Ranch, and you meet him on a couple of occasions when he's working. The Marshal refers to him by this until he introduces himself.
* DeadpanSnarker
himself.



* TheQuietOne
* TheStoic

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* TheQuietOne
* TheStoic
TheStoic: He's nearly always calm, quiet, and unruffled.



* TheBigGuy

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* TheBigGuyTheBigGuy: He's the powerhouse among your companions and the most inclined to brawling.



* TheDrifter
* LoveInterest
** GayOption

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* TheDrifter
ConflictingLoyalty: Yiska notes that he won't step on the toes of one friend even to help another and tries to stay neutral as best he can.
* LoveInterest
** GayOption
TheDrifter: He gets antsy and bored if he stays in one place for too long.
* GentleGiant: He's a big guy that you wouldn't want to get on the bad side of, but fortunately he's jovial and rarely inclined to unnecessary violence.
* LoveInterest: He can be romanced by the Marshal.



* TheGunslinger: Her undisputed specialty, though it is possible for the PC, Frank Spears, or [[spoiler:Sam Pitcavage]] to surpass her.
* LoveInterest
** GayOption

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* TheGunslinger: Her undisputed specialty, though it is possible for specialty.
* LoveInterest: She can be romanced by
the PC, Frank Spears, or [[spoiler:Sam Pitcavage]] to surpass her.
* LoveInterest
** GayOption
Marshal.



The founder and sheriff of Preston Springs.

* CorruptHick: Though he's not evil, Preston definitely gives off this vibe. Instead of being a CattleBaron like your average Western hog, though, he makes his money by running a gold-mining BoomTown.
* Egopolis: He names his town after himself.



* ThePioneer
* ProfessionalGambler: He made his living as this for quite some time after leaving home.
* SaloonOwner

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* ThePioneer
LoveInterest: He can be romanced by the Marshal.
* ManOfWealthAndTaste: He's always immaculately groomed, exquisitely dressed, and eager to surround himself with finery.
* ThePioneer: After dreaming of his ideal town, he rode west, bought a plot of land, and built the town of Preston Springs from the ground up.
* PlatonicLifePartners: With Miss MacMurphy.
* ProfessionalGambler: He After declining to renew his ninety-day enlistment with the Confederate army, he made his living as this for quite some time after leaving home.
this.
* SaloonOwnerSaloonOwner: He owns most of the saloons in town, actually.
* SharpDressedMan: He's nearly always dressed in exquisitely tailored suits with a solid gold watch and fine cufflinks.



* SmugSnake
* SouthernGentleman

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* SmugSnake
SouthernGentleman: He's a native of South Carolina who built a prosperous BoomTown up from nothing. Bonus points for the wardrobe of fine suits, abundance of pride, and love for gambling.
* SouthernGentleman
WarIsHell: He describes his brief and reluctant career in the Confederate army to be this.



* CrusadingLawyer
* DeadpanSnarker

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* CrusadingLawyer
* DeadpanSnarker
CrusadingLawyer: Yiska is a Shoshone with a legal education who works on behalf of his people to fight for their rights. Unfortunately, laws that spans societies are complicated




to:

* LoveInterest: He can be romanced by the Marshal.



* LoveInterest: She can be romanced by the Marshal.




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* USMarshal


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!! Regina Upton

!! Reginald Upton

!! Fredrick Charles Upton

* {{Revenge}}: He thinks he's gotten this against the Marshal, who was convicted for murdering his child. [[spoiler:The Marshal has the chance to disabuse him of that notion before getting a little revenge of their own.]]

!! Tumbleweed Jack

A young gunfighter with a grudge against U.S. Marshals.

* TheDrifter: Caraway is surprised that he's back, as she thought he'd died or gone to Missouri.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Schmidt contemptuously remarks that Tumbleweed acts as if he's the only person who has ever lost family and he doesn't listen to anyone but himself.
* {{Revenge}}: He wants to kill the U.S. Marshals who killed his brother.
** MisplacedRetribution: He's set about killing any U.S. Marshal he can find until he can actually track down the ones who actually killed his brother. As far as he's concerned, anyone who wears a tin star shares in their guilt.

!! Miss MacMurphy

A partner of J.T. Preston, who co-owns and runs the Babylon saloon.

* PlatonicLifePartners: With Preston.
* ProperLady: The Marshal muses that they could easily see her in an east coast salon.

!! Jeff Donner

The butcher of Preston Springs.

* TheBigGuy: He's a big dude, and the Winthrops are probably lucky he didn't start snapping necks when tempted.
* MaliciousSlander: On the receiving end. The Marshal can choose to help stop the rumors or ignore it.
* SmallTownRivalry: Engaged in one with the Winthrops.

!! Harold and Larry Winthrop

Two brothers who run a tannery.

* MaliciousSlander: They spread a lot of terribly rumors about Jeff Donner, which starts to affect Donner's standing in the town.
* SmallTownRivalry: Engaged in one with Jeff Donner.

!! Mother Maddy

The proprietor of the Mother-Lode Saloon.

!! Mister Ellis

The proprietor of the Evening Star Saloon.


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!! The Marshal

The PlayerCharacter.

* ActionGirl: If female.
* BadAss
* DeathFakedForYou: Marshal James saves their life by staging their execution by hanging and having the PC declared dead so that they can start over in Preston Springs. It's not an act of charity so much as an arrangement for their mutual benefit.
* INeedAFreakingDrink: The Marshal has opportunities to indulge after a long, trying day.
* NoNameGiven: The PC's real name is never revealed, and the name that the player chooses is an alias.
* SecretIdentity: To keep people from figuring out that they were convicted for murder and supposedly executed.
* USMarshal

!! Benjamin Carson

* {{Cowboy}}: His job. The Marshal refers to him by this until he introduces himself.
* DeadpanSnarker
* HappilyMarried: To his wife Millie.
* RealMenLoveJesus: He's a member of the Latter Day Saints.
* TheQuietOne
* TheStoic

!! Daniel Schmidt

* {{Adorkable}}: Particularly if romanced.
* TheBigGuy
* TheBear
* TheDrifter
* LoveInterest
** GayOption
* MountainMan
* {{Prospector}}: His trade. The Marshal refers to him as this before he introduces himself.
* SnakeOilSalesman: As a child, sort of. His father was the actual salesman, but Schmidt, his mother, and his siblings all helped sell his wares.

!! Caraway Hartigan

* ActionGirl
* BottleFairy: There's hardly a time when she isn't drinking or doesn't at least have alcohol nearby. She even keeps bottles reserved at various establishments in Preston Springs.
* FieryRedhead
* GrayEyes: She fits the "American Civil War-era superstition" variety well. Upon meeting the Marshal for the first time, the Marshal notes that her "storm gray eyes watch [their] every move and promise thunderous retribution should [they] somehow escape the imminent flash of lightning."
* TheGunslinger: Her undisputed specialty, though it is possible for the PC, Frank Spears, or [[spoiler:Sam Pitcavage]] to surpass her.
* LoveInterest
** GayOption
* TomboyishPonytail

!! J.T. Preston

* GentlemanSnarker
* ThePioneer
* ProfessionalGambler: He made his living as this for quite some time after leaving home.
* SaloonOwner
* TheSheriff: Of his own town.
* SlapSlapKiss: How his romance path starts. Literally.
* SmugSnake
* SouthernGentleman

!! Yiska

* CrusadingLawyer
* DeadpanSnarker
* LiteralistSnarking: ''All the time.''

!! Maria

* BlueBlood
* [[RealMenLoveJesus Real Women Love Jesus]]: She's a devoted Catholic.
* SilkHidingSteel

!! Marshal Simon James

* HappilyMarried: To Julie. [[spoiler:Though it's possible for their relationship to fall apart if the Marshal doesn't get revenge against Upton.]]
* {{Revenge}}: His motive for saving the Marshal from execution and sending them to act against Upton is to get revenge for the death of his brother.

!! Julie

* HappilyMarried: To Marshal James. [[spoiler:Though it's possible for their relationship to fall apart if the Marshal doesn't get revenge against Upton.]]
* {{Undertaker}}

!! Preston's Deputies

* [[DirtyCoward Dirty Cowards]]: [[spoiler:If the Marshal takes control of Reginald's bandits and attacks Preston Springs, Preston reveals that they looted what they could and ran the first chance they got.]]
* HiredGuns: Preston hired them to act as bodyguards, enforcers, and occasionally gophers.

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