The Skeleton
A gambler tasked by the Dire Wolf with collecting stories across America.
- Bindle Stick: You carry one during your trek across the country.
- Dem Bones: You're human in the intro but a walking skeleton after that. The Dire Wolf makes reference to removing your flesh so you can carry out your task, but as other people don't really mention it it's unclear how literal that is.
- Walking the Earth: As of your deal with the Dire Wolf, it's your job. It has an end point but until then you need to wander the continental United States bumping into stories and spreading them.
The Dire Wolf
- Voiced by: Sting
The entity that forces the main character onto their journey.
- Absurdly High-Stakes Game: Having gone all-in with more money than you, he offers to let you make up the difference with your labor. You lose, of course, sending you on your journey.
Quinn
- Voiced by: Melissa Hutchison
A hobo kid. Connected to the 3 of Staves, representing Travel. Completing their story gives you a Threadbare Bandana that teleports you to Boston.
- Canine Companion: Travels with two canines, named Cass and Flip.
- Eye-Obscuring Hat: In the form of a wide-brimmed straw hat, where the eyes are obscured by shadow, but still visible in the form of two white dots.
Mason
- Voiced by: Jacob Burgess
A veteran of the Great War. Connected to the Tower tarot, representing Death, Changes, Endings, and Moving On. Completing his story gives you a Shell Casing that teleports you to Washington, DC.
Franklin
- Voiced by: Arif S. Kinchen
A Pullman porter. Connected to the 9 of Swords, representing Sadness. Completing his story gives you a Conductor's Pocket Watch that teleports you to Cleveland.
Little Ben
- Voiced by: Jason Liebrecht
A coal miner. Connected to the Justice tarot, representing Choice and Morality. Completing his story gives you Fools' Gold that teleports you to Richmond.
Jimmy
- Voiced by: Calvin Hooper
A preacher. Connected to the Star tarot, representing Faith and Trust. Completing his story gives you a Silver Acorn Bell that teleports you to Jacksonville.
Cassady
- Voiced by: Nicholas Saenz
A beat poet. Connected to the Lovers tarot, representing Love. Completing his story gives you a Sunflower Head that teleports you to Chicago.
Dupree
- Voiced by: Elizabeth Maxwell
A gambler. Connected to the Wheel of Fortune tarot, representing Fortune, Fate, and Luck. Completing her story gives you Bone Dice that teleport you to Miami.
- Con Man: She openly talks about being one, but acts like she's 'off-duty'. She isn't, of course.
- Cunning Like a Fox: Her 'true shape' is that of a fox, resplendent with ill-gotten jewelry, playing cards and money sticking out of her tail.
Althea
- Voiced by: Kimberly Brooks
A blues singer. Connected to the Devil tarot, representing Bondage, Traps, and Imprisonment. Completing her story gives you a Blue Flame that teleports you to Nashville.
- Deal with the Devil: She mentions making one at first meeting. She later explains that her deal was for fame as a blues singer. The devil himself can later be seen as part of her true form.
- Foreshadowing: The non-instrumental version of Soulsucker Blues gives a broad overview of her story in its lyrics. And the title is pretty literal.
- Leitmotif: Soulsucker Blues, which she plays, is heard as part of the ambient soundtrack and an instrumental version plays during her campfire scenes.
Shaw
- Voiced by: Dave Fennoy
A sharecropper. Connected to the Emperor tarot, representing Authority. Completing his story gives you a Heron Tail Feather that teleports you to Birmingham.
August
- Voiced by: Mike MacRae
A sailor. Connected to the Sun tarot, representing The Past and Memories. Completing his story gives you a Paperback that teleports you to Seattle.
Bertha
- Voiced by: Cissy Jones
A dustbowl refugee. Connected to the Queen of Cups, representing Family. Completing her story gives you a Carved Peach Head that teleports you to Los Angeles.
Rose
- Voiced by: Sarah Elmaleh
A hippie. Connected to the High Priestess tarot, representing The Future. Completing her story gives you a Skull Pendant that teleports you to Portland.
Fidelina
- Voiced by: Laura Patalano
A curandera. Connected to the World tarot, representing Heaven, Desires Fulfilled, and Wishes Come True. Completing her story gives you a Metal Horse that teleports you to Santa Fe.
Ray
- Voiced by: David Jennison
A cowboy. Connected to the Fool tarot, representing Freedom. Completing his story gives you a Horse Bone Flute that teleports you to Denver.
Rocio
- Voiced by: Amparo Garcia-Crow
A migrant worker. Connected to the Two of Coins, representing Joy. Completing her story gives you a Red Pin that teleports you to El Paso.
Dehaaya
- Voiced by: Melba Martinez
A Native American, and "the one who went upward". Connected to the Empress tarot, representing Nature, Country, and Home. Completing her story gives you a Turquoise Pebble that teleports you to Shiprock.
The Devil
Present on a Tarot card, in a couple of adventures and alongside one of the storytellers' 'true shapes', appearing the same way each time: brown suit, brown hat, leathery brown wings.
- Affably Evil: He's as charismatic as you'd expect a maker of deals to be.
- Deal with the Devil: He wouldn't be the Devil of American folklore if he didn't arrange these.
- Eye-Obscuring Hat
- Good Wings, Evil Wings: His brown, bat-like wings look like they're part of his suit.
