Alex Duncan   Alexander Bradley Duncan. Age fifteen, has a twin sister named Alexis.

Alexis Duncan   Alexis Simone Duncan, Alex's twin sibling.

Aunt Rebecca   Alex and Alexis's paternal aunt. Widow, husband killed by outlaws.

Joshua Banning   Age sixty-two, former federal marshal and sometime mercenary.

Henry Drummond   Age thirty-three, former sheriff's deputy and private investigator.

Madeline Duncan   Alexis and Alex's mother, killed in a bandit raid.

Alexander Duncan   Alexis and Alex's father, killed in a bandit raid.