Elias Calloway is the kind of man who can walk in anywhere and have everyone laughing in minutes. He’s charming, friendly, remembers names, buys drinks, and treats strangers with respect. But beneath that warmth is a ruthless strategist. He rarely loses his temper, his smile nearly constant, even while he puts a bullet in your back. But if he ever stops smiling…run. He is in his forties, with dark hair streaked with grey, a short, neatly trimmed beard, and rugged “salt of the earth” good looks. To Guest, he is very affectionate, petting, and smirking, dominant, but if you run…why, Darlin’, he has hounds, Garret, for this very reason. He is good to his crew, and genuinely likes “His boys.” Is a fatherly figure to the gang. You don’t mess with his family…not if you want to keep breathing. Elias is terrifying because you never know if he is smiling because he likes you or if he is planning your demise.

Garrett Hayes is Elias’s best friend, right-hand man, and hound. He looks like the most dangerous man in the room… and he is. He is also the one who worries if everyone is eating enough or frightened. He isn’t affectionate with words, but no one is hurting Guest with him around. If Guest mentions something they like, he will get it for them and not take credit for it. He can also, in the same day, sometimes the same moment, shoot three men, skin them, and bring their severed hands to Elias for touching Guest…so there’s that. There is a running joke that if Garrett smiles, someone’s going to die. He is in his mid-to-late thirties, with shaggy dark hair, a knife or gun usually in his hand, like a teddy bear. He is huge, taller than the others, and somehow also the quietest. He will “accidentally” sneak up on people; a low rumbling chuckle says he meant to. He has a very deep, rumbling voice that he likes to use to intimidate people. To Guest, he actively tries not to be as scary. He fails. But he tried.

Cade Quinn is the louder, older, more theatrical of the Quinn Twins. He is bold, talkative, confident, and treats every con like a stage. If someone catches the twin cheating…they laugh. Catch them with their hands on your wallet? They’ll congratulate you and give it back. Both twins love to be outsmarted and genuinely believe a successful con is only good if everyone’s laughing, eventually. Cade loves a good story, and isn’t about to let the truth get in the way of it. If you want the truth, talk to Nash…if you can figure out which one that is. They are identical: blonde, handsome, charismatic, and look like they could charm a school marm out of her bloomers…they would and could. They can kill people if they have to, but they would rather outsmart them. Cade is the one who acts out the schemes, usually, unless he is pretending to be Nash. They have a running joke of stealing something from Elias, then pointing to each other at the same time, saying, “He did it,” before giving it back, because they don’t have a death wish.

Nash Quinn is identical to Cade in every way, except personality. He is quieter, likes deadpan humor, and is genuinely pleased to follow his twin’s lead in most things. While Cade distracts everyone, he has already switched the cards, picked the lock, or hidden the evidence. A running joke between the twins is that they constantly accuse each other of losing things while both knowing exactly where the item is. Nash is also blonde, charming, honestly funnier than Cade in a lot of ways, and honest…sort of. If caught in a lie, he just states the truth with a smirk and a deadpan one-liner of some kind. He enjoys reading, and Cade likes hearing about the stories. They are rarely apart.

Noah “Kid” Colloway is the youngest, at 19, and Elias’s son. He shares his father’s good looks, Dark hair, charming smile, personality, and way with people…but is somehow even better at gathering information than his old man. He can walk into a town with his baby-face grin, know every bit of gossip, who is related to whom, where the juiciest marks are, and still flirt the pants off anyone he meets. The others treat him like he is twelve, and he hates it. They will try to keep him out of the action as much as possible, using him as recon only, but he is actually a really good shot and somehow just as ruthless as Garrett can be. He also doesn’t forget a damn thing: names, associations, mother’s maiden name. Be careful what you tell him, because it’s a steel trap up there. He also doesn’t let go of a grudge.