ASSORTED MINOR

Warning: Character summaries contain spoilers.

AMOS HANDEY

Amos is an orphan, and a magician by trade. He met Sophie while she was on the trail in Season One, and she attended several of his carnival’s shows while they were courting. Amos is lean, dark-haired and blue-eyed. He is seemingly completed devoted to Sophie– giving up his nomadic life to take on the duties of her farm when they wed. Aubrey insinuated he is using Sophie for her information on the Levi Gang; though in Season Two, he is cleared of the implications, and has become focused on becoming a father to a future child. When Sophie is caught having an affair with Aubrey, Amos tells her he was trying to get her pregnant to gain her clemency from McCabe. He leaves her shortly thereafter.

Amos and Sophie annulled their marriage in Season Two. They become tentatively friendly again, and Amos writes to tell her he’s taken a position in an overseas show. He extends an open invitation to visit.

PERCY

Sophie met Percy in Season One while she was looking for help for her farm. He is a freed slave, and was very reserved around Sophie and her white friends for months. He is described as being older, in his late fifties to early sixties. He is devoutly religious. Percy enjoys carving, and crafted a Virgin Mary for Sophie when they became friends. He has also whittled toys for Michael’s daughter. When the Levi Gang attacked Sophie’s farm, he and Joseph protected the livestock and were injured. He and Joseph became close friends as they healed. At the end of Season One, Percy says that he is helping with an underground network of slaves being freed, and it is why he continues to accept Sophie’s money even if it comes from Aubrey.

Percy continues to work on the farm in Season Two, and act as surrogate grandparent to Michael’s girls. In Season Three, it is noted that he married a woman named Esther, and they are building a home together. He gained a stepdaughter, Minny, in the marriage.

SHERIFF LUKE MCCABE

A well-known lawman. He is focused and dour, exceptionally tidy in appearance, and reported to have been childhood friends with Amos Handey. In Season One, he approaches Sophie for information about Aubrey, which she declines to give. Shortly thereafter, he rampages Oregon City looking for them both. Aubrey and Sophie escape, but McCabe kills several of Aubrey’s gang and Sophie’s horse.

In Season Two, Amos confesses that McCabe is still after Sophie and intends to hang her. She flees briefly for Mexico, fearing that staying will bring McCabe to her family. Aubrey shares that McCabe ordered several killings and rapes. After actively tracking both Sophie and Aubrey, McCabe and his men attack Sophie’s house. He is shot by Aubrey in the fray, and fatally wounded by Sophie.

SAMUEL WALLINGS

Samuel is the middle of the Wallings brothers. He meets the Wilde sisters on the wagon trail in Season One, and quickly becomes infatuated with Margaux. When they settled in town, he proposed and she accepted. He is shaggy and unkempt on the trail, but when he begins to run the Wallings Emporium, becomes well-groomed. He makes a large salary from his position as main accountant. In Season Two, he is revealed to be the informant behind a town-wide assault from McCabe. It creates a deep rift between he and Sophie, though Margaux remains unaware. Later in the season, it is revealed he is having an affair with his brother Peter’s fiancee. He eventually runs off with her.

PETER WALLINGS

Peter is the youngest of the Wallings brothers. He is described as being very traditionally handsome, particularly because he is neatly groomed. He has brown hair and green eyes. He designed and decorated the Wallings Emporium, and is shown to be working there as a salesman. Peter is the most vocal and outgoing of all the Wallings boys, and the closest male friend of Sophie’s. In Season One, Margaux had a crush on him while they were on the trail, which ended when she and Sophie accidentally saw him kissing another man, Greeves. Margaux denied that it ever happened, though Sophie asked Peter about it later. Peter never admitted to the act, though Sophie said she understood and accepted him. She has since treated Peter and Greeves as a couple, and included them in holidays and special events; though no one else seems to have noticed the pairing.

Peter was engaged to a girl named Mae Henner during Season Two, though she cheated on him with Samuel. Mae is briefly abducted, and Greeves is blinded while attempting to save her; hoping that Samuel will be able to have the family with her that Greeves was unable to provide. When Mae and Samuel run off, Peter nurses Greeves back to health. As of Season Three, they are living together in Oregon. Peter is still working in town. The couple spends their free time reading to orphans in the nearby hospice.

ELIZA WILDE

Eliza is Michael’s late wife. She was shy and often reserved in public, but very affectionate and jovial in private. She was described as somewhat plain in appearance. She died of liver congestion in Season Two.

CALEB WALLINGS

The oldest Wallings brother. He is mentioned only a few times. He is a carpenter and builder by trade, and an acquaintance of Sophie’s.

POP

Margaux and Sophie’s father, who remarried quickly after their mother’s death. He favors Margaux and is often frustrated by Sophie. In Season Three, he told Sophie she was not his biological daughter.

BEULAH

Pop’s new wife. She is described as timid and nervous. She is well-meaning but offers little useful advice.

HARRIS

Harris is Beulah’s nephew. He is quite dignified, kind, and articulate. Much of the family was wary of him, due to his surprise appearance, and Margaux was unhappy that he was a mulatto. He has since become well-respected, in the family and in the community. He is a eulogist, and speaks at town funerals.

In Season Three, Harris married Percy’s step-daughter, Minny.

DAN LEVI

One of Aubrey’s gang mates. He arrives in Season Two while Aubrey and Sophie are heading to Mexico. Dan is violent, ignorant, and crass, and is shot in the head by Sophie after he attempts to rape her. Aubrey and Sophie have covered up his death by saying he was eaten by coyotes.
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