MEET THE CHARACTERS
Lawmen, outlaws, gamblers, belles, undertakers, and frontier folk — every face has a story.
THE ROGUES' GALLERY
A frontier-style yearbook of the colorful characters who bring Legacy of the Wild West to life.
Ace McKay
Ace McKay has spent most of his life discovering that a good performance can open almost as many doors as a loaded six-gun. Part showman, part gambler, and part professional schemer, Ace has quick hands, a quicker tongue, and an answer ready before most folks have finished asking the question. Whether he’s working a crowd, sitting across a card table, or talking himself out of trouble, Ace enjoys keeping everyone guessing. He can make the impossible look easy and the suspicious look perfectly reasonable—at least for a little while. Nobody is ever quite certain whether Ace is performing, bluffing, or telling the truth. That uncertainty suits him just fine. A good gambler never reveals his entire hand.
Barnyard Betty
Barnyard Betty wasn’t raised to sit around waiting for somebody else to do the hard work. Tough, practical, outspoken, and stronger than plenty of cowboys who know better than to challenge her, Betty approaches frontier life the same way she approaches a stubborn mule—plant your feet, grab hold, and don’t let go. She has little patience for fancy talk, foolish behavior, or anyone who thinks a woman can’t handle herself. Beneath the rough edges, however, is a loyal friend who will work twice as hard to help somebody in need. Betty may arrive covered in dust and ready for an argument, but when the chips are down, she’s exactly the person you want standing beside you.
Birdie the Belle
Birdie the Belle is proof that a sweet smile and good manners should never be mistaken for weakness. A proper lady with a sharp mind and an even sharper wit, Birdie has learned how to keep order in a frontier town without ever needing to raise her voice—although she certainly can when the occasion requires it. From behind the counter of her store, she hears the gossip, sees the trouble brewing, and usually knows what’s happening long before the men with badges do. Birdie can charm a customer, silence a troublemaker, and put an overconfident cowboy firmly in his place without mussing her dress. Around Birdie, gentlemen are strongly encouraged to remember their manners.
Bluehawk
Bluehawk learned long ago that patience can be far more dangerous than noise. While others boast, threaten, and reach for their guns, she watches. She studies every movement, every weakness, and every possible escape before making her move. By the time an opponent realizes Bluehawk has chosen them as her target, the fight may already be over. Her quiet confidence has earned her a reputation that travels well ahead of her, and even seasoned gunfighters tend to reconsider their choices when she appears. Bluehawk has little use for unnecessary bravado. She prefers precision, timing, and the element of surprise—and she rarely gives an adversary the opportunity to make the same mistake twice.
Buford Dalton
Buford Dalton was never the brains of the Dalton operation, but nobody ever had the heart to tell him. A big kid wrapped in an outlaw’s clothes, Buford generally follows whatever scheme sounds good at the moment and asks important questions somewhere around the time the shooting starts. Despite his questionable career choices, he has a surprisingly gentle heart and dreams of someday trading outlaw life for something respectable—perhaps even opening a bakery. Until then, he keeps riding with men who are smarter, meaner, and considerably more dangerous than he is. Through luck, loyalty, and an almost supernatural ability to survive disasters, Buford keeps coming back for more—although he’d really prefer nobody shoot him in his favorite cheek again.
Calico Kate
Calico Kate has never been accused of entering a room quietly. Loud, fearless, unpredictable, and armed with enough attitude for three cowboys, Kate has a habit of turning even simple situations into full-scale commotion. She handles a six-gun with the confidence of a seamstress working a needle, except Kate’s handiwork tends to leave considerably larger holes. Beneath all that bluster is a woman who is fiercely loyal to the people she calls friends and completely unwilling to back down when things get dangerous. Kate may not always have a plan when she charges into trouble, but she usually has plenty of ammunition—and somehow, that seems to work out.
Marshal Cole Younger
Marshal Cole Younger has worn a badge long enough to know that the fastest gun isn’t always the man who wins the fight. Orphaned as a boy, Cole grew up alongside the youngster who would one day become the notorious Colorado Kid. The two chose very different trails—Cole following the law while Colorado headed down the outlaw path. Years on the frontier have made Cole patient, steady, and nearly impossible to rattle. He doesn’t waste words, ammunition, or second chances. When trouble comes to town, younger lawmen may reach for their guns, but Cole usually reaches for experience. He’s seen just about every trick an outlaw can try—and somehow lived long enough to tell about it.
The Colorado Kid
The Colorado Kid wasn’t born an outlaw. Orphaned as a boy, he grew up alongside the youngster who would become Marshal Cole Younger, and for a time the two were as close as brothers. Somewhere along the trail, however, their paths divided. Cole chose the badge. Colorado chose power, notoriety, and the freedom of living by his own rules. Quick with a gun and even quicker at gathering dangerous men around him, the Kid eventually became the kind of outlaw whole towns learned to fear. Beneath the swagger, though, remains the history he shares with Cole—a reminder that every outlaw once stood at a crossroads. Colorado simply chose the darker trail and kept riding.
Dakota Smith
Deen “Dakota” Smith came out of the cold mountain country of Washington State with more nerve than money and considerably more confidence than good judgment. After losing nearly everything in a bad bet, he headed for Florida looking for a fresh start—or at least a fresh group of people who hadn’t heard about the old one. He picked up the name “Dakota” after besting a bandit in a fistfight and walking away with the man’s nickname, Colt revolver, and a dangerously inflated opinion of himself. Young, restless, and scrappy, Dakota is always looking for the next chance to prove he belongs among the West’s toughest characters. Whether that ends in glory or trouble usually depends on the day.
Deuce Dalton
Deuce Dalton has never met a bad idea he couldn’t improve by making it more complicated. Cunning, ambitious, and completely convinced that his next scheme will finally make him rich, Deuce is usually the Dalton with the plan. Unfortunately, his plans have an unfortunate tendency to involve crooked cards, stolen money, angry lawmen, unexpected gunfire, and Buford asking questions at exactly the wrong moment. Deuce possesses enough confidence for an entire outlaw gang and considers every previous disaster nothing more than temporary bad luck. No matter how spectacularly a scheme falls apart, he dusts himself off and starts planning the next one. Deuce calls that perseverance. The local marshals generally call it job security.
Diamondback Jones
Diamondback Jones earned his reputation the same way a rattlesnake earns its warning—people learned what happened when they ignored it. Smooth-talking, calculating, and dangerous, Jones prefers to size up a situation before making his move. Whether he’s sitting across a crooked card game or staring down a lawman, he studies every weakness and waits for the moment when the odds favor him. Diamondback can sound perfectly reasonable right up until the instant things turn violent. He has little patience for losing and even less for anyone who exposes one of his schemes. Folks who cross him rarely forget the experience. The smart ones learn the lesson quickly: when Diamondback starts smiling, it’s probably time to check the exits.
Digger the Undertaker
Digger the Undertaker believes every gunfight has a silver lining—especially when business has been slow. Cheerfully morbid and almost impossible to disturb, Digger has a habit of appearing shortly after the shooting stops with a measuring tape, a sales pitch, and an unsettling amount of enthusiasm. He considers every showdown a potential customer-acquisition opportunity and has been known to measure perfectly healthy people in the interest of “planning ahead.” While most folks avoid discussing their own mortality, Digger can turn it into a business conversation before breakfast. His gallows humor may leave some townsfolk uncomfortable, but Digger never worries. Sooner or later, he figures everybody becomes a customer. He’s just polite enough not to rush you.
Doc Scurlock
Doc Scurlock may be one of the newer sodbusters riding with the Legacy of the Wild West crew, but he’s learning quickly that life around this outfit is anything but peaceful. He came looking for frontier adventure and found himself surrounded by outlaws, marshals, gamblers, undertakers, and enough gunfire to make a sensible man reconsider his plans. Fortunately, Doc has shown no signs of being overly sensible. Friendly, willing, and ready to lend a hand, he’s gradually finding his place among some of the West’s most colorful characters. Every veteran gunfighter was once the new fellow in town, after all. So when you spot Doc at one of our shows, be sure to say hello—and welcome our newest sodbuster to the outfit.
Ed Ringo
Ed Ringo approaches the frontier with the enthusiasm of a man who hasn’t yet learned all the reasons he should be worried. Young at heart, optimistic, and determined to prove himself, Ed has a habit of stepping into situations that more experienced cowboys are quietly stepping away from. Sometimes his confidence gets him into trouble, but his courage keeps him there when others might run. He may not have the years of experience carried by the seasoned lawmen and gunfighters around him, but Ed possesses something every bit as valuable—a good heart and the determination to keep trying. Give him enough time and he just might become a legend. First, somebody should probably explain the danger to him.
Francis James
Francis James has spent enough time on both sides of the law to know that a badge doesn’t always make someone good—and being called an outlaw doesn’t always make someone bad. A former outlaw turned fiercely independent cowgirl, Francis rides where she wants, answers to almost nobody, and has little interest in behaving the way respectable society thinks a lady should. Her temper can ignite quickly, especially when she sees someone bullying the helpless or taking advantage of folks who can’t fight back. Francis may have a checkered past and a reckless streak a mile wide, but beneath it all is a strong sense of right and wrong. She simply prefers to enforce it her own way.
Marshal John Rivers
Marshal John Rivers is the kind of lawman who finishes what somebody else started. Calm when others panic and stubborn when an outlaw expects him to back down, Rivers believes the badge means something—and he intends to make sure everyone else believes it too. He’s faced crooked gamblers, dangerous gunmen, and enough frontier foolishness to test the patience of any man. Through it all, Rivers remains steady, professional, and determined to see justice done. There is, however, one known weakness in the Marshal’s otherwise impenetrable defenses: ice cream. Put a dangerous outlaw on one side of town and a banana split on the other, and for just a moment the future of law and order may hang in the balance.
Kid Wichita
Kid Wichita lives his life at a speed that makes sensible people nervous. Fearless, explosive, and just unpredictable enough to keep everybody watching, Wichita has been known to leap into danger before anyone else has finished explaining what the danger actually is. Guns, fights, falls, stunts—if there’s a chance something could go spectacularly wrong, the Kid is probably already volunteering. His quick draw and physical daring have earned him a reputation throughout the Legacy of the Wild West crew, while his hair-trigger temper guarantees things rarely stay peaceful for long. Wichita may not always take the safest route through a situation, but safe routes don’t make very interesting stories. Around here, he’s our resident stuntman for a reason.
Lady Renée
Lady Renée brings a touch of refinement to a world where refinement is often in desperately short supply. Elegant, observant, and always composed, she can walk through a room filled with gunfighters and somehow make them feel underdressed. But anyone who assumes the lady is merely decorative is making a serious mistake. Renée notices everything—the nervous glance across a card table, the hand drifting toward a holster, the whispered conversation someone thought she couldn’t hear. She rarely reveals exactly how much she knows and prefers to let others underestimate her until the moment becomes useful. Graceful under pressure and mysterious by nature, Lady Renée proves that in the Old West, intelligence can be every bit as dangerous as a six-gun.
Left Hook Lucy
Left Hook Lucy didn’t ride into town looking for trouble—but trouble always seemed to find her. Raised around saloons, card tables, and roughneck mining camps, Lucy learned early that a sharp eye, a quicker tongue, and a little backbone could carry a lady a long way in the West. She earned the nickname “Left Hook” after one particularly foolish card cheat discovered that Lucy’s smile wasn’t the only thing that could knock a man off his feet. These days, she’s known as a charming, well-dressed lady with a mischievous streak, a soft spot for the underdog, and absolutely no patience for bullies, cheats, or hombres who forget their manners. Around Lucy, folks soon learn one important lesson: always treat a lady with respect—and never underestimate her left hand.
Maverick
Nobody seems completely certain where Maverick came from, and Maverick has never seen any reason to clear things up. A gambler, drifter, outlaw, and professional creator of uncertainty, he has a talent for appearing whenever trouble is forming and disappearing shortly before somebody starts asking difficult questions. Maverick can bluff at a card table, bluff during a gunfight, and probably bluff his own reflection if the stakes were high enough. He has ridden with dangerous men, including the Colorado Kid’s crowd, but his greatest loyalty has always been to himself. Where Maverick goes, plans become questionable, stories become unreliable, and loose change develops an alarming tendency to disappear. He wouldn’t have it any other way.
Polly Pureheart
Polly Pureheart possesses the kind of strength that doesn’t need a six-gun to announce itself. Kindhearted, graceful, and seemingly gentle, Polly has endured enough of life’s hardships to know that real courage often means simply refusing to give up. Beneath her soft smile is an iron will and a stubborn determination to see the good in people, even when the frontier gives her plenty of reasons not to. She has a natural instinct for helping those who are struggling and a quiet way of reminding rougher souls that compassion still has a place in the West. Polly may never be the loudest person in the room, but when hardship comes, she is often among the strongest.
Marshal Trace Morgan
Trace Morgan was forged into a lawman on some of the roughest trails the frontier had to offer. He began his career as a Deputy U.S. Marshal under the legendary Judge Isaac Parker in Fort Smith, Arkansas, where hesitation could get a man killed. From there, the trail carried him through places like Dodge City, Abilene, Tucson, and eventually Fort Worth, Texas. Years of tracking dangerous men have made Morgan tough, disciplined, and lightning fast when the moment calls for action. At his side is his trusted 1873 Colt Peacemaker, a tool he handles with practiced confidence. Trace doesn’t go looking for trouble, but when the law is challenged, he believes in ending the argument quickly.
Nobody
Nobody has been turning up around the West for years, but strangely enough, Nobody knows exactly who they are. With a bandana hiding their face and an identity hidden even better, this mysterious figure has been spotted at shows, festivals, and gatherings whenever something unusual seems to be happening. Everybody has a theory. Somebody is always certain they’ve figured it out. Anybody might be hiding behind that bandana—but so far, Nobody is telling. What folks do know is that Nobody seems remarkably familiar with the Legacy of the Wild West crew…perhaps a little too familiar. Some say Nobody is an outlaw. Others suspect a lawman, a lady, or even somebody nobody would ever think to question. The truth remains one of our longest-running mysteries. So the next time Nobody appears, take a close look. You might recognize them—but then again, Nobody knows for sure.
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