The mysterious leader of a gang of upstarts. Once a snake oil selling charlatan and professional Liar with a tendency to take in strays, Deacon found his way to Never, drawn by the influx of tourists just waiting to be fleeced. He settled there, built up a little family of strays stitched together by his enigmatic charm and propensity make young disenfranchised minds mistake him for a mentor.

Then a man named Cathal Keary came to town. He and Deacon Black became fast friends, Deacon having the charm and the ambition to make big plans and get people on board, and Cathal having the realism and critical mind to put those plans into motion. Together they opened the Buffalo Heart and sculpted their small gang of strays into a well oiled train robbing machine.

Greedy, ambitious, and ruthless. He is kind only to those who are loyal to him, and brutal to those who prove otherwise. He lets Cathal handle the business side of things while he happily reaps the rewards and pulls the strings from the background, usually for his own entertainment.