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Duke Aguilar

Site Canon Character
Blacksmith
Human · 40s-50s · Male
FC: Pedro Pascal
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Like generations of his forefathers in Argentina, Duke Aguilar has always had a way with horses. Even the most spirited stallion or ornery pack horse would yield to his murmured words and calming hands. When his family fled the growing political and social unrest of their homeland, that skill proved just as valuable to the ranchers of California as the ones in Buenos Aires. For years, he coasted on those talents and his charm, weaponizing a sheepish smile and soulful eyes, getting what he wanted with as little effort as possible.

That worked perfectly well until he ran headfirst into Gloria Mata, whose determined disinterest drove him to absolute distraction. Winning her heart took time and effort, but when she finally gave him her hand, she also offered him the truth. She was a witch–the first he had ever known, though he’d long believed in magic. To protect her and soon enough, their children, Duke left his family legacy behind and bent his skill with horses into a slightly different direction. In Never, he runs the livery and works at the forge, with his children following in his footsteps. If the closest he gets to a horse these days is hammering on its shoes… He tries not to let nostalgia sour his overall satisfaction.

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Dolores Aguilar

Site Canon Character
Blacksmith
Human · 20s-30s · Female
FC: Roberta Colindrez
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Like her elder brother, Dolores realized by the age of ten that she hadn’t inherited the slightest spark of her mother’s magic. Unlike her brother, who accepted the disappointment and turned his attention elsewhere, Dolores got angry, and she’s been simmering at a low level of irritation ever since. Her mother encouraged her to work on her patience, which only created a divide between them. The fractures worsened when Dolores decided that she would force magic upon herself by any means necessary. Over the years, she’s attempted a half-dozen questionable rituals. Perhaps fortunately, she’s been unsuccessful every time, but her mother’s misguided reassurances that they all love her anyway just rub salt in the wound. Her close relationships with her father and brothers have thus far kept her from leaving the family business and striking out on her own.

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Jo Dove

Prostitute
Human · 20s · Female
Played by Lyric
FC: Indya Moore
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Jo Dove was born into the wrong shape. She’s known that as long as she’s known anything, and almost as soon as she understood that fundamental fact, she learned how to hide it. Boys weren’t interested in fabrics. Boys didn’t pay attention to fashion. Most of all, boys didn’t cry when they got their hair cut short or got their face shoved into the mud or got a whipping by their papa for all those sins combined. Boys kept their chin up and said Yes’m and Nossir and did their chores and ate their scraps and were grateful, dammit, for every word that didn’t come with a slap. Smart boys kept their mouths shut and their eyes open, until they could steal enough money to disappear.

If boys-who-were-girls couldn’t steal enough, sometimes they found a way to make a deal, and they disappeared anyway. Jo’s deal put her in debt to a demon, but it also opened a door out of Mississippi and straight into a new life. Never might fall short of paradise, but it’s miles better than where she came from, and it brought her to the first taste of home she’s ever known in the arms of the Silk Rose and Madame Dellaphina Jones. She still has a debt to pay. Someday, the devil’s going to collect. But until then, she’ll make the best of this life with her voice and her body and all the charm the good Lord gave her.

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Nettie Hogan, aka Lily

Site Canon Character
Prostitute
Human · 20s-30s · Female
FC: Zoë Kravitz
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Nettie Hogan — Known as Lily at the Pearl, the upscale gambling hall and brothel in Never — seems to glide effortlessly through the high-society world of gilded poker tables and expensive perfume. She’s a strikingly beautiful young woman with dark eyes that seem to hold the secrets of the whole town. Beneath her polished exterior, however, lies a heart that yearns for something more than the fleeting touches and whispered promises of men who don’t know her real name.

Though she’s carved out a place for herself in the Pearl’s glittering world, Nettie is no mere object of desire. She’s an artist at her core, with a mind full of stories, poems, and dreams of a love far more real than any she’s experienced. Her passions are hidden behind the mask of Lily, but she carries them with her always: The deep ache for romance, for a connection that isn’t bought or bargained for.

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Jim Plunket

Site Canon Character
Bouncer
Human· 30s-40s · Male
FC: Brian Tyree Henry
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Jim Plunket is a mountain of a man, tall and broad-shouldered, with a presence that commands respect the moment he steps into a room. As the bouncer at the Pearl, Never’s upscale gambling hall and brothel, he is known for his unshakable calm and steady demeanor. His patience is legendary: Whether it’s breaking up a brawl or quietly escorting an unruly drunk out into the night, Jim always handles things with a measured hand. His deep voice is as soothing as it is firm, and he’s earned a reputation for keeping the peace with little more than a raised eyebrow and a well-timed word.

But beneath Jim’s calm exterior lies a past he’s worked hard to bury. Before Never, he was once part of a notorious outlaw gang, skilled in violence and strategy. His life with them ended in a brutal ambush that left him the sole survivor, carrying the weight of betrayal and regret. He walked away from that life, seeking peace in the Pearl, but his past still haunts him, and he is quietly waiting for the day it catches up.

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Albert DuCarmont

Site Canon Character
Bouncer & Maintenance Man
Human · 30s-40s · Male
FC: David Dastmalchian
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Albert DuCarmont is a man who keeps his head down and his fists ready. As the bouncer and handyman at the Silk Rose, Never’s rough-and-tumble saloon and brothel, he’s seen just about every kind of trouble a lawless frontier can offer. Drunken brawls, sore-loser gamblers, men who think “no” isn’t an answer — Albert handles them all with the same steady, unshakable presence. He isn’t the fastest gun or the sharpest tongue, but he is strong, reliable, and not easily rattled.

Yet, despite his simple outlook, Albert isn’t blind. There’s something wrong about Never, something that prickles at the edges of his instincts. He’s worked in plenty of towns, but nowhere else have shadows seemed too dark, or whispers carried from empty rooms. He’s seen men walk into the night and never come back—but no one seems to grieve them. He’s heard laughter in the Silk Rose that didn’t belong to any living throat.

Albert doesn’t have a name for what’s wrong with Never, and he isn’t a superstitious man, but he keeps an iron nail in his pocket and a Bible under his bed. Just in case.

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Lucas Tsela Solares

Site Canon Character
Rancher
Human · 30s-40s · Male
FC: Dallas Goldtooth
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Lucas is the youngest of Lee’s children, and no one in the family has ever let him forget it. Admittedly, that’s as much a result of his own behavior as his mother’s favoritism toward her daughter. He spent most of his early years causing trouble in one way or another–usually for his older sister, at first, and then for his father once he’d grown out of childhood mischief and into adolescent angst. Adulthood only reinforced the pattern. Doe was the family darling; he was the beloved rascal. Even he couldn’t take himself seriously. For years, he saw no reason to try. Nothing seemed likely to change. Under the circumstances, his father’s death struck him like a lightning bolt. It sent him reeling, dizzy as a planet knocked far out of orbit. When he finally regained his footing, everything had changed. He finally wants to stand up and take his place as the man of the family, but convincing his sister–and his mother–of that fact will be quite a challenge.

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Sally Ducker, aka Allie

Site Canon Character
Prostitute
Human · 20s · Female
FC: Florence Pugh
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Sally Ducker — Though at the Silk Rose, everyone knows her as Allie — is a young woman with sharp eyes, a sharper tongue, and a knack for making men believe she’s exactly what they want her to be. She came west from New England chasing excitement, adventure, maybe even a little notoriety. What she found was Never, a town that hums with secrets beneath the shuffle of boots and the clink of whiskey glasses.

Allie plays the game well enough to keep herself safe: Smiling when needed, teasing when useful, disappearing when it’s best. But she didn’t come all this way just to scrape by in the Silk Rose. Her sights are set on the Pearl, the town’s high-class gambling hall and brothel, where the women wear silk instead of threadbare lace and the clients leave real gold on the nightstand. If she plays her cards right, she’ll get there.

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Inez Garcia, aka Flora

Site Canon Character
Prostitute
Human · 20s-30s · Female
FC: Eréndira Ibarra
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Inez Garcia, known as Flora at the Pearl, is a woman who knows exactly what she wants and how to get it. She’s vivacious, charming, and always the center of attention, whether she’s laughing louder than the rest or dazzling men with a smile that could make them forget their names. With a sharp mind for money and numbers, Inez keeps a careful count of every transaction and every tip, turning small sums into bigger ones with effortless grace.

But behind the facade of a beautiful, ambitious young woman lies a past shrouded in darkness. Inez grew up in a remote village in Mexico, where her family ran a small but thriving herbal remedy business. What most people didn’t know was that her mother — Once a renowned healer — had dabbled in dark magic, performing rituals that drew unwanted attention from both the living and the dead. When Inez was just seventeen, a botched ritual led to the accidental death of a local man. In the chaos that followed, her mother disappeared without a trace, leaving Inez to take the fall for a crime she didn’t commit. Fearing for her life, Inez fled north, leaving behind everything she knew, determined to outrun the dark legacy of her family. Now, in Never, she’s built a new life for herself full of ambition and charm, but the shadows of her past still haunt her, and sometimes, when the wind howls just right, she swears she hears her mother’s voice calling from the darkness.

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Shane Grey

Site Canon Character
Grey Family Heir
Human · 20s-30s · Male
FC: Jacob Elordi
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Shane Grey is the eldest son of Never’s formidable mayor, Samuel Grey, and the presumed heir to the family’s legacy. Now an adult grown, he is everything a Grey is expected to be — Confident, intelligent, and unwavering in his sense of duty. He rides well, shoots straight, and speaks with the same silvered tongue as his father. But beneath the polished exterior, there is a quiet, gnawing uncertainty.

Unlike his younger siblings, who move through the world with an eerie, unspoken awareness, Shane feels ordinary. No flickers of unseen power, no whispers in the dark. Just flesh, blood, and expectation. He does not know that his father is a demon, his mother a witch, and that whatever dark inheritance was meant for him never arrived. Yet, despite this lack of supernatural gifts, Samuel Grey still grooms him for leadership, speaking often of legacy, of ensuring the family’s influence over Never remains unbroken.

The one thing that unsettles Shane most is the study in Grey Manor, where his father keeps his great black ledger. He has never been allowed to read it, though he’s seen his father turn its pages with careful reverence. He once asked if his name was written inside. His father only smiled.

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