The Steelgrave family have long been enemies of the Thorntons. Please see The Steelgrave Wiki Page for details.
Shade has made many enemies over the years. Some will eventually show up in Kalispell either looking for him or as accidental encounters. They will be added to this list as needed during game play.
Sarah is a cousin on the Thornton side of the family. Her family visited Lost Lake Ranch (the Thornton spread) often when Shade was younger. Although she was a couple of years older than he was, they got along well and became friends. They had not seen one another for many years and Shade was more than a little wary when she turned up in Kalispell not long after the deaths of his older brother and sister-in-law, leaving their youngest children as heir to the ranch and Thornton business holdings. He and Sarah sorted things out and he realized she had other reasons for returning to Kalispell.
Tyrell - or Ty as he is known by Shade - is Shade's paternal cousin. As children, they were fairly close and good friends, but over time lost touch.
Shade and Hannah have been friends since childhood. In their teens, they became romantically involved. However, Shade left Hannah standing at the altar when he had to leave Kalispell after killing Calvin Steelgrave. Later, his more dubious exploits came to Hannah's attention and for a long time she used his fall from grace as a pretext for despising him. Once he returned to Kalispell, Shade and Hannah worked things out and are back to being very good friends.
Uncle is both an honorific and signifies the relationship that Hosteen Warbow has to Shade. He was one of Caleb's best friends, fostered at the ranch for a period of time, and is still very important in Shade's life. Warbow, who formerly resided near the San Francisco Peaks in Arizona has recently returned to live at Lost Lake Ranch.
Full Name: William Cody Thornton
- Birth Parents: Chance and Regina Thornton
- DOB: February 11, 1870
- Fraternal Twin: Regina Antoinette "Nettie" Thornton
Cody is a rather shy but loving little boy. Since witnessing the murders of his parents and older siblings, Cody has become very withdrawn and distrustful of adults. He still plays hard and rough, he's all boy in that regard. Cody has inherited his Uncle Shade's temper, and it gets displayed when he feels Nettie needs to be protected. This makes it challenging to discipline his twin sister as the adult administering the discipline might find themselves on the receiving end of a sharp kick to the shins. Cody prefers to follow the rules and stay out of trouble. However, he often finds himself in the thick of it due to following Nettie on her adventures in an effort to dissuade her from them.
Although just beginning to read a bit, Cody is proving to be the more studious of the twins. He is the one that has developed their secret twin-language and comes up with plans for their games. He's quite good at checkers and shows promise as a strategist and tactician. Cody is also very good with horses, showing a natural knowledge and instinct for riding and caring for them.
Full Name: Regina Antoinette Thornton
- Birth Parents: Chance and Regina Thornton
- DOB: February 11, 1870
- Fraternal Twin: William Cody Thornton
Nettie has her father's blond hair and blue eyes. Her eyebrows and lashes are slightly darker than her hair, but golden tipped which matches the natural highlights in her hair. Nettie's hair is thick and straight, and she prefers to wear it cut short. She hates being forced to stay still for someone to comb, brush and braid her hair for her. Nettie also loathes wearing dresses.
Nettie is very bold, outgoing, and outspoken. Unlike her twin brother, Cody, she is far from shy. Like her Uncle Shade, Nettie seems to have a talent for finding and getting into trouble. Despite this predilection for getting into trouble, Nettie is very calm and cool-headed. She's also already exhibiting her uncle's extraordinary hand-eye coordination. Nettie's too little to handle a gun alone, but the adults around her have noted she hits what she aims at.
She prefers pants to dresses although she is learning that there are occasions when she has to don a dress. Nettie and Cody roughhouse with one another, but heaven forbid that someone else starts a tussle with one or the other because they will leap to one another's defense no matter the odds. Despite being a tomboy by nature, Nettie is very affectionate and quite happy to curl up with trusted adults for a nap, a story, or just to be cuddled.
Known Since: July 1875 - Present
Quentin is Shade's late sister-in-law's older brother. While he knew that his late sister-in-law had a brother named Quentin, they did not meet until he brought the news of her and Shade's brother's death to Laramie. The two men were not instant best friends, but a genuine liking and respect grew over time. Although only related through the marriage of Chance and Regina, Shade has come to regard the older man as a brother.