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Main Characters

Roy Goode

An injured outlaw on the run from his former boss, Griffin. He was orphaned at a young age and was taken in by Griffin.

Heel–Face Turn: Before the beginning of the series.
Improbable Aiming Skills: Shoots the head off a snake in the first episode.
Line-of-Sight Name: The sheriff names him "Ward", from a Montgomery Ward ad.
Parental Substitute: He becomes this to Truckee over the course of the show.
That Man Is Dead: He takes up the identity of Mr. Ward when he leaves La Belle, and it is reported that Roy Goode and Frank Griffin killed each other.

Alice Fletcher

Action Girl: She and Maggie take charge of the final battle.
Bash Brothers: With Maggie McNue.
Determined Homesteader: It would seem her late husband was this, though she would much rather go back to her old life in Boston.
Doom Magnet: The residents of La Belle view her as cursed, and the source of the town's misfortune.
Maligned Mixed Marriage: Not a lot of people seem to support her marriage to Truckee's father.
Rape as Backstory: After her husband died she was gang raped, which plays into her current isolation from society.

Bill McNue

Played by: Scoot McNairy

The aging, visually impaired sheriff of La Belle.

The Alcoholic: Pretty much constantly drinking.
Awesomeness by Analysis: He's able to recreate the scene of a gunfight in his mind several days after it took place.
Blind Mistake: Makes these occasionally, tripping over things and the like.
The Lost Lenore: Anna, his wife who died in childbirth.
Maternal Death? Blame the Child!: Though he is trying to suppress it, he cannot help but blame his daughter for the death of his wife.
The Sheriff: He is the Law in La Belle.

Mary Agnes McNue

The widow of the late mayor of La Belle.

Action Girl
Don't You Dare Pity Me!: Her overall outlook is that the women of the town don't need the charity of outsiders. For her part it seems to be the case.

Whitey Winn

"You know why they call me Whitey Winn? 'Cause I always do."

The town deputy

Clueless Deputy: To a degree, he is a much more competent fighter than the sheriff, but in any other context, he is rather bumbling.
Undying Loyalty: To Sheriff McNue
Black Gal on White Guy Drama: Louise's family is displeased to say the least.
Young Gun

Frank Griffin

"This ain't my death."

An outlaw menacing the area on his hunt for his surrogate son turned enemy, Roy Goode.

As the Good Book Says...: Though nobody really know which book he's referring to. At one point he admits one of his quotes is from a can of shaving cream.
The Dreaded
Handicapped Badass: Only has one arm, but it makes him no less terrifying.
"Not How I'm Dying" Declaration: Anytime Frank is faced with a potential lethal danger, he will boldly state that he has "seen his death, and this is not it", so he knows he will survive. Which he does, up until the series finale where Roy shoots him death and even tells Frank that he saw wrong.
Parental Substitute: He was this to Roy before the series began. The finale implies he makes a habit of becoming this to lost young boys.
Frank: Have you got a pappy, boy?
Sinister Minister: His go-to guise is a preacher.
Wicked Cultured: He may be the most well-read character in the series.

Characters / Godless