Leonard: The town freak...warped by the Duncan s abuse for nearly two decades in middle America. He had to get out of Hixson...the "City" needed him...Marilla adored him.
Barney: Tough Federal Systems Inspector haunted by a farmhouse in Nebraska where he bathed in his own vomit for him. Barney Cole loved the day he'd retire to 'The Land of Enchantment'...but first he had to stop in Kansas.
Marilla: The beautiful black Virginian who would open San Francisco's first walk-in HELPLINE on a horseshoe. Her beauty could get her anything. Her love could get her killed.
Nan: Her family owns a funeral home empire in the 'City'. She met Leonard in a night club on New Years Eve. She was his first lover. She would never let him forget it.
Hawkeye: A piece of desert wasteland in Southern New Mexico littered with the black doors of abandoned fallout shelters...useless to the government, a gold mine for the Governor, bad investment for Barney, test on love and faith forever.