One could be forgiven for taking Countess Augusta Byron's perpetual air of melancholy as a symptom of her upbringing. After all, when one is raised around some of the most emotive and creative minds of their time, it is surely impossible not to absorb some of that need to create. All artists crave the perfect result, whether it be a musical composition that can reduce men to tears, or a painting so beautiful that not a single soul can step past without pausing to enjoy its beauty. The Augusta's canvas is infinitely more complex. Her magnum opus is herself.

As founder of the Enlightened, Bursen Carpathian leads his posse to ever more dangerous encounters as he pushes the limits of what it means to be human. 

If the Cat House isn't the most popular and most patronised establishment in Red Oak then nobody would dare say it within earshot of Giulianna Star; proprietor and Madam extraordinaire. She built the business up from the silver dollar she found in the bottom of a spittoon during the last days of the Ore War. While business is now booming, she has to keep tight control over the details for fear it will unravel before her eyes and she will have to earn her keep once more as she did back then. Men and women speak indiscreetly when aroused or drunk and the Cat House sees plenty of both.

Marcus Wayward is the charismatic and cocksure leader of his crew. Marcus treats his Posse like a large dysfunctional family and this has led to more than one falling out within this close-knit team. That said, when the job is at hand they pull together and get it done. From the dependable Hicks Kincade and his wife Zarelda, the technical prodigy Kay Free, the gun-happy Jake Mattia, the manipulative Sierra Icarus, to the protective Sun Totem and the enigmatically alien Flowing River, the Wayward Eight are as varied but reliable a band of Outlaws as you are likely to find on the Frontier.