Character Sketches

George Edward “Gee” Evars

Age 30
Height 5'11"
Weight 185
Eyes Blue
Hair Brown
Physically trim and strong, but not built up.

1. Doesn’t know anything about himself prior to entering the town

2. Lives in a rented room

3. Works at Town Market Foods

4. Good swimmer

5. Good at running a wood lathe

6. Knows things. He is the “author” revealing parts of the story in each episode.

7. He is mostly unconcerned about his memory loss. Lives entirely in the moment.

8. No one ever reminisces with him. They seem to have not known him before, either.

9. Gee discovers a new talent about once every 2 or 3 episodes. Some talents include swimming, running, woodworking, and auto mechanics.

10. Gee is a generally serious person, laughing only in the presence of children and Karen. He never answers a question ‘off the cuff’ but always considers it before formulating a reply. This gives people the impression that he is ‘slow’.

Gee to be played by George Eads

Karen Weisman

Age 27
Height 5'4"
Weight 120
Eyes Blue
Hair Light Brown
Physically beautiful, but carried with an air of business professionalism

1. Newspaper reporter for The Elmont Mirror.

2. Well-educated and good writer.

3. Lived in Rosebud Falls until college and returned to town two years ago to join the newspaper.

4. Many friends and a few lovers among her peers from as far back as childhood and high school.

5. Always ‘looking into things’.

Karen to be played by Karen Gillan

Rae (Rebecca Annette Evars) introduced in Wild Woods

Age 40
Height 5'8"
Weight 150
Eyes Very dark brown
Hair Black

Salli Richardson as Rae

Rena Lynd

Age 19
Height 5'6"
Weight 145
Eyes Brown
Hair Bottle red when we meet her, but it is subject to change
Physically attractive but full figured. Still carries a little baby fat.

1. Glassy-eyed, probably from a steady diet of pot.

2. Masturbates a lot and experiments with a lot of fantasy lovers, including Gee.

3. Saving herself for the right one.

Rena to be played by Rena Lovelis

Luke Zimmer

Age 49
Height 6'3"
Weight 175
Eyes Brown
Hair Sandy blond
Long and lanky. A thin man.

1. Furniture maker. Acquired his business at auction from former owner who died 7 years ago.

2. Uses bitternut wood in custom furniture. Kept on a strict allotment of wood.

3. Married to Colleen. Children Alyson and Barrett.

4. Played high school and college basketball and dreamed of the pros, but never made it.

Colleen (Barrett) Zimmer

Age 49
Height 6'0"
Weight 150
Eyes Green
Hair Auburn
Tall, fit, but fighting a little sag.

1. Luke’s girlfriend and wife since high school. Able to look him in the eye.

2. Teaches second grade.

Alyson Zimmer

Age 17
Height 6'1"
Weight 130
Eyes Green
Hair Auburn
A little gawky, tall, and thin

1. Hates her height and blames her parents for making her a giant.

2. Can’t get a boyfriend.

3. Senior in high school and hates sports.

4. Reads all the time. Has a slight squint.

Barrett Zimmer

Age 15
Height 5'10"
Weight 140
Eyes Green
Hair Auburn
Shrimp of the family but still growing. Fit and athletic.

1. Sophomore in high school.

2. Plays basketball and hope he gets as tall as father, or at least as sister.

3. Just discovering girls

4. Named after Colleen’s maiden name.

Loren Cavanaugh

Age 70
Height 5'6"
Weight 210
Eyes Brown
Hair Gray
Portly with weight acquired as he aged.

1. Patriarch of the Cavanaugh Clan, one of the seven founding families.

2. Widower with two sons, Clark and Troy.

3. Controls majority of the Forest.

4. Estate on bluffs on the east side of the Rose River.

Clark Cavanaugh

Age 46
Height 5’10”
Weight 195
Eyes Brown
Hair Brown
Showing signs of his father’s weight gain already.

1. Oldest son of Loren.

2. Manages the estate and businesses.

3. Anxious for the old man to die so he can become the patriarch.

4. Married to Beverly. Son, Damon in 6th grade.

Beverly ( ) Cavanaugh

Wife of Clark

Damon Cavanaugh

Age 11

1. In sixth grade.

Troy Cavanaugh, radio announcer

Benjamin Roth

Age 91
Height 5’11”
Weight 165
Eyes Gray
Hair Bald
Spindly old man who walks with a cane but refuses to use a wheelchair.

1. Last of the Roth surname and oldest of the seven patriarchs.

2. Father of Leah Roth-Augello.

3. Lives on west side of river across from Cavanaugh.

4. Much of original land sold off by father to create old town, except the estate along the river.

Don Roth-Augello

Age 58
Height 5’8”
Weight 170
Eyes Brown
Hair Black
Short Italian Stallion

1. Converted to Judaism when he fell in love with Leah over the protests of his Catholic family.

2. Banker with questionable contacts in the city.

3. May be involved with money laundering.

4. Looking forward to controlling the Roth forest votes.

Leah Roth-Augello

Age 61
Height 5’6”
Weight 160
Eyes Gray
Hair Medium Brown
Attractive with slight middle age spread.

1. Hyphenated her name so Roth name would survive. Did it after she and Don had been married for 15 years. He agreed.

2. Three children, Joseph, Jude, Levi.

3. Jewish. Married a Catholic (Don) who converted.

Joseph Roth-Augello

Age 33
Height 5’9”
Weight 180
Eyes Brown
Hair Brown
Takes after his father but bulkier

1. Attempted a boxing career as a middleweight, but didn’t have enough reach. May have affected his brain.

2. Recently married Judith Faliskie, age 19.

3. No children

Judith (Faliskie) Roth-Augello

Age 19
Height 5’3”
Weight 145
Eyes Brown
Hair Dark Brown
Plump with a pleasant personality and a lot of drive.

1. Assumed to be Jewish, but non-practicing.

2. Has her eye on the Roth fortune and will do anything to keep her husband in line.

3. Became a voracious lover once she married. Keeps Joseph very happy.

4. Age difference raises a lot of eyebrows.

Joseph and Judith Roth-Augello

Jude Roth-Augello

Age 29
Height 5’10”
Weight 175
Eyes Gray
Hair Medium Brown
Takes after his mother and is her delight and favorite.

1. Bright and physically fit.

2. Deemed most likely to take over the family interests—eventually.

3. Mother’s favorite.

4. He has been engaged to Laura Lazorack for four years. But neither seem anxious to move forward.

Jude Roth-Augello

Levi Roth-Augello

Age 22
Height 6’0”
Weight 175
Eyes Hazel
Hair light brown
Well-built, fit, and studious.

1. An unplanned accident.

2. Not particularly loved by either mother or father, but indulged.

3. Away at school studying to be a doctor.

David Lazorack

Age 55
Height 6’0”
Weight 190
Eyes Green
Hair Blonde
Rugged outdoorsy type

1. Youngest of the Clan Patriarchs after father’s death in a harvesting accident a year ago.

2. A forester.

3. Married to Rebecca

4. Children, Laura and Jonathon

David & Rebecca Lazorack

Rebecca ( ) Lazorack

Age 54
Height
Weight
Eyes Green
Hair Red

1. Wife of David

2. Mother of Laura and Jonathon

Laura Lazorack

Age 27
Height 5’4”
Weight 130
Eyes Green
Hair Sandy blonde
Carries most of her weight in her chest.

1. Daughter of the David and Rebecca.

2. Lost her true love to war when she was twenty. Still mourning him.

3. Content to be engaged to Jude Roth-Augello, but he will always be second choice. Probably why they’ve been engaged for so long.

Laura Lazorack

Jonathon Lazorack

Age 24
Height
Weight
Eyes Green
Hair Dark sandy blonde
Rugged outdoorsy type

1. Son of David and Rebecca

2. New degree in forestry from prestigious university

Jonathon Lazorack

Heinz Nussbaum

Age 75 (b. February 1943)
Height: 5’9”
Weight 190
Eyes Brown
Hair blond
Heavy Germanic with prominent brow

1. Son of Johann Nussbaum and Abby Jennings. One of the children of the Rosebud Seven and only one who is a clan head.

2. Patriarch of the Nussbaum clan. Still owns most of the property along Main Street and leases it out.

3. Could be the richest man in town, but keeps a low profile

4. Refused to have so much as a street named after him.

5. Husband of Gerta and father of Karl, Gerhardt, Reinhold, and Gretchen

Heinz Nussbaum

Gerta Nussbaum

Age 76
Height 5’1”
Weight 190
Eyes Brown
Hair Blonde
Heavyset German hausfrau

1. Keeps hair dyed original blonde.

2. Mother of Karl, Gerhardt, Reinhold, and Gretchen

3. Active on hospital board

Gerta Nussbaum

Karl Nussbaum

Age 58
Height 5’9”
Weight 190
Eyes Brown
Hair Blond
Looks like a slightly younger version of his father Heinz

1. President of First Rose Valley Bank

2. Owns real estate outside of town, including the new Walmart location

3. Married to Anita Bott

4. Two children in college, Henry and Krystal

Anita (Bott) Nussbaum

Age 57
Height 5’5”
Weight 140
Hair Dark sandy blonde
Eyes Blue
Nothing remarkable about her looks

1. Mother of Henry and Krystal

Henry Nussbaum

Age 23
Height 5’11”
Weight 175
Eyes Blue
Hair Dark blond
Strong trim Germanic

1. Studying for his MBA.

Krystal Nussbaum

Age 20
Height 5’5”
Weight 120
Eyes Blue
Hair Blonde
Pampered rich girl body, hair, and nails

1. Away from home at college, mostly to be away from home and near Cameron LaCoe.

2. Styles herself as a high society girl

3. Thinks Karen Weisman is the ideal of smart, professional, and beautiful

4. First of the Nussbaum Quartet (20 y.o. cousins)

Gerhardt Nussbaum

Age 55
Height 5’10”
Weight 180
Eyes Brown
Hair Blonde
Trim version of father Heinz but gradually adding weight.

1. Owns Nussbaum Shipping which originated as the railroad station and family’s first business.

2. Also has an interest in the canal bypass west of town.

3. Married to Erika Kinser.

4. Children Elaine and Viktor

Erika (Kinser) Nussbaum

Age 55
Height 5’6”
Weight 150
Eyes Blue
Hair Blonde
A little on the matronly side.

1. Teaches junior high English and early learning German

2. Married to Gerhardt. Children Elaine & Viktor.

Elaine Nussbaum

Age 20
Height 5’2”
Weight 140
Eyes Brown
Hair Dark Blonde
Has always been the “dumb and dumpy” one of the cousins though she’s a nice girl.

1. Lives in Krystal’s shadow and tries as much as possible to be like her but it always comes off a little dull.

2. Works as a barista at Jitterz Coffee.

3. Second of the Nussbaum Quartet (20 y.o. cousins)

Viktor Nussbaum

Age 18
Height 5’10”
Weight 200
Eyes Brown
Hair Light Brown
Stocky, strong, varsity center of the Rosedale Fireflies football team

1. Senior in high school

2. Varsity Center of the football team

3. Team captain. Popular and determined to make something of his life.

Rev. Reinhold Nussbaum

Age 52
Height 6’0”
Weight 175
Eyes Blue
Hair Thinning blond
Tall, fit, happy, and caring.

1. Minister of Trinity Lutheran Church.

2. Married to Colleen Corcoran.

3. Children Janice, Gail, James.

4. Everything you want in a minister who cares about his congregation and community. Very active.

Colleen (Corcoran) Nussbaum

Age 50
Height 5’7”
Weight 135
Eyes Hazel
Hair Red
Happy earth mother

1. Married to Reinhold

2. Children Janice, Gail, James

3. Teaches preschool at the church.

Janice Nussbaum

Age 23
Height 5’5”
Weight 115
Eyes Hazel
Hair Strawberry blonde
Bright, pretty, playful

1. Daughter of Reinhold and Colleen

2. College grad

3. Engaged to Terry McGinnis

Gail Nussbaum

Age 20
Height 5’3”
Weight 125
Eyes Blue
Hair Red
Lively and Lithe Jokester

1. Third of the Nussbaum Quartet (20 y.o. cousins)

2. Works at her uncle’s bank as an administrative assistant.

James Nussbaum

Age 17
Height 6’0”
Weight 170
Eyes Blue
Hair Blond
Tall, strong, football quarterback

1. Son of Reinhold and Colleen

2. Popular junior in high school

3. Varsity quarterback of the Rosedale Fireflies

4. Best friends with cousin Viktor

Terry McGinnis

Age
Height
Weight
Eyes
Hair
Description

1. Engaged to Janice Nussbaum

Gretchen (Nussbaum) LaCoe

Age 47
Height 5’4”
Weight 130
Eyes Brown
Hair Blonde
Trim and sturdy. Works out in the gym daily.

1. Married to college sweetheart Jack LaCoe.

2. Both Gretchen and Jack are lawyers and their office is LaCoe Attorneys at Law.

3. President of the Chamber of Commerce.

4. Civic leader and activist.

5. Mother of Cameron.

Jack LaCoe

Age 47
Height 6’2”
Weight 180
Eyes Brown
Hair Black
Proud of physique and works out daily. Runs.

1. Husband of Gretchen Nussbaum.

2. Father of Cameron.

3. Lawyer and civic activist. Chairman of Rosebud Harvest Festival.

4. Moved to Rosebud Falls with Gretchen after law school and is still considered an outsider.

Cameron LaCoe

Age 20
Height 6’1”
Weight 165
Eyes Brown
Hair Black
GQ Handsome

1. In college, intent on law school.

2. Fourth of the Nussbaum Quartet (20 y.o. cousins)

3. Has had sex with each of the other three.

August Poltanys

Age 90
Height
Weight
Eyes Gray
Hair Ash Gray
Alzheimer’s

1. August is in a nursing home and has had severe Alzheimer’s for 20 years.

2. Father of Jan

Jan Poltanys

Age 63
Height 5’10”
Weight 185
Eyes Light Green
Hair Ash Blonde
Sharp-eyed and quick

1. Took over family interest 20 years ago when father August could no longer function.

2. Wife Sofia

3. Children, Adam, Zach, Anna, Julia

4. Very involved with and concerned with the healthcare industry even though he maintains a strong interest in mining and transportation.

Jan Poltanys

Sofia ( ) Poltanys

Age 62
Height 5’5”
Weight
Eyes Green
Hair Honey blonde

1. Wife of Jan

2. Mother of Adam, Zach, Anna, and Julia

3. Nurse.

Adam Poltanys

Age 33
Height 5’11”
Weight 175
Eyes Green
Hair Ash Blonde
Thin, but not necessarily healthy.

1. Doctor

2. Divorced from Diane

3. Father of 5 y.o. Derek who lives with mother in the city to the south.

Adam Poltanys

Diane ( ) Poltanys

Age 30
Height
Weight
Eyes
Hair

1. Divorced from Adam.

2. Mother of Derek

3. Lives in the city to the south on Adam’s support.

Derek Poltanys

Age 5
Height
Weight
Eyes
Hair

1. Son of Adam and Diane

2. Lives in the city to the south with his mother.

Zach Poltanys

Age 31
Height 6’0”
Weight 170
Eyes Gray
Hair Ash Blonde
Personality like his father’s. Quick and sharp.

1. Unmarried.

2. Works for his father in managing the mine and transportation interests.

Anna (Poltanys) Tribalski

Age 29
Height
Weight
Eyes
Hair

1. Married to mine operator Anton Tribalski.

2. Lives up north.

Anton Tribalski

Age
Height
Weight
Eyes
Hair

1. Married to Anna Poltanys.

2. Operations manager for Poltanys Mines

3. Lives up north (where the mines are).

Julia Poltanys

Age 27
Height 5’5”
Weight 120
Eyes Green
Hair Honey blonde
Stone fox.

1. Nurse like her mother is.

2. Lives with her brother Adam.

Nathan Panza

Age 30
Height
Weight
Eyes
Hair
Slightly nervous and hyper.

1. Husband of Marian and father of Devon.

2. With Marian, 1/3 owner of Town Market Food Store.

3. Has a house in town with space enough to rent Gee a room.

4. Worries that Marian will be attracted to Gee.

Marian (Grimm) Panza

Age 28
Height 5’3”
Weight 145
Eyes Blue
Hair Dark Brown
Never quite shed her baby weight.

1. Wife of Nathan. Mother of Devon. Daughter of Rupert and Frieda.

2. She defines herself in terms of her relationships.

3. Became 1/3 owner with her husband when Rupert and Frieda divorced.

Devon Panza

Age 3

1. Son of Nathan and Marian

2. Almost drowned in first episode.

Rupert Grimm

Age 51
Height 5’9”
Weight 190
Eyes Blue
Hair Brown with receding hairline.

1. Father of Marian with 1st wife Frieda.

2. 1/3 owner of Town Foods after divorce settlement.

3. Manages the meat department and is a butcher.

4. Divorced Frieda to marry much younger Onyx.

Frieda Grimm

Age 51
Height 5’5”
Weight 160
Eyes Blue
Hair Brown
A grim woman.

1. Mother of Marian. First wife of Rupert

2. Acquired 1/3 share of Town Market in the divorce settlement and manages the business side of the store.

3. Loving grandmother, but has little time to waste on anyone else.

Onyx (Kretschmer) Grimm

Age 26
Height 5’5”
Weight 115
Eyes Blue
Hair Strawberry blonde
Sweet, pretty woman.

1. Was a checker at Town Market and became special friend of Rupert.

2. 2nd wife of Rupert.

3. Very sweet girl and close friend of Marian.

Sherry Straka

Age 42
Height 5’7”
Weight 145
Eyes Brown
Hair Black
No-nonsense tough girl

1. Owns Pub Grub and is chief bartender.

2. Husband drank himself to death, leaving her the pub riddled with debt.

3. Now profitable. She still is disinterested in men.

4. Has a soft spot for other hard cases.

Evert Krumb

Age 44
Height 6’5”
Weight 245
Eyes Blue
Hair Light brown
Burly, tough-looking teddy bear

1. Son of Don Krumb

2. Former Army cook.

3. Wife left him while he was in Iraq.

4. Cook at Pub Grub.

5. Sweet on Sherry and very protective of Lynda and Tim.

Lynda Raven

Age 46
Height 5’5”
Weight 135
Eyes Blue
Hair Light Brown
Worn thin.

1. Waitress at Pub Grub.

2. Mother of Tim Raven.

3. Never knew who Tim’s father was.

4. Has been single mom on her own since she was 19.

Tim Raven

Age 27
Height 6’1”
Weight 160
Eyes Blue
Hair Brown
Thin because he doesn’t eat all that well.

1. Son of Lynda.

2. Brain was damaged in an accident when he was 13.

3. Karen was his best friend in high school and protected him from bullies.

4. Meets with Karen every week since she returned to town.

Penny Tomczyk

Age
Height
Weight
Eyes
Hair

1. Head librarian at Elmont County Public Library.

2. Amateur historian about the town.

Ewan Moffat

Age 39
Height
Weight
Eyes Green
Hair Red
Redhead freckled Englishman

1. 3rd generation pharmacist at Moffat Drugs.

2. Determined not to clutter his store with non-medical crap.

3. Father of Ryan.

Ryan Moffat

Age 15
Height
Weight
Eyes Green
Hair Red

1. Son of Ewan

2. Secretly dating Shannon O’Rourke

Sean O’Rourke

Age 99
Height
Weight
Eyes Blue
Hair was Dark Brown
Epitome of the fighting Irish

1. Black Irish

2. Pharmacist in competition with Moffat after WW II

3. Bought the Rexall franchise in 1949

4. Great grandfather of Shannon

Shannon O’Rourke

Age 15
Height
Weight
Eyes Blue
Hair Mahogany brown

1. Great granddaughter of Sean O’Rourke.

2. Secretly dating Ryan Moffat.

Jig Riley

Age 68
Height 6’0”
Weight 155
Eyes Blue
Hair Brown
A bit wasted.

1. Has always competed with Don Krumb and no one knows why the two have such animosity toward each other.

2. Secretly gay, even though he has married and reproduced. Makes regular trips “to the city”.

3. Dies of aids with Don at his side.

Don Krumb

Age 68
Height 5’9”
Weight 210
Eyes Blue
Hair Light Brown
Jellyroll baby.

1. Always competed to be the manliest with Jig Riley. No one understands the animosity between the two former childhood friends.

2. Married and repressed homosexual.

3. Has always loved Jig.

4. Father of Evert Krumb

Nina

Age ~18
Height 5’3”
Weight 98
Eyes Blue
Hair Brown
Starvation thin.

1. Kidnapped as a child and trained for sexual slavery.

2. Ran away and headed here to find Karen and tell her story.

3. Disappears again when she learns Karen is dead.

Kelly Murray

Age 37
Height 5’9”
Weight 150
Eyes Green
Hair Dark Red
Bit of an Irish Dyke

1. Photographer for The Elmont Mirror

2. Does wedding photography and school photos on the side.

3. Unmarried and gay, but not really out. Acknowledged but not public.

Steve Hirsch

Age 41
Height 5’7”
Weight 180
Eyes Green
Hair Red
Bantam rooster, or perhaps leprechaun

1. Head of advertising sales at The Elmont Mirror

2. Struts a lot and always brags of his success, in ad sales and with women.

Ken Probst

Age 35
Height 6’0”
Weight 180
Eyes Brown
Hair Black
Athletic enthusiast

1. Local news and sports editor for The Elmont Mirror.

2. Also broadcasts the Friday night football games on WROS.

3. Still living his glory days as a sports hero

Axel Hunter

Age 59
Height 5’10”
Weight 190
Eyes Blue
Hair Light Brown
Almost successful

1. Publisher or editor-in-chief of The Elmont Mirror. In reality does the layout.

2. A little less than ethical. Often takes credit for others’ work.

3. Mostly focuses on the layout of the newspaper and getting it off to press.

Mead Oliver

Age 47
Height 6’1”
Weight 195
Eyes Blue
Hair Brown
Clothes never seem to fit right.

1. Police detective, fancies himself as a sort of Columbo.

2. Married to Rita

3. Children: Drake and Nicole

4. Efficient, dedicated, but mostly benign.

Rita Oliver

Age 45
Height 5’1”
Weight 130
Eyes Blue
Hair Mahogany
Always carefully dressed and coiffed.

1. Married to Mead.

2. Mother of Drake and Nicole.

Drake Oliver

Age 17
Height 5’11”
Weight 170
Eyes Blue
Hair Dark Brown
Second tier athlete

1. Son of Mead and Rita

2. Plays second string varsity basketball.

3. Senior in high school.

4. String of steady girlfriends.

Nicole Oliver

Age 15
Height 5’2”
Weight 110
Eyes Blue
Hair Auburn
Shy wallflower

1. Daughter of Mead and Rita

2. “In love” with Ryan Moffat and jealous of Shannon O’Rourke.

3. Doesn’t date or even talk to many people.

John Hennesey

Age 60
Height 6’0”
Weight 185
Eyes Blue
Hair Brown
Irish Catholic—too tall to be a leprechaun

1. Titular head of the Meagher Clan, though most don’t acknowledge their relationship beyond all being Irish.

2. A little known fact that he controls all the Meagher vote on the forest and allots the funds.

Carlo Bortelli

Age 31
Height 5’9”
Weight 185
Eyes Brown
Hair Black
Italian stock and Mediterranean coloring.

1. The current president of Savage Sand and Gravel. As close to a patriarch as the Savage Clan has. No one in town still has the Savage name.

2. Unmarried, but reportedly has an 18yo mistress.

Joseph Roth

b. 1924, d. 6/6/1944 One of the Rosebud Seven in WWII

1. Son of Aaron Roth

2. Boyfriend of Maura Eberhardt

3. Father of Celia Eberhardt

4. The only one of the seven who didn’t send a letter recognizing his child.

Maura Eberhardt

b. 1924, d. 1959

1. Lover of Joseph Roth

2. Mother of Celia Eberhardt

Celia Eberhardt

b. Feb 1943

1. One of the seven children of the Rosebud Seven.

2. Only one unrecognized. When mother dies, she lives with Dee Poltanys.

3. Married John Ransom

4. Mother of Peter Ransom

Celia Eberhardt Ransom

Peter Ransom

b. 1966

1. Son of Celia Eberhardt and John Ransom

2. Father of Jo Ransom

Jo Ransom

b. 1993

1. Daughter of Peter and Celia Ransom

2. The one Karen approaches to legitimize her claim against the Roth’s.

Jo Ransom

Stefan Poltanys

b. 1924, d. 6/6/1944 One of the Rosebud Seven in WWII

1. Lover of Ohna Johansen

2. Father of Dee Poltanys

Ohna Johansen

b. 1924

1. Lover of Stefan Poltanys

2. Mother of Dee Poltanys

3. Brought Celia Eberhardt home to live with her and Dee when Celia’s mother died.

Dee Poltanys

b. February 1943

1. One of the children of the Rosebud Seven

2. Best friend and sister to Celia Eberhardt

3. Families continue to be very close for generations.

Vito Savage

b. 1924, d. 6/6/1944 One of the Rosebud Seven in WWII

1. Lover of Natalie Colgen

2. Father of Paul Savage

3. Great grandfather of Wayne Savage

Natalie Colgen

b. 1924

1. Lover of Vito Savage

2. Later remarried and moved to the city, determined not to let her son be influenced by an unsavory uncle in the town.

Paul Savage

b. February 1943 a child of the Rosebud Seven

1. Told his grandson of some of the suspected illegal activities (drugs and trafficking) of his family back in Rosebud Falls.

2. Grandfather of Wayne Savage

Wayne Savage

b. 1988

1. School teacher

2. Came back to Rosebud Falls to investigate the claims his grandfather made.

Wayne Savage with kids

Quinn Meagher

b. 1924, d. 6/6/1944, One of the Rosebud Seven in WWII

1. Lover of Lucinda Platt

2. Father of Ewan Meagher

Lucinda Platt

b. 1924

1. Lover of Quinn Meagher

2. Mother of Ewan Meagher

Ewan Meagher

b. February 1943, One of the children of the Rosebud Seven

1. Son of Quinn Meagher and Lucinda Platt

George Lazorack

b. 1924, d. 6/6/1944, One of the Rosebud Seven in WWII

1. Lover of Kathleen Moffatt

2. Father of Henry Lazorack

Kathleen Moffatt

b. 1924

1. Lover of George Lazorack

2. Mother of Henry Lazorack

Henry Lazorack

b. February 1943, one of the children of the Rosebud Seven

1. Son of George Lazorack and Kathleen Moffatt.

Johann Nussbaum

b. 1924, d. 6/6/1944, One of the Rosebud Seven in WWII

1. Lover of Abby Jennings.

2. Father of Heinz Nussbaum

Abby Jennings

b. 1924

1. Lover of Johann Nussbaum

2. Mother of Heinz Nussbaum (the current head of the clan)

Duane Cavanaugh

b. 1924, d. 6/6/1944, One of the Rosebud Seven in WWII

1. Lover of Carol Crawford

2. Father of Coretta Cavanaugh Sims

Carol Crawford

b. 1924

1. Lover of Duane Cavanaugh

2. Mother of Coretta Cavanaugh Sims

Coretta Cavanaugh Sims

b. February 1943, one of the children of the Rosebud Seven

1. Daughter of Duane Cavanaugh and Carol Crawford

2. Fell in love with Paul Sims when she was seven and he was fifteen.

3. Married Paul Sims when she turned sixteen.

4. Grandmother of Jessie Sims

Coretta Sims

Jessie Sims

b. 1994 (age 24)

1. Granddaughter of Coretta and Paul Sims

2. Love interest of Jonathon Lazorack

Jessie Sims

Gordon “Gordy” Wills

Age 67
Height 5’9”
Weight 135
Eyes Blue
Hair Brown
A collector

1. Owns the Antique store on Main

2. Used to be Woolworth’s

3. Collects anything, but especially likes organs and pianos

Birdie Lanahan

Age 38
Height 5’6”
Weight 140
Eyes Brown
Hair Black
Haitian claiming to be Jamaican

1. Owns Jitterz Blue Mountain Coffee Roasters

2. Rescued from Haiti when she was 10 by Red Lanahan. Married him when she was 18.

3. Red told people she was black Irish and some were stupid enough to believe him.

4. Voodoo practitioner.

Birdie Lanahan

Violet Lanahan

Age 19
Height 5’10”
Weight 120
Eyes Brown
Hair Red
Redhead black girl

1. Daughter of Red and Birdie

2. Friend of Elaine Nussbaum.

Violet Lanahan

Red Lanahan

Age 58
Height 6’3”
Weight 195
Eyes Blue
Hair Red
Big Irish Sailor

1. Married his ward, Birdie, when she turned 18

2. Was in a car accident that left him mostly a vegetable ten years ago. Birdie takes care of him and screws him.

Eleanor “Ellie” Smith

Age 38
Height 5’7”
Weight 140
Eyes Brown
Hair Black
African American Nurse

1. Fierce about her patients’ rights

2. Strangely attracted to Gee, even though she is married.

3. Often protects patients from police before she moved from the city to Rosebud Falls.

Bill Williams

Age 45 or 60—indeterminate
Height 5’8”
Weight 140
Eyes Brown
Hair Bald
Carney operator

1. Recognizes Gee

2. Gee has a completely blank reading of Bill

3. Bill advises Gee to forget about his past and live in the present

4. Shows Gee a little girl about to be kidnapped

Bill Williams

Dale Metzger

Age 29
Height 6’0”
Weight 195
Eyes Brown
Hair Brown
Spreading from a deskjob

Works as an accountant. Puts in long hours to earn enough to provide for family. Saturday at the Fair is a rare day off.

Ruth Ann Metzger

Age 29
Height 5’4”
Weight 120
Eyes Brown
Hair Light brown
Stay-at-home Mom

Frantic about losing and finding Sally Ann. Blames Dale. In all, a little smarter than her husband, but quit working when she got pregnant and insisted that his job was to bring home the income and hers was to raise the child.

Sally Ann Metzger

Age 5
Height 34”
Weight 45#
Eyes Brown
Hair light brown
Precocious

Daughter of Ruth and Dale Metzger. Very bright and articulate when she can get someone to listen to her.