| 1 | Carissa | Beaumont | Protagonist. Aka: White-White, Callie. |
| | Miss | Lucille | Lisette's employer. |
| | Lisette | Beaumont | Carissa's mother. |
| | | | Boomtown - A town where Silver has been discovered. |
| | Jonah | | Miss Lucille's black servant. |
| | Elise | | One of Lucille's ladies. |
| | M. | Calisher | A general store owner. |
| | Yvonne | | Elise's older sister. |
| | Rose | Red | Owner of a wayward home for ladies. Miss Lucille's friend. Aka: Rosie. |
| | Jean-Paul | Perilloux | Lisette's father. Carissa's grandfather. |
| | Marie | Perilloux | Lisette's mother. Carissa's grandmother. |
| | Pierre | Beaumont | Carissa's father. Lisette's husband. |
| | Jean-Paul | Beaumont | Carissa's brother. Lisette and Pierre's son. |
| 2 | Penny | | Miss Lucille's former worker. Deceased. |
| | Monica | | Miss Lucille's former worker. Deceased. |
| | Frank | | Miss Lucille's former worker. Deceased. |
| | Rogers | | The Sheriff's assistant. |
| | Doc | Henderson | The town doctor. |
| | John | Amos-Redding | The Sheriff. |
| | Mr. | Crabtree | The man at the livery. |
| | | | Cohn Brothers - Owner of the tobacco shop. |
| | China | Mary | The ruler of Hoptown. A drug supplier. |
| | Evangeline | | Doc Henderson's dead wife. |
| | Lara | | One of Rosie's girls. |
| 3 | Dim-Yung | | One of China Mary's boys. |
| | Marybeth | | One of Rosie's girls. |
| | Li-Li | | One of China Mary's girls. |
| | Dutch | Annie | Miss Lucile's acquaintance. Owner of a brothel. |
| 7 | Mai-Lin | | China Mary's niece. The girl that Carissa befriended. |
| | Soon-Ye | | China Mary's niece. Mai-Lin's sister. |
| | Yen-Chun | | Soon-Ye's husband. |
| | Jamie | Riley | A civil war veteran. |
| | Eloise | Stanley | Owner of Tombstone Club. Carissa and Mai-Lin's employer. |
| | Joe | | The handyman. Aka: Old Joe. |
| 10 | | | Ku Li - A Chinese word meaning Hard worker. |
| 17 | Kwan | | Tombstone Club's cook. |
| 21 | Clary | | The Reverend. |
