| Pro | James Patrick | Quinn | Deceased. Eaten by a catfish. Aka: Jimmy. |
| | | | Part 1 |
| 1 | Gunther | Haas | The oldest veteran. |
| | James | Forsyth | Gunther's superior. A colonel. |
| | Jack | Harris | The Mayor. |
| | Brody | Dern | Sheriff of Black Earth County. Protagonist. |
| | Felix | Klein | A dangerous prisoner. Brody's companion. |
| | Hector | | Brody's dog. |
| | Herman | Ostberg | Brody's acquaintance. |
| 2 | Sam | Wicklow | Publisher and Editor of Black Earth County. |
| | Asa | Fielding | One of Brody's officers. |
| 3 | Marta | Quinn | Jimmy's 2nd wife. |
| | Doc | Porter | The county coroner. |
| 4 | Alice | Brown | Carl's wife. |
| | Ruth | Coffee | Deceased. |
| | Hannah | | Felix's wife. |
| | Scott | Madison | Angie's son. |
| | Evangeline | Madison | Scott's mother. Aka: Agnie, Jolie Rae LeBlanc. |
| 5 | Gudrun | Quinn | Jimmy's 1st wife. |
| | Terence | Quinn | Jimmy and Gudrun's son. |
| | Fiona | McCarthy | Jimmy and Gudrun's daughter. |
| | James Patrick | Quinn Jr. | Jimmy and Marta's eldest son. AKA: J.P. |
| | Colleen | Quinn | Jimmy and Marta's daughter. |
| | Big | Bastard | The Quinn's bull. |
| | Bridget | Quinn | Jimmy and Marta's youngest daughter. |
| | Able | Grange | One of the Quinn's hired men. |
| | Tyler | Creasy | One of the Quinn's hired men. |
| | Noah | Bluestone | One of the Quinn's hired men. |
| | Kyoko | Bluestone | Noah's wife. |
| 6 | Gordon | Landis | A former police. |
| | Suzie | Thorndike | Asa's wife. |
| | Garnet | Dern | Brody's sister-in-law. |
| | Conrad | Graff | The former sheriff. AKA: Connie. |
| 8 | Inkpahduta | | The leader of Wahpekute. |
| | Tom | Brody | Garnet's husband. Brody's brother. |
| 11 | Carl | Brown | The Funeral Home owner. |
| | Fred | Brown | Carl's father. |
| | Robert | Dern | Brody's father. |
| 12 | Delbert | Wolfe | Scott's friend. Creasy's son-in-law. AKA: Del, Wolfman. |
| | Wendell | Moon | Mrs. Madison's worker. |
| | Father | Gregory | The Lutheran pastor. |
| | Mr. | Sorenson | Scott's scoutmaster. |
| 13 | Ida | Madison | Angie's mother-in-law. |
| | Harvey | Madison | Angie's father-in-law. |
| | Christian | Madison | Scott's father. Angie's husband. |
| | Charlotte | Bauer | Angie's friend. A retired lawyer. AKA: Charlie. |
| 15 | Lester | Hennings | A town cop in Jefferson. |
| | Myron | Bennett | A jeweler. |
| 16 | Bob | Magruder | Owner of the stolen truck. |
| 17 | Boggie | | Connie's horse. |
| | Honeydew | | Connie's horse. |
| | Myrna | Graff | Connie's wife. |
| | Hopper | | The painter. |
| | Lilah | | Brody's girlfriend. |
| | Holden | Caulfield | A character in "Catcher in the Rye" book. |
| 18 | Mary | Dern | Brody's niece. |
| | Rita | Dern | Brody's niece. |
| | Jack | Dern | Brody's nephew. |
| | Amy | Cassiday | Brody's youngest sister. |
| | Sean | Cassiday | Amy's husband. |
| | Father | O'Gara | The reverend. |
| 19 | Loretta | Wicklow | Sam's wife. |
| | Abigail | Harris | The Mayor's wife. |
| | Mimi | Fowler | The town librarian. |
| 20 | Alan | Ladd | A film star. |
| 21 | Alexander | Williams | A county attorney. |
| | Douglas | Alexander | The offender. |
| 22 | Kevin | Eide | The judge. |
| 23 | Avery | Simpson | A hardware store owner. |
| | Melvin | Crabbe | A dump truck driver. |
| | | | Part 2 |
| 26 | Fuji | | Kyoko's dog. |
| 28 | Sissy | Barrows | Kyoko's housekeeper. |
| 32 | Holly | Coleridge | Del Wolfe's cousin. |
| | Nicole | Blake | Holly's friend. |
| | Ramona | | Scott's aunt. Del's mother. |
| 35 | Hank | Evans | One of the sheriff's auxiliary deputies. |
| | Morgan | Gilroy | A bank robber. |
| 38 | Bob | McCarthy | Fiona's husband. |
| 39 | Farrah | | Angie's mother. |
| | Madame | Justine | Angie's boss. |
| 41 | Bob | Odegard | A feed store owner. |
| | Maggie | Green | A kindergarten teacher. |
| | Takoda | | Bluestone's ancestor. |
| 42 | Mac | | Brody's colleague. |
| | Kyaw | | The Burmese soldier. |
| | David | Himura | The Japanese commander. Kyoko's new husband. |
| 45 | Mike | Kearney | The veterinarian. |
| | Velma | | Tyler's mother. |
| 47 | Luther | | Tyler's uncle. |
