Full name: Martin Coss

Age: 28

Born: Austin, TX

Occupation: trail hand

Previous Occupations: cattle hand, horse wrangler, deputy sheriff

Appearance: broad shouldered, bow-legged, black hair kept short, long sideburns, brown eyes.

Basic Character Traits: chews tobacco, cusses a lot, brags about being a ladies' man

Family History: wife and 2 children dead of disease, a father back east, 2 brothers back east

Strengths: handles cattle well

Waeknesses: can't dance

Secrets: afraid of women

Trauma: death of family drove him west