Full name: Gillespie Ogilthorpe "Gil" Biscoe III

Age: 31

Born: Boston

Occupation: Trail Boss

Previous Occupations: Major in the North Army during Civil War, owns Biscoe Shipping and Trading Company, ship's captain

Appearance: average height, lean, brown hair, brown eyes, sharply lined and weathered face, has a saber scar across back of right hand, has a couple of bullet wounds not generally seen

Basic Character Traits: Tough, commanding, expects instant obedience, scrupulously fair

Family History: Father died and left him the shipping company, mother is a socialite in Boston, has 4 sisters and an older brother. The brother has a dry goods business, which is why Gil got the shipping company. The brother and a brother-in-law are managing the shipping company while Gil gets over the grief of losing his wife. Has 1 stepdaughter and 1 daughter. Wife died of pnuemonia when daughter was 2 years old. They are Old Money in Boston.

Strengths: Past military history, fairness, hard working

Waeknesses: is sometimes too strict, adn too willing to be fair to the other person

Secrets: Is in love with Rainey Downes

Trauma: Civil War, betrayal of wife followed rapidly by wife's death