Cody Allison

Cody Allison is a travelling busker from Oregon, on the run from a debt he can’t repay to the gang he used to run with. His two most prized possessions are his motorbike and his guitar. As of recently, he’s missing the pinky and ring fingers on his left hand.

Description
Cody is medium-height verging on short, of square, sturdy build. He is dark-skinned, with black hair, blue eyes, and freckles. In Book 1, Cody typically wears lime-green tinted goggles and an oversized poncho. T-shirts, button-down shirts, jeans, and boots are typical to his wardrobe. He travels everywhere with his acoustic guitar slung over his back (or the back of his motorcycle). He is missing his pinky and ring fingers on his left hand.

History
Cody grew up in Levering, Oregon, with his older sister Miriam as basically his only guardian. His mother died in childbirth, and his father was sick with untreated type 2 diabetes for as long as Cody knew him, up until his death when Cody was four or five. Miriam raised Cody on her own, eventually letting him help out at the bar she ran. Through the bar, Cody was exposed to the gang culture of Oregon, and eventually started running with the Dead-Eyes. He befriended Ethan before Ethan took over as the leader, and helped the gang out with operations without ever formally joining. When Miriam began showing some of the same symptoms of diabetes as their father had, Cody petitioned Ethan for money to send her to Canada for medical treatment. Ethan gave him the 10,000 silver, and when Cody couldn't pay him back after a year of busking and small time bounty hunting, Ethan took two of his fingers. Cody has been on the run from the Dead-Eyes ever since.

Ethan Rouse
Ethan is Cody's ex-friend. When Cody ran with the Dead-Eyes, Ethan would string him along with favoritism and a hint of romantic interest, though never any commitment.

John
John picked Cody up off the side of the road after Cody ran into him with his motorbike. John drove Cody's motorbike first to hide out at Chokecherry Cattle Ranch, then south to Vegas, where Cody could see a doctor for his recently missing fingers. They become travelling companions as Cody recovers, and eventually more than friends.

Miriam Allison
Cody's sister Miriam ran a bar in Levering, Oregon until untreated diabetes necessitated travelling to Canada for medical care. Miriam is Cody's only family.

Pemberley
Cody meets Pem at La Salle Rouge, a gambling house in New Mexico. Pem is a con artist who convinces Cody to go in on a scam with him. They plan to cheat at the dice game Mia, but Pem betrays Cody, letting him take the fall.

Valentine
A priest at Convent of the Holy Mother, Valentine ends up helping Cody talk through his thoughts about Ethan and John.