: A tough, twice-widowed outcast living on a ranch with her half-Paiute son.
: The episode opens with Marshal John Cook discovering the town of Creede, Colorado, in ruins. The outlaw Frank Griffin has slaughtered nearly every inhabitant—including children—as retribution for his protégé's betrayal.
: A ruthless, one-armed outlaw and self-styled preacher. He is hunting Roy Goode and threatens to kill anyone who harbors him. Godless - S01E01 "Godless" An Incident at Creede
: Griffin’s former protégé who stole the loot from their last robbery and shot Frank in the arm during his escape.
: Roy Goode, wounded from a previous shootout with Griffin, arrives at a remote ranch outside La Belle. He is shot by the ranch's owner, Alice Fletcher, before she and her mother-in-law decide to nurse him back to health. : A tough, twice-widowed outcast living on a
: Located in the New Mexico Territory, La Belle is a mining town where most of the men died in a tragic mining accident. The women have taken over the town's operations and security. Key Characters Introduced
: The sharp-shooting sister of the local sheriff and a leader among the women of La Belle. : A ruthless, one-armed outlaw and self-styled preacher
: While the show uses real locations like Creede, some viewers have noted geographical and historical inaccuracies regarding the depiction of the Colorado landscape and Indigenous Paiute populations. Thoughts on Godless episode 1 "An Incident at Creede"