Virgil Church

Virgil is a member of the rapidly-increasing service industry in Newton. He's a protection agent; he and the group he runs ride with caravans heading to the city-states and provide muscle to prevent and, if necessary, fight off bandit raids.

Virgil had a rough childhood. He grew up among the bandits and has been fighting for his life and livelihood, one way or another, nearly his entire life. He has no family, and few friends except for the dozen other men in his outfit. Even now that he's legitimate, he doesn't hate the bandits in general, seeing them as just another group fighting to survive, like everyone. If his own survival depends on fighting them off, then so be it. Virgil carries this same type of pragmatism with him everywhere; he is not a very principled man. If the stakes were high enough, he'd betray almost anybody (though for his friends, naturally, the stakes would have to be tremendous).

Though Newton's location and culture have made his business successful, he doesn't particularly care for the city in principle. Specifically, he does not care for the Newton family much at all - their luxurious, struggle-free lifestyle is moderately disgusting to him. William Newton himself was the only one who deserved his wealth, and with him will die the last does of reality left in the family.

Church's dramatic axis is as follows: he does not care for Newton, except insofar as its conducive to his continued business. Virgil firmly believes that this depends on good relations with Cody, Greer, and Laurel, and those good relations will stop if Newton tries to over-flex its muscles. In addition, his business depends on the bandits not being entirely eliminated; with the roads safe, who needs an escort? In short, Virgil needs things the stay the way they are as much as possible, and just like he always has, he'll do whatever he can to get what he needs.

EDIT: Virgil never knew his father and ran away from his mother early in life. He doesn't have any other family. He's had some on-again-off-again relationships with some women in Newton and the city-states, but he's just as likely to visit a prostitute.