The Prodigal Brothers

A pair of brothers. Cronies of Robert, the Checker Town rival — and the show’s **prodigal sons. They took their share and ran off to spend it on the wrong things, and learned the hard way that belief without a heart behind it spends fast. Their arc is the parable: away, undone, and (eventually) the long road back.

The pair

• The elder brother — all swagger, no substance
• The younger brother — softer, more lost than reckless. Follows his brother.

Role in the Story

Ancillary foils that give Nate a surface-level enemy and also gives Robert’s mindset a shadow, even they have redeeming qualities