[quote=@deegee]
Should have recalled the Pale Rider motif. I love that picture. But it has been a very long week, and honestly, I thought of stealing / finding clothing a la [i]Postman[/i]. 
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If you wanted to go with my suggestion of falling out with the Tycoon and left for dead, the desire for him to make a new persona - impelled by guilt and anger - just makes sense. Additionally, if you wanted someone to fill the role of the rescuer who saved the Repentant after he was left for dead, I could step in. Maybe as a permanent companion, or as a temporary mentor character who runs his course in the "Prologue" which sets up the Repentant and his collision course with the Tycoon. In either case, as my main "good guy," I'd offer to act as the leader of the community in the process of being railroaded out by the Tycoon. Hard-working, tough, but not experienced as a fighter; A a little older and a widower, serves as sort of the "camp dad" for all the other residents.