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Note to my many players:  Over the years I have created numerous characters and helped to create many more.  The main problem has always been getting my players to actually write up a background.  As I have been in a mood to write, I have decided to come up with histories for as many characters as I can.  If what I write does not quite fit the original player's conception, too bad, I asked for something from each and every one and if you don't like what I write, do it yourself.

*Recently Hero Games has produced the Hero System 6th Edition and while I whole-heartedly support their work and urge other, especially new players, to pick up this fine pair of tomes, the Wild Hunt will remain a 5th Edition site for the foreseeable future.  I do this because of the enormous number of character sheets I have available and the massive amount of time it would take me to switch over, not to mention the cost incurred in doing so.  I have been given both the Hero System 6th Edition - Basic Rules Book and the Hero System 6th Edition - Advanced Players Guide so I plan to read them over, perhaps incorporating portions, therefore I am not long 'uninformed' as previously argued on the Hero Boards.