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Background[]
Captain John Faraway founded the group in 1868 following a vicious shootout at The Longhorn Tavern. Initially comprised of Faraway, Slade and Summerdale, the team gradually expanded to include four other members who served on a rotating roster. Their collective abilities were put to the test when supernatural forces began to overwhelm Chamberlain (a series of events referred to as The Season of Darkness).
Membership[]
The Pistoleer: Captain John Faraway, acting sheriff of Radcliffe Precinct and de facto leader of the Night Raiders. Dry, bitter and disillusioned after the bloodshed of the Civil War, he finds a new lease on life after taking up the mantle of a vigilante.
The Chamberlain Kid: Ezra Slade Jr, a good-natured, fun-loving trickshot with a heart of gold. Despite his naive, up-country manner, Slade is highly intelligent and resourceful, ear-marked as the group's strategist by Captain Faraway.
The Six Shooter: Phoenix J. Summerdale, the hot-tempered, trigger-happy hell-raiser of the team, always the first into battle and the last to retreat. Has a passion for "cigareets and whisky and wild, wild women," all of which he indulges in prodigious amounts. Best friends with The Chamberlain Kid, who is constantly called upon to bail him out of trouble.
Hurricane Lucy: a hard-drinking, hard-riding female gunslinger from Greentowne, Illinois. As proprietor of The Longhorn Tavern, she joined The Raiders after a group of ex-confederate mercenaries murdered several of her working girls. A formidable crack-shot in her own right, she frequently cuts the Six Shooter down to size whenever he gets too fresh.
Professor Flaxman Low: a British paranormal psychologist on sabbatical from Oxford University, investigating reports of supernatural phenomena in Chamberlain's Gallows Hill. His unpublished memoirs contain the only existing first-hand description of the Night Raiders' activities.
The Padre: Reverend Father James Fitzpatrick Byrne, ordained minister in charge of the Chamberlain City Mission. Genuinely respected by all of the Night Raiders, this gun-toting priest frequently serves as emergency medic for the team during their most lethal expeditions.
The Deathspeaker: enigmatic, para-normal horseman whose exploits date back to the 1850s. Considered an urban legend by most of Chamberlain's criminal element, the Deathspeaker resurfaces in 1868 to join the Night Raiders during "The Season of Darkness."