Cameron Cotter
Born: September 4, 1957
6'1"
Cameron Cotter grew up on the worst streets of Sheffield, England. His father was a drug runner and enforcer for a local crime family, gunned down when Cameron was 8. His mother did her best, but the boy turned to crime by the age of 10. Petty robbery and vandalism started his career, but by the time he was 13, Cameron ran messages and "packages" for crime boss Miles Standish.
Cotter was a late bloomer, always shorter and rounder than the other kids. But his short temper and refusal to fight by any rules, ensured that he was feared. He strove to be the strongest, toughest guy in the room to compensate, lifting weights and taking boxing lessons. When he was 15, Standish called him to a warehouse. When he arrived, Standish waited beside a former associate turned informant, tied to a chair.. He handed the young Cotter a pistol and told him to kill the man. With only minimal hesitation, Cotter put the gun to the man's head and pulled the trigger. It was his initiation. He was now a part of the family.
Over the years, Cotter rose through the ranks, becoming one of Standish's top earners and most feared enforcer. He also developed an intense drug and alcohol habit. How many men he killed in that time is disputed, but it's estimated to be over 100. Standish began to resent him for it, but as he sank deeper and deeper, Cotter began to care less and less. When he was 26 years old, Cotter used his influence, drawing those he could trust even closer. Together, they planned a coup. Standish and anyone who remained loyal to him would be wiped out and Cameron would take over.
Cotter lured the crime boss and his most loyal lieutenants to an expensive, fancy dinner. When they all sat down, Cameron's men entered, executing them in one fell swoop. Standish begged and pleaded with the young Cotter, but the young man would have none of it. He put two bullets in the old man's chest and watched as he slowly died.
Miles Standish was dead. And Cameron Cotter was the new king.
Under Cotter's leadership, drugs and gambling and violence became the M.O. Eventually, his ambitions grew and Sheffield was no longer a big enough kingdom. It was one fateful night, sitting in a bar beside a stranger, when he heard of a new land, ripe for the taking. This was how Cameron Cotter came to Rhy'din. In 1990, at age 33, he quickly set up shop, running his small time operations with an iron fist until he was the top dog of his little hill.
For the next decade, he consolidated power, finding the toughest and most dangerous human beings he could gather and either putting them down or in his employ. His reputation spread. In 2005, he visited an illegal, underground fighting ring. There, he saw a young man in his early twenties. Slim, wirey, but vicious as all hell. The kid's opponent was double his size, but he put the lummox away as if he were nothing. This was someone he could use. One way or another, Simon Toews would be his.
