Deacon Faust, born in 1900 to the late Dr. Emerson Faust and his wife Emelia. Led the typical life of luxury at his family's estate in Marin County. Was a gifted athlete and indifferent student which along with the Faust fortune enabled him to attend Harvard University. Two months shy of graduating, Deacon's parents were killed when their private plane crashed in the mountains of Northern California. Emotionally devastated he withdrew form college. As the sole heir Deacon inherited a sizable estate. With his new found fortune he traveled the world for the next few years learning many things along the way. He studied mysticism in India and Thailand, martial arts in China and Japan. He sailed with smugglers and pirates in the South China Sea. Fought with and against mercenaries in Mongolia. All the while searching for some meaning in his life. Eventually, as the idle rich often do, he became bored and returned to San Francisco. On his return, he frequented many of the hot night spots and fell in with some of the local ne'er do wells. He has been known to smuggle booze on his yacht for the owners of some of the speak-easies and has been seen with some low-level gangsters. Of course the local papers love this, as they can write about this son of a former society matron slumming with the dregs. Deacon is an altruist in the purest form, frequently opening his home to those less fortunate souls much to the chagrin of his faithful butler, Godfrey.