Ethan Paul Stewart, ex-mercenary, was the crime lord of Dead Man's Rock, a world seen as too far from the Terran Dominion to attract its attention. Stewart was very intelligent, although not strictly in the "bookish sense". He was very disciplined, which he calls "knowing what you want", and his body was as disciplined as his mind; he was an avid practitioner of the martial arts. Ever since he was a child, Stewart had known what he wanted, and pursued it with a single-mindedness of purpose that stunned his allies and devastated his enemies. Stewart enjoyed the sensual aspects of life.