Daren Hightower

Daren Hightower is the head of the Water MerchantsButch's Tell Me About, residing in the Heights district of the Hub in 2161. A reclusive and paranoidal man, he employs a private army of bodyguards to stave off threats, both real and imaginary. His role as the head merchant of the wealthiest caravan company in the Hub led to him and his wife being marked by Decker for termination and his household a lucrative target for Loxley.