Rafe McCawley is Defiance's richest and most powerful human – a mine owner whose family has been in the territory for generations. Raised by a tough-as-nails father, Rafe disobeyed his father's wishes and enlisted. After the Pale Wars, he took his wife and burgeoning family back to his home of St. Louis, now barely recognizable due to terraforming. He longs for the world as it was before the Votans arrived.
As one of the founders of Defiance, Rafe has amassed a considerable fortune in the mining business. He is not above using it to help shape the Defiance that he believes is best.
