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Thornton was born into a well off family. His parents had met while they were both attending The Nagelring on Tharkad and went on to be a 'MechWarrior and Doctor within the LCAF. Thornton's mother put her career on hold to raise him and they both followed his father's military postings spending large amounts of time on Dropships and Military Bases throughout the Lyran Commonwealth.
Thornton showed an interest very early on in medicine and technology and of course in 'Mechs, His childhood was littered with memories of time spent in all three of those areas. This interest led him to follow his parents example and attend the prestigious Nagelring Academy studying 'Mech studies, Technical skills and medicine to a high level before taking a commision with the LCAF.
Two years in and disaster struck, Thornton's parents were killed during a pirate raid and consumed with rage he went A.W.O.L. and headed Rimwards in an effort to exact revenge on their murderers. Through the course of time he managed to find out that it had been the Black Warriors that had masterminded the raid that killed his parents.
Being an A.W.O.L. Inner Sphere 'Mech pilot Thornton was accepted into the warrior training programme and managed to make it through the training and warrior hazing that came afterwards all the while continuing to subtly investigate his parents murder and managed to identify and join the perpetrator's unit.
His chance of revenge came upon him suddenly one afternoon when he was headed back to base via a shortcut, he was knocked down by someone coming the other way and whilst they lay sprawled in a heap her pursuers arrived.
What happened next was a blur, two figures were chasing the girl who had knocked him over. One, obviously the girl's pimp, started beating on her while screaming in her face. The other dragged the girl up from the floor by her hair was none other than the man he had been seeking for so long.
Before he knew what he was doing Thornton had drawn his pistol and fired three shots - BLAM! BLAM! BLAM! and the object of his revenge and the girl were lying in a pool of blood. The pimp ran like his very life depended on it. Thornton dusted himself off, picked up the girl and left without looking back.
They have been on the run ever since. The girl is now disguised as a boy and acting as his apprentice. They have joined the Blackshields in an effort to find a way back home to the Lyran half of the Federated Commonwealth.
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