Editing FaiDIRCgame/DickLongington (section)

==History==
===Early Life===
Richard Muggach Menzies Longington was born to Irene Morag Menzies
and Tarquin Matthew Longington (esq.) The two of whom had a passionate affair
whilst Irene was working as a maid on the Longington estate. The two eloped
on the Scottish border, as is the fashion. Being a charactaristically 
strong lass from the highlands, Irene convinced Tarquin to discuss a starting
sum of his farther to move back into the countryside village of Edzell.
Sir Longington agreed, on the condition that he was subsequently disinherited
and was never to contact him again.
And so, Dick grew up in a quiet village with just enough money to get by. This
meant that as soon as he was old enough to go to school, he was helping farm,
and as soon as he could lift a till, he was plowing fields, making him rather 
more built than the common boy of his age.
As an only child, he sought others to socialise with, developing rather early
due to his mothers morningly hearty porridge, served with the traditional tablespoon
of salt coupled with farming responsibilities. As part of this, he became savvy 
with the girls around him at a younger age and had what his mother describes as a 
"Good Scottish tounge in his head". A side effect of this is that he wasn't as 
acidemically gifted as others, though maintaining just enough smarts to skate by. 
Further, his reputation as a charmer lead indirectly to many a fight with other boys 
of his age, making him a bit of a scrapper.

===The Great War===
Whilst Tarquin was disinhereted and too old for frontline war, he pleded with his father
to pull strings that would afford Dick a less dangerous position. Begrugingly, as
the only namesake of the Longington name, he granted his wish; pulling stings to
get Dick officer training. He was noted for wearing the ceremonial kilt
of his regiment, complete with flashes and Skindoo into a charge, and bringing back 60% of his troop.
It was at this celebration that the mysterious MI6 opprative, Fists McCoy introduced himself, 
suggesting that Dick was of great interest, though he was missing an additional skillset that
would make him indispensible, urging him train him in the art of fist fighting using the Queensbery
rules. Tragically, Dick recieved news that Fists was stabbed by someone in a fist duel
and has vowed to avenge him one day.