Characters who died after that point are too modern, too steeped in modern issues, and will be both too easy to portray, and less interesting in the mixture. They also have not yet stood the test of time. New characters need not be well-known. Lesser known people are welcome. In fact, even a relatively unknown character would be welcome.
Composite characters are somewhat unwelcome, as it is too easy to simply assemble someone of an era.
Yet such characters may help round out the forum. As of yet we have no composite characters, apart from Fool, so there is little track record of their performance. It could be that a portrayal liberated from the bounds of a life's work will be too little focused in discussions. Historicus is a result of the efforts of Carl Reimann, and all those who participate. All material herein is protected by well-known laws pertaining to copyright, which provide that written material is protected upon creation, even in the absence of an obvious statement of copyright.