Richard Whitman

Richard Whitman was born in Oasis Springs. Throughout his childhood, he showed signs of being selfish and greedy. When he was fairly young, he began a career in business and started buying properties. He fell for Rosa Goth, who he recognised to have a similar ambition as himself. Rosa married Richard and the two had a daughter named Dawn. Richard discovered the Willow Creek pub and made plans to overthrow the current landlord, Griffin Rockwell, who was an old man whose wife had just left him. Richard managed to swindle the pub away from the Rockwells and the family were evicted, forced to move to Sulani. Richard and his family moved in and made the pub a major success. Richard was devastated to learn of his parents' deaths, and maintained a strong relationship with his sisters until their demises. Richard later died of old age while Rosa and Dawn continued to run his business. Rosa inherited an enormous sum of money from her father, and he asked her to maintain his business to honour his legacy in his will.