Richard Drucker
| Richard Drucker | |
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| First appearance | The Last Shangri-La |
| In-story stats | |
| Known ability | Electronic data transception |
| Formal name | David Rooijker |
| Alias | Don Rucker |
| Gender | |
| Date of birth | 1943 |
| Home | Paro, Bhutan Formerly Germany Formerly Seville, Spain Formerly Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Residence | Formerly Monasterio de la Cruz Formerly the Vasquezes' home |
| Occupation | Revolutionary |
| Parents | Biological parents: Ruth Meisner, Rooijker Adoptive parents: Ricardo Vasquez |
| Sibling | Zahava Gitelman (half sister) |
| Other relatives | Hana Gitelman (niece) |
Richard Drucker is an evolved human recorded by the Company.
About
Graphic Novel:The Last Shangri-La
In a Bhutanese temple, Traveler gives Drucker a message from Hana Gitelman and tells him they must be related.
Heroes Evolutions
Very little is known about Drucker. Hana's messages refer to him as the "mystery man".
Data File
A hidden link on primatechpaper.com shows an assignment tracker. Using the password provided by Micah on Corinthianlasvegas.com, users can access Richard Drucker's file by entering the user name and password on any of the assignments shown except the 12th assignment. The file kept about him is practically empty. However, his file does describe as follows:
Extreme hatred for founding members of The Company. Intelligence of the highest levels known to man. Zen-like disposition. Non-violent. Do not engage. Keep safe distance. He will know you have found him before you do. Potential to inflict serious cataclysmic damages.
DIRECTIVE: If found, continue to survey. Photographic evidence of his existence is invaluable. Last direct contact made: 1977.
A photo in his file (and a note from Hana) show that he is in Bhutan to get "off grid" and not be "affected by digital noise".
Additionally, an expense report in his file shows a total of $876,808 spent for items located in the archives section of corinthianlasvegas.com.
Global News Interactive Video
A series of Global News Interactive videos posted on Hana's website features Ngozi Badu, Alister Coles, Layla Jesrani, and Charlie Svenson, all of whom document the life of Richard Drucker. Part one refers to Drucker as an orphan, the "godfather of the internet", and a man who is rumored to be worth billions. The report claims he was born in 1943 during World War II. He was known as David and was born to Ruth Meisner and a freedom fighter named Rooijker.
Part two of the GNI news piece, covering his early life, reveals that when his mother was captured and interred at Auschwitz in 1944, he was left for dead in a forest. His father found him and smuggled him into Spain and left him on the steps of a monastery. After the war ended, no one came to claim him, so the monastery sent him overseas to Argentina, where he was adopted by the Vasquez family. Ricardo, his adoptive father, gave him the name "Drucker", combining the names on the monastery papers: Don Rucker was a phonetic misspelling of Rooijker's name.
In Argentina, Drucker was well-educated and was active in the revolutionary spirit of the times. Believing that mass communication was the key to changing the world, he aligned himself with a group of young revolutionaries whose goal it was to improve the education of South America's poorest citizens. His motto became "Democratize survival!"
The documentary also shows and explains severals items previously discovered by Micah at Corinthianlasvegas.com:
- Portions of crayon drawings he made at a young age contained wavy lines in the sky (The documentary notes them as evidence of Drucker's fascination with the world of mass communication at a young age. They are also marked with the symbol, suggestive of knowledge of his ability.)
- A manuscript claiming he was left orphaned in Germany and documenting his departure from the Spanish monastery to Argentina.
- Portions of a map marked suggestive of his arrival in Bhutan by 1977.
- A poster of a hand holding the book Nuestro Futuro, one of Drucker's political writings.
In My Heart...
On December 10, 2007, the "Who is Richard Drucker?" page at NBC.com was updated:
As of 12/10/07, Drucker has not yet responded... or has he?
The link directs to a thread at the 9th Wonders Boards, titled "A new Announcement, We Received a Mysterious letter...", which includes a link to a mysterious document under the cogitoergosum blog. ( Cogito ergo sum translates to "I think, therefor I am.") The blog post is dated December 05, 04:37 PM, and is titled In my heart... The letter says:
In my heart I know she was beautiful, but I
only knew her for a moment. He was bold, I am
sure, but of him I remember nothing. Is it possible that
when passion gets stirred with violence something
Remarkable can be born? Is that what started
it all... a stolen moment beneath the
gathering clouds?
You might think of this as a new beginning, but
there are no beginnings and no endings. When we are
pulled from the loop of our lives, the order of
things becomes unbalanced, and balance is
something I have sought for years.
Those of you who find this message must
Know that I am here, but not here.
This is part of me, but not part of me.
And exposure might bring danger
to us all.
Postcard
On December 12, 2007, a postcard stamped from Bhutan was posted on the same thread at 9th Wonders. The postcard had no date or address.
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The JavaScript program on the back of the postcard reads:
var keyStr = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/=";
var output = "";
var chr1, chr2, chr3;
var enc1, enc2, enc3, enc4;
var i = 0;
var input = "WW91IGFyZSBwbGF5aW5nIHdpdGggZmlyZS4gUGxlYXNlIHN0b3AgeW91ciBpbnZlc3RpZ2F0aW9ucyBpbnRvIG15IHBhc3Qh";
do {
enc1 = keyStr.indexOf(input.charAt(i++));
enc2 = keyStr.indexOf(input.charAt(i++));
enc3 = keyStr.indexOf(input.charAt(i++));
enc4 = keyStr.indexOf(input.charAt(i++));
chr1 = (enc1 << 2 ) | (enc2 >> 4);
chr2 = ((enc2 & 15) << 4) | (enc3 >> 2);
chr3 = ((enc3 & 3) << 6) | enc4;
output = output + String.fromCharCode(chr1);
alert(output);
if ( enc3 != 64 ) {
output = output + String.fromCharCode(chr2);
}
if ( enc4 != 64 ) {
output = output + String.fromCharCode(chr3);
}
} while ( i < input.length)
alert(output);
When this program is run on a webpage, several alert messages pop up, with the final one being the complete message:
You are playing with fire. Please stop your investigations into me!
Evolved Human Abilities
Richard Drucker has the ability, like Hana, to "intercept, generate, and interpret electronic, digital, and radio transmissions" with his mind.
Gallery
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Drucker meets Traveler in a Bhutanese temple. -
The Company keeps a file on Drucker at primatechpaper.com. -
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A manuscript from Monasterio de la Cruz notes Drucker's departure to Argentina... -
As a child, Drucker drew at least three images... -
...each containing images of the symbol... -
...and electronic communication in the clouds. -
A poster advertises one of Drucker's political writings.
