Most people like Charlie right away. He's very warm and sociable, yet he doesn't treat friendship lightly. It is something that means a great deal to him, and his friends are lasting ones. Charlie is from the same Boise, Idaho - Portland, Oregon area that Mark and Paul come from, and has been their close friend for the past five years. In fact, Charlie was a Raider once before. Even after he left the group ("because of educational reasons"), he still hoped that some day, somehow, he could rejoin them. Now he has.