 Karf comes from a family of Paratime Police; his grandfather had problems with the Spanish Inquisition on the Europo-American line.As a member of the Paratime Police, Karf inadvertently picked up Benjamin Bathurst, who was shot by local authorities before he could be recovered.See "He Walked Around The Horses" for the details of what happened to Benjamin Bathurst from the viewpoint of the inhabitants of the timeline he was transported to.