Raymond Dexter Pruitt was born on August 16, 2009, in Missoula, Montana, into a Catholic–Apstolic household. Raised in a lower-middle-class family in Billings, Montana, Pruitt spent his early years in the Billings Catholic school system, where he received his primary education. In 2019, while at Billings Catholic Schools, Pruitt met Aiden McLain, who would later become Second Chair President. This relationship would become instrumental in Pruitt’s later rise within the Republic of Baüme. Following the establishment of the Republic of Baüme in February 2025, Pruitt joined the new state and quickly emerged as a leading figure within the Second Cabinet. As internal dissent increased and concerns over foreign involvement intensified, McLain granted Pruitt special authority to establish the Baüme Committee of Security. Under Pruitt’s leadership, all assets of the previously disorganized Protectors of the New Days (also known as the New Red Army) were consolidated into a centralized security apparatus. He subsequently directed over 30 intelligence operations aimed at maintaining political control, ensuring regime stability, and suppressing opposition through surveillance, intimidation, and enforcement measures. Pruitt is most notably associated with operations against the figure known as the “Black Hand,” an officially unacknowledged individual classified as an unperson, someone who never existed, and who ceases to exist. He has one brother, Dane Michael Pruitt, who serves as commander of the 1st Airborne Division.