Peter Torrance was a cavalry lieutenant in the Atlantean Army in the mid-19th Century. He hailed from the state of Croydon. In 1852, he and his unit were carrying a shipment of muskets to the city of New Marseille when three of his men developed the symptoms of yellow jack. Rather than let the city face an epidemic, he and his unit detoured to the plantation of Henry Barford. While Barford initially resisted Torrance's plan to bivouac, he relented when Torrance made it clear they would stay by force if necessary.