Clara Schumann at the age of nine, Clara Wieck performed at the Leipzig home of Dr. Ernst Carus, director of the mental hospital at Colditz Castle. There, she met another gifted young pianist who had been invited to the musical evening, Robert Schumann, who was nine years older. Schumann admired Clara's playing so much that he asked permission from his mother to stop studying law, which had never interested him much, and take music lessons with Clara's father. While taking lessons, he rented a room in the Wieck household, staying about a year. He would sometimes dress up as a ghost and
Steve Wieck economic problems in 1995–1996, which caused a falling out between Rein-Hagen and the Wiecks, resulting in Rein-Hagen leaving White Wolf. Steve co-designed the "Exalted" role-playing game with Robert Hatch and Justin Achilli, and the game was published in 2001. Steve relinquished his role as CEO in 2002, and Mike Tinney became the new president. Steve left White Wolf to take a seat on CCP's board of directors. In 2004, the Wiecks created DriveThruRPG, an online RPG PDF distributor. DriveThruRPG later merged with RPGnow. Steve Wieck Steve Wieck (also credited as Stephan Wieck) is best known as one of the founders