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Username: Vincent W Sinnet
Character Name: Victor Sinnet
Age: Appears to be in mid to late thirties.
Race: Human Wizard
Appearance: While the image of a Noir detective is what sticks in most peoples head when then recall the image of Victor Sinnet, there are a few defining features that are often overlooked. Mainly his complete lack of color, his hair is white, his eyes are gray in color and his skin is rather pale. He often stays bundled up in warm clothing hidden beneath a brown trench coat and his white hair is hidden beneath a brown fedora. Though he still has his white goatee showing off.
Resident or Visitor: Resident
Residence: Victor lives in a very small apartment that overlooks the park area of the Banesville city square.
Personality: Victor is a take charge sort of guy. Often being the first one to act on a hunch or a gut instinct. He says it's because he's been around long enough to know to trust his gut feeling. Generally he's very polite though he will treat most people with suspicion especially if he is on duty. He speaks in a gruff tone and can sometimes be short with people especially in an emergency. But by listening to his words and watching his actions most people can discern his good intentions. Victor is the sort of guy who plays by his own rules and often doesn't take other peoples advice especially when he already has a plan. He has a bit of arrogance about him in the way that he always does his own thing. This also makes him come off as something of a loner, not to mention the fact that he doesn't spend a lot of time around people except for his job. To the observant person Victor doesn't really seem to have any friends.
Bio: Victor's history before moving to Banesville county is completely shrouded in mystery. However his history in Banesville is actually quite common knowledge aside from a few details. Victor blew into town on during blizzard akin to the current one. He was gravely injured and taken to the hospital shortly after an officer of the law arrived. During his recovery he was visited by the officer who saved him. Victor learned much about the county he entered and even more about the condition of the police force. Just barely adequate for the county. He spent weeks in the hospital, however his injuries healed and rather quickly to the doctor's shock.

Afterward he spent a few more weeks in Banesville and he quickly learned that the place was a haven for the abnormal. Victor was shocked at how they managed to run wild yet suspicions were still low. By himself he tried to reign in the abnormal but found a lack of respect. Having a respect for the officers of the law, Victor joined the force and rapidly became a respected detective. While his position didn't earn any respect, his actions did. He dealt with many nuisances with enough force that they could be felt through the supernatural community yet with enough subtlety that the normal humans didn't even notice. His power is feared amongst troublemakers though he usually resorts to his physical prowess and expertise as a marksman. But as of late things have been getting worse.
Abilities: Marksman and swordsman. Well versed with a handgun and a sword.
Power: His power is unclear as he often doesn't use it. But for those who have seen it all they have been able to discern is that he uses an ancient magic that uses runes and circles drawn in an eerie green flame that Victor seems to be able to summon at will. He also possesses the ability to transport himself into an ethereal realm inhabited by spirits and other odd creatures.

Username: ScorpionsApprentice
Character Name: Tanya D’Vordane
Age: She appears to be about 22 years old.
Race: Appears human
Appearance:
The markings on her arm are significant to note; they're not of any human design.
Resident or Visitor: Resident
[IF RESIDENT] Residence: She lives in the West District. Her home is a bit farther north than most cabins in the west district, and it lies about a quarter mile from one of the smaller mountains in the chain. It’s a modest place with a living room that has a magnificent fireplace, a bedroom up the stairs that also has a fireplace. There’s two small bathrooms (one connected to the living room, and the other in her room), and a simple office/reading room. There’s also one guest room on the first floor, though she doesn’t often have guests who sleep over.
Personality: Tanya is very calm and calculating. She is always balanced in her decision-making, weighing all the pros and cons, all the different scenarios, and how much it would affect the chain of events to come from it. She always chooses the best solution for the people surrounding her, with heavy consideration for her own hard-comings as well. But in truth, other people come before her. She’s very genuine, and caring. In a place as cold as this, someone has to be warm-hearted, so she says anyway. She’s kind to everyone she meets, and never minds going that extra mile to help someone, or get them to smile. She is incredibly smart, and picks up on things very easily. She makes learning look like a breeze, and she’s far more perceptive than she comes off to be. There’s also something very strange about her, something that’s not quite right, but no one can put his or her finger on. She hears things, whispers in the dark. And she sees things that couldn’t possibly be real. She never comments or questions (out loud, anyway), but she can’t help but feel like something is going on around her. She can’t help but feel like she’s missing something vitally important. What it is though, she couldn’t begin to guess.
Bio: Tanya used to live very far south; in fact, she was born in one of the hottest places in the world, right on the border of the equator. For her childhood, this is where she lived. Needless to say, she wasn’t used to the cold. She liked the sun, and tanned very easily. Her childhood was happy, and free of peril or burdens. Her parents were very loving, and always gave her the best they could. When she turned ten, her family moved. Her father was a police officer, and had gotten transferred to another district, so they moved farther north. The move was all right; she didn’t complain, but it wasn’t the same. The seasons in her new home changed constantly. She missed the heat of summer, but the fall was nice, and winter brought snow, which she had never seen before. It was one of the most beautiful sights she had ever seen, the world covered in a blanket of soft, cold white. Her first winter she fell gravely ill with pneumonia because she stayed out for too long, and didn’t realize the deadly effects the cold could take. After that, she was a bit apprehensive of winter, but as the forgiving soul she is, she gave it another chance. By her second winter, she started getting the hang of handling the cold.
When she was 14, they had to move again. This time, it was because they went into a protection program, due to her father being an undercover man in a drug cartel chain. Farther north they went, and things got colder. Her family dynamic changed, and the love and warmth she knew began to erode. By the time she was 17, her family had split up, though they remained in the same house for 3 more years. Things were rough, but one person made it easier; her new boyfriend, Alex. They were together for two rollercoaster years; sometimes they were amazing, sometimes things were hell. Their relationship wasn’t a perfect one, but she loved him so much. It made her ignore the ticking bomb sitting in their laps. Their end was not a happy one, and it left Tanya with more scars than she had ever known in her life. At 19, she got a job waitressing. It gave her enough money, that after a year, she had enough to move out on her own. She stayed for awhile, to help her parents who were having severe issues. Then, her father got reassigned again (another dangerous undercover job). He moved away, and her mom wanted to move somewhere else; Tanya knew she didn’t want to follow either of them. She went her own way. To escape, she went as far north as she could, Banesville County. It was a frigid place, with not a lot of inhabitants…but at least it was quiet. She’s lived there for about a year now. She works at the lodge right in her district during the day. At night, sometimes she’s allowed to waitress and perform dancing at one of the night joints on occasion, but since the snow storm has picked up, she hasn’t gone back.
She’s never seen a snowstorm as bad as the one plaguing them now. It’s beautiful, but a little frightening. She doesn’t mind much though; her three huskies help her get through the unmanageable snow. They keep her warm at night, and help her cart groceries and such around. Their names are Diego (he has crystal blue eyes), Sandstorm, and Kalliko (She calls him Kalli for short). As for the disappearance of Turnersville, well, she doesn’t talk about it much. It’s a topic she often speculates and questions, but won’t speak of or bring up. She isn’t involved, and won’t be rude by assuming what she doesn’t know, or prying into other’s business. She does, however, listen very intently to the gossip and small talk of everyone around her, especially at the lodge. Whatever she overhears, she keeps to herself, but it tends to paint pictures in your head that you draw your own conclusions of. And a eerily marked gravesite where a whole town used to lay doesn’t give you the best of conclusions. As for Victor, she hasn’t really talked to him much. He’s come to the lodge a few times, and she’s served him hot cocoa, or coffee on occasion, but other than that, he seems like a nice, quiet man in a quiet town. She knows there’s something odd about him, but she doesn’t mind. It’s not her place to judge, and so, she doesn’t.
Abilities: She’s an exceptional dancer, a great waitress, and a good cook. She’s more perceptive than a human should be; feeling things stronger than she should. Her five senses seem like they’re in overdrive, and her gut feelings are so overwhelming, she usually has to listen to them. She's a very easy person to talk to, and often times people feel calmer and soothed just by conversing with her.
Power: None that she knows of, yet.