Light and Shadow

Characters Basics Character Name: Ethan Waldmann Nicknames: TBD Species: Human - Hunter Age: 27 Birthdate: May 3rd Birthplace: London, UK Sexuality: Heterosexual Residence: Isle of Kairos Occupation: Unemployed at the moment; looking for work Languages: English & French

Physical Appearance Hair Color: Dark Brown Eye Color: Black Height: 5’10” Faceclaim: Fabien Frankel

Personality & Random Positive Traits: Loving, protective, tenacious Negative Traits: Stubborn, sarcastic, cynical Type: ENFJ – The Giver Enneagram: 1 – The Reformer Hobbies: Woodworking, volunteering, origami

Biography

Ethan Waldmann had been born in London, the eldest son of his family and the one expected to take up the reins of the family business. He learned hunting early . . . and he learned the family history that brought them respect, fear, awe, and distrust all at the same time.

His family had been hunters for as long as their family history had been on record, but their blood also carried the tiniest threads of the not-quite-human. At least two confirmed ancestors had been born of human and non-human parents. One ancestor had been the son of a hunter and a strega couple, the marriage having been the scandal of their generation. Another ancestor, centuries before that, had been born when his however-many-times great-grandmother met a nymph during a celebration. No marriage there, but . . . well, in that day and age, the idea of a woman having the baby of a minor deity type didn’t surprise too many people.

Basically that didn’t mean much for him, not all these generations later, except for the family gift. Or curse, depending on who was doing the talking. He and his three sisters had each inherited the gift. A bond to the magic of their ancestors . . . kinda. Not that they could do anything with magic – they weren’t strega or nymph, so spells and magic didn’t work for them. However, they could sense it – sense the presence of it. If they focused hard enough, they could sense where it had been. If someone used enough of it, they could sense it at a distance. Distance could get iffy, though.

Still, it meant some hunters gave their family sideways looks while others considered them to be important. Important enough that he’d spent a few years on Kairos as a youngster when his father had been called to help keep the peace and balance between the different species. And that meant he’d gotten to know nymphs, streghe, shifters, vampyrs, and even a few Erinyes personally. Having met them, lived among them, Ethan saw them as individuals, as people, and he understood fully why his parents insisted their family live according to a strict code. Protecting the innocent came before hunting the rogues, but the rogues – those who threatened all – received no mercy.

Six months ago, his sister disappeared, and Ethan has been searching for her. He’s been following any number of clues and trails, but something has drawn him back to Kairos. Would he find his sister here? Or was there some other reason he’d been called back to this unique little town?