Name: Peter Stamford
Age: 22 years
Birth date: September 25th
Appearance: He’s about medium build, but somewhat short (about 5 feet 8 inches tall). He has shoulder-length dark hair, brown eyes and a medium-tan complexion. He’s rather meticulously clean-shaven and takes care that his clothes look neat and tidy.

History: Peter’s mother was “sacrificed” to the local fae as part of a cult practice when she was about fifteen years old. The fae took her as a slave and, without going into too much detail, one of them got her pregnant. Even she couldn’t say which one. In spite of how he came about, Peter’s mother loved him from the time he was born. She did her best to take care of him and protect him, as well as teach him about the human side of his heritage.

While living among the fae, Peter learned a good number of useful skills. He can mix herbal potions, mostly for healing and as antidotes for poisons. He also can read and speak Faerie and English fluently. With very little to do to keep busy, he learned different card games and has become rather skilled with them. However, the time did come when he became mature enough to catch the notice of his mother’s captors. Then, his mother’s task of protecting him became infinitely more difficult, especially since Peter didn’t realize at the time what kind of danger he was in.

When he was 21 years old, the fae released him. In exchange for his safe release, his mother agreed to stay behind in their land (Donara). That was really the only reason they did release him. He went back to where she’d lived, but her family didn’t want anything to do with him – except for her brother, Josiah. Josiah, who had just purchased a saloon, asked Peter to help him turn the place around.

Personality: Peter’s pretty quiet most of the time. He spends a lot of time by himself reading, writing and thinking. When he’s sitting down at the gaming tables, he’s a completely different person. He’s talkative and genial, capturing and holding the attention of those he plays with, while he cheerfully parts them with their hard-earned money. He’s rather defeatist when it comes to going counter to fae, mostly because he knows now how dangerous they are. However, he has a naturally cheerful, buoyant personality. Given just a tiny flicker of hope, he’ll go full speed into any danger, confident of success.

Tortures: His tortures are mostly emotional. He’s left the only home and family he’s ever known and isn’t sure if he’ll ever see his mother, whom he loves dearly, again. His mother’s family, with the exception of her brother, turned their backs on him. Since his heritage is with the dark fae, he’s somewhat sensitive to light. His coloring helps, but he has enough fae blood that being out in the sun too much makes him physically weak and gives him a severe headache.