I've decided on two characters. One is going to be a grizzled old Mage Slayer by the name of Morben Risaac (in his early thirties, so not really that old). He's going to have burns all over his face and a large majority of his upper body...and he is going to fucking [i]hate[/i] mages. As a devout of Lady Yildeane's teachings and a rather accomplished killer, he's going to be something of a 'mad old dog' in the Mage Slayer organization. Chances are he's not going to have the tragic backstory you'd expect from a guy that looks like that; no murdered family or childhood injustice. He was driven by faith and barely survived a skirmish with a mage tribe that went beyond the boundaries of the Godwastes and attacked Merrifort about thirteen years before the events of this RP. Thinking he's going to have a ritual (nearly a fetish) of staring into a mage's eyes as they die.

 The other is Nyrris Surris, an Untuillan mage that will be traveling in the company of a Death Touched (one of Sicarius' characters). She'll probably be running into the group after some time. You'll get more info on her once I get a CS and stuff up.

 As for how magic works, I'll go ahead and shoot you a PM containing some information about it.