Name: Lance Preston

Nickname: Cinder

Birthdate: 12/20/2037

Archetype: Sorcery Adept

Race: Human

Low (Fairmount, Everett), Low (Loveland, Payullap), Middle (Kent, Tacoma)

Cinder, real name Lance Preston, is unlike what most people would expect. He is magically active and has the ability to cast spells. However, Cinder has never been formally trained and lacks all restraint when using his power. The more mana he throws around the more of a thrill he obtains. Eventually Cinder will wear himself down with drain that can easily kill him.
Energetic and strong willed, Cinder shows no fear or shyness by putting his strength into his abilities. He is not a picky dresser, wearing whatever suits him to the hour or whatever will make him look best. Looking best does not mean dressing in a suit. Looking best means his ability to impress people. Cinder's hair is cut short for ease of handling, rarely letting it grow out beyond an inch. He stands 1.74 meters (5'9") and weighs 59 kg (130 lbs) with blue eyes and brown hair.
Secretly, Cinder is haunted for the choices he has made. Demons snip at his heels for abandoning his father and the crimes that he has committed. Cinder does dislike people and prefers to be left to his own devices. Cinder has always had a problem fitting in with society. He has always felt like he was an outcast.
Cinder was a terrible student for the short time he was tutored in the arcane arts. Most of spellcasting he perfected through trail and error, but has always been terrible at conjuring. He suspects that it will take many years to get the hang of it.

"I don't care about anyone else because

I'm going to make the world burn."

Lance, born on December 20, 2037, took the name Cinder, as in "To Burn", when he was still nothing more than a disgruntled runaway bouncing around downtown. Lance's father was a respectable member of the University of Seattle's community. He taught various magical courses and held a high standing in research projects. Lance, once he was found to have magical potential, was expected to succeed his father. It became a halo that Lance did not want to wear. He did not feel that he could be what his father was and had no desire to. Lance ran away from his parents and school. He left his father's dream behind in search of his own, but feels guilty about his choice.
The streets were hard for Cinder. He had to learn the rules of life in the unforgiving barrens. During the fight Lance had accidently cast a spell that reduced one of the gangers to a writhing form on the pavement. The amount of power that Cinder felt would leave him an addict of mana. He began to crave the power more than anything else.
Learning to caste the magic when he needed it took a lot more doing than Lance expected. More than once he needed his awakened senses only to find that they had deserted him. Lance also discovered that a number of religious organizations looked down on magic and shunned at it as spawn of evil. Left alone and outcast, Lance came to hate the rest of humanity. He felt that the world had thrown him out on his own.
Since that time Lance has trained himself to control his newfound ability. He has managed to focus his talents, with the aid of his contempt for society, towards offensive spells. Impulsive and vicious, Cinder can be a dangerous person to be involved with. He is direct with his talents, acting as magical firepower without remorse for his actions and feeding off his own power.
Though there is another side to Cinder that he does not show the world. He won't admit it, but he feels horrible about running out on his parents. More than once he has tried to approach them and apologize for his choices, but he always changes his mind at the last minute. He hopes to one day make peace with himself. Lance has a sister, Amy, but he has not spoken to her in years. Somewhere in the middle of his struggles Cinder met a girl by the name of Heather Keefer. The two of them had a child, but Cinder's activities separated the pair for an indefinite period. He has not seen her in nearly a year. To make matters worse he does not know he has a child.