The Riven Lands

A lean Kitsune man with prematurely silver hair and piercing golden eyes that seem to look through people rather than at them. Wears dark, unremarkable clothing designed to help him blend into crowds and avoid attracting attention. His face is forgettable except for his eyes, which hold an unsettling intensity that makes people uncomfortable even when he's being perfectly polite. Moves with supernatural stealth and has the disturbing ability to appear suddenly in places where no one saw him approach.

Paranoid and controlling with an obsessive need to uncover secrets and hidden information about everyone around him, Phantom trusts no one completely and maintains detailed written profiles of allies and enemies alike. His ability to see through deceptions has left him cynical about human nature and convinced that everyone is hiding something worth exploiting. Takes intellectual satisfaction in psychological manipulation and considers himself morally superior to cruder criminals who rely on violence or simple theft.

Former intelligence agent for wealthy merchants who used his supernatural ability to detect deception and see through illusions in commercial negotiations and security operations. His talents made him invaluable for uncovering fraud and identifying threats, but he became corrupted by constant exposure to the worst aspects of human nature. He discovered that his abilities to see through deceptions made him extraordinarily effective at creating better lies, and his knowledge of how people hide secrets made him expert at stealing identities and blackmailing targets with their own hidden shames.