The lights in the room fell dark, and a voice suddenly reverberated through the air without apparent source.<br/><br/>"I hope this party isn't starting without<em>me</em>!"<br/><br/>A tremendous spout of flame burst from the floor in the center of the bar, filling the whole room with a burning orange light and a tremendous roaring noise, and it quickly grew to the size and shape of a man, flickering and dancing as if a great wind had sprung up in the still air.<br/><br/>"The nature of the arcane is a knowledge most subtle and obscure, and only a band of fools would venture into the world without one who could bend it to his very will!"<br/><br/>The fire burned from red to white, a light so hot and brilliant that it anyone looking at it needed to shield their eyes for a moment, and when it faded there was a man (http://fc04.deviantart.net/images3/i/2004/086/2/b/Wizard.jpg) standing where the flame had been. His hair, eyes and tunic were all as red as the flames that burned around him, and his cloak was a silvery-white and flowed around his legs. He strode forward towards the table, a wide smirk on his face, and held out his hand, card appearing out of a burst of fire.<br/><br/>"Yonathanos Sidiruryos tou Pyros," he said, handing it to the dark-haired man with the attentions of the lovely Drow woman. "Alpha-level magi, and apprentice to the high mages of Delvry, at your service."