Hi, I am looking for some suggestions on a character intro story for Quinlan. The following is some background material on the city and character: Welcome to the City of Luzmeria. This is a city divided. The east side of Luzmeria is called the Shade. This area of the city is perpetually obscured by mist and clouds. The west side of the city is known as the Gleam and rarely has a cloud pass through the sky. Centuries ago, Luzmeria was a city of one people. They lived, loved, worked, raised families, and had happy lives.
This all began to change when the comet flew through the night sky, activating the peculiar properties of the crystals embedded into the mountains surrounding the city. The mountains to the east contain purple, green, and blue crystals. In the western mountains the crystals are red, yellow, white. The evening the comet flew overhead, caused the crystals to vibrate and emit small magical charges into the air and the surrounding countryside. The people of Luzmeria saw the comet and continued on with their lives, never realizing that their lives were to be radically altered. As time passed, a mist began to settle over the eastern portion of the city, causing a perpetual gloom to shroud the east. The western portion of the city, in contrast, was perpetually sunny and warm.
The residents of the east and west began to change as they were exposed to more and more magical charges emitted by the mountain crystals. Some of the residents of Luzmeria began to grow and develop magical affinities or talents. These talents were cultivated and strengthened by families to improve their social and political aspirations. These families soon became the strongest and by default, leaders in their communities. Years pass by and the division between east and west continue to grow until the east is referred to as the Shade, while the west is called the Gleam.
Those living in the Shade have been raised to fear and hate those different from themselves. The residents of the Gleam have been raised to believe there is only one true way, anyone not on their path is to be feared and hated. These are people of absolutes, questioning the path is forbidden.
Finally, like where land and sea meet, there is the Beach. This is the divide and the meeting point between east and west. The mist from the east pours into the Beach as the sun and wind from the west clears the mist away, creating a natural neutral ground between the residents of the Shade and the Gleam. The oldest of the young have decided that it is time for change. A time to end fear, hate, misunderstanding, death, indifference, and arrogance. The future of Luzmeria will be shaped by those willing to face fear, and replace hate with understanding that all of us are unique in our own way and that there is no one true path.
Current staus between the districts is that violence as at a minimum for the last several months.
Quinlan is eighteen and is the ideal version of a Gleam resident. He is both a scholar and an athlete. When he walks into a room, he is so grounded that you want to look for roots instead of feet. People naturally gravitate towards him like there is a slope in the floor. On top of all that, he has a model's high cheek bones and intense looks. He welcomes strangers with a kind word and clasped arm. Now that little bit of negativity each of us has inside us looks at him and is a bit envious. Until you learn that he had a childhood disease that caused his body to waste away and that he has fought tooth and nail for every muscle and every step he takes. You take another look at this young man and you start to feel pride for his acomplishments and unfailing spirit and optimism. The ability the crystals have gifted him with is the least remarkable thing about this man. Quinlan has the ability to manipulate light. So for example, he could move light to shield himself from view, or overwhelm an opponents vision with a burst of light, or even concentrate light into a beam of photons (laser)