This mage isn't quite an exception to that rule; a ring glints on each hand, and a pendant hangs around his neck with the soul of an angry demigod trapped within--long story.

He blanches a little at the shortening of his name, insisting politely, "Shade-Seeker, please, and I am pleased to meet you as well. I shall accept you as you wish to present yourself, if you like. It is my experience, however, that people are like a still lake on a sunny day--one cannot guess at the depths from the surface."