Van Bashir

An Indian man who owns an Antiques store in one of the poorer parts of Lake City. There's a room behind the main store that contains magical artifacts and spell books. The Antique store is really a gathering point for any magic users who are in the area, and Van Bashir is himself a very powerful magician.

Recently he took on an apprentice, Liu Zhou, at the request of Liu's grandmother, one of the most feared and respected magicians in the world.