That sounds like a good idea. Maybe we could make it in the contest thread just as a place to post modern magicians or even modern day fantasy types. Noir, and in my case film Noir, is a genre from the 30s or so which contains hardboiled detectives, femme fatales, and a good dose of cynicism generally. Examples would range from the Maltese Falcon, Phillip Marlowe, The Third Man, Gilda, to Rififfi. It is one of my favorite genres, with the Third Man being my favorite movie of all time.
This is Viktor, Mikhail’s main lieutenant and his top interrogator. Viktor is a powerful telepath who uses his gifts to find out the truth, even if he has to force his way into people’s minds to do so.
