Height: 5'9"
Physical Description: Tall transgender man with pale, freckled skin and dull, loosely curly red hair. He has a large scar on his face positioned roughly over the bridge of his clearly-once-broken nose. Usually wears standard clothing for his occupation of "third rate" stage magician-- black and white pinstriped trousers, a coat that doesn't match, a collared shirt, a red vest and bow tie, white gloves.
Disposition: At his best, Ariel is an affable and easygoing person. He loves attention and enjoys entertaining others, and his work is a somewhat positive outlet for this. Although he is usually friendly, he keeps others at arms length, and despite being very talkative, he doesn't often volunteer information about himself, and even more rarely volunteers true information. At his worst, Ariel is cynical, withdrawn, and suspicious. He dislikes violence but has few other scruples-- he will lie, cheat, or steal if the need arises, and believes anyone else would do the same.
Background:He was most recently employed by Maven's Marvels, a traveling circus operating in Laikor¹, performing magic and other tricks, as well as... a bit of everything else behind the scenes, like most of his colleagues, due to the cicus' small size and struggle to continue operating. He grew up in a northern region of Laikor called Finis Terra, and was found there around age 12 or 13 by siblings Pierre and Judy, two clowns working as part of Maven's Marvels. Seemingly having no home, he was allowed to stay. He has lived and traveled with them since.
Likes: Tart/sour foods (rhubarb, black currants); bugs and other creepy-crawlies; playing cards; gambling.
Dislikes: Snow; cold weather.

Notes
1 - Laikor is a setting from my friend Jules' TTRPG setting. Think late 1800s Britain if magic were real.