The Emerald Ring

The Emerald Ring was a group of youth living in Mineral Wells before the events of the Magic Misfits series. It was the predecessor of the Magic Misfits.

Beginnings
The Emerald Ring was founded by Dante Vernon and Lyle Locke, along with their friends. The group met together in the Golden Oak Resort and used old tunnels under the town to travel between select places such as the Vernon Magic Shop and the Resort.

Disbanding
The group disbanded Dante and Kilroy Kalagan, another member of the club, started gaining different views on how magic should be used. Before the Mineral Wells Talent Show, they decided to have a competition to decide how to end their act. Dante's performance went perfectly fine, with everyone vanishing and reappearing. However, Kalagan, who had put items into a sack that would reappear on his head under a hat, had set the bag on fire and the fire quickly spread throughout the building. It was later discovered that Dante had caused Kalagan's trick to go a bit haywire so he'd win, accidentally causing the death of Kalagan's parents. Dante, Lyle, and Sandra got out through a secret exit while Kilroy went the main route. Mick Meridian, however, was harmed by the fire and one of the members, Bosso, covered him in a blanket to put the flames out. Afterwards, the group broke up and Dante felt guilt over everything that had happened.

Dante Vernon
Dante Vernon was a member of the Emerald Ring. He went on to marry The Other Mr. Vernon and adopted the daughter of his old friend Sandra. He also became the mentor of the Magic Misfits and ran the Mineral Wells Vernon's Magic Shop at one point.

Lyle Locke
Lyle Locke was Dante Vernon's cousin. He later married and had a son, Carter, who would one day return to Mineral Wells and become a member of the Magic Misfits.

Sandra Santos
Sandra Santos specialized in the magic behind fortune telling. She was later approached by Kallagen and worked for him, until finding her daughter and fighting against him. She would later escape prison with help from Leila. Her father was the locksmith for Mineral Wells.

Mick Meridian
Mick Meridian specialized in ventriloquism. He was badly injured in the fire at the Golden Oak Resort. Later, he would run a music shop in Mineral Wells, and, in an attempt to keep the Magic Misfits from the same fate as the Emerald Ring, he and his daughter Emily would  try to keep them apart. He left Mineral Wells after the Vernon Magic Shop was blown up so his own shop wouldn't suffer the same fate.

Bobby Bosso
Bobby Bosso was a former member of the Emerald Ring. Eventually he would go on to form his own "circus" and would work under the influence of Kallagen.

Kilroy Kalagen
Kalagen was a former member of the Emerald Ring. He was the one who threw the match that started the fire in the resort. He poses as the main villain of much of the series.