[hider=Avrion Whitlock]
Name: Avrion Whitlock
Gender: Male
Age: 54
Appearance: Avrion stands at 5'10. He is a very kind and benign looking figure, generally sporting a gentle smile. His short cropped hair and well-trimmed beard have grayed and are turning white on the fringes. He has a common muscular build where he is certainly no veteran of war but has kept fit through daily activity. Despite this he has developed a bit of a gut. Inevitable effects of age and too much time in the study.
Equipment: Avrion wears around town a black coat, white shirt, black top hat, gray trousers and a pair of brown boots he keeps polished that seem to have a weathered attitude to match the old professor. Avrion has set aside some items for his ventures into the depths. He has a trusty revolving flintlock pistol with five shots and enough spare powder charges to reload it twice, a small oil lamp, a journal and pen(which he will likely carry anyways), and a small silver dagger. Never know when you're going to need something silver. Then he has some rations. Food. Enough said.
History: Avrion has a history of good luck surrounded by terrible circumstances. He has been in the depths before on a venture gone bad. Most of the people involved were slaughtered. Ray had been part of that group. Ray and Avrion have a long-running history together. Even though they're old friends Avrion still pays him for his help.

Avrion has family. He rarely talks about them. Neither does he say how many there are or even if they're still alive. Family seems to be a very sore spot for him.

Avrion learned much of his knowledge from personal experience and cataloguing of said experiences. He enjoys the danger associated with adventuring. Avrion is involved with many other explorers and students of occult and unearthly subjects.[/hider]


[hider=Ray Conover]
Name: Ray Conover
Gender: Male
Age: 31
Appearance: Ray is a blond scraggly looking fellow who stands at 6'2. If he were to groom himself he would make for a handsome man. Though he doesn't really have a beard his face is no regularly shaven so he sports a shadow all the time. He has the muscular build of the kind of person that would wrestle with savage animals.
Equipment: Ray sports a red wide-brimmed hat and brown long coat. Beneath that he has a short shirt on. He wears leather gloves that he's cut the fingers off of for his right index finger and thumb. He has the standard black trousers of the day. He wears a bandoleer of bolt drums for his crossbow as well as a few special arrows fit into a small side pouch. His crossbow is weathered but in great operable condition. It has attached to it a small iron sight and a steel sheath on the butt.
History: Ray Conover has a shady history of getting every job he accepts done whether sooner or later. Nine years ago he was a young sergeant at the garrison. He got tired of sitting on his ass while people died so he quit and became a bow-for-hire. Avrion met him on an expedition to a tomb. One thing led to another and they became well-acquainted partners.[/hider]