{Full Name}
James Zhao

{Nickname}
James The Germ

{Age}
14

{Gender}
Male

{Sexuality}
Straight

{Appearance}
James is relatively average height for his age, at "5'4". He has a wiry frame and is quite scrawny, though it doesn't seem to matter to him. His hair is a raven black and it hangs over his eyes most of the time, which are a dark brown.
{Clothing Style}
James almost always wears his hat and aviator sunglasses. He wears a jacket even in the hottest of conditions, and trousers to match. He wears an ACDC shirt underneath. As well as white reebok high tops.

{Likes}
Logic Puzzles
Fries(only with vinegar)
Comics
Video Games
Jokes
ACDC
Riding his Bike
The Comic Cavern

{Dislikes}
People who beat his high score
People calling him James the Germ
Sports
His Asthma
Politics

{Fears}
The abandoned house.
The unknown.
Sicknesses.

{Personality}
James is quiet around most, but he opens up with his friends or at places he loves. He loves logic puzzles and always is up for a challenge. He is a great problem solver and go-getter, but is hindered by his nervousness. He wishes he could be an athlete but his asthma inhibits him, so he has resorted to hating sports. He cherishes his friends and enjoys spending time with all of them. He loves cracking jokes, despite him being horrible at them. He is very vulnerable to insults or rejection.

{History}
James was born in Brimstone to two immigrant parents, and has spent his whole life here. He went through the elementary school with no friends and nothing to do, due to his asthma and lack of freedom, so he started challenging himself with logic puzzles. He quickly grew to love them, and they took up much of his time. He was mocked and bullied horribly. However, once he got to middle school and was offered more freedom, he quickly began to spend his time at the Comic Cavern, playing arcade games and reading comics. He never had many friends, but it didn't bother him.
Not any more, at least. He had all he would ever need. Eventually, he found people who tolerated him and had similar interests. It seemed like James's life was perfect, and everything was okay. Until he opened his eyes, and noticed that the town was losing visitors. Something was wrong. He would hear whispers about the Egg Man, and stories of friends of cousins of uncles who had died to it. He tried to ignore it, but it was everywhere. Perhaps it's time for James the Germ to solve yet another puzzle. Or die trying.


{Other}
His parents disapprove of his visits to the Comic Cavern.

| {Full Name} |
Max Garfunkel Marryson

| {Nickname} |
Mary

| {Age} |
14

| {Gender} |
Male

| {Appearance} |
With a mess of curly brown hair siting atop his still somewhat roundish face Max has that very typical "gawky kid" look, ecspecially when considering the few strands of hair under his nose that he laughably calls a mustache. His awkward look is made even worse by his long lanky arms and legs that seem to grow far to quick for any meat to actually stick-a problem that makes him look very skinny at his 5'9" height. It really doesn't help that his mom keeps buying him shirts that, although technichly "hip", are always seemingly to large. Luckily his jeans always miraculously tend to fit and for the most part he can cover up his way to big T shirts with his prized and ever present
Evel Knieval jacket. He also typically has on an all blue ball cap with the words "Kansas City Royals" stitched with white on the front, his curly brown hair exploding out from beneath on all sides.

| {Clothing Style} |
Beat up white leather Evel Knieval jacket, jeans, blue ball cap, black chuck taylors on his feet, and a different shirt everyday

| {Likes} |
-Writing
-Comics
-Action Figures
-His Bike
-His BB gun

| {Dislikes} |
-The Owen brothers
-School
-Running out of quarters
-Vegetables
-His sister

| {Fears} |
-Spiders
-The old sulfur mines

| {Personality} |
Always one to jump headlong into the unknown Max is very much a 'daredevil' of a child, a fact his friends sometimes find rather troublesome. Described as having an attention problem by teachers he is no stranger to the long shameful walk to the principals office, though the few "physical altercations" have always revolved around the Owen brothers. At his core Max is a good person who really hasn't lost what makes him a kid yet, secretly he'd rather play with his action figures than talk about girls. Admittedly he is not the brightest but it is a fact he often makes up for with his sheer charisma and enthusiasm, though sometimes he bites off more than he can chew when it comes to standing up for his friends.

| {History} |
Max was born in Brimstone to a father that spends almost all of his time on the road driving freight trucks across country and a mother who has run the local library for the past 20 years. Because of a lack of father and a seemingly always busy mother Max has grown up ridding the streets, playing in the woods, and getting up to all sorts of nonsense like shooting cans with his trusty BB gun to building forts with his friends. His first tormentor came in the form of his older sister only to be replaced overtime by the infamous Owen Brother bullies.

To this day most of his time is spent riding around on his bike looking for things to do whenever he is out of the money he is constantly chasing so he can buy more bb's, comics, and arcade game plays. Sometimes he even finds a way or two to make some money, be that cleaning a garage or raking leaves-if he can he always tries to rope his friends into his money making ventures, often enticing them with yet another fabled trip to The Comic Cavern.

| {Other} |
Max rarely spends time with his parents-his older sister has actually been the one to raise him more than anyone else.