Name: Thorgrim Hammerforge
Age: 100
Race: Dwarf
Kingdom: Tharous
Appearance: http://digital-art-gallery.com/picture/big/1805
Skills\Abilities: Firearm proficiency, warhammer proficiency, understanding of siege machines, advanced engineering
Bio: Thorgrim Hammerforge was the son of Balrin Hammerforge, a well-known engineer. At the time, engineers were new professions, curiously observed but not always trusted. That ended when Balrin Hammerforge struck gunpowder. The first prototypes were big, clumsy cannons that had a 50/50 chance of blowing up when fired. However, progress went extraordinarily quickly and soon muskets were invented. Mind you, generals were not too trusting of firearms back then, so a maximum of five gunmen were allowed in a dwarven battalion. When Thorgrim came of a suitable age, Balrin showed him the test-firing of his new invention - the portable cannon. It ended up with Balrin succumbing to third-degree burns, and young Thorgrim vowing to traverse the ends of the earth to find the best firearm in history, even if that meant having to go through the forbidden kingdom.
Other: Forbidden