Contamination Researchers

The Contamination Researchers

(if looking for a collection of each of the various Researchers findings go here )

In most places in the world, doing anything but killing the Undead is viewed in negative light. In a number of cities depending on your interaction with the Undead it is a punishable offence. Since the days of the Mad King, most kingdoms have become quite strict when it comes to the Undead and the Contamination that creates them.

While this is the case by those who live in a simpler fashion there does exist a collection of people who strive to learn and potentially overcome this plague. They are the Researchers and although they may not be an official group or allegiance they do all share the same goal, to experiment, research and discover any and all of the secrets that the Contamination has and use that knowledge to better the world.

In most major cities there tends to be at least one person who has taken on the title of Researcher, either working alone, cast out from general society or even under the direct eye of the ruling government. Their topics of interest and expertise all vary but they all have information that is more valuable than any jewel.

Some Researchers of note include:

Herbert Urban: an eccentric researcher currently employed by the king in Broken Helm. His research mainly focuses on the least socially accepted of topics, Undead Biology, specifically as to how the Contamination causes the dead to rise and how to prevent it.His research is still in its relative infancy and he has had only a couple of breakthroughs but nothing really conclusive to this date.

Janet: An older Elvish Researcher located in Dancing Ives. Her allegiance or capacity to the kingdom is unknown. The main focus of her research revolves around plant life, specifically the differences on how different plant species seem to grow in different areas of the world in relation to the associated levels of contamination. She has been studying on and off for the last 150 years with varying degrees of progress.

The Grimsby brothers: Jake and Jerry Grimsby, Human twins located in the human capitals. These twins have 2 different focuses of research. One is focused on agriculture and the oddity of non transfer of the Contagion in plant life. The other focuses his research mainly on the ice itself, specifically the purification process and the question around why some places have a higher concentration of the Contagion than others.

The Halfling druid community: