Krasen Steelriver

Clan Steelriver is an old dwarven clan, originally from Leoben. The reason for their exodus from Leoben is the subject of many legends of the clan. The only sure thing is, that they moved to Ostia more than a century ago, living there in peace since then, despite the occasional idea about banning the foreigners, and became the integral part of the human community. They mostly work as blacksmiths, miners and hunters, some young dwarf may choose to leave the clan to learn the knowledge of the south and, when the time comes, bring it back to the Clan.

As the son of clan Steelriver, Krasen was tought the basics of blacksmithing at fairly young age. As the time passed on, he has choosen a field on which he will focus, as the customs of the clan dictates. Being slightly unorthodox, he choosed tinkering. Most of the time he was creating traps for the hunters, but soon Krasen found himself working on crossbows. It was not a suprising turn of events. The hunters - and all member of the community - was looking for a more efficent way to hunt to make the burdens of the winter more endurable.

Since he had certain experience in working with small parts, it was up to him to renovate some jewelry for the clan – not the most ancient ones, of course, only the elders can touch the ancient relics - . Soon it became as important as the tinkering, since such craft was kind of rare int he northern lands, however the more practical potential of the traps remained his top priority within the hierarchy. However, this life has became boring for Krasen, who wanted some innovation, which was only a dream in a land where even time was frozen. So he has gathered his fortune and travaled to the Merchant land of Aldion.  It was a dramatic change for a dwarf who used to live in a slow and frozen land. The same was true for the craft. The people here always found more interest in showing their wealth than the pratical usability of the items. Krasen made some attempt to sell his mechanical products, but it was nearly impossible in these lands. The time has come to change the apron, from a blacksmith's to something more elegant and the material from crude iron into lustrous gem and glittering gold. He made quite a fortune with his new choice. He spent some years here, and  this new type of money-making for interesting for a while, but crafting unpractical things all day became a nuissance, so he left again, seeking for more knowledge and experience.

It was thanks to Aldion that Krasen started to look for the practical usage of gems and certain noble metals. He studied magic of all kind – expect for necromancy and sciomancy. Necromancy is banned it was nearly impossible to acquire books about that school. Getting books about sciomancy was just as impossible, thanks to the lack of uniformization  – to see if such materials can be used as focuses  or even became the subject of enchantments – though he never learned to cast spells or refine mana - . Krasen has made many theories about the subject, but the method still needs to be proven in pratice.

A tool what can be  found everywhere in the north, where the woodcutting is the essential part of the life.  It was neccesary for him to learn how to fight with an axe, since the wildlife tends to attack the woodcutters, esspecially when they can’t find food for long and the food shortage is a common sight there, even for animals.

„A smith always tests his product before giving it away.” Was the first lesson he was taught as a young student. He follows this rule most of the time – the sole exeptions will be the magical focuses, since without magic, he can’t honestl try them out.- After testing so much crossbows, he became proficent in using crossbow after shooting them so many times.

- Jeweler's kit
- Blacksmith tools
- A lockbox to contain the tools.
- Key for the lockbox, which is worn on necklace.
- Knife
- Crossbow
- 10 bolts for the  crossbow
- grindstone
- An iron waraxe
- A rather large bagpack
- Padded fur coat
- Some notes and books about magic and his for his research

His remaining gold was stolen from him in a village as he was travelling to Estavyr. Krasen was a "bit" drunk during that time and as he was having a party, some filthy thief stole his gold.