Ancalagon
Dusty Dragon
Some general ideas:
(please note: I'm out of town at the moment and thus I'm away from my books, I won't be able to immediately flesh out the character)
My alchemist, Gamil Illbrew, is a dwarf from X (to discuss with DM which is best place), from a small clan of hill dwarves. Raised as a smith, he met a traveling human alchemist in his youth and became enthusiastic about this strange new art. This did not go over very well with the clan and after a few years he left the clan.
Ally: Andraste. His cousin, a dwarven warrior (barbarian, a berserker), was named after a human war goddess and that strange choice set her on a life of conflict. She didn't fit in much with the clan either, and she left with her strange alchemist cousin to travel the world. The two together made a 2-dwarf adventuring party, fighting back to back against orcs, brigands and worse. Unfortunately they became separated during some intrigue in Brettonia and haven't been able to reunite since.
Contact: Sister Catherine: A sort of "power behind the throne", Sister Catherine is a powerful priest who gets thing done for the Archbishop of the Capital of Brettonia. She's asked Gamil and Andastre to deal with a few "problems" in the past. There has been no interactions since the departure from Brettonia, but are still on good terms.
Rival: Alphonso, a half elf alchemist. This alchemist was the next student Gamil's master took on after moving on from the dwarven hills. The master suddenly took ill and died. Gamil suspects - but cannot prove - that Alphonso poisoned his master to steal his materials and writings. He also finds Alphonso to be erratic and reckless - a pretty serious accusation considering that Gamil isn't the most cautious of experimenter himself. Alphonso disdain's Gamil's dwarven sensibilities and claims that Gamil's accusation are slander, the products of a paranoid, ill-cultured dwarf of little talent.
(please note: I'm out of town at the moment and thus I'm away from my books, I won't be able to immediately flesh out the character)
My alchemist, Gamil Illbrew, is a dwarf from X (to discuss with DM which is best place), from a small clan of hill dwarves. Raised as a smith, he met a traveling human alchemist in his youth and became enthusiastic about this strange new art. This did not go over very well with the clan and after a few years he left the clan.
Ally: Andraste. His cousin, a dwarven warrior (barbarian, a berserker), was named after a human war goddess and that strange choice set her on a life of conflict. She didn't fit in much with the clan either, and she left with her strange alchemist cousin to travel the world. The two together made a 2-dwarf adventuring party, fighting back to back against orcs, brigands and worse. Unfortunately they became separated during some intrigue in Brettonia and haven't been able to reunite since.
Contact: Sister Catherine: A sort of "power behind the throne", Sister Catherine is a powerful priest who gets thing done for the Archbishop of the Capital of Brettonia. She's asked Gamil and Andastre to deal with a few "problems" in the past. There has been no interactions since the departure from Brettonia, but are still on good terms.
Rival: Alphonso, a half elf alchemist. This alchemist was the next student Gamil's master took on after moving on from the dwarven hills. The master suddenly took ill and died. Gamil suspects - but cannot prove - that Alphonso poisoned his master to steal his materials and writings. He also finds Alphonso to be erratic and reckless - a pretty serious accusation considering that Gamil isn't the most cautious of experimenter himself. Alphonso disdain's Gamil's dwarven sensibilities and claims that Gamil's accusation are slander, the products of a paranoid, ill-cultured dwarf of little talent.
