[center:1z3ah8ag]Helmar Runereader[/center:1z3ah8ag]
[center:1z3ah8ag]Helmar Runereader was born in 1484 IC and is the son of Lianna Runereader. Lianna Runereaders grand-grand-grand-grandparents moved to The Empire after
Sigmar became the first Emperor of The Empire. They came there to teach human engineers the basics of engineering. She took over her familys' bussines when she was 146 years old. After some years of working there she met Gatre Holyfighter who was a „War of the Beard“ deserter and thus making him a Slayer he was cast out of the Karak Wyr clan.
When Helmar was just a young Dwarf Lianna and Gatre decided that they should move from Streissen to Grissenwald.
On their way there they were ambushed by bandits. Gatre was no easy target though, so he battled the bandits well but
there was too many of them. He yelled at Helmar to go away, to run for it because Helmar was in no condition to fight.
He was too young for it. Helmar who was allready on the horse escaped and found shelter in Grissenwald hoping his
parents will return. That never happened because his parents died that day. An old lady Kara Kindheart offered him home for
she knew the Dwarven kin well. Helmar was always fascinated by axes and siege machines. Before she died, Lianna tought all she knew
about engineering because Helmar showed a great pontetial for engineering and rune carving. But to learn everything properly he had
to go back to the Karak Wyr clan where he was forbidden to enter. So his great potential was left unexplored. Humans don't live
long as Dwarfs do so old lady Kara pased away and because she had no family on her own she left everything to Helmar.
Helmar had to find a way to earn the money for food so he used his skill: he repaired and made weapons and sold them.
The business started growing so he made his own house into a blacksmith and started creating a large amount of weapons.
But then, after he spent all of his well-earned money for blacksmith appliances the business started going downwards.
He started gambling to win a lot of money so he could start shipping weapons to other cities of The Empire and eventually
beyond The Empire itself but the plan backfired. He lost every single penny and went completely bankrupt so he sold the old
lady Karas' house and was on the streets again. While on the streets he met a couple of Human miners and learned that miners
have a not much payed job but they are given house and food so he decides to work as a miner.
He started working and he had a roof over his head, fresh meal and most importantly he had money. But his addiction for gambling returned so in hope he will
win more money he went back to gambling. This time he lost a lot more than his money, he lost his hand-made lucky axe so he
decided to quit and buy it off because he made that axe when he was just a child and he couldn't live without it.
But it just wasn't his luck. The mine in which he worked collapsed and thus it was not operational anymore.
Without the mine, he lost the job, without the job he lost the house- he was on the streets once again.
He then realised that he won't be able to gain enough money to buy off his axe so he decided to steal it.
Yes, it was below Dwarfs' honor but he got nothing else to do. So one night under the cover of darkness
he entered the loansharks house and took his axe. It went good until loansharks dog didn't see Helmar.
Dog started barking and attacked Helmar. In self-defece he slew the dog but the loanshark awakened and saw Helmar with now loansharks axe.
Loanshark called the guards and Helmar escaped. He knew that staying in Grissenwald meant more trouble with the law
so he decided to leave the city. He went north through the forests of Reiklandn, Stirland and Talabecland to the city of
Talabheim, one of the four capitals of The Empire. But word spreads fast through The Empire and Helmar was already wanted
in Talabheim. He could not enter into the city without being seen so he decided to leave The Empire and go further
north, to Kislev. After entering the land of Kislev he experienced a fierce cold weather which he never felt before
but he felt good on it. It was probably his Dwarf mountain genes that made him resistand to the cold weather. On his
journey he stumbled across a camp so Helmar decided to go and rest there. As it turned out it was mercenary camp with a
couple of mercenaries.
Helmar lost faith in himself, he tought he could never find work for himself so he decided
to join the mercenaries. As they all sat together around the campfire Helmar asked is it possible for a Dwarf to
become a mercenary and if possible where can he become one. Other mercenaries pointed him towards Kislev (city) and to join Boyar
Vladimir Farasionovichs party of mercenaries. It sounded like a odd plan for Helmar so he went to Kislev and joined the mercenaries.
Helmar was not taught for battle but in his journeys to the land of Kislev he learned a lot: he learned to
fight and most importantly he learned to survive. He learned to trust his instincts.[/center:1z3ah8ag]