Tasrin Brightrock

Craftsman Tasrin Brightrock

Faceted gems lay scattered across a table, mixed in with metal balls and arrow points, all things ready to fill her bag. Her work table may look like a disaster, but each piece is part of a project that has started and is in progress, each something that will either fill her bag or her pockets. Her interests and skills cover many areas, but each one makes her better at another, knowledge gained in one place adds to something else she knows. And so continues the cycle, even if on the outside it seems like a raging tempest with no end.
It is that quest for knowledge, along with the coveted gems of her people, that led her deep into Káto with her friend. While he was just along for the adventure, she was looking for something specific, a shining red gem to finish her current project, but that is not what she would find in the dark tunnels. A Dragon's hoard and adventure, dark creatures and battle awaited them as they traveled deeper, but what they found would change both of them, blessing them and changing the trajectory of their lives to something supposedly greater.
Tasrin Brightrock was already blessed with knowledge and skills befitting a member of the Rubycrafters Guild when she and Cormac stumbled into the hoard of an ancient Adamantine Dragon. Here they were granted another blessing, one that would turn Tasrin to pick up her bow in service of another guild, adding to the repertoire of knowledge she kept in her pocket for when the moment called for it. The Dagger Guild would be a second home, much like the Rubycrafters Guild had been, but it also brought wanderlust and a chance at life outside of Dwarven halls that was so rarely given.

Mental characteristics

Personal history

Born as one of seven children, Tasrin was neither the youngest nor the oldest, but she took to the trades of her people the quickest. Her father was a master jeweler in the Pit of Amber and her mother a brewer. From both her parents she learned parts of the trades, deftly picking up toolsets and learning other skills from the men and women that worked around her father’s shop. Her parents did not believe in idle hands, so Tasrin never stopped working.
As a child of Káto, some training in weaponry was necessary. Her grandfather would take her into the wilds of the tunnels, showing her the ways of the Rangers that had protected the Gem Dwarves for centuries. Years with him outside the city taught her about monstrous beings and Elementals, creatures that hide in dark corners and those that would never see the light. Each time she took up her bow beside her grandfather, arrows flying true as he had taught her.

Crest of the Rubycrafters Guild

Crest of the Rubycrafters Guild by Crest via Armoria, created by RiverFang

The Rubycrafters Guild is considered one of the most prestigious crafters guilds in the world. Members are almost always Dwarves, but craftsmen from other races have joined the guild as well.

The First Guild

While her grandfather had given her the skills to survive outside of the protection of the city, she still often preferred the safety of the trades her parents had taught her. She continued apprenticeships and practice through many of her early years, barely an adult by Human standards when she chose to branch out and join a guild that even her father had not been allowed in.
Tasrin soon became one of the youngest Gem Dwarves to be admitted to the Rubycrafters Guild, with the caveat that one day she would travel to the Dwarven Kingdom in the mountains to complete her journey as a Master Dwarf. Few Gem Dwarves were ever admitted to the prestigious guild, even though the guild’s name would make one believe otherwise. This brought great pride to her family, brought greater respect for the Brightrock name, but it also brought with it great expectation.
Her earliest project as a guild member required a ruby of great size, one that could not easily be obtained through the shops of the Pit of Amber. Instead, she would have to journey outside the city to mine the gem herself, taking part in each step of raw gem to finished pommel. Safety lay in numbers in Kato, so she invited Cormac, a Dragonkin friend, to join her in the adventure.
The search for such a ruby would inadvertently lead them into a Dragon's hoard, one being ravaged by the creatures that made the darkest shadows of Káto their home. Few Dragons lived in Kato, but those that did were often benevolent, Dragons that did not lash out against those just wandering. With bow and sword, Tasrin and Cormac stopped the ravagers, barely surviving themselves but having accomplished something great.

The Second Chance

The hoard they had saved was that of an Adamantine Dragon, one ancient and far longer lived than any of the Dwarves in the Pit of Amber. For their help, the Dragon blessed them with a bit of her magic, a kernel that could be called upon in desperate times. The Dragon also awarded Tasrin the ruby she had sought, but she found herself looking towards a different future than when they had first traveled into the dark.

Taking up her bow in defense of the hoard had reminded her of her days with her grandfather, the days of tracking and travel that had given way to knowledge and camaraderie. While the Rubycrafters Guild brought prestige, it also brought a sense of loneliness as one climbed the mountain toward master craftsmen. Her return to the city left her at her grandfather’s hearth, a question in her heart that she was afraid to answer.
It only took her a week to pack her bags before setting out. The Rubycrafters Guild held her allegiance, but the newly found Dagger Guild held her heart. Her grandfather had convinced her to adventure while she was young, soaking up the knowledge the world shared before she returned in middle age and took the final climb to master craftsman. It hurt her to leave her home, but at the same time, this adventure seemed exactly like what she had always been looking for.

Species

Gem Dwarves

Ethnicity

Gem Dwarf Culture

Other Ethnicities/Cultures

• Dwarven Culture

Date of Birth

23rd of Spring's Noon, 144 EA

Year of Birth

144 EA 156 Years old

Eyes

Amber

Hair

Whitish grey

Skin Tone/Pigmentation

Dark

Height

4'7"

Weight

145lbs

Aligned Organization

Meddling Misfits

Other Affiliations

• Dagger Guild
• Rubycrafters Guild