Your name is Arty. You are male. You are 27 years old, and have tan skin, dyed hair and brown eyes. Your peers describe you as wiry. You have tattoos.

    You were born on a bustling, crowded Hive World. You were ganger scum, you and your gang mates fighting for survival in a violent world. You walk the path of the Guardsman, where you hold the rank of Conscript. When you visited the Imperial Diviner, the seer told you this: The only true fear is of dying with your duty not done. Your only physical reminder of your past life is your smoking pipe, something that holds great sentimental value to you. In your travels and adventures as Guardsman, you have collected a special memento of your journey, your small iron horseshoe.

    Your mother's name is Venus. She walks the path of the Tech-Priest. Your father's name is Varnias. He walks the path of the Guardsman. Your sister's name was Regia. She walked the path of the Scum. She is deceased. Your sister's name was Kadis. She walked the path of the Imperial Psyker. She is deceased.

    Your upbringing, environment, and the path you have chosen in life have granted you the following traits: Accustomed to Crowds, Caves of Steel, Hivebound, Wary.You have learned, acquired, or been born with a number of talents, such as Melee Weapons Training (Primitive), Basic Weapons Training (Las), Pistol Training (Las), Basic Weapons Training (SP).

    You excel in a number of basic skills, including Tech-Use (Int) (Caves of Steel).You have learned a number of advanced technical skills, such as Speak Language (Hive Dialect) (Int), Speak Language (Low Gothic) (Int), Drive (Ground Vehicle) (Ag).

    At this time in your life, your personal belongings are meager, most provided by the Imperium as part of the path you walk. Your holdings include lasgun and 1 charge pack, knife, guard flak armour, 1 week corpse starch rations, sword, las pistol and 1 charge pack, shotgun and 12 shells, uniform (Common Quality Clothing), mercenary license, smoking pipe (memento), small iron horseshoe (memento).