Shinokas

 is a miner who once lived in the small town of Einbech and was a friend of fellow miner Buender Hikeman.

Story
Years ago, when Einbech was but a simple mining town, and his close friends worked together in the Einbech Mines for an unknown business man. They eventually stumbled upon a mysterious ore that shined with a strange light. Unfortunately, they also came across an Ungoliant along with the ore, but somehow they managed to make it out of the mines alive with the ore.

After reporting their findings to their employer, they never saw the ore again. However, one day, shouted to Buender Hikeman and the others that he had found another of the strange ore. When the miners came to see what found, they discovered nothing. At that moment, cried out that an Ungoliant was coming and they all began digging their way out in a panic. In the process, the tunnel around them began to crumble and the section of the mines they were in collapsed. Buender passed out.

When Buender gained consciousness some time later, he was horrified to see the corpses of Khartophe, Anuto, and Maskharundt around him. Only he and survived the cave-in. 's plan to kill them in the mines was fully revealed.

then disappeared soon after, leaving Buender to wallow in misery over the loss of his dear friends. It turns out that the ore that and his friends found was actually a fragment of the Heart of Ymir. The fragment was sent to Einbroch's Laboratory, where it is kept under tight security. As a researcher of Rekenber Corporation, was paid to kill his friends in order to hide their discovery and prevent others from digging in the Einbech Mines to find more fragments. Even after  was paid for his dirty deed, he was still hunted down by the very employer who paid him off due to the fact that he himself still knew of the ore's existence. In time, he was eventually killed in Einbroch.

Trivia

 * While doing The Crow of Destiny quest, players may stumble upon an old newspaper article referring to the Einbech mine collapse that killed ' friends.
 * Alex Helmut mentions during the Odin's Temple Excavation quest.