They are not, but my area of study is fairly strictly Scandinavian-

Well, I stated "Norse" because most people tend to associate certain mythology with the Norse even though there is strong evidence it was common amongst virtually all the Germanic tribes and at least a few of the Slavic tribes.  Tiwaz (Tyr) as the chief god (Odin took over later, probably during or just before Danelaw IIRC), Wotan, Donnar (and equivalents) and so forth.  If I were to state "Germanic Mythology" or "Slavic Mythology" people would have no clue as to what I was talking about and the Norse myths from the sagas make up the largest known core (albeit other, older, records also exist).

In many ways it is the "strictly Scandanavian" myths that were older Germanic myths "corrupted" by contact with the natives, but that contact did create a lot of tales, and probably more interesting ones. 

This would definitely be a nice Bag of Tricks character, with a potion for every encounter.  If you don't mind mixing in a bit of modernity, I could see this alchemist carrying around a dart gun loaded with different potions in darts for offensive purposes.

Remember that enchanted items can also work like potions, therefore even simpler is the "alchemist" that enchants "magic bullets".  Said could be inscribed with runes or such.  As long as they take only 1 Enchanted Item slot they can be no smaller than an ear ring, which a larger caliber bullet typically is (small caliber is another story).  I could even see some arranged that when the bullet leaves the shell the magic starts to activate (and thus only viable for snub-barreled pistols or such).

Coins or sling stones also work and could be hurled or slung.

Even potions in vials could be hurled, if they activate on breaking, albeit they would tend to be more vulnerable to breakage.

I was able to talk to my GM the other night and got approval for a half-Dvergar scion.
Powers:
Thaumaturgy (-3) with Crafting Specialist - Frequency
Refinement (-1)  Thaumaturgy - Extra Slots
World Walker (-2)
Wizard's Constitution (-0) (explained in part by using alchemy to extend his life without choosing, etc ... something about having an old alchemist's book)

Supurb Lore
Great Resources & Discipline

still finalizing the rest.

 

No apologies needed if no harm was done.  That's the way of the Norsemen. 

And there is no reason why they could not be separated in a game or game world.
More names = more unique critters from a game design standpoint! 

I have some info on how Dvergar and Frost Giants (I'm not going to attempt to call them by the proper terminology with a bona fide scholar of these matters looking at the thread) fit in to my version of the Dresdenverse, but it definitely is spoileriffic, so just PM me or start a new thread to get it.

OK, I will start a second thread in the Spoiler section (if no one beats me to it) for any spoiler information on Norse.  
< Edit: set up in Spoiler section ... post away there! >


Originally started it here for more traffic and I thought we could avoid spoiler info longer, but I actually started working up Norse Dwarves before I <listened to> the most recent book ...




... ok, so maybe I am a "Martian", but I can listen to books and work at the same time, something I can't do while reading.  

I have been toying with this concept for a bit and, reading the rules, here is what I have figured out:

• 1) Max out Lore: Creation of Foci, Enchanted Items, and Potions is based on Lore.  Lore is the base strength of the Potion and can be reduced to increase the number of potions / uses.
• 2)  Ritual and Thaumaturgy:  Yep, you technically do not need anything else really yo be an alchemist, just Ritual or Thaumaturgy.  Ritual is useful to save more points for Refinements (and thus extra Foci/Enchanted Item slots) but a character with Thaumaturgy can specialize in Crafting with +1 to Frequency and thus gain an extra potion per Enchanted Item slot.  More on the benefits of that below.
• 3) Take Refinement - Extra Slots:  Ritual or Thaumaturgy starts the character with 2 Foci slots, one of which can be turned into 2 Enchanted Item / Potion slots.  Each Refinement adds 2 Foci slots (4 Enchanted Item / Potion slots ... see top of YS183) therefore with a few Refinements an Alchemist can go from 2 to 6, 10 or possibly 12 Potions uses even in a Feet in the Water level campaign.  Doesn't sound like much, but see #4
• 4) Crafting Foci: Here things really start getting good.  By my reading only one of the two Foci slots for Ritual or Thaumaturgy can be used for 2 Enchanted Items or Potions slots.  You might be thinking "that's not fair" until you read YS280 on Crafting Specializations and catch the line at the top of the 2nd column.  Combined with the mention in the text about additional Thaumaturgy Refinements not stacking except with Foci, then creating a Foci, such as an Alchemist's Mortar & Pestle or Alchemist's Cauldron that adds to frequency would turn the two slots to yielding 2 uses each per potion, meaning you effectively "break even".  Not so great at first, but as you add refinements that add 4 more Potions each which suddenly become 8 more each Refinement slot.

Putting it all together ...

-3 Refresh: Character is best off having Ritual - Alchemist (or Ritual - Crafting) with 1 Refinement slot and thus yielding a Foci and 6 Enchanted Item slots and thus 6 potions of base 2 uses each if Foci is Crafting-Frequency.

-4 Refresh: If you happen to have Thaumaturgy rather than Ritual you "lose" one Refinement slot but can specialize in Crafting - Frequency and yield 3 uses per slot (therefore 2 potions of 3 doses each for the basic Enchanted Item slots and 12 doses per Refinement (4 slots at 3 doses per slot) and therefore with 1 Refinement you would be only 2 behind a character with only Ritual and 2 Refinement slots, but you would have the whole spectrum of Thaumaturgy to boot (Wards, etc) to allow for more versatility on that -4 Refresh.

-5 Refresh: Thaumaturgy (Crafting Freq. Specialist) and 2 Refinement slots yields a Foci and 10 Enchanted Items slots for 30 doses (up to 10 different potions of 3 doses each if Foci is also Crafting-Frequency).


Even in a Foot in the Water game the character would have some flexibility as a spell caster.  Add to that the fact that the items can be transferred to other players (or, unfortunately, lost).  Now Lore for Foot in the Water is limited to Great, but that means the character can turn in additional levels for additional uses per day (or more people) and end up with a LOT of daily uses, or "only" the number of uses per day mentioned above but at Great +4 Strength (or higher, depending on Aspects and campaign level).



Note the character could do similar things with a slightly different Foci (say a Crafting Hammer) and accomplish the same affect entirely in Enchanted Items.  I would tend to call such a character an Artificer rather than an Alchemist, but it works.

Like I said, just some notes on one way to create an Alchemist type character, probably more useful at the lower levels, but a different type of "Hedge-Wizard" to consider.

 

I see a number of related posts about various elements of Norse Mythology:
Dwarves / Dvergar
Frost Giants
Fire Giants
Norse Trolls (Trow?)

and so on.

Given how posts get lost, and because I am thinking about a character along these lines, I figure I start a thread on the subject.

Right now I am a bit pressed for time, but will come back with a few notes in a bit.
Hopefully others will comment as well.