<span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;">Alexander Thornrose (http://plothook.net/RPG/profiler/view.php?id=8650)</span><br/>(http://img2.gelbooru.com//samples/558/sample_873d0a749a7e42ddb9cbdbf84eb9e3de086dc451.jpg?688000)<br/><br/><strong>Appearance: </strong><br/>Alexander is a young man, usually found dressed in an outfit with several pockets, with a strange, lightly exotic scent following him, and a small smirk across his lips. He is fairly handsome and seems like a pleasant fellow, making his presence as a merchant known. His eyes are light brown in their color, and his hair is golden blonde. Alexander is slender young man with dextrous fingers, a fit and healthy body, and a cunning, intelligent look in his eyes.<br/><br/>He has the look of a man who is not noble but who is able to make a living with his skills, and a good living on occasion actually. Dressing up in an explorer's outfit, he likes the many pockets it provides him. He tends to carry a few things with him including a good number of small bombs. Extracts prepared in small vials with a thin skin between them keeping the two fluids separate, his belongings might look harmless but in his hands, those vials can become lethal weapons when he personally shakes them and tosses them when the mixture has began its reaction.<br/><br/><strong>Craft &amp; Profession: </strong><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">Alexander sells alchemical creations, and occasionally buys some things he believes he can move along and sell with a profit later on.  He's got a good eye for spotting quality merchandise, a sly tongue that can twist the truth now and then, and a friendly diplomatic tongue that lets him work his way through some troubles. He's naturally suspicious of others though, tending to try and read their intensions when its possible. Its a precaution he has taken up since he doesn't want the Inquisitors to come knocking on his door, unless they are there to buy something to settle their head after too much drinking.<br/><br/>Alexander Thornrose is used to selling things to both nobility and commoners. He offers a variety of things from a hangover cure to bloodblock meant to help with healing the wounded, to smelling salts to wake someone up. He's made a bit of a reputation selling make-up kits to both men and women at times, to help them look their best, as well as massage oils and some discreet products to the clients that might have use for them.<br/><br/>For all his 'common work' he also tries to move ahead things he can sell for profit, fencing stolen goods from time to time. He is a capable bomb-maker, though those bombs remain in his possession, merely a warning to those that think about shoplifting from him.<br/><br/>"If you take it without buying, don't come crying to me if you lose an arm."<br/><br/>Lastly, Alexander knows a little bit of true magic. He can create alchemical brews and potions that contain actual magic, when he wants to put an effort into making such, but considering the risks in such goods he prefers to make those very discreetly. </div></div><br/><strong>History: </strong><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">Alexander is the son of a late Witch and an unknown father. His mother sometimes hinted his father might have been a nobleman, but given her never-serious attitude about things Alexander believes it has just as much chance to be a lie as it has to be a truth. Either way, his mother lost her life when an inquisitor charged her with using magic. Alexander was spared because it was believed the young son had no such talent, though his actions were monitored for a long while.<br/><br/>He apprenticed himself to a merchant, and in time began to show talent in mixing together alchemical ingredients in a natural manner. Alexander had found his calling, and as he later discovered, his talent for magic. He did not have big showy spells and arcane gestures, but his vials contained more than enough reason to smirk now and then. It also gave him a bit more safety, his magic being 'harder to prove' and giving him a small measure of safety from the inquisitors.<br/><br/>Luck only goes so far though, and Alexander has been working hard to buy and sell things to make a profit and build up his wealth. He is a man that believes in the good, and doing the right thing, but he also believes one man cant do so much. This has drawn some people to him that need to make discreet purchases, and sometimes cant pay him with coin, but given his nature of buying and selling things he has taken up sometimes accepting other materials instead, selling them on when he can find a buyer. On occasion he forwards things to others that might be able to secure a better profit, agreeing to lose a little of the money he might make otherwise on such items, if he can at least make a small, tidy profit from such things. <br/><br/>Alexander feels somewhat bitter about the treatment he has seen the nobles have towards most people though. He doesn't show it directly when making a deal for a noble, but he does notice things and far too often these things make him curse the nobility for their thoughtless cruelty, and on occasion the intensional evil in them.</div></div><br/><strong>Example Goods Sold: </strong><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">* Acid * Alchemist Fire * Antitoxin * Smokestick * Sunrod * Tanglefoot Bag * Thunderstone * Tindertwig (The usual basic Gear)<br/>* Alchemist Kindness (Hangover cure) * Antiplague * Bladeguard (Handy against Rust [monsters] and oozes) * Bloodblock (for first aid) * Flash Powder (Good for blinding guards or small 'magic tricks' for performers) * Smelling Salts * Smoke Pellets (Handy for a quick distraction and getaway), and many more.<br/><br/>And then there are a few more things that might come in handy now and then.<br/>* Makeup Kits * Massage oils (Good for escaping bonds as well) * Discreet goods.<br/></div></div>