Cruz Reyes

It's the age of commerce. You're at the stables in front of an inn in a border town, a waypoint on the trade route linking three cities. As an escort fighter for the Pantos caravan, you're checking the wagons and cargo while Helena Parker negotiates a contract with a client. At the same moment, the wagons of the rival Grayson Company have pulled up right beside yours. Cruz Reyes, Grayson Company's captain of the guard and a man you've run into several times on this route, has dismounted and is sorting out his reins. This season, the two caravans are vying for the same deal, so a quiet tension runs between their escorts as well. But rumors have been spreading that a band of raiders recently appeared on the mountain road outside town, and Cruz glances your way once, as if he means to confirm them. Just before he speaks to you, the stables are hushed, holding nothing but the breathing of the horses and the distant noise of the market.