You have worked with horses since you were a young teen.  You started at the bottom, cleaning out stalls and fetching water for the horse troughs.  As you stuck with it, the stablemaster where you were working began to give you more and more responsibilities, teaching you to work with the horses themselves, teaching you to manage the stable when  you were left alone occasionally.  You began to grow closer to the animals as you cared for them, until one day you were asked to be a stablemaster yourself.  You know horses better than anyone.  You know how to care for them, how to shoe them, how to breed them, and how to ride them.  You know which horses are better, and which ones should be avoided.  You know how to care for the equipment in the stable, and how to repair the leather and shoes needed to outfit a horse.   You know the basics of blacksmithing, especially when it comes to horseshoes and nails, and the fittings needed for harnesses and tack.

Skill Proficiencies: You are an expert in handling horses, and can apply these skills to other animals when the need arises.  Working in a stable, your muscles have grown stronger, and you have a proficiency in using your strength. 

Tool Proficiencies: You know all there is that involves working with horses.  You can make repairs to all the equipment that is associated with mounts of any kind. 

Languages: You can choose two languages, in addition to common.

Equipment: You have a mount, a horse of the finest breeding.  Your equipment, though not the most expensive by far, is more than capable of performing the tasks called upon it.

Suggested Characteristics

You feel more comfortable working with animals than you do with people.  That being said, you have grown very adept in performing the social tasks necessary to running and managing a stable. 

d4	Personality Trait
1	I'm more comfortable around animals than I am with people.
2	I can't stand to associate with anyone who would be knowingly cruel to animals of any kind.
3	Animals are for work, and not to be our friends. They are a tool, just like a hammer or a wagon.
4	It's not a perfect morning unless the smell of a barn is in the air.

d4	Ideal
1	There is nothing stronger or more beautiful than the muscles of a horse.
2	Animals are more trustworthy than people. If you pay attention, you will always know what they are thinking.
3	Why walk, when you can ride?
4	If you aren't sweating before the sun rises, you aren't working. Laziness is a defect and needs to be worked out of a person.

Contacts

You are well known among horse traders and those who would do business with a stable.  Your reputation as a stablemaster is known to others who also work with horses.

d2	Contact
1	Horse Traders
2	Blacksmiths