Appearance

Mentality

Personal history

Born Robert 'Bob' Taylor, Human, in Zadash. First born to a budding family of artisans (Father is a blacksmith, Mother is a leather worker), immediately had a knack for understanding kinetics; Built his first 'crossbow' at the age of 4 (A toy, but mechanically functional), friend of the smithy by 5, apprentice watching their work by 6.
 
8 years old
1st of 8 siblings born, Flynn. Bob is now working at the smithy with his father, mostly refilling quenching buckets, sweeping up and fetching tools. He begins wood carving in his spare time.
 
11 years old
Is now smithing while supervised, mostly horse shoes and, due to his smaller hands, frequently assisting with jewelry making and painting goods.
 
12 years old
Bob is now helping his mother with leather work when not working at the smithy.
 
15 years old
5 siblings. Bob now smiths unsupervised, has created several pieces entirely from scratch across multiple professions, he begins to gain commissions.
 
19 years old
Flynn has taken a shine to cooking and carpentry, parents teaching him at home. Bob is a recognized savant within a small circle of Zadash artisans. He spends all his time making something, be it metal, wood, leather, art or tool, the sheer volume of work he takes on and the joy he gains from it lets him charge low for his time, becoming a crafter for the people.
 
25 years old
Bob's success shines on the rest of the family, the Taylor name respected. Flynn is hired by a lower wealth noble family to act as a nanny. He begins to take on higher cost commissions.
 
27 years old
His mother's body is found in her tannery, beaten to death, goods stolen. Investigations are started and quickly dropped, the family begins to turn their back on the Empire. Bob stops taking commissions from nobility apart from the family Flynn continues to work for.
 
One night as Bob is walking Flynn back to the Taylor home they are approached by a figure they've not seen in the city before, they're enchanted and taken to a meeting with agents unknown. Together they're put under Geas to not let any details of this meeting get out to anyone not present. They're offered coin, rare materials and an opportunity; Use their connections to gain information on nobility in Zadash and report it back to them. Bob declines but states under a Zone of Truth he wont speak of this. Flynn accepts.
 
28 years old
Bob is being hounded to work for the Empire directly, something he declines until the problems started. Work opportunities begin to falter, not just for him but for his family too, jobs having to let them go, others refusing to hire, old customers no longer going to the Taylors for their work. The offer from the Empire is sweetened with a greater pay check.
 
Bob agrees and is put to work on developing weapons of war.
 
29 years old
It was terribly easy to sabotage the workshop, he had all the tools needed to build a bomb.
 
Bob fled Zadash, leaving witnesses but not enough to stop him in the moment. Equipped with all the tools and equipment he'd need to survive, he went from town to town, offering his services for little coin, a bed and a meal.
 
With time to put that mind to better crafting theirself than the many ongoing projects at home, Bob found theirself as Roux Ellis, androgynous wandering laboursmith enbie, evading an Empire who sought a dead man.
 
32 years old
Port Damali was beautiful when they found their way to the port, following whispers of the desperate to an innocent song request at a tired bar, unknowingly setting up a meeting with their best friend.
 
Célestine shadowed the dear on the street, reading their body and desperation to ensure they were legitimately in need, and they were. Together they were enlisted onto the Stolen Steel, a vessel for artisans to craft and create outside the eye of the Empire; Illegal art pieces, profane works of debauchery, artistic delights and dangerous arms alike for both Grinner and Revelry.
 
For five years they worked on that ship with the freedom to create, take on commission to their whim and live with like-minded artists to share their dreams and insights. Roux explored themselves more, with the help and care of those around them (especially Célestine), Fance was born. A delicate, bold, bright and colourful creator of all thing fancy.
 
37 years old
The ship had turned around, sails down, orders being barked with no clear direction of what or where they were headed towards. They were going to Nicodranas on a North-Western course, something some of the crew began to piece together, and ultimately Célestine uncovered; They had been sold out by their Captain. The Clovis Concord were to meet them with ships and take them back to the Menagerie Coast to work under them, cashing in a few bounties from the crew along the way for a comfortable pay day for the Captain and Quartermaster.
 
Fance wasn't going to take it. The crew, under Fance and Célestine's leadership as their new Captain and Quartermaster respectively, mutinied, the Captain and Quartermaster forced to abandon the ship as the Clovis Concord's escort broke the horizon. The ship was hunted for days, forcing East they decided to follow up close to the coast, hoping to meet Kryn influence to signal their distress. When it became clear the Concord was going to catch them, they took a risk; Either they escape or die trying, they took to the Cauldron Sea.

Education

Professionally worked;
Smithing
Woodworking
Carpentry
Leatherworking
Painter
Tailoring
Lapidarist
Jewelry craft
 
Apprenticed;
Alchemy
Glassblowing
Cobbling
Tinkering
Calligraphy
Cartography
 
Limited/hobby experience;
Brewing
Masonry
Pottery

Employment

Professionally worked;
Smithing
Woodworking
Carpentry
Leatherworking
Painter
Tailoring
Lapidarist
Jewelry craft
 
Empire weapon developer (9 months)
 
Stolen Steel Artisan for 5 years

Accomplishments & Achievements

Engineering savant
 
Pioneered their family name into popularity
 
Voted Captain of the Stolen Steel

Failures & Embarrassments

Submitted to the will of the Empire
 
Cursed the crew of the Stolen Steel to become Claissian

Mental Trauma

Mother's death unavenged and without justice, the Empire failed their family.
 
Paranoid the Clovis Concord/Empire are coming for them and all they care for.

Intellectual Characteristics

Fast learner

Morality & Philosophy

Freedom is the right of all sentient creatures
 
Nobody can dictate another's future

person.sexuality

Yes

person.gender_identity

No

Taboos

Don't tell me what to do

Known Languages

Common.

Personality

Motivation

To build, to build safety, to build character, to build up those around them.

Savvies & Ineptitudes

Can visualize 3d space easily and problem solve accordingly

Likes & Dislikes

Likes
Passion
Physical contact
Bright colours
Function and form in tandem
 
Dislikes
Function over form, or form over function
Law = morality
Some useful being only decoration

Virtues & Personality perks

Work hard

Vices & Personality flaws

Play harder

Hygiene

Immaculate, proficient in mani-pedi

Social

Birthplace

Zadash

Contacts & Relations

• Captain Wordpainter (Maveith Vaimei-Laga, Goliath), feared losing wealth, very charming, Storm Sorcerer
• Quartermaster Thamior Suithrasas (High Elf), always cracks a joke, Noble runaway, exploitative, Alchemist Artificer

Honorary & Occupational Titles

Artisan Savant
 
Captain

Wealth & Financial state

Well off, just below Nobility before leaving Zadash
What is wealth when you can make the finest clothes and furniture?

Religious Views

Follower of the Empire's legal faiths before leaving Zadash
 
Mostly prayed to Erathis after their mother's death, hoping for justice to be served. Gave up prayer to Erathis when the Empire conducted such injustices.
 
Follower of Avandra, Corellon and Moradin aboard the Stolen Steel.

Social Aptitude

Personable, caring

Mannerisms

Darling please you're a ~delight~ to be around. How about you and me, a bottle of wine and a hammock get to know one-another?