<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/6/62/BlackbirdFemale.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Blackbird of Craftspire, daughter of Kestrel<br/><strong>Age:</strong>177<strong>Size:</strong>Medium<br/><strong>Description:</strong>Blackbird stands 5'10" tall, and weighs 148 lb. She is built solidly, with a slight layer of body fat over substantial muscle, but her basic body shape is slender like most elves. To a trained eye, the signs of her three pregnancies are evident. She has long black hair that is tied into a braid behind her head, with long bangs in front. Her eyes are dark and piercing. When she is not making an effort to present herself in civilized society, she wears scraps of clothing scavenged from washing lines and adapted to her build. On hot days, she is usually naked to the waist, wearing just a short, thick skirt to hide and protect her essentials. When threatened by cold or rain, she dresses up warmly, preferring dark grey cloaks and tunics. She wears a necklace of blackbird feathers at all times, and has tribal tattoos representing birds, mountains and her ancestors all over her body. She is honest to a fault, always speaking her mind for good or ill, although she is not above donning a disguise as part of a raid or infiltration mission. She is a passionate woman, and gives her heart away easily, and is easily wounded.<br/><strong>Sex/orientation:</strong>Female, bisexual. She has two husbands, and is at liberty to pursue other partners, which she does with great enthusiasm. She hopes to bring back a man of good quality from this expedition, to be her third husband.<br/><strong>Alignment:</strong>Lawful good. The laws and customs of her tribe are of paramount importance to her, and she firmly believes in putting the good of the community above individual freedoms. Her respect for the laws of Arcanz itself extends as far as it doesn't interfere with her tribe's survival.<br/><strong>Background:</strong><br/>The Craftspire tribe is a gathering of about a hundred mountain elves, forty humans and ten humanoids from assorted other races, who live on the rooftops of the buildings in Arcanz's main industrial district. The elves are the descendents of the mountain elf families that managed to take refuge in Arcanz before its dome was sealed. Being tribal folk accustomed to living in natural places high above the ground, the narrow streets and enclosed buildings of the city were unfamiliar and uncomfortable to them, and so they sought a place where they could recreate their old homes. They found it atop the factories and warehouses, where they made camps, hunted birds and marked out their territorial boundaries. Over the centuries, other denizens of Arcanz have joined the tribe, driven to the rooftops by poverty or persecution from below.<br/><br/>Blackbird is the granddaughter of four of these original refugees, and the daughter of the tribe's current chieftain, Kestrel. It is expected that her brother Rook will be the next chieftain, but she holds a strong advisory role in the tribal council. She fights on the front line when the tribe has skirmishes with city watch, gangs or other tribes. She also participates in raids for food and supplies, and sometimes hires herself out as a mercenary to the "civilized" folk on the streets below.<br/><br/>She has two husbands: a 90-year-old elf she married thirty years ago, and a 76-year-old human she married sixty years ago. Each of them has given her a son, and she also has a daughter from a brief dalliance with a human noble who had hired her as a bodyguard.<br/><br/>When Blackbird heard about the expedition to explore new lands, she signed up without a second thought. This was the chance to discover the mountains and forests of which her grandparents had told such tales. She knew in her heart that the stories were true, and if she went ahead to scout the way, she would be able to lead her people to the promised land of their ancestors.<br/><strong>Languages:</strong>Common, Elvish<br/><hr/><strong>Race:</strong>Wood Elf. Actually more "mountain elf", a related subrace of elves that inhabit mountains and lightly wooded foothills. When the horrors started entering the world, a few families of mountain elves were close enough to Arcanz to march or teleport there before it sealed the dome.<br/><strong>Levels/Prof:</strong>Barbarian 7, Urchin background, +3<br/><strong>Ability scores:</strong>Str 17*, Dex 18, Con 16*, Int 10, Wis 12, Cha 12<br/><strong>Senses:</strong>Darkvision, Aspect of the Beast (eagle)<strong>Perc:</strong>14<br/><strong>Initiative:</strong>+4<strong>AC:</strong>19<strong>Speed:</strong>45'<br/><strong>Hit points/HD:</strong>75, 7d12<br/><strong>Skills/Proficiencies:</strong>Athletics, Perception, Sleight of Hand, Stealth, Survival; light armor, medium armor, shields; simple weapons, martial weapons; disguise kit, thieves' tools, cook's utensils<br/><strong>Feats:</strong>Gourmand<br/><strong>Features:</strong>Rage (4/long rest, +2 damage), Unarmored Defense (+3), Reckless Attack, Danger Sense, Path of the Totem Warrior (Spirit Seeker, Totem Spirit (Eagle), Aspect of the Beast (Eagle)), Extra Attack, Feral Instinct, Fey Ancestry, Trance, Mask of the Wild, City Secrets.<br/><strong>Equipment:</strong>Electrically enhanced launcher for magnetically stabilized alloy darts (longbow +1 with 100 darts), lead pipe with heavy valve on one end (warhammer), transparent crystal shield, alloy dagger, disguise kit, thieves' tools, cook's utensils, backpack, bedroll, blanket, caltrops, chalk in many colours, traveler's clothes, blackbird totem, grappling hook, flashlight, silk rope (50') on retractable spool, thermos flask, powered blade sharpener, a small cloth doll skewered with needles, a rectangular metal device with two tiny metal cups on one end that throws sparks when wet<br/>