Portia Crowin

Overview
Full biography found here.

Appearance
Hair: Dark brown

Skin: Fair

Eyes: Blue-green

Height: 5’4

Weight: 113 lbs/51 kg

Markings/Noticeable Features: She has small scar across the left side of her mouth, starting below her nose, crossing her lips, and stopping above her chin.

Personality
Portia is, at best, to be described as true neutral. She’s never given much more than a passing thought to the rumors that surround her family, and she walks with pride for her name and her family. She is a sly, intelligent woman and she’s known for being uncannily observant. However, when the mood strikes her she can certainly be both playful and mischievous to an extent. None of these things detract from who she is at her core. She is and will always be a Crowin, and as such she isn’t afraid to be both scathing and cruel when the occasion calls for it.

Abilities & Proficiencies

 * Divination (Mastery)
 * Pyromancy (Mastery)
 * Ictokinesis (Intermediate)
 * Telekinesis (Novice)

History
Throughout the years, Portia has spent most of her life focused on intellectual pursuits. She never felt as if she had to contribute to the family’s grab for power because in her mind, there wasn’t much power they didn’t have. So, instead, she focused her mind elsewhere, leaving the greater parts of the business to her brothers.

Her primary area of study was magic, which she has at times, utilized when called upon for the benefit of others. With this, she also took an interest in simply the pursuit of knowledge, putting her family’s access to the best scholars and tutors to work to her benefit to become as educated as she could. When she felt she had learned all she could from local tutors, at the ripe age of 25, she left home in pursuit of higher education at a university overseas. She returned four years later a proud university graduate and ready to take her place with the rest of her family in Steamhaven’s elite. Since then, she has been using her magic to help the Crowin family at every turn she can, though on occasion she has been known to take a private excursion away for ‘quiet time’.

Since being presented at the age of 18, Portia only ever accepted 2 suitors. First, when she was just turning 20, she made a love match with a merchant from a lower house. Tragically, the young man passed away on a voyage overseas where his ship went down in stormy waters. Eventually, however, she did accept another’s advances. However, this match never seemed to be one of love, or even like. The two were rarely seen with each other, and servants’ talk suggested that the pair fought frequently. It’s never been confirmed if the young lord ever harmed Portia, but when his body was found stripped and cold in an alley in lower Yem, people were quick to mention her name. Nothing ever came of the rumors and no charges were ever filed against Portia or the other members of the Crowin family. However, this did much to dissuade many suitors from seeking her hand henceforth.