Laetitia Harlow

A prominent member of the Thieves Guild that introduced the Taputapu/Tattoo style of identification to the guild. The tradition continues through to this day.
Born in Brat Mahut, Laetitia Harlow (born MAORI NAME)'s parents were well-established traders from the MAORI LANDS. They were in Brat Manut when Laetitia's mother began experiencing complications in her pregnancy that prevented the family from moving. This delayed the traveling trading group for a couple months. When she was born, Laetitia had several health complications and the family was forced to leave the trading group and establish roots on the island.
Her father used his bartering skills to establish several businesses in the area. While her father spent time networking within the city, Laetitia stayed at home close to her mother, who found it harder to adjust to the Sea Prince customs. She spent most of her time teaching her daughters the roles and responsibilities of their home culture, worried they would loose their sense of identity.
Latitia got her first job at age 11 delivering hats around the city, earning 8 silvers a week. However, after winning 31 gold pieces in a card game, she quit her job and began earning money on the street. That same year her mother began teaching her Taputapu/Tattoo. She showed a natural aptitude for the art, and split her time evenly between these two passions.
Over the next few years she expanded her street interests to other illicit activities, and became particularly skilled at pickpocketing and planning/executing diversions for other street artists, eventually catching the attention of the local parivaar. Three years after her initiation she was attacked by a newer initiate of her parivaar who did not recognize her. Somehow she survived the severe beating and throat slashing. The attacking member was severely reprimanded. The experience changed Laetitia's legacy.
When she became kijan, she integrated taputapu into the parivaar culture, requiring new initiates to be marked on their left arm/bicep. While it is impossible to say if this decision was done to bridge the two primary parts of her identity, being a member of the Tagata and being a member of the Parivaar, or as a self-defense measure to protect herself and others from being mistargeted, the impact the tattoos had on the community was palpable.
The parivaar quickly rose in recognition in the surrounding community. This made it easier to communicate power and resources, especially when it came to bribes and extortions. The other parivaar were quick to adopt the process in an effort to promote their own reputation. While the official tattoo agreement entered into the Articles of Agreement two years after her death, Laetitia is credited with starting the practice.