[font=Comic Sans Ms]We're the Morettis. There's a... lot o' families on Crete who are nothing but pirates. There's a lot o' Corsairs too. Of course, there's always the smugglers or the traders or the farmers on Canaria... What I'm trying to say that there's a lot of opportunity that no one's takin' advantage of, you get where I'm goin' with this?
Me an' my wonderful wife, that sweet Adele... we married just about sixty years ago... god, that's a damn long time to stay with one women, y'know what I'm saying? My son's been a little more mobile, got me another grandkid that way. *chuckles dryly*
Yeah, so I was just a lonely sort o' smuggler back then, runnin' artifacts and that shiz. I get married to Adele, and I want to do something more. So, I start looking into other ways to do business... I get some guys to haul the art for me, then I look into hiring a guy to start liftin' some gold in Dublin and, before you know it, she's got a few kids, and I've got a boomin' legitimate business, and bam, here's the Moretti family.
We're not so much into piracy, that's the grunts work. We can get you stuff you need, guns, supplies, people, ships... easy stuff to do for my boys. We can get other people your stuff, if you know where I'm goin'... I got plenty o' money, just look at all this crap my wife's made me put on the walls here... geez, I'm tellin' you, don't give the wife the purse if you know what's good for you... but I got some to spare, so I don't give her the airlock...
Yeah, yeah, honey, I'm just kiddin' with the guy here. I love ya.
Ah, shuddup. *chuckles*
Great woman... but, I think you see where I'm goin' with this. I can give you money. I can get you power, women, guns... I can get you stuff... that you need real bad.
'Cause that's what we do, we Morettis. We're not the run-o'-the-mill Corsairs you find runnin' around with their fockin guns blazes all over the place. We're always pleased to be doin' business, as long as you're pleased to be workin' wit us.
Name's Taddeo, by the way.
Don't be afraid to shake it, c'mon... we're both businessmen.
Pleased to meet yah... Now, if you need anything, talk to one o' my sons. We'll treat you real nice 'round here. You're welcome to some o' that wine I got in the back over there if you want it... an' here's a cigar. I look forward to business, eh?
[font=Viner Hand ITC]<span style="font-size:24pt;line-height:100%]The Family Elders
[color=#FF0000]Name: Taddeo Moretti
Gender: Male
Wife: Adele Moretti (married 760)
Born: 736
Info: The father of the entire Moretti family, oversees all family operations.
Still deals with diplomatic entanglements, especially Cretan ones.
Name: Adele Moretti
Maiden Name: Adele Costa
Gender: Female
Husband: Taddeo Moretti (married 760)
Born: 738
Info: The mother of the entire Moretti family.
Keeps the house together - Grazia is the head, she's the heart.
Exceptionally wise - balances the opposing egos of the house to keep things quiet.
Force in the form of bad food follows if words are useless.
[font=Viner Hand ITC]<span style="font-size:24pt;line-height:100%]The Second Generation
Name: Serafino Moretti
Gender: Male
Mother: [color=#FF0000]Adele Moretti
Father: Taddeo Moretti
Wife: Giovanna Moretti (married 792)
Born: 761
Info: Suffered a head injury, rendering him unstable - bipolar, sometimes incoherent.
Now stays away from most business on Crete, offering advice around the table.
It is seldom wanted or used.
Name: Damiano Moretti
Gender: Male
Mother: Adele Moretti
Father: Taddeo Moretti
Wife: Grazia Moretti (married 790)
Mistress: Irene De Luca (started 804, ended 811)
Born: 763
Info: Head of the Moretti family after Serafino was injured.
Personally controls the smuggling rings.
All business goes through him, and he hands it down to the third generation often.
Is still overseen by Taddeo.
Name: Giovanna Moretti
Maiden Name: Giovanna Costa
Gender: Female
Husband: Serafino Moretti (married 792)
Born: 772
Info: Serafino's long-suffering wife.
Takes care of Serafino, helps manage the house along with Adele.
Good at cards. Enjoys talking about anything, especially the rest of Sirius.
Name: Grazia Moretti
Maiden Name: Grazia Conte
Gender: Female
Husband: Damiano Moretti (married 790)
Born: 772
Info: Cynical, stoic woman. Holds grudges, but tolerates her husband.
Stays away from business, managing the household.
Name: Ottavio Bussolari
Gender: Male
Wife: Imelda Bussolari (married 703)
Born: 773
Info: Slightly neurotic heir of Bussolari Astronavigation Systems, based from Tripoli.
Assists the family with technology-based business and ship maintenance.
Name: Alberto Moretti
Gender: Male
Mother: Adele Moretti
Father: Taddeo Moretti
Twin: Luigi Moretti
Born: 773
Info: Handles the "financial dealings" of the family with his twin.
Also oversees many trades and barters with other groups.
Name: Luigi Moretti
Gender: Male
Mother: Adele Moretti
Father: Taddeo Moretti
Twin: Alberto Moretti
Born: 773
Info: Handles the "financial dealings" of the family with his twin.
Also oversees many trades and barters with other groups.
Name: Imelda Bussolari
Maiden Name: Imelda Moretti
Gender: Female
Mother: Adele Moretti
Father: Taddeo Moretti
Husband: Ottavio Bussolari (married 703)
Born: 779
Info: Heavily involved in the family's technology business dealings along with her husband.
She could be classified as a grease monkey. Personally works on the family ships.
Name: Irene De Luca (DECEASED)
Gender: Female
Partner: Damiano Moretti (started 804, ended 811)
Born: 781
Died: 811
Info: Mistress of Damiano. Was killed with her daughter in shuttle crash.
[font=Viner Hand ITC]<span style="font-size:24pt;line-height:100%]The Third Generation
Name: Allesandro Moretti
Gender: Male
Mother: [color=#FFFF00]Grazia Moretti
Father: Damiano Moretti
Wife: Maria Moretti (married 818)
Born: 791
Info: As the eldest, he is learning the reigns of the family business.
He takes after his father, but with a colder and more ruthless approach to things.
Has a penchant for snubcraft and space warfare, much to his father's distaste.
Name: Renzo Moretti
Gender: Male
Mother: Grazia Moretti
Father: Damiano Moretti
Born: 795
Info: The second child, Renzo took to his grandfather and is quite the speaker and diplomat.
He handles various jobs that are handed down to him, those that require some form of smooth talking or trickery.
He usually stays on Crete, where most of the politics, and his grandfather, are.
Name: Flavia Moretti
Gender: Female
Mother: Grazia Moretti
Father: Damiano Moretti
Born: 797
Info: An intelligent woman. Fairer than her mother.
Tries to keep the family together while balancing the work she takes on.
(Usually the smuggling of highly valuable single items.)
Name: Maria Moretti
Maiden Name: Domina
Gender: Female
Husband: Allesandro Moretti (married 818)
Born: 799
Info: The newly-wed and pregnant wife of Allesandro.
Helps to tend the house with Adele and helps Giovanna.
Name: Rosario Moretti
Gender: Male
Mother: Grazia Moretti
Father: Damiano Moretti
Born: 800
Info: Has just come of age. Has yet to find a place in the family.
Not highly thought of. Absentminded.
Was originally intended for the monastery at age 12.
The De Luca scandal occurred one year beforehand.
Name: Innocentius Moretti
Name at Birth: Innocentius De Luca
Gender: Male
Mother: Irene De Luca
Father: Damiano Moretti
Born: 805
Info: Lovechild of Irene and Damiano. Adopted into the family after her death.
Takes after his uncles - Serafino, Alberto, and Luigi.
Name: Erminia Bussolari
Gender: Female
Mother: Imelda Bussolari
Father: Ottavio Bussolari
Born: 808
Info: Bright young student. Shows musical promise, especially vocally.
Often sings for family or guests, much to her chagrin.
Name: Isabella De Luca (DECEASED)
Gender: Female
Mother: Irene De Luca
Father: Damiano Moretti
Born: 810
Died: 811
Info: Lovechild of Irene and Damiano.
Killed in shuttle crash that killed her mother.