Leasline Belindorn

""Belay that!""

- -On the Evening Star, while battling pirates

Appearance
Leasline's height and build are about average for a dwarf. Her skin is a medium shade of brown, and she has long brown hair. Her face is covered with orange markings from the Belindorn clan. Her armor is painted green, and her shield bears the symbol of Marthammor Duin.

Personality
Leasline is not the most social dwarf around, and she is sometimes awkward in conversations. Still, she has a strong sense of camaraderie as a result of her time as a sailor. To those close to her, she is a brave and loyal friend. She has a somewhat unhealthy obsession with belaying pins. Perhaps surprisingly, she also enjoys reading.

History
Leasline grew up with the Belindorn clan of gold dwarves, but she always wanted to explore the world. Because of this, she came to worship Marthammor Duin, the dwarven god of wanderers. The somewhat traditionalist dwarves in her clan were a bit skeptical whenever she talked about Marthammor and her desire to explore, but they generally accepted it once she started talking about the treasure she hoped to find. One day, she left home and began traveling. Her journey led her to the Sword Coast, where she heard of ships that aimed to explore distant lands. She managed to find one such ship, the Evening Star, whose captain was willing to take her on as a crew member. Although the crew was not accustomed to having a dwarf - especially a female one - aboard, she eventually proved her capability to them. She enjoyed about eight years of exploring the seas. The Evening Star didn't find the treasure that Leasline was hoping to bring back, but the crew managed to bring back enough exotic plants and animals to raise the funds to continue sailing, and Leasline, unlike most dwarves, genuinely enjoyed the sailor's life. Everything changed one day when the Evening Star, on the way back to port, was attacked and boarded by pirates. Leasline prayed to Marthammor for help in fighting the pirates, and her prayers were answered. Although she was not carrying a weapon at the time, she grabbed a belaying pin, and Marthammor empowered it. With her help, the crew was able to fend off the pirates, but the ship was heavily damaged and several crew members killed. The ship was barely able to make it back to the port. The surviving crew members, lacking the funds to repair the ship, split up, leaving Leasline to begin her next journey - with her belaying pin still in her hand, and only Marthammor to guide her. Leasline prayed to Marthammor to lead her to a place where she could strengthen her connection to nature and have more chances to explore the world. This place was the Emerald Enclave on Ilighon. She joined the Enclave and felt at home there, but not long afterwards found herself at the center of the Enclave's battle against the emerald dragonborn Hadhrim Sunvaar when the latter (indirectly) knocked her unconscious. She recovered with a new resolve to help the Enclave in their struggle.

Abilities and Equipment
As a Nature cleric, Leasline has access to many cleric spells, as well as some spells that are more commonly used by druids. She has also read several books about the history of the Mordinsamman and learned a few additional spells from them. One of these spells lets her summon Cleite, a celestial hawk sent by Marthammor. Leasline still wields the belaying pin that she used on the Evening Star. She wears chain mail, which is dyed green (like the clothing commonly worn by Marthammor), and holds a shield with the symbol of Marthammor on it. She also possesses an assortment of mundane adventuring gear.

Relationships
Leasline is still on speaking terms with the Belindorn clan, but is not particularly close to them, as they do not really understand or accept the life she has chosen. She is on good terms with other volamtar (clerics of Marthammor Duin) living on the surface, but her adventuring lifestyle means that she is not particularly close to them either.

Leasline still has contacts among her fellow survivors from the Evening Star, many of whom are still sailing, as well as other sailors she has met. They tend to respect her for her skill at sailing and combat, and she sometimes relies on them for information.

Currently, most of Leasline's closest contacts are in the Emerald Enclave. She has a lot of respect for the leadership of the Enclave, including Vanya Blazeheart and Tee Levs. She has also befriended Avaril, who has unexplained divine powers, or curses, that Leasline hopes to help her understand.

Trivia
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