Leaena

[&]Name/Alias: Tam
[&]Age: 28
[&]Experience: oodles
[&]How You Found Us?: Miss Cleo
[&]Member Title: Storyteller
Inactivity: adopt


[&]Full Name: Leaena
[&]Soul Name: Ca'on
[&]Tribe: Wavedancers
[&]Age: young adult (170)
[&]Gender: female

[&]List Of Personality: Leaena is a very thoughtful elf, and fairly quiet. She's definitely more of a listener than a talker, but she doesn't shy away from social situations. She is fairly comfortable in groups, but more comfortable in her own company, or the company of sea creatures, with whom she has a long-cultivated bond. She has a deep-seated fear of the unknown which keeps her from taking many risks. She wants to keep Wavedancer history alive, and greatly enjoys telling stories to anyone who will listen.

[&]Skills other than Sending?
-weaving: above average
-swimming: expert
-shapechanging (for tail purposes): expert
-hunting: average
-spear: average
-gathering: above average
-navigating by stars: average
-weather prediction: average

[&]Likes/Dislikes
+gathering shinies and weaving, finds the repetitive activity relaxing
+spending time in the sea with slaptails and wavedancers
+peace and quiet
+stargazing
+storytelling
-loud noises
-landers. she hates them, though they intrigue her.
-the unknown. everything about it.

[&]Family:
Mother: Panaetha (dead)
Father: Candeo (alive)
Aunt: Altica (dead)
Uncle: Ink-skin (dead)
Brother: Aethyr (alive, adopted brother, biological cousin)
Lovemates: Lagoon and Ailani (soulbonded)

[&]History: Leaena was born to a pod of Wavedancers living in the south. They were a very mobile group, having to move often to escape the growing lander threat. Leaena's birth was hurried, as it was during a skirmish with the landers. These frequent battles made the pod constantly on edge, waiting for the next attack. Growing up, Leaena did not identify much with her mother, who was a powerful healer, or her aunt Altica, who died birthing her son, Aethyr. She idolizes her father Candeo, a skilled warrior who loves her fiercely, and grew close to Aethyr and Ink-skin after Altica's death. She trained as a spear fighter, but quickly discovered that large battles were not something she could easily deal with. Ashamed, she retreated to the ocean, comforted there by the kind, playful wavedancers who shared their cove. Ever since, she's worked on developing close relationships with all kinds of sea creatures. She knows that the sea holds just as many dangers as the land, if not more, but she knows the sea better.

The last battle was a bad one, and the landers managed to kill many members of the pod, including her mother, her uncle, and the chief. The survivors fled and, after seeing many beaches already occupied with human ships, they finally found the beach to the east of the Wolfriders. Now the elves are trying to rebuild their lives, and Leaena trying to find her place in the tribe. The lack of particular closeness between her and her mother has her wracked with guilt, now that she has no chance to change that. She hopes to not repeat the situation with Aethyr, now her brother.

After the first Spawning at the pod's new beach, Leaena Recognized Ailani. Though their bond would naturally not result in pips, it served as a catalyst to seal the bond between Lagoon, Ailani, and Leaena, forming a triad. A couple turns later, the beach was destroyed by a hurricane and the caves they moved in to were housing a legendary Maraeva, lured by a quickly shrinking patch of old magic. The pod opted to kill the creature, much to Leaena's dismay; her love of the sea and stories were no small influence in that, but she also felt it unfair, believing the Maraeva never truly meant them harm. Her disappointment lasts for turns after it happens...she hopes that the pod will eventually move on from their penchant for fear-based decision-making.

On the beach these days, her relationship with Lagoon and Ailani remains strong, and she is a happy netweaver and pipsitter, though the pips don't flock for her stories like they used to. Her father, Candeo, left the pod once the pips could take care of themselves and Aethyr adjusted to losing one of his arms; she misses him, but does sometimes feel relieved to not have him over her shoulder all the time. The pod thriving gives her hope, and though she idly wonders why she and her loves haven't had pips of their own, she's guessing they have enough in the pod as it is.

[&]Often seen wearing: a grey, one-shoulder dress made from woven sea grasses, ends at mid thigh. Wears various jewelry, earrings, bracelets, and a blue gem around her neck that was her mother's. 
[&]Hair: blue-black, very wavy
[&]Eyes: bright blue, round
[&]Other: Her hands are a little webbed (to the first knuckle on each finger), and she has webbed feet. Does have the fancy webbed ears, more like Snakeskin's. Her tail is blue and white-striped, similar to the pattern of a whale shark. She also chose to forgo scales in favor of a thick, leathery skin.