Lessla Dee

Lessla Dee Ironfall (Formerly known as Sin Dee or Sin of Ushook or simply Lessla Dee) is a Queston native, arguably the first Queston native having lived in the vicinity of the guildhall several months prior to the arrival of the airships that contained the majority of veteran guild members in 1 ALG. Lessla is known as the secondary barmaid, frequently working in the Guildhall as a hobby when she is not working on quests or committed to active duty. Her activity as a barmaid continues, even now during her retirement. Her name, Ironfall, was adopted as a mutual name between herself and her fiancé Star Ironfall. Dee is a title, similar to 'baron' but specifically refers to her status as a master craftsman. Lessla was chosen as her name during her gender affirmation process.

Description
Lessla is about the average height of a human woman, standing at approximately 172 centimeters. She posesses a light green complexion that is accentuated by half elven features. Her hair is approximately shoulder length and she can be frequently noted as wearing clothes considered "unusual" for the season or period of weather presently active at any given time

Combat Style
Having learned much of her combat skills from the same place as she mastered the tool belt, her main style of combat relies on her trusty crossbow. She supports her squadmates with potions and spells as she is able, though she is a primarily support character.

Background
Lessla was born sometime between 14-15 years before Queston was settled (14-15 BLG) During this time she raided and pillaged, as well as commit offences like kidnapping that would draw the ire of local officials. Shortly before the guild responded to the plea of locals to stop her clans raiding, Lessla, then known as Sin, found a way out by means of a complicated magical machine. The machine could produce the goods needed by the clan to remain self sufficient, but they still required slave labour for other purposes, it is noted that during this time she did not object, as they were deemed acts neccessary for the survival of the collective clan. As such her behaviour as well as the clans did not shift excepting reduced overall raiding. This led to a threat assessment reduction, and the choice to send less experienced adventurers to deduce the issue in a nearby town; fienfeld.

When they arrived at the lair of Lessla and her clan the adventurers noted that she and several others were obviously ill, later it was determined that this was caused by the machine, and when the rest of her clan resisted the guilders attempt to rescue those taken captive by the clan, they had no choice but to engage. At the sight of this Lessla, who had at the time only one hand due to a mysterious affliction caused by the machine, charged into battle, but was swiftly and easily subdued. Noting her injuries, she was spared and escorted to the village for community service following her recovery.

Some time later, Lessla made her way into the dwarven clan system as an expert crafter, earning the title of Dee (an honorific similar to the title of "Sir" endowed upon innovative craftsmen) for her efforts and having her arm restored by magic with the aid of an elven healer. Unfortunately it was during this time that her mind became damaged, it seems to have coincided with her acquiring an objects tied to the old machine which had caused her to lose her arm and she began to obsessively use the object to swap and morph her form between herself and a secondary form. The two did not coincide to a change in personality but did reduce the damage to her mind.

Arrival at Queston
Determining that staying with the clan crafters would risk their safety she chose to flee into isolation, settling near the town of Corwick, and making a living doing blacksmith work out of her shack. Several months later the illness continued to progress, presenting a general amnesia about her past that would carry on for some time.

Time With the Guild
When the guilders arrived to settle near her shack she was baffled and apparently took offense to their presence, though she did not know why. The first guild member she would meet was in fact Mithemia Ironfall, the future guildmaster of the Guild at Queston. Lessla befriended several members and would meet her long time partner, Star, shortly after shooting her with a crossbow in a confused and terrified introduction. It was around this time she produced Strauss, her mechano-magical pet, and the 'soup' incident occured, which resolved in realisation of a transgender identity.

With counselling and medical aid, Lessla was eventually able to recover from her illness, and regained her lost memory, in the process changing to a form halfway between elf and goblin, permanently. Shortly thereafter she developed a potion capable of permanently swapping the binary sex of a willing humanoid creature which can be produced from her recipe using a week of downtime.

Lessla, upon returning from a quest to seek two puppies in Northbank, realised her potential and, due to the influence of the now destroyed artifact of the machine, is capable of producing shadow magicks with several unknown effects on her health.

Her exploration of these powers was interupted however, when a ghostly spirit took over her form. The spirit kidnapped her, and she was rescued by Star and Leonel, among others. The group rescued her, but not before her soul was tied up in the power of a second ring. The ring also trapped the spirit who had kidnapped her, which was later referred to as Carloz per his pre-death identity. Their relationship has become like friends and Lessla seems to be growing more mentorly towards him, when she has time to speak with him in private. In the same few months, Lessla became highly unstable emotionally due to events that leave her functioning in the guild at reduced capacity. In the first week of 2 ALG she was kidnapped, by her brother, who sought to get revenge, and use of a powerful machine he believed she could restore. He was eventually stopped and she was rescued, though she substained trauma to her body.

Following her kidnapping she has sworn off the danger of adventuring, and has vowed to remain in Queston at star's side, retiring in 2 ALG.

In early 2ALG Lessla becomes the proprieter of the Sinner's Club Restaurant.

Relationships
Star: Lessla has a romantic relationship with Star, a female tabaxi living in Queston with whom she shares a home.

Mithemia Ironfall: Guildmaster Ironfall has 'adopted' Lessla in a sense, with the two having confirmed their parental relationship during conversations in the guildhall. Lessla also seems to have twice said Mom when she intended to say Mithemia, further cementing the idea she sees her a maternal voice in her life.

Borrik: Borrik and Lessla can be considered friends, despite the poor standing Star holds for him following his mental breakdown and subsequent assault in 1 ALG. Lessla sees him as a reflection of what anyone can be when they abandon hope, and so often treats him with pity rather than the contempt many other peers offer him. She still tries to console him, despite the potential friction that resides in Borrik's past incidents with Star. She has acted at times as his counselor, trying to urge him to move on and find happiness in life following the events of his breakdown. However, following a final set of outbursts which left him entirely unstable, she urged him to seek professional counseling and to leave town for his own sake, and the sake of his recovery. She wished him farewell, and he has not seen her since.

Andrus Ironfall: The first Gentleman of the Guild at Queston is similar in status to Mithemia in the mind of Lessla, who sees him as something of a childish father, or goofy uncle. He aided her in the production of the potions for which she is now famous, and first gave her the idea of how it might be done. She officially adoptd him as

Megas: Megas is generally contrastive to the typically very positive relations between guildmates and Lessla Dee. He to Lessla is complicated and at times tense, she feels he is imperfect and problematic, and overall a malus to the guild. She has tried to overcome their incongruity by being overtly pleasant in the past but this has seemingly only increased her cold hostility as he fails to grasp the intent or emotion of the fences she sought to mend. At the moment there is an uneasy working relationship, if not, general dislike. for megas, in the mind of Lessla. During the final months of 1 ALG Lessla's emotions to him worsen, to a level safely within the zone of what can be called hatred.

Leonel: Leonel Hawkbreaker is the counter to Borrik. Lessla has seen him fight many difficult struggles, but unlike Borrik he has not broken. As such she looks up to him as something of an idol, to be revered and respected by junior adventurers like herself. She sees him like an older brother due to the way he interacts with her, and the difference in their age. Out of respect for Leo, she decided to name her first born Elias, after his departed love.

Allum: Allum is a close friend, and the first person besides Mithemia who learned of her transgender identity. Lessla regards Allum as some of the best the guild can offer, in spirit and in moral direction. She sees her as an older sister or brother, depending on their current form, but has a deeper affection for her than for Leonel, and in many ways considers Allum to be her closest confidant, besides Star.

Luna: One of Lessla's most difficult relationships is that with Luna Mithemia's pet Cuatl. Lessla holds a healthy respect for the cuatl but usually her treatment of the creature is just courting her so she will do as Lessla wants her to. Though she has no openly said so, Lessla clearly finds Luna's interference with her and star's time together to be difficult, and often tiresome. Though she does love the creature as one might any pet, this can sometimes be outweighed by her desire to spend time with the person who she truly loves, star. Ultimately however, Luna is part of Lessla's extended family, and for all the trouble she can cause, Lessla would fight and die for her. As of 2 ALG their relationship seems to have grown, and Lessla is much more welcoming of Luna's affection and attention.

Trivia

 * Lessla is bisexual though has only had a single confirmed relationship, with star, her current partner.
 * Lessla's catch phrase when firing her Crossbow is "Shooty-shoot!"
 * Lessla has never remained conscious for the whole of a quest before, even when controlled as a DM operated NPC
 * Lessla's dream is to open a restaurant in Queston and work there when she retires from adventuring.
 * It was noted that as of the 11th month of 1ALG, Lessla has no heartbeat, though this was resolved with Eternum's help
 * Lessla insists she is just a good mechanic, but many insist her machines shouldn't work without magic, to which she replies with giggles.
 * Lessla's favourite alcohol is Scotch whisky, though these days she seems to have a fondness for peach juice instead.