Leannan

**Leannan** is a Titania Fae, ruler of the former plantfolk city-state of Laruel, and former emissary of the World Sapling. She has long established a friendly relationship with the Griffon Kingdom.

## Appearance

### Titania Form

The Titania looks like a giantess fused with several kinds of different plants. She stands over 3 meters (10 feet) tall, with wheat blond hair, light green eyes, and slightly long pointy ears. Her skin is pearly pink and she wears a sleeveless dress made of vines that covers everything under her collarbone. Several branches come out from the back of her head and a thick bunch of leaflets circle around her forehead, giving the impression she wears some kind of tribal tiara. She wears brambles around her neck.

Leannan's neck, shoulders, and arms are exposed and used to be covered with runes. Small branches also grow on her forearms, where her skin is mostly bark covered in ivy. Her hands have slender fingers ending with long nails that together with the wrinkly appearance of the wood and their darker color make them look like they belong to a much older woman. There was beauty in her, but no kindness nor warmth.

## Abilities

The plant Sovereign has an uncanny physical prowess and her dress hides several powerful artifacts. Her tattoos are enchanted and draw power from the World Sapling. She wields the War Shackles, a pair of large twin battle hammers that allow her to express the full potential of her physical prowess.

## Background

Leannan was born from a Fae, and so is not Awakened.

Despite being an undead plantfolk, Erlik the Draugr Treant defeated Leannan's constables, gaining the right to defy her and challenge her rule. In order to increase his numbers, he engineered the Jiera Continent's plague to affect only plants, not killing them but just partially turning them into undead. As innocent citizens were being turned against their will, Leannan is forced to ask the three Great Countries for help to cure the plague, as well as help her preserve her seat. Due to the difficulty in evolving into Fae, many of the infected sentient plants became drunk on their new power and asked Erlik to complete the process of their own volition.

Leannan meets Lith's group and they re-examine the tree-house, discovering the mold is capable of overtaking its host's life force and eventually turning their victims into mold. Leannan realizes Erlik's end goal of using the mold to establish a link with and take over the Laruel World Sapling. Unable to locate Erlik's hideout without merging with the treehouse and alerting Erlik, Leannan asks Lith's group to hunt him down. Lith and Kalla successfully analyze the scarring on the treehouse as a mass of darkness magic imbued with Erlik's willpower, and relay their findings to Leannan. The Sovereign thanks Kalla for her help and apologizes for having doubted her loyalties earlier due to Kalla's undead nature and comes to realize Lith's Awakened nature as well.

The Sovereign mobilizes her troops and alerts the other city-states of the threat at hand to the Sapling. She requests their help, but the most they offer are troops to help the search. Erlik is pushed into action after Kaelan's failure to assassinate Jirni and Kamila in Othre, and storms the gates of Leannan's castle. His reveals partial control over the Sapling, allowing him to control Laruel's Warp Gates, preventing the other city-state Sovereigns and Leannan's elite soldiers from entering. His tentative agreement with the Sapling allows him to tap into the Saplings power like Leannan, and he successfully pressures her.

The two fight for control of the Sapling's wooden tendrils to attack their respective enemy armies. Erlik enacts his contingency plan, converting the sacks of symbiote into giant Draugrlings that destroy their way to Erlik. Leannan poisons the World Sapling with darkness magic along with Erlik due to the two's connection, enabling her to kill him.

Quylla and Marth disable the Grendelings while Leannan faces Gremlik in combat. The Sapling learns of Leannan's plan to get rid of it after the battle, forcing it to make a contract with the Grendel, but he is reduced to dust by a barrage of spells. Leannan severs her link with the Sapling, ending the city of Laruel.

## Quotes

* *"Your ignorance just reassures me that we've been doing our job right. Our secrecy is what has protected us so far, preventing countless conflicts with small men plagued by even smaller minds."* (Leannan to Quylla, Chapter 818)
* *"By the Great Mother, my subjects are a bunch of morons! They are so used to freely talk about everything that they spilled the beans with humans just to satisfy their urge to mate. So much for Laruel's secret."* (Chapter 819)
* *"Do you really think that size is the only thing that matters? Have you ever wondered where the word 'titan' comes from?"* (Leannan to Erlik, Chapter 840)

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 797
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Chapter 818
3. ↑ Chapter 845
4. ↑ Chapter 802
5. ↑ Chapter 798
6. ↑ Chapter 799
7. ↑ Chapter 820
8. ↑ Chapter 822
9. ↑ Chapter 824
10. ↑ Chapter 834
11. ↑ Chapter 843
12. ↑ Chapter 846