Halsin

{{Person }} Halsin was the archdruid of the Emerald Grove on the Sword Coast during the late 15 century DR. He led his people in service to the Oak Father, Silvanus.
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"Grace is bestowed by nature, not me."

- Grand Druid Halsin.

Description
He struck an imposing figure, and was described as a "bear of an elf". He received his bear claw scar on his face from a wild shape-bear incident, a she-bear in mating season mistaken him and was offended by his discouragement.

Personality
Halsin was a strong leader who was highly respected among his fellow druids. He suspected his "bearish" figure was due to a half-orc ancestral link or some strange species.

In his youth as a druid, he visited the Underdark to experience its unworldly fauna's beauty, but was captured by a drow matron and stayed in their House for three years as their imprisoned consort. As a wood elf, he was polyamorous.

Abilities
As an experienced druid, Halsin was a skilled shapeshifter of the Circle of the Moon. He was capable of transforming himself into a mighty, gray-furred bear.

Relationships
"I had a friend when I was young, long ago. He played with me in the forests where I grew up...but eventually, I realized no one else had heard of him. It was Thaniel, of course. Nature was my very first friend. I get older, but he hasn't changed a day."

- Halsin. Halsin was served well by his fellow druid Rath, and several others. While the senior Kagha served as archdruid in his stead, she hardly shared Halsin's outlook on leadership. He had an apprentice named Nettie, who wears a Key of the Ancients.

As a mere child, he became strongly bonded and a playmate with the nature spirit, Thaniel.

He was the last of his line, the rest buried in High Forest under the Grandfather Tree. From then on, he dedicated himself to the grove as his family and Silvanus as his teacher.

History
Sometime around the, Halsin came into conflict with Ketheric Thorm and the army of Dark Justiciars he formed in the Underdark. While he emerged victorious, the great druid could not prevent them bringing shadow upon the lands around the Moonrise Towers. His friend Thaniel was cursed by the then Shar-devotee Ketheric.

In the, Halsin opened up his grove to a group of tieflings that fled west from the city of Elturel.

That same year, accompanied by his apprentice healer Nettie, Halsin encountered a drow who had been infected with a mind flayer tadpole, but had yet to undergo the process of ceremorphosis. The master-apprentice pair returned to the Emerald Grove to conduct an examination of the non-ceremorphed drow. Intrigued and worried about this, he began traveling west to the Moonrise Towers alone, meeting up with Aradin and his adventuring party along the way.

Unfortunately, Halsin was captured by the goblinoid members of the Cult of the Absolute, and imprisoned within the ruined Selûnite temple referred to as the Shattered Sanctum.

Appearances

 * Video Games
 * Baldur's Gate III
 * Card Games