# Leo Belsher — Four-Day Planet character guide

> Leo Belsher in Four-Day Planet by H. Beam Piper.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Mr. Leo Belsher, Belsher, Mr. Belsher

**First appearance:** 0001-four-day-planet

## Snapshot

A lawyer and political fixer whose name surfaces whenever Port Sandor's wax profits and Steve Ravick's interests need laundering through respectable channels.

## Who they are

Leo Belsher moves through Fenris' power structure as the kind of lawyer who makes corruption look like governance, tied closely enough to Ravick and Mayor Hallstock that Walt's father wishes the coming reckoning might sweep him up too. He never appears on the page directly, but his name carries weight — a marker of the respectable face worn by the forces squeezing the hunter-ships. His presence in the background raises the stakes of every confrontation, reminding readers that Ravick's operation has lawyers and politicians behind it, not just thugs.

## Relationships

### [Steve Ravick](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/four_day_planet_se/characters/steve_ravick)

_professional_

Leo Belsher is a subordinate or associate of Steve Ravick, carrying out orders in the corporate hierarchy.

### [Glenn Murell](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/four_day_planet_se/characters/glenn_murell)

_professional_

Glenn Murell and Leo Belsher are colleagues in the same corrupt organization, working together to suppress opposition.

### [Glenn Murell](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/four_day_planet_se/characters/glenn_murell)

_professional_

Glenn Murell and Leo Belsher are colleagues in the same corrupt organization, working together to suppress opposition.

### [Steve Ravick](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/four_day_planet_se/characters/steve_ravick)

_professional_

Leo Belsher is a subordinate or associate of Steve Ravick, carrying out orders in the corporate hierarchy.

### [Steve Ravick](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/four_day_planet_se/characters/steve_ravick)

_professional_

Leo Belsher is a subordinate or associate of Steve Ravick, carrying out orders in the corporate hierarchy.

### [Glenn Murell](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/four_day_planet_se/characters/glenn_murell)

_professional_

Glenn Murell and Leo Belsher are colleagues in the same corrupt organization, working together to suppress opposition.

## In the story

### [Reporter Working](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/four_day_planet_se/chapters/reporter-working)

Lies to the reporter about a synthetic substitute for tallow-wax to justify price cuts.

### [Main City Level](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/four_day_planet_se/chapters/main-city-level)

Mentioned as making an idiotic statement; target of potential lynch law.

### [Meeting Out of Order](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/four_day_planet_se/chapters/meeting-out-of-order)

Representative from Kapstaad Chemical Products; announces the price reduction to 35 centisols, provoking anger.

### [Masks Off](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/four_day_planet_se/chapters/masks-off)

Fled with Ravick; captured at the spaceport.

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