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[Application] Leon Magnus ; Cerealia
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◎ Name: Cal
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Character Info
◎ Character's Name: Leon Magnus ; his real name is Emilio Katrea, but he basically always goes by Leon.
◎ Character's Canon: Tales of Destiny
◎ Character's Age: 16
◎ Canon Point: Post-death
◎ Background/History:
A wiki link plus game information.
As a side note, I'll be going by the remake of ToD canon, since it seems to be the most generally accepted canon re: consistency for later Leon appearances. The wiki still covers everything, though!
◎ Is the character a hacker and/or do they have a sixth-sense? Neither of the two!
◎ Personality:
"Whatever reason it is ...I did as I wished! Even if I could choose again, I would choose the same path."
Leon is a rather complicated sixteen-year-old brooding bratling.
He's entirely a product of his upbringing; all his life, as the son of a wealthy, influential man, Leon was in that man's shadow. To make matters worse, he was in equal parts ignored and abused by Hugo, his father, and that left him not broken and beaten, but rather fiercely determined to be independent. After spending years under that man's thumb, Leon wants nothing more than to be looked at and accepted by his own merits--it is for this reason that he takes his own name, and stops using his birth name.
Leon Magnus wants to accomplish things under his own power and be his own person--and using the name "Magnus", or "greatest", he has incredibly high aspirations at that. Leon definitely doesn't have any lack of gritty, well-earned self-confidence; at the age of 16, he's the youngest knight-captain of the kingdom of Seinegald, a position he earned not through his father's influence, but on his own merits as a prodigy swordsman. He takes said position incredibly seriously, accomplishing his missions with intensely narrow focus. Failure isn't an option for someone who's as stubborn and perfectionist-oriented as Leon. And with as successful as he generally is, he's arrogant at that, generally refusing to put up with people he doesn't think are worth his time, especially when they're annoying or irritating or loud.
Because honestly, Leon has been raised for one purpose and one purpose only, and that is to be Hugo's pawn, able to be manipulated and used in any purpose he pleases. Leon's a child soldier, with the majority of his education having been geared towards that. He's actually excellent at leading other soldiers, though he does so with a great deal of harshness; however, as the party notes, he does so in order to keep their obedience, as he's generally much, much younger than the people he's commanding, and they have been shown to often sneer at him openly for that. In the end, in order to deal with such a thing, he's only grown harsher and harsher, attempting to compensate for his lack of authority in that way. And, of course, Leon is incredibly loyal to the kingdom he serves, though not so much to Hugo--rather than making him an obedient pawn of Hugo's, Hugo's treatment of him made him significantly more rebellious.
Leon's good at being contrary.
But on the flip side, because he was raised to solely be that soldier, he's terrible at...practically everything else.
Leon was raised relatively isolated, and so his most important person in the entire world to him is his maid, and his only friend is his talking sword.
He's that pathetic.
Marian, his maid, is basically the only person who ever showed him any kindness while he was growing up; because of this, he's unsurprisingly incredibly attached to her. She's the only person he really listens to, and a gentle admonition from her is enough to get him to backtrack and try to fix it. He wants to see her smile, and wants to make her proud; it's one of the major driving forces behind everything he does. It is for Marian that he works so hard, and it is for Marian that he eventually betrays the party, because no matter what, nothing can displace how important she is to him.
There's some weird Oedipal complex stuff here but nobody really cares about that WHAT REALLY MATTERS IS THAT SHE'S IMPORTANT TO HIM.
And from all of this, it's pretty clear that he's not used to people being nice to him. Honestly, he's not used to people at all, but in general definitely not them being nice to him. He is used to people trying to use him for his station, trying to suck up to him for their own gain, and similar corrupted things; for that reason, he's incredibly slow to trust. People like Stahn, who are completely guileless, make absolutely no sense to him.
He says very often that he hates people like Stahn--"I hate happy-go-lucky play-in-the-sun-bastards like you!" For the most part, it is entirely true; he can't stand that people have the ability to be that way, simply because of the way they managed to live apart from him, and he can't stand the way that Stahn is able to be cheerful and bright no matter what comes his way. It seems entirely unfair, and Leon doesn't like it. On top of that, he doesn't understand; he'll never understand people like that, and what Leon doesn't understand, he doesn't like. He's pretty close-minded like that.
Because Leon comes from a world where that isn't the case. He comes from a world that has made him cold, distant and stubborn. He's honestly painfully lonely, when it comes right down to it, and the fact that other people make friends easily and simply when he just doesn't understand it himself doesn't make him any happier about it. He doesn't want friends, but he doesn't want to be alone, either; he hates being alone even more than he hates being around people.
You can see where the problems arise out of this.
Because when it comes down to it, Leon is just a really maladjusted sixteen-year-old boy. Spending time with Stahn and the party makes him realize that he really doesn't mind being around people, even loud, annoying people; as much as he gripes and complains about it, by the end of their journey he's griping and complaining because that's what he does, not because he means it. Spending that time traveling made him open up his eyes a little, especially with Stahn's constant friendship speeches and overtures of friendship; in the end, he really did start to consider Stahn a friend, and even the others as well, and it's all due to their influence on him. (Naturally, that's when things start to go wrong.)
Either way, he's really only at the beginning stages of being able to accept other people into his life when he, well, dies. It's really a shame, too, because that is the moment in which he really believes that he can extend his trust to someone else. Leon betrays the party and fully expects them to hate him for it; he's entirely ready for their condemnation, and even practically asks them for it. Instead, Stahn offers him his hand in friendship, and offers to help him, and it floors Leon. Stahn offers him his hand, and the first thing he can say is, "...Even after all this, you can still call me your friend." It's the strangest thought in the world to him, but that is what convinces him that Stahn is telling the truth. He can trust them. He wants to trust them--and then everything goes wrong and he makes his heroic sacrifice and dies.
Of course, he ends up doing so to save Marian and the party in various ways; the reason he betrays them all is to save Marian, because she is his most important person and he would do anything for her. That's just a given, and it was inevitable from the moment she was held hostage. Because Leon is such a pitiful person that even given the thought to ask for help, he doesn't know how. He doesn't know if the others will come to his aid. He doesn't know if he has the right to ask. And he's afraid of the thought that they wouldn't help him, and so he never asks. He never tries to get help, and that's what leads to his death in the end; his inability to lean on anyone else is his greatest failing.
For him, though, being able to die in that way is an escape; Leon has done horrible things by betraying the party and allowing Hugo to manipulate him. He's ruined his reputation, he's killed one of the men he trusted and legitimately liked, and he's helped put into motion the end of the world. Being forced to fight his friends is the final straw, and when the opportunity comes to save them at the price of his own life, he doesn't hesitate. He does it, and when he dies, it's with some satisfaction--because honestly, Leon is a coward in some ways, and he doesn't want to face up to the consequences of his actions at all. Of all of the people affected by his actions, the one who hates Leon the most is Leon.
He regrets betraying them; the things he says and does in the sequel when he's brought back to life (don't ask, no really) make that really clear. But he's unable to say that to the party before he dies, instead sending them off with a "So... I leave the rest to you" and leaves it at that. He's ever unable to explain himself, to talk about his emotions (or even deal with them), and he's incredibly secretive about himself as well. This makes him hard to understand, and alienates people from him even more, so really, he's a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Also he's a tsundere. He can't admit when he likes things (he has an intense sweet tooth but thinks it's embarrassing, and so he pretends he doesn't like sweets), he tries to act as though he doesn't care about other people even when he does, and he's an utter embarrassment. He's the perfect depiction of someone who's incredibly cold on the outside but surprisingly somewhat sweet on the inside, when you get to the point where he'd consider you important.
So really, while he's pretty tragic, he's even more tragically dumb and managed to bring about his own downfall; Leon needs to learn how to act like a normal person, stat.
On Chaltier:
Chaltier is Leon's talking sword and his only friend because he is a sad lonely pathetic person. But honestly, Chaltier has been with Leon since he was really, really young. He calls him "young master" and listens to everything he says; he's an intensely loyalperson sword, and only to Leon.
But he's also just a precious cinnamon roll of a person. He's sincere, good-natured and a little childish, and he wants to be noticed and paid attention to. In life, he was a young Army Squadron Leader, but one who was rarely taken seriously, and so it's reflected in his personality--he wants to be taken seriously, if nothing else.
Overall, though, he's just really a sweet, genuine soul so it's hilarious that he ended up as Leon's sword of all people.
◎ Powers/Abilities:
Leon is a Tales character, which means that he has a lot of Artes, or skills, because Tales characters are ridiculous. But to sum it up simply, Leon fights in a two-handed style with a sword (Chaltier) in his left hand and a dagger in his other hand. He's the speedy glass cannon of the group; Leon's damage output is incredibly high, all of his artes are Very Fast, but his HP is nothing to write home about and he really, really can't take a hit.
He's also capable of using spells, which are either earth or dark-aligned and generally involve him throwing around dark spears or throwing rocks at people.
Here's a link to all of his artes.
Due to possessing Chaltier, who is a Swordian, he is capable of using the aforementioned magical skills; without him, Leon would be left with only his swordsmanship.
Also he can use Pow Hammer because he is a manly man.
◎ Weapons & Other Special Inventory:
- Chaltier, his talking, earth-magic based sword
- A dagger
that's it
CEREALIA-Specific
◎ Element: Earth : despite not being an earth-y person, Chaltier is the Swordian of Earth which in turn makes Leon the Swordian Master of Earth. He's a terrible Earth element though.
◎ Sense: Touch : Leon's got some big hang-ups that have to do with touch, coming from an abusive home situation; it's almost always touch that gets him to react most emphatically. And in one of the most iconic scenes in the game, he never does quite manage to take Stahn's hand.
◎ Seven Character Traits:
( + )
- Independent
- Driven
- Intelligent ( - )
- Cold
- Stubborn
- Temperamental ( +/- )
- Self-reliant/Untrusting
Samples
◎ First-Person Sample: 1 | 2 | 3
◎ Third-Person Sample: Already in the game with Sousei and Ruby!eternally
◎ Is your character retaining any previous game memories? N/A!
◎ Name: Cal
◎ Journal:
kalisona◎ Contact:
◎ Current Character(s):
Abe no Sousei | Donten ni Warau |
deontologyRuby Rose | RWBY |
undauntsCharacter Info
◎ Character's Name: Leon Magnus ; his real name is Emilio Katrea, but he basically always goes by Leon.
◎ Character's Canon: Tales of Destiny
◎ Character's Age: 16
◎ Canon Point: Post-death
◎ Background/History:
A wiki link plus game information.
As a side note, I'll be going by the remake of ToD canon, since it seems to be the most generally accepted canon re: consistency for later Leon appearances. The wiki still covers everything, though!
◎ Is the character a hacker and/or do they have a sixth-sense? Neither of the two!
◎ Personality:
Leon is a rather complicated sixteen-year-old brooding bratling.
He's entirely a product of his upbringing; all his life, as the son of a wealthy, influential man, Leon was in that man's shadow. To make matters worse, he was in equal parts ignored and abused by Hugo, his father, and that left him not broken and beaten, but rather fiercely determined to be independent. After spending years under that man's thumb, Leon wants nothing more than to be looked at and accepted by his own merits--it is for this reason that he takes his own name, and stops using his birth name.
Leon Magnus wants to accomplish things under his own power and be his own person--and using the name "Magnus", or "greatest", he has incredibly high aspirations at that. Leon definitely doesn't have any lack of gritty, well-earned self-confidence; at the age of 16, he's the youngest knight-captain of the kingdom of Seinegald, a position he earned not through his father's influence, but on his own merits as a prodigy swordsman. He takes said position incredibly seriously, accomplishing his missions with intensely narrow focus. Failure isn't an option for someone who's as stubborn and perfectionist-oriented as Leon. And with as successful as he generally is, he's arrogant at that, generally refusing to put up with people he doesn't think are worth his time, especially when they're annoying or irritating or loud.
Because honestly, Leon has been raised for one purpose and one purpose only, and that is to be Hugo's pawn, able to be manipulated and used in any purpose he pleases. Leon's a child soldier, with the majority of his education having been geared towards that. He's actually excellent at leading other soldiers, though he does so with a great deal of harshness; however, as the party notes, he does so in order to keep their obedience, as he's generally much, much younger than the people he's commanding, and they have been shown to often sneer at him openly for that. In the end, in order to deal with such a thing, he's only grown harsher and harsher, attempting to compensate for his lack of authority in that way. And, of course, Leon is incredibly loyal to the kingdom he serves, though not so much to Hugo--rather than making him an obedient pawn of Hugo's, Hugo's treatment of him made him significantly more rebellious.
Leon's good at being contrary.
But on the flip side, because he was raised to solely be that soldier, he's terrible at...practically everything else.
Leon was raised relatively isolated, and so his most important person in the entire world to him is his maid, and his only friend is his talking sword.
He's that pathetic.
Marian, his maid, is basically the only person who ever showed him any kindness while he was growing up; because of this, he's unsurprisingly incredibly attached to her. She's the only person he really listens to, and a gentle admonition from her is enough to get him to backtrack and try to fix it. He wants to see her smile, and wants to make her proud; it's one of the major driving forces behind everything he does. It is for Marian that he works so hard, and it is for Marian that he eventually betrays the party, because no matter what, nothing can displace how important she is to him.
There's some weird Oedipal complex stuff here but nobody really cares about that WHAT REALLY MATTERS IS THAT SHE'S IMPORTANT TO HIM.
And from all of this, it's pretty clear that he's not used to people being nice to him. Honestly, he's not used to people at all, but in general definitely not them being nice to him. He is used to people trying to use him for his station, trying to suck up to him for their own gain, and similar corrupted things; for that reason, he's incredibly slow to trust. People like Stahn, who are completely guileless, make absolutely no sense to him.
He says very often that he hates people like Stahn--"I hate happy-go-lucky play-in-the-sun-bastards like you!" For the most part, it is entirely true; he can't stand that people have the ability to be that way, simply because of the way they managed to live apart from him, and he can't stand the way that Stahn is able to be cheerful and bright no matter what comes his way. It seems entirely unfair, and Leon doesn't like it. On top of that, he doesn't understand; he'll never understand people like that, and what Leon doesn't understand, he doesn't like. He's pretty close-minded like that.
Because Leon comes from a world where that isn't the case. He comes from a world that has made him cold, distant and stubborn. He's honestly painfully lonely, when it comes right down to it, and the fact that other people make friends easily and simply when he just doesn't understand it himself doesn't make him any happier about it. He doesn't want friends, but he doesn't want to be alone, either; he hates being alone even more than he hates being around people.
You can see where the problems arise out of this.
Because when it comes down to it, Leon is just a really maladjusted sixteen-year-old boy. Spending time with Stahn and the party makes him realize that he really doesn't mind being around people, even loud, annoying people; as much as he gripes and complains about it, by the end of their journey he's griping and complaining because that's what he does, not because he means it. Spending that time traveling made him open up his eyes a little, especially with Stahn's constant friendship speeches and overtures of friendship; in the end, he really did start to consider Stahn a friend, and even the others as well, and it's all due to their influence on him. (Naturally, that's when things start to go wrong.)
Either way, he's really only at the beginning stages of being able to accept other people into his life when he, well, dies. It's really a shame, too, because that is the moment in which he really believes that he can extend his trust to someone else. Leon betrays the party and fully expects them to hate him for it; he's entirely ready for their condemnation, and even practically asks them for it. Instead, Stahn offers him his hand in friendship, and offers to help him, and it floors Leon. Stahn offers him his hand, and the first thing he can say is, "...Even after all this, you can still call me your friend." It's the strangest thought in the world to him, but that is what convinces him that Stahn is telling the truth. He can trust them. He wants to trust them--and then everything goes wrong and he makes his heroic sacrifice and dies.
Of course, he ends up doing so to save Marian and the party in various ways; the reason he betrays them all is to save Marian, because she is his most important person and he would do anything for her. That's just a given, and it was inevitable from the moment she was held hostage. Because Leon is such a pitiful person that even given the thought to ask for help, he doesn't know how. He doesn't know if the others will come to his aid. He doesn't know if he has the right to ask. And he's afraid of the thought that they wouldn't help him, and so he never asks. He never tries to get help, and that's what leads to his death in the end; his inability to lean on anyone else is his greatest failing.
For him, though, being able to die in that way is an escape; Leon has done horrible things by betraying the party and allowing Hugo to manipulate him. He's ruined his reputation, he's killed one of the men he trusted and legitimately liked, and he's helped put into motion the end of the world. Being forced to fight his friends is the final straw, and when the opportunity comes to save them at the price of his own life, he doesn't hesitate. He does it, and when he dies, it's with some satisfaction--because honestly, Leon is a coward in some ways, and he doesn't want to face up to the consequences of his actions at all. Of all of the people affected by his actions, the one who hates Leon the most is Leon.
He regrets betraying them; the things he says and does in the sequel when he's brought back to life (don't ask, no really) make that really clear. But he's unable to say that to the party before he dies, instead sending them off with a "So... I leave the rest to you" and leaves it at that. He's ever unable to explain himself, to talk about his emotions (or even deal with them), and he's incredibly secretive about himself as well. This makes him hard to understand, and alienates people from him even more, so really, he's a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Also he's a tsundere. He can't admit when he likes things (he has an intense sweet tooth but thinks it's embarrassing, and so he pretends he doesn't like sweets), he tries to act as though he doesn't care about other people even when he does, and he's an utter embarrassment. He's the perfect depiction of someone who's incredibly cold on the outside but surprisingly somewhat sweet on the inside, when you get to the point where he'd consider you important.
So really, while he's pretty tragic, he's even more tragically dumb and managed to bring about his own downfall; Leon needs to learn how to act like a normal person, stat.
Chaltier is Leon's talking sword and his only friend because he is a sad lonely pathetic person. But honestly, Chaltier has been with Leon since he was really, really young. He calls him "young master" and listens to everything he says; he's an intensely loyal
But he's also just a precious cinnamon roll of a person. He's sincere, good-natured and a little childish, and he wants to be noticed and paid attention to. In life, he was a young Army Squadron Leader, but one who was rarely taken seriously, and so it's reflected in his personality--he wants to be taken seriously, if nothing else.
Overall, though, he's just really a sweet, genuine soul so it's hilarious that he ended up as Leon's sword of all people.
◎ Powers/Abilities:
Leon is a Tales character, which means that he has a lot of Artes, or skills, because Tales characters are ridiculous. But to sum it up simply, Leon fights in a two-handed style with a sword (Chaltier) in his left hand and a dagger in his other hand. He's the speedy glass cannon of the group; Leon's damage output is incredibly high, all of his artes are Very Fast, but his HP is nothing to write home about and he really, really can't take a hit.
He's also capable of using spells, which are either earth or dark-aligned and generally involve him throwing around dark spears or throwing rocks at people.
Here's a link to all of his artes.
Due to possessing Chaltier, who is a Swordian, he is capable of using the aforementioned magical skills; without him, Leon would be left with only his swordsmanship.
Also he can use Pow Hammer because he is a manly man.
◎ Weapons & Other Special Inventory:
- Chaltier, his talking, earth-magic based sword
- A dagger
that's it
CEREALIA-Specific
◎ Element: Earth : despite not being an earth-y person, Chaltier is the Swordian of Earth which in turn makes Leon the Swordian Master of Earth. He's a terrible Earth element though.
◎ Sense: Touch : Leon's got some big hang-ups that have to do with touch, coming from an abusive home situation; it's almost always touch that gets him to react most emphatically. And in one of the most iconic scenes in the game, he never does quite manage to take Stahn's hand.
◎ Seven Character Traits:
( + )
- Driven
- Intelligent
- Stubborn
- Temperamental
Samples
◎ First-Person Sample: 1 | 2 | 3
◎ Third-Person Sample: Already in the game with Sousei and Ruby!
◎ Is your character retaining any previous game memories? N/A!