Personality: Leon is... complicated. He starts in Kingdom Hearts as a man who has no interest in others: he beats up Sora until he faints, he seems only interested in fixing things and he barely speaks with others, yet we can see he genuinely cares about his family in Traverse Town even if he tends to be incredibly subtle about it. He is hurt, he lost everything when he was a teen and his world fell into the darkness* and he had to rebuild a life from scratches and living with three people who were almost strangers to him.
When we meet him again in Kingdom Hearts II, when he is back home, Leon is different. He smiles, he tends to crack a joke and is genuinely more relaxed around Sora and his friends. The manga shows us how he has a strong relationship with Yuffie who seems to be his partner when he's on patrol*, the game focuses more on everyone and he just seems to care. And even if he's still extremely goofy and awkward at showing his feelings he clearly shows how much he cares about others with his actions. In a nutshell he just started to open up to others and he's awkward and goofy but he's trying now.
He will not reveal his real name around because he despises Squall. Squall is the weak boy he wants to leave behind, Squall is the kid who couldnt protect those he loved, Squall is the one who let Rinoa die, Squall is everything Leon hates. And Leon has to become everything Squall wasn't. He knows he's not there yet but it doesn't stop him from trying.
Leon has great leadership skills but as he does when Sora is around he will be glad to step back and just cover other people's shouders in Norfinbury: he doesn't like to be in the spotlight, he'd rather spend a day bulding a wall or a shelter instead of being at the center of the attention. He is a loner by nature but he is used to be around loud people and he will appreciate loud companions than he will ever admit.
He can be rather protective of those he loves (if a Yuffie or Aerith will ever show up in Norfinbury he will definitely try to follow them even if they're not from his world) and we see he's used to fight to keep others safe: in Traverse Town he used to keep the poorest districts safe, in Radiant Garden he's canonically seen protecting random citizens without asking anything back. His grumpy mother hen nature comes from his years in traverse Town: he failed to protect Rinoa and the people he loved and when Cid saved him they had nothing and were stuck in a city where the sun never rised and where people just tried to survive. After a long period of apathy relying on Cid he started to help him and he forced himself to move on, he wanted to be a better person and learnt to love his new sisters. And it may take him a long while to warm up to others but when he does he can be a loyal ally and a good friend (or rival, like in Cloud's case). Leon still preferes to work and travel alone, thought, and will probably keep his interactions on the network to the minimum because he's not the kind of person who wants to talk when he has nothing relevant to say.
Leon has seen his good dose of depressing things and had to face his good deal of hopeless fights in his world: his homeworld was destroyed when he was young, the enemies they had to kill were immune to their weapons and kept returning after disappearing for a while, when Radiant Garden was freed they had to find people who wanted to live there and had to rebuild everything and protect the whole place... whatever the city throws at him he will try to be determinated and move on with the hope to return home someday.
He treasures his pendant even if it's just a piece of metal but- it really seems to be just a piece of metal and nothing more even if Leon named it. He has a soft spot for puppies (Ask the dalmatians!), Lions and cute animals but he will never admit it.
** Yuffie is also the one he seemed to work with in Traverse Town and who used to be his partner at the Coliseum, aka KH's arena.
Flavor Abilities: Nothing? He's physically strong, he's a good fighter, he knows how to build a lot of things but he's still just a simple human.
Suitability: Leon is a survivor. He spent his life fighting an hopeless battle and even if he had his moments of weakness he never gave up: he knows how to fight (even if it seems an useless skill in this place), he knows how to use complicate electronic devices (The whole 'Tron' Arc has Leon and Aerith basically hacking a mega computer), he knows how to cook, he knows how to build and fix things (In KHII you see building materials scattered all around the city and their houses are barricated), and he will probably keep fighting. He will probably be a good scavenger but my real interest is to see him interact with other people.
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Leon is... complicated. He starts in Kingdom Hearts as a man who has no interest in others: he beats up Sora until he faints, he seems only interested in fixing things and he barely speaks with others, yet we can see he genuinely cares about his family in Traverse Town even if he tends to be incredibly subtle about it. He is hurt, he lost everything when he was a teen and his world fell into the darkness* and he had to rebuild a life from scratches and living with three people who were almost strangers to him.
When we meet him again in Kingdom Hearts II, when he is back home, Leon is different. He smiles, he tends to crack a joke and is genuinely more relaxed around Sora and his friends. The manga shows us how he has a strong relationship with Yuffie who seems to be his partner when he's on patrol*, the game focuses more on everyone and he just seems to care. And even if he's still extremely goofy and awkward at showing his feelings he clearly shows how much he cares about others with his actions. In a nutshell he just started to open up to others and he's awkward and goofy but he's trying now.
He will not reveal his real name around because he despises Squall. Squall is the weak boy he wants to leave behind, Squall is the kid who couldnt protect those he loved, Squall is the one who let Rinoa die, Squall is everything Leon hates. And Leon has to become everything Squall wasn't. He knows he's not there yet but it doesn't stop him from trying.
Leon has great leadership skills but as he does when Sora is around he will be glad to step back and just cover other people's shouders in Norfinbury: he doesn't like to be in the spotlight, he'd rather spend a day bulding a wall or a shelter instead of being at the center of the attention. He is a loner by nature but he is used to be around loud people and he will appreciate loud companions than he will ever admit.
He can be rather protective of those he loves (if a Yuffie or Aerith will ever show up in Norfinbury he will definitely try to follow them even if they're not from his world) and we see he's used to fight to keep others safe: in Traverse Town he used to keep the poorest districts safe, in Radiant Garden he's canonically seen protecting random citizens without asking anything back. His grumpy mother hen nature comes from his years in traverse Town: he failed to protect Rinoa and the people he loved and when Cid saved him they had nothing and were stuck in a city where the sun never rised and where people just tried to survive. After a long period of apathy relying on Cid he started to help him and he forced himself to move on, he wanted to be a better person and learnt to love his new sisters. And it may take him a long while to warm up to others but when he does he can be a loyal ally and a good friend (or rival, like in Cloud's case).
Leon still preferes to work and travel alone, thought, and will probably keep his interactions on the network to the minimum because he's not the kind of person who wants to talk when he has nothing relevant to say.
Leon has seen his good dose of depressing things and had to face his good deal of hopeless fights in his world: his homeworld was destroyed when he was young, the enemies they had to kill were immune to their weapons and kept returning after disappearing for a while, when Radiant Garden was freed they had to find people who wanted to live there and had to rebuild everything and protect the whole place... whatever the city throws at him he will try to be determinated and move on with the hope to return home someday.
He treasures his pendant even if it's just a piece of metal but- it really seems to be just a piece of metal and nothing more even if Leon named it. He has a soft spot for puppies (Ask the dalmatians!), Lions and cute animals but he will never admit it.
** Yuffie is also the one he seemed to work with in Traverse Town and who used to be his partner at the Coliseum, aka KH's arena.
Flavor Abilities:
Nothing? He's physically strong, he's a good fighter, he knows how to build a lot of things but he's still just a simple human.
Suitability:
Leon is a survivor. He spent his life fighting an hopeless battle and even if he had his moments of weakness he never gave up: he knows how to fight (even if it seems an useless skill in this place), he knows how to use complicate electronic devices (The whole 'Tron' Arc has Leon and Aerith basically hacking a mega computer), he knows how to cook, he knows how to build and fix things (In KHII you see building materials scattered all around the city and their houses are barricated), and he will probably keep fighting. He will probably be a good scavenger but my real interest is to see him interact with other people.
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