Leonore Albus

Appearance
Leonore has bright blond (dyed) hair, which he puts up in a ponytail that reaches to the back of his neck. Leo is a tall muscular man standing at 6'5 and a majority of his weight being muscle.

Leo rarely heads out without wearing his signature homemade robes that reach down to around his knees, Leo tends to leave the robes open in the front, due to the fact that buttons were outside of his budget when he made it. His robes are grey, with gold strips along the front, and a golden ring placed on each arm and neck. Underneath his robes, when not in combat, he tends to wear a yellow no-name brand shirt, with either yellow shorts or grey pants. (depending on the weather)

When its time to fight, Leo wears an almost identical robes, but with gold and silver armor plating on the outside, and a reinforced neck plate. Underneath the robe, he wears a secondary suite of armor, which is far heavier but provides far better protection. The only other change to his apparel is that Leo moves his codex into his neck plate, proper open so that he can look at it in combat to provide him with inspiration to keep fighting.

Regardless of Leo is in combat, or out of combat, it is rare to see him without his helmet on, the helmet covers his entire head, except of his eyes, and his hair, which he feeds out through the top of his helmet. The faceplate that covers his mouth does not slide up or down, but must be removed each time the helmet is taken on or off. The faceplate makes speaking more difficult and prevents Leo from breathing through his mouth. Due to how little Leo enjoys speaking, it is rarely an issue.

History
"My history? I was born, I got lost, just like everyone, only difference was, I found a path worth taking."

- Leonore Albus

Leonore Albus, the forth child of a stay at home mother and an overworked father, was born with his name being the most unique thing about him. When his mother believed that she was having her second daughter, instead of correcting the mistake, everyone just started calling him Leo. However, Leo's important in his family slid down a few pegs when his mother had another pair of twin boys two years after his birth.

By age five Leonore Albus was the younger brother of three lazy older siblings, and the older brother of a pair of hyper twins and a sickly younger sister who required constant attention. Leo's family was barley scraping by, living paycheck to paycheck and wearing the cheapest cloths their money could by, with his father constantly working and berating his older siblings, and his mother constantly dealing with his younger sister and keeping his younger brothers in check. Leo was often left forgotten, both at home and school. Even the school bullies ignored him, he was chubby, but not enough to be called fat, he wasn't stupid, but wasn't anywhere near an A student. Even his girl name was ignored since no one talked to him anyway. He was average, living in a limbo where there was no escape.

Leo's life took a turn when he was seven, when he was walking home from school, Leo came across a traveling con-artist selling his phony products from his wagon, Leo was easily taken in by the fantastical tales and wares. The young man who ran the cart was enchanted by Leo's young naïve outlook and gullibility, and spent the entirety of the afternoon spinning grand stories of the origins of his items. Before either of them realized it, the sun had began to set and it was time for the young man to skip town. Leo confessed that he didn't have any money, and asked if he could borrow a light to help him get home due to the fact that despite Leo knew the way home, he was utterly terrified of the dark. The young man, in a rare act of generosity, gifted the young child one of his items, a small leather bound book with golden (colored plastic) plates. Filled with useless symbols and pictures.

The con-artist spun one last tale to the young child, a tail of an ancient order of warriors, who fought against the forces of evil that roamed in the dark, who fought valiantly against those who would see the world smothered in the shadow, and explained to the child that, by gifting him this ancient tome (made about twenty hours ago in reality) which was the last known copy (other then the eighty-four copies he had shoved under his bed.) Of the Codex this order used, he was entrusting Leo to carry the legacy of this grand order, and made him promise to not flee the darkness, but fight it.

The young man, after "decoding" passages of the book to the boy and filling his head with ideas, the man had the feeling he had done his good deed for the day, and promptly fled the town that night, leaving a star-struck, inspired little boy behind, clasping a small book. The man had not realized that he had changed Leo's life forever. Because for the little boy, who had been invisible his entire life, who had grown up being the unspecal one who flew under the radar, the kid that everyone expected to just be another faceless nameless citizen in the crowd had been given PURPOSE. He had been given something he felt not a single other person would ever have. He had something about him that made him that finally gave him a way to get out of limbo.

Suddenly, Leonore Albus was a new person, he was devoted to fulfilling his purpose as a warrior. Lacking both money and proper equipment to learn how to fight. Leo taught himself. Reading every book on combat he could find. Leo practiced his combat with an oversized stick, and gained toughness by punching the old dead apple tree the family had in the back yard, when he was to tired to train, he would study, when he ran out of material to study, he would train again, and then he would repeat, for days on end, Leo became a machine, unable to do anything but eat, train, study, and sleep. This behavior continue until he became a teenager, at which point, after hitting his stride, people began to notice the tall quiet muscular boy who came to school every day with bloody knuckles and a burning fire in his eyes. Finally, Leonore felt ready to put his training to the test.

For his fourteenth birthday Leo convinced his parents (to their chagrin) to place him in a fighting tournament sponsored by Signal Academy with the winner taking home a health cash prize, determined to prove his worth, Leonore Albus entered the tournament with no formal training, a weapon that was basically a small log with a poorly made grip, and every single other competitor chuckling at him behind his back. With all this against him, Leo surprised everyone by putting up a hell of a fight. His technique was broken, his swings powerful, but clumsy. the only thing he had going for him is that no matter how hard you pounded him, Leo simply wouldn't go down. Leo was eventually taken down in round eight of eleven. Not through a loss, but due to forfeit from his weapon shattering on an opponent's shield. Despite his loss, Signal Academy saw the potential in Leo, and offered him a spot at the prestigious school. Leo, seeing that many Signal students went on to become hunters, who fought against the darkness of the world, Leo happily accepted the offer believing it to be the easiest way to follow the legacy he had inherited. So Leonore Albus packed his bags, waved goodby to his family, and left for Signal.

And thus, the next three years of Leo's life involved scraping together whatever money he could, building his own weapon out of cheap parts he had managed to get his hands on. and training as hard as he could, Leonore graduated from Signal, and was accepted into Beacon Academy.

Personality
"choice is a stupid idea used as an excuse to be lazy."

- -Leonore Albus

There are four ways to make Leo hate you instantly.
 * 1)     Using his full name.
 * 2)     Referring to his Codex as "stupid"
 * 3)     telling him to "relax"
 * 4)     and forcing him into a social situation.

Many people think Leonore hates people, which couldn't be further from the truth, he loves people, its why he wants to become a warrior, which is why he finds it so infuriating that they seem to all want to waste time "talking" or "making friends" when there is so much training and studding to do that could save lives.

Leo is a very serious person, who approaches all aspects of his life with the same cold outlook, and tends to shy away from other people. When he does speak up, he isn't afraid to speak his mind. Though he prefers to be seen instead of heard.

Despite what many would think, Leo does believe in having fun, but he believes there is a time and place for that, and that place is among people who don't have a purpose to abide by and follow, Leo truly thinks that ones calling defines them, and that those who are not willing to throw their lives down in the pursuit of that calling, are not worthy to have such an honor as to know what their purpose is. As such, Leo has a habit of alienating himself from his peers. Due to the fact that many find his dedication boarding on fanatical, and his utter reliance on the small book in every aspect of his life to vaguely guide him along only pushes people further away from him.

Leonore depite being a very opinionated person, is a follower, not a leader. When Leo finds himself in a situation where he has no idea what to do, he tends to look towards others for guidance and purpose, and unless their orders conflict with his codex, he will unquestionably follow out his orders. In battle, Leo will gladly charge himself directly into danger if it is asked of him, and if left to his own devices, will attack whatever enemy is closest to him.

"THOU SHALL NOT TRUST THOSE WHO DWELL IN SHADOWS AND THE DARK, FOR THEY WILL DESTROY US."

- The Golden rule; The Codex of Light

Leo is weary of Faunus of all shapes and sizes, seeing them as dwellers of the night and darkness and as such, at risk of being corrupted by evil such as those in the white fang. As he put it "I have met many a Faunus who follow the laws, make good with their community, and are shinning examples of goodness, sadly, in this dark time, they are the exceptions, not the norm, and as such, they have no right to DEMAND our trust and respect, but must work to prove themselfs better then their dark nature."

Abilities
"I AM FIRE, AND I WILL ONLY BURN OUT WHEN THE LIGHT HAS RETURNED."

- -Leonore (very pissed off)

Leo is a monster in battle, using his size and strength to his advantage in combat, despite having formal training, most of his attacks are still slow and imprecise, and due to his refusal to take off his ceremonial armored robes, he is effectively carrying twice the normal weight into battle, leading him to be a far slower combatant. However, his greatest boon is his almost inhuman endurance, unleashing his fanatic rage and shrugging off attack that would crush smaller targets, Leonore gives it his all right up until he collapse, though he also has a habit of throwing himself at the impossible even at his weakest, not due to hopefulness, but instead a disregard for his own life, as Leo would have no problem giving his life in battle for even an inch of progress.

Leo reads, a lot, granted all he does is read study material, training manuals, and the codex, especially the codex, anytime Leo isn't fighting, training or studding, he is staring at the codex. Hoping to come across the revelation he's been hoping to find for a decade.

Leo is also a coupon clipper, and when he does begrudgingly have to shop, he has quite the eye for quality, as years of wasting money on cloths that fall apart when he got home gave him first hand experience on what is a good deal and what is junk with a bow on top.

Leo is also a big jogger, especially in the morning at sunrise, as well as being a big weightlifter in his (rare) spare time, Beacons fully equipped exercise center is a dream come true to the kid who had to punch trees to build his strength.

He also knows how to knit and sew, custom made robes don't grow on trees.

Weapon
Leonore brings his home-made weapon into battle. Candidus

Candidus- Multi-chained Fire Flail: Candidus is a cheap, wasteful weapon, which can still pack a hell of a punch. Candidus is shaped like a torch, with a hollowed out middle with a large two-hand Handle with five metal triggers used as a grip for the right hand, and to control the weapons functions. With a iron mesh with an open top. And Leo's emblem painted on the side The torch is power by fire dust, and quickly eats through it when it is used as a torch. Candidus can be used to provide light in dark environments, and can be used like any other torch to set things on fire. However, when combat starts, the torch tends to be forgone in use of its second form, a six-chained Flail. Each of the first three triggers release two of the chained tubed flails inside, the first two are 3Ft in length, the next pair is 4Ft in length, and the last pair is 5Ft. The final ability of Candidus is that if all buttons are held at once, the weapon will activate all the flails, and cause them to catch fire for about 60 seconds. After doing so, the weapon at best, will need to cool down (and maybe be extigushed if it caught fire itself) and a new cartrige of dust, however, it isn't rare that the weapon will simply stop working, and then needing several replacement parts before becoming usable again.

Battle Style
"I give everything I have in battle, I have yet to be proven that that isn't enough."

- "Leo" Albus

In combat, Leonore takes on the roll of a tank. Drawing attention to himself and away from his allies. His flail allows him to get around traditional defenses such as shields, and due to his endurance, he tends to try and taunt as many foes as he can into attacking him at once, and letting his teammates single foes out and pick them off. However, Leo is extremely open to ranged attacks, lacking the mobility to catch them, and the defense to block their attacks. He also tends to suffer against opponents who excel at singling out a single target. Due once again to his lack of mobility, and also his lack of precision with his weapon, which focuses more on crowed control.

Misc:

 * Leo has tried several times to get his name changed, none of which were successful.
 * Candidus's Handel was made out of the wood Leonore used to fight in his first tournament, if this was out of respect or lack of resources to get new parts is unknown.

Trivia:

 * Leonore means Light in friench.
 * Leonore was originaly intended to be a girl, but due to a typo when I was sending the draft over to a friend who had also been given a feminine sounding name and saw nothing wrong with it. "Leo" was born.
 * Art was made by me. I have so much respect for people who can "art" and I'll stick to fanfiction writing from now on.