Leonardo Casteris

"I have no idea how to breathe"

- Leonardo being Leonardo Leonardo is an original character created by Aldrasos. (WIP)

Appearance
Leonardo, or 'Leon', is a fairly tall, well-built young man nearing his twenties. His skin is a lightish-brown with an olive complexion, with similarly-coloured by slightly darker brown hair. His eyes are a bright gold, and are arguably the most distinctive aspect of his appearance. His face is sharp and oval-shaped, and is eye-catchingly handsome, which combined with his positive, happy-go-lucky attitude often makes him out to be quite attractive. A thin scar runs across the left side of his head from behind his ear to the top of his jawbone, with a small piece of his earlobe missing. His faunus trait is a lion's tail.

Leon favours an old-fashioned warrior's getup similar to that of a centuries-old soldier, due to a lack of modern equipment. He wears over his dark patchwork trousers and threadbare shirt a suit of faded yellow, reinforced leather armour lined with gilded steel, fitted together by connective joints of ringmail. The only piece of solid metal armour is his golden galea helmet with a large, bright yellow crest. He will typically have the helmet hanging from his belt  when not in combat. Upon intergrating himself with the modern world, he enjoys wearing brightly-coloured, lightweight clothes.

Personality
Leon is a very spirited and vibrant character known for almost always having a positive attitude and focussing on the bright side of life. He is seen by many as very childish and carefree, detrived from his tragically low mental capacity - which is a roundabout way of saying he is exceptionally dumb. Leon lacks the ability to properly understand anything that is happening around him, resulting in him always having a skewed perception of reality, ranging from mild misunderstandings and simply being on the wrong page, to being on a completely different book entirely. While he usually gets the general gist of a situation, it is usually up to his twin sister, Rieka, to properly explain it in a way that Leon can properly understand.

Leon is heavily dependent on his sister in day-to-day life, but does not harbour any feelings of jealousy or embarrassment from it. In fact, it is likely that Leon is never intentionally sinful and remains entirely innocent due to never acting in a truly malicious or selfish manner. He is instead extremely selfless, and understands that he must do everything he can to make up for his failings. In combat, the Casteris have a personalised fighting style in which Leon puts himself in harms way the most while protecting his sister, and will do anything to ensure her safety.

However, it is possible that Leon's condition is not due to mental deficiency, but is instead related to a certain traumatic experience which instilled a crippling fear in Leon's heart of his sister abandoning him, resulting in him putting on the persona of a bumbling idiot so that she would stay with him, whether he knows it or not.

Background
Leon was born the younger twin of two faunus ex-hunters in the isolated settlement of Falsefort - a small mining town situated south of Mistral deep in the wilderness. The town lost contact with the rest of the world after the Great War, and those that left the the town mysteriously never rediscovered it even after returning to civilisation. As the decades passed the town's technology began to fail, and knowledge of how to fix it died with them, resulting in the adoption of a hybrid system of old, failing technology and a more primitive way of life. Thanks to the ready supply of Dust provided by the town's mine and the fortifications that give Falsefort its name, the town survived the many Grimm incursions that assailed them. However, there was always a need for strong warriors to defend them - and so as soon as they were old enough to hold a sword, Leon and his sister Rieka were trained in the art of combat.

(TBC)