Leon Belmont

“	Granting my beloved's wish. That is all I can do to prove my love to Sara. Eternity without her would be nothing but emptiness.	„
	~ Leon to Mathias Cronqvist

Background

Leon Belmont is a main protagonist of the Castlevania series. He is the first known member of the Belmont Clan, and the one to solidify the family as a Clan of Vampire Hunters. Once good friends of Mathias Cronqvist, Leon was secretly goaded by him into a castle in the woods in search of his beloved, Sara Trantoul. The secrets of the castle, and Mathias's plan, unfolded as soon as he arrived.

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Born in Europe, 1072, Leon Belmont grew up in a time where legendary knights fought against heretics in the name of God. At a very young age, Leon was orphaned, and then was knighted at 16 years old. Leon eventually proved his swordsmanship skills by joining a company of knights; a company of which was viewed as being nearly invincible. Within that platoon was Leon's brother-in-arms and very close friend, Mathias Cronqvist. However, Mathias soon left the company of knights and was bedridden, after the death of his wife. Nearly a year later, Mathias came to Leon bringing news that Leon's betrothed, Sara Trantoul, had been kidnapped by a powerful vampire, and was taken to a castle in the Eternal Night forest. Distraught, Leon gave up his sword to the church and renounced his position, before travelling into the forest. There, the Belmont found a man named Rinaldo Gandolfi; an old alchemist who lived alone in the woods. Walter gave Leon plenty of advice and entrusted him with the Whip of Alchemy. After fighting his way through the castle and making his way to Walter, however, he discovered that the whip did not hurt the vampire whatsoever. Furthermore, when he finally saw Sara, she appeared to be completely unresponsive. Leon took Sara and left Walter's castle, bringing her back to Rinaldo. Unfortunately, all Leon discovered was that Walter had turned Sara into a vampire, and that it wouldn't be long before she gave into her instincts. Seeing no other option but ending her life, Rinaldo devised a plan. Through fusing Sara's vampiric soul with the Whip of Alchemy, he could create a much more powerful spell that would be able to harm vampires such as Walter. Agreeing to do so, Leon bound Sara's soul to the whip, transforming it into the deadly Vampire Killer. With his new whip in hand, Leon ventured back into Walter's castle, and was successful in striking him down. At the last moment, during Walter's defeat, his soul was extracted and given to Mathias, who stepped out of the shadows and revealed himself to Leon as the puppet master behind everything. Leon, completely refusing to believe that his friend would abandon humanity in order to become a vampire, watched as Mathias summoned his servant, Death, and vanished into the night. Infuriated, Leon swore that the Belmont Clan would hunt down Mathias forevermore, and devote their days to defeating monsters of the night. After winning his battle against Death, Leon escaped Walter's crumbling castle and left the Eternal Knight forest. From there, he went on to establish the Belmont Clan of vampire killers, and would search for Mathias until his dying days. Eventually, Leon's descendant, Trevor Belmont, would finally track down Mathias (now known as Count Dracula,) and slay him for the first time.

Statistics

Tier: 2-C

Name: Leon Belmont

Origin: Castlevania

Sex: Male

Age: 22 years old

Classification: Knight, Vampire Hunter

Alignment: Neutral Good (Leon is a good man with an even greater heart. Although he once served dutifully under the church as a Knight, he has forsaken his title in order to do what he believed was right. He will do whatever he can to save those who are important to him at any cost, even disobeying the law of the church to do so)

Dimensionality: 3-D

Attack Potency: Universe level (Due to wielding the Vampire Killer, Leon should somewhat scale to Dracula through the other Belmont's; Dracula is above Galamoth, let alone the Time Reaper, who Galamoth controls. The Time Reaper was going to destroy the entire Castlevania Timeline. The Time Reaper could also be defeated by people such as a young Sypha Belnades, who Leon should be far above)

Durability: Universal level (Could take hits from Death, who should be above the Time Reaper; the Time Reaper's power was going to destroy the Castlevania Timeline)

Striking Strength: Universal Class

Lifting Strength: Unknown

Travel Speed: Superhuman (Was able to escape Walter's Castle by running from the top floor to the entrance, before the entire structure collapsed. The Wolf's Foot allows for Leon to run as fast as the average wolf)

Combat Speed: FTL

Reaction Speed: FTL (Was able to outpace Medusa, who could produce beams from her eyes on several occasions; these beams were confirmed to be comprised of light. Should scale to Soma Cruz, who could outpace Paranoia; Paranoia can generate beams of energy from its hands, confirmed to be comprised of light. Scales to Trevor Belmont, who outpaced Nuculais, a being composed entirely of light, as well as Dracula, who generated a light beam. Defeating Death should put him about Count Olrox as well, who could generate a beam, which was confirmed to be light-based)

Stamina: Peak Human (Was able to run all the way through the Eternal Night forest, conquer Walter Bernhard's entire castle, along with beating several ancient and divine behemoths, without showing any signs of fatigue)

Range: Standard Melee, Extended Melee with Vampire Killer and Sword, Tens of Meters with throwing knives and axes

Intelligence: Genius in combat (Leon was second to none in his company of knights the moment he joined, and was said to have made the company invincible. He was able to defeat Joachim Armster, and eventually defeat Walter Bernhard, on his first day of ever encountering vampires)

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Powers and Abilities

Belmont Clan Physiology, which includes:

Superhuman Physical Characteristics (Every Belmont is capable of preforming feats such as casually moving large blocks, and defeating monsters without any stat enhancers), Acrobatics (Every Belmont is able to leap from platform to platform without much difficulty, and are able to preform front and backflips. They can even do platforming while simultaneously fighting monsters), Weapon Mastery (All members of the Belmont Clan are naturally gifted in wielding several different types of weapons. This ranges from their proficiency with a whip, to their perfect aim with throwing knives and axes. They're also incredibly skilled with cross-shaped boomerangs, and jars of holy water), H2H Proficiency (The Belmonts are trained fighters who have shown the ability to fight even without a weapon. They have shown the ability to deliver powerful punches at blinding speeds), Non-Physical Interaction, Soul Manipulation, & Immortality Negation (Type 7; The Belmont Clan is capable of harming ghosts and other undead enemies, such as zombies. They can even harm and kill Death himself), Magic (The Belmont Clan wield magical powers. This power was granted by Rinaldo Gandolfi, who bestowed it upon Leon Belmont; from then on, magic was passed down through the Belmont family. However, their magical power is partly derived from the Fernandez Family as well), Extrasensory Perception (Members of the Belmont Clan could naturally sense that people such as Joachim Armstair were vampires. They can also all sense the Vampire Killer's reaction to vampires), Holy Manipulation (Members of the Belmont Clan receive great sacred power during the ceremony that marks their adulthood), Fire Manipulation & Damage Boost (The Belmonts can engulf themselves in flames in order to increase the damage of their physical attacks), Light Manipulation, Aura, & Afterimage Creation (The Belmonts can enshroud themselves in an aura of light. They have also shown to possess a passive aura that leaves afterimages), Statistics Amplification, Power Bestowal, & Empowerment (It is shown that the Belmont Clan greatly increase the power of the weapons that they hold, simply through having them in their possession. For instance, Rinaldo confirmed that the Whip of Alchemy is not complete, and yet Leon Belmont caused for it to strengthen to the point that Medusa thought it had reached its complete form), Accelerated Development (The Belmonts can learn things at a much faster rate than regular people. For instance, when Leon Belmont was granted the ability to use magic by Rinaldo Gandolfi, he was then able to preform magic spells without any knowledge of how the spells themselves worked), Social Influencing (The Belmont Clan was feared by society for their powers, and as such were ostracized from civilization. Later, when Simon Belmont rescued Transylvania from Count Dracula, the people were so moved that they formed a village around him), Dimensional Storage (Can hold tons of equipment and items in their pouch), Telekinesis (Belmonts are able to control the arc of their weapons and how they move around. For instance, Soleil Belmont could control the movement of his thrown swords), Reactive Adaptation (As Dracula grows stronger with ever resurrection, the Belmont Clan has had to reactively grow stronger to keep up with him), Corruption Negation (Type 3; The Belmont Clan can undo Dracula's magical corruption of humans. For instance, Trevor Belmont reverted Grant Danasty back into a human after defeating him, who had been transformed into a monster by Dracula's magic), Soul Manipulation & Power Mimicry (When a Belmont defeats an opponent of equal or greater strength, they will harness their soul and use their abilities as sub-weapons. Only Sonia Belmont has previously-captured spirits, though every Belmont should have this ability), Invulnerability (The Belmont Clan is able to make themselves temporarily invincible with Burning Mode. Although only Sonia Belmont has shown this ability, it's described as an inborn ability, meaning the other members of the Belmont Clan should possess it)

Belmont Clan Physiology, which grants Resistance to:

Extreme Colds (Can fight within snowy forests and icy waters without any negative effects), Extreme Heats (Can casually fight within the Alchemy Laboratory, which is surrounded by molten lava), Sleep Manipulation (The Belmont Clan can resist succumbing to sleep, as shown when Leon Belmont fought off Walter Bernhard's sleeping magic), Petrification (The Belmonts can break out of Medusa's petrification, which was shown to normally be permanent), Death Manipulation (Can consistently fight and withstand both physical and magical attacks from Death, who is the embodiment of death and uses his powers to bring death upon the living), Empathic Manipulation (The Belmonts remained unchanged by Dracula's curse over Europe, which shrouded people with misery and torment and filled them with bloodlust), Ice Manipulation (The Belmonts have been frozen by attacks before, from enemies such as Ice Demons and Frost Elementals, but can break out of it), Fire Manipulation (Constantly withstands fire attacks without any serious burning)

Wields the Vampire Killer, which grants: Soul Manipulation & Reactive Adaptation (The Whip of Alchemy absorbed Sara Trantoul's vampiric soul, and used her soul to develop the ability to harm vampires), Reactive Adaptation (As Dracula grows stronger with each resurrection, the Vampire Killer will adapt and grow stronger to slay him. It can adapt itself to make people unfit to wield it before it recognizes them as its rightful owner), Life Manipulation (If it is wielded by someone it does not consider a rightful owner, it will take life from them), Conceptual Manipulation (The Vampire Killer whip can destroy anything related to the vampires, including concepts such as the night, and death), Memory Manipulation (The whip can summon memories of its past wielders to fight for it), Personal Domain (The Vampire Killer contains a realm within it, in which it houses memories of its previous wielders), Extrasensory Perception (Due to containing Sara's soul, the whip can sense the presence of anything related to the vampires), Fire Manipulation (The whip's Item Crash engulfs it in flames. It can shoot projectile fireballs), Power Nullification (Sealing the Vampire Killer within Dracula's Castle caused for Dracula's spirit and magic powers to weaken tremendously), Regeneration Negation (Low-High; The Vampire Killer can kill Dracula, who is capable of fully regenerating from just blood. Mid-Godly; Can also kill the Dracula Wraith, who came back after his soul is obliterated), Immortality Negation (Types 3 and 7; Whip of Alchemy can destroy the undead)

Healing (Medicine and Potions recover health, Serum can cure poison), Blessed (Leon's gauntlet was granted power by Rinaldo Gandolfi. The Earth Plate has been blessed by the planet), Absorption & Attack Reflection (Leon's gauntlet can absorb the powers of those who strike it; He can then reflect those powers back on them), Fire Manipulation (The Whip of Flames wields the power of fire), Ice Manipulation (The Whip of Ice wields the power of ice), Electricity Manipulation (The Whip of Lightning wields the power of electricity), Empathic Manipulation (Aroma Earrings calms the mind and increases intelligence), Holy Manipulation (The Cross is imbued with a prayer, the Crystal stores holy power), Light Manipulation & Invisibility (The Crystal Skull bends light to make Leon invisible), Wish Granting (The Little Hammer is said to grant wishes), Invulnerability (Invincible Jar makes Leon temporarily invulnerable), Limited Immortality (Type 8; Sacrificial Doll will die in Leon's place, but only once), Limited Resistance to Poison Manipulation (Anti-Poison Ring reduces the effects of poison), Limited Resistance to Ice Manipulation (Arctic Ring increases immunity to ice), Limited Resistance to Curse Manipulation (Cleric's Ring nullifies the effects of curses), Limited Resistance to Petrification (Perseus's Ring nullifies the effects of petrification), Limited Resistance to Fire Manipulation (Ring of Fire increases immunity to fire), Limited Resistance to Electricity Manipulation (Ring of Thunder increases immunity to electricity)

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Standard Equipment

Whips

• Whip of Alchemy: A whip forged by and formerly wielded by Rinaldo Gandolfi, using alchemy learned from the Cronqvist Family's alchemic books.
• Whip of Flames: The Whip of Alchemy infused with the element of fire.
• Whip of Ice: The Whip of Alchemy infused with the element of ice.
• Whip of Lightning: The Whip of Alchemy infused with the element of lightning.
• Vampire Killer: The complete form of the Whip of Alchemy, infused with the soul of Sara Trantoul. It can slay anything related to the vampires. This whip would be passed down to the rest of the Belmont Clan, and used to slay Dracula countless times.

Sub-Weapons

• Axe: An axe made with silver, which Leon uses to throw at his enemies.
• Cross: This is a cross that has been infused with a prayer. Two crosses will circle Leon, providing protection to him.
• Crystal: A crystal housing holy power, which will explode on enemies much like a bomb would.
• Holy Water: A jar of water, which has been purified at the church. This water erupts into a pillar flames when released from its container.
• Knife: This knife was made from silver, and can be thrown at enemies. This was the only weapon Leon had when he entered the Eternal Night forest.
• Sword: A longsword Leon was given when he became a knight, which he is incredibly proficient with. He was forced to return his blade to the church before starting his journey.

Clothing

Earth Plate: Armor plating blessed by the earth. It reduces all damage received by 5%.

Meteor Plate: A starlight plate that reduces enemy damage by 10%.

Moonlight Plate: A beautiful plate of armor that reduces enemy damage by 20%.

Solar Plate: Leon's best plate of armor, which reduces all damage received by 30%.

Anti-Poison Ring: A green ring that protects Leon by nullifying 75% of poison damage.

Arctic Ring: A blue ring that increases resistances to ice attacks.

Cleric's Ring: A purple ring that protects Leon by nullifying 75% of a curse.

Perseus's Ring: A grey ring that reduces the chances of petrification by 75%.

Ring of Fire: A red ring that increases resistances to fire attacks.

Ring of Thunder: A yellow ring that increases resistances to electric attacks.

Items

• Potion: Restores Leon's a small amount of health.
• High Potion: Restores Leon's a large amount of health.
• Super Potion: Completely restores Leon's health.
• Serum: Medicine that completely cures poison.
• Uncurse Potion: Medicine that completely purges a curse.
• Black Bishop: A black chess piece that temporarily increases attack.
• White Bishop: A white chess piece that temporarily increases defense.
• Crystal Skull: A skull that will bend light around Leon, making him invisible.
• Invincible Jar: A jar that makes Leon completely invulnerable for a short time.
• Little Hammer: A hammer that not only produces money every time it lands, but is said to grant wishes.
• Wolf's Foot: A wolf's paw that allows for Leon's to run as fast as a wolf, and jump long distances.
• Aroma Earring: Earrings that release a pleasant scent, which calms the mind and increases intelligence.
• Magnetic Necklace: A necklace that draws in metal (specifically coins) scattered around. It also improves blood circulation.
• Megingjord: The less health Leon has when wearing this, the more power he outputs on enemies.
• Sacrificial Doll: When Leon is defeated, this doll will keep him alive and take his place in death.

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Other

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