LEON MAGNUS

is a fictional character from the ''Tales'' series. A cold and brooding young prodigy swordsman from Seinegald. Leon is the youngest master swordsman to become a captain of the Kingdom of Seinegald. He is closely associated with Hugo Gilchrist, having lived in his manor located in the city of Darilsheid. Although Leon presents a cold exterior to his associates, he's opened to a maid in Hugo's house named Marian. He is also the master of the Swordian of Earth, Chaltier.

Contents

Biography

Early life/Pre-tense

Present Tense

Chaltier

Trivia

Biography

Early life/Pre-tense

Leon was born as Emilio Gilchrist, the second child of Hugo Gilchrist, President of the Oberon Corporation, and Chris Katrea. He also has a sister named Rutee Katrea who is two years older. During his childhood, Leon was attached to a woman named Marian. The family also had Swordians in their possession, namely Atwight (Swordian of Water) and Chaltier (Swordian of Earth). Emilio received Chaltier and became his master.
One day, Hugo came upon a Swordian named Berselius, possessed with the soul of Kronos (JP: Miktran), leader of the Ae'therians. Hugo, whose mind was being possessed and influenced by Kronos, was slowly losing his sanity and managed to kill Chris. However, before he completely lost control, he sent Rutee along with Atwight away somewhere safe in order to protect her. However, he was totally consumed by insanity before he could save Emilio. In turn, he trained Emilio to be a cold-hearted warrior and had him change his name to "Leon Magnus".
Leon is slightly detached of his father but had to follow Hugo's orders even if he didn't agree to them. This only happens because Hugo uses Marian, whom Leon has an attachment with due to her resemblance to Chris, being one of the only kind people in the begining of his life, and raising him when he was a lonely young boy. As he trained, he showed great swordsmanship and discipline and due to Hugo's association with the Kingdom of Seinegald; Leon soon was promoted to the position of master swordsman of the Kingdom.

Present Tense

While serving the Kingdom, eventually Leon heard about Rutee, who is currently a Lens Hunter, and her money-hungry attitude granted her a bad reputation. Eventually Leon caught up with her along with her usual partner, Mary Argent, and her new partner, Stahn Aileron. Leon quickly decimated and arrested her group. Leon also noticed that Stahn and Rutee possessed swordians of their own and proceeded to confiscate their weapons and sent them to the dungeon. However, they were later freed by Hugo so they could be used to investigate the disappearance of a huge, powerful Lens named Eye of Atamoni from the Straylize Temple. Leon was assigned to accompany them so they would not do anything reckless, much to his chagrin, although three electric shock tiaras were also placed on their heads to enforce order.

Chaltier

Chaltier is Leon's Swordian, containing the soul of the 2nd Er'ther Army Squadron Leader, Major Pierre de Chaltier. He has been with Leon's side since he was a child and endured his hardships under Hugo's insanity. Giving Leon had him for so long and they share a bond, he views him as a brother. He specializes in short range combat but also possesses several Earth-based magic and some Dark magic as well. Chaltier is a very restrained individual, but very loyal even if he doesn't like the order. He would follow his master (referred to as 'Young Master' in the English version or 'Bocchan' in the Japanese version) to death. He's mostly referred as 'Chal' by Leon. In the remake of Tales of Destiny in PS2, he is voiced by Hideo Ishikawa.

Trivia

★ While being alone with Marian, Leon sometimes prefers to be called 'Emilio'.

★ Leon suffers from motion sickness and becomes annoyed with Stahn when he tries to help.

★ Leon has been considered to be the most popular Tales character, mainly in Japan. Ranking #1 on the popularity polls twice out of the three events and #2 once.

★ Leon has his own theme/battle song, entitled "Lion - Irony of Fate". This song is played in Tales of Destiny when the party fights Leon during his betrayal battle. It also made appearances in Tales of the World: Narikiri Dungeon 3, Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology, and Namco X Capcom.

★ Leon is the only male Tales series character to ever learn the spell 'Pow Hammer' (or 'Pikohan'). Aside from Leon, the spell has been used by Mint Adnade, Chat, Colette Brunel, and Tear Grants (all of them are female).

★ Leon has an enormous sweet tooth, and his favorite dessert is Flan, which Marian makes for him from time to time.

★ Leon appears in several of the side games in the Tales series, including , , Tales of Fandom and .

★ In Tales of Destiny2 PSP version, you can fight a replica of Leon in the secret dungeon. He drops the item(Sword to be equipped) Chaltier's Mirage.