Leon Magnus

Leon Magnus, also known as Emilio Katrea, Judas and Lion Magnus, is one of the main characters from the Tales of Destiny series.
== Charactah Account ==
Captain of the Seinegald Knights and the youngest master swordsman the country has ever seen, Leon was originally sent to arrest Rutee, Mary, and Stahn, and ends up accompanying them to investigate problems at Straylize Temple. He's a grouchy teen with a big attitude and hates the party but starts to loosen up, and thinks of the party as close friends (though he'd never admit to it). He also has a Swordian, Chaltier, who has been his best friend since he was little.
Leon fights using a sword and shield, capable of wielding any of the Swordians, excluding Igtenos. Leon's fighting style represents a mix between the abilities of Stahn and Rutee, sharing some of the same physical artes and movements. This style continued through all of his appearances until the release of the PlayStation 2 remake of Tales of Destiny. In this incarnation, Leon now fights while wielding Chaltier in his left hand and a dagger reverse-gripped in his right.
Leon can no longer exchange Chaltier for another Swordian, but Chaltier retains the same Earth- and Dark-elemental spells that he had in the original game, granting those abilities to Leon himself. Furthermore, Leon's fighting style has been modified to separate him from Stahn and Rutee's abilities in battle. His stance has his right side face the target while both his arms cross his torso, with Chaltier pointing forward from under the dagger. In combat, Leon uses Chaltier primarily, and the dagger, secondarily. Some artes have Leon turn his back against the enemy right before executing them. Leon is also granted with the capability to extend several of his artes, providing different animation options for certain attacks; this along with several artes associated with Judas in Tales of Destiny 2 are given to him, providing him with a more varied balance of slash and thrust attacks. This current iteration of Leon's abilities is now considered to be his standard fighting style, continuing with him into all later spin-offs and cameo appearances.
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Tales of Crestoria Off Shot Movie
* Tales of the Heroes: Twin Brave Specials
* Tales of the Rays: Everlasting Destiny
=== Manga ===
* Tales of Destiny
* Tales of Destiny: Ambition Over the God's Eye
* Tales of Destiny: Director's Cut - Rion of Ephemeral Time
=== Video Games ===
* Namco x Capcom
* Tales of Asteria
* Tales of Crestoria
* Tales of Destiny
* Tales of Destiny 2
* Tales of Fandom Vol.1
* Tales of the Rays
* Tales of the World: Narikiri Dungeon 2
* Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology
* Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 2
* Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 3
* Tales of the World: Reve Unitia
* Tales of VS.
== Trivia ==
* Leon's outfit appears as a legacy costume for Asbel Lhant in Tales of Graces f, Jude Mathis in Tales of Xillia and Tales of Xillia 2, and Mikleo in Tales of Zestiria.
* While with Marian alone, Leon prefers to be called "Emilio".
* It is revealed on multiple occasions in Tales of Destiny that Leon suffers from motion sickness. This becomes most evident when the group travels by ship.
* Leon has his own theme song entitled "Leon - Victim of Fate," "Lion - Irony of Fate" in Japan. The song is played in Tales of Destiny whenever the party fights Leon.
* Leon is the first party member in the series to betray his friends, a tradition that would repeat in later games in the series.
* Leon's death is featured in the crossover game, Namco x Capcom, albeit slightly altered. In said game, he also returns as Judas by the hand of Dark Valkyrie, first as an enemy, but later joins the player's group as the final party member.
* Leon's cameo in Tales of Eternia depicts him with white gloves.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Leon Magnus at Aselia, the Tales Wiki
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