Leon Corledo

Leon Corledo was afflicted the curse of the werewolf since childhood. Leon had a kind but "weak" soul, that struggled with the spirit of the wolf for many years.
==Biography==
Leon was born in Spain, the son of a mute Jailer's daughter and a mad imprisoned beggar. His mother was taken in by Don Alfredo Corledo after he found her nearly drowned in a pond, weakened from living in the woods for months while pregnant. Alfredo's maid Teresa, took care of Leon's mother until she passed away, after giving birth to him. Because of being an unwanted child and born Christmas day, Teresa feared that the circumstances of Leon's brith were an ill-omen, and seen by God as an “insult to heaven.” This proved true at Leon's baptism, when lightning began to strike and the holy water started to boil. 
Later Leon's curse began to manifest when he was still a young boy. While accompanying the town watchman, Pepe Valiente, on a hunt, Leon kissed a dead squirrel he had shot. After tasting the squirrel's blood, he began to have "bad dreams" about being a wolf and developed a thirst for blood. One day Teresa found Leon's kitten torn to pieces, the same day Pepe was shown a goat that had it's throat torn out by a wolf. The Mayor told Pepe to hunt the wolves responsible, but what he shot later that night was not a wolf, but young Leon in werewolf form. When Leon returned home that night Alfredo and Teresa removed the musket ball from his wound. Alfredo asked him why left the house, but he claimed he did not. Leon then began describe his "bad dreams" and what triggered them, while at the same time Alfredo discovered fur growing on Leon's palms. Alarmed, Alfredo consulted a local priest about Leon's condition. The priest informed him about the state of Leon's weak soul, and that a evil spirit posses him, making him a werewolf.
Alfredo was eventually forced to kill Leon with a silver bullet.
==Background Information and Notes==
*Leon is the only major werewolf character in Hammer media.
Category:Characters
Category:Deceased