Leonidas I of Sparta

**Leonidas I** (Αεωνίοης; c. 540 BCE – 480 BCE) was a legendary Spartan King of the Greek city-state of Sparta, the country that became the etymology of the term "Spartan discipline".

Leonidas is a greek legacy, a descendant of the Olympian god of strength of Heracles and the All-Father of the sky, Zeus. As a result, Leonidas lineage possesses a proportionally-higher level of Ancient genes than legacies; comparable to Demi-Gods and consequently, so did his descendants.

He is best remembered by historians for his involvement in the Battle of Thermopylae against the Achaemenid Empire in 480 BCE, in order to hold back an invading Persian army of 100,000 soldiers, he stood up with merely 300 men.

His decision to go to war went against the wishes of the Cult of Cosmos who controlled and manipulated the Greek world from the shadows. For his defiance against the Cult of Cosmos, Leonidas' descendants came to be targeted by the Cult, who sought to have his bloodline wiped out such that they would no longer face opposition against their plans.

Following the Conjunction of the Spheres, Leonidas was resurrected into the world and sought to reclaim Sparta from the cults hands who's influence corrupted and changed the country for what it once stood for, and avenge his family. He unknowingly battled his descendant Alexios, the Spartan King and Leader of the cult and ultimately lost, leading to his exiled and supposed death.

During his exiled, Leonidas became a lone mercenary known as the Eagle Bearer, spending much of his life fighting battles and hunting down members of the cult and vice versa.

Eventually, Leonidas travelled to Britannia where he met Aloy Croft, a female huntress who was also hunted by the cult where to two would later wed and settle down.

## Profile

### Personality

Leonidas was shown to deeply care for Sparta and those who inhabit it, as he was willing to defy the Cult and defend his home to the death. Even after being resurrected he challenged the cult for the sake of Sparta, it people and its future generation.

Following the Battle of Thermopylae, Leonidas was noted for his great courage, as he bravely fought to the death against the Persians despite their overwhelming numbers

Leonidas was also mentioned as having a hard to control temper during his youth. A good example of his temper would be from the Battle of Thermopylae: when presented with a Persian soldier gloating about Leonidas' imminent defeat, Leonidas immediately thrust his spear head through the man's mouth to silence him. This temper, and Leonidas' trouble keeping it in check, was also well-remembered after Leonidas' death, as Archidamos noted when meeting Kassandra around 429 BCE. This characteristic passed on to his descendants.

He also had a sentimental side, as during the Battle of Thermopylae, he told Dienekes how he would've liked to have gone fishing with his son Pleistarchus, and while fishing with Kassandra in Elysium, he reflected how his mother told him that his spear carried a certain burden, but he was ready; he is also very cunning, as while fishing with Kassandra in Elysium, he was able to immediately deduce that Persephone had sent her to kill him.

## Biography

### Background

Following Leonidas' death, Xerxes, who was otherwise recognized for his civility and honor when dealing with his fallen foes, had been so deeply infuriated by Leonidas' defiance that he had his head cut off and impaled on a pike. His remains, along with his spear, were later recovered and returned to Sparta, where he was buried in a tomb southwest of the city, while his broken spear was handed down to his daughter, Myrrine, who in turn passed it on to her daughter Kassandra.

In addition, a statue was erected where he had been placed to rest in Malis. The lion statue served as a monument for both Leonidas and the deceased Spartans who fought in the battle.

Leonidas' story remained alive in word of mouth, even to the extent of inspiring a mercenary to imitate Leonidas, to the point of being called False Leonidas during the Peloponnesian War.

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