Leland

* Current (44)
* Military Academy Era

### Aliases and nicknames

"Leeloo" by Jack; "Father" by Blaine and Frederick;"Pops" by Lance;"Your Hot Hineyness", "Darling", "Fine looking butt" by Isolde;"My Liege" by the Plaid Palace's butler;"Your Majesty" by Tattersall;"Swole-Alpha Frederick" by Syrah

### Family

Queen Isolde (wife)
Prince Blaine (eldest son)
 Prince Lance (middle son)
 Prince Frederick (youngest son)
 Unnamed parents †

**King Leland of the Plaid Kingdom** is the current ruler of the Plaid Kingdom and is the main antagonist in the story (the ultimate villain). He is the husband of Queen Isolde, as they're married quickly during surprise meeting of them as he wants to buy Laverne so he could pampers that baby llama. He has three sons: Prince Blaine, Prince Lance, and Prince Frederick.

## Personality

Leland is a mercurial figure. Much of his actions and behavior, especially towards his wife and sons, are abusive. With his sons, especially his youngest, he is generally harsh and overbearing. This behavior extends from the relatively innocuous habit of forcing his sons for punishments like to do push-ups if one of his son getting late for breakfast - as he very observant at the merest hint of failure which the punishment could leads to implied murder of death threat, although he seems to genuinely consider this as "training for the harsh realities of life". He is obsessed with power as means to get anything he wants, and regarding the Omniscient clam as the strongest means of strength which he dubbed as "all-knowing power" that he wants to use for expanding his kingdom to becomes the Plaid Empire. His leadership for Plaid Kingdom is tyranny dictatorship as he often disregard everyone if they're not doing what he wants - including pushing a bill at the parliament.

Despite this attitude, Leland is capable of showing affection towards his sons on occasion - like praising Frederick after his son do what he planned (which is to showing affections towards Frederick's fiancee, Gwen). He is noticeably more lenient in terms of restrictions than his best friend regarding parenting method, King Jack of the Pastel Kingdom. Jack regarding him as a best friend because Leland never sugarcoat anything, and despite Leland often twisting informations for his advantage - *what he says are all actually the truths* that he believes. He has a fondness for chess, a passion he shares with King Jack. He is a highly manipulative and very clever to prepare anything for his grand plan as regarding several people (his own sons, Pastel Princesses, Jack and Lilyth) as his chess pieces for his years grand plan revenge (Episode 133) which shown subtletly with what he done at his office. He is very dedicated for doing what he wants, as shown after harshly attacked by 6 Pastel Maids whose are all highly trained assasins with hidden weapon of household chores - despite in delirious phase of getting knocked out by them he still accumulating his strength to chuck a huge couch that stopping the maids mid-air.

## Appearance

Leland has tan skin and visible wrinkles on his face especially around the under part of his eyes, his cheek, and his forehead. His head is partly balding, and his hair, which fades from a light blonde to gold, starts tucked under his (black, plaid) crown. He has bushy eyebrows, a full beard, and red eyes, which are usually covered by a pair of golden glasses with rectangular, completely opaque lenses. His color motif (outside his academy era) is **black**. He often seen to wear black robe with plaid pattern, a black plaid patterned crown, and a white jacket which similar to his sons' plaid jacket but for him completely bare without plaid pattern - and adorned with golden bands like the Plaid Princes jacket. His Bippity Bop Gala outfit is showing him as a chess king with the robe depicted the great snake variations of chess move - which he called as "Serpent's Gambit". His Gala robe is the biggest foreshadowing that he's The Giant Serpent from Frederick's recurring dream as meeting with Gwen at Bonus Short Ep. 4 & (S3) Bonus Short 4 - which confirmed later on at Episode 165 as he depicted to be the villain monster for the story of 'the tiniest prince'.

In his youth, Leland had spiky hair that goes top (with an uncanny resemblance to his youngest son's, being called out by Syrah as "a swole-alpha Frederick") - which the hairstyle and color is passed down to Frederick, making him as his son that has appearance the most like him. He wore the St. Cerulean's Military Academy for Royal Boys uniform during his years as a prince, consisting of a collared blue shirt, a dark blue blazer (both of which he kept open), and a white tie - as the only non "black" color motif in his entire life. Upon graduating the military academy, he keeps to wearing clothes with black color motif even as entirety which shows at occasions:

### Gallery of Leland's Basic Appearance that Almost Always Wears Black

Leland, Jack that greets Blaine inside Isolde's tummyLeland and Isolde outfit at the wedding event of Jack and LilythHis current outfitThe Giant Serpent, is him all alongLeland's gala outfit as the foreshadowingYoung **Leland**, 21 years old, at the funeral of his parentsLeland without eyeglasses, has same eye color with BlaineLeland uncanny resemblance with his youngest son, Frederick, during his youth
## Relationships

#### King Jack

Leland first met Jack when Jack fell from a spire of St. Cerulean's Military Academy for Royal Boys. Leland, who happened to be standing by the window, managed to catch him in his arms. At first, he was entranced by Jack's appearance, thinking that he was an "angel that was dropped from heaven" due to his conventionally feminine appearance. However, upon finding out he was a prince, he remained baffled by the fact for an extended period of time, even as their friendship grew. The two soon became best friends, with Leland offering words of encouragement to Jack, albeit it giving him selfish advice shortly afterwards.

Their friendship was maintained even as adults, to the point that the two embrace upon seeing each other and have a lovey-dovey appearing relationship - though he currently thinks of Jack as a hypocrite, in more ways than one. Despite this, he would still feel bad for Jack if it seemed like he had been crying for a long time.

It is revealed he has been harboring a grudge against Jack since he failed to attend to the funeral of his parents, and is planning to sabotage him.

#### Isolde

*see more : Isolde/Leland Relationship*

Queen Isolde and King Leland are married, making Isolde the queen of the Plaid Kingdom. However, Leland seems to care about King Jack, his best friend, much more than his own wife; in fact, it seems that he only appeared to be interested in her in order to replace Jack, as Jack had done (in Leland's eyes) by becoming engaged to Lilyth. Leland withholds information about their sons from Isolde, and has stated that there are "things that [she] simply can't understand about providing our boys with a proper, *royal* upbringing". Even when she begins to break down and cry in front of him, he acts perfectly nonchalant, though in order to satisfy her, he allows her to order from dessert catalogs, as "nothing's too decadent for [his] queens". It is implied that he has abused her before.

The two first met when the then-Prince Leland was furious at the then-Prince Jack for 'replacing' him with his new fiancé, Lilyth, and was trying to find someone as "dimwitted and hypocritical" as Jack to replace him with. He decided to buy a baby Laverne, due to how cute and sparkly she was. When Leland entered the store, Isolde was instantly attracted to him. She accidentally called him "Your Hotness", "Your Hineyness", and "Your Hot Hineyness"; this caused him to take her hand and ask if he could have her, too.

At Gwendolyn's Dinner Party, Isolde was standing behind Leland when they entered the Pastel Palace, and had to indicate she was there when he reunited with King Jack. At the Bippity Boppity Gala, Queen Isolde wore a golden headpiece made of 'snakes' on her head; this imitated the Greek mythological creature Medusa, who was a Gorgon, cursed to have living snakes as hair, as well as the ability to turn anyone to stone by looking into their eyes. King Leland called his wife "ravishing" and told her he felt like he would turn to stone if he stared at her for too long. King Jack then greeted the couple, and Leland insulted his costume. While he went to get their portraits painted with his best friend, Isolde stated "I could never turn you to stone, darling ... because your gaze has always been focused elsewhere."

Early on in the story, King Leland confirmed that Prince Blaine was his most preferred son. However, later in the story, Leland agreed with Whitney that Blaine should learn from Prince Frederick, and even warned Blaine that he should watch out for Frederick since he was on his way up. This was another chip at Blaine's self-esteem, one that Leland is responsible for with the way he considers Blaine the perfect child.

#### Lance

Prince Lance is King Leland's middle son. Though Leland can be hard on Lance, such as when he forced him to do 30 push-ups for being the last at the breakfast table in Episode 16, he still cares *somewhat* about Lance, like the rest of his sons.

#### Frederick

Prince Frederick is King Leland's youngest son. He is very hard on him at the beginning of the series and some throughout. Before, he treated him as if he wasn't worth his time- his advice to a young Frederick being "Sink or Swim". He constantly berated and reprimanded him for not being like his older brothers, who he constantly enforces his ideals of toxic masculinity on. He'd also frequently give Frederick harsh treatments, including yelling, heavy reprimanding, and unusual punishments such as making Frederick carry Laverne on foot while walking to the Pastel Kingdom. However, Leland has acknowledged Frederick's achievements, and later, even warned Prince Blaine to watch out for Frederick because he was on his way up.

#### Gwendolyn

Princess Gwendolyn is his best friend Jack's youngest daughter that he plans to gets marries off with his youngest son.

#### Maria and Lorena

Eldest and middle Pastel Princesses are Jack's girls that he plans to gets marries off with his eldest and middle son, Blaine and Lance.

#### Jamie

As confirmed at Episode 165 - it shows that Leland never thinks about Jamie as being a prince not fitting his grand 'marriage' plan of Pastel - Plaid General Relationships.

#### Lilyth

Lilyth | Leelathae is regarded as 'stolen girlfriend-turn-fiancé' of Jack, and Leland shows of explicit avoidance towards Lilyth.

#### Laverne

Laverne is his pampered pet llama that technically he kept for 23 years.

#### Tattersall

He gives trust to Commander Tattersal, that even likely complete trust implicitly. It shows with how he and Tattersal has similar views over many things, including how to handles Plaid Princes as well view upon cursed people. Both of the Plaids military leaders, the king and the commander are so ruthless in order to gets what they wants.

#### Whitney

He considers Whitney during Gwendolyn's Dinner Party as 'burly yoga teacher' whose somehow also Frederick's friend. He uses Whitney's saying regarding meditation position as a way to makes Blaine feels 'worried' about Frederick. Despite both at 2 major arcs ( Bippity Bop Gala and Invasion ) later on, they didn't interact anymore.

## Quotes

"Who has two thumbs, rules with an iron fist and isn't above drinking boxed wine? THIS KING!"

"Anyone who knows ANYTHING about the pure and unbreakable bond of sisterhood can foresee that if even one of those sisters is rejected by our family, **all** the other sisters will reject their marriage engagements out of solidarity."

[while blushing and putting his right hand at his face] "I couldn't wait to visit. I wanted to embrace my dearest old friend, the Pastel King, whom I miss very much. I wanted to be there as our children fell in love, as we set wedding dates in place, and as our kingdoms grew closer. But last minute duties popped up, and as the ruler of our glorious land, I had to put aside my personal wants and desires to do what was best for our kingdom."

"Shouldn't have let your guard down, son. That's what fools do."

"So imagine my surprise when I sat down to breakfast this morning to ask my eldest and most preferred son how their excursion went, and he told me all about how.... *YOU SCREWED EVERYTHING UP, FREDERICK!!!"*

"You wasted months of planning, and now the Pastel King I'm ***hesistant*** about the union of our kingdoms!!! I let my guard down, and YOU -- my stupid, selfish worm of a son -- made a **FOOL** out of me!!"

"Get back here you ungrateful little worm!!! I'm giving you EVERYTHING!! A fiancé, and empire, a future better than you'll ever deserve!! And this is how you thank me?!!!"

"Do you have ANYTHING inside that permanently cowlicked, vomit-colored head of yours?!"

[while grabbing Frederick] "So, if you can't understand that your lack of affection towards one sister DOES affect all sisters, DOES affect our entire alliance with the Pastel Kingdom, and therefore DOES affect our kingdom's prosperity... Then you'll be trading places with that bagel."

"Jack!! Get over here, you old crusty noodle!!!"

"All right, well I'll tell you what I want tonight. I wanna know when our kids are getting hitched so we can get this show on the road!! I'm not getting any younger here, Jack!"

**"I think it's a compassionate solution. Any strong leader knows that a kingdom needs healthy, productive, citizens who can contribute safely to society. I mean, the people with curses hide themselves away because they know it too. They're of no value until they can be fixed."**

"--And you and I both know that makes you a total hypocrite, Jack."

"You've got some reflecting to do about your parenting, Jack. You can't keep denying your daughters what they want to do. If you're gonna keep postponing the wedding, then at least let them go to the gala. They'll be safe there with my boys. I give you my word!!"

"Well then it's a win-win, isn't it? Make the girls happy by letting them attend, and then if they win the raffle, you can return the relic to its rightful home like a saint or whatever."

"**Th-this is enlightenment speaking... The girls in your life will resent you if you keep holding them back from what they want to do... And if you keep doing it, they'll leave you. Foreverrrr.... ever... ever...**"

"...Oh. Sorry... I guess that was insulting to believe you'd be dumb enough to fall for that..."

"Hm... I dunno, Blaine... I think he has a point. During dinner, I was keeping an eye on you boys. And while you were fumbling through your important gala speech and losing drinking games to school girls, Frederick stopped a rogue pet bird from crashing into a champagne glass tower by catching it one-handed. He saved the dinner. I was impressed. I think you might need to watch out for our little Frederick. He's on his way up."

"You're a hypocrite, Jack... in more ways than one."

"You know what they say... *There hath no fury like a king scorned.*"

"It's okay to lose, Blaine. But if you want to make up for it, there is something you can do for me..."

"You are a smart, lovely, and devoted wife and mother. But as we've come to learn many times in our marriage ... there are some things that you simply can't understand about giving our sons a proper, royal upbringing."

"T-two of every--?! *\*Sigh\**... Sure, okay."

[to both Isolde and Laverne] "Nothing's too decadent for my queens. After all, we're going to be the most prosperous kingdom in the world soon."

"I never wanted to hang out with that that vapid, narcissistic, sherbet-headed moron again after how **insufferable** he was at the gala last year. ...And yet here I am fetching his frail wife her favorite tea like a servant."

"**SILENCE!!!** There's no time left for excuses. Frederick's where he belongs. And so are you two. So I suggest you stop caring about others, and worry more about yourselves."

"It's just like I've always repeated to you since you were young. You have two choices, boys. You can sink, or you can swim. In other words, you can either hang here, like a log of rotting salami... or, you can help bring eternal glory to your brothers and your comrades in combat in what will be the greatest victory this world has ever seen. And as for you, Blaine... I've been watching you this entire time, my son. You can choose to continue your Sisyphean quest up that mountain... forever clawing, grasping, and flailing in desperate fear of everyone and everything below... It's been pathetic to see, really. Or... you can choose to have the thing you've always wanted more than anything. The thing that will solve it all... **the throne.** I'm offering you a path that cements you safely at the very top, never to be contested or taken away. It's everything you've deserved, my son. And it's **yours....** so long as you do as I say... and you **DON'T FAIL ME AGAIN**. Because I don't think it needs to be said, Blaine... but when you've climbed this high, the only other option you have... is all the way down. And since you care so badly where your younger brother is, maybe we should all take a trip soon, so you can see what it's like at the very bottom."

"Martial law will have just gone into effect by the time you arrive after midnight, so get going and bring back plenty of extra men."

[to Maria and Lorena] "So I'll offer you once more, princesses.... Leave your treacherous and insufferable father. Join me and my sons peacefully, and you have all the freedom, privileges, and power you could ever imagine. ...What do you say?"

*"Fine,* then you can rot in dungeons forever with your father after the wedding is done.*"*

'Right back at ya, Jackie"

"...You're just going to leave me behind again..... ...like you always have... Like you said you'd never do... I don't know what's so important about this thing... But I'll make sure you never find the peace you seek... ...And that you never break our promise... And I'll make sure... ....*YOU REGRET EVER TOSSING ME ASIDE AGAIN!!!"*

"*Today... at Corduroy Danyon... I'll make sure you regret everything... Every hypocritical promise you made... ...Every person you hold dear... ...And every time... ....**YOU TOSSED ME ASIDE!!!***"

"I just came here to see this failure of a wedding..."

"I wish I could say otherwise. But...she's beautiful...Because she's the person you chose Jackie."

"Your sisters have been ungrateful, stubborn, and *violent*... And your brother... Honestly I don't really ever remember him because he doesn't fit into my plans..."

"But ***you***..... I've always hated you the **most...** ...Because you look ***just like your mother."***

"...You know, I always factored that you'd be the one to accidentally RUIN everything I had planned for our family and our kingdom's future. But I *never, EVER* would have the gall to actively turn ***AGAINST*** ME... ...*AND TURN MY LLAMA AGAINST ME TOO!!"*

## Notes & Trivia

* Leland didn't appear at the first meeting of Pastel - Plaid General Relationships which revealed later on simply because he got kicked at head by Laverne.
	+ Laverne is his pampered pet llama that he keeps since baby as the beginning of his romantic relationship which happened about 23 years ago.
	+ Laverne seems to be treated much more than all of his sons and wife combined, to the point the pet becomes so spoiled and has liquors addiction.
	+ At Episode 165 is confirmed that Leland gets mad to realizes Laverne turns against him, because the pet is his replacement for Jack that he can't get.
* Leland's masseuse is the biggest gossip around town . In the physical book, this is changed to his chiropractor.
* Due to Jack's conventionally feminine looks when he was young, when they first met, Leland thought he was an angel. Upon learning that Jack was a prince, he was quite nonplussed. They're become best friend afterwards with Leland secretly growing feelings toward Jack that he's not sure what is it exactly until later on.
* Leland's name means "fallow land". Leland is a sweet name
* Leland is so strong in term of physical strength and power abilities: he could ripping a mug in half with his bare hand, throwing a dull knife for cutting a bagel to the wall with high precision to make it looks like lethal weapon that capable to shoot down Frederick's head to death, catching a falling person from the rooftop without any impact just fine throughout windowsill, catching a random halberd thrown by Lorena easily when if realistic he won't be aware of it, could defeating 6 Pastel Maids which secretly a trained assasins by throwing a huge couch to them midair, and survived to getting mauled by dozen of rabid animals that Maria summoned to protects Gwen, slamming the floor to breaks it completely barehanded, and kicking a table with one high kick to make it explodes. This ridiculous physical strength seems to be passed down to all of his sons - the Plaid Princes, as dubbed by fandom in term of "ridiculous and unexplainable Plaid genes".
* Leland's age is yet to be confirmed, and thus is extrapolated:
	+ Leland is younger than than Jack by a year, as shown in episode 105.
	+ If Jack was 22 when he met Leelathae which 20 years old, that would mean Leland was 21 at that time.
		- Also, the same time Leland met Isolde (age: 18) and adopted Laverne (a baby: 0 years old).
	+ During the wedding of Leelathae (Lilyth)/Jack is shows that his wife, Isoldem is already hugely pregnant with likely baby Blaine thus making the wedding of his best friend arguably happened at 20 years ago. Then for making calculation, the current age of Leland is 44 but his wife already pregnant 20 years ago - making him to be married with Isolde at the age of 24 years old while Jack is 25 years old. Isolde's age is 21 years old while Lilyth is 23 years old.
	+ Later on, it's revealed that Jack was 30 and Leland was 29 at the other Bippity Bop Gala, the same time Prez saw Jack for the first time.
	+ That happened 15 years ago, according to Jack, so Leland is currently 44 years old.
	+ 14 years ago, which make him 30 years old - in Episode 134 it shows that he secretly stole the item that related to Lilyth's third dying wish which accidentally making his home as the Plaid Palace haunted with Lilyth's soul that wandering over the portraits of the home she resides in.
* Leland is ambidextrous (like his sons Lance and Frederick), since he has been shown swinging people with his left hand but signing a dessert catalogue with his right hand.
* He was nominated in the "WEBTOONIES" poll as 'The Plaid King' for the nomination "best at being the worst", receiving 28,813 votes, though he lost to Rashta of The Remarried Empress.

## References

1. ↑ Episode 16
2. ↑ Episode 105
3. ↑ Episode 44
4. ↑ https://www.behindthename.com/name/leland