Leila

## History

### Early Life

Like all Angels, Leila grew up in the Upper with her family above her their bookshop. She had always been curious and intelligent, with a dream to become a field researcher with the recorder division from the moment she discovered the profession existed (Inky Extras Series Part 13, Ch 4). Unfortunately, her inquisitive nature also led to her developing an interest in Demons which many of the other Angels did not look favorably upon. Many other Angel gossiped about her and called her dazzled, even in front of her own parents (Inky Extras Series Part 13, Ch 5).

Luckily, Leila soon began befriending the members of the Angel family. She was particularly determined to befriend David Angel when she was six years old, which he was less than happy about. At first, he would try to scare Leila away, often by daring her to do things he didn't think she would. One time David told Leila that if she really wanted to be his friend she would get a book for him from the hall records. When she went to retrieve the book she found it was not on its designated shelf but rather balanced on the tip of a stone sword held by the largest statue in that wing of the hall. After making sure there was no one around Leila climbed the statue, grabbed the book and began shimmying back down the sword. But before she reached the hand of the statue the sword broke, sending her tumbling down. Thankfully, she was able to grab onto a nearby bookshelf and safely make it to ground level. She then panicked and ran away from the broken statue. When she gave him the book David was annoyed she had managed to get it and Leila later found out it was David who put the book on top of the sword in the first place. Eventually, Leila became good friends with David and many others in the Angel family. Other Angels also stopped calling her dazzled whenever they saw Leila with a member of the Angel family. (Inky Extras Series Part 13, Ch 5).

When she was fourteen Leila went to visit her older brother's family in England. One day, while picnicking in a nearby field, she suddenly had a small furry creature stumble into her lap. Believing him to be a fairy from the surrounding forests she began helping and befriending the small creature. It was only when she was washing his clothes that she saw the symbol for a Demon child on his clothes and realized what he actually was. Leila Immediately called Isaac so he could help deal with the situation. Unfortunately, Isaac believed she may have been tricked so the Guardian Angels he sent were more aggressive than they should have been. This led to them accidentally scaring the young Demon, who ran into the woods to hide and get attacked by a badger. Leila was fuming at the Guardian Angels actions and gave them all a scathing lecture before declaring that only she, her brother and the field medic would be allowed near the young Demon. This trio began nursing the Demon back to health, which took quite a few days as he was suffering from physical wounds and strange magical difficulties. Eventually, Abby and Isaac Angel arrived personally to help him as well as talk with Leila. Though she was still quite upset with Isaac the two reconciled and Isaac even allowed Leila to accompany him to the meeting with the Demons to return the child. At the meeting, she said her goodbyes to the child, who she finally learned was named Murklin, and sent him back home with a basket of gifts from her family. The whole incident caused Leila to rethink her career plans as she wanted to make more of a difference in the world (Inky Extras Series Part 13).

## Character Description

### Relationships

* David Angel - Close Friend
* Rachel Angel - Close Friend
* Alice Angel - Family Friend
* Murklin - Friend
* Ruman Seraphine - Older Brother

## Trivia and Notes

### Notes

* Leila is written primarily by SpectorOdyssey