Leo

**Leo** was one of The Shattered who split their souls after the fall of Pandaemonium, in order to recreate themselves upon Rosenwelt thousands of years after the tragedy. Perhaps the most attached to her old duties than any of the Shattered, Leo was originally tasked with overseeing all of the endless expanses of land in Pandaemonium before its fall, and continued to do so even on Rosenwelt. The second of the Shattered to regain a functional body by collecting the majority of her soul, part of her soul had found itself in possession of a particular adventurer.

## History

### Appointment of Leo

Leo was originally a natural scholar before she was elected to take her seat upon the Twelfth Council. Upon her appointment, she swore safety to all that lay upon the land of her world. While originally not a proficient mage (by standards of The First), upon placing the mask of Leo on her face, she would gain the memories and experiences of past holders of her seat, which allowed her to greatly improve her powers in a short amount of time - however, she would never reach the strength of the likes of Virgo. Many of her powers focused on the manipulation of aetherial Focus, of which the seat of Leo was particularly gifted at.

### The Fall of Paradise

When Pandaemonium began to fall and all was irrevocably lost, Leo found herself in a position of immense despair. In her mind, she had failed to live up to what she had sworn - the protection and safety of all that lay upon the land. Originally, upon being approached by the rest of the four who would become the Shattered, she refused to join them, out of fear that she would only slow down their operations. However, Aries convinced her to join them, judging that it was indeed he who had failed in protecting their world and hence not allowing Leo to do her duty. As such, she shattered her soul, and sent its pieces to Rosenwelt, hoping to one day reclaim her physical form.

### The Three Seasons War

It took thousands of years, however, Leo eventually regained enough of her soul to generate a corporeal form once more. She awoke fully and physically second out of the five, with only Virgo managing to manifest a few decades before her. As Virgo had already prepared most of the operations to fulfill their plan on Rosenwelt that he could, he asked Leo to investigate The Crystal - a small plane made nearly entirely out of dense Focus - in order to fulfill other plans of the Shattered. Agreeing, she used an ancient teleportation device found buried within desolate ruins in the wilds of Thynosia to transport herself to Ordis, from which she would be able to build a device to harvest the Crystal.

Arriving upon Ordis, Leo immediately took to manipulating the local powers of the world to sew chaos. Within a relatively short period of time, she had managed to take control of the powerful city-state of Gallmore, and expanding her power and influence across the plane through warfare. She sewed chaos across the plane, and while doing so, slowly grew Gallmore's power until she could manage to begin construction on her ultimate project - The Ivory Tower - a massive device built to harvest and store the Focus of the Crystal. While those Gallmore workers building the contraption were told it was meant to gather more Focus for their nation to use, it was truly designed to drain the Crystal dry - which, in turn, would result in the destruction of life on Ordis as all Focus would be drained away. Other nations on Ordis realized this, in particular the city-state known as Kulvern, who declared war upon Gallmore in an attempt to stop the construction of the Ivory Tower.

## Personality

Above all, Leo loved her friends endlessly. She was relatively extroverted, and enjoyed spending time with those who were close to her. She was easily swayed by her friends, as she held their opinions in high respect. In particular, Leo was extremely close to Aries.

Leo was also a person who loved nature, and would often spend days or even weeks outdoors to watch animals and plants.

## Friends and Enemies

Leo was extremely close to Aries, the two being best friends. She would do nearly anything for Aries, and often took the role of a younger sister to him. She was also particularly close to Gemini and was devastated at her loss during the fall of Pandaemonium.