Finado and Moribunda

* Legend Quest
* Del Chupacabras
* La Llorona

**Finado** (Green, Male) & **Moribunda** (Pink, Female) are two main characters featured both in *La Leyenda* & *Legend Quest*. In the *La Leyenda* films, the two are two juvinile skeletons from the Manor who quickly bond with Leo San Juan on his adventure, despite seldom interacting. Finado is a romantic kid who tries to flirt with Teodora's Dolls but gets slapped instead, while Moribunda is somewhat of a tomboy. Though it's clear the two love each other very much, they often fight each other, with Moribunda kicking Finado apart.

In *Legend Quest*, they are twin skeletons who were commissioned by Catrina in order to help Leo out on his quest in order to stop Quetzalcoatl. Finado and Moribunda are very playful, though Finado is sillier and more rash, while Moribunda is more grounded & responsible, but also more emotional and prone to crying. The two are always there for their friends and each other, even if their friends seldom notice their existence.

Though silly, the twins have been shown to be competent at what they do and genuinely do protect Team Legend & help them out in many big ways, such as helping discover the Record Player or returning their Airship. Although usually kindhearted, the twins have an almost sadistic hatred for tinato, cujo, And halitu, often beating them up or even torturing them with ropes. The abuse seems to be twofold however, as The triplets hate the twins just as much, it's just that the skeleton twins are more competent.

## History

### Legend Quest

#### The Prophecy

Finado & Moribunda are first seen trying to play Legball with the triplets, though their game is completely unnoticed due to their short stature. The two easily beat tinato, cujo, And halitu, in their short game. Later, the two are seen hanging out with Teodora & others in the Barn playing, but are still utterly unnoticed.

## Personality and traits

Despite not talking, the twins show several personality traits throughout the series. They're very playful and a little mischievous, but generally helpful and kindhearted. They appear to like sports as they attempted to play Legball with the other kids, even in they went unseen. They're also shown to be quite clever, given how they beat the Scandinavian Ogres in a game of Poker in order to procure the Airship once more. Their cleverness extends to their sleuthing skills and they're able to find details or other objects of interest that Leo & friends may overlook.

Throughout the series, the two are often seen teasing each other, such as knocking the others skull off or pulling at ones hair, but they also protect each other in serious situations and always do their best to help Leo and others. Although silly and playful, Finado & Moribunda are still very helpful and take their mission very seriously and do deeply care for Team Legend, despite rarely having any direct interactions. Moribunda cried when Teodora Villavicencio sacrificed herself for Leo San Juan & the two were more than willing to risk their lives fighting Mister Madera to save Leo.

In the *La Leyenda* film series, the twins are much more juvenile and act more like toddlers. As such, they often get scared or unnerved by various activities. They're show to be scared of flying, always worried that they may fall off the balloon but do so anyway to be with their friends. Although young and innocent, the twins would often take up arms in order to defend their friends from harms way. Moribunda in particularly picked up several large rocks in order to shoo off the triplets, as well as other puppets from hurting Don Andrés more then they already did. The twins have been shown to be remarkably powerful, able to perform feats of strength that surpass what children of their age should be capable of.

The twins are often treated as little siblings by their friends. Alebrije & Leo in particular take the roles of big brothers to them, always protecting them from harms way and teaching them in different ways, though Alebrije's teachings are often crude and unhelpful. Evaristo has also taken a liking to the twins, calling them useless but still chewed out Teodora (who was being controlled at the time) for being mean to them and mistreating them.

The twins have a powerful sibling bond, but also love to tease each other. Finado is always tryig to impress Moribunda by performing tricks with his head or acting brave, but Moribunda usually doesn't mind or care. Moribunda often kicks off Finado's head or hits him in similar fashions. Regardless, Finado always does his best to protect Moribunda when the two are in danger, wrapping his arm around her when they're on the balloon to amke sure she doesn't fall or taking the lead when exploring. Yet, Finado is often the one who needs to be protected by Moribunda.

However in *Legend Quest* and *Legend Quest Masters Of Myth,* Their roles are different from their incarnation, Acting as two sugar skulls that help out Leo, Teodora, Don Andrés, and Alebrije at their adventures, Almost, Guiding them at every obstacles they have been through even helping Leo when he is in deep trouble at a necessary time.

## Appearance and apparel

The defining physical aspect of the twins are their incredibly short stature. I fact, the two are so short they got unnoticed by nearly everyone until they finally make their presence known to Leo during "Mister Madera". The ext most defining trait is their physiology, the two are modeled after sugar skulls, though are actually spirits from another dimension.

### Finado

Finado is the male twin. He is a short, skeleton like spirit with a large skull and large eye sockets that house disproportionately small pupils that don't appear to be connected to eyeballs. Painted across his eyes are green spikes that are the same shade of green as the design on the upper portion of his head. On the top of his head he has a piece of cloth with a highly stylized "F".

He wears navy blue and green robes with gold rimmings and his feat are slightly rounder than his sister.

### Moribunda

Physically, Moribunda is almost identical to her brother. She has pink pupils instead of green and instead of green spikes, she has yellow flower petals around her eyes. She wears a dark pink hair with a long, brown ponytail and wears a pink shirt with dark purple cuffs and rims and a dark purple skirt.

## Relationships

### Each Other

The two are constantly getting in fights, often comically throwing the other around and usually tease each other. The two have a sibling rivalry that has kept strong throughout their quest all across the Earth and beyond. Despite this, the two truly love each other as any sibling would and risk their lives for one another when the situation calls. When Moribunda cried at the lost of Teodora, Finado attempted to comfort her and make he feel better, and when Finado was almost blown away, Moribunda saved his life.

The two share an unwavering bond. Though they're almost always at each others throats, the two are inseparable and can't stand to see the other being mistreated in any way.

### Leo San Juan

In the *La Leyenda* series, Leo/Leonardo cared very deeply for Finado & Moribunda, treating them like little siblings. When Moribunda nearly fell to her doom, Leo heroically leaped off the Airship in order to save the girl. However, the group didn't get to interact much on their adventures.

In *Legend Quest*, Leo/Leonardo befriended the twins during *Mister Madera* and witnessed how selfless & heroic the two twins were. Ever since then, they became good friends.

## Appearances

### La Leyenda

* *La Leyenda de la Nahuala*
* *La Leyenda de la Llorona*
* *La Leyenda de las Momias de Guanajuato*
* *La Leyenda del Chupacabras*
* La Leyenda Del Charro Nargo
* Las Leyendas: El Origin

### Legend Quest

* The Prophecy
* Jersey Devil
* The Mart
* Ghost of Medusa
* Vodnik
* Fenrir
* Tooth Fairy
* Kaiju
* Nu Gui
* Mister Madera
* The Chilan
* Golem
* The Serpent and the Egg

## Gallery

*Main article: Finado & Moribunda/Gallery*
## Trivia

* During the rare moments Leo does notice the twins, he calls them "sugar skulls" due to their resemblence to that particular Dia De Los Muertos candy that is placed on the ofrenda.
* Although real sugar skulls are not possessed by spirits, they do symbolize the return of a departed soul and the respect given to them. Sugar skulls also represent a form of "sweetness" in death, to cancel out bitter and scary concepts of the topic. These same concepts are mirrored in Finado and Moribunda acting as both helpful guardian spirits and the comic relief: they may be part of the land of the dead, but they are also sweethearts.
* The two of them have a "mother and children"-like relationship with Catrina.

## Citations

1. ↑ When I passed by his tomb, Finado & Moribunda smiled at me very happy. They are: the Skulls! (El Charro Negro promotional, based in the mexican card game "Lotería") https://leyendadelcharronegro.com/#sec3
2. ↑ *La Leyenda de la Nahuala*
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Mister Madera
4. ↑ Jersey Devil
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Tooth Fairy
6. ↑ Nu Gui
7. ↑ The Prophecy
8. ↑ *La Leyenda de la Llorona*
9. ↑ *La Leyenda del Chupacabras*