Leonardo Akuma

* Avian
* Mannequin

> "*Merriam, come look at how entertaining this is! It’s almost like a comedy movie except it’s free!*"
> ― Leonardo Akuma, watching Harold's raid like some freak
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Leonardo Akuma, former name Leodore Smith, is a gore liemavera taking the form of a bleeding heart dove. He serves as both a temporary antagonist and the heartbird powering Eric, eventually following him on his rampage.

## Appearance

### Avian

In his avian form, Leonardo closely resembles a Luzon bleeding-heart dove, with this form having been modeled after the bird. This, however, does not come without some physical alterations. These include his long dragon-like tail, covered with spines that begin at the base of his skull and end at the tip of his spine. His legs are both larger and longer than an average dove, and his beak is filled with sharp fang teeth.

Hidden under the light green bandage on the left side of his face is a large facial scar, covering the whole side of his face that lies behind his bandage. The covered eye-socket is entirely empty and dark, think Brightheart from Warriors. His left wing is slightly off-center.

He wears a red bandana with various lime symbols on it such as a lightning bolt and bone, which are mirrored on each side. In the middle of the bandana is text that simply states "FUCK YOU!"

### Mannequin

When he's in his mannequin form, Leonardo has blue and white fur covering the entirety of his body (though it's actually very small, clustered feathers), as well as dark blue hair. His wings are completely feather-less and stretch out at a much greater wingspan than they do in his avian form, and his left is similarly crooked. He has light blue ram horns and downward-pointing, catlike ears on either side of his head...though one is torn apart and has long since lost its fur.

Also, his hands are like, paws. He's probably got paw-pads or something. I don't know, man, he's a catboy. That's basically it.

As a humanoid, he has the fashion sense of your average TikTok teenager...except he's, y'know, an adult. He has a dark red jacket, a black turtleneck, black jeans (which he ripped himself, on purpose. It's a habit!), a studded chain belt, and high heeled boots to make him appear taller. The boots don't really do much, though, because he's short as fuck. This is all accompanied by his usual bandana.

## Personality

Leonardo is incredibly self-centered, to a point where most of his thoughts, feelings, and actions are directed towards himself and what personally benefits him. His most important value is looking cool and badass, both from the view of others and himself. He has his insecurities about how others view him, but he’s no self-hating narcissist—he believes he is a criminal mastermind and incredible at devising plans and committing acts of manipulation. He harms married couples and abuses people he trusts every damn day of his life, y’know! At times, Leonardo will even insist his own status as a God, and whether or not he believes in this himself is...well, it’s complicated. In fact, he isn't afraid to admit these levels of dastardliness, either. He takes rather large sums of pride in his "evil" deeds, and admitting to his wrongdoings is his favorite thing to do...after all, it totally makes him look cooler.

This isn't to say he is completely incorrect, either. When push comes to shove, Leonardo can be a fairly rational and even calculating, albeit ruthless, motherfucker. If he sees it as something that’d make him look like a badass supervillain, he’ll do it without remorse, and that goes for things ranging from minor acts of assholery to straight up homicide. Surprisingly, he seems to try his best to avoid impulsive decisions overall, and isn’t a big fan of his own impulsivity and tendency to act before he thinks...especially after everything he's been through. But that doesn't mean he still doesn't fuck up sometimes! <3

Be that as it may, his aforementioned arrogance gets in the way of actually achieving anything productive, due to how much it has skewed his view of the outside world. He especially has difficulty comprehending that other people have emotions that don't align with his own beliefs of how they're supposed to act, and struggles to understand those he doesn’t see as his superiors (or, in cases like Jacke and Eric, his equals). This causes him to completely misunderstand most situations and be pretty fuckin' insensitive. All of this, combined with his consistent and repeated failures, just makes his attitude worsen over time.

Still, a lot of Leonardo’s cold and detached aura comes entirely from the consequences of his own upbringing. Most liemaveras are needlessly violent and careless for the lives of others, it’s kinda their thing. Leonardo may have trouble comprehending other people’s thoughts and feelings, and he may see most people as beneath him, but it’s totally because of his past...that being said, he has the potential to improve, so most of him being an asshole now is entirely of his own doing and fault.

While he's still the general douchebag he's always been, Leonardo is making his small and insignificant attempts to mellow out his violent, sporadic attitude and be more normal. Whether or not this is actually working, uh...well, he still advocates for mass murder so probably not.

## Lore

### Pre-Locus

In the outskirts of Donlon, one of the largest cityscapes of the continent Somewhere, stood a small sanctuary where Leodore had resided since his hatching. It was safe to say he was a fast learner, and, with little help from his instructors, Leo had quickly become adept in his healing magic.

Despite all this, he still longed for more, and Leo often found himself wandering into the crowded streets of Donlon. He was drawn to their sports, such as Cricket (EXTREME MODE), Killing & Violence Ball, and, his favorite, Oblivion Brawling. He absolutely fuckin' adored watching these bloodbaths, and sometimes even snuck into stadiums where the events were hosted. Even though he had been granted the excitement of seeing them in person, he couldn't help but feel jealous. Using one's energy for fighting (and straight up murder) wasn't as common for liemaveras of his type. Seeing this fight for control, power upon power...was something truly inspiring. Leo had clung to a hope that one day he would be as strong, if not stronger than the liemaveras he watched.

Leo had begged his instructors about the possibility of a certain extracurricular activity outside of his studies about World Domination, but his vagueness proved to be detrimental to his plans, as his instructors completely misinterpreted his words and selected an incredibly opposing pastime to what he wished: Bible study. *Not* the fucking human Bible. Like, the liemavera one. Liemaveras think the human Bible is, frankly, stupid. But in Leodore's eyes, the liemavera Bible is 10x worse. Not that he'd actually say that out loud, of course. Even so, Leo hated Bible study so fucking much. Every single second of it was god damn atrocious. The worst part is that he didn't have any peers to complain to, as there is no liemavera in their right fuckin’ mind who actually gives a shit about this religious hogwash aside from elderly motherfuckers who want to conserve their cringe little past.

Leo had done decently well in his training and, regrettably, became a liemavera Bible whiz-kid. He had even participated in a few minor missions, and his healing abilities had shown to pass with flying colors. Yet, unsatisfaction still lurched in the back of his mind. This need for power had all started to crack down on Leo, eventually driving him to make one of the worst, among many, god-awful fucking decisions in his life. There had been a game of Oblivion Brawling to be hosted the following week...if Leo was careful enough, he could *finally* experience the feeling of being in the spotlight.

Unfortunately for Leodore, he was not careful. Although he was certainly able to find his way inside and slip past any sort of security, he would greatly misinterpret the reaction to his presence. Leo had acquired attention, but not the type of attention he desired. Liemaveras don't react too fondly to some random motherfucker interfering with their bloodsports, especially the opponents themselves. Much to his own misfortune, Leo is incredibly fucking stubborn, and he will show everyone that he can do cool epic magic as well. As he tries to weaponize his own energy, he quickly realized that he did not prepare for this event and immediately fails. Before Leo is able to comprehend how much he fucked up big time, his opponent comes over and just... starts kicking his ass. In a life or death situation, he finally weaponizes his energy out of instinct and is able to get his opponent off of him, but at a price; he overexerts himself in the process. Leo almost immediately passes out, assuming that this is finally the end.

And then he woke up at ~~home~~ whatever the liemavera equivalent of a hospital is. His vision had noticeably worsened and his entire body ached. The doctor informed him of his injuries, including that the left half of his face took the brunt of the overexertion and is completely scarred, and he may have some difficulty flying due to severe damage to his left wing. According to the doctor, some highly respected older folks who had been \*watchging this\* specifically requested he was saved. Bible studies and befriending elders actually saved Leo from his untimely demise. To make matters worse, the stunt he pulled had gained traction, and Leodore had become a fucking *meme*. As soon as he left the hospital, he changed his cringe name to the fail one we know now, Leonardo Akuma, in hopes of both being more "menacing" and nobody recognizing him...among other reasons. Trans rights, diversity lose. Although, it was inevitable that the occasional liemavera would see him for who he was, or make fun of him for his past acts of tomfoolery.

For the majority of his years after the incident, Leonardo continued to assist in minor missions. As is implied by the word "minor," they were rather tame for a liemavera of his age. His sense of hope had been lost, and he remained apathetic...until one day when a higher-up approached Leo, offering him a chance to assist in the invasion of the United Kingdom. Leo registers this as a chance to finally prove himself and accepts the offer. Soon enough, alongside the rest of his crew, Leonardo arrives on Earth in a small civil parish by the name of Cuckmere Valley.

Leo is almost immediately assigned the role of finding the crew a place to stay, which he takes with pride. Searching across the vibrant shrubland, he eventually stumbles upon an opening where an old barn stands. Despite there supposedly being signs of someone (or some*thing*) living there, when Leonardo searched, it was empty as can be. No farm animals, no farm, nothing. If something was there, they'd have to be inside, leaving Leo no choice but to investigate further and enter the building. This, consequently, ended up being a horrible move. He ended up square in fuckin' Locus. Forgot this was about PAJ? Yeah, I did too. Sorry about that!

### Locus

#### Pre-PAJ

When Leonardo arrives in Locus he's understandably pissed. Thought This was going to be his chance, huh? Nope! Fucked up realm time, bitch! For a whole week, he just goes around AJHQ complaining to employees and desperately trying to get in contact with The Boss. After everyone finally gets tired of his bullshit and he's finally allowed to talk to her, it just goes as you expect. She tells him he isn't allowed to leave...and then Leonardo proceeds to run off into the vents and cry about it for several hours.

During Leo's moping session he realizes that there's a whole colony of birds inside the vents, and after registering his shock, decides to interact with them. Although the majority of these birds were just... birds, Leo couldn't help but notice that a few of these birds stood out like a sore fucking thumb. Upon introducing himself to them, they confirmed that his suspicions were

correct: they were also liemaveras who got trapped in Locus while trying to complete their missions. Ever since, they stuck together in the vents and worked together to get enough energy to survive, although that was a huge fuckin' challenge. They even gave their crew an Epic Name™, The Knuckle Gang.

Meanwhile, Leonardo decides exactly how to take advantage of this, like how he does with literally everything. Being the liemavera who is the least energy-starved out of everyone there, he offers to be their new and much more epic cool leader. He promises that he'll get them so much energy and perhaps even dominance over the entire fuckin' company if they listen to him and do everything he says. The Knuckle Gang, absolutely desperate at this point, agree to Leonardo's wishes. They also inform him that if he does fuck up they will get his ass without hesitation. Leo accepts this, but asks them to change their name, and they oblige...so, the **Blood Desirers** are born, although the name Leo chose is debatably worse.

As soon as Leonardo becomes the gang leader, he just goes wild over his control. When they weren't scavenging around AJHQ in worthless attempts to find scraps of energy, Leo decided a way for his gang to "bond" was to finally put his incredibly specific knowledge into use. He started just giving them his half-assed Bible readings but, like, from memory. It's not like he has the liemavera Bible on him at all fucking times. He’s not *that* bad.

Eventually he starts adding his own shit onto them… and that's when Leo gets a genius idea. He realizes, hey, what if I fuckin’ make all these Bible stories lead back to *ME?* The new fucking protagonist of the liemavera Bible, motherfucker! He goes for it, and gradually and obviously integrates his new bullshit tactics into his storytelling, eventually just flat out stating his godhood. The other liemaveras don't actually believe these, but with the knowledge that this bastard is their only chance at getting food, they tolerate it. Leo fucking loses it because he's utterly convinced his bullshit plan worked.

#### PAJ

Leonardo spent a lot of his time just \*watchging\* the shit that went on in AJHQ, although he chose not to interact directly with any of it because he found it stupid as hell and didn't care. However, he did check the blog relatively regularly, and, after the Hells, he saw that Merriam was in need of a new bird (for reasons unclear at that point in time). Leo realizes that he's a bird. He takes his chance, informs his gang of his departure, and bursts into Merriam's office through the vent. Leonardo attempts to put on a completely innocent act, and after enough convincing, Merriam allows him to be the *temporary* heartbird of Eric, as long as he promises not to fuck with his already really fucked robotics or pull any bullshit. Leonardo agrees, y'know, like a liar. In gaining the supposed trust of an important employee, as well as a new host, Leonardo celebrates his absolutely epic win of the night.

To nobody's shock, Leo is the worst fucking heartbird in the world. He toned down his bastard levels in hopes of coming off as somewhat trustworthy, but it became increasingly clear that he didn't actually give a shit about helping Eric or being a proper assistant. Mr. Gun was simply just someone he could use to gain power over AJHQ, and in his eyes, the entirety of Locus. Much to Leo's chagrin, however, none of his typical manipulation tactics seemed to actually...work on Eric, and any time he suggested the concept of world dominance or tried to read a verse from the liemavera Bible or whatever the fuck, Eric would very much ignore him completely or make some sort of passive-aggressive comment on how literally nothing Leo said had any sort of relevance to their job...it was his own way of telling Leonardo to shut the fuck up.

Things finally took a fuckin' turn when Harold and National Geographic's raid takes place. As it began, Eric fuckin’ ignores a wet floor sign and immediately slips and malfunctions, leaving Leonardo to just. Fuck off, as he usually does. As Leo fucking hates AJHQ and everything they stand for, he gathers up his fellow Blood Desirers to make shit worse for everyone, ordering them to attack people at random, while Leo himself would try and target Nat Geo and Harold. He only had slight success, as he did encounter Nat and attack him... This ended with Leo being convinced he had killed Nat, but in truth, he barely did shit to him! After this "win," Leo goes on to celebrate further, laughing at all the utter bullshit nonsense from a distance.

While sitting around and being a little shit, he encounters Merriam, who questions what the absolute fuck he's doing out here. Leonardo proceeds to say the infamous line "Merriam, come look at how entertaining this is! It’s almost like a comedy movie, except it’s free!" (the peak of dialogue, everyone) to which Merriam's like "dude. you're kind of fucked up… what the hell" and condemns Leonardo for being a stupid asshole. Leonardo, who can never handle criticism ever, is like "whhyy wouuld you Fuuc..ckking; sa,ay thhat...... yoou';;ree so sso mmeann too mmee ,NOOBOD Y uu,nderstandds wwh ati'veg onne th.ro,gh" and as he's trying not to cry he runs off before Merriam can say anything else.

As he's running off, however, he encounters Susie, she quietly follows him in an attempt to make him stop being a motherfucker. Soon, Leo is met face to face with Harold. Leonardo instantly starts bluffing and fuckin’ throwing threats at him, meanwhile Susie tells Leo not to actually murder him. Harold and Leo spend a good few minutes arguing with each other and as Susie is forced to be \*watchging this\*... everything turns around as Bigfoot himself fucking appears. Leonardo sees the Ape and is like "oh god oh fuck" \*heads out\*, taking shelter in Eric's fuckin dead broken body until everything subsides. He drags Mr. Gun's corpse to his office and waits for Merriam to return.

Several days passed, causing Leo to realize that, wuh-oh, Merriam probably isn't coming back! With this, Leo is left with one option: fix Eric himself and disregard everything Merriam told him not to do. Turns out, Leonardo is not good at fixing robots! Like, at all! After absolutely fucking up multiple sets of Eric's already sensitive code, he prepares himself to wake Eric up and face the consequences of his actions. He prays that none of this will come back to kick him in the ass later on. Leo gives up on actually fixing Eric's code properly and forces him to reboot using his epic healing powers. Upon Eric waking up, he (seemingly on his own accord) forgets Merriam’s existence...Leonardo, assuming that is standard for married couples, accepts this and decides that he needs *a robot engineer’s* help to *run and maintain a robot* no longer. Buh-bye, Merriam!

Eric, being practically run primarily on Leo's shitty dumbass powers and a single Kleenex at this point, actually begins to listen to Leonardo's ramblings and value his thoughts, much to the latter's excitement. For months on end, he rambles about how he and Eric are, deep down, one and the same, and have been oh so very wronged by the people around them. This is a sentiment Eric shares, but maybe not for the same reasons Leonardo does. Both wish violence upon those who wronged them, just...not the same people, not the same kind. Eric and Leo both develop the idea that they’re the only ones who truly understand each other, and while they don’t fully trust one another by any means (Eric would toss out Leo for his own benefit in a heartbeat and Leo the same), they stick together through this shared love of violence. Things continue on as normal, excluding Eric being utterly fucked up. Leonardo and Eric eventually go on a business trip with Bigfoot to Earth, in which Leo keeps trying to egg Eric on to commit murder, although this ultimately fails due to a lack of proper opportunities...don’t worry, though, they’ll get there soon! Once they return, however, is when shit gets real fucked up.

On the discovery of Nat Geo's status as a sexyman, Leonardo was (shockingly) not the one to suggest violently killing him. He was completely convinced that Eric was being a fuckin' clown and picking up a fight that he couldn't win, albeit Leonardo's blatant hypocrisy in that regard. As we've already established, Eric is very fucked up and ignored Leo telling him not to because he's a weak little bitch. When Eric did end up killing Nat Geo, however, Leo was like "OH MY GOD THE MADMAN ACTUALLY DID IT..... eric i definitely never doubted you and believed in you the entire time like the really great and wonderful boyfriend i am" and then Eric consequently crashed for like 2 weeks (not actually but i think it would be funny if that was the case), much to Leo's disappointment. Using his cringe liemavera powers to not only reboot him but also give him the Energy Shock™, Leonardo encouraged Eric to continue his fucked up killing spree, to which he happily obliged...and off to Layer 13 they headed, mostly by Eric’s choice.

And so the two committed mass fucking murder together. With Leo's boosting powers and vague guidance combined with Eric doing, like, all the actual murdering, the two were practically un-fucking-stoppable. It seemed that shit was finally going Leonardo's goddamned way! Leo could finally sit back and relax. Then BOOM. Eric abruptly remembers his husband exists and is, to a theatrical degree, melodramatically concerned of his whereabouts. Leonardo, irritated by Eric getting distracted, is like "dude stop being dramatic?? i thought you didn’t even like merriam. you're totally throwing off my vibe." When Eric continues to feign his own upset, Leonardo decides to take things into his own hands (claws? wings? i don;t fuckin know dude) (editor's note: i'm keeping that in because it's funny, but i'm pretty sure it'd be talons, jeremy...then again doves aren't rlly the kind of bird you'd usually say have talons. fuck if i know either apparently) and delivers another lengthy and insufferable rant, one long enough to both snap Eric from his “sadness” and convince Eric to let Leonardo have a little more control in their quest to slaughter every stupid Homestuck kinnie on L13. Don’t worry, though, Eric knows exactly what’s going on! Possession is for losers.

Together, they attempt to continue Eric's task of finding and killing ??, as well as killing Robin after a short encounter with him. At some point, Eric falls down a flight of stairs. Funny robot man's head rolls off and allows himself to be slightly more conscious than before. Leonardo takes this as an opportunity to argue with (and berate) Eric more because he's an asshole. Yet, through Eric’s plight, they continue on with their murder spree.

All of this takes a sharp twist when none other than Bigfoot shows up. Briefly arguing with The Kinnie, ??, and A12, he lies to Bigfoot about how he totally hasn't had a hand in the murders happening, which Bigfoot doesn't question at all due to Mr. Gun’s trustworthy aura that he has pathetically fallen prey to (like someone else you might know!). After deflecting even more questions, Eric tells Bigfoot that the murderer/monster is *right behind him!* Which, consequently, causes Bigfoot to turn around. With that, Leonardo and Eric prepare their strength...and take the kill. But this proved to be the worst possible move, as no being, living or nonliving, can handle the despair of killing our Lord and Savior Bigfoot. Eric, crushed under the heavy shock of becoming the man to murder a God, reaches into his own chest cavity and tears Leo out, tossing him aside, leaving him defenseless, and subsequently powering down. He falls to the floor, and Leo panics as he tries to figure out what to do.

A12 and ?? takes this as a chance to bully Leonardo and punt him like a football, which hurts like fucking hell on Leonardo's end. When the two are distracted, however, Leo makes a fucking break for it, and descends deeper down the layers, feeling betrayed by Eric for having pulled that bullshit on him *and* that he once more had his seemingly perfect plans fail. In his utter state of despair and endless wandering of the lower layers, Leonardo finds himself upon a door, in which he decidedly breaks and enters with little remorse. With this, he meets Jacke, who lets him stay in his shitty slimy Reddit apartment for what goes from a temporary visit to a permanent stay. From then on, Leo mainly resides in Jacke's apartment, since literally so many people want to enact violence upon him (mostly because of Eric lying to say the massacre was entirely his fault). Despite his belief that Eric betrayed him, he still occasionally goes up to the higher layers so he can give Eric his shitty fanfics in an attempt to make up with him and reconcile. It doesn't work, for Eric cares about his career over the thrill of another murder spree...but Leonardo will still try.

anyways that was so fucking long i am literally so so sorry. leonardo is the worst character (another editor's note: it’s okay if it’s a long ass page. i am obsessed with this weird fucking bird)

## Relationships

### Eric

Leonardo’s relationship with Eric was, and still is, immensely complicated, to say the very least. Though Leonardo once loyally (to his own, vague extent) served the role of Eric’s heartbird and boyfriend, the ending to the sexyman massacre cut their relationship in two, as the power of killing a figure as important as Bigfoot was too much for Eric to bear. They’ve parted ways since then, but both dream of a world where they can eventually come back together and commit some more mass murder. Leonardo tries to reconcile with Eric to no avail, only because Eric values his job and doesn’t want to risk losing it if seen associating with a criminal...would be quite the shame if Eric didn’t have to worry about losing his job anymore, huh?

### Jacke

After Leonardo escaped the scene of Bigfoot’s brutal murder, he reluctantly took up residence in Jacke’s apartment, and began seeing it as a place of safety, solace, and...of course...an escape from the consequences of being a wanted felon. Jacke is one of very few people in the world that Leonardo sees as his equal, and, while they do argue a lot, Leonardo does value his company. Being a murderer is incredibly difficult when you’re doing it alone, after all! TL;DR, they’re pretty good friends. Just friends, though. Nothing more to see here <3 hey. feet away means it’s not gay, remember?

### Reddit Spiders

The Reddit spiders are the weird (yet unique) spiders littering Jacke's apartment, Leonardo's current home. They hate Leonardo with a burning passion and see him as an intruder seeking to take over Jacke's life. Unfortunately, their attempts to kill him have all been fruitless.

### Susie

Since Susie had the balls to step up to Leonardo and (temporarily) convince him not to execute Harold in cold blood, Leo has respected her and actually views her as a superior. If he ever were to take over the company, he’d probably promote her just to make her his right-hand woman. Susie, on the other hand, has probably forgotten Leonardo’s existence entirely...but if she remembered, she’d probably appreciate the newfound admiration for her bravery and her skill.

## Trivia

* Leonardo is based off of Anghel Higure from Hatoful Boyfriend.
* Creators said that leonardo akuma is "the worst character on the entire blog like god damn i hate this motherfukcer"
* He's British. Or like, whatever the Liemavera equivalent of British is.
* leonardo is a dictatorish piece of shit who believes that everything should just bow down to him already. it has nothing to do with his fucking nonsense number letters. hes a piece of shit hes genuinely a gigantic piece of shit who manipulated and harmed a married couple into forwarding his plan of killing everyone in the company for fun. he gloated about how great he was and how he was above everyone while people were dying, he had violent jealousy whenever he perceived someone to be regarded higher than him you do not understand the fucking significance that youre comparing this fucking god awful piece of shit character to some fucking catch all numbers and letters that dont really mean anything

## Gallery

Leonardo and EricThe first image of LeonardoConcept art of Leonardo's updated designLeonardo and Jacke hell yes Reddit romance2022 reddit marriage btwA quick guide for his outfit and scarsweak old refleodore my beloved