Leofric Eros

#### Leofrics childhood:

Leofric is an Arceax which come from the Daelux Empire. A desert empire that most exports Pottery and spices. The Arceax are known for being incredibly family bonded, wearing family crests that go back century's. Leofric wears theirs on the back of their cape(?) thingy. But there is something about Leofrics family, all Arceax has some ability of charmspeak some bloodlines stronger than others. Leofric comes from a bloodline that has incredibly strong charmspeak. Which leads to not quite respect but they are somewhat wealthy because of it. But some genuinely fear Leofric and their family over it. Even though charmspeak is so easily detected in the affected, their eyes get a magenta sheen, the stronger the charmspeak, the stronger the haze. But, Leofric grew up with the world fearing him, hating him. His family always there to support him though. Over time Leofric just hated it, viewing charmspeak more as curse than a blessing because what the world around them told them.

#### Wartime Acitivity:

Unfortunately, The Holy Monarchs war comes right to their gates. Burning down their home and what they think is their family with it. After seeing this he becomes enraged, and starts a revolution, please bear in mind hes around human age of 14-15. Surprisingly, without the use of charmspeak, they build up one of the most successful revolutions against The Holy Monarch. Eventually they get a right hand person, this being Meztli Channing. She joins the war illegally. What she doesn't know is her father has been illegally smuggling goods. Her father tries to buy her way out. When she finds out, she tells him to frick off. So Her father tells leo, either you keep my daughter safe or I shut this down. Leofric mostly tells him, there is no guarantee I can do anything. We are scarping by on nickel and dime. We get no funds. Which Meztli's father goes I'll fund you if you can keep my daughter off the front lines. And so Leofric does, all while not telling Meztli, knowing fighting in this war, making the world was a better place. But Leofric knows that this money isn't clean. he's taking blood money, but at least his soldiers are feed and clothed. Sometime after, they fall into the Holy Monarchs hands, whether Leofric went by force or by choice is something they'll never say. All anyone knows is he came back with Files and a missing eye. IF you ask them about it, they'll say They scratched it out. He knows that a lie, if they really had, the eye socket wouldn't look like that now. Eventually the war ends due to someone just dumping the Holy Monarchs body saying the war is over and they are declaring themself leader of (at the time) the Posilon Dynasty, named after the Holy Monarch.

#### Leadership:

Now comes the part of who gets to lead. Now the Daelux Empire has some funky superstitions about their leaders. A long, long time a Daelux fell in love with a women. Sometime during the relationship, the ruler gets a mistress and has an affiar. In a blind rage, the women game ends both the Ruler and the Mistress her last wish being more of a curse. She curses that for every Daelux Emperor that falls in love, she will come back and game end them and their lover. Leofric knowing that his comrads had families or wanted to start families, takes the role of ruler of the Daelux Empire even though they now hate leading. Leofric believes he has no family left and doesn't want his kids to go through the hatred he went through growing up. So they sit on that throne not too happy about it either. Leofric would literally rip out his own vocal cords if it meant he didnt have charmspeak anymore. But yet the fear around their families still follow. There had always been rumors he had used his charmspeak abilities on the battlefield while his comrades would tell you they had never even seen Leofric use it once. As they become ruler, suitors from far and wide come, all waiting power but not them. For Leofric it feels more like rubbing salt in the wound. Leofric is most defiantly implied to be demiromantic anyways but yk. After a while and *some* stability comes back to the world.

#### Realtion to The Holy Revered:

Leofric meets up with the new leader of The Posilon Dynasty who has resorted it to its old and proper name House Pheopiya. They're first meeting is rocky. Leofric knows people, they want to know people personally, that's how they became so influential, they just showed people kindness and actually got to know them. When the ruler does not refer to him by his name instead by "Lord Eros" and Does not hand over its name stating just call it "The Holy Reverend" Leofric gets pretty pissed, espically because the holy advisor is there. Leofric didn't bring Meztli. They didn't think it was that formal. Leofric hating Formal situations because Leofric doesn't want to be of a higher position that anyone, he just wants to be equal. This kicks off their "stalemate" they are both very aware of each others hatred of the other party but they know they are both playing house on a much larger scale. They do get into fights, those being physical most of the time which turn more into sparring matches.When suddenly, House Pheopiya gets cut off the food supply. Food is a scare resource in their world, only growing in one place, for a certain amount of months. This is kind of what started the entire war. Then most other leaders follow in The Roneatias empire's (the one place that grows food) footsteps, turning their back on the on House Pheopiya. But Leo knows hes seen The Holy Revered straight up get slapped by other rulers in meetings and kind of says, frick it. We'll work it out and leaves the trades.

House Pheopiya is KNOWN for their stained glass stuff, with that knowledge they make greenhouses and the holy revered some how has tons of random dirt from god knows where but its not the ground apparently! With this, for the first time, in about 800 years, food starts to grow outside the Roneatia empire. By now Leofric and the Holy revered are mostly sparing because they have found out each others attack patterns down to a T and its just a good way to do get out stress.

That is until Leofric learns the Holy Revereds actual last name. Its last name being Posilon, it has been the Holy Monarchs kid the entire time. Leofric flees believing that this has just been some Long con the Holy Monarch had planned all along while The Holy Revered begs for Leofric to listen. That something is not right with the ground and something was not right with The Holy Monarch. But Leofric can't help but feel anger. During this time away from The holy revered (Trades still going through, can't let people go without food!) Leofrics dad comes back. Their dad informs them that their mother is gonezo but at least hes home. Its bittersweet. What snaps Leofric back is an "attempt" on the holy revereds life. (What had actually happened while trying to negotiate with another nation while doing it informally aka doing it while going on a walk, the holy revered just passes out from exhaustion and that ruler just flees the scene). Leofric just finds it there in the street, no one has come to help and as they do cry out for passerbys help, no one else answers. In that moment He just realizes that both of them are alone, whether they wanted to be or not, they are now stuck together.

During this time they grow closer, Leofric doesn't really notice what is happening until ruh roh! The moon legend was real! Leofric was of course out alone one night, just chilling trying to escape his stressful life. (Which Arceax have adapted to be nocturnal due to JESUS CHRIST THE SUN IS HOT) Arceax are naturally anywhere from a soft pink, deep pink, light purple to dark purple in fur. This Arceax they meet is a light blue, they just kind of go "Huh their fur is the same color is the same color as the moon" before they get into a brawl. Leofric spends the entire fight not convincing the moons he's not in love but himself. They don't want to be in love, love means carrying on the family name. That is the last thing Leofric wants. They want their Charmspeak abilities to die with them. Eventually he does knock out the moon and escapes. They just kind of come back to Moonstone Citadel (Their fancy palace) go "Moon real" before passing out.

### Fics Featuring Leofric:

* https://archiveofourown.org/works/42356307
* https://archiveofourown.org/works/43572042