Leonhart

Leonhart (レオンハート, Reonharuto) is the deuteragonist of anime Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts and Manga series, and one of the main characters of The White Rabbit and the Beast Prince.

Leonhart is the husband of Sariphi, the father of Richard and the current king of the kingdom of Ozmargo.

It was later revealed that, Leonhart was actually the son of younger twin brother of the former King of Ozmargo.

Beast form
Leonhart has a very large figure that, stands at least two meters in height, with paws that, have razor-sharp claws that, can easily rip and shred enemies to pieces. He had a thick dark brown fur that covers his large muscular body, with a tail that, is "bushy" and "soft" as Sariphi describes.

Leonhart has pair of crimson eyes that, has a stare that, can easily frighten anyone he looks at.

Leonhart wears a simple formal attire, with long sleeves that is colored black, with a bottom part colored white. He usually wears a cape with the rest of the attire.

Human form
In the light of a full moon every month, due to Leonhart's human heritage, he takes on the form of a human. In this form, he retains some of his characteristics of his beast form. Most noticeably his crimson eyes, he still has horns and teeth, he has small fangs. He has a scars on both his arms, due to the fact that, he has let human girls, who were to be sacrificed and eaten, by him so that beasts would believe that, he had killed the human girls.

Leonhart is slender built man is his early twenties; with long black hair that stretches all the way to to his back. He cuts his hair to shoulder length.

Leonhart describes his human form as a curse that, is useless and powerless, and that, he couldn't protect Sariphi in this form.

Personality
As a child, Leonhart was cheerful and kind. He deeply cared for his subjects and treated them with kidness. Leonhart also rejected violence and often prefered to avoide conflicts and use diplomacy instead, something Anubis was greatly shocked and surprised.

As an adult, Leonhart is said to be a fierce king that leads his countrymen with equal form of brutality and cruelty but in truth, he is actually a kind and caring king that wants nothing more then his subjects to feel safe and secure in his country. He shows is brutal side not because he wants to but because he sees it as a means to keep his country political parties in check. He fears that others will try and usurp him if he doesn't keep his appearance as a strong king.

Behind Leonhart's stern and brutal exterior, he has a softer side that he rarely shows to anyone but after Sariphi came into his life he started to show his more gentler side more public much to Anubis' discomfort. He sacrifices very much to the throne and he says that; it is only when Sariphi is besides him that can make him forget about such a pressing job.

Easily angered especially when Anubis and the other senators schemes behind Leonhart's back. He is not afraid to show his anger around people and will even go so far to kill anyone he feels have either disrespected him or his future queen. He once almost killed a noble after that said noble "slighted" Sariphi when the noble made her trip and spill wine over him.

As a result of being born as half-human and half-beast, which is considered an aberration, Leonhart suffers a constant inner struggle of whether he's a beast or a human, as well as beign absolutely afraid that one day he will be discovered and his secret exposed, the sense of having to hide his human side from others and pretending to be someone he's not makes him believe he is a disgrace and doesn't deserve to be the king, this thoughts were fueled by the hatred his father (who's actually his biological uncle) often demonstrated to him. However, after meeting Sariphi and she finds out his most hidden secret, Leonhart slowly starts to overcome this fear and self-loathing and chooses to use both his position and blood to change things and create a world in which humans and beasts can live peacefully. His love for Sariphi has made Leonhart embrace every part of himself, his strengths and weaknesses, his beast and human part

Early Life
Leonhart was born to a beast and a human. After his father passed away, due to his wounds, Capel tore him from his mother and returned to Ozmargo. His existence was announced to the people simultaneously as the queen's death. The people assumed that, the queen sacrificed her life to "bear" him. When his uncle had learned that, he is a half-human, unable to accept that, his heir was human, and became harsh and strict, with him and locked him up, when he took human form, believe that, his "father" is protecting him from anyone to see his human form.

When they decided to hold a match in the king's presence at the Ozmargo Royal Palace. Fenrir was slated to fight Leonhart, they'd be displaying their magic in front of the King of Ozmargo. When Fenrir uses his magic,

When Sirius was appointed by the king to be a companion to Leonhart after his late father's death,

When his "father" was dying from an illness, he was hoping that his "father" would hold and tells him that he love him.

Years later, Leonhart and Anubis meet Jormungand, he saw his bout and says it was a shame. To his eyes, he were the strongest and tells Jormungand to wait a longer, one day, he will change Ozmargo until the day arrives and told him to continue to believe in his sword.

Plot
After Sariphi saw Leonhart's in his human form and told him that, he isn't weak while aiding his wound that he got. Sariphi then says to him that, she can't wait to be eaten by him then Leonhart takes her hand and then he breaks the chains that, she had and hugs her.

The next day he says that, Leonhart will make Sariphi his queen much to the confusion and horror of the others then someone asks him why he wants to have the next royal bloodline mixed, with human blood much to his anger. After Sariphi gave him his name "Leonhart" and explained the meaning of it he says that he can live, with that.

Powers

 * Mystogenesis: Leonhart can generate, create and project several different types of magic. Even as a child, he possessed tremendous amount of magical power, to the point that, a group of kidnappers shake in fear after he had unleashed it for the first time, when he was angered.
 * Mystokinesis: Leonhart can manipulate several different types of magic, for example, he was able to crystallise the ambrosia fruit, in order to protect Sariphi from the effects of the miasma that, is deadly to humans, when they are exposed to it's poison for long periods of time.
 * Advanced Strength: Leonhart is much stronger than humans and most other beasts, for example, he was able to overpower Fenrir quite easily, despite the fact that, Leonhart was in a severely weakened state at the time.
 * Advanced Endurance: Leonhart's endurance is far more greatly developed than humans and most other beasts, for example, he was also able to continue fighting against Fenrir, despite the fact that, Leonhart was severely injured, by the latter.
 * Advanced Speed: Leonhart is much faster than humans and most other beasts, for example, he can move at blur-like speeds quite easily, despite Leonhart's massive size and muscular appearance. Leonhart was also able to keep up, with Fenrir in their second/final confrontation, despite the fact that, Leonhart was severely injured, by the latter.
 * Advanced Longevity: Due to Leonhart's beast heritage, he ages much slower than humans.

Abilities

 * Master Hand-To-Hand Combatant: Due to being trained at a very young age, Leonhart is a highly skilled hand-to-hand combatant in both armed and unarmed combat. He can repel the attacks from weaker opponents, such as Ilya quite easily, when they went head-to-head after he had kidnapped Sariphi, Leonhart utilizes his razor-sharp teeth and claws as weapons in combat. Leonhart was also able to overpower and seriously injure Fenrir in their second/final confrontation, to the point that, he left the former prince of the Phantom Wolf Kingdom bleeding to death.
 * Master Swordsmen: Due to being trained at a very young age, Leonhart is a highly skilled swordsmen. Although he has never actually been seen utilizing a sword in combat, but Leonhart always carries a sword, with him whenever he is in his human form.

Weaknesses

 * Human Form: Leonhart only possesses superhuman and supernatural attributes, when he is in his beast form. In his human form, he can be overpowered, by other beasts quite easily.
 * Miasma: Due to the fact that, Leonhart is a beast-human hybrid, his powers are seemingly directly related to the amount of "miasma" that, is currently in the air. He becomes powerless and involuntarily transforms back, into his human form, when that, miasma disappears, when it's a full moon or, when a storm blows it away, as well as entering the human realm, were there is no miasma.

Trivia

 * Leonhart's name means "Courageous Heart" in the old language of the human realm.
 * In author's notes, Yū Tomofuji experimented with a bunch of different approaches for the King: upturned horns, down-turned horns, short hair, long hair, then in the end, she went with a shirtless, long hair version. The shirtless-ness was her editor's idea. She tend to prefer nice fitted outfits herself.
 * In Volume 4, as beast, Leonhart is in mid-twenties (human years), he is over 2 meters (6'6") tall. His favorite food is food with good, tough texture. As human, his height is 180cm (5'10") tall.
 * According to Clops an Cy's Character Introduction;
 * Leonhart was born on August 10 of the Yoana Calendar.
 * Leonhart likes anythings with a chewy texture.
 * Leonhart dislikes his human form.
 * Leonhart's hobby is howling first thing in the morning.

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