˚༄ Leona Kingscholar ‧₊˚. ⸝⸝

Leona is an arrogant, domineering person who’s as prideful as he is lazy. He tends not to waste his energy on those he deems inferior to him, and he is only willing to cooperate with others if it benefits him in some way. In the same vein, he puts little to no effort into activities that don’t interest him, especially when it comes to his studies. Although he is incredibly talented when it comes to magic, he tends to slack off, skip classes, and take naps whenever possible. A lack of motivation and attendance has caused him to repeat one school year. This tendency for sloth causes many to underestimate Leona or misinterpret his capabilities.

Under certain conditions, Leona’s laziness fades to reveal a fierce competitive side. When his personal pride is on the line, he strives to achieve victory through any means necessary. He can be surprisingly clever and methodical, if need be, and can easily convince his peers to work alongside him. As such, his dorm members show great diffidence and respect to him as their leader, while Leona in turn looks after them and their interests (subtly and to an extent). Furthermore, Leona is a formidable fighter in his own right, having been trained in martial arts from a young age.

In addition to being very intelligent and magically adept, Leona is considered a very perceptive person.

Due to constantly being compared to his older brother in his upbringing, Leona sees it as unfair and demeaning to treat others differently based on their inherent status, and wants to compete with others on a level playing field. Ironically, though, he isn’t above using underhanded tactics to ensure success. Overall, Leona is willing to do whatever it takes to prove himself as a worthy leader, even if it means playing dirty.

Leona is the junior prince of Sunset Savanna. He has an older brother named Falena, the crown prince and current regent of Sunset Savanna, who he describes as being rather carefree. Their father has been reported as not being in good health. Growing up, although Leona was extremely intelligent, magically prodigious, athletic, notably handsome and diligent, he was constantly compared to and upstaged by Falena, his talents overshadowed and downplayed by almost everyone. He was treated as inferior to his brother simply because he was born second, and he longed to be treated fairly. Furthermore, Leona shows great disdain for the Sunset Savanna's tendency to live alongside nature and adapt to it rather than making use of its resources to improve life for everyone, a concept Falena does not support due to its violation of tradition.

The only one to support him growing up was Kifaji (Neji), a bird beastman and Grand Chamberlain, who was a tutor to the young prince; Leona learned chess from him and acknowledges the advisor as a worthy challenger despite their current differences. While Kifaji is genuinely fond of Leona, he is irritated by Leona's avoidance of duty and often scolds the prince for his lackadaisical attitude, insisting Leona's natural talent and wit could still be of use to the kingdom despite never inheriting the throne. Leona, in turn, often bickers with Kifaji and attempts to outwit him when the chamberlain attempts to corner Leona into doing something, although Leona does care for Kifaji in his own way.

Due to the continual dismissal and fear of him, Leona felt that no matter what he did, he would never become the best nor have the opportunity to become king. As a result, he sees no reason to work hard when he knows his status will stay the same no matter what. Falena would eventually take a wife.

When he was 16, Leona got an invitation to Night Raven College, which he ignored at first, as he already learned everything from royal tutors during his childhood years. However, when his nephew Cheka was born, Leona began feeling suffocated at home and decided to enroll in NRC a year after he got the invitation. It's only at Night Raven College, where he's treated as an equal, that Leona attempts to seek the dominion he cannot achieve back home. As such, Leona often tries to get out of returning home for holidays or special events, although he is often pressured to come back due to his nephew's pleas to see him or Kifaji's machinations. Cheka is very attached to Leona, calling him "Unca" and often giving Leona cards and letters. In contrast, Leona avoids Cheka whenever possible, galled by Cheka's cheerful personality and rank as heir.

Leona's Signature Spell is "The King's Roar." After casting, anything Leona touches turns to sand, including living beings and Phantoms. Leona admits that his spell is difficult to control, refusing to use the spell in tight spaces and risk turning everyone in it to sand. Leona also has control over the sand particles generated from this ability. When using his signature spell, it is formidable enough to even make the air dry and dusty, and the ground quake and crack into fissures, even if he does not fully complete the spell. Leona has also once used King’s Roar to negate Skully's magic before it could take effect, even without being in physical contact.

Leona often commands Ruggie to do favors for him. Most frequently, he sends Ruggie to get him food or cook for him. Ruggie is also responsible for Leona's laundry and cleaning Leona's room (he receives compensation for this either by payment or Leona giving him homework help/items).

Leona is a tall young man, sating 185 cm (6'0"), with medium-brown skin and fairly defined muscles. He has thick, dark-brown hair that goes below his shoulders in length, with long, side-parted bangs that fall over his eyes. Two sections of hair on both sides of his face are braided and tied at the ends with yellow bands. He has emerald green eyes, and a thin scar over his left eye that goes from his eyebrow to his cheek. A black lion tattoo wraps around his left arm, just below his shoulder.

Instead of human ears, he has brown lion ears on the top of his head. This is paired with a long lion tail of the same color, with a dark-brown tuft of fur at the end. He is usually shown with half-lidded eyes and a smug, sharp-toothed grin.