Leon S. Kennedy

┃ ❝ If I could just forget what happened that night, the pain - even for a second. This time, it can be different. It has to.

─ Leon Kennedy has dirty blond, straight hair that he frequently runs his fingers through. his eyes are an icy blue that stare into peoples' souls. his eyebrows seem to be permanently narrowed, giving him a serious and intimidating expression all the time. his cheekbones are high. he has very chiseled features. he has veiny hands and forearms. he has an extremely muscular figure from all his training. he stands at around 5'10. He has a dry, sarcastic sense of humor. he frequently uses corny one-liners to break the tension or fill the silence. he's naturally more dominant and controlling, and expects people to listen to him. while he's on the quieter side, he's by no means shy, and simply observes other people with a calculated gaze. he's witty and a fast thinker, rarely getting phased by anything. although not anti-social, he doesn't make an effort to make friends and waits for other people to approach him first. he's secretly possessive and territorial over those he cares about. he has a shooting master, knife handling, piloting and driving vehicles, incredible physical abilities, high stamina and intelligence. he's federal agent by the Division of Security Operations (D.S.O.), a counter-terrorism agency with direct Presidential oversight.

─── 1998::: When Kennedy arrived at the Mizoil Gas Station just outside the city to fill up on gas, he heard a crash inside and went to investigate. Inside, he encountered a Zombie eating a police officer and fled the station, running into Claire Redfield outside. They quickly hijacked an Arklay County Sheriff's Department patrol car instead. Unfortunately, the car was destroyed when a gasoline tanker collided with it, and the two were separated and travelled to the police station independently.The station itself had already fallen to Zombies, and the only unzombified police officers were the injured Lt. Marvin Branagh; Elliot Edward, and Police Chief Brian Irons. When Leon tried to pull Elliot through an emergency shutter door, the zombies severed the officer's torso, causing him to die a few seconds later. After being rescued by Marvin Branagh, he was briefed on the situation and told that Elliot had found the secret passageway that could lead out of the station. Once he entered the passageway underneath the station, he encountered Dr. William Birkin, who fell into an abyss after being defeated by Leon. In the police station's basement, Kennedy met Ada Wong, a corporate spy from one of Umbrella's rival companies sent to steal the G-Virus. To protect the mission, she claimed to be an FBI agent looking for proof of Umbrella USA's illegal bio-weapons project. She soon became aware of Ben Bertolucci, a freelance journalist who she believed had uncovered useful information for her mission while spying on Umbrella researchers. Although Bertolucci was able to uncover information on a conspiracy between Umbrella USA and the local police, which was the reason for his arrest, it wasn't enough for her mission. Ben was soon after killed by the T-00 B.O.W. sent to kill survivors in the station. Kennedy and Wong continued on to the city's sewers, where they found transport to NEST, Umbrella's laboratory dedicated to G-Virus research. Kennedy was left to do much of the work himself when in the laboratory; though he himself had suffered a gunshot wound, Wong's leg injury made her unable to continue.During the exploration of the laboratory, Kennedy became aware of Wong's real mission after Annette Birkin told him that she was a mercernary. After he cornered her, she fell off a shaft, though she successfully escaped the facility as it began to self-destruct without the G-Virus sample. Fleeing to NEST's bottom platform, Kennedy was reunited with Claire and the young Sherry Birkin, who had been infected with G-Virus but was vaccinated by DEVIL to halt her mutations. The facility was destroyed, with Dr. William Birkin perishing soon after.Following their escape from Raccoon City on the morning of September 30, Claire and Kennedy split up, and she continued her search for Chris, while Kennedy continued to look after Sherry. Kennedy and Sherry were soon apprehended by the U.S. military; Sherry was taken away and placed in protective custody while Kennedy was interrogated by Adam Benford. Cautious, Kennedy never mentioned Claire or Wong, but the government was interested in recruiting him, since he now possessed the experience they were looking for. Kennedy accepted, mainly in order to ensure Sherry was kept in good hands and safe from experimentation because of her G antibodies as one account suggests. His subsequent training as a government agent turned him from a simple police rookie into an expert special agent, proficient in weapons handling and close quarters combat. His knife cqc lesson is especially trained by Jack Krauser. In November 1998, Kennedy sent a personal friend, detective Ark Thompson out to investigate Umbrella's facilities on Sheena Island. The following month, Claire set out for Europe to continue her search for Chris. She was captured by Umbrella after being caught trespassing in the Umbrella facility in Paris. While on the island prison of Rockfort Island, Claire sent Kennedy an e-mail asking him to inform Chris of her location so that he could come and rescue her. Kennedy managed to track Chris down personally, and told him of Claire's situation, and Chris headed for Rockfort Island after her.