Leon “Lee” deCoeur
From Egs Mayhem
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Character Bio/Description
Name: Leon de Coeur (answers to either "Leon" or "Lee")
Age: Looks around 30ish
Species: Anthrofeline
Gender: Male
Hair color: Dark blond
Fur color: Yellow, with darker yellow stripes on his face, arms, and tail, and white fur running from under his chin, down the front of his torso
Eye color: Blue
Height: 5’10”
Appearance: Somewhat wiry build, wears glasses that stay put somehow in spite of having no apparent arms. Always wears blue jeans, and usually a loose-fitting zip fronted shirt. May or may not wear shoes, according to his mood – his foot-paws are as tough as shoe leather, and he normally goes barefoot by preference.
In MKRP he carries a Backpack of Holding (similar in principle to a Bag of Holding), which contains various items.
Abilities and Skills
- Lee is something of an artist, and will usually have a sketchbook, or his digital camera, or both, to hand.
- He speaks several languages (although he is not equally fluent in all of them), the result of growing up in a town where people from a number of different worlds would sometimes come together, whether for trade, or tourism, or any of a number of other purposes.
- A magical strain in his family bloodline has given him the ability to sense the presence of magical energies.
- A “warning sense” allows him to instinctively detect if a drink or food would be harmful to him, for example if it were poisoned, or drugged, or merely contained something that would cause a harmful allergic reaction (although he would not be able to tell which it was), merely by picking it up. He often refers to this as “feline intuition”, a possibly inaccurate term (not that he cares).
- Lee has, over the years, picked up a fair knowledge of magic (and a number of small-scale spells), both from members of his family, and from hanging around other people of considerable magical talent. His own power level is extremely limited, so he prefers not to use magic more than necessary.
History
Lee was born and grew up on a world named "Felisar" by its inhabitants, most of whom are of the anthrofeline persuasion (although other “furry” races are represented). Some hundreds of their years ago, the people of Felisar discovered the secret of interdimensional travel, and set out to explore the multiverse. This led to a great deal of trade and other interactions with other worlds (including tourism, and the introduction of karaoke to Felisar), and also led to a number of tales featuring "talking animals" being created on the "human only" worlds.
Lee himself was born and grew up in a town that frequently received tourists from other dimensions, and this in turn sparked an interest in other worlds and their peoples. After spending a few years working as a tour guide for off-world tourists, during which time he met and became friends with Kayla, Lee headed out into the multiverse to see what he could see (curiosity being a big motivating factor in feline people). Along the way, he discovered Grassvale, and decided to make a home there.
Lee also became the town signwriter for Grassvale, and spent a good many years there, watching the children of the others grow up, and being Grassvale Town's resident artist. Eventually he decided to move on...
MKRP
(Note: Currently (in Mossy Knoll), Lee is about 60 (and still looks 30). This is due to the fact that Felisari are long-lived (their average lifespan is about 180 Earth years), and thus age relatively slowly.)
Lee arrived in Mossy Knoll as a result of a near-miss by a large craft, while in transit. The near-collision threw him out of the interspacial realm and into the spacetime of Mossy Knoll, arriving on Ann's doorstep, and colliding with her front door with sufficient force to give him a concussion. Having been cured of it (thanks to the Artmoogle), he then stepped in to help when Rose's "heat" temporarily overwhelmed her, sending her completely out of control.
While having tea with Rose, Knave, and Aurora, he managed to help them sort out at least some of the problems caused by all three of them going into heat together (and for the first time...).
Having befriended Roan, Lee is currently staying in the house that Roan created for himself and a few others who were stranded in Mossy Knoll.
Notes
- Lee’s ears and tail are often highly expressive, even (or especially) when he is not showing his feelings in his face. His tail tends to wave back and forth slowly at the tip when he’s thinking hard, or trying to remember something.
- Lee has hinted that he is, or might be, related to various famous fictional cats.
- Relatives mentioned so far:
- Uncle Whittington
- Uncle Carabas (whose grandmother was the original inspiration for "Puss in Boots")
- Aunt Rhiow (a midwife by trade, has all-black fur.)
- Lee's name is derived from the French phrase "coeur de leon" - or "Lionheart" in English. A little joke on the part of his creator, who does not speak French, but does have a fondness for wordplay.
- Lee briefly made an appearance in LPW. He doesn't like to talk about it...
