Leonard

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

Leonard served alongside Klein Moretti and Captain Dunn Smith in Tingen. He believed Klein had died during the incident involving Megose and an evil god’s offspring, and personally buried him. His later investigation revisited Klein’s unusual resistance to Sealed Artifact 2-049, rapid advancement, and involvement in thwarting Lanevus 199.

By his documented appearances in Backlund, Leonard belongs to the Red Gloves and serves under Soest. He also secretly hosts Pallez Zoroast, a Marauder-pathway Archangel whom he addresses as “Old Man.” When reporting sensitive encounters to the Church, Leonard conceals Pallez’s existence 153 204 208 227.

Appearance

Leonard has tousled black hair and green eyes; Neph describes him as good-looking 51 120 214.

• Red Gloves attire: Red gloves, sometimes worn with a black-and-red robe 169 245.
• Other clothing: A black trench coat during his examination of Dwayne Dantès 214.
• Investigative disguise: A black-and-white checked Loen police uniform when questioning Starling Sammer in a dream 198.

Personality

Leonard is easygoing in ordinary interactions, offering colleagues lunch and playing cards with fellow Red Gloves. His relaxed manner disappears when Church security is threatened: Klein’s request for the Chanis Gate guard schedule makes him immediately wary, and he refuses to cooperate without proof and safeguards 169 226 232.

He is deeply attached to his former teammates. Suspecting that Klein survived leaves him trembling; finding a corpse in Klein’s grave briefly drives him to slap himself for doubting a fallen hero. Even after reestablishing contact, he remains protective of Klein’s secrets while trying to verify that his activities have the Goddess’s approval 199 201 208.

Leonard persistently questions Pallez about hidden history and Neph’s identity, though he backs down when warned that the knowledge exceeds his clearance. Despite Pallez’s teasing, he can make careful deductions by comparing dates, case files, appearances, and personal connections 199 227 246.

Abilities & Skills

Dream Infiltration and Examination

Leonard uses dreams both for official investigations and private meetings 169 198 214 245.

• Questions witnesses inside their dreams, including Daisy, Starling Sammer, and Raypard 169 198 199.
• Influences dreamers to manifest remembered people, allowing him to inspect Starling’s image of Sherlock Moriarty 198.
• Manifests documents within dreams while checking a target’s background 214.
• Frequently visits Klein in dreams after they renew contact 245.

Sleepless Physiology

As a Sequence 6 Soul Assurer, Leonard requires only two hours of sleep each day 222.

• Normally sleeps from eleven at night until one in the morning when free of missions 222.
• Adjusts his sleep schedule around assignments 222.
• Operates comfortably at night; the Sleepless Beyonders making up much of the Nighthawks’ strength are stronger during those hours 214.

Investigation

Leonard combines dream questioning with police and Church records 169 199.

• Traces Emlyn White’s connections to Sherlock Moriarty 169.
• Connects Sherlock and Gehrman Sparrow through their timelines, appearance-changing possibilities, and information about Creeping Hunger 199.
• Reexamines evidence from Tingen to identify Sherlock as Klein Moretti 199.
• Retrieves files on Ince Zangwill, 0-08, and the Tingen incident while pursuing revenge 260.

Cooperation with Pallez

Pallez provides concealed guidance and supernatural assistance; these are not Leonard’s own pathway abilities 201 227 372.

• Monitors Leonard’s home and alerts him when Neph enters it 226.
• Identifies extraordinary beings and items, including Neph’s demigod rat and Arianna’s angelic token 227 232.
• Supplies warnings about Amon, Medici, and the danger of confronting demigods 246 253.
• Parasitizes Sealed Artifacts as Leonard’s chosen method of dealing with them 372.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Grade 1 Sealed Artifact — Leonard goes to collect it before investigating Merlin Hermes and the Fully Automatic Wish Machine; its name and powers are not specified 388.
• Police identification — Used when presenting himself as an officer during dream examinations 198 214.
• Klein’s messenger-contact ritual — Learned after their reunion, allowing Leonard to maintain correspondence with him 215.

Relationships

• Klein Moretti — Former Tingen teammate and trusted correspondent. Leonard uncovers his survival and identities, helps with the Chanis Gate operation, and exchanges information about Ince Zangwill 199 214 215 232 253.
• Pallez Zoroast — Secret Archangel residing within him. Leonard calls him “Old Man” and relies on his warnings, knowledge, and assistance, though Pallez frequently mocks him or withholds explanations 201 227 246 253.
• Neph / Pure White — Initially an investigative subject, later a source of information about Klein, Hazel Macht, and divine matters. Her conflicting explanations repeatedly leave Leonard uncertain about her identity 120 201 208 215 227.
• Soest — Red Gloves squad leader and direct superior. He restricts Leonard’s investigation into Neph and assigns him Dwayne Dantès’s dream examination 120 204 214.
• Anthony Stevenson — Archbishop who receives Leonard’s reports about Neph, restricts his access to her records, and asks him to investigate her pathway and the meaning of “Pure White” 204 208 215.
• Daly — Notices his unusual behavior and requests for records, then offers help with matters involving Ince Zangwill without demanding disclosure of his secrets 260.
• Dunn Smith — Former captain whose death forms part of Leonard’s unresolved grievance over the Tingen incident 199 253.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Investigating Neph and Sherlock Moriarty

• Soest orders Leonard to stop investigating the girl who tipped off the newspapers, explaining that the matter involves information beyond his clearance 120.
• Klein sends Emlyn to ask Leonard for leads on a Mystical Item capable of stealing Beyonder abilities. Leonard has a lead but demands 7,000 pounds, with no bargaining 166 167.
• Investigating Emlyn brings Sherlock Moriarty to Leonard’s attention. Sherlock’s involvement in the Lanevus, Capim, and Desire Apostle cases prompts further scrutiny 169.
• Dream interviews with Sherlock’s former landlady and Raypard reveal connections to Neph. Comparing Sherlock’s records with Gehrman Sparrow’s leads Leonard to suspect that both identities belong to Klein 198 199.

Discovering Klein’s Survival

• Leonard travels to Raphael Cemetery in Tingen and opens Klein’s grave. He finds a rotted substitute corpse and a monocle, which Pallez interprets as evidence of a prank rather than Klein’s death 201.
• Neph confirms that Klein is alive and explains that he left a fake corpse. She also identifies the Parasite within Leonard by his full name 201.
• Leonard sees Dwayne Dantès near Saint Samuel Cathedral and suspects that he is Klein. He withholds a report while seeking confirmation and assurance that Klein is the Goddess’s Blessed 201 208.
• Assigned to examine Dwayne’s dream, Leonard completes the official questioning before directly asking whether he is Klein Moretti. Their renewed contact leads to an exchange of addresses and a messenger ritual 214 215.

Church Secrets and the Chanis Gate

• Anthony restricts Leonard’s access to Neph’s records and orders him not to leave Backlund. Subsequent encounters with Neph produce reports about the God of Winter, her unusual birth, and her use of “Your Grace” 204 208 215.
• Leonard reports Neph’s information about Hazel Macht while concealing Pallez. The Church confirms Hazel is a Sequence 8 Swindler and arranges specialized schooling 227 232.
• At the Bravehearts Bar, Klein asks for the Chanis Gate guard schedule. After inspecting Arianna’s token, Leonard agrees only on the condition that Klein enter while he is present 232.
• Leonard limits his assistance to the entrance operation rather than providing information that could enable theft. He later informs Klein that Arianna ordered the investigation closed after the Church found only two added tarot cards 244 245.

Amon, Ince Zangwill, and the Tarot Club

• Klein warns Leonard that Amon is in Backlund. Leonard initially resists leaving, but accepts Pallez’s advice after hearing how dangerous Amon is 246 247.
• News that Ince Zangwill is possessed by Medici complicates Leonard’s revenge plans. Pallez warns that Leonard, then only Sequence 6, cannot survive a direct confrontation with Ince, let alone a former King of Angels 253.
• Daly discovers his requests for Ince and 0-08 records and offers her cooperation 260.
• By the time he reads Klein’s explanatory letter, Leonard has joined the Tarot Club as the Star. The letter introduces its members and disturbing divine history; Pallez advises him to listen more, watch more, and speak less 266.

The Fully Automatic Wish Machine

• The Church assigns Leonard to investigate Merlin Hermes and the Fully Automatic Wish Machine, treating the latter as a powerful and unpredictable Mystical Item 388.
• Pallez’s explanation allows Leonard to recognize Klein’s Miracle Invoker acting behind the incidents 388.
• Leonard decides to use the assignment primarily to digest his Nightwatcher potion and travel, while finding a reasonable explanation for the reported phenomena 388.

Notable Quotes

“He’s not that kind of person.”
— Rejecting Pallez’s suggestion that Klein might sell him off 232

“I just can’t be bothered to think!”
— Responding to Pallez’s mockery of his deductive ability 246

Trivia

• Neph jokingly names Leonard as the “female lead” of the book in which Klein is the protagonist; this is teasing, not a statement about Leonard’s gender 220.