![]() ![]() She receives her first official mission: she must take Heidern's place in the Ikari Team for the year's King of Fighters tournament. In 1996, Leona is in her late teens and a capable mercenary. Surprised by her natural fighting ability, he decides to raise her as a warrior under his command. Dazed, she wanders aimlessly until she is found and later adopted by Heidern. Goenitz, pleased by the results, puts her blood lust and her memories of her life to rest for another time "when he needs her again". The same night, Leona underwent the Riot of Blood and slaughtered everyone in the village. Enraged, Goenitz leaves, but not before smiling towards Leona. However, Guidel refused as he and his family liked peace and not the violent tendencies created by the Orochi blood. ![]() He requested that Guidel join him in their duties to serve Orochi, as everyone in the village were Orochi bloodline members. When she was just a child, Goenitz arrived at her home and demanded to talk with Guidel, the leader of the village. Leona was born in an unnamed village, residing with her family. In an interview with one of the series designers, Shinkiro, he replies that Leona is his favorite original character in the series.Īside from the main body of the King of Fighters series, Leona is also featured in a one-shot chapter in the spin-off manga, The King of Fighters: Kyo and has her own character image album. Her official nickname is The Silent Soldier. Leona was conceived to be an Orochi descendant by the time of her debut and her designers took special care to let their interests at the time reflect in her actions. Before production for her debut game began, developers wanted to create a suitable replacement for Heidern as a part of the game's overhaul. Leona (レオナ, Reona), also known under her codename Leona Heidern (レオナ・ハイデルン, Reona Haiderun), is a character introduced in The King of Fighters '96 as the new member to the Ikari Team. Unknown (She founded by Heidern in a jungle in Brazil) She keeps her weapons upon dying and also receives weakened versions of the other six characters' abilities.Martial Arts + Heidern style of assassination ArtsĦ6kg (146 lbs), 56kg (123 lbs in KOF '96) In this game, her special melee is her Moon Slasher that can damage tanks (like Ralf's melee), and her grenades change into Earring Bombs. Leona debuted in the Metal Slug series in a cellphone-exclusive game, but makes her first mainstream appearance as a downloadable character in Metal Slug XX. She appears in every KOF after her introduction with the exception of KOFXI. Her Super Desperation Moves include the Gravity Storm, a reference to Heidern's energy-draining Stormbringer, and V-Slasher, a V-shaped slash that pays homage to robot anime Voltes V. She also has the Earring Bomb, which is self-explanatory. ![]() Like Heidern, she uses her hands as blades for techniques such as the Moon Slasher, where she performs a crescent-shaped slash in front of her. Many of her combat techniques seem to be derived from her adoptive father. This leads her to fear for her comrades' lives, with the 2003 occurrence in particular causing her to skip the next tournament ( The King of Fighters XI). Thus far, her blood has caused her to become "Orochi Leona" at least twice once during The King of Fighters '97 (where she becomes a midboss), and during the Ikari ending of The King of Fighters 2003. She was found orphaned by Heidern, who adopted her as his daughter in reality, her cursed Orochi blood had awakened for a brief moment, which caused her to murder all of her family. Leona is the youngest member of the Ikari Warriors Team. ![]()
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