Leon Veralice

Leon Veralice is a powerful sorcerer, swordsman, and former Emperor of Awesome Land. He is notably one of the most dynamic characters in the Awesome Land series, not being the epitome of good of evil, with some sort of underlying motive for most of his actions. After he was dethroned as emperor, he became a source of comic relief for much of the series.

History
Leon was born roughly 20 years before the events of Awesome Land!: An Interactive Story to unknown parents. This was during a time when Awesome Land had no government and few businesses, so his parents were presumably farmers or the like. Leon was a very jovial youth; he would participate in activities that any other child would. School, games, sports (fencing, especially) and other activities constituted the majority of his time until the birth of his sister, Aurora Veralice when he was around 7 or 8. After her birth, much of his time was spent caring for her and, rather than playing with his friends. Around this time he began to delve into the arts of magic, as he generally wasn't able to leave the house because of his duties to his sister. About 1 decade later, when Aurora was able to take care of herself, Leon was instructed by his parents to apply for a job. Still furthering his education, he didn't have the time to get a full time job and settled for a part time job at McJimmy's, a fast food restaurant. Leon despised fast food and slowly began to develop a hatred for the restaurant and, more specifically, McJimmy himself. He kept his feelings bottled inside, however, not wanting to do anything to jeopardize his position in the restaurant.

Ascension
While still in school, Leon's studies shifted more toward magic and his activities toward swordplay, skills he believed would help him escape the employment of McJimmy's and better his life and the lives of his family members. In what little spare time he had with school and a job, he used his abilities to slay creatures that threatened the prosperity of Awesome Land and to assist his neighbors with everyday tasks. He gained popularity around all of Awesome Land for his good deeds and began to devise a plot to terminate his employment at McJimmy's permanently.

From his Foreign Studies class in school, Leon learned that most other nations had one form of government or another, governments in which the leaders were not only revered, but paid handsomely and got to help the country full time. Awesome Land was not among these nations, so Leon thought he could kill multiple birds with one stone. In forming the government of Awesome Land and becoming the leader, he would be able to help the country at all times and cease working at McJimmy's. He underwent slight personality changes as his bottled hatred for McJimmy's increased, and Aurora didn't think that his rising to power would assist his anger. She used the magic Leon had taught her in an attempt to stop him, but his response was to banish her to an alternate dimension, a move he had used on his friend Walter earlier. He explained to the people that Aurora had been kidnapped by a monster and that as emperor he would be able to prevent future occurrences of such an event. Since he was already famous for helping the people, explaining how government would make the country much more powerful, the people received him well and, days later, he was coronated as the new emperor by the First Holy Chapel of Awesome Land.

Corruption
As emperor, Leon was rewarded with money from all of his subjects, and he used this money to build a small castle from which he could operate. From his luxurious home he couldn't help but think that his sister's banishment was a primary factor in his rise to power. Haunted by visions of Walter and Aurora, he resolved to never do anything evil again. To eradicate evil from the land completely, he sought out the cursed blade Hystoger, a sword that, if destroyed, would bring Awesome Land into eternal peace. He went to the legendary Chaos Shrine to destroy the sword but instead was changed dramatically. Hystoger, which housed an evil spirit, tapped into any remaining sinister thoughts Leon may have held, and in essence performed a complete 180 on Leon's personality. He changed from the town hero to the a pure evil monster. He withdrew the blade to use as his own and commanded the people to call him Emperor Veralice from that point forward. He transformed his small castle into the iconic 9002 floor palace that we all know today and from there resolved to take over and destroy McJimmy's restaurant, which is where Awesome Land!: An Interactive Story begins...