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Character File: Leon S. Kennedy
Jul. 22nd, 2024 08:21 amLEON S. KENNEDY
"THIS TIME... IT CAN BE DIFFERENT. IT HAS TO."
After the success of his mission of rescuing the President's daughter, it's back to work as always. Paperwork, training, interviews, physicals... it never ends. Leon hardly remembered what it feels like to be human... Unless he's with Ada.He wasn't sure how much time had passed since Spain, but he's glad to see her. After a quiet evening together, she asks him about his health. The doctor just said it was the change in the weather, and... what it always was. The pain, the guilt. There was only so much they could prescribe for it before Leon just refused to take any of it anymore. Ada strokes his cheek and tells him to be good, as if he could be anything else, no matter what it costed him. She had a faraway look in her eye that he noticed she got when she was already miles away from him despite laying beside him.
Just what was she planning?
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Standoffish but well-meaning, Leon finds himself the outcast no matter where he is. It’s not that he doesn’t care, but it’s never been easy for him to… connect with people. Always seen, but seldom ever heard, he’s sensitive and tries to do what he thinks is right, no matter the personal cost. With doubt in his gut and a leash around his neck, Leon tells himself that he's content to bear the weight of this suffering, as long as it's worth something...
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background; 1998 - 2004
Leon Scott Kennedy was RPD's bright new recruit at the time of the Raccoon City outbreak. Nothing could have prepared him for the horrors he would endure, and he hasn't recovered since. After doing everything he could to help those around him, it ultimately wasn't enough: Sherry Birkin, Claire Redfield, and himself were among the very few survivors of Umbrella's biohazard disaster.
While his fellow survivors pursued their missions with renewed vigor after the outbreak, Leon felt otherwise. The U.S. government sized custody of Sherry and forcefully enrolled him in a special program where he would work as a covert agent of the president. Kennedy continued to cooperate for Birkin's sake, whose livelihood depended on his unwavering allegiance to the United States and its interests... whether he personally agreed with them or not.
Raccoon City never really stopped following him. He was subjected to ruthless training under Major Jack Krauser, who later went missing after accompanying him on Operation Javier. He would aid in the uncovering of Javier's involvement with the T-Veronica virus and learn of Albert Wesker's dealings with the prolific drug lord.
Time does not heal all wounds. Leon is still extremely distraught over the events of the past few years, knowing little outside of his life as a tool for the government. He's sent on a mission to rescue the president's daughter from Los Illuminados, a cult operating in rural Spain. Just his luck, nothing is ever as it seems; the cult is founded around worship of a virus known as Las Plagas.
They learn that not only is Ashley infected with the virus, but Leon has been too. An ex-Umbrella scientist by the name of Luis Serra gives them access to his lab in hopes of exterminating the plaga within them. His aid comes at the cost of his own life by Krauser's hand, who was working for the cult. After a showdown with the ex-Major, Leon purges the plaga within Ashley before passing out, and when he wakes up, learns that Ashley had eliminated his in return. Leon and Ada team up against Saddler (before going their separate ways) and the island is rigged to explode. Ashley and Leon narrowly escape, heading back to the United States to return home.
While his fellow survivors pursued their missions with renewed vigor after the outbreak, Leon felt otherwise. The U.S. government sized custody of Sherry and forcefully enrolled him in a special program where he would work as a covert agent of the president. Kennedy continued to cooperate for Birkin's sake, whose livelihood depended on his unwavering allegiance to the United States and its interests... whether he personally agreed with them or not.
Raccoon City never really stopped following him. He was subjected to ruthless training under Major Jack Krauser, who later went missing after accompanying him on Operation Javier. He would aid in the uncovering of Javier's involvement with the T-Veronica virus and learn of Albert Wesker's dealings with the prolific drug lord.
Time does not heal all wounds. Leon is still extremely distraught over the events of the past few years, knowing little outside of his life as a tool for the government. He's sent on a mission to rescue the president's daughter from Los Illuminados, a cult operating in rural Spain. Just his luck, nothing is ever as it seems; the cult is founded around worship of a virus known as Las Plagas.
They learn that not only is Ashley infected with the virus, but Leon has been too. An ex-Umbrella scientist by the name of Luis Serra gives them access to his lab in hopes of exterminating the plaga within them. His aid comes at the cost of his own life by Krauser's hand, who was working for the cult. After a showdown with the ex-Major, Leon purges the plaga within Ashley before passing out, and when he wakes up, learns that Ashley had eliminated his in return. Leon and Ada team up against Saddler (before going their separate ways) and the island is rigged to explode. Ashley and Leon narrowly escape, heading back to the United States to return home.