Leonel Hawkbreaker

Leonel Hawkbreaker is a Paladin of Bahamut who is a member of the Guild of Adventurers currently residing in Queston. He can be commonly seen hanging out in the Guildhall, or training in combat outside of town.

Description
Leonel is 5'9" human male with green eyes and shaggy brown hair. He is extremely muscular, and covered with scars from battles fought. He is never without his greatsword, Defender, which has its name emblazoned on the blade along with the number 20, his holy symbol which hangs on a chain from his hip, or his raven necklace. He is most often seen wearing dark coloured armour, with the symbol of Bahamut emblazoned on each shoulder, and the word defender written in Elvish on each guantlet.

Combat Style
Leonel fights with his greatsword, Defender. While he is more than competent with most melee weapons, he has truly mastered the greatsword, his movements with it almost a dance. He always casts Shield Of Faith at the first oppurtunity in combat, which for him takes the form of a pair of angelic golden wings that burst forth from his back and curl around him protectively, warding off attacks. He tends to move towards the biggest threat on the field at any given time, using his bulk and sheer power to keep them focused on him while his allies take care of other threats. This does mean that he goes down often, but always gets right back up thanks to support from his team.

Story
Leonel Hawkbreaker's life has been steeped in tragedy nearly since birth. He never knew his mother, and lived with his father, Orden Hawkbreaker, in his Blacksmith, the Hawk's Arms, until the age of 10. One night, Leonel's father was murdered in front of his eyes in a burgulary gone wrong. Soon after, he was taken in by the local temple of Bahamut, where he was raised to be a Paladin of the Order of the Shining beacon. He lived there until he was 18, when an uspecified traumatic event caused him to leave the temple and strike out on his own. He journeyed around the countryside for some time, until 2 years later, when he heard about the Guildtown Guild of Adventurers, and joined it in the midst of the Drow War. Here he took to guarding Brightwater, a town under threat of invasion, and made friends in the Guild. However, his troubles were not yet over.

One of his defining moments with the Guild was meant to be a simple stealth mission, get in to a Drow warehouse, steal some information, and then get out. He had planned accordingly. It did not go to plan. It was a slaughter, his team killing everything they could find. When he realized what he had done, he gave up the money from the quest, and the guilt waying down on him caused him to lose some of his divine powers. For a week, he prayed for his soul, for some way to alleviate his soul-crushing guilt. A way arrived, not in the form of his deity, but in the Raven Queen, who offered him a path to redemption. He took it, and is still finding where that path leads.

While stationed in Brightwater, Leonel met and fell in love with Elias Swornsword, discovering his bisexuality in the process. However, this romance was short lived, as Elias died in the Siege of Brightwater.

After the Guild relocated to Queston, Leonel was allowed rest for some time. Eventually, however, fate caught up to him, and the Raven Queen told Leonel his path to redemption: acting as Judge, Jury, and Executioner for Verishal, a Dragonborn, and fellow Paladin of Bahamut who had fallen into the Raven Queen's care after the death of Bahamut, who had gone down a far darker path than Leonel's.

A few month later, Leonel was bitten by a strange mosquito filled with Fiend Blood. Strange things began occuring to him, until it was revealed that he was being turned into a fiend by Esmerada, an old enemy of Mithemia's. This has planted within him a hatred of all things holy. As a devout Paladin, this is rather painful for him, especially because of the strain it has put on his relationships with certain others.

Relationships
Barty: Barty is Leonel's Steed, summoned by prayers for companionship after the death of Elias. Barty is his constant companion, and his telepathic communication balances out many of Leonel's darker thoughts. He acts as something of a therapy animal to Leonel.

Elias Swornsword: Elias was the first man Leonel ever loved, and his death is still affecting him to this day.

Mithemia Ironfall: Due to her position in the Guild and wealth of experience, Leonel views her as a mentor. She comforted him when he was crying after finding out about Elias' death, which combined with her generally motherly tendencies towards younger Guildmembers has left him viewing her as a mother figure.

Andrus Ironfall: Leonel and Andrus have an amicable relationship, often joking with eachother when they are together. Leonel often feigns annoyance with him, and jokes about an incident where Andrus almost crashed the airship moving Guildmembers to Queston.

Borrik: Leonel's relationship with Borrik is complicated. Borrik was Leonel's best friend, but Borrik's falling out with Star has left them distant, Borrik feeling to much guilt to talk, and Leonel becoming enraged when merely looking at him.

Star: Star and Leonel are good friends. He helped her rescue her father from the Eye Cult, and when Verishal threatened to kill Leonel, she pulled a dagger on him to defend Leonel.

Megas: Megas is arguably Leonel's closest friend. They help each other often, with Megas being incredibly devoted to preserving Leonel's life, and Leonel being the same for Megas. Megas is currently trying to help him with both his fiend problem and his redemption.

Lessla Dee: Lessla and Leonel are friends. Lessla often comes to him for advice and guidance, and tried to help him with his fiendish condition.

Marshall: Leonel views Marshall as a friend, and something of a student. For his part, Marshall seems to respect Leonel as a warrior.

Caelif: Leonel views Caelif as a friend and student, and Caelif idolizes Leonel. Leonel helped Caelif get over his fear of being in a relationship.

Verishal: Leonel hates Verishal after witnessing him burn down a plague-ridden town Leonel had just discovered the cure for.

Trivia

 * Leonel's backstory is completely different from the one laid out on his sheet.
 * The reason Leonel worships Bahamut, despite his death, is because nowhere on this wiki was there anything about his death.
 * Leonel is missing the following abilities: Divine Smite, Divine Sense, Channel Divinty due to the warehouse incident.
 * Leonel is complete disaster bisexual.