DE'LUCA, Leonardo

[style= text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase;]Leonardo De' Luca

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NAME:Leonardo De'luca
AGE WHEN TURNED:23
AGE:612
GENDER:Male
BIRTHDAY:Aug. 2nd
STATUS:King
PLAYBY:Tyler Hoechlin

CREATOR:Petar Bolic
COVEN:Aen Lead Coven
MOTHER:Maria
FATHERDuccio
BROTHERS:none
SISTERS:Sofia
EXTENDED FAMILY:
PETS:none

Leonardo is about six feet four inches tall. He often switches between having wavy hair that is slicked slightly back or having closer cropped hair styled in a Faux hawk. Regardless of how his hair is set it is always midnight black in color. He has deep pools of grey for his eyes.

He is built literally like a tank, there is not an ounce of fat on his body where it doesn't need to be. Despite his personality he is actually a well dressed individual. He is often seen in crisp Italian suits, with fine leather dress shoes and a pair of Dolce & Gabbana sunglasses. He can be seen clean shaven at times but for the most part he often has some amount of stubble growing on his chin.

Leonardo in some regards might be considered a savage, he was never one to dwell on the subtle politics that came with being a royal. He is hot headed and would rather settle disputes through combat then bother with deceits. He is considered one of the more physically stronger royals and he is often called upon to handle matters that involve brute strength of intimidation. Most vampires fear his strength and ferocity but the older royals might try to manipulate those aspects for their own gain.

He is often blunt with his words, and everyone knows that if Leo tells you something it is the truth, or atleast he believes that it is. Women are his weakness, he craves their attention and it has been often said that many gain his favor by being promiscuous with him. Leonardo does have a good heart however. While he may be quick to anger and has a savage ferocity when angered, no one can claim that he is unjust. He does not believe anyone is above the laws, including himself and other royals.

BIRTH PLACE: Venice
CHANGED: 1424, Italian Renaissance.

Leonardo De'Luca was brought into the world in the Italian city state of Venice during the period that humanity now calls the Italian Renaissance. The De' Luca Family was a wealthy merchant family in Venice so Leo was never without whatever he needed when he was younger. His father owned a small army of merchant ships that brought exotic goods from all across the known world. Gavin was an attractive young man as he grew older and many of the Venetian noble girls became smitten with him, often fighting for his favor in hopes of securing a marriage with him.

While Gavin was amused by the attention he received, and taking more then a few of them into their bed chambers, he had his heart set on only one particular young woman. Her name was Isobella Martinez, she also came from a wealthy merchant family in Venice and her family's fleet of merchant vessels was the only one that rivaled the De'Luca's. Leonardo would often sneak of into the a secret garden in the middle of Venice where he knew Isobella liked to go to and read. They would chat for hours, never running out of things to talk about and a few times Leonardo would even steal a kiss or two.

Isobella would always avoid the topic of marriage whenever Leonardo would bring it up however. She would always make excuses to change the subject. Leonardo was persistent however and eventually she gave in. She promised that the next night she would bring over a priest to bind them in matrimony. Leonardo was ecstatic and quickly rushed to tell his family the good news. His family wanted them to wait until they had enough time to throw a real celebration but Leonardo would hear nothing of it.

The next night Leonardo was all dressed in his best, His family had agreed to throw a wedding party a week after the marriage. Finally a knock came to the door and Gavin rushed to open it. Outside stood Isobella looking lovely as ever in a white gown, flanking her were two priests in the grey robes. Leonardo quickly invited them in eager to get the ceremony underway, not realizing that by inviting them into his house he would forever change his life. The three quickly stormed into the house attacking Leonardo and his family. Leonardo tried to fight but Isobella attacked him with some uncanny strength throwing him against the wall like he was some ragdoll knocking him unconcious.

When he awoke he found himself in a strange house with a fading candle next to him. His head was throbbing and all his senses were three times as sensitive. His sire then stepped into his room and explained what had happened. Isobella had in fact been a vampire, She did not want her family to have to compete in the city of Venice and her father had refused to do anything to wipe out the De Lucas. So she took matters into her own hands and set up the whole plot in which to kill off the whole family. Leo had actually been impaled when Isobella threw him and the only way to save him was to have him turned. Petar, The mans name, told him that now that he was a vampire he could exact his revenge on Isobella and her two henchmen. Petar trained Leo extensively so that he could find his family's murderers. Leo became a hard man, and after several years found the first of the two hiding out in Spain. Leonardo quickly killed him. The second he found during the United States Civil war, by that time Gavin was the favorite to become the Royal of Aen. There are Still stories of the midnight raid in which Colonel Leonardo De'Luca of the North literally ripped off the head of a confederate solder. Now, in the year 2012 Leonardo is the ruler of Aen and still searching for Isobella so he can finally put his demons to rest.