Leo
Name: Leo Duane Cook
Name Pronunciation: Lee-oh
Age: 15 years
Gender: male
Date of Birth: 10/8/1992
Species: human
Morph: Leopon
Family: Xena (triplet sister), Ashley (triplet sister), mother, father
Relationship: Mikon Clark (crush), Kaya Naidoo (partner)
Children: Kierlan (son), Atani (daughter)
Likes: magic, jokes, music with a good dance beat, lions, leopards, the colour pink
Dislikes: caves, bullies, spiders, honey, being different, the colours red and blue
Human Eye Colour: blue
Hair Colour: rich brown
Hair Style: short and scruffy looking
Skin Colour: slight tan
Human Height: 5ft 7inches (170.18cm)
Fur Colour: cream undercoat, rich brown mane, tawny coat, brown and faded brown rosettes
Animal Eye Colour: blue
Animal Height: 100cm
Gang Status: Renegade Rebels Member
Distinct Features:
Personality/Background: Born the youngest out of a set of triplets, Leo has always felt like the odd one out. This was because, not only was he the only boy out of the triplets, but he was also the only son his parents had. Even when he was young, he has often thought that because he was the only boy, he was being treated differently than his sisters and he hated it. Despite everything his parents did - giving him a separate room as he grew up, giving him most of the 'boy toys' to play with, making him wear colours he didn't like - he would always find a way to prove his parents wrong by sleeping in his sisters' room and sometimes even wearing their clothes. And that included when he tried to paint the walls of his bedroom pink and nearly gave his father a heart attack when he blatantly said that it was his favourite colour.
Even through his school life, Leo felt different from those around him. He often found himself in trouble with the school bullies for liking things that most boys didn't. Yeah, he liked playing soccer and basketball with his older sister Xena, but he preferred to dance like his other sister, Ashley. And, as always, it was Xena who would have to get him out of trouble. His dependence on his older sister only grew after the triplets gained their animal morphs and Leo found himself upset that what little friends he had no longer like him and were now bullying him thanks to his new ability.
When he and his sisters were moved to Cylus Beach High School, he struggled a little to make friends due to his fear of loosing them again. But thanks to Xena, Leo managed to find a place with a group of mainly boys whose leader was the brother of the leader of his sisters' new group of friends. At first, he was cautious of this new group. Often there were times where he would retreat into the school library where he would try and reason with himself that he did belong with these boys. But joker of the group, Mikon, was there to find him and make him laugh every time. Thanks to this, the two became fast friends with Leo unknowingly gaining a hidden love for his new best friend.
Of course, that hidden love never managed to escape from the boy despite his older sisters both trying to get the two together, and eventually Leo gave up on his feelings after seeing that both his best friend and his eldest sister were falling for each other. To be completely honest, Leo didn't mind. He had yet to fully understand where his emotions were trying to lead him and was more than happy to pair the two together himself... especially when he realised that Mikon wasn't into the same gender like he seemed to be. But though he was happy for the two, he still couldn't help but feel a little hollow every time he saw them together.
Unfortunately, that hollow feeling grew into depression after Leo found out that Mikon had died during a rescue mission to release both Kaygis Valore and his sister Ashley from the clutches of an evil basilisk and its dragon minion. But he would always put on a brave face around his friends and family in order to help those around him cope with the loss of Mikon. He had already seen what the loss of a friend or loved one could do to the Rebels when Leiden Wolfe had died and he vowed not to let anyone else get that low ever again. And he could only guess at how much hurt his eldest sister was in, so he made sure to be with her a lot of the time in comfort. But by the time Leo had reached the age of twenty five and had become an animal conservationist, he realised that living on Mythos Island was hurting him too much.
At the nearest opportunity, Leo boarded a plane to South Africa where he gained a job and met with fellow conservationist, Kaya Naidoo, a native South African woman who seemed to send tingles through the leopon morpher in a similar manner to what being around Mikon once did. This made Leo question what he was on the inside once more and Kaya could see it, but eventually he realised that it didn't matter what was going on on the inside as long as he was gentle and caring to whoever he loved. So it was that, after a couple of years befriending and loving Kaya, Leo finally married her and had two children with her; a son they named Kierlan and a daughter they named Atani.
Name Pronunciation: Lee-oh
Age: 15 years
Gender: male
Date of Birth: 10/8/1992
Species: human
Morph: Leopon
Family: Xena (triplet sister), Ashley (triplet sister), mother, father
Relationship: Mikon Clark (crush), Kaya Naidoo (partner)
Children: Kierlan (son), Atani (daughter)
Likes: magic, jokes, music with a good dance beat, lions, leopards, the colour pink
Dislikes: caves, bullies, spiders, honey, being different, the colours red and blue
Human Eye Colour: blue
Hair Colour: rich brown
Hair Style: short and scruffy looking
Skin Colour: slight tan
Human Height: 5ft 7inches (170.18cm)
Fur Colour: cream undercoat, rich brown mane, tawny coat, brown and faded brown rosettes
Animal Eye Colour: blue
Animal Height: 100cm
Gang Status: Renegade Rebels Member
Distinct Features:
Personality/Background: Born the youngest out of a set of triplets, Leo has always felt like the odd one out. This was because, not only was he the only boy out of the triplets, but he was also the only son his parents had. Even when he was young, he has often thought that because he was the only boy, he was being treated differently than his sisters and he hated it. Despite everything his parents did - giving him a separate room as he grew up, giving him most of the 'boy toys' to play with, making him wear colours he didn't like - he would always find a way to prove his parents wrong by sleeping in his sisters' room and sometimes even wearing their clothes. And that included when he tried to paint the walls of his bedroom pink and nearly gave his father a heart attack when he blatantly said that it was his favourite colour.
Even through his school life, Leo felt different from those around him. He often found himself in trouble with the school bullies for liking things that most boys didn't. Yeah, he liked playing soccer and basketball with his older sister Xena, but he preferred to dance like his other sister, Ashley. And, as always, it was Xena who would have to get him out of trouble. His dependence on his older sister only grew after the triplets gained their animal morphs and Leo found himself upset that what little friends he had no longer like him and were now bullying him thanks to his new ability.
When he and his sisters were moved to Cylus Beach High School, he struggled a little to make friends due to his fear of loosing them again. But thanks to Xena, Leo managed to find a place with a group of mainly boys whose leader was the brother of the leader of his sisters' new group of friends. At first, he was cautious of this new group. Often there were times where he would retreat into the school library where he would try and reason with himself that he did belong with these boys. But joker of the group, Mikon, was there to find him and make him laugh every time. Thanks to this, the two became fast friends with Leo unknowingly gaining a hidden love for his new best friend.
Of course, that hidden love never managed to escape from the boy despite his older sisters both trying to get the two together, and eventually Leo gave up on his feelings after seeing that both his best friend and his eldest sister were falling for each other. To be completely honest, Leo didn't mind. He had yet to fully understand where his emotions were trying to lead him and was more than happy to pair the two together himself... especially when he realised that Mikon wasn't into the same gender like he seemed to be. But though he was happy for the two, he still couldn't help but feel a little hollow every time he saw them together.
Unfortunately, that hollow feeling grew into depression after Leo found out that Mikon had died during a rescue mission to release both Kaygis Valore and his sister Ashley from the clutches of an evil basilisk and its dragon minion. But he would always put on a brave face around his friends and family in order to help those around him cope with the loss of Mikon. He had already seen what the loss of a friend or loved one could do to the Rebels when Leiden Wolfe had died and he vowed not to let anyone else get that low ever again. And he could only guess at how much hurt his eldest sister was in, so he made sure to be with her a lot of the time in comfort. But by the time Leo had reached the age of twenty five and had become an animal conservationist, he realised that living on Mythos Island was hurting him too much.
At the nearest opportunity, Leo boarded a plane to South Africa where he gained a job and met with fellow conservationist, Kaya Naidoo, a native South African woman who seemed to send tingles through the leopon morpher in a similar manner to what being around Mikon once did. This made Leo question what he was on the inside once more and Kaya could see it, but eventually he realised that it didn't matter what was going on on the inside as long as he was gentle and caring to whoever he loved. So it was that, after a couple of years befriending and loving Kaya, Leo finally married her and had two children with her; a son they named Kierlan and a daughter they named Atani.