Adaleon Vermillion

Adaleon Vermillion 「アデーレオン・ヴァーミリオン」 is the Duke of House Vermillion. He is also the current captain of the Crimson Lion squad. He is known for his stalwart and reliable personality, as well as a fierce compassion for battle. When not acting as captain of the Crimson Lions, he can often be found in his family's estate within Clover Castle, tending to his many younger brothers and sisters.

History
In his earlier years, before even becoming a Magic Knight, Leo's life was fraught with strife. He had grown up splendidly as a child, and yet in his time he, as well as all of the Clover Kingdom, would suffer due to the Great War. His father, Leoalceus, a previous captain of the Crimson Lions, participated in the war and died valiantly in the battlefield. This devastated Leo's mother, driven insane by grief leaving the Vermillion family without even an acting regent. In a unique situation, all of the responsibilities of the house came crashing down atop Adaleon. Thankfully, his remaining younger brothers and sisters were managed and taken care of by the family's wet-nurses. However, this did little to alleviate the immense pressure from Adaleon's shoulders.

He spent his early adolescence around the noble court of the Clover Kingdom, learning the hard way how to not be manipulated by the many who wanted to control House Vermillion. Whenever he came of age, he was automatically accepted by the Crimson Lion squad, as per the traditions of the Vermillion family. However, unlike his predecessors, he started at the very bottom as a simple errand boy. He devoted every waking breath to climb through the ranks, his excessive bravado brought the ire of many at first, but eventually people began to respect him over time as he brought nothing but results. After years of constant hard-work he eventually reached the rank of captain following the mysterious death of the last captain.

Today, he holds the contempt of the noble court for his previous efforts to maintain the Vermillion name, but not many are brave enough to go against his word.

Personality
Adaleon is an honorable, and hard-working individual who strives for chivalry. He loves his family very much, even his many half-blooded siblings and does not treat them any differently than his normal siblings. In the battlefield, he has a fury and passion for the art of war. He doesn't believe in killing, but does not have any qualms with maiming or critically injuring his opponents.

As mentioned before, Adaleon is a stalwart individual. He follows a strict code of honor, like Chivalry, and upholds it for all members of the Clover Kingdom (even the peasantry). He has promised himself to protect the weak, and to tame the strong. He is always a reliable source in the battlefield, always thinking of others before himself, although this can be a weakness of sorts. As well as this, he is doggedly loyal to the Clover Kingdom, and thinks justly of the Wizard King even when he may be wrong.

His family comes first, above all other things, even his half-blooded siblings. Even if his step-father holds contempt for him and his blind loyalty. He would do anything for them, if it meant giving them happiness. Always, when he is not acting as captain of the Crimson Lions, he is helping and tutoring his siblings in the way of magic as well as taking them out on fun activities to give them some levity from the noble life.

Despite the destructive and incinerating magic that he wields, Adaleon practices a belief that murder is never justifiable in his eyes. The act of killing in his eyes is an unsightly thing, unbecoming of someone with noble blood such as him. However, in the midst of fighting, he becomes a passionate warrior who puts his all into every attack he makes. He will do everything possible to disable his opponents, even if it means dismembering them. He thinks of scars and injuries from the battlefield as honorable reminders of glorious battles.

Likes
Crimson, fire painting, lions; veal.

Dislikes
Blue, dogs, haggis; reading.

Appearance
Adaleon is a tall, spry man with orange hair as vibrant as a wild fire, with blue eyes like refined sapphires. He is a limber man, with an ectomorphic body type. Despite his slenderness, he is well-toned. His skin is a fair, but a colorful shade of flesh, vibrant in the same way his long, red-orange hair is.

Adaleon's regular attire is a purple tunic which he wears under a long-sleeved, golden shirt with a floral pattern marked by black embroidery. Over this, he wears his squad's red cloak, which is fashioned much like a Greek Chlamys hunger over his left shoulder, bound together by a golden pendant with a green four-leaf clover covering it. At the back of the cloak is a large printed design of the Crimson Lion insignia. He wears simple white pants, with knee-high boots with laces.