- "I'll kill you AND the Night!"
- — Leon Belmont to the vampire Walter Bernhard
Leon Belmont was a noble knight in Europe during late 11th century, and the protagonist of Castlevania: Lament of Innocence. He lost both parents at a very young age, and was knighted at 16. Leon was also a good friend of Mathias Cronqvist. When his dear lady Sara Trantoul was whisked away by the vampire Walter Bernhard, he entered the castle grounds unarmed, but was given a Whip of Alchemy, a whip that was blessed with the power of alchemy, by the old man Rinaldo Gandolfi, who lived on the grounds. Using his whip and magic gauntlet, he entered the castle in hopes to find and rescue his fiancée.
Leon is the earliest named member of the Belmont Clan. He was the first to use the Vampire Killer and was responsible for swearing his clan to fight evil for eternity.
Official background: The hero in this game. He is a baron who is revered as the most powerful of the land's knights. Casting aside fame and fortune to save his abducted betrothed, he ventures into the vampire's castle alone.
Family Relations
According to Koji Igarashi's ideal timeline, Leon Belmont is the earliest, as well as the very first known member of the Belmont Clan, making him the ancestor to all of the later known members of the Belmont clan so far.
Sara Trantoul was Leon's fiancée, but she was captured by the vampire Walter Bernhard and was then bitten by him. Only by sacrificing herself to be entwined with the sacred whip could Walter then be stricken down by Leon. This was how the whip, Vampire Killer, acquired its power.
Leon was a nobleman, but was forced to renounce his title to go after Walter and save Sara. Leon would marry to a unknown woman and continue his legacy and therefore future Belmonts would come from far humbler backgrounds.
Battle
Skills
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| Additional combo attack. | Conditions: Defeat 20 enemies (5 different). |
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| Draws in lightweight enemies for attack. | Conditions: Defeat 150 enemies (30 different). |
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| Tosses enemy into the air by slamming the ground. | Conditions: Defeat 180 enemies (35 different). |
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| An upward attack during a jump. | Conditions: Defeat 400 enemies (50 different). |
Sequence: during "Vertical High" | ||||||
| First attack becomes Rising Shot. | Conditions: Defeat 1,000 enemies. |
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| Slams whip energy into the ground while spinning in a jump. | Conditions: Defeat 600 enemies (65 different). |
Sequence: during "Draw Up" | ||||||
| Slams whip energy into the ground after a Rising Shot. | Conditions: Defeat 525 enemies (55 different). |
Sequence: during "Rising Shot" | ||||||
| Unleashes sonic lashes in all directions. | Conditions: Defeat 1,250 enemies (70 different). |
Sequence: Rotate left analogue + | ||||||
| A midair combo attack with the whip. | Conditions: Defeat 40 enemies (10 different). |
Sequence: in midair | ||||||
| A more advanced midair combo attack. | Conditions: Defeat 80 enemies (20 different). |
Sequence: in midair | ||||||
| An attack during a Quick Step. | Conditions: Defeat 230 enemies (40 different) and perform Quick Step 100 times. |
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| A diving kick from a double jump. | Conditions: Defeat 300 enemies (45 different). |
Sequence:  during double jump | ||||||
| Moves quickly in the direction of the left analog stick to possibly avoid attacks. | Conditions: Defeat 3 enemies. |
Sequence: Guard button + | ||||||
| Takes further evasive action after a Quick Step. | Conditions: Defeat 110 enemies (25 different). |
Sequence: During Quick Step, guard + | ||||||
| Blocks most enemy attacks while gaining MP and hearts. | Conditions: Guard against 15 enemy attacks. |
Sequence: Guard at impact | ||||||
Equipment List
Whip
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| The whip Rinaldo created with Alchemy. | ||||||||
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| Fire elemental added onto the Whip of Alchemy. | Attrib: Fire |
Drop: Flame Elemental |
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| Ice elemental added onto the Whip of Alchemy. | Attrib: Ice |
Drop: Frost Elemental |
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| Lightning elemental added onto the Whip of Alchemy. | Attrib: Thunder |
Drop: Thunder Elemental |
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| The whip that will destroy all who are related to the kindred of the night. | ||||||||
Armor
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| Plate blessed by the Earth. | Sell: $500 |
Buy: $1,000 Find: Rinaldo's Shop |
Effect: Damage reduced by 5% from all enemies. Notes: Only available with 15% map complete. | |||||
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| Starlight plate magically sealed within. | Sell: $1,000 |
Buy: $2,000 Find: Rinaldo's Shop |
Effect: Damage reduced by 10% from all enemies. Notes: Only available with 40% map complete. | |||||
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| Magic plate with a beautiful moonlight relief. | Sell: $2,000 |
Buy: $4,000 Find: Rinaldo's Shop |
Effect: Damage reduced by 20% from all enemies. Notes: Only available with 60% map complete. | |||||
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| Sun plate that offers protection. | Sell: $7,500 |
Buy: $15,000 Find: Rinaldo's Shop |
Effect: Damage reduced by 30% from all enemies. Notes: Only available with 80% map complete. | |||||
Accessories
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| 75% chance of nullifying special effects of poison attacks. | Sell: $5,000 |
Drop: Poison Lizard |
Effect: 75% protection from being poisoned. | |||||
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| A ring with magic to make you more resistant to ice attacks. | Find: Anti-Soul Mysteries Lab |
Effect: Increased resistance to the ice element. | ||||||
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| 75% chance of nullifying special effects of curse attacks. | Sell: $10,000 |
Drop: Executioner |
Effect: 75% protection from being cursed. | |||||
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| 75% chance of nullifying special effects of petrification attacks. | Sell: $2,000 |
Drop: Gargoyle |
Effect: 75% protection from being petrified. | |||||
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| A ring with magic to make you more resistant to fire attacks. | Find: Garden Forgotten by Time |
Effect: Increased resistance to the fire element. Notes: Found in room near entrance sealed by three sliding statues. | ||||||
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| A ring with magic to make you more resistant to lightning attacks. | Find: Garden Forgotten by Time |
Effect: Increased resistance to the lightning element. Notes: Found in fourth Stone Skeleton room. | ||||||
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| The wonderful scent calms the mind and increases intelligence. | INT +10 Sell: $5,000 |
Find: Ghostly Theatre 1F Drop: Lesser Demon |
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| Critical hit for more damage than normal attacks. | Sell: $7,500 |
Drop: Evil Stabber |
Effect: Enables Leon to use critical attacks. | |||||
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| Converts damage to hearts. A blood-red cape. | Find: House of Sacred Remains |
Effect: Converts each hit into 2 hearts. | ||||||
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| Increases the usage time of relics. | Find: Ghostly Theatre |
Effect: Increase relic duration so that less MP is burned. | ||||||
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| A coin rumored to bring happiness to its owner. | LCK +5 Sell: $2,000 |
Drop: Hanged Man |
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| An arm ring with magic to improve attack power. | ATK +5 |
Find: Dark Palace of Waterfalls |
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| A brooch that decreases the amount of hearts used. | Find: Ghostly Theatre |
Effect: Decreases amount of hearts used with sub-weapons. | ||||||
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| Can charge and destroy large candle stands with the power of this special jade. | Sell: $499 |
Buy: $999 Find: Rinaldo's shop |
Effect: Allows Leon to destroy candles by touching them. Notes: After clearing the game. | |||||
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| A glove that uses up a jewel in your possession. | Find: Garden Forgotten by Time |
Effect: Allows the Jewel Crush skill to be used. Notes: Found in one of the rooms with a sliding door in it. | ||||||
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| Scattered money will be gathered automatically. Also improves blood circulation. | Sell: $2,500 |
Drop: Skeleton Warrior |
Effect: Automatically picks up gold coins if they are nearby. | |||||
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| The less HP you have, the greater the damage you inflict on your enemies. | Find: Anti-Soul Mysteries Lab |
Effect: Increases attack depending on how low your HP is. | ||||||
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| Receive 10% off store prices with this item. | Sell: $10,000 |
Drop: Spartacus |
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| Improves the sound effect of your whip. | Sell: $5,000 |
Drop: Cyclops |
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| Shoes that make piyo-piyo sounds when you walk. | Sell: $1,000 |
Drop: Death Reaper |
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| By controlling the flow of chi, it increases your constitution. | CON +10 Sell: $3,000 |
Drop: Heavy Armor |
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| A charm that brings great fortune. Sometimes available by mail order. | LCK +10 |
Find: Dark Palace of Waterfalls - basement pendulums |
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| If Equipped, it is obliterated instead of you when your HP goes down to zero. | Sell: $1,000 |
Buy: $2,000 Find: Rinaldo's shop |
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| A talisman that sometimes negates damage from enemy attacks. | Sell: $20,000 |
Drop: Lizard Knight |
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| Enables the use of sub-weapons without using hearts. | Buy: $200,000 Find: Rinaldo's shop |
Notes: Only available after completing the game on Crazy Mode. | ||||||
Items
- Main article: Leon Belmont/Items
Relics
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| A chess piece carved in detail out of ebony. It will increase your attack temporarily. | ATK +15 |
Find: House of Sacred Remains 1F |
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| Unbelievable technology that allows you to disappear by bending light. | Drop: Phantom |
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| Invincible for a time. | Drop: Mirage Skeleton |
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| Little hammer that grants wishes. Produces money every time it hits. | Find: Dark Palace of Waterfalls B2F |
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| Unleashes an attack wave. Ornamental piece not suited for battle. | Find: Ghostly Theatre 2F |
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| This incense burned by magic gradually recovers your HP. | Find: Garden Forgotten by Time 1F |
Notes: Found in crumble bridge room, requires the Wolf's Foot, obtained by using Red Phoenix Key in the Anti-Soul Mysteries Lab | ||||||
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| This incense burned by magic gradually recovers your hearts. | Find: Dark Palace of Waterfalls |
Notes: 10 Gold coins collecting mine shaft ride | ||||||
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| A statue in the image of the fire god. Flames sprout in your footsteps. | Find: Castle Entrance 1F |
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| A chess piece carved in detail out of ivory. It will increase your defense temporarily. | DEF +30 |
Buy: $3,000 Find: Rinaldo's Shop |
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| Lets you run fast like a wolf. Also allows you to jump farther than normal. | Find: Anti-Soul Mysteries Lab 2F |
Notes: Can be found behind the Red Phoenix Door | ||||||
Orb
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| Magical Orb: Glows Red. | Drop: Golem |
Special: Triple Dagger (Knife), Spiral Axe (Axe), Roaring Flames (Holy Water), Double Cross (Cross), Massive Crystal (Crystal), Large Pumpkin (Pumpkin) | ||||||
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| Magical Orb: Glows Purple. | Drop: Medusa |
Special: Magic Missile (Knife), Axe Tornado (Axe), Cross Blazer (Holy Water), Michael's Sword (Cross), Shatter Plane (Crystal), Pumpkin Missile (Pumpkin) | ||||||
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| Magical Orb: Glows Blue. | Drop: Undead Parasite |
Special: Needle Claws (Knife), Spinning Edge (Axe), Energy Gazer (Holy Water), Divine Cross (Cross), Hail Crystal (Crystal), Shock Pumpkin (Pumpkin) | ||||||
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| Magical Orb: Glows Green. | Drop: Joachim |
Special: Force Cannon (Knife), High Speed Edge (Axe), Flame Sparks (Holy Water), Holy Light (Cross), Drain Stone (Crystal), Rampage Pumpkin (Pumpkin) | ||||||
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| Magical Orb: Glows Yellow. | Drop: Succubus |
Special: Astral Knife (Knife), Spirit Ripper (Axe), Holy Symbol (Holy Water), Grand Cross (Cross), Satellite (Crystal), Grand Pumpkin (Pumpkin) | ||||||
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| Magical Orb: Glows White. | Find: Anti-Soul Mysteries Lab |
Special: Spread Gun (Knife), Axe Trap (Axe), Aqua Disk (Holy Water), Agunea (Cross), Judgment (Crystal), Spread Pumpkin (Pumpkin) Notes: To enter the room, defeat the Flame/Frost Elementals and use the whips dropped from them. | ||||||
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| Magical Orb: Glows Black. | Drop: Forgotten One |
Special: Blade Serpent (Knife), Rapid Slash (Axe), Energy Wave (Holy Water), Six Saints (Cross), Vanishing Storm (Crystal), Pumpkin Serpent (Pumpkin) | ||||||
Sub-Weapons
| Item Data: Sub-Weapons (edit) | ||||||||
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| An axe made of silver. | Consume: 4 Hearts (varies depending on the equipped orb) |
Find: House of Sacred Remains, Garden Forgotten by Time, Anti-Soul Mysteries Lab, Dark Palace of Waterfalls, Ghostly Theatre, Pagoda of the Misty Moon |
Effect: Tomahawk Throw (double) - Two axes are thrown together forward in a criss-crossing pattern. Special: Can combine with different colored Orbs for more powerful attacks. | |||||
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| A cross imbued with a pious prayer. | Consume: 4 Hearts (varies depending on the equipped orb) |
Find: House of Sacred Remains, Anti-Soul Mysteries Lab, Dark Palace of Waterfalls, Pagoda of the Misty Moon |
Effect: 2 crosses orbit Leon for 8 seconds. Special: Can combine with different colored Orbs for more powerful attacks. | |||||
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| A stone that stores holy power. | Consume: 3 Hearts (varies depending on the equipped orb) |
Find: House of Sacred Remains, Garden Forgotten by Time, Anti-Soul Mysteries Lab, Dark Palace of Waterfalls, Ghostly Theatre, Pagoda of the Misty Moon |
Effect: A crystal appears in Leon's location, floating in place for 4 seconds before exploding. Special: Can combine with different colored Orbs for more powerful attacks. | |||||
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| Water purified at a church. Bursts into flames near evil power. | Consume: 4 Hearts (varies depending on the equipped orb) |
Find: House of Sacred Remains, Garden Forgotten by Time, Ghostly Theatre, Pagoda of the Misty Moon |
Effect: Holy water is scattered across the ground, bursting into a half-ring of flames in front of Leon. Special: Can combine with different colored Orbs for more powerful attacks. | |||||
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| A knife made of silver. | Consume: 1 Heart (varies depending on the equipped orb) |
Find: House of Sacred Remains, Garden Forgotten by Time, Anti-Soul Mysteries Lab, Ghostly Theatre, Pagoda of the Misty Moon |
Effect: Knife Throw - A single knife is thrown forward with great speed. Special: Can combine with different colored Orbs for more powerful attacks. | |||||
Legacy
So far, Leon has only starred in a single Castlevania game, Castlevania: Lament of Innocence. However, chronologically, he is the earliest known Belmont in the Belmont Clan, living in the late 11th century. Lament of Innocence takes place in 1094 in particular. Leon's adventures in Lament of Innocence has also be chronicled in the 2007 cell phone comic by the same name.
As the first Belmont in the vampire slayer business, later games and franchises often point back to him.
- An early script of the Castlevania film featured a scene where Trevor C. Belmont and his brother Christopher uncover a mural that told the tale of Leon's struggle against Mathias.
- When Christopher Belmont is troubled by dreams that seem to be a prelude to Dracula's revival in the American comic series Castlevania: The Belmont Legacy, he seeks solace in Legacy Cemetery, his family's cemetery. A great statue of Leon Belmont is the first monument he comes across and later Belmonts appear after him in chronological order.
- In the 2007 cell phone game Castlevania: Order of Shadows, Zoe and Dolores Belmont find hidden away in The Order's possession the gauntlet which Rinaldo had enchanted for Leon, which enabled the hero Desmond Belmont to be able to use alchemy items. It is later learned that the Vampire Killer possesses memories of and a connection to the spirit of those who have come in contact with it.
- In the 2006 Nintendo DS game Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin, Jonathan Morris and Charlotte Aulin are able to summon Leon's strength along with four other great Belmonts in the Greatest Five attack, where they each strike using the whip in succession.
External Links
- Leon Belmont at the Castlevania Fan Wiki
| Castlevania: Lament of Innocence |
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| Characters |
| Protagonist |
| Leon Belmont |
| Supporting cast |
| Sara Trantoul • Rinaldo Gandolfi • Mathias Cronqvist |
| Antagonists |
| Joachim Armster • Walter Bernhard • Death |
| Lesser roles |
| Elisabetha Cronqvist • Pumpkin |
| Bosses |
| Main bosses |
| Undead Parasite • Golem • Succubus • Medusa • Joachim • Walter • Death |
| Minor/optional bosses |
| Flame Elemental • Frost Elemental • Thunder Elemental • Doppelganger • Forgotten One |
| Areas |
| Forest of Eternal Night • Castle Entrance • House of Sacred Remains • Anti-Soul Mysteries Lab • Ghostly Theatre • Dark Palace of Waterfalls Garden Forgotten by Time • Pagoda of the Misty Moon • Prison of Eternal Torture |
| Music |
| Castlevania: Lament of Innocence Original Soundtrack |
| Guides |
| Futabasha Guide • NTT Pub Guide • Shinkigensha Guide • BradyGames Guide |
| Archives |
| Bestiary • Inventory • Joachim Mode • Pumpkin Mode |