Leona and Violence

Leona has a voice line of, “Sometimes fists speak louder than fancy magic spells.

Though brains are the most important thing,” and he seems to promote strategic maneuvering and physical violence equally depending upon the situation: he encourages the housewardens to defeat Malleus in “a battle of wits” Book 2, says that the key to winning against a stronger opponent is using your head, and when Malleus suggests tying Skully up and “interrogating” him Leona responds, “Of all the muscle-brained logic…whatever. Tryin’ to reason with you isn’t gonna get us anywhere at all.”

When working out a plan to wake Deuce up from his dream of Book 7 Idia cautions against a physical fight and Leona replies, “l’ve had enough violence.”

Leona is the first character to devise a strategy against the puppets of Playfulland that is both effective and non-violent, locking them into a building without doing any damage to them or any park equipment. 

Leona is often seen promoting the conservation of magic and energy throughout the game such as when Jamil struggles to keep from burning through his reserves in Book 6, during Spectral Soiree and in three different birthday vignettes.

He also comes up with a low-effort and time-efficient solution to the drama of the lantern event and tells Jack about the importance of resting mind and body during the NBC event.

Leona applies this tactic at Playfulland as well, sitting down to rest after he has locked away the puppets and then immediately being caught by the park’s puppetizing magic for failing to sit in a designated seating area.

When he is brought to Fellow with the rest of the cast he says, “Wore myself out after a pitched battle.”

Examples of Leona promoting violence come up during Fairy Gala, (“Our only option left is force”) Spectral Soiree, Phantom Bride (“Then I guess violence is our only option”), Book 2, and Book 6 (“Can’t punch a projection”).