Might tweak some details in the future, but for now here’s my Villain AU Leon, inspired by the sygna outfit but in my own way and more villain like (even if it does looks a bit ridiculous but hey, Leon outfits always look a bit ridiculous).
This is a repost from my old blog Dreamaredoodles (2021)
Old information about this AU bellow the cut:
Disclaimer:
My villain AU is 100% self indulgent and despite trying to have it “make sense” within what the game shows, I am not trying to make everything fit the canon, and it will not fit with canon at several points (starting with the fact my Pokemon Oc, Al, is right there in the middle).
That being said, if anyone is expecting a story that explores Leon being a villain that goes with canon and fits the games/anime, this AU is not for you, but you are very welcome to tag along and enjoy the ride if you want to.
About the AU:
Leon is the same we all love during most of the events of the game. In this AU it all starts going downhill after the fight with Eternatus, it’s fairly close to the end of the game since I thought it would be more interesting for me to build something that happens after.
The first difference is Leon manages to catch Eternatus during their fight on top of the Hammerlock stadium and power plant (or more like Eternatus allows Leon to catch it). Things seem to go back to normal, Leon saved Galar, got a Legendary pokemon, and gets an even greater popularity than before as unbeatable. That is until the final match, were despite it all, he gets defeated and looses his Champion title to Al (because tbh I want to still have my character in that mess, but yeah Leon looses his title anyway).
So now that he no longer is “the champion king of Galar” he moves to take the Galar’s Pokemon League Chairman spot, which is a higher role with more power that allows him to keep working towards his goal and dream of helping Galar trainers to be the strongest of them all…
From the outside things look normal, until they don’t and it’s too late. It starts with the Battle Tower/Eternatus Tower, which allows trainers to prove their strength (and find strong recruits), then random pokemon dynamaxing in the wild area more and more often, then dynamax attacks at routes and even inside the cities. Leon keeps sending the Champion to help (and keep her distracted too), and to most he seems the same as always, maybe a bit more cold, but his friends can tell something is very wrong and different. He tries very hard to not give away his intentions until it’s impossible, pushed to a corner by Raihan and Piers, plus the new Champion.
His new colors show to all Galar when he gives the announcement that the Champion renounced to her title, which he claims back, admits being behind all the dynamax attacks, reveals his new organization Team Eternity, gives one last chance to the other gym leaders to join him, and threatens to unleash the Darkest Day with Eternatus if anyone tries to attack him and stop his Team.
Why would Leon do this? Is it really him behind all or perhaps he is just a puppet to a new master?
Raihan vs Leon?
Well of course, after all someone had to oppose the king and whom better for this than his rival, the dragon tamer.
Once Raihan catches up with something being horribly wrong with his friend, he takes matter into his own hands, protecting Hammerlock and it’s inhabitants, which means constantly opposing E. Leon, directly or indirectly.
Unfortunately this, plus the fact E. Leon really wants in the power plant under the castle, means Hammerlock quickly becomes one of the top list targets for E. Leon, and getting in or out of the city is almost impossible with the constant dynamax pokemon outside it’s walls.