Epel Facts Part 33: Epel and Leona
Epel adores Leona, saying, “He’s everything I wish I could be.”
Epel says Leona has it all: “rugged good looks, a cool attitude and he’s a quick thinker…Leona’s a caring kind of guy,” but admits that he does not know how Leona acts with others outside of the Spelldrive club.
Epel is, at first, the only character who is worried when Leona disappears during Vargas Camp.
Epel says that he prefers “cool, strong animals like tigers and leopards,” so he might also have a thing for large cats.
During Spectral Soiree, a possess Epel “boops” Leona on the nose, saying, “When you make a scary face like that, all your happiness escapes!”
Epel is quick to follow Leona’s instructions during the event, saying that complaining won’t make things any better, “but the upside is that Leona pays close attention to all the club members…I’m sure if he’s having us hunt for fragments, it’s because he knows we can do it.”
Epel walks bodily into Leona in a vignette but Leona does not react. While an unnamed Pomefiore student wants to intervene Rook explains, “A king knows how to be magnanimous.
Leona joins Master Chef because Epel signs up first. When a ghost calls Leona out for having Epel fetch his ingredients Leona explains, “Epel’s less likely to screw anything up, since he’s got experience.” Epel is unsurprised, saying, “that’s pretty normal for Leona.”
Leona has a Halloween voice line about Epel trying to scare him, unsuccessfully. Epel says that Leona got him a bunch of different merchandise for his favorite Spelldrive team for his birthday.
