Leo's Twin Blades
Leo's twin blades are a pair of unnamed swords that serve as Leo Whitefang's signature weapons. They are wielded by him in all of his game appearances.
Design
Outside of battle, Leo's blades take the form of two plus-shaped metal emblems, each around the size of one of Leo's hands, that he keeps clipped to his belt on either side of his belt buckle. An exceptional wielder of metal-shaping magic,[1] Leo Whitefang is able to transform them to their standard appearance when entering battle: in this form, they are two massive cross-shaped blades, each nearly as tall as Leo himself. Rather than a standard hilt, the blades are held using handles bolted to the undersides of each sword's crossguard by a circle of golden metal, which allows Leo to wield them as something closer to exceptionally long-reaching melee weapons rather than traditional swords. This unique shape helps enable Leo's Brynhildr Stance, his preferred way of fighting.[2]
In their battle-ready form, the blades are engraved with several pieces of text. Just below the crossguard, each blade has the seal of Illyria and the words "The United Kingdoms of Illyria" written directly above and below it. Near the tip of each blade is the text "Noblesse Oblige".
Abilities
Using his twin blades, Leo can harness powerful energy in the form of a golden metal that can be launched in waves, shown in his moves Graviert Würde and Stahl Wirbel. The blades are able to rotate at high speeds and are capable of rotating three hundred and sixty degrees around his fists, which Leo makes use of when he moves into his Brynhildr Stance.
Leo is also able to perform more elaborate transformations of these blades, as shown in his Instant Kill, Windrad des Weltraum: when performing this attack, he shapes the blades into two halves of a lion's head, complete with a metal mane and the ability to roar, then combines them into one massive lion's-head-shaped blade that he uses to dive-bomb his opponent.
Gallery
Strive concept art showing the blades' transformation.
