Leopold Vermillion

is a nobleman of House Vermilion and a member of the Crimson Lion squad of the Magic Knights.

Appearance
Leopold is a boy of average height with long and messy vermilion hair. He keeps a third of his hair in a braid while leaving the rest in a messy and spiky hairstyle. One of his prominent features is the red markings around his turquoise eyes.

Leopold wears a set of clothes that clearly shows his nobility status. He sports a light-colored tunic under a dark blue shirt with high collars, which has gold-colored trimmings on its edges. He also wears a light-colored sash that holds the shirt together. At the bottom, Leopold wears a light-colored pants that extends slightly below his knees and a pair of dark-colored shoes as his footwear. On top of everything, Leopold wears a long robe that covers his entire body.

As a member of the Crimson Lion squad, Leopold also wears the squad's signature robe. The red robe is short and only covers his torso. It also has gold-colored intricate designs, which decorate the lower front side of the robe. Additionally, it is also complemented by a scarf and a pair of gold-colored ropes that are coming out from between the scarf and the robe. The ropes are decorated with a purple stone at each ends. Lastly, the squad's insignia is located at the center back of the robe.

Personality
Leopold is a brash person that likes to act without properly thinking about his action. This side of him comes out when he sees Asta's rebellion against several nobles in which prompt him to quickly declare the latter as his rival. Additionally, when Asta leaves to defend an invasion by himself, Leopold quickly follows him without listening to his older brother's plan of counterattack.

In addition, Leopold is also someone who was raised as a noble. This resulted in his tendency to insult someone of lower social standing or any members of the high society that harbors a peasant, such as when he openly mocks the Golden Dawn squad for having Yuno in their ranks. Furthermore, Leopold is also a prideful man who is confident with his abilities where he does not hesitate to decline any assistance during a fight. Even if it is from his own older brother.

Biography
One day, Leopold accompanies his older brother, the captain of the Crimson Lion squad, to attend a Magic Knights Entrance Exam. During the exam, he remains silent as he observes the examinees whom are taking on the various tests.

About a week later, Leopold is invited to a War Merits Conferment Ceremony as an honorary Magic Knight where he is to be promoted and decorated with a medal. He attends the said ceremony alongside his brother, Fuego Leon Vermilion, whom is also there as the captain of his squad. At the end of the ceremony, Leopold then attends the celebratory banquet that Julius Nova Chrono had prepared for the guests of the ceremony in which included the unwanted guests that Julius brought along with him.

As the Magic Emperor had left the banquet hall, Leopold quickly instigates a conflict where he is insulting the Golden Dawn members for harboring a peasant, Yuno, on their ranks. His remarks escalate and a conflict arises between one of those unwanted guests, Asta, with several of the honorary Magic Knights. As the conflict dwindles, Leopold announces to the other Knights that he is taking Asta as his rival after seeing his combat skill.

Not long after, someone enters the hall and informs the Knights that the Royal Capital is being invaded. When Asta decides to enter the battlefield ahead of his colleagues, Leopold quickly follows suit as he ignores his older brother's directions. Eventually, Fuego Leon manages to catch up with him as they arrive at the North District of the Royal Capital. After seeing that they are fighting against reanimated corpses, Leopold begins to incinerates every corpses that he sees with his fire magic.

In the meanwhile, he also observes Asta's fight against Rades from afar where he begins to praise Asta's fighting style even more. Subsequently, Leopold also assists Asta by incinerating all the corpses that are preventing him from delivering the final attack on one of Rades' corpse, "Jimmy". Afterwards, Leopold is stuck in a disadvantage fight against Rades' other corpse along with Noelle Silva.

When Fuego Leon asks about his condition, Leopold quickly denies any need of assistance as he shows the former his unwavering fighting spirit. Subsequently, seeing his older brother's fight and hearing his words of encouragement quickly raises his morale as he prepares to continue his fight against Rades' corpse. After a slight struggle, Leopold and Noelle finally able to defeat their opponent as they salute Fuego Leon whom praised their efforts.

While Fuego Leon is interrogating Rades, the former is suddenly teleported away from them. Seeing his brother's disappearance, Leopold immediately confronts Rades as he demands an answer from the latter. Subsequently, Asta manages to locate the man whom teleported Fuego Leon from a pile of corpses where he was hiding. The said man then opens another portal from which the body of Leopold's older brother is falling. Seeing his brother's condition, Leopold is rendered speechless as the revelation filled him with shock and anger.

Magic

 * Fire Magic: A form of magic that allows Leopold to manipulate the element of fire. He tends to use it to incinerate his opponents with blasts of intense stream of fire.

Equipment

 * Grimoire: Leopold possesses a grimoire, which contains various fire-based magic. It has light-colored covers.

Events

 * War Merits Conferment Ceremony
 * Declaration of Ascension
 * The Undead Invasion