Leon S Kennedy

First appearance: Resident Evil 2

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His middle name is Scott. He became interested in the bizarre hunting incidents that happened in Raccoon City, and he applied for a position on the Raccoon City Police Department after graduating from the police academy. Although he has little practical experience, he's able to make up for it with his youth and abilities, and there's very little that frightens him. He has a strong sense of justice and burns with the pride of being a policeman, so he throws all of his efforts into rescuing fragile survivors.

On September 29, his first day as a Raccoon City police officer, he made the mistake of oversleeping and didn't leave for work until after sunset. He dressed himself in his newly issued armored police uniform, jumped into his beloved jeep, and drove to Raccoon City. Ironically, it was this unforgivable mistake that saved his life. The whole city, including the police HQ where he was supposed to be, had become a den of monsters.

The reason he was late for work was a party the previous night. He had gotten drunk in a motel, trying to forget about the pain of breaking up with his girlfriend. If it hadn't been for that event, he may have been turned into a living corpse like the other policemen. Afterward, his meeting with a zombie on the road caused him to meet Claire Redfield, who was searching for her older brother.

Being a policeman, Leon made the protection of Claire and the little girl, Sherry, his single focus. Always faithful to women, Leon fought desperately to help Claire, even though he was unhappy about her making her own decisions. While searching for an escape route out of Raccoon City, he became aware of Umbrella's secret plot and threw himself into a long battle against them.

It must not be forgotten that behind Leon's actions is a single woman: Ada Wong. Leon is in love with her, the woman who allied with Albert Wesker to steal the G-Virus. Then, as a result of her death, his fighting spirit is rekindled. He swears to take revenge against Umbrella, who stole his love from him.

After escaping from Raccoon City, Leon saw Claire off on her continuing search for her older brother, Chris. He asked the U.S. Army, now deployed outside town, to protect Sherry. After contacting an intelligence officer working for the U.S. government, he began to investigate Umbrella by himself.

Then, when he learned that Claire was in danger on Rockfort Island, he relayed that information to her older brother, Chris.

Los Illuminados Incident

Determined to protect the people, Leon became a government agent, having worked his way up from agency to agency to the top ranks of national security, Leon completed the training necessary to join the secret security service of President Graham himself. There's just one hitch. The President's daughter was kidnapped.

Leon's first assignment was to rescue and return the President's daughter. Searching the world for clues to the whereabouts of Ashley Graham and the group that kidnapped her, Leon eventually travels to a tiny European community.

The local police scoffed at his requests for assistance, but agreed to drive him to the village regardless. Leon was not surprised to be receiving resistance from foreign agencies, but the resistance he faced in the village was nothing like he had ever experienced before... except for that time, six years before, when death was all around him and the amount of time he could survive was measured by the number of bullets left in his gun.

Was there a possible link between the events of six years ago and the violent actions of the villagers?