![[Leo]](leo.jpg)
Gender: Male
First Appearance: "M.I.A."
Other Appearances: None
Leo is a member of a gargoyle clan that is primarily based in a mansion outside London, England. He, as well as his rookery siblings Griff and Una, were assigned to operate the occult shop, In To The Mystic, in the Soho district of the city. Leo and Griff were good friends.
In 1940, during the Battle of Britain, Griff brought home a mysterious Scottish gargoyle named Goliath, and the pair went out to battle the Nazi forces bombing London. The two disappeared that night, and never came back. Leo was distraught by this, and he blamed Goliath for Griff’s death, although in actuality, he was just a scapegoat for the guilt he felt over not going with them.
Over the next 55 years, the two continued to operate the shop. Leo and Una eventually became mates.
By 1995, the Soho district was being plagued by a group of punks who targeted non-English persons. Leo and Una, however, refused to do anything about them, as they had become fixated only on the affairs of the store. When Goliath came to the shop with his fellow Avalon travelers, however, Leo and Una were shocked, and tried to see if Griff was with him. When he wasn't, the two assumed that Goliath had survived when Griff hadn’t, and, after the travelers entered the shop to escape the notice of bystanders, Leo attacked Goliath, and Una used a spell to render them unconscious. Leo and Una chained Elisa Maza, Angela, and Bronx up in the cellar, and waited until Goliath had awakened, where they informed him of their intent- to torture him, as they had been tortured, by the terror of "not knowing." Goliath reacted by using the Phoenix Gate to travel back to 1940 to try to save Griff.
Leo and Una were surprised again, and they went down to the cellar to tell the three chained there that Goliath had abandoned them. Recognizing how Goliath had disappeared, Elisa informed them that he’d probably gone back in time to save Griff from his fate. Una denied it, saying that nothing could change what had happened to Griff, but Leo finally realized that they’d been blaming the wrong gargoyles for Griff’s death. He freed the other travelers, and told Una that they should have gone along with Goliath and Griff. Una broke down, finally admitting the truth to herself.
Goliath walked in the front door of the shop just then, and, to Leo and Una's great surprise, Griff, transported from 1940 to the present, walked in behind him. The three had a happy reunion, where Griff noted that Leo had grown to look "quite distinguished." The Avalon travelers left, and with Griff’s return to them, the three began protecting the citizens of London once more.
Leo possesses all the abilities and traits of gargoyles, including superhuman strength, wings that enable him to glide, claws and talons that can dig into solid steel, a prehensile tail, and eyes that glow white when he is enraged.