Leon Kennedy - Resident Evil - Character Profile & RPG Stats

Context

Resident Evil (titled Biohazard in Japan) is a landmark series of Japanese video games and CG movies that started in 1996. It was hugely successful – although some sequels are poorly regarded.

These usually are zombie stories, though the theme was less overused in 1996 than during the 2010s.

Early games in the series exemplified the “survival horror” genre. That involves facing deadly menaces and horrific events while being vulnerable and at a disadvantage.

As to Leon, he is an extremely popular character – and an obvious fan favorite.

This profile includes S P O I L E R S. Up to and including the just-released-as-of-this-writing Resident Evil Infinite Darkness.

(Our contributor Tom played the game in Japanese, so there are some discrepancies in names, spellings, etc.. For instance I think that STRACOM was localised as D.O.S.. So y’all keep that in mind if you played the game in English — Ed.)

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Sequence

We’ve broken down this long article into three short articles, so that readers using smartphones won’t be scrolling forever.

The series goes:

1. Leon S. Kennedy (part #1 – the 1990s). This here profile.
2. Leon S. Kennedy (part #2 – 2000-2011).
3. Leon S. Kennedy (part #3 – 2012+).

Background

• Real Name: Leon Scott Kennedy.
• Known Relatives: None.
• Group Affiliation: Raccoon City Police Dept., Anti-Umbrella Activists, Secret Service.
• Base Of Operations: Mobile.
• Height: 5’10” (1.78m). Weight: 155 lbs. (70 Kg.).
• Eyes: Blue. Hair: Blond.

Powers and Abilities

The RE series started as grounded survival horror zombie apocalypse misadventures.

Therefore, a competent namedA character with more narrative immunity than nameless extras police officer, such as Leon, could survive these nightmarish scenarios… provided they:

1. Kept their cool.
2. Conserved their ammo and Hero pointsDC Heroes RPG concept expressing narrative importance/immunity .
3. Carefully picked their battles.
4. Had luck on their side.
5. Etc..

However, the stories became more and more spectacular.

Leon’s abilities increased to meet the bigger challenges. He eventually reached the cinematicThe level of power and (un)realism found in a spectacular action movie. action hero level. And a few games later, by the late 2010s, he has become on par with legendary costumed comic book characters. Here are examples.

Feats of strength

• Take on superhuman opponents in hand-to-hand combat.
• Hold open the jaws of a mutated shark with a biting strength of around 2 tons.
• Pit his strength against superhumanly enhanced characters. Or fellow RE veteran Chris Redfield, who has been shown displacing multi-tons boulders.