GHOST HOUSE

LEON BRAVO

Leon Bravo is a young man living in his hometown in New York, UV-00282.

He looks different based on which Ghost House entry he's in. His appearance in Ghost House (Redux) gives him short, wavy brown hair with his bangs dyed blonde. He has dark amber-brown eyes, and tan skin, with a round face and thin frame. Leon wears a yellow baggy sweater over a gray graphic T-shirt, with jeans and yellow sneakers. By the time Ghost House II happens, Leon has grown his hair out and keeps it up in a loose ponytail. He has a thin moustache and piercings in one ear, and wears a big olive green coat over a yellowish button-up shirt and cargo pants.

In late 2017, Leon is drawn into the woods one random night after a fun party with his closest high school friends. After he wanders off alone into the darkness, he encounters the Albin House, and is lured in by Emmeryn Albin's influence, leading to the events of Ghost House.

PERSONALITY

Typically, Leon is a rather laid-back and easygoing kind of character, finding it easy to get along with just about anybody he crosses paths with. He's a bit of a social butterfly, though anxiety used to plague his youth (and, honestly, still does every now and then, though he's gotten better at covering it up). He does his best to present a front of being comfortable and confident, hoping that those around him know that they can lean on him when they need it. Leon also enjoys doing a good joke every now and then, finding it enjoyable to banter back and forth with his friends, especially Lucien Bai and Issac Johnson. He's got a penchant for being kind of a kidder and has a sarcastic streak.

His upbringing left him with a lot of attachment issues, so Leon's personality is significantly dependent on those around him. He's most genuine around those he cares about the most, but his talent for connecting with other people is also a curse, as he has problems putting his foot down about things and cutting people out when he needs to. Leon would rather dance around an issue than tackle it, especially if it feels like solving it will cause more trouble than solve.

During the events of the first Ghost House, Leon is under the effects of Emmeryn's possession. This makes him act much more out of character, being snappy and rude to his friends and boyfriend through the story. This isn't a real representation of the kind of person Leon is - it's just crabbiness from resisting the takeover.

TIMELINE

Pre-GH I

In the early fall of 1998, Leon's mother passes away in childbirth, leaving him in the care of his uncle and aunt living in High Falls. He's a pretty lonely kid growing up - there's no other kids on his side of town, and his aunt and uncle don't really engage with him too much, preferring a hands-off approach in raising the kid. It isn't until third grade when he makes his first real friend, Klair Marsh, that Leon starts to pick up some social skills. He learns quickly that if he's funny, if he's charming, if he's entertaining, people will pay attention to him just a little bit longer.

As he gets older, he meets Issac, a fellow student in middle school who shares a homeroom with him. Issac's the second person Leon comes out as transgender to (Klair, of course, being first place), and Leon feels funny around him, though he wouldn't be able to figure out why until high school. He enters a relationship with Issac not long after the final member of the gang, Bonnie Grey, is introduced to them via Klair.

When Klair moves away for college after graduation, Leon moves in with Issac in a place his uncle and aunt let him rent for cheap, on the edge of town. He picks up odd jobs around the town, saving up money so that he can move with Issac to the city and get more job opportunities.

GHOST HOUSE I

SPOILER

Post-GH I

The events that follow Ghost House I are done on an assumed "release" ending, the most canon of the endings.

After escaping the Albin House, Leon travels with his friends across the country in order to find and dismantle more Houses. He keeps a strong relationship with Issac, which results in the latter proposing marriage to him in early 2021, which Leon accepts. Despite the support of his friends, though, Leon's condition worsens and worsens as his exposure to the Albin House keeps stressing on him. Letting him enter Houses gets riskier as time goes on, so he starts to sit on the sidelines to recover.

When Bai leaves to find the Albin House and put it to rest for good, Leon and his friends go to find them, following them all the way back to New York in order to try to help them dismantle the House and put a stop to their own suffering tied to the place.

GHOST HOUSE II

SPOILER

Post-GH II

The events that follow Ghost House II are done on an assumed all-live ending (which has yet to be named).

SPOILER

RELATIONSHIPS

Klair Marsh

When he first started attending elementary school, Klair was the first peer that Leon had ever successfully befriended, seated next to each other in their third grade classroom passing notes back and forth. They were the first person to know Leon was transgender, the first person to know he had feelings for Issac, and the first person who made him feel a little less alone in this world.

He'd lay his life down for Klair a thousand times over if that's what they needed.

Issac Johnson

He's Leon's other half, and he feels incredibly lucky for having found Issac so early in his life when he knows so many others wait for so long to find a real romance. Being with Issac feels like it's natural, as easy as breathing, and Leon understands Issac in a way he's never gotten anybody else.

If anything happened to Issac, Leon would be okay. He has nightmares about it anyways, though.

Lucien Bai

Despite a rocky start when the two first meet in Ghost House I, Leon and Bai become fast friends after they get past the friction caused by Emmeryn's possession. Leon takes Bai under his wing so to speak, showing them how to live and navigate the new world after their 'disappearance' from society.

Now, Leon trusts Bai with his life, though not with Issac's yet.

Bonnie Grey

Leon's always tried to be friendly and polite to Bonnie, finding her company to be entertaining even if she's a more quiet kind of personality than the other members of the friend group. He finds her insights to be refreshing and new, and tries to get her advice whenever he's stuck on something big to decide on.

To be honest, she's really inspiring to him. He hopes for nothing but the best for her future.

Jason Marsh

Being close friends with Klair since childhood meant Leon has also known Jason for most of the kid's life. Leon's happy acting like a second big sibling to Jason, enjoying being the 'cooler' sibling since nothing he teaches Jason about has consequences for him.

He felt Jason's loss as heavily as Klair did.

TRIVIA

Leon's a Tumblr blogger. His blog would be themed around sharing video game easter eggs.

He has an abandoned YouTube Let's Play channel.

Bravo isn't his parent's last name - he chose it himself when he chose his first name.