Leon Schezar is a minor character in the anime series The Vision of Escaflowne. He is the father of Allen Schezar and was an explorer who sought to discover the mystery surrounding the fabled nation of Atlantis. He died years before the events of the series, but appears in both flashbacks and in spirit form during the second half of the series.
Japanese Voice: Tayaka Hashi
English Voice (Bandai): Terry Klassen
English Voice (Funimation): R. Bruce Elliott
History[]
Leon Schezar is the father of Allen and Celena Schezar and the husband of Encia Schezar. He was a researcher and explorer who disappeared while on a quest to find the secret of Atlantis.
After being given Leon's diary, Dryden Fassa narrates his story, and Hitomi Kanzaki witnesses his first meeting with her grandmother in a vision. While in Atlantis, Allen is reunited with his father while trapped within his own mind.
When Leon was a younger adventurer, a mysterious girl appeared before him in a pillar of light, but he was suddenly separated from her when she returned to Earth in another pillar of light. Some time later, Leon set out for the continent of Asgard to try to discover the secret of the Mystic Valley, leaving his wife, son, and daughter behind him at home in Asturia.
The leviship he was on crashed, and Leon washed ashore on Asgard. He hiked through the mountains and met an old man named Isaac (Emperor Dornkirk in disguise), who was also seeking the secret of the Mystic Valley. Isaac explained that the secret of the Mystic Valley was also the secret of Atlantis, and that he, too, was seeking its secrets. Leon lost Isaac in the fog, but proceeded on his way.
After he left the Mystic Valley, Leon was pursued by Zaibach soldiers under Dornkirk, presumably sent by him after he learned that Leon was going to visit Atlantis. They stabbed Leon to death and retrieved his journal, but the pages detailing the secret of Atlantis were ripped out. He used the Draconian pendant he was holding to wish to see the mysterious girl again. He gave her the pendant, she returned to Earth, and he died.
Allen still held a grudge against Leon, believing that he mindlessly abandoned his family. While trapped inside his own mind in Atlantis, Allen was reunited with Leon. Leon recognized Allen's Knight Caeli uniform, and complimented him on his prowess, saying his mother would be proud. He asked how she was, and Allen told him she had died. Leon began to tear up, and Allen doubted the show of emotion, claiming that Leon never loved Encia.
Allen witnessed a vision of Leon getting killed by the soldiers, and of Encia receiving Leon's diary, which he was able to send home to her due to the power of Atlantis. Allen recognized that Leon and Encia loved each other but still didn't understand why Leon left. Leon explained that he had difficulty accepting his duty as a family man, likely due to his enthusiasm for going out and exploring on his own, but having seen the mysterious girl, he came to understand that his love for his family was stronger than he realized. Before he parted with his son for the last time, he told him to be true to himself and to his heart.