Leonidas

Appearances

Parameters

Skills

• Dignity of the Rearguards (A): The pride and resolve of a commander who holds the line so allies may survive; strengthens defensive formations.
• Battle Continuation (A): Fights on despite mortal wounds, embodying the Thermopylae stand.
• Thermopylae Enomotia (B): Skill representing the Spartan enomotia formation; summons phantom hoplites of the 300.

Noble Phantasms

• Thermopylae Enomotia · Anti-Army (B): Recreates the legendary last stand at Thermopylae, manifesting the 300 Spartans as a phalanx of magical soldiers who shield allies and crush the enemy.

Personality

A stern Spartan king who speaks plainly about duty, sacrifice, and the honor of holding the pass. He accepts death as the price of protecting others and treats his 300 as comrades rather than disposable tools.

Story in Fate

Summoned as a Lancer, Leonidas embodies the Thermopylae legend in Fate/Grand Order. He fights as a rearguard specialist whose Noble Phantasm materializes the 300 Spartans who died with him, turning historical sacrifice into a defensive miracle for Chaldea.

Relationships

• 300 Spartans — Comrades bound by the Thermopylae oath.
• Xerxes I — Persian king who commanded the invasion Leonidas resisted.
• Herodotus — Historian whose account shaped his modern fame.

Trivia

• His Noble Phantasm name references the Spartan enomotia unit of 36 men.
• FGO emphasizes sacrifice and shielding allies over personal glory.
• Endurance A+ reflects the impossible length of the historical stand.