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+# Leon D'Nardis — Character Bible
+
+*The Morally Gray Friend*
+
+---
+
+## Core Identity
+
+- **Full Name:** Leon D'Nardis
+- **Known As:** Leon
+- **Age:** 19
+- **Occupation:** Works at the guild.
+
+---
+
+## Physical Description
+
+- Dark hair
+- Medium build, slightly muscular
+- 5'10"
+- Often dresses for comfort rather than style.
+
+---
+
+## Personality
+
+### Core Traits
+- Close friend of Phelan — they often work together
+- Has ADD but not as pronounced as Phelan's
+- Relationship is transactional — they help each other, understand each other, trust each other
+- They riff off each other's thoughts, one feeds the other
+- Share hacks and tips when discussing project work
+- Occasional lifeline who supplies the "nugget" that triggers Phelan's brain to click
+
+### How He Processes People
+- Tries to unlock what drives people
+- Notices when someone has a simlar mindset and befriends them
+- Trusts no one else until he's learned what makes them tick and sees their usefulness.
+
+### Relationship With Emotion
+- [TBD]
+
+---
+
+## Skills & Competencies
+
+- [TBD — his specialty / what kind of work he does]
+
+---
+
+## Backstory
+
+- [TBD]
+
+---
+
+## Relationships
+
+| Character | Relationship | Status (Current) |
+|-----------|-------------|-------------------|
+| Phelan Varrant | Morally gray friend | Transactional trust — mutual competence and shared wiring |
+
+---
+
+## Relationship With Phelan
+
+- Built on mutual competence and shared wiring — they think in similar patterns
+- Transactional trust: neither pretends it's anything else, which is why it works
+- Leon is the person Phelan bounces ideas off. Not for approval — for friction that produces sparks.
+
+---
+
+## Wants vs. Needs
+
+- [TBD]
+
+---
+
+## Voice & Dialog Notes
+
+- Should complement Phelan's cadence, not mirror it
+- Two ADD brains in conversation should feel like rapid-fire ping-pong, not identical monologues
+- [TBD — further refinement during drafting]
+
+---
+
+## Character Progression
+
+*Tracks how Leon evolves as the story progresses. Each entry is canon once the corresponding chapter is finalized.*
+
+### Book 1
+
+| Chapter | Development | Category |
+|---------|-------------|----------|
+| — | *Not yet introduced* | — |
+
+### Book 2
+<!-- Future -->
+
+### Book 3
+<!-- Future -->
+
+---
+
+## Open Questions
+
+- [ ] When does Leon first appear?
+- [ ] What's his specialty / what kind of work does he do?
+- [ ] What makes him "morally gray" specifically? What lines does he cross that Phelan won't?
+- [ ] Physical description?