Enraged, Goenitz leaves the same night, Leona underwent the Riot of Blood and slaughtered everyone in the village. However, Gaidel refused as he and his family liked peace and not the violent tendencies created by the Orochi blood. He requested that Gaidel join him in their duties to serve Orochi, as everyone in the village were Orochi bloodline members. When she was a child, Goenitz arrived at her home and demanded to talk with Gaidel, the leader of the village. Leona was born in an unnamed village, residing with her family. And in Neo Geo Freak's August 1998 issue, she was ranked as the 2nd best character. 187 votes from the male fans and 1,271 votes from the female fans. In the Neo Geo Freak's 1997 Volume 8 character poll, she was voted as the fourth favourite character with a total of 1,458 votes. Garou: Mark of the Wolves planner and The King of Fighters XIV producer Yasuyuki Oda states that Leona and Kyo are his favourite characters in The King of Fighters series. Logo and character designer Nao Q also has Leona as his favourite character, he comments on his soft spot for ice maidens. In an interview with one of the series designers, Shinkiro, he replies that Leona is his favorite original character in the series. Her most recent design was done by Eisuke Ogura, Nobuyuki Kuroki comments on Leona's chest ending up being more robust compared to her previous incarnations.
Leona was conceived to be an Orochi descendant by the time of her debut and her designers took special care to let their interests at the time reflect in her actions. Developers admit that they wanted to introduce the plot element of Heidern's adopted daughter before the production of KOF '96. Before production for her debut game began, developers wanted to create a suitable replacement for Heidern as a part of the game's overhaul.
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