Leshrac/Lore

Leshrac, the Tormented Soul, is the elemental guardian of the evil truth of all creation beyond our benighted comprehension. With the elements of nature and the Chronoptic energies of nature's blasted core at his beck and call, the pristine natural world will soon mirror its horrifying counterpart as he ushers it to chaos, decay, and suffering.

Philosophy

 * Knowing that the truth of all nature is torment, suffering, and decay, Leshrac's inherent actions reflect this dark philosophy. To cause the most torment and suffering as possible, he shares his torment with others through his Chronoptic energies so that everyone can see the true torment that they were once oblivious to. As for bringing about the most decay as possible, he does this by blasting and blighting nature.  His cruelty and sadism stems from this belief, especially for torment and suffering.
 * Leshrac is a nihilist. His kind of nihilism is unspecified, but he rejects the belief that nature reserves a reward for the benevolent. He may have attained this belief from the fact that doing good means nothing when he has seen what the truth of nature really has in store for them. He desires an "end to it all" which he believes will allow him to learn the worse mysteries hidden by the Impurities.
 * His brand of wisdom is also said to be bleak, which may be further proof of his nihilism.

Personality

 * Leshrac seems to be proud of his four legged body, reviling beings who only have two legs. In addition to that, he reviles beings with physical abnormalities. He sees the form of Enchantress as a disgrace to four  legs for some reason.
 * He is so twisted from his former normal self that he feels alien in the natural world. He relates this with Puck, who is also alien to nature.
 * The self-knowledge of him being the only entity who knows the truth of nature has made him arrogant, if he wasn't like that before his transformation. He even humiliates others upon killing them but realizes his humility upon dying. This is a part of his sadism.
 * Leshrac is generally an unhappy creature. His twisted mind is often in a state of brooding, sometimes producing agonizing insights that painfully manifests on his physical form. Compared to most Heroes who cheerfully and confidently declare "It's in the bag", he says it with no enthusiasm, as if he was forced to say it. He also hates fun.

The Impurities
Leshrac may give tithes of gold to the Impurities for unknown reasons. It's also unknown what use have the Impurities for gold. He also invokes the Impurities with his actions. Lastly, he seeks an "end to it all" which he believes will allow him to learn the worse mysteries hidden by the Impurities.

Enemies
Leshrac once did something to a woman acquainted with, angering him greatly. While Donté let him live at that time, he swore an oath to kill Leshrac in revenge if he ever saw him again.

doesn't like Leshrac. She seems to be familiar with his kind and is surprised to see him besides the others that she has met and she has a very bad relationship with an unnamed female character who will get mad at her for killing Leshrac.

Physical Form
Leshrac's previous form from when he was still a philosopher is unknown, but a remnant of his former appearance can be still be seen in his current form. His face is a good indicator of what he used to be–his most notable facial features are his wide, flat nose and blank yellow eyes–features that can be seen on the Oglodi people. It's also worth noting that the Oglodi were once an intellectual race consisting of esoteric artists and philosophers, the latter of whom Leshrac was possibly a part of given his background.

Transformed into an evil elemental by the horrifying mystery at the heart of nature, Leshrac is at one with this lurid and vile nature. His form resembles that of a Centaur's body, but its features are twisted and unnatural. Stony outgrowths form his weird looking antlers and the shoulder growths on his equine torso. Unlike the front legs of a horse and other ungulates his front legs have can bend towards and away from his body. He has three-toed hooves and there are runic markings all over his form, of which we know nothing about its meaning. A liminal being, he exists half in the material plane of existence and half in its heart. His body emits a faint glow at all times.

His physical form bears host to the same Chronoptic Crystals that allowed him to see the heart of all reality. These crystals jut out of his back, his shoulders, and the back of his skull by default. They are pink or purple in color, and may be the source of his Chronoptic power. The crystals on the back of his head may multiply and grow even longer, replacing his own antlers. These woeful spires are nourished by the waves of Chronoptic energy that passes through his warped mind.

This unnatural form can be warped further by his manifest will. For example, Leshrac's agonizing insights can manifest beyond the mind and onto his body, causing them to burst from deep within. These painful insights manifest as spiky outgrowths that burst out of his flesh, sharing the agony of his mind to the body as well. Leshrac's anguish, black thoughts and foul deeds have made him the host of an evil growth of vines, a twisted kind of wisdom that feeds and thrives off of those three aspects of Leshrac.

A sip of the tainted waters from his nature has irreparably corrupted his body with a motley of unnatural vegetative mutations. The corruption has caused a growth of branches on his arms, which he uses to channel great power through them. There is an unnatural growth of stone-hard fungus on his shoulders and back, and his tail has been transformed into a weapon that "pulses desolation" probably referring to his Pulse Nova. The effect has reached his curved horns as well, which permanently corrupts the souls of anyone who touches them.

Death and Immortality
It's interesting to notice that Leshrac's life can be learned through his death and rebirth. Just like all living creatures, Leshrac's heart holds a spark of life that will fade when he dies. But unlike other living creatures, the life that was given to him by the Impurities is unnatural, and thus even his death is unnatural. Perhaps, his death is unnatural to him since he is reviled by Death itself, a natural end to all living things. Or maybe death purifies impure entities like him because death ends his torment, an inherent impurity rooted into his soul. However, his death isn't permanent, and he returns to the foulest heart of nature when he dies to reform himself.

From the heart of nature, the alignment of his elements are restored and the Impurities that compose his body unite in him, restoring his form and his unnatural life.

We learn from this regeneration process that Leshrac is composed of the elements known as the Impurities, confirming his status as an elemental.

Elemental Abilities
Outside of his gameplay abilities, Leshrac's elemental powers seem to focus on debasing the forms of other beings until they are reduced to their fundamental elements. He may also rid other beings of their fundamental elements,  and banish their physical form back to the heart of nature  where they will meet the Impurities and merge with them  to realize the torment that they always had but were oblivious to all along. Because of all this, he is also known as "The Impurifier" who purges the elements.

Even our natural world isn't safe from him. Leshrac warps nature to his vile will to blight and blast his surroundings. It is possible that all of these destructive actions against nature and its inhabitants can help him achieve his ultimate goal of bringing the world into utter desolation and chaos.

Powers
Leshrac's mastery of the elements and the Chronoptic Crystals allows him to effortlessly manipulate the natural world around him as a weapon, making him a powerful entity that can destroy and demolish entire ranks with his mere presence. does exactly what its name says. Leshrac breaks open the Earth beneath his opponents' feet, creating earth fissures to consume his enemies in its yawning maw. When he is equipped with a staff capped with a shard of haunted Chronoptic Crystal, he can summon more of these crystals from the earth below, breaking the earth in the process. Just like what they did to Leshrac, the crystal's power can bring eternal torment to others. With the powers bestowed upon him by the Chronoptic Crystals, Leshrac enacts a. Bursts of Chronoptic energy will shift from a hidden plane of existence and into an area around him in his current plane of existence to evaporate anything it touches. Also known as "Edict of Death" to himself, this evil decree shares Leshrac's impure torment to others. Leshrac ignites a spark in the skies to summon a massive that rains down indiscriminate bolts of lightning upon entire enemy ranks and armies. These lightning bolts are very torrid and can ignite enemies upon impact.
 * A closer look on this ability shows that it uses Chronoptic energy to work its destructive power, as seen in the picture to the right.
 * Apparently, Leshrac "cracks the bones of earth" to use this ability. With the aforementioned definition of "bones" in that voiceline, it might be possible that this ability breaks deep into the earth layers that make up the structure/skeleton of the planet itself.
 * This ability is said to be an act of revenge from the earth itself, for reasons unknown.
 * The sounds produced by its bursts of Chronoptic energy share the same sounds with the waves of energy of Pulse Nova, suggesting that both abilities utilize Chronoptic energy to work their power. This is evident in the yellow-orange and pink-purple color of the Edict's energy, a set of colors that can be found in other depictions of Chronoptic energy.

has no lore to describe what it does outside of gameplay.

allows Leshrac to manipulate the fabric of spacetime itself with waves of damaging energy, destroying nearby enemies.
 * The sounds produced by its waves of energy share the same sounds with the energy blasts of his Edict, suggesting that both abilities use Chronoptic energies to work their powers. This is evident in the orange color of Pulse Nova's energy, a color that can also be seen in the Chronoptic energy of Split Earth (see picture above) and Diabolic Edict.

Friendships and rivalries
Allies meeting Leshrac
 * vo_centaur_cent_ally_07.mp3  Ah, we four-legged travelers must stick together.
 * vo_dark_willow_sylph_ally_87.mp3  The less you talk to me the better.
 * vo_dark_willow_sylph_ally_88.mp3  Let's just get this over with Leshrac.
 * vo_dawnbreaker_valora_ally_095.mp3  I think you need some alone time, Leshrac. It did wonders for me.
 * vo_hoodwink_hoodwink_ally_91.mp3  Move along.
 * vo_magnataur_magn_ally_04.mp3  Stick with me, Leshrac, and we'll go far.
 * vo_monkey_king_monkey_ally_85.mp3 vo_monkey_king_monkey_crown_ally_85.mp3   Great. Another old guy that throws lightning around.
 * vo_monkey_king_monkey_ally_86.mp3 vo_monkey_king_monkey_crown_ally_86.mp3   Just try not to electrocute me, okay Leshrac?
 * vo_pangolin_pangolin_ally_91.mp3  I let you live before, Leshrac. But forgiveness will not come easily.
 * vo_pangolin_pangolin_ally_92.mp3  I don't know what's come over me, fighting beside the likes of you...
 * vo_snapfire_snapfire_ally_93.mp3  You take that foul mood n' keep it to yourself, mister.
 * vo_spirit_breaker_spir_rival_04.mp3  Leshrac, a fellow walker between the planes.
 * vo_abyssal_underlord_abys_ally_03.mp3  They will share in your torture, Leshrac.
 * vo_void_spirit_voidspir_ally_32.mp3  Yes, that's one way to look at the universe, Leshrac, but I'd argue it's a bit of a stretch.

Enemies killing Leshrac
 * vo_centaur_cent_rival_19.mp3 You were unworthy of your form.
 * vo_centaur_cent_rival_20.mp3 Like a centaur, only weaker, and ugly.
 * vo_dark_willow_sylph_rival_87.mp3  I'm a mischief maker... not a sadist.
 * vo_dark_willow_sylph_rival_88.mp3  You're a blight on this world, Leshrac!
 * vo_enchantress_ench_killspecial_02.mp3 Nice rack, Leshrac!
 * vo_grimstroke_grimstroke_rival_56.mp3  You could've joined me, Leshrac. Such a waste.
 * vo_hoodwink_hoodwink_rival_91.mp3  Wait there's one of you here too?!
 * vo_hoodwink_hoodwink_rival_92.mp3  Bro she is not going to be happy that I killed you. Oh well, she already had it out for me anyway.
 * vo_monkey_king_monkey_rival_85.mp3 vo_monkey_king_monkey_crown_rival_85.mp3   It's all over Leshrac!
 * vo_monkey_king_monkey_rival_86.mp3 vo_monkey_king_monkey_crown_rival_86.mp3   Begone Leshrac!
 * vo_furion_furi_rival_04.mp3 Leshrac, now the earth splits you.
 * vo_ogre_magi_ogmag_rival_15.mp3 Leshrac. Is Le Dead…hee hee hee hee!
 * vo_pangolin_pangolin_rival_89.mp3  That was for her…
 * vo_pangolin_pangolin_rival_90.mp3  Have you forgotten my oath, Leshrac? This time is the next time.
 * vo_razor_raz_rival_20.mp3 A pitiful display of lightning.
 * vo_nevermore_nev_rival_01.mp3 vo_nevermore_nev_arc_rival_01.mp3  Your tormented soul will shine in my collection.
 * vo_snapfire_snapfire_rival_94.mp3  A no-count life ends in a no-count death.
 * vo_snapfire_snapfire_rival_95.mp3  Want a cookie, Leshrac? Obviously I'm joking.
 * vo_spirit_breaker_spir_rival_05.mp3 Leshrac, I expected more from a fellow walker between the planes.
 * vo_visage_visa_rival_27.mp3 Your torment ends.
 * vo_void_spirit_voidspir_rival_54.mp3  What other end could one such as you meet?

Others
 * vo_oracle_orac_prophecies_047.mp3  Before this day has ended, you will fall beneath the shadow of a soul far more tormented than your own.
 * vo_legion_commander_legcom_duelhero_22.mp3 vo_legion_commander_legcom_dem_duelhero_22.mp3  Defend your beard!