{"Leonardo Gats; teacher, wizard, family man. What? Was that cheesy?" }
{A Little Party Never Kill Nobody {Main Theme Song}|Bang Bang | $100 Bill | Valerie | Love is Blindness | Gatsby Believed In the Green Light| }
Leonardo Jay Gats
"Yes, this is my real name!"
|Nickname|
Leo {Most common}, Leon, Gats, Mr. Gats {By students in class}, Grandpa and Oldie {Mockingly}, and his personal favorite, Gatsby.
"I have too many nicknames."
|Birthday|
October 30th, 1966
|Age|
Forty-seven {47} years old
"I'm probably one of the youngest teachers here."
|Nationality|
45% German | 55% Italian
|Hometown|
Oxford, England {1-7} | Manhattan, New York {7-22} | Goodfellow, Washington {23-present}
|Sexuality|
Pansexual | Omnisexual
|Coven|
Divination/Spellcraft Teacher from the coven of Laveau
|Specialty|
{Divination}Leo can employ divination, a method of reading the future, the present and the past and/or provide help to a problem at hand by using an occultic, standardized process or ritual. Divination can be achieved by communicating with the supernatural (i.e. gods, demons, spirits, nymphs) or just by reading certain patterns.
|Years spent|
Never was a student | 24 years as a teacher {23-present}
|Familiar|
Carraway. Just like the character he is named after, always trying to help others and rather nonjudgmental. Sure, he can be a bit loose and crazy at times, wanting to think big and dream even bigger, just like Leo himself.
{“Youth is happy because it has the capacity to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.”― Franz Kafka }
5'7 1/2 and 163 lbs.
|Build|
Bit slim but, athletic
|Skin Tone|
A bit tan
|Hair Color|
Golden, could look even blonder if in the right light
|Eye Color|
Hazel with specks of blues, greens, and golds in them.
|Scars? Markings? Tattoos? Piercings?|
One scar on his back, very faint and he honestly can't even remember how. But, he does have numerous small tattoos, all to represent someone in his family. He has a small tattoo on his forearm of his wife of almost 30 years. Five tattoos of of the flowers which his daughters are named after on his right shoulder blade with their names underneath. On his other shoulder he has his sons' names in elegant writing with two small crowns underneath them, he got them as a joke because his sons love being treated like royalty.
{“Look at everything always as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time: Thus is your time on earth filled with glory.”― Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn }
{Illusions} Leo can create and manipulate illusions, causing people to see, hear, touch, smell and/or taste things which do not actually exist or cause them to perceive things differently from what they truly are. Because of all his years of practice, the man can create complex and detailed worlds. ▪{"Psychic Shield"} When using this ability, he is immune to any and all mental intrusion. This includes defense against psychic or empathic powers, hypnosis, as well as illusions and deception. Mind readers can only “hear” static, while mind controllers are incapable of manipulating those shielded. ▪{Psychic Energy} The ability where the user can create, shape and manipulate psychic energy in various ways, including manifesting in material form in order to one, show off and two, to show the students what it looks like when its visible. ▪{Memory Suppression} He is able to suppress certain memories. For example, if one suffered from a truly traumatic experience, Leo could suppress it so as not to suffer through the pain and trauma. Something he has done with some of the children who have gone through a lot in their lives. ▪ {Empathic Illusion Casting} He is able to cast illusions, but instead of them being whatever he pleases. It shows the emotion someone is feeling whether its happy, sad, in love, bored, etc. ▪{Astral Suggestion} Jiminy Cricket over here, has the ability to be able to project their spirit making them invisible and intangible, and plant thoughts, ideas and suggestions into others' heads, making them think that it was their own thoughts. This can be done with a whisper and the victim does not physically hear anything but the thoughts will appear in their mind, believing this was their own, doing whatever the user told them to.
|{Weaknesses || Limitations}|
{Illusions} Some people may be 'immune' to his spell ▪Sometimes he may be unable to create accurate illusions, such as making things that don't exist or situations that would never happen in a million years. One common mistake is misplacing a feature on a person, or forgetting to add shadows to their forms. ▪If he uses his power for too long, he can get a massive migraine and pass out ▪Some of the more powerful people in the academy, can sometimes sense whether its really or not ▪ The illusions can, in extreme circumstances, can get out of control before he can settle them back down ▪{Astral Suggestion} When using this ability, he can be seen by others who know this power or by people who can see the dead and/or spirits. ▪After a while, for strong minded people, their free will can come back and remind them that they did not say what Leo said. ▪ {"Psychic Shield"} Powerful opponents may still be able to affect user to some extend ▪ Shield sometimes has to be consciously activated. ▪Doesn't work against physical abilities. ▪{Empathic Illusion Casting} Same weaknesses as illusions. ▪{Psychic Energy} The ability where the user can create, shape and manipulate psychic energy in various ways, including manifesting in material form in order to one, show off and two, to show the students what it looks like when its visible. ▪ {Memory Suppression} Some people have the ability to bring the memories back, he can't just lock the memory away forever ▪The person's will may slowly and naturally make them remember the memory again ▪ He can only do two, maybe three on a good day memories at a time ▪Memories cannot be suppressed forever, as the mind is an organism that would always recall the steps necessary for it to reach the present and thus "rewrite" itself to its original setting if he tried to change it ▪
|{Quirks || Habits}|
▪When he gets impatient, he begins to fidget and has to at least pace around ▪In the morning he has the same routine every morning; his wife wakes him up, showers, gets dressed, walks Penny to the nurse's office, and then finally goes to his classroom ▪He calls all his close friends; students or teacher, the nickname 'ol sport'. ▪During a awkward silence, he's that guy who just breaks out in a smile and maybe chuckles ▪When he's irritated, he puts his fingers on his temples, trying to stop the headache that is probably about to come ▪He is a smoker and smokes at least once, if not twice a day ▪When he's grading papers, in his office he needs to have music on in the background. Sometimes he also plays soft music when his students are taking tests and quizzes ▪
|{Talents || Strengths || Skills}|
▪Impressions ▪First Impressions ▪His powers ▪High vocabulary ▪Fluent in three languages; English, Italian, and German ▪Very Protective ▪Piano ▪Giving advice ▪Pranks and joking around ▪Giving 'romantic' advice to his guy friends ▪Spotting Lies ▪Dancing ▪▪Naming movie quotes and song titles ▪Accents ▪Persuading people, powers or not ▪
|{Flaws || Weakness}|
▪Rather possessive ▪Too childish at times ▪Grading papers on time ▪Time managements ▪Baking and cleaning ▪Children ▪Curses like a sailor ▪Confrontation ▪Staying on track ▪Can sometimes be 'whipped' with his wife ▪Singing ▪Road rage ▪His jealousy ▪
|{Hobbies}|
▪Cooking ▪Doing impressions of people and accents ▪Dancing ▪Being with his wife ▪Talking to his children ▪Teaching his classes outside under the large oak tree ▪Smoking, drinking, and going out ▪Sleeping in ▪
|{Fears}|
▪Losing his family ▪{Claustrophobia} Fear of confined spaces ▪Getting divorced ▪{Iatrophobia} Fear of going to the doctor ▪{Thanatophobia} Fear of dying ▪{Ligyrophobia} Fear of loud bangs and pops▪
|{Secrets}|
✤He did have an affair behind Penny's back during their first year of marriage. They were having a hard time and he did it without thinking. He told Penelope not even a day after he ended it with the other woman. Penny and him refuse to speak of it and other than the two of them no one knows, not their kids, not their parents, no one. ✤Out of all his children, only one of them {Daisy} switched covens to become a part of Circe which is why he isn't so hard on them like the other teachers. ✤He was arrested, but let off on self defense for assault against a man who was trying to rape his daughter, Rose when she came to visit a couple of years ago ✤He doesn't want to be immortal, he wants to be able to grow old and not have to watch everyone he cares about die while he stays young forever ✤
|{Goals||Dreams}|
▪Growing old with his wife ▪To watch his kids grow up ▪To completely master his powers ▪To get over his fears ▪To become a grandfather with more children ▪
{“We are an impossibility in an impossible universe.”― Ray Bradbury }
Fatherly/Advice giving: Most Times
Opinionated: Sometimes
Charismatic: Always
Quiet//Shy:Never
Friendly:Most Times
Broken: Rarely to Never
Affectionate: Often
Sarcastic: Most Times
Ambitious: Always
Curious: Always
Self-Controlled: Sometimes
Modest and Simple: Rarely
Honest: Most Times
Loyal and Faithful: Always
Serious/Mature: When he needs to be
Romantic: Most Times to Always
Flirty: Often
Sympathetic: Most Times
Eccentric: Always
Optimistic and a Dreamer: Always
Observant: Often
Logical: Occasionally to sometimes
Hyperactive/Funny/Somewhat Childish: Often
Sweet/Kind/Caring: Most Times
Jealous: Rarely
Nurturing: Always
Funny: Sometimes
Possessive: Close the never
Violent/Cruel: Never to Rarely
Protective: Often to Always
Social: Very Social
Emotions: Controlled {Most of the time}
{“If you want to discover the true character of a person, you have only to observe what they are passionate about.” ― Shannon L. Alder }
▲His family ▲His students ▲Smiling, smirking, joking around, and pulling small pranks ▲The Great Gatsby: book and movies ▲Parties ▲Suits ▲Cars and automobiles ▲Dancing ▲Teaching ▲His powers ▲Drinking ▲Date nights ▲Sleeping in ▲Relaxing in the Summer▲Seeing his children ▲Carraway ▲His friends in the academy ▲Going out ▲Smoking ▲Eating ▲Cooking "She does the baking, I do the cooking."▲Doing impressions ▲Technology ▲Reading ▲Jack Daniels ▲Sex ▲Blondes ▲Exercising ▲Cult classic films▲Morning talk shows {Jerry Springer, Maury, Steve Wilkos, Dr. Phil, etc.}
{“I don't hate you.. I just don't like that you exist” ― Gena Showalter, Seduce the Darkness }
▼Guys gawking over his daughters ▼Abuse of magic ▼Overly strict people ▼People making fun of his family's accent {Italian mixed with New Yorker} ▼Being called 'grandpa or oldie' ▼Disrespect ▼Being told to 'watch his mouth' ▼People judging the Circe kids harshly ▼Infidelity ▼Hangovers ▼Laziness from students ▼Bad cooking ▼Having to help Penny with the cleaning ▼Staying up late for work ▼Fights, outside of the arena ▼People thinking he's a bit strange/bizarre
{“Sometimes, I sit alone under the stars and think of the galaxies inside my heart, and truly wonder if anyone will ever want to make sense of all that I am.”― Christopher Poindexter}
Born in Oxford, England |Spent a lot of time in Manhattan, New York
|Family Tree|
James Gats | Father {71} | Living in Miami w/ his wife |
Analeigh Gats (nee Sinclair) | Mother {69} | Living in Miami w/ husband |
Jordan Gats | Twin brother (3 hours younger) | Living in Los Angeles | No children or wife |
Penelope Gats (nee Williams) | Wife of 29 years {47 years old} | Living {Nurse at the school} |
Poppy Gats | Eldest triplet daughter {26} | Living in New York w/ Andrew |
Andrew Jackson | Future son-in-law {28}| Living in New York w/ Daisy |
Rose Horne (nee Gats) | Middle triplet daughter {26, 2 hour younger} | Living in New York |
Daniel Horne | Son-in Law {27} | Living in New York w/ family |
Bethany Horne | Granddaughter | Living |
Lily Gats | Youngest triplet daughter {26, 4 hours younger} | Living in New York |
Daisy Gats | Middle daughter {22} | Living in Princeton {in college, Princeton} |
Duke Gats | Oldest son {20} | Living {College student, University of Washington}|
Alexander Gats | 'Youngest' son {20,1 hour younger} | Living {College student, University of Washington} |
Iris Gats | Youngest Child{17}| Living {3rd year Laveau house} |
{“Do you ever wonder why things have to turn out the way they do?”― Nicholas Sparks, A Walk to Remember }
Leonardo Jay Gats was the first born in a small family of two crazy in love newlyweds, who kept trying to have a baby for over three years. They got close during their first year of marriage when the girl was just eighteen years old, until their first daughter, Angel was born stillborn. After that, the couple decided to just focus on traveling, enjoying life with one another, and just let whatever happens happen without questioning it. Four years later, the couple gave birth to two twin boys; Leonardo and Jordan.
Growing up, as much as the two looked alike, they couldn't be more different personality wise. While Leo was sweet, kind, and used his powers to help others, Jordan was sneaky, conniving, and loved using his powers to pull pranks on others and mess with them in anyway he could and try to blame it on Leo whenever he could. Most of the time, it worked seeing that he always used the 'I would never' card. Meaning, he would make Leo out to be the 'evil' twin. As they got older and around the age of 15, their parents did soon realize that Jordan was the one behind everything. And they wanted to send him away to make him maybe realize that what he was doing wasn't right. They wanted to send him across the country to a academy called Hecate Academy and even though Leo wanted his brother to change, they were twins at the end of the day and they were always their for each other. And if he were to go across country, Leo would be left alone to try and learn about his powers. Sure, their parents tried to help them learn to control them, they didn't have the abilities that the two had and always ended up getting harmed in one way or another. Something the two equally hated.
So, the two needed each other to not just help out but, their rivalry made the two work harder to try to beat the other and show that they were the 'better' twin. But, as much as the two told their parents that, they weren't hearing. Their mind was made up and not long after the twins were split up for three, almost four years. And, it was hard...for Leo at least. Jordan on the hand, loved going to the academy. Within is first year, he had always left his mark as one of the most powerful members that Circe has ever seen. Sure, he got in a hell of a lot of trouble a lot and was sent down to the headmistress pretty much each other day but, he didn't care. He wanted to make his parents regretting sending him there in the first place. And, they did. They thought it would change him, making him good like his brother even though Leo knew it wouldn't work, but all it did instead was make him even more evil and powerful than before. Leo while he was worried about his brother possibly doing something to get himself killed, he knew that his older brother would do whatever he please and whenever he came home for the holidays he would just go on and on about how much he loved being bad and how he wanted Leo to join him in the Circe coven.
As much as he though about the idea, he couldn't hurt people like Jordan had. He could never bring himself to do anything like that which made Jordan angry and irritated calling his brother a traitor. That was the last real discussion the twins had without them shouting at one another. The golden hair twin hated the idea of not being close to his twin. They always were close but, lines were crossed, bridges were burned, and there was no going back to the closeness they had before. After Jordan's last year he moved to Los Angeles to start his new, and shall I add successful business. During his last year of high school, Leo met and fell in love with a beautiful blonde girl name Penelope. He had never seen her before but the second he saw her, he wanted to be with her. Sure, it took all of their senior year for her to finally give in to his charm but, it sure was worth it. He could have used his magic on her but, she had some magic of her own and she had the ability to know when he was using his power on her. Which made him only love her more. The two went to college together, moved in together, everything and when they were eighteen they got married. Sure, the first year was rough...in more ways than one. But, they never stopped loving one another. And when Penny turned twenty one and they were celebrating anniversary. She told him the news that she was pregnant with triplets. Was it a shock? Absolutely but, he was excited nonetheless. Nine months later, she gave birth to three beautiful baby girls. Which was the only reason, Jordan decided to pop up out of nowhere and want to be apart of the family's life again. He was reluctant, but Leonardo finally gave in and allowed his brother back with open arms.
During the time, Jordan decided to stay with the couple in New York while he was lying low for a group of 'not so nice' people. The couple also needed his help paying for their home. Leo had gotten laid off from his investment banker job and couldn't find a job to help support his family. Which was when Jordan finally said something that changed the course of his life forever, "STOP TRYING TO BE FUCKING NORMAL, LEO! We're not normal humans, sure we're mortal but we have powers, use them for once! Stop hiding them!" Jordan, being the bold guy he was, told him that and more before finally telling him that he should apply for a job at his old school. At first, Leo didn't really like the idea but, then he started thinking about how much he hated having to hide his, his wives, and their three girls' powers from the world. Rarely letting the kids go outside in fear that they would do something to expose them to the normal world.
And when they were two and the couple were twenty three, they all moved from New York to Goodfellow, Washington for Leo's new job at the same academy his brother attended years ago. At first it was brutal, all the teachers who had taught his brother, believed that he was his brother or believed that he was exactly like him. It didn't take much to show them that he was just his twin seeing that the man never wanted kids, never wanted a wife, and couldn't do any of the powers Leo could. And after proving himself as a 'good guy', he soon was accepted. Four year later, Penny gave birth to their fourth daughter and the 'black sheep of the family', Daisy. Only two years later followed the twin boys, Duke and Alexander, and three years later, followed the baby of the bunch, Iris. As the children got older, they all were enrolled to the academy to learn to control the powers. Rose, Poppy, and Lily found themselves in Merlin, the boys were in split up; Duke was in Laveau and Alexander in Puck, Iris was found herself following Duke's footsteps in Laveau, but Daisy? She was a bit different, she started off in Puck, trying to find abilities in nature but, she soon started finding herself into dark magic. Something she loved doing, so she moved to Circe like her uncle and godfather. As much as Leo was afraid of her ending up like his brother, he soon began to relax realizing that she really was happy. Which was all that mattered to him.
As they all began to move on in their lives and move all across the country away from their parents, they all kept in touch with them and their 'favorite' {only} uncle. They do try to visit when they can and give their baby sister advice on how to control and master her abilities in time manipulation. And when they're not in Washington, having people gawk at them. They're out going to college, getting degrees and great jobs, making the forty seven year old, madly in love couple grandparents, and making him and Penny feel even older than some of the immortal teachers at the school. Sure, he hates the idea of growing old and getting grays but, he wouldn't wish to be immortal. He loves the life he has and if he is to die, at least he can say he was able to live a full life.