Strider

Overview
Leon Calorath, nicknamed "Strider" for reasons never expounded upon, is the primary character of the head GM. Strider runs the events in a director position and is the lead coder for TM.

Strider is the incarnate of Loki and carries several characteristics of him. Though many of these characteristics are broken after the Interlude Era. Strider leads the guild Testimony of the Blade, which is often shortened to "Testament" for ease. The guild is disbanded at the end of the Testimonial Midgard Era when Requiem is formed.

Pre-Ordeal
Leon plays an integral part in the plot of Testimonial Midgard. In the back story of TM Strider is a young knight of little merit who leads a small guild, the original Testimony of the Blade. He and Raziel are old comrades and have fought together many times. During the invasion of Prontera that claimed Tristan XIII's life Strider and Raziel were reunited and fought to keep the city safe. After the victory at Prontera Strider led his guild to aid Raziel's hometown of Morroc. After aid was given to Morroc Raziel left to find his master Valaris leaving Strider to bring the wounded citizens of Morroc to Prontera.

Over the next few months Strider, under Loki's guidance, rose to the position of warlord of Midgard and soon consolidated his power into a military oligarchy. Instating his guild Testimony of the Blade as the ruling force in Midgard.

Ordeal
During the Ordeal chapter Strider fulfilled a role as commander in chief of the Midgard special forces, a group composed of guild members, mercenaries and freelancers. However his true agenda was known only to himself and Loki as he ordered the members of the special forces into dangers planned around releasing the power of the Ten Seals.

Shortly after this, Strider was unexpectedly affected by the AGENT Virus (the 7th seal) when Artimus released it. After the Requiem erased the virus, he continued giving them orders on the remaining seals, however, Testament became a 1-person guild after Raziel broke from the guild to form Requiem.

After all 9 seals were released, Strider began to notice unusual changes in Loki. Soon after, a direct gateway to the Midgard Core was opened that became known as the Static Dungeon. Requiem took this pathway down where they found the 10th Seal. After barely erasing the 10th seal, they met with Strider. After losing his mind, Strider went into an insane tangent, ranting that he had been tricking Midgard all along and had joined Loki due to always being treated as an outcast of society. Seeing Strider's true colours, Raziel struck Strider down, leaving him lying in the Ordeal Chamber.

Interlude
A depressed Strider went into hiding both from Loki and from Testimonial Midgard's residents, with Odin taking his place as mission briefer. In the battle with Freya, Strider betrayed Loki and fought beside the Testimonial Midgard residents, eventually striking Loki down and deleting him from the KTBPU Project.

Resolve
During this era, Strider has severed his ties with Loki and joins Revenant

Revelation
Strider assists Raziel in deleting Mitwelt.

Combat Style
Strider is a lord knight using an agility two-handed build. He favours simple moves like bash.

Quotes from the Story
Strider: (To Loki) "I recite the same reminder and return to my pace.."

Strider: (To Raziel) "To take part in Midgard’s destruction was all I wished for.."

Strider: (To Raziel) "Does it really matter? The point is, we were brought here for a reason, and I get the feeling we don’t have forever to figure it out."

Strider: (To Hikaru) "Do you truly not realise how similar you two were?"