WARNING: THIS PAGE CONTAINS SIGNIFICANT SPOILERS FOR BUG FABLES. DISCRETION IS ADVISED.
 —Leif
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Leif is one of the three protagonists in Bug Fables. He is the third and final member to join the party.
Appearance & Personality
Unlike most moths, his head, torso, limbs and abdomen are coloured cyan blue. He has navy blue wings with gold highlights that he uses as a cloak of sorts over his body, as well as a fluffy gold collar around his neck. Like most bugs, he has a pair of black antennae atop his head.
Leif presents himself as well-mannered and polite, speaking in a royal "We" instead of using "I". He is also known to be knowledgeable and intelligent, as he suggests several means of traversing Snakemouth Den. However, he is also quite blunt and often inconsiderate of the feelings of others, as exemplified in the demo when he suggests to Kina the possibility that her brother, Maki, left her to get some space from her.
Despite this bluntness, he is shown to be loyal to those he trusts, namely Team Snakemouth. His stoic facade is also known to have a single, gigantic weakness...
Abilities
Due to strange circumstances surrounding his time in the magic-drenched Snakemouth Den, Leif is able to utilize ice magic.
In the field, Leif can freeze water to form paths and platforms as well as freeze enemies to bounce around and use to solve puzzles. He can also create a shield that protects the party from hazards, and the shield can first strike an enemy in the overworld when they make contact.
In battle, Leif acts as the party's mage. He is able to freeze enemies for a short period of time. Upon hitting a frozen enemy, it will deal extra damage. He is also able to increase the damage or defense to the party or decrease enemies' damage or defense. He owns the most move medals in the game.
Skills
- Icefall (starting skill)
- Frigid Coffin (learn at rank 6)
- Bubble Shield Lite (learn at chapter 3)
- Bubble Shield (learn at chapter 3)
- Ice Rain (during Leif's Request)
- Cleanse (learn at rank 13)
- Charge up (requires the Charge Up medal)
- Enfeeble (requires the Enfeeble Medal)
- Empower (requires the Empower medal)
- Break (requires the Break medal)
- Fortify (requires the Fortify medal)
- Charge up+ (requires the Charge Up+ medal)
- Enfeeble+ (requires the Enfeeble+ medal)
- Empower+ (requires the Empower+ medal)
- Break+ (requires the Break+ medal)
- Fortify+ (requires the Fortify+ medal)
Trivia
- Before the v0.5 round up video, Leif's name was "Moth".
- Leif has the most skill medals in the game, with 10. 5 of them are stronger variants of some others.
- An uncommon glitch in the demo occurs when selecting the HP bonus during a rank up before Leif joins. Leif will not share the HP bonus and will be permanently locked out of attaining his maximum possible HP.
The Truth About Leif
WARNING: THE FOLLOWING CONTAIN CONSIDERABLE SPOILERS FOR BUG FABLES AND LEIF'S STORY IN PARTICULAR. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.
Leif is, in fact, much older than he appears. As part of a scouting team under the first Queen Elizant, he fell into the depths of Snakemouth Den and was trapped for at least a full generation--the exact time is uncertain. This time resulted in his exposure to magical crystals, which is what gave him his inexplicable ice magic.
However, this also turns out to not be the whole story. Leif, in fact, is dead. At some point in the past, before being destroyed, a hidden Roach laboratory in Snakemouth Den created an advanced colony of cordyceps fungus which they then discarded as a failure. This cordyceps survived by inhabiting Leif's body, inheriting his memories and granting his ice powers. "Leif" is indeed we, though in the end--as his friends are fast to point out and assure him--who or what he might have been doesn't change what they think of him or who he is now.