Leonard

Léonard was a recurring character in the first and second parts of Lupin. He is portrayed by Adama Niane.

Léonard is employed as an assassin by Hubert Pellegrini, and is responsible for the murder of Fabienne Beriot and the kidnapping of Raoul Diop.

1995
Léonard is briefly seen by Assane when he goes to visit Babakar in prison. Shortly afterward, the guards discover that Babakar has hanged himself in his cell; it is later revealed to Assane that Léonard murdered Babakar at the instructions of Hubert Pellegrini.

Present day
After Hubert gives his press conference about the contents of the Malaysia tape, Léonard follows Fabienne (who had asked Hubert a pointed question about his responsibility for the Kuala Lumpur terror attack) as she is walking home. Fabienne believes that she has successfully evaded Léonard; however, he manages to find out where she lives.



When Hubert orders Léonard to track Assane down, he goes to Fabienne's house, telling her that he will kill her if she does not give up Assane's location. After Fabienne refuses to do so, Léonard murders her and stages her death as a suicide by hanging, mirroring the manner in which the prison guards had found Babakar in 1995.

When Assane leaves his house on the morning of December 11th to go pick up Claire and Raoul, Léonard follows him. A chase ensues, during which Léonard and Assane sprint up several levels of a parking garage. Assane escapes by hiding from Léonard and then hopping across several roofs until Léonard has no hope of catching him.



Léonard is, however, able to follow Assane, Claire and Raoul onto the train to Le Havre. He calls Hubert and asks him what he is expected to do; Hubert tells him to kill Assane but to leave Claire and Raoul alone. Meanwhile, Assane notices Léonard's presence in a photo that Claire takes on the train. He gets up and begins loudly singing "Happy Birthday" to Raoul, looking pointedly at Léonard to alert him that he knows he is there. When Assane tells Claire that he is going to get drinks and leaves their car, Léonard follows him through the train. Upon reaching the final car, Léonard is surprised when he is attacked by Assane, who has been hiding inside a storage room. The two begin to fight; Assane, being the significantly larger of the two, overpowers Léonard easily and locks him inside the room.

Later, however, Léonard escapes, and after discreetly pointing a gun at Assane, he sits down next to Raoul, asking him if he and his parents are going to the Arsène Lupin festival in Étretat; Raoul says that they are. As the train nears the station, Assane urges Claire and Raoul to get off ahead of him. After they have left, Assane is told by Léonard that the two of them are going to disembark quietly. As soon as they exit the train, several police officers rush towards the pair and arrest Léonard, into whose pocket Assane has placed one of the gems from Marie-Antoinette's necklace in order to frame him for being "Paul Sernine," the Louvre thief.



However, the police let Léonard go after they learn that he has a license to carry his firearm, that he has a strong alibi for the time of the break-in, and that he doesn't resemble facial reconstructions made of Sernine. Léonard makes his way to Étretat, where he kidnaps Raoul from the beach while Assane's and Claire's backs are turned, throws him into the back seat of a BMW and drives away.

Personality
Léonard is a determined and ruthless individual, who is skilled at tracking people down and dealing with them discreetly. He is willing to do what Hubert Pellegrini tells him to do, no matter the severity of the crime.

Appearances

 * Part One


 * Chapter 1
 * Chapter 4
 * Chapter 5


 * Part Two


 * Chapter 6
 * Chapter 7
 * Chapter 9