Malleona

"Oh, I've caught your attention. Are you angry? Ha ha. Your ears tell all."

- Malleus to Leona in his Ceremonial Robes vignette

Malleona is the slash ship between Malleus Draconia and Leona Kingscholar from the Twisted Wonderland fandom.

General
Malleus and Leona are both princes of their respective kingdoms. Leona holds resentment toward Malleus for his position as Briar Valley's crown heir, whereas Leona is only the second-born prince of his kingdom, Sunset Savannah.

They both play Spelldrive, and are the top two players at Night Raven College; Malleus has routinely beat Leona during competitions due to his overwhelming magical ability.

Malleus and Leona often bicker with each other during encounters.

Main Story
In Book 2 of the main story, Leona makes a plot to trample Malleus under a stampede of people in order to disqualify him from the Interdorm Spelldrive Tournament. This plot is foiled, which leads to Leona overblotting.

Events
In Halloween: Terror is Trending, Vil forces Malleus and Leona to let someone take a picture of the three of them. They can't stop arguing long enough to get the picture taken. Leona says Malleus's horns are too tall and are obstructing the integrity of the picture; Malleus makes fun of Leona for being shorter than him.

In Halloween: Spectral Soiree, when the Hallowenders find Malleus—who's pretending to be possessed by a ghost—Leona says that he knows Malleus is "into that incomprehensible fae humor, but this is way beyond that." This shows Leona knows Malleus's brand of humor. Leona is also the first to catch on to Malleus's possession bluff. In the original Japanese dialogue, Leona notices a subtle inconsistency in Malleus's speech patterns. In the English translation, Leona catches on due to Malleus calling him by his last name, which the supposed ghost would not have known.

Vignettes
In Leona's Birthday Jacket Card vignette, the Magical Birthday Dice picks Malleus as Leona's interviewer. Malleus gifts him a high quality antique book on ancient incantations. Leona is impressed by the gift. Throughout the interview, they show amicability toward one another. Malleus is shown to understand Leona's thought process. They relate to each other's limitations as princes on multiple occasions, with Malleus saying that, much like him, Leona is able to experience things at Night Raven College that he wouldn't be able to do in his home country.

Fanon
Malleus and Leona are often considered to be character foils; they're both powerful, intellectual loner princes. To Leona, Malleus represents everything he can't have due to his being the second-born prince instead of the first-born. Because of this, fans like to compare and contrast the two.

Due to Leona's hobby of chess, fans often headcanon that Malleus is also good at chess, and that they play together.

Malleona is a popular ship within the Twisted Wonderland fandom. As of May 2023, the ship has 195 works on Archive of Our Own.

Fandom
FAN FICTION

Trivia

 * In Malleus's Birthday Jacket Card non-groovy art, his pose is very similar to one of Leona's sprite poses, complete with a tilted-up head, almost identical hand positions, and an arrogant grin.
 * Malleus and Leona both have notably bright green eyes.
 * When the dorms were first being revealed on the official website, They were revealed in the order the main story books go in, except that Savanaclaw was right before Diasomnia, taking Ignihyde's no. 6 spot. This could mean that the original plan for the game had Savanaclaw as Book 6, meaning Book 7 would have Leona, Ruggie, and Jack go up against Malleus's overblot.