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Seems pretty complex for a single piece.  The combination of double-move
AND leap, and the nuanced anti-trading restrictions, jumps out at me as
being an evolutionary design and not very elegant.

Kind of like FIDE pawns (with initial double-move, en passant,
promotion...).  Pawns have been heavily tweaked over the years.  That
probably makes FIDE a better game, but I would be reluctant to import all
of those quirks into a new game--especially one where pawns weren't a
major focus and/or where the target audience wasn't already familiar with
them.  (And in fact, many casual chess players don't even know about en passant.)