Lucio

Count Lucio is one of the six available love interests. He used to rule Vesuvia with his wife, Nadia, until he was murdered three years before the start of the game. Allegedly, he was burned alive in his bed by Julian Devorak on the night of the masquerade – a citywide birthday celebration he threw himself. Now he haunts the palace, but he is not out for revenge. His patron Arcana is The Devil. Lucio is a fair-skinned man with blond hair and silver eyes. During the plague, the normally white sclera of his eyes turned red and bloodshot. His eyebrows are very arched, and naturally darker than his hair. He has a sharp nose, and his lips curve up into an near constant smirk. Lucio typically wears black eyeliner that sharply curves under his eyes. He typically dresses in a white, fitted suit with no shirt underneath. Over the suit, he wears a red and golden sash decorated with many military medals. Attached to the suit with a ruby red brooch is a fur trimmed black cape. Lucio also typically wears tall, black, high-heeled boots. He has an enchanted, golden prosthetic in place of his left arm, with removable gold armor plating. The arm has veins of light between the pieces and joints, which are white in official artwork but red during the plague. While in between realms, Lucio appears as a one-armed, anthropomorphic phantom goat. He has silky white fur and tall, twisting horns. Rather than hooves, he has hands with long, knobby fingers. His left arm ends just below the shoulder, capped by a thick scar. This appearance closely resembles his depiction in the Feast painting, although in the painting he has both arms and is clothed. Lucio is frequently described as High-Class Trash by the developers. He is vain, volatile, selfish, and denies things he disagrees with in an exceptionally petulant manner. Lucio is largely obsessed with himself, and expects others to love him as well. He lives exclusively for his own pleasure and is incredibly entitled to things he has not earned. He refuses to take responsibility for when his entitlement and incompetence cause problems. Although he functions as a villain during the other character's routes, he is an ineffectual hindrance at best. This is subverted during Muriel's route, where he is actually driven to complete his deals, fuses with The Devil, and becomes a true adversary. During his time as Count, he perceived himself as beloved by the people, but his provocative nature and cruelty show that this was untrue. His actions ranged from throwing an artist in the dungeons over artistic disagreements, to setting people on fire for insulting him.[citation needed] However, it has been said that he was never abusive in any of his relationships. During his own route, the Apprentice's empathy helps Lucio become a better person. Although initially unwilling to accept the realities of his mistakes, Lucio eventually feels true remorse for his past actions and is able to take responsibility for them. His growing care for the apprentice allows him to become less self-centered. Lucio also shows off his love for heroics and fighting, frequently putting himself in harm's way to protect the apprentice, although he is surprised when the apprentice shows true affection back. Lucio loves animals, especially his dogs Mercedes and Melchior, and has a fondness for magic despite his lack of skill in it. Lucio was born to parents Morga and Lutz under the name Montag Morgasson, the self-proclaimed 'prince' of their warlike tribe in the cold lands of the south. This clan was called the 'Scourge of the South', identified in tapestries by voracious beetles and feared by other tribes. On his 18th birthday, Lucio believed he would become the official heir of the tribe due to his adulthood, and that a ceremony would be held in his honor. Upon being told by his mother Morga that leadership of the clan was earned, not given, Lucio was embarrassed and enraged. That night, he snuck out of the settlement to find the serpent of destruction, Vlagnagog, to gain the power to kill his parents and thus acquire the leadership he so desperately craved. The serpent was one their clan revered, and they frequently gave tribute to the wyrm. However, after performing a known summoning ritual, Lucio was met not with Vlagnagog. Instead, another wyrm appeared, revealing that Vlagnagog was dead and that Lucio had summoned the worm of pestilence. Lucio dealt with the worm regardless, and heedless of any potential consequences. In exchange for the ability to sicken and weaken his parents, he would bring the worm of pestilence his parents' hearts after he killed them. However, if Lucio did not provide the hearts as promised, he would not be free of the worm. After his deal was sealed, he was imbued with the worm's "foul sickness" and fell unconscious. During his own route, the Apprentice's empathy helps Lucio become a better person. Although initially unwilling to accept the realities of his mistakes, Lucio eventually feels true remorse for his past actions and is able to take responsibility for them. His growing care for the apprentice allows him to become less self-centered. Lucio also shows off his love for heroics and fighting, frequently putting himself in harm's way to protect the apprentice, although he is surprised when the apprentice shows true affection back. Lucio loves animals, especially his dogs Mercedes and Melchior, and has a fondness for magic despite his lack of skill in it. Eventually, Lucio turned to mercenary work. It is presumably during this time that he assumed the name Lucio, shedding his birthname. The Red Plague continued to spread wherever Lucio went, bouncing from battlefield to battlefield. It also presumed that Lucio continued to make deals with demons during this time, and eventually with the Devil himself. At a certain point, Lucio was contracted by the Count of Vesuvia at the time, Count Spada, for a battle where he "made a name for himself." Story implications indicate that this was the battle during which he lost his left arm. It was amputated by Julian to prevent his death from blood loss. After he won the battle for Count Spada, he became friends with the Count and privy to secrets about Vesuvia and the Palace. Spada would eventually name Lucio his heir, and upon his death, Lucio earned rulership of Vesuvia. His rise to power is said to have left him with many enemies. After becoming Count, Lucio commissioned the magicians Aisha and Salim, Asra's parents, to create him a magical prosthetic arm. After receiving it, Lucio would imprison the magicians under the Devil's orders, telling them that he was preserving the secret of the arm's creation by doing so. During his time as Count, Lucio led multiple military conquests. During one, he was said to have murdered the mayor of Karnassos after the man complained about him using up the town's resources. When the town gave a formal complaint, Lucio nonchalantly insisted that the man was a demon and they should be grateful he had freed them from him. Lucio also once demanded a third of Nopal's crop of cacti, in return for ‘protection’, which the villagers refused. That night, a giant red beetle attacked the village. Lucio offered to fight it for two thirds of their crop. However, upon killing it, it turned into a million smaller bugs which then burrowed into the ground and blocked the town's water supply. Then some point, he proposed to Nadia while being very drunk. Also being very drunk, she accepted. Their wedding was described as “Vegas Shotgun”. Eventually, Lucio brought the plague to Vesuvia and finally contracted it himself. His own illness is what prompted him to sponsor the search for the cure. The glowing veins in his arm prosthetic changed from white to red during this time, and the sclera of his eyes became blood red as well. Lucio used the night of the masquerade to perform a ritual intended to give himself a new, plague-free body. However, both Lucio's poor planning and Asra's direct sabotage caused the ritual to fail. The body intended for Lucio went to the The Apprentice instead, and Lucio burned to death in his bed, his body alight with magical flame. Julian was accused of killing Lucio, however, it is revealed that he is innocent in "Lost and Found" of Book IX: The Hermit of his route. It is also revealed later in Book XIII: Death, that Julian had intended to kill the count to stop the plague, but Lucio's rooms had already been in flames when he arrived. Julian saw the room on fire and rushed inside. Upon exiting the room, Consul Valerius noticed him and apprehended him for the presumed murder of the Count. Lucio would not be killed by the sabotage of the ritual, but would become stuck in a plane in between the realms, becoming incorporeal and taking on a goat-like appearance similar to the Devil. His desperate attempts to interact with the real world once more caused many of the palace staff to believe his wing was haunted, and it was avoided. Lucio's favorite ice cream flavor is red velvet and his favorite fruits are pomegranates. According to the developers he is a rowdy, spicy, angry boy. His favorite season is Summer. He is prone to sunburn. He loves animals and owns an impressive menagerie of exotic pets. His favorite pets are the borzoi-based dogs named Mercedes and Melchior and his crested cockatoo Camio. He speaks two languages. He has an overdone musical theater voice but he is tone deaf. 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