Lukas

Name: Lukas Alias: Luka Epithet: Faceless Black Knight Race: Human Gender: Male

Hair Color: Black Eyes Color: Verdant

Classification: Gifted One Occupation: Mercenary (Undercover) Black Knight Affiliation: Black Knights

Appearance: Lukas is a young man of average height with short dark hair, green eyes, and a scar around the left side of his neck. He wears a dark V-neck shirt with matching pants and shoes and has bandages wrapped around his arms. He carries his sword on his left hip. Lukas has no scars on his face. Lukas hides his scars and does not show them because he does not want to. The only scar that is visible is on his neck.

Personality: Lukas generally appears to be laidback, cheerful, sociable, friendly, and respectful around company. Moreover, he is shown to be kind and compassionate, having permitted a young pickpocket to keep his money after discovering that the boy was stealing to care for his younger sisters. As a well-trained soldier, he makes it a priority to train regularly, as he could not resist sneaking out at night to hone his swordsmanship while sleepover as a guest at Julian's home. While on duty, he exhibits careful management of his earnings. While undercover as a former mercenary, Lukas acts as a rather humble and practical individual, claiming that the only thing he is well-suited for in life is fighting on the battlefield due to lack of formal education and limited understanding of the world. Under his cover story, he claims to have grown accustomed to the occupational hazards of his job — enduring battles, losing comrades, and facing scarcity — which has cultivated a strong appreciation for simply being alive. This resilience became apparent when he ate with Julian, Diana, and Titi, where he expressed genuine joy at finally eating a decent meal. In the heat of confrontation, Lukas maintains his nonchalant demeanor, yet exudes confidence, if not downright arrogance, against his enemies. He is a merciless fighter, being willingly to kill without a second thought, even becoming prompted to smile and ridicule his opponent's before doing so. Most prominently, he is not above using deception as a tactic, as to him, anything is fair game in the fight for survival—whether it's sneaking up on unsuspecting foes or weaving clever lies about his capabilities. He is also shown to take pleasure in misleading his enemies, as he smiled revealing his gift to a gifted assassin who was taken aback to discover that he was lying about not being a gifted one. It is suggested that he enjoys the thrill of combat (or perhaps slaughter), having thought that he would deprive Julian of all the "fun" if he confronted Elstri and the gifted assassins at her side alone, and smiled during his duel with a sword-wielding gifted assassin after figuring out how to combat the power of his gift. Lukas is also shown to be self-willed. Rather than follow Julian's request to lead Diana and Titi to safety, he instead chose to use them and Lacrima as bait to uncover Elstri's strategy and figure out a way to catch her and her group by surprise. While he considered this his only effective option, he felt discomfort in using his friends in such a way. However, this outward demeanor masks a much darker and more serious inner self. He carries a profound resentment towards his father, the Supreme Lord, holding him accountable for his mother's tragic death following her exile and banishment from the palace. Despite serving under his father as an impertinent Black Knight, he vows to bring about his downfall to avenge his mother, with Elstri's prophecy serving as an opportunity to achieve this ambition. This turbulent history with his father has profoundly shaped his values, instilling in him a deep appreciation for the sanctity of family, as to him, there is no greater betrayal than a parent mistreating their child—a sin he deems utterly unforgivable. Sympathizing with Julian's urge for vengeance against his mother, he stopped Titi from interfering and expressed his frustration after his friend lost the chance, asserting that he had every right to pursue it. In the heat of confrontation, Lukas maintains his nonchalant demeanor, yet exudes confidence, if not downright arrogance, against his enemies. He is a merciless fighter, being willingly to kill without a second thought, even becoming prompted to smile and ridicule his opponent's before doing so.

Relationships: Supreme Lord: Lukas despises his father, the Supreme Lord, because the Queen had his mother assassinated without the Supreme Lord doing anything to stop it. While the Supreme Lord still allows Lukas into the palace through the persona of the Faceless Black Knight, Lukas expresses open malice to his father in his own court and his desire to kill him in in revenge for his mother's death. Lukas really doesn't like his father and isn't too shy about thinking about how disgusting he is. Both in appearance and behavior. Lukas is happy that he doesn't even look like him.

Julian: Lukas befriended Julian after he helped catch a thieving boy who stole from him and offered to have him rest at his house. As a sign of their new friendship, Lukas chose to nickname him "Jay".

Lacrima: Lukas is Lacrima's paternal half-brother. He sees her as an annoying, stupid person, which annoys her and lead them to a funny relationship. Lukas makes the point by saying that she's "buck naked" if her clothes are made with water, which irritates her and lead them to a brother sister quarrel.

Margrave: A Black Knight with whom Lukas is on good terms. He knows that Margrave was sent to the Western Marches to protect them because Arkos was dead, and it was because of the mission to protect the border that Lukas did not see Margrave for quite a long time. Lukas plans to ask him for help in transporting Julian, Diana, and Titi across the Western Marches.

Subterfuge: Lukas employs the art of deception as his primary weapon in battle, using cunning rather than fairness to secure his victories. He prefers to strike when his enemies least expect it, patiently waiting for the perfect moment when their defenses are lowered to deliver a decisive blow. Among his most effective ruses is his false claim of not possessing a gift, a calculated lie that lulls his opponents into underestimating him, only to face the full force of his strategic brilliance when it is too late.

Gift: Lukas possesses two gifts that he inherited from his father, the Supreme Lord. The markings of his primary gift takes on the form of long, jagged dark cracks running vertically over his eyes from his forehead. Supernatural Abilities: Light Shield. Lukas' primary gift allows him to conjure from his left arm a shield made of light with a sharp and jagged starburst motif at the center.

Strengths and Weaknesses: The light shield boasts immense defensive power, as Lukas deems it as an "absolute defense" that blocks anything that he deems as a threat from coming into contact with him. Most remarkably, the light shield has the capability to "block" the power of gifts, seemingly nullifying the effects of the gift's power if it is within Lukas' vicinity, as a gifted assassin's telekinetic control over Lukas' sword was cancelled the moment the shield was manifested. Nevertheless, Lukas is limited to his shield's standard size and is unable to increase it. In other words, this restriction leaves him exposed to large-scale attacks, where sheer force or widespread impact can overwhelm his defenses.

Past: The illegitimate son of a Supreme Lord and one of his concubines, Lukas was faced with tragedy immediately after his birth: his mother was killed on orders from the Queen, who had initiated the exile and murder of all children of the King not born of her. For reasons unknown, Lukas was the only exception to this decree and was left in the palace. Over time, he joined the ranks of the Black Knights. However, as an illegitimate son, he was forced to hide his identity and was unable to make friends within the palace. This led to him being considered an outcast, like a ghost, and he earned the ominous nickname "The Faceless Black Knight". Despite his loyalty to the Supreme Lord as a royal guard, Lukas harbored a deep hatred for his father. He could not forgive him for his mother's death and vowed to avenge her. His service was only a mask, hiding the thirst for retribution for the loss and loneliness imposed on him by his origin and the cruel policies of the palace.