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scarecrowed) wrote2020-03-17 08:43 pm
scarecrowed) wrote2020-03-17 08:43 pm
app for duplicity
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Name: Goes by Lucas but real name is Roan Door: Door Pass, please! Canon: Emerald City Canon Point: final episode after Dorothy hangs him up on the wooden cross Age: we aren't told Lucas' age in canon but I play him as 26 Appearance: link to (shirtless) image History: wikia link Personality: Loyalty is definitely one of Lucas' strengths, although his behavior is somewhat fickle (to cut him some slack, this is probably due to how confusing and overwhelming it is to go from remembering nothing to remembering who you are again). After being saved by a woman named Dorothy, he sticks by her side and does everything he can to protect her and ensure her survival. The period of time in which his main objective is to keep Dorothy alive only lasts for as long as he has magical amnesia thanks to his literal witch of a wife, Glinda. Once Glinda returns his memories to him, his loyalties switch to her. Later when Dorothy tries to convince him to betray Glinda by helping her, he reminds Dorothy that Glinda is his wife, as though nothing else matters or should be taken into account. His loyalty blinds him in the sense that he can't see what's wrong with a situation whilst at his most dutiful. Another example of this is when Glinda asks Lucas to kill Dorothy, making him believe her death will stop the "spell" Dorothy has over him (spoiler: it's not a spell, it's love). Glinda's solution would clearly cause him more misery by having to live with the memory of killing someone he loves, but he obediently does what he's told, perhaps out of sheer desperation but maybe also because he's spent so much time being a soldier obeying orders, he doesn't know any other way of living. He tends do always do what he's told, which makes him subservient. Self-preservation often comes before Lucas' moral compass, although his protective nature extends to Dorothy so he doesn't strictly only look out for himself. He has also displayed moments of protecting young Sylvie and other young witches, although the latter involves an end goal that would have driven Lucas - his and Glinda's fight against the Wizard. When Lucas first meets Sylvie, his initial instinct is to abandon her. She's only a child who needs protection but he sees her as someone who will set them back on their journey or worse, threaten to reveal Dorothy's whereabouts to the Wizard's Guard who are hunting her down. Lucas doesn't seem to want the responsibility of taking care of her and sees nothing wrong with leaving her to fend for herself despite her young age. They do bond over time and Lucas is almost like a father figure to her at one point, describing himself as "the man of the house" to Sylvie. But once Lucas regains his memories, he dismisses her when she reaches for him for a hug. We also learn much later that Glinda can't have children and when Lucas witnesses a woman give birth, he looks at the baby like the child is all he's ever wanted. This suggests he's accepted he'll never be a father (at least not with Glinda) and his unhappiness about it makes him act coldly towards children (like Sylvie) he can never have, thus shouldn't get attached to. Lucas isn't the type of person to enter a situation all guns blazing. We don't know how long Lucas has been in the Wizard's Guard, which is the military of Oz, but obviously long enough to have learnt to be tactical. He constantly stops Dorothy from putting her life at risk at times when he doesn't believe she has enough of a plan. One example of this is when Dorothy is arming herself with her gun to rescue a young witch, but Lucas points out that firing it will only put her in more danger. When he believes Dorothy is being reckless, he isn't shy to make his feelings known, though his words often fall on deaf ears. Lucas definitely has a violent streak which is probably a result of his time as a guard for a terrible man named the Wizard, who gives orders to kill innocent people simply because he feels threatened by their magic (which the Wizard - despite his name - has none of). We see Lucas save Dorothy's life by driving a sword through a witch's chest, but even when the witch is probably too dead (or close to death) to fight back, Lucas goes as far as hitting her - repeatedly - with the closest object to hand, splattering himself in her blood. It's not a merciless kill - he doesn't need to keep beating her when she's already down, yet he does, a disturbing moment. It's worth mentioning that he seems disturbed himself by what he's done when he (eventually) stops, catching sight of his bloody reflection in a mirror. Once Lucas regains his memories, Glinda makes a point of reminding Lucas how he would kill anyone in an instant to protect her. That being said, when ordered to kill Dorothy by Glinda, he isn't heartless enough to go through with it. There are lines he has probably crossed for Glinda, but killing the woman he loves isn't one of them. Powers and Abilities: Lucas is a capable fighter who knows how to wield a sword, described as the best by the leader of the Wizard's Guard. When faced with several armed men in a fight, soldiers too, Lucas takes them down one by one, slitting their throats. Inventory: just his sword pictured here. Samples: sample 1, sample 2 |
