Lucas Gascoigne
Lucas Gascoigne
Lucas Gascoigne is one of the main characters along with Leon Valere and is trained alongside Damian Dumonte by Leon.
Physical Description
General Physical Condition
Physically fit for his age and size.
Body Features
Wider build and strong bones.
Facial Features
Has a wider face that he has yet to grow into. High cheek bones with an average sized nose and a pronounced chin. A scar from his left cheek to his jaw line.
Identifying Characteristics
large burn scars on the palms of both his hands. 1 deep scar on the upper right of his right pectoral and 3 on the back side of his right shoulder from when he was grabbed by the lycan. 1 scar going from his left cheek to his jaw line
Special abilities
Fire Manus from the Destruction Manus school
Apparel & Accessories
Wears thick leather armor with metal pauldrons, greaves, and gauntlets. Carries a metal one-handed battle axe and usually a small angular shield.
Mental characteristics
Personal history
Lucas Gascoigne was a peasant child. He led a very average life for the beginning of his youth as the oldest of 3 siblings, 1 younger brother and sister each. His father John was a farmer and his mother sewed clothing. They were not wealthiest family however they did get along better than most other peasants. Lucas had the bare minimum of knowledge of Od and Manus and even Magi explained to him by his father at the age of 8. The small amount John knew was taught to him by a travelling Magi from the Argos College. The most his father could do was create a small flame in his hand, he was in the process of teaching Lucas this at the time of his death. John intended for Lucas to eventually join the college believing him to have great potential, but Lucas' help was sorely needed in the field and around the house.
One night while the Gascoigne family was staying at their cabin on the edge of town Lucas' father, John, is attacked and bitten by a strange beast while out collecting wood. He makes it back home but comes down with a fever. John is sick for the next few days until the night of a full moon. After a particularly hard day of cutting wood and farming Lucas, exhausted, attempts to give his father back his woodcutting axe. John denies, telling Lucas to keep as he'll most likely have to cut more wood tomorrow since John is still sick. That night Lucas awakens to cries of terror and screaming. Terrified he hesitates and waits to see if he hears anything else. After a few moments he hears the blood-curdling scream of his 2 year old younger brother. Lucas quickly jumps out of bed and grabs his fathers axe from the corner of the room and to check whats happening. Lucas finds his mother dead, torn to shreds in her bedroom. His father is nowhere to be found. He hears bones snapping and flesh tearing in his younger siblings room. He stumbles in and finds a werewolf devouring something, his youngest brother! Upon seeing this Lucas' rage is unleashed. His latent Fire Manus, the same as his fathers, begins to manifest. Steam and smoke spewing from the wooden handle of the axe burning in his hands. No longer fearing for his life he cocks the axe back and swings with all his might catching the beast off guard and severing its jaw from its head and swings again hitting the same spot, hacking all the way to the spine, mortally wounding the creature. Before it dies it reverts back to its human form, his father. the creature that had bit him had been a wolf infected with the werewolf curse.
Suffering and not knowing what to do Lucas drops down and cries, he does this for what felt like an eternity. After regaining what little composure he can, he walks into the living room of his house and stares into the fire place. Hate burning in his mind, these damn demons had taken his family from him, his sister, his brother, his mother, and his father. He hears something bang on his front door, he quickly hides behind the pantry, gripping his axe tightly. Two Lycans come bursting through the door. Talking to one another about how they trailed the man they purposefully infected's scent to this house. They planned to eat the corpses themselves and capture John in his werewolf form. They move into the room and find the bodies. Annoyed the man has died but not really caring they decide to begin feeding.
Lucas' rage reaches a boiling point. He can never have his past back and its the damn demons of the world that took it from him. What better way to signify this then by destroying what remains of his past and the demons that did it then by burning this house and every demon inside it down to ashes. Lucas quickly and quietly walks over to the fire pit in the living room still roaring with life. He reaches in and grabs the two biggest bright red coals and shoves one near the thatch roof in the kitchen. He shoves another along the curtains on the wall by the shutters. Again and again he spreads the roaring coals all over the front half of the house, making sure to ignite the hallway so the lycans couldn't escape the way they came in, until the entire house begins to be engulfed in flames. Satisfied Lucas grabs the axe and rushes outside around the house to window of the bedroom the lycans are in. He waits until they notice the house burning. One of them in a panic shoves the other one in to the burning wall. The wall collapses burying the lycan, the other lycan halfway through the window looks back to see if his teammate is okay. In that split second Lucas, who was waiting around the corner of the window, axe at the ready, swings with all his strength at the unsuspecting lycan. Severing its head from its body with one smooth cut.
Satisfied Lucas sits and cries in, watching his childhood home burn down and wondering what he should do now. About 10 minutes later an arm burst through the rubble! The other lycan burned and bleeding badly climbs out of the rubble and sets his one good eye on Lucas. Barking, "It was you!" as he digs his claws into lucas' shoulder before Lucas could grab his axe. The lycan explains how he will enjoy this. Lucas desperately tries to fight him off but fails. Now bleeding from his deep shoulder wound and exhausted Lucas passes out.
Lucas is saved at the last second by Leon Valere, who is travelling back to Argos to visit Damian Dumonte after hearing what happened to his family. Lucky for Lucas, Leon saw the smoke and heard Lucas' scream. Leon would end up bringing Lucas back to Argos along with his axe. Noticing the burns in the wooden handle from Lucas' hands. Realizing this was most likely Lucas' Manus ability.
Lucas would later be partially trained under the same Magi who taught his father the little he knew. This Magi is very old and from there passes Lucas off to train and study under Leon alongside Damian. The three make up the main trio of the story and will follow their lives closely.
Education
No formal education up to Start of Series. Currently enrolled under the tutelage of Leon Valere at Argos College. In training to be an official Magi
Accomplishments & Achievements
single-handedly killed a werewolf and a lycan, granted these were with the help of the element of surprise. Unleashes some of his latent manus potential without any formal training.
Failures & Embarrassments
Blames himself for not acting sooner after hearing his mother's scream and only acting after hearing his younger brother scream out in terror. Deeply blames himself for the death of his younger siblings.
Mental Trauma
Severely mentally scarred by witnessing his family murdered by a werewolf, specifically witnessing the werewolf tear his 2 year old younger brother in half while eating him. Killing the werewolf, which he discovered to be his father after the fact, has also deeply traumatized him. Has an extreme hatred for all demons and seeks to destroy every single one on the planet. Has no sense of mercy towards any demon or demon sympathizers. Often suffers nightmares making it hard for him to sleep. Seeing a full moon makes him angrier than normal reminds him darkly of his past.
Intellectual Characteristics
Lucas is surprisingly quick thinking and intelligent for his age. He was able to quickly figure out a plan to kill the two lycans in his home and succeeding in killing one and nearly killed the second.
Morality & Philosophy
Has relatively lax morals when it comes to humans, not really caring what humanity does to itself or others. However when it comes to demons he has no morals and long as he isn't directly hurting innocents will not think twice about lying or cheating if it means he can kill a demon he is targeting.
Personality Characteristics
Motivation
Has a deep, deep hatred for all demon-kind. Seeks to rid the world of them by any means necessary. Hopes by killing them all, no one will have to suffer as he has.
Likes & Dislikes
Likes: Enjoys training and fighting, especially sparring. Pork, peppers, bread, and venison.
Dislikes: Demons. peaches, and apples
Vices & Personality flaws
Strong disdain for demons. Has trouble pulling his emotions back from a situation. Uses his anger when fighting demons which can lead to him being overly reckless or Vis flowing into him.
Social
Family Ties
All deceased
Social Aptitude
Awkward and not very adept with socializing and lacks social skills overall. Makes little effort to get along with others.
Mannerisms
Often on edge. Difficult for him to let his guard down.
Speech
deeper voice, swears often, callous
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