Notes: Lucian Graves

Spoiler Warning – Internal Reference Material

The following notes contain significant character lore, hidden relationships, and narrative secrets not intended for general player or reader knowledge.

This document is designed for authorial use and continuity tracking.

If you're not supposed to know what's behind the curtain—

Put the book down, Dave.

You’ve been warned.

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Basic Identity

• Name: Lucian Graves
• Pronouns: He/Him
• Sex/Gender: Male / Man
• Race: Human (mostly)
• Condition: Extended longevity (via pact with Seraphis)
• Role: Personal Butler to Seraphis Nightvale
• Residence: The Last Home
• Status: Active
• Apparent Age: Early 60s
• True Age: Unknown, but likely several centuries
• Origin World: Destroyed. He never names it.
• Eyes: Grey—piercing, watchful, never uncertain
• Presentation: Precise. Formal. Every movement deliberate.

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Appearance & Presence

• Wears a flawless black suit; his gloves are never stained
• Silver hair, always in place
• Broad shoulders, lean muscle—refined, coiled strength like Sebas from Overlord
• Every movement is efficient. There are no wasted gestures
• His presence quiets a room—not through fear, but the instinct to respect
• Inhuman perception. No one surprises Lucian. No one

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Personal History

• Once had a wife and daughter. They were his world
• Ordered to betray his principles by his government. He refused
• They took his family in retaliation
• He did not mourn—he destroyed
• His homeland is now gone, erased in the aftermath of his wrath
• He speaks of none of this. The only sign it happened is the silence that follows his name
• He arrived at the Inn empty, until Seraphis gave him something worth protecting

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The Pact with Seraphis

• An unspoken agreement, bound by something deeper than magic
• Lucian lives so long as Seraphis exists
• His aging slowed to a crawl—one minute for every hundred years
• They share awareness: he knows her location and emotional state
• She can mask herself from him. He cannot. She sees through him, always
• It is not romance. It is not duty. It is undeniable, sacred loyalty
• Some believe this was Seraphis’s way of saying: “You will never lose another daughter. Not while I remain.”

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Role at the Inn

• Not the Inn’s butler—he serves Seraphis and Seraphis alone
• Enforces the boundaries of the Library and her silence
• Appears beside rulebreakers without sound or summoning
• The Library accepts him—acts for him
• May assist Lars at times, but always as an equal, never a subordinate
• When Seraphis is the mind of the Library, Lucian is its hands

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Combat & Perception

• Master of unarmed combat and swordplay
• Moves with surgical precision—refined, devastating, efficient
• Incredibly strong. His physique is lean, but his body is forged like iron
• His strikes are silent. Final.
• His perception borders on preternatural—he sees everything
• Nothing escapes him. Ever.

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Emotional Profile

• His emotions are buried beneath ritual and stillness
• He never speaks of grief, but wears it like a second skin
• Expresses care through perfect actions—tea, sweets, presence
• Known to leave offerings for the Maids when they are upset
• Especially attentive to Marie, who receives these gifts most
• Respected like a distant grandfather—they do not fear him, but they never cross him
• Only Seraphis sees his emotional vulnerability—and only in silence

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Keepsake

• Wears a silver locket around his neck
• One side holds a picture of his wife and daughter
• The other now holds an image of Seraphis
• He never opens it publicly. But he checks it daily

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Unspoken Understanding

• Lucian is aware of Seraphis’s raunchy taste in literature
• He has seen the covers. He shelves the books without comment
• He says nothing. Ever.
• He simply adjusts the lighting, sets the tea, and pretends it’s poetry

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Relationships

Seraphis Nightvale

• His centre. His reason. His only true anchor
• She trusts him completely. He serves her without question
• Their bond is familial, mutual, and sacred
• When Seraphis is silent, he speaks. When she cannot act, he does

Lars

• No shared past. Only coexistence
• Mutual respect between two immovable forces
• They do not command each other. They do not fight
• If they ever did, the Inn might not survive

Tess

• Tess never pries, but leaves music in rooms Lucian is about to pass through
• He never acknowledges it—but he always slows his step
• They do not talk about it. They do not need to

Lilith Bloodpetal

• She tested him once. He knew. He simply stared
• Not with pride. Not with threat. Just quiet disappointment
• She never tried again
• She respects him as only a killer can respect another who chose restraint

Carmella Ravenshroud

• Flirts. Teases. Tries to draw a reaction
• Has never succeeded. Not once
• Occasionally mutters about “the poetry of stoic resistance”
• He refills her tea. She sulks

The Maids

• Like a grandfather at a respectful distance
• Offers comfort in quiet ways. No speeches. No advice
• They trust him deeply, even if they don’t fully understand why
• They know: if something truly goes wrong, he will be there

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Unresolved Mysteries & Whispered Truths

• What was the order he refused?
  No one knows. No one asks
• Did he destroy his homeland?
  Yes. Utterly. It no longer exists
• What happens if Seraphis dies?
  He dies too. But it’s not the dying people fear—it’s what comes before that.

Character Inspirations

“The Silent Butler Who Never Forgets What He Lost.”

He is equal parts:

• Sabas (Overlord) – poised, deadly, loyal to the end
• Walter C. Dornez (Hellsing) – dignified, grief-hidden, precise
• Sebastian Michaelis (Black Butler) – elegance and competence incarnate
• Van Hohenheim (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood) – immortal sorrow, deep humanity
• Ginoza Nobuchika (late arc) (Psycho-Pass) – quiet redemption, becoming the protector he needed

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