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Lucian the Divine One is a human who ascended to Divinity in 1218 AD. He is an intricate part of Rivellon and the events take take place during the Age of Chaos.

Background

Origins of the Divine

Prior to 1218 AD, very little is known about Lucian; however, it is known that he was not a perfect person, as his history with the law can attest.[1]In 1218 AD, Lucian's fate was drastically changed. initially a man of little renown throughout Rivellon, he was marked by the gods as one with potential to become Divine. Due to this, he was targeted by the Black Ring, who attempted to kill him, to prevent a Marked One from ascending. Left for dead, his body was discovered by a white cat (later discovered to be the mage, Arhu) who brought the fallen hero's plight to the attention of Joram a healer in Aleroth. Upon recovering and waking up in the bed in Joram's basement, Lucian discovered the situation the village was in: surrounded by orcs and their healing ability severely restricted due to Source becoming tainted. To add further to the village's problems, their leader, Mardaneus had seemingly gone mad.

After aiding the village by releasing Mardaneus' mind from the grip of the necromancer Thelyron Hashnitor, he seeks to leave Aleroth, however, he encounters Seth, a knight of the Ducal Army at the gates, seeking the assistance of the healer's with curing the plague in Rivertown. Agreeing to contact General Alix to arrange an escort for the healers, he headed south towards the barracks, to pass on Seth's note, leaving the knight in the village to protect it from further attacks. Between the village and the bridge to Rivertown, a second attempt on Lucian's life is made by the dragon rider, John who encountered him by chance. Striking Lucian down with his dragon flame breath. Before being able to strike the fatal blow, Zandalor appeared on the scene, eliminating the dragon rider and restoring the Marked One's injuries. Giving Lucian the instruction to wait for him at the Blue Boar Inn, where a second Marked One, Wouter is waiting, Lucian and Zandalor part ways, as Zandalor has a further Marked One to locate.

Reaching the Blue Boar, Lucian meets Wouter, who advises him that Zandalor has yet to return from Stormfist Castle and that the instruction was given for them both to wait at the inn for him. Lucian, unwilling to wait, heads to Stormfist himself. However, he is turned away on arrival due to not having a letter of invitation. Travelling to the barracks from here, he finally transfers the note requesting escort to Alix, who offers him the opportunity to assist the Ducal Army. Accepting, Lucian heads south the the destroyed village to liaise with Captain Mitox, who is preventing the orc force from further penetrating human lands. Tasked with poisoning the well by Mitox, Lucian completes his task successfully, finally granting him an audience with Duke Janus Ferol.

Returning to the castle with the intent to find Zandalor with his right of entry to Stormfist, things do not goes as planned. On meeting the young duke, Janus denies that Zandalor came to the castle and grants Lucian the title Lord Protector. Unable to decline with his life intact, Lucian became a glorified page boy, completing inconsequential tasks, of which included delivering a love letter to the duke's concubine, Lela and finding her cat, Ernie, who is, in fact, Arhu; the feline themselves attempting to find Zandalor, advising that the last place the wizard was seen was entering the basement of the castle.

Unable to access the basement, Lucian returns to the Duke, who is about to conduct a meeting with the local leaders. During this meeting, Lucian performs and fails his final assignment as Lord Protector; an assassination attempt is made on Janus, who is forced to defending himself. Elona, seeing this as a failure on the part of Lucian, convinces Janus to relinquish Lucian's title and cast him from the castle. Elona, outside the walls of the castle, reveals herself to be Iona, an agent of the Black Ring. The Marked One is teleported to her secret prison, guarded by two orcs. Leaving him to his fate in custody, Iona returns to her position at the dukes side; unaware that he would be freed by Arhu.

Finally free, Lucian travelled to Verdistis, with the intent of gaining access to the castles with the assistance of the Thieves Guild. Joining the guild, he enters the castle through the basement, where Zandalor and the now deceased Joris, the third known Marked one are pinned to the rear of the basement by the Death Knight, Ryu-Gor and his platoon of orcs. Slipping past the Black Ring squad and reuniting with the wizard, Zandalor requests that the secret vault in the basement is been checked to ensure the Sword of Lies is still living within its confines. Slipping past Ryu-Gor for a second time, Lucian gains access to the vault, discovering that in place of the sword is a dragon toy. Zandalor, concerned at this fact returns both himself and Lucian to the Blue Boar, to reconvene with Wouter and plan their next move. Unfortunately for them, they are a mere moment to late in their return; Wouter is eliminated as they return. As the only remaining Marked One, Zandalor makes the decision for the two of them to initiate Lucian's ascension, by travelling to the Council of Seven in order to locate and summon the other six council members.

Lucian's ascension is is temporarily derailed at the Council. the Succubus is lying in wait, sealing Zandalor in a magic cache and the the Council is filled with the undead. Clearing the Council and defeating the succubus, Lucian used the scrying stones to locate the remaining six council members, Mardaneus, Goemoe, Otho Rignaforoixx, Bronthion D'Anthalis, Antx imps and Kroxy. Locating the council members (and rescuing them), Lucian was only one step away from reaching divinity: the performance of the ritual.

As the ritual took place, Janus invaded the council in an attempt to halt the ritual. Although the majority of the council were killed, the ritual itself was a success. Returning to Rivellon, the lands have almost been dominated by the Ring, Ferol itself laying ransacked. Seeking out the Patriarch, Lucian cons him into giving up the ability to become ethereal. Using this power he infiltrates the Black Ring stronghold at Yuthul Gor. The Demon of Lies, already in the process of reviving the the Lord of Chaos is interrupted by the Divine One and battle ensues, with Lucian coming out the victor. Although unable to prevent Chaos' resurrection, Lucian was faced with his vessel, a young babe. Unable to strike an innocent child down, Lucian instead took it upon himself to take the babe into his care and called him Damian.[2]

Divine Order era

On returning to Ferol, he was worshiped by the seven races as a god and founded the Divine Order to which flocked various warriors, nobles and paladins and gained control of most of human lands across Rivellon, whilst forging alliances with the other races. At one point Lucian's influence granted him access to the Ancient Empire where he met the Red Prince in his youth during one of the noble parties and taught him conjuration tricks.[3]

During this time Lucian took Damian and settled in undisclosed village near Oakland Woods with his housekeeper Floree who took care of Damian whilst he was away, dog Monty and enormous gray warhorse he called Goliath. Damian showed no obvious signs of chaos infection until his first year when Lucian tried to take his favorite cuddly toy bunny and the toy slipped into fireplace. Damian, before Lucian could catch him, took the burning bunny from fireplace without being burned (much to Lucians shock).[4] After Damian's first year Lucian sired a natural son Alexandar and raised him along with his older brother.[3]

In 1229 AD, when Damian turned 11, Lucian taught him low level protection spells, basic sword play and riding, whilst continuing to shield from his past. In 1231 AD Damian joined the Order, allowing Lucian to travel across the land both in an official capacity and personally, enabling him to enter villages to enjoy "ale and stew by the fire" in taverns incognito.[5] His main objective at this time, was seeking the Black Ring necromancer Kalin. Although he was unsuccessful at capturing the necromancer himself, his paladins were able to capture, then fruitlessly torture him for information about other Black Ring members. Lucian personally executed him.[6]

Between 1229 and 1231 AD he discovered a Rift Temple during his travels and fell through a rift to Earth, apparently accidental on his part, however this was intentional on the part of the god Trogda, acquiring the power to physically sense rifts, although he still could not see them.[1] He sealed the temple with divine net and returned to his home village; where he, after his men advised him that Damian had acquired a love interest, searched for his son and convinced Damian to invite his interest, Ygerna to dinner.[7]

Lucian's first opinions of Ygerna were positive, leaving him under the impression that she knew no more than few harmless spells. Few hours later he woke up in middle of te night to hear Damian and Ygerna argue with each other and when Damian didnt show up few days he rode to Ygernas village where in her cottage found out that she was the Black Ring associate who worked with Kalin.[8]

After that he had Ygerna captured and brought to him he learned that she told nothing about Damians origin to him but merely showed him the potential he has and that she and her father were forced to do so by the Black Ring and that they would do so again and regret nothing. This left Lucian with no choice but to execute her and when he in presence of Zandalor and his paladins executed her Damian came in and Soul Forged the lovers together, fled and joined Black Ring[9][10] thereby starting the Chaos War with his father.[11]

The Chaos War

You know what to do men. There is not one amongst you who I would not call a friend, and now I urge you, my friends, to take heed when I say that the boy who was once one of us has gone. Do not be fooled by his visage. Take arms against this sea of evil before us, but leave Damian to me. You fight with law and order on your side, paladins, and these virtues will be triumphant on this day of reckoning.
Lucian addressing his army Child of Chaos

By the 1233 AD he knew the true nature of the Seven Gods who shared their powers with him. He learned that they gain source from the deceased souls of the dead in Hall of Echoes thus preventing their reincarnation and through prayers. This angered him and he began to rebel against the Seven Gods since he believed that the source of the Seven Races should belong to them alone and not to be sucked by the Gods as they please.[12]

During the war his general Dallis found a tomb where lay the daughter of Fane. Fanes daughter killed the real Dallis and found Lucian and told him everything and together they  began to plot against the Seven.[13] Lucian travelled to the Nameless Isle and personally executed the studying Godwoken and used swift poison on their tutors who referred to Lucian as their finest pupil after this Lucian disabled the automaton in there. Before leaving he wrote on tablet the truth about the Seven Gods and left it in Chancellors office and locked down the academy.[14] After this hired Roost Anlon and his Lone Wolves to hunt down Godwoken.[15] Near the end of the war he told Hannag to make a Deathfog bomb and lied to his friend and possibly one of his finest men Ifan ben-Mezd to deliver a portal to the elves (which had been a Deathfog bomb).[16]

During the battle and after the bomb detonated (probably) he lured Damian into the Rift Temple and rendered him uncounscious by dragging him into the Rift that lead to the world of Nemesis where he used his divine powers to trap him there.[17] Once he returned to Rivellon he faked his death and used his spirit form spell which he learned from Patriarch the Black to command Arhu to built him a crypt laden with Tenebrium and put various protections in place. After his crypt was built he used the incoming Voidwoken invasion to his advantage by having Sourcerers blamed for their attacks and thereby capturing them more easily.[18]

Source drought and death of the Seven Gods

The Void shall be banished. And I, Lucian the Divine, shall return from the dead. A false Divine, of course, I shall have no power. But the world will not know this. I shall demand peace. And we shall have it.
Lucian speaking with Godwoken heroes in Divinity Original Sin 2

In 1242 AD Dallis had with his son Alexandar taken control of Divine Order whie he carefully drained the Seven Gods through the bond he had with them. The Seven Gods thought he was dead and blamed the Void for this.[19] After the Godwoken heroes (protagonists of Divinity: Original Sin 2) escape Dallis for the first time he send Dallis to kill Alexandar (which she later on Nameless Isle accomplishes). [20]

When Godwoken heroes get into his crypt Lucian tells the heroes the truth and asks them to give up their source as it is the only way to stop the Void.[21] It is unknown whether the Godwoken initially agreed but regardless of their response Braccus Rex breaks free, summon undead Lord Linder Kemm, Isbeil, Sallow Man and Kraken to kill the heroes and Lucian. Braccus is after the battle defeated and Lucian uses Aeteran on himself, Godwoken and Rivellon and restores the source to the Veil thereby sealing the Eternals and God King in Void, freeing all Sworn to the God King (including Windego) and returns to the Rivellon and tells the world about the Godwoken heroes whilst hiding the fact he is weakened (and that the Seven Gods are dead and he is „mortal“).[22]

During these years he enforced peace and stopped the almost started war between his order and the Ancient Empire, made amends to the elves. The godwoken heroes returned to their normal lives.[23]

The Great War

In 1244 AD the Black Ring returns this time under the leadership of Damian and use army of the dead along with demons from Nemesis and enslaved young dragons to conquer Rivellon. This started the conflict known as the Great War.

During this time Malady steals some of Lucians dangerous „dooms day“ magical weapons and he sends his commander (the protagonist of Fallen Heroes) with Lohse and Ifan ben-Mezd after her.[24]

During this war he forges an alliance with Dragon Knights and this tipped the war in his favour until Damian used his magic and charmed the Dragon Knight into back-stabbing him and therefore „killing him“ in front of his troops. This completely broke the alliance between the races, the Order and the Dragon Knights and the order started to hunt the Dragon Knights afterwards.[25]

Dragon purges and imprisonment

No doubt you have guessed the truth by now: I am Lucian, the Divine. Quite alive, yet often wishing I was not as I dwell in this half-world, this cageless prison designed to keep me ever conscious and so suffer the torment of awareness. To be a wordless witness to the Damned One´s deeds.
Lucian speaking with last dragon knight in Divinity II Ego Draconis

The attack was an illusion and Damian used his knowledge of rifts and trapped his father in crystal prison in Plane of Hypnerotomachia . There Damian promised his father he would see Rivellon and all he held dear burn and would not be able to do anything but watch. He remained in there for five decades and was forced to watch as the elder races (elves, dwarves, orcs and lizards..) went into hiding, were decimated or enslaved (orcs for example) and his Divine Order paladins (including Lord Arben and other famous knights) banded in Rivertown and created an the Order of Dragon Slayers which was dedicated to hunt down dragons whom they dubbed „the Betrayers“. All of this left quite a mark on his psyché as he himself told the Knight that he often wished that he werent alive.[26]

Liberation and the end of the Great War

Then there you came:  A formidable Slayer blessed with the power of the Dragon, but humbled by a mind exposed after a ritual incomplete.
Lucian speaking with last dragon knight in Divinity II Ego Draconis

After the newest Dragon Slayer disciple graduates the academy in 1300 AD and after meeting Talana becomes the Dragon Knight Lucian tries to reach the ex-Slayer but is unable to do so and he was left to watch as Ygerna disguised herself as Talana and deceived the Dragon Knight with the lie that she and Damian were soul forged. When the last Dragon Knight ressurected Ygerna she trapped the Knight in the Plane of Hypnerotomachia with Lucian and he explained the Knight what truly happened.[27]

The Knight was imprisoned with Lucian for unspecified ammount of time and they became close friends. Lucian told the Dragon Knight how he became the Divine and traveled Rivellon. He was confiding the Dragon Knight about his brief romance with elven beauty Eleanalessa and how Zandalor can be insistent at times when the spirit of Behrlihn approached them and offered the Dragon Knight a deal that he would free both the Dragon and the Divine if the Dragon freed him.[28]

Before Behrlihn teleports the Dragon away Lucian warns the Dragon Knight „to not risk what this thing may beget for his sake“.

Lucian saw the Dragon Knight return to the Plane of Hypnerotomachia by Bellegar who tried to imprison the Dragon few times.[29]

After the Dragon Knight with an army of Champions of Aleroth and with Zandalors guidance burns down Damians Palace, Lucian sees Ygerna and the Dragon Knight return to the plane. He tries to persuade Ygerna to give up but she refuses and so he tells her to proceed to her death as he believes the Dragon Knight will win the fight.[30]

Once Ygerna is defeated a stream of white/blue energy along with her soul ascend corpse to Lucians crystal prison and Lucian breaks free when the crystal shatters.

After this he returns with the Dragon Knight to Aleroth where he is seen exiting the Ministry and greeting his people.[31]

Interactions with Player characters

Divinity Original Sin 2

  • He has a unique opening line and conversation options with Ifan ben-Mezd
  • There are no persuasion options related to him.
  • Lucian cannot be traded with

Divinity II: Ego Draconis

  • There are no persuasion options
  • all conversation options in Ygernas Memory lead to violence

Mindreading

  • He cannot be mindread.

Divinity II: Flames of Vengeance

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Reason:
  • There are no persuasion options
  • The conversation options are purely for roleplay and he is talked to twice

Mindreading

  • he cannot be mindread

Related quests

Divinity Original Sin 2

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Reason:
  • Ifan ben-Mezd origin questline
  • Main quest: Divinity beckons...
  • Main quest: the End Times

Divinity II Dragon Knight Saga

  • Lucian must be defeated to resurrect Ygerna.

Related Achievments

Divinity Original Sin 2

  • Risen - Ascend to divinity (become Divine One) 
    • the achievement uses his Classic Edition (and Arena Mode) portrait
  • Supreme Sacrifice - Side with Lucian and let yourself and Rivellon be purged
  • A Wolf Avenged - Ifan: kill Lucian
  • Fool Me Once - Ifan: Forgive Lucian

Divinity II Ego Draconis

The Dragon Knight

  • You have to complete the game. To do so you have to kill him in Ygernas memory along with Zandalor and his paladins.

Notes

Unexplained points in background

  • Divinity teachers? -The Ancient Academy teachers in DOS2 claim that Lucian was their finest pupil yet in Divine Divinity there were no teachers. Either Lucian went to them after he became Divine (unlikely) or this is possible retcon
  • Godwoken/Marked One -there is no explanation of the difference between these two terms in any of the games. It may be possible they are one and the same or this is also possible retcon
  • Goddess/Divine Being – Lucian was marked (or possessed) by Divine Being and thus marked as a possible Divine One (therefore he was Marked One). This of course is nowhere in DOS2 mentioned.
  • Alexandar – Nowhere in games so far there is an explanation or information on who is Alexandars mother. There are possible candidates but nothing is certain until Larian themselves reveal this information (if they will that is)
  • Deadlands? – The rift Temple which Lucian found was in unexplored area near Tanoroth. In DOS2 battle between Lucian and Damian took place in Elven lands. The only Elven lands that are near Tanoroth (as of Divine Divinity) is the Dark Forest. At the end of DOS2 however it is said that Black Ring came together in the Dark Forest.
  • Freedom through Ygernas death? – So far it is unclear how (why) Lucian got freed by Ygernas death but it is clear she has a connection to is imprisonment

Other

  • Lucian is a playable character in DOS2 Arena Mode

Gallery

References

<references>

  1. 1.0 1.1 Child of the Chaos, pages 8-9
  2. Modern Chronicles of Reapers' Coast, Cranley Huwbert, page 8
  3. 3.0 3.1 Divinity: Original Sin 2
  4. Child of the Chaos, page 7
  5. Child of the Chaos, page 13
  6. Child of the Chaos, pages 16-20
  7. Child of the Chaos, pages 21-24
  8. Child of the Chaos, pages 21-24
  9. Child of the Chaos, pages 24-27
  10. Divinity II Ego Draconis backstory
  11. Modern Chronicles of Reapers´s Coast by Cranley Huwbert, page 8
  12. Dialogue with Lucian in Divinity Original Sin 2, Secret of the Gods tablet in Ancient Academy
  13. Dialogue with Lucian and Dallis in Divinity Original Sin 2
  14. Dialogue with Tutors, spirits, automaton in Ancient Academy on Nameless Isle in Divinity Original Sin 2
  15. Dialogue with Roost Anlons spirit in Divinity Original Sin 2
  16. Dialogue with Hannag and Ifan ben-Mezd in Divinity Original Sin 2
  17. Child of the Chaos, page 37
  18. Dialogue with Lucian and Arhu in Divinity Original Sin 2
  19. Dialogue with the Seven Gods in Divinity Original Sin 2
  20. Dialogue with Lucian, aftermath of battle in the Arena of the One in Divinity Original Sin 2
  21. Dialogue with Lucian in the Crypt of Lucian in Divinity Original Sin 2
  22. Final battle, Purge ending epilogue in Divinity Original Sin 2
  23. Purge ending epilogue in Divinity Original Sin 2
  24. Fallen Heroes early access story information
  25. Divinity II Ego Draconis background
  26. Divinity II Ego Draconis background, dialoge with Lucian in Divinity II Ego Draconis
  27. Divinity II Ego Draconis background, dialoge with Lucian in Divinity II Ego Draconis
  28. Intro cutscene and dialogue with Lucian and Behrlihn in Divinity II Flames of Vengeance
  29. dialogue with Lucian and Behrlihn, main quest in Divinity II Flames of Vengeance
  30. Final dialogue between Lucian Dragon Knight and Ygerna in Divinity II Flames of Vengeance
  31. Ending cutscene in Divinity II Flames of Vengeance
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