Lucian, the Divine One, is the canonical player character in Divine Divinity. A human who ascended to divinity in 1218 AD, he is an integral part of Rivellonian history and the events that take place during the Age of Chaos.
Background[]
Origins of the Divine[]
Very little is known about Lucian's life before 1218 AD; 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 changed drastically. 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 to divinity. He was left for dead, but his body was discovered by a white cat (later revealed to be the feline turned mage and then turned feline again Arhu) who brought the fallen hero's plight to the attention of Joram, a healer in Aleroth. Lucian recovered and woke up in Joram's basement. The village was surrounded by orcs, the healers abilities were severely restricted because Source had become tainted, and their leader, Mardaneus, had seemingly gone mad.
Lucian aided the village by releasing Mardaneus' mind from the grip of the necromancer Thelyron Hashnitor, and then sought to leave Aleroth. However, Seth, a knight of the Ducal Army, sought the assistance of the healer's with curing the plague in Rivertown. Agreeing to contact General Alix to arrange an escort for the healers, Lucian 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 leading to the east, Lucian stumbled upon the dragon rider John, who struck him down with his dragon's flame breath. Before John managed to strike the fatal blow, Zandalor showed up, eliminated the dragon rider, and healed Lucian's injuries. Zandalor instructed Lucian to meet him at the Blue Boar Inn, where a second Marked One, Wouter, was waiting. Then Zandalor left in search of another Marked One.
Lucian met Wouter in the Blue Boar, but Zandalor hadn't returned from Stormfist Castle yet. Unwilling to wait, Lucian headed to Stormfist, but was turned away on arrival because he did not have a letter of invitation. He travelled to the barracks and finally transferred the note requesting escort to Alix, who offered him the opportunity to assist the Ducal Army. Lucian accepted and headed south to the destroyed village to liaise with Captain Mitox, who was preventing the orc force from further penetrating human lands. Mitox tasked Lucian with poisoning the well. Doing so finally granted him an audience with Duke Janus Ferol.
Having acquired the right of enter Stormfist, Lucian returned to the castle to find Zandalor. On meeting the duke, Janus denies that Zandalor had visited the castle and granted Lucian the title Lord Protector, which Lucian was forced to accept. Thus, Lucian became a glorified page boy forced to complete inconsequential tasks which included delivering a love letter to the duke's concubine, Lela; and finding her cat, Ernie. Ernie turned out to be Arhu, the feline attempting to find Zandalor, and informed Lucian that the last place where the wizard had been seen was the basement of the castle.
Lucian was unable to access the basement and returned to the Duke, who was about to conduct a meeting with the local leaders. During this meeting Lucian attempted and failed his final assignment as Lord Protector: an assassination attempt was made on Janus, who was forced to defend 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. Outside the castle Elona revealed herself to be Iona, an agent of the Black Ring. The Marked One was teleported to her secret prison, guarded by two orcs. Leaving him to his fate in custody, Iona returned to her position at the duke's side; unaware that Lucian would be freed by Arhu.
Finally free, Lucian travelled to Verdistis to gain access to the castle with the assistance of the Thieves Guild. He joined the guild and entered the castle through the basement, where Zandalor and the now deceased Joris, the third known Marked one, were pinned to the rear of the basement by the Death Knight Ryu-Gor and his platoon of orcs. Lucian slipped past the Black Ring squad and reunited with the wizard Zandalor, who requested that the secret vault in the basement be checked to ensure the Sword of Lies was still living inside. Lucian slipped past Ryu-Gor for a second time, gained access to the vault, and discovered that there was a dragon toy in place of the sword. Zandalor, concerned about this, returned with Lucian to the Blue Boar to reconvene with Wouter and plan their next move. However, Wouter was killed upon their arrival. Since Lucian had become the only remaining Marked One, Zandalor decided to initiate his ascension by travelling to the Council of Seven to locate and summon the other six council members.
Lucian's ascension was temporarily derailed at the Council. The Succubus sealed Zandalor in a magic cage and filled the council chambers with undead. Lucian cleared the council and defeated the Succubus, and used the scrying stones to locate the remaining six council members (Mardaneus, Goemoe, Otho Rignaforoixx, Bronthion D'Anthalis, Antx imps and Kroxy). After locating and rescuing them, the only step left for Lucian to reach divinity was performing the ritual.
When the ritual started Janus invaded the council in an attempt to halt it. Although he killed the majority of the council, the ritual was a success. Lucian returned to Rivellon and found the lands had almost been dominated by the Ring, with Ferol itself laying ransacked. Lucian met the Patriarch and conned him into giving up the ability to become ethereal. Using this power he infiltrated the Black Ring's stronghold at Yuthul Gor. There, the Demon of Lies was already in the process of reviving the Lord of Chaos, but Lucian interrupted him, fought him and defeated him. Lucian was unable to prevent Chaos' resurrection and was faced with his vessel, a young baby. Unable to strike an innocent child down, Lucian instead took it upon himself to take the baby into his care and named him Damian.[2]
Era of the Divine Order[]
On returning to Ferol, he was worshiped by the seven races as a god. Furthering his study into his newly gained powers, he would frequent the The Academy of the Seven as a pupil; here he was considered by his teachers as being 'their finest pupil'. In addition to this, he founded the Divine Order; to which flocked various warriors, nobles and paladins. Gaining 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. In this residence he also had a dog Monty, and enormous gray warhorse he called Goliath. Damian showed no obvious signs of Chaos' possession until his first year when Lucian tried to take his favourite cuddly toy bunny and the toy slipped into fireplace. Damian, before Lucian could catch him, took the bunny from fireplace without being harmed (much to Lucians shock).[4] Aside from Damian, Lucian also sired a natural son Alexandar and raised him along with his older brother.[5]
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.[6] His main objective at this time, was seeking the Black Ring necromancer Kalin and although 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.[7]
Between 1229 and 1231 AD he discovered a Rift Temple in the elven lands 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 a divine net and returned to his 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.[8]
Lucian's first opinions of Ygerna were positive, leaving him under the impression that she knew no more than few harmless spells. Hours later, he awoke in the night to the sound of Damian and Ygerna arguing; Damian left the cottage and didn't return after several days. Lucian rode to Ygernas village, where, in her cottage he discovered she was the Black Ring associate and the daughter of Kalin.[8]
Ygerna was captured and brought to him, and through interrogation established that she told Damian nothing of his origins to him; she merely showed him his potential, an act she was forced to do by the Black Ring; however, did so without any regret. Leaving Lucian with no choice but to execute her, Damian arrived as the axe fell and Soul Forged the lovers together, after which, he fled and joined Black Ring, thereby starting the Chaos War with his father.[2][9][10]
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 the Chaos
By 1233 AD he knew the true nature of the Seven Gods who shared their powers with him. He learned that they sustained their Source power through prayers and devouring souls of the deceased in Hall of Echoes. Angered, he began to rebel against the Seven Gods since he believed that the source of the seven races should belong to them alone.[11]
In the same year, Damian raised his army against his adoptive father. During the battle Lucian lured Damian into the Rift Temple and rendered him unconscious by dragging him into the Rift that lead to the world of Nemesis where he used his divine powers to trap him there.[12] Once he returned to Rivellon the war continued with the Black Ring.
During the war, two lizards approach Lucian's camp with the plan of using deathfog in the elven lands to delay the Black Rings approach. Although hesitant to the idea, he brought Ifan ben-Mezd, a human who was raised by elves into the plan. Ifan agreed to do so only if the elves were evacuated first. Lucian agreed and his second son, Alexandar agreed to personally handle the deathfog's release, secretly laying the release mechanism on the rift scroll to evacuate the elves. Ifan was successful on reaching the elven lands and negotiating the evacuation, however on opening the scroll, the deathfog was released, eliminating the elves at the same time;[13] Lucian took their loss personally as their leader.[14] The elimination of the elves allowed the voidwoken to break through the veil as Tir-Cendelius' own Source energy was greatly weakened from no longer having followers. Lucian and the gods combined Source was no longer sufficient, to maintain the barrier.
After General Dallis found a tomb where lay the daughter of Fane who slayed the Magister and assumed her identity, by using a shapeshifting mask, Lucian learned the true origins of the Seven from the eternal. Together they created a plan to take down the Seven and restore the Veil to prevent the destruction of Rivellon by the now returning eternals, twisted into voidwoken from their long imprisonment.[15][citation needed] He faked his death as part of this by using his spirit form spell, which he learned from Patriarch the Black, and ordered Arhu to build 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.[16]
To restore the Veil, Lucian needed to gain as much source as possible from the Seven and to ensure that no other Divine would arise. To do so Lucian travelled to the Nameless Isle where the Academy of the Seven was located and personally executed the studying Godwoken and poisoned their tutors. Before leaving he wrote on a tablet the truth about the Seven Gods, left it in the Dean's office and locked down the academy.[17] After this he hired Roost Anlon and his the Lone Wolves to hunt down Godwoken.[18][19]
Era of the Magisters[]
“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 Divinity: Original Sin II
Lucian remained in hiding and Dallis, with his son Alexandar assumed control of Divine Order and took control of a once again resurrected Braccus Rex who took the guise of Vredman to aid in extracting Source to repair the Veil. Lucian carefully drained the Seven Gods through the bond he had with them whilst sealed away in his tomb. The Seven Gods themselves were unaware of his actions as they thought him dead, and blamed the Void for this.[20] After the Godwoken escaped from Fort Joy he sent Dallis to kill Alexandar which she finally accomplished on Nameless Isle.[21]
When the Godwoken reached his tomb in Arx, Lucian revealed the truth and requested they surrendered their Source as it was the only way to stop the Void.[14] Braccus Rex brokes free, summoning the God King's undead pawns, Lord Linder Kemm, Isbeil and Sallow Man alongside the Kraken to kill the godwoken and Lucian. Braccus is defeated after the battle and Lucian uses Aeteran on the entire of Rivellon, including himself, restoring Source to the Veil, thus resealing the eternals and God King in the Void, freeing all Sworn from their ties to the God King. Lucian returns to the Rivellon and tells the world about the Godwoken heroes whilst hiding the fact he is weakened.[22]
During these 2 years he enforced peace and stopped the almost started war between his order and the Ancient Empire and made amends to the elves.[22]
The Great War[]
In 1244 AD the Black Ring returns this time under the leadership of Damian and used an army of the dead, 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 with Lohse and Ifan ben-Mezd after her.[23]
During this war he forges an alliance with the Dragon Knights. This tipped the war in his favour until Damian used his magic and charmed a Dragon Knight into back-stabbing the Divine, therefore killing him in front of his troops. This shattered the alliance between the races, the Order and the Dragon Knights.[24]
Era of the Dragon Slayers[]
“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 Divinity II: Ego Draconis
Trapped in a crystal prison on the Plane of Hypnerotomachia Lucian was forced to watch Damian destroy Rivellon. The other races went into hiding, were decimated or enslaved by Black Ring. Meanwhile the nobles of Rivellon met in Rivertown cathedral and created the Order of Dragon Slayers which was dedicated to hunt down dragons whom they dubbed "the Betrayers". Watching all this take place had left him with depression and suicidal thoughts.[24][25]
After the newest dragon slayer disciple graduates the academy in 1300 AD and receives dragon powers from Talana Lucian tries to reach the ex-slayer but is unable to do so. When the last Dragon Knight resurrected Ygerna, she trapped the Knight in the Plane of Hypnerotomachia with Lucian and he explained to the knight what had truly transpired.[24][25]
The knight was imprisoned with Lucian for unspecified amount of time during which they became close friends. Lucian confided in the Dragon Knight about his brief romance with elven beauty Eleanalessa when the spirit of Behrlihn approached them and offered the dragon knight a deal. He would free both the Dragon and the Divine if the Dragon freed him.[26] Unable to refuse Behrlihn's offer the knight is teleported to Aleroth. Just before the knight is teleported Lucian warns the knight "to not risk what this thing may beget for his sake" as he mistrusts Berhlihn.
Lucian saw the dragon knight return to the Plane of Hypnerotomachia by Bellegar who tried to imprison the knight few times.[27][28]
After the dragon knight with an army of Champions of Aleroth and with Zandalor's guidance burns down Damian's 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.[29]
Once Ygerna is defeated a stream of white/blue energy along with her soul ascend to Lucian's crystal prison shattering it and freeing the Divine in process. When he was freed the Divine, returned to Aleroth alongside the Dragon Knight. he is last seen exiting the Ministry and greeting his people as the dragon roars in the skies above Aleroth.[30]
Canon conflicts[]
This information conflicts with the current canon of the Divinity Series. This information should be considered canon in the title it is a part of and associated with only. |
Divinity: Original Sin II and The Godwoken Comic book bring conflict into background information for Lucian with what was already established with Child of the Chaos novella and Divinity II: Developer's Cut game. Both Child of the Chaos novella and Divinity II: Developer's Cut indicate that Damian has been the Lucians only child as opposed to Divinity: Original Sin II and The Godwoken Comic introduction of Lucian's biological son Alexandar.
There is also conflict between Divinity: Original Sin II and The Godwoken Comic. In the game it is hinted (particularly in conversation with Alexandar on the Nameless Isle and Hannag in Cloisterwood) that Lucian planned to use the deathfog on the elves in order to stop the Black Ring from advancing. Ifan ben-Mezd was in the game instructed to carry a device which he recognises, when he sees Zanisima repair it. Hannag also mentions it was she who crafted the device on Lucian's and Alexandar's orders.
However, in the comic book Lucian entrusted Ifan with a rift scroll which he was to deliver to the elves in order to evacuate them from the elven lands. Lucian alongside Zandalor, Arhu and Alexandar planned to flood the elven lands with deathfog in order to stop overwhelming Black Ring army from destroying both elven land and the lands of lizards and humans. This decision was based on suggestion made by ambassadors from House of War who were also present. Lucian summoned Ifan unto the council and told him of this plan. Lucian noted that he believes there is a better to stop the Black Ring without risking elven casualties, after Ifan suggested they would be no better than the Black Ring if elves died to the deathfog. Alexandar, visibly displeased by Lucian's words, tampered with the rift scroll and told Ifan he would personally oversee the deathfog release after he and Ifan quarreled whether the latter would deliver the scroll in time. Lucian, who stopped Alexandar and Ifan from continuing their argument, said that they "were prepared either way", after Alexandar asked if Ifan will make it to the elves in time.
When Ifan delivered the scroll to the elves under the pretense they would evacuate through the rift into safe territory, Alexandar released the deathfog through it, killing elves as well as the Black Ring.
End of information conflicting with the current canon of the Divinity Series. |
Interactions[]
Divinity II: Ego Draconis[]
| Quests | Mindread | Merchant |
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* There are no persuasion options.
- All conversation options in Ygerna's memory lead to violence.
- Related Quests
- Lucian must be defeated to resurrect Ygerna.
Divinity II: Flames of Vengeance[]
| Quests | Mindread | Merchant |
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✘ | ✘ | ✘ |
* There are no persuasion options.
- He is first heard speaking during Flames of Vengeance intro cutscene.
- The conversation options are purely for roleplay and he is talked to twice: Once at the beginning of the game and second time before final boss.
- He is seen number of times when Bellegar teleports the player to the Plane but he cannot be talked to.
Divinity: Original Sin II[]
| Companion | Quest |
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| Spirit | Merchant |
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✘
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- He has a unique opening line and conversation options with Ifan ben-Mezd.
- Characters with Mystic and Jester tags have unique dialogue options with him.
- There are no persuasion options related to him.
- Related quests
- Chronicles
- To Be Divine
- Champion of the Gods
- The Magister Crusade
Related Achievements[]
- Risen - Ascend to divinity (become Divine One)
- Supreme Sacrifice - Side with Lucian and let yourself and Rivellon be purged
- A Wolf Avenged - Ifan: kill Lucian
- Fool Me Once - Ifan: Forgive Lucian
Notes[]
Development[]
- Lucian as Divine Divinity protagonist and leading character of Divinity series was written by Rhianna Pratchett (daughter of Terry Pratchett) for Child of the Chaos novella which was written by her for Beyond Divinity the second Divinity game in the series.
In the series[]
- Lucian is most often mentioned by humans who refer to him as the Divine, either by praising him or directly praying to him.
- Lucian is mentioned or associated with many in-game books across the series. Namely:
- Lucian's Day: Suggested Hymns
- Huwbert's Encyclopedia Vol. 3: The Divine
- Huwbert's Encyclopedia Vol. 4: Lucian & The Black Ring
- Huwbert's Encyclopedia Vol. 5: The Chaos War
- Huwbert's Encyclopedia Vol. 6: Lucian's Day
- Huwbert's Encyclopedia Vol. 8: The Rise of Alexandar
- Huwbert's Encyclopedia Vol. 11: Lucian's Remains
- On the Origins of Lucian
- Prayers to Lucian
- Rivellonian History in Sonnets, Part I and Rivellonian History in Sonnets, Part II
- Son Against Father
- The Passion of the Divine
- The History of Greater Rivellon, Grades: II-IV
- The Secret of the Gods
Gallery[]
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References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Child of the Chaos, pages 8-9
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Modern Chronicles of Reapers' Coast, Cranley Huwbert, page 8
- ↑ Interaction with Painting of Lucian at Fort Joy ghetto with the Red Prince.
- ↑ Child of the Chaos, page 7
- ↑ Modern Chronicles of Reapers' Coast - Page 8
- ↑ Child of the Chaos, page 13
- ↑ Child of the Chaos, pages 16-20
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Child of the Chaos, pages 21-24
- ↑ Child of the Chaos, pages 24-27
- ↑ Divinity II: Dragon Knight Saga
- ↑ Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Dialogue with Lucian in the Secret of the Gods
- ↑ Child of the Chaos, page 37
- ↑ Divinity: Original Sin II Godwoken - Ifan's Story
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Divinity: Original Sin II - Dialogue with Lucian in the Tomb of Lucian
- ↑ Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Dialogue with Lucian and Dallis at Tomb of Lucian
- ↑ Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Dialogue with Lucian and Arhu
- ↑ Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Dialogue with Tutors, Spirits, Seneschal in The Academy of the Seven
- ↑ Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Dialogue with Roost Anlons spirit
- ↑ Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Divine Order contract
- ↑ Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Dialogue with the Seven Gods
- ↑ Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Dialogue with Lucian, aftermath of battle in the Arena of the One
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Final battle, Purge ending epilogue
- ↑ Divinity: Fallen Heroes - early access story information
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 Divinity II: Ego Draconis background
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 Divinity II: Dragon Knight Saga - Dialogue with Lucian
- ↑ Divinity II: Flames of Vengeance - Intro cutscene and dialogue with Lucian and Behrlihn
- ↑ Divinity II: Flames of Vengeance - The History of Rivellon questline
- ↑ Divinity II: Flames of Vengeance - To Find a Wizard questline
- ↑ Divinity II: Flames of Vengeance - Dialogue between Lucian, the Dragon Knight and Ygerna
- ↑ Divinity II: Flames of Vengeance - Ending cutscene