Lucian

Lucian (Japanese: ゴヨウ Goyou) is a and member of the Sinnoh Elite Four.
==In the core series games==
In and , Lucian is the fourth member of the Sinnoh Elite Four. He is an avid reader: when the enters his room at the , he will comment that he has just finished a book. Once the player has become the , he can be found at Canalave Library, but will return to the League for rematches.
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=====First match=====
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=====Rematch (before Stark Mountain)=====
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=====Rematch (after Stark Mountain)=====
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==In the spin-off games==
===Pokémon Masters EX===
Lucian forms a sync pair with in Pokémon Masters EX. Lucian became a playable sync pair on May 13, 2022.
Lucian first appeared as an NPC during the solo event Sinnoh Elite Four.
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==Gallery==
===Artwork===
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==In animation==
===Pokémon the Series===
====Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl====
Lucian debuted in An Elite Meet and Greet!. He was first seen battling with his on television. Then, he met and in a Pokémon Center. He informed them about the and later had a against and her using his . Buizel's attacks didn't have much of an effect, if any, on Bronzong. Following , Bronzong used to defeat its opponent. Lucian later had a rematch against Dawn and Buizel, though he ended the battle prematurely because he saw that the pair had improved, but still needed some work.
He made a brief cameo appearance on television in Top-Down Training!. He battled for her title of Pokémon Champion of the Sinnoh League, but was defeated. 
====Pokémon movies====
He also made a brief cameo appearance in the ending credits of Zoroark: Master of Illusions.
====Character====
Lucian is polite and likes to help out a . He builds up his defenses and tends to evade an opponent's attacks in an attempt to learn their strategy and exhaust them before striking back.
====Pokémon====
This listing is of Lucian's known in :
=====On hand=====
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====Voice actors====
===GOTCHA!===
Lucian briefly appeared in GOTCHA!.
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
Lucian, along with Bertha and Aaron, appears during the , having been enlisted by the Pokémon Association to decipher Charon's notebook that was stolen by 's Kit. Using his talents in reading books, Lucian is able to easily figure out what the book says and gives it to Diamond and so they can use it to stop Charon from capturing the Legendary Pokémon of Sinnoh.
In this , Lucian's reading skills are shown to be great enough for him to easily finish a book in only a few mere moments.
====Pokémon====
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===Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure!===
Lucian made a brief appearance in Gathering of the Legendary Pokémon!. He watched Hareta's battle with Koya in the audience.
==In the TCG==
This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Lucian or his Pokémon in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
==Trivia==
* In , as well as the initial Elite Four challenge in , Lucian is the only member of the Sinnoh Elite Four whose Pokémon are all of his specialty type.
* One of the old men on , who is found in Diamond, Pearl, Brilliant Diamond, and Shining Pearl, may be Lucian's grandfather, as he mentions he has a grandson who enjoys reading and who has a library of books on .
* While Lucian's clothes are colored maroon in his official Ken Sugimori artwork and the anime, they are colored magenta in his game sprites.
* Two members of the Sinnoh Elite Four, Aaron and Lucian, share their names with the main characters of Konami's for the DS.
* One of the books that Lucian reads in the Canalave Library is a collection of letters from an artist to his younger brother, one of which confesses the artist's awe for the night sky. This may be a reference to the artist , who wrote letters to his younger brother Theo and painted .
==Names==
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	ゴヨウ Goyou 	From 五葉松 goyōmatsu ()Toshinobu Matsumiya on Twitter (Japanese) and possibly 悟 go (enlightenment)
English, German	Lucian 	From lux (Latin for light) and possibly illusion or hallucination
Spanish 	Delos 	From delusión (delusion) or Oráculo de Delfos ()
French 	Lucio 	From lux (Latin for light) and illusion
Italian 	Luciano 	From luce (light)
Korean 	오엽 Oyeop 	From 오엽송 (五葉松) oyeopsong (five-needle pine) and 오 (悟) o (enlightenment)
Chinese () 	悟松 Wùsōng 	From 五針松 / 五针松 wǔzhēnsōng / ńghjāmchùhng (five-needle pine) and 悟 wù / ngh (enlightenment)
Chinese () 	悟松 Ńgh-chùhng 	From 五針松 / 五针松 wǔzhēnsōng / ńghjāmchùhng (five-needle pine) and 悟 wù / ngh (enlightenment)
Russian 	Лусиан Lusian 	Transcription of his English name
Vietnamese 	Goyo 	Transcription of his Japanese name
==References==
==Related articles==
* Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Category:Manga characters
Category:Animation characters
Category:Elite Four Trainers
Category:Diamond and Pearl characters
Category:Platinum characters
Category:Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl characters
Category:Psychic-type Trainers
Category:Pokémon Adventures characters
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