Lucious Validus

**Lucious Validus** is one of the major recurring protagonists later antagonist in the *Divine Comedy*.

He is a prince of Hell, the son of Satan and Eve, and heir to the throne of the Ninth Circle. He is also the love interest of Brigid, a daughter of the Dagda and Morrigan.

Lucious is also the prophesied "Antichrist" who is destined to bring the Earth to ruin, and despite his clear sheer disdain towards humanity with his stoic and callous personality, Lucious is quite close to Charlie and often served as her "emotional support".

## History

### Background

Lucious was Samael and Eve's second born child and is essentially the eldest of Hell's royal children. Unbeknownst to most, including his parents, Lucious is destined to be the "Antichrist", a malignant figure that plays an instrumental role in bringing forth the Apocalypse mainly out of his sheer hatred towards humanity. Unlike Charlie who was sheltered throughout most of her childhood, Lucious was exposed to the types of atrocities humanity could commit mainly due to being around his parents' line work; his father sentencing the worst of sinners to a terrible fate and his mother witnessing her descendants fall into darkness. As a result, Lucious grew to be a cold and emotionless figure, though this did not stop him from loving his family unconditionally.

When he was five, he first met his cousin Charlie who was ecstatic upon meeting him though he did not share her enthusiasm. Despite their stark contrast in personalities and differences, Lucious and Charlie developed an inseperable bond to where he even admits that Charlie may have been the first to bring out his inner child as he enjoyed playing with her and engaging in various shenanigans together. Lucious would also come to serve as Charlie's emotional support, often being someone she could vent to and would advise her in his own way. At that time they also met up and bonded with Jane Beelzé, the daughter of Beelzebub and Naamah, who together would become the future Satanic Triumvirate like their fathers.

Over the years, Lucious would protect Charlie from those that mock and insult her, retaliating in a brutal and violent manner, and it was not after Spooky Academy the two lost contact as Charlie was developing her plans of rehabilitating sinners. Like his father, Lucious is something of a legend amongst the denizens of Hell, particularly its sinners and commonfolk, as he is not very social and keeps to himself. His reputation, however, precedes him as he is known for his sadistic and cruel characteristics, willing to make anyone suffer a fate worse than death for so much as daring to cross him or his family.

## Trivia

* The name "**Lucious**" is latin for "Light".
* His theme song would be "You're Gonna Go Far, Kid" by The Offspring.
* Lucious used to be in a band during his college years. The members consisted of him and his two cousins Charlie and Jane where he was the lead singer.
* Lucious grew his hair out mainly after his mother commented on how good it looks on him and how much he resembles his father.
* It is revealed by Charlie that Lucious was once kidnapped as a child by other demons and held for ransom but the tables would always turn where the demons suffer a "fate worse than death" afterwards by his own hands.
* A running theme in the series is that Lucious attracts many female and male demons because of how handsome he appears but always ignores them.
* Eve states that Lucious killed his babysitters with the latter claiming he would only do so as a means to test his abilities.