Luca Carington

**Luca Carington** is the current Elemental Master of Aether and one of the five main characters in the second generation of *Ninjago*, being as main protagonist of Ninjago Generation 2 film *LEGO Ninjago: Journey of Heroes* and the Christmas special *The Gift of Love.* After hearing of his father about the origins of Ninjago after its creation and the story of the six Ninja, Luca inherits the element of Aether after bonding with his pet dragon, Azrul. After the defeat of Prince Oberon, Luca becomes the leader of the B.L.A.N.K Ninja Squad, a group consist of the second generation ninja as the fourth generation of the Elemental Masters.

On the day of Christmas, Luca wants to celebrate the first Christmas in Ninjago City, when a holiday scammer forced people to ruin their Christmas spirits. Together with his new friends, Luca managed to find the henchman who behinds the tatic of Holiday Scamming. Lloyd told Luca about the precious stone called the Stone of Greed, who turns people into such greediness for their fortune, attempting to destroy Christmas and make something fortunate.

After the defeat of the Holiday Scammer, Luca finds a Lunanoid named Toki, who has the Moonstone. She told him and his friends about the Soul Hunters, attempting find the two Rings of Reincarnation to reawaken the Preeminent and all the wicked souls from the Departed Realm.

In the film, he is voiced by Zeno Robinson in his current age, while Erica Mendez voiced his younger form of Luca at the beginning of the movie. In the TV series, he is voiced by Adam Trask.

## Personality

At first, Luca wasn't know about the six former Ninja who protected the realm from evil. When he was moving to Ninjago City from his former home, Tonaro District, Luca was shy and nervous, even when Nina attempted to make a warm smile at Pankuno Bakery. He needs to adapt to making new friends and coping at Jade Crescent High School.

When he and Nina was first introduced to the three ninja, Lloyd, Jay and Zane, Luca realized that the three Ninja are actually from the six Elemental Guardians that his father told. However, he struggles with nightmares that the separation of the Ninja cause the darkness to plunge, with his arch-nemesis, Oberon.

After finding out that there are five locations based on each element, with Ninjago City being the element of Aether, Luca inherits his element after adopting his pet dragon, Azrul. He was very determined how to do Spinjitzu without assistance.

## Weapons and Abilities

### Abilities

* **Aether**: Luca gains the ability of Aether after bonding with his pet dragon, Azrul. He can manipulate and generate Aether Matter, just like Lloyd using his matter of energy.
	+ **Aether Combustion**: When Luca gains his true potential, he can create massive explosions enhanced by Aether Matter, which leads to Oberon's defeat.
	+ **Vacuum Immunity**: If concentrating, Luca is able to be survive in the vacuum of space, as seen when he went to the Moon with the Squad.
* **Intelligence**: Luca is a student who have gained knowledge during his school days. He helps Nina to brush up on her homework.
* **Computing**: Luca is more prone of his skills with computers, and have excellent coding and ICT techniques.

### Weapons

* Cosmic Sword: Luca uses his Cosmic Sword as his primary weapon. Previously, it was a normal Chinese sword until Luca gained his elemental powers. The sword will glow purple due to its active elemental energy.
* **Toy Katanas**: Luca uses a toy katana while pretending to become a Ninja when he was young age.

## LEGO.com Description

### Meet Luca, the brightest student

*Luca was a fan of the Ninja of Ninjago, since his young age and moves to Ninjago City with his father after he was admitted into Jade Crescent High School. He was once a nervous student, but he made new friends in Ninjago City and other areas around Ninjago as well, forming into a new generation of the Ninja. He has the power of Aether to control the universe and the other elements. Being a Ninja, Luca shows his true wisdom from his Ninja Master, Lloyd and able to learn the true power of Friendship with his friends and his pet dragon, Azrul.*

## Appearances

### Sets (those are NOT real)

* 72003 Jade Crescent High School
* 72004 Pankuno Bakery
* 72006 Hangar Bay
* 72008 Nina's Cloud Turbo Assault
* 72010 Aether Dragon
* 72013 Hydro Bounty Supreme (scuba gear)
* 72014 Attack on Merlopia
* 72015 Nega Dragon Battle
* 72016 Luca (Spinjitzu Rookie)
* 72021 Luca's Cosmic Space Car EVO
* 72024 Cosmic Bounty
* 72027 Moon Castle Breakout
* 72028 Battle of the Queen of the Cursed

### Ninjago: Blank of Ages

#### Season 1: Forgotten Souls

* 1. "A Moon Girl Has Arrived"
* 2a. "Too Uncool for School"
* 2b. "Love is a True Virtue"

### Ninjago Magazine

* 1. The New Generation!
* 2. How You Know About the New Ninja?
* 3. The First Mission!
* 4. Holly Jolly Secrets!
* 5. Over the Moon!
* 6. Unlikely Ally?

## Etymology

Luca is derived from the Latin name, Lucas, meaning "**bringer of light**."

## Behind the Scenes

* Zeno Robinson, Luca's movie voice actor, is best known voicing Heatblast and Alan Albright from *Ben 10*, Goh from *Pokémon: Journeys*, Hawks in the English dub of *My Hero Academia*, Hunter from *The Owl House* and Remy Remington from *Big City Greens* and Nino Lahiffe and Max Kanté from *Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir*, starting from Season 4 onwards. In the TV series, Adam Trask also voiced Plundar from the original series.
* He has the same hairpiece from *Harry Potter* from the *LEGO Harry Potter Series*, previously used by Gene in G1 Ninjago.
* He is originally named as William during the pre-production, but when the movie was revealed, William was changed to Luca, most likely shared the same letter as Lloyd.
* His character was inspired by Guren Nash/Bravenwolf from *Tenkai Knights* (another show on Cartoon Network) and Laval from *LEGO Legends of Chima* storyline. The two characters have a father who knows about the legend of such fictional worlds, and persuade his sons to become one.

## Trivia

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* Luca is the first character to appear in the series, alongside his father and mother.
* He and Nina are the only two ninja of the B.L.A.N.K. Ninja Squad to not have the same element as the original Ninja.
* According to the character bio on Journey to Mastery webpage, his birthday falls on March 12 and his star sign is Pisces, similar to Kai.
* His hobbies that he enjoy was reading, researching on the internet, studying and doing Math drills.
* His favorite subjects are Mathematics, Geography and Computer Science.
* Luca is the second ninja other than Lloyd who has achieved the rank of Sensei/Master.
* The relationship between Luca and Oberon is similar to the relationship between Lloyd and Garmadon, as both are arch-nemesis.
* His favorite food was omurice and disliked eating blue cheese.
* He is the second character to have a pet dragon. The first is Vania with her pet, Chompy.
* There is a possible theory that Luca have his love interest to Nina, even though both lived in the city.