Lucien la Dague

**Lucien la Dague** is a major character in Grand Lucy and mentioned in Deathboy 2000 (Story). He is a famous assassin, who works for the Sladen family, powerful, Olde aristocrats who are associated with the family of George "Bristor" von Victoria.

## History

### Early History

Lucien was born to another wealthy, noble family of Olde, though it is unknown exactly who. Because he showed early signs of Maching disease growing up, he was feared and his parents were unsure of what to do with him. When the Sladens offered protection in exchange for him, they accepted.

During his teen years, Lucien was trained in becoming an assassin and also underwent multiple cosmetic surgeries to make himself look like a vampire. His exact reasons for this are unknown, but they eventually contributed to his fame, because of his recognizable face. Some theorize it was an attempt at hiding the symptoms of his Maching disease.

### Volume I

In Volume I of *Grand Lucy*, Lucien is tasked by the Sladen family to travel on a cruise to Newmerica with Margaret Albert Sladen. While on board, he must protect her and also assassinate former assassin Daithi O'Murchada. During his time on the ship, he develops close friendships with two other passengers: Aleksei Grobovshchik, a violinist from Lot, and Amedee Anouilh, a kind hearted servant.

The night Lucien is supposed to kill Daithi, he is killed by someone else and a murder mystery ensues. The next night, Amedee is also murdered. After investigating, Lucien realizes Amedee's death was faked and he was an Agency Cat sent to kill Daithi and distract Lucien. Lucien is betrayed and also insulted and struggles to deal with the first failure in his career.

### Volume II

Lucien learns from the Sladen sisters that Amedee has been caught and imprisoned by Olde police. Knowing he has information on both the Sladens and the Agency, he will be tortured until he reveals the information or dies. The Sladens discover that the Agency is plotting to send someone to kill Amedee in his cell to avoid information about them being leaked, so they send Lucien to do it first.

Instead, Lucien rescues Amedee, wanting to question him and figure out how he could have been outsmarted. He nurses the hostile Amedee back to health and takes him with him on a mission to Lord Antquill's annual festival of debauchery, hoping to give Amedee the chance to prove his usefulness to the Sladens, so his life could be spared.

## Appearance

Lucien is a tall, muscular young man with pale skin and black hair. As a child, he had much darker skin, but due to his Maching disease, he has become increasingly pale over the years. He has red eyes with surgically altered pupils, reminiscent of a snake. He is handsome and carries himself with a confidence that makes him seem even more so. He wears his hair to his shoulders and occasionally ties it into a ponytail for formal events. He often wears formal, noble clothes and enjoys dark colors and deep shades of red and brown.

### Vampirism

Lucien has undergone multiple surgeries to appear as a vampire which include changing the color and iris of his eyes, scarification of a bite mark on his neck, implanted fangs, and tattoos of bats. Since he was a child, he has had a fascination with vampires, though he never shares what exactly made him undergo such a dramatic physical change. Many theorize it is a way to hide the other visible symptoms of his Maching disease, such as his pale skin and eye movements, while others see it as an attempt to blend in with the Sladens, who have been rumored to be vampires in popular culture as long as the family has been in the public sphere.

## Personality

Lucien is confident and self centered, and has little to no empathy for others. He is a sadist who enjoys inflicting pain and suffering on others and he is exceptionally talented at manipulating and charming people in order to get them in vulnerable positions. However, he has a reputation for sparing women and children. While this is not always true, Lucien does have a unique weakness for those he finds attractive. Lucien cannot kill someone he has feelings for, and he is well known to fall in love with anything that is remotely attractive. This often does not interfere with his job, however, because he is mostly tasked with killing older men.

Lucien is hypersexual and romantic and loves to flirt with people to get a reaction. Despite this, he is especially sensitive to making others uncomfortable and will kill those accused of sexual crimes without a second thought. He has no moral issues with most crimes, including murder, but believes rape to be one of the few lines he will not cross. This stems from his close relationship with his best friend Margaret, who is well known for her ruthlessness in killing those accused of sex crimes under the demand of her family name.

Lucien is extremely loyal. He would do anything to protect the Sladen family and would even sacrifice his own life for them without protest if it was demanded. He suffers from the opposite, however, in that once he despises someone, he can find no common ground to ever reconcile the relationship ever again.

### Maching Disease

Many of Lucien's personality traits stem from his advanced Maching disease, a disease which causes many mental and physical side effects, including thoughts of grandeur and a lack of empathy. Maching disease is rare in Olde, which makes Lucien stand out amongst his peers for his apathy towards human life and his need for unnaturally deep connections with others.