Lucine

Lucine, the Fanatical, was a scholar cast out for heresy as she claimed in the public eye that siding with Abzulor was the only way to amend the damage caused by the Arklight. After being cast out, she searched for the lost mage Falthis, and became an extremely devout zealot of the grand unmaker.

## Lore

### Background

A gifted scholar in her own right, Lucine joined the Arcanist Conclave at a young age. She delved into the inner workings of magic, being a notable figurehead in discussions on the emergence school of magic.

When the Arklight shattered, and many scrambled to find solutions to the new catastrophic status quo, Lucine's mind led her down a rather unorthodox route. The unmaking of the universe was irreversible, and for everything to fix itself: it would have to be torn down to its very base elements and nature would take its course. Much like slash and burn agriculture, the foundation of her logic was predicated on allowing things to naturally restore themselves back to peak conditions. And such a feat couldn't be accomplished with Abzulor himself, to tear down the very walls holding this grand design up.

Her research suggesting that Abzulor is the remedy to the damage of the Arklight was immediately met with backlash and accusations of delusion and insanity. Despite her adamant nature on the subject matter, she was stripped of her titles and cast out of academia for not just turning to, but actively pushing for the usage of such forbidden power.

Despite this, Lucine never had her belief in this waiver for a second. This pushed her even further into research about the world code, the grand design itself, and Abzulor. Eventually, she found the notes of a long forgotten mage known as Falthis, whom had gotten lost hundreds of years ago researching this very topic. Setting off, she eventually made her way to set of ruins in the surrounding islands of New Risto.

Channelling powers through a sample of Abzulor's energies she had contained, she connected to the long-lost mage. He communicated to the fanatical mage and whispered to her the things he had seen across his time. Awe struck, she was further driven to pursue the prospect that Abzulor was their remedy, and begged Falthis to present himself in front of her so they could carry the administrator's grandiose spectacle out. Ripping through the fabric of existence, Falthis then presented himself in front of her.

The absolute elation Lucine felt upon witnessing him in person was nothing short of ecstatic. Falthis blessed her with some of his corrupted flesh, telling her that this would help her connect to the divine creature. She went to put the sample away for further research, but Falthis stopped her. Confused, she looked at him. "Eat it", Falthis echoed into her head, "you cannot truly be blessed with the powers of the grand unmaker if you do not commit your own mortal visage." Immediately, she took a bite of a portion, swallowing the corruption in whole. She felt energies surged through her, as her potentia crackled, becoming erratic and violent. All this was too much for the ambitious mage, and she collapsed.

When she came too, her arm had been transfigured, resembling that of the flesh she had just consumed. Then off they set, to convert others into their folly. To enlighten them on the saviour of all the sadness and madness going on in the world. To convert them to the faith of the one true god.

### Recent Events

Recently, as Falthis and **Lucine** expanded the spread of their cult, their desire for power turned to alternate realities and the other Abzulor corrupted across timelines. One of these such corrupted laid in a far-off reality, where the Arklight's effects ran rampant yet subtle on the surface. From this corrupted reality, they summoned Mizrii to help aid their cause as a wild card to add to their deck.

## Personality

Lucine is driven by her pursuit of knowledge, being extremely self-motivated. This sense of self-motivation means she once she sets her mind on something, she always intends of getting to her goal: no matter how many people she has to go through for it. Not necessarily in a condescending manner, but more her hyper fixated on achieving her goals. A rather stubborn character too, she often backs out or simply refuses to do things that she doesn't want to do, and as such can come off as childish.

Lucine has a rather bubbly personality to go along with all this, always with a wide grin on her face. She carries herself with a rather optimistic demeanour most of the time, often extremely jovial despite the circumstance: evident even when she was removed from the Arcanist Conclave for preaching heresy, she continued to hold her head up high and smiling. Not really holding resentment for her former institution after being cast out: she simply took it as an opportunity to do what she wanted.

## Trivia

* Lucine comes the biblical name Luc relating to Lucifer and the fall from grace, echoing her story of falling from her presitigious role in magic academia to a cultist member.
	+ It also refers to that of the light bringing, strengthening her connection to the Arklight.

## Development Notes

* Lucine was initially conceptualized as a girl called Labyrinth whose powers were more directed to actually navigating the world inbetween the walls.
	+ However this was scrapped in order to tie her more to Falthis and provide a more solid foundation for this cult in the material plane.