Lucius Selig

### Relatives

Jean Selig (Mother), Emerson Selig (Father), Piper Pastore (sister), Nicolae Pastore (brother-in-law), Lex Pastore (nephew), Morgan Pastore (niece)

## Physical description

### Eye color

Blue

**Lucius Selig** is one of the characters in *House of Eternal Return*. He is the brother of Piper Pastore and the son of Emerson Selig. Like his family, he has a connection to the Anomaly.

## History

When Lucius was 11, he wandered into Emerson's laboratory while he was resurrecting the family hamster, Nimsesku. Grabbing Nimsesku in the midst of the experiment, Lucius' consciousness was caused "to separate from his body and travel to other dimensions."

Unable to control his powers, Lucius would unexpectedly slip into trances. Emerson felt guilty and neglected to explain the experiment to his son, instead calling them "blackouts." Jean was his primary caregiver in this time. Piper and Lucius grew apart, especially as he got more attention than her due to his condition.

After neurological therapy was unsuccessful at curing his condition, Lucius was pulled out of 5th grade and lost contact with all his friends.  He was a shut-in until early adulthood, when he had an awakening. He traveled to Murok-Inoo, an entirely crystal planet, where he meet a sentient crystal who became his spirit guide. This spirit guide taught him how to control his powers and create new worlds. He founded the Power of Positive Mechanics, a self-help group focused on rejecting "negative thought patterns." As he gained influence and wealth, Positive Mechanics warped into a cult. Lucius used his powers for personal gain and almost destroyed his universe by fusing five different realities into Portals Bermuda. Hiding in his trailer, he moved dimensions frequently in fear of being caught by the Charter.

Lucius' boyfriend and personal assistant, Christian Garcia, eventually turned Lucius in after seeing what he had become. The Charter psychically attacked him, removing his ability to dimensionally travel. Positive Mechanics was given to Christian, and Lucius was sent back to his childhood home in Mendocino. He remained unemployed, continuing to annoy his family by making messes and eating their food. He encouraged Lex to use Emerson's notes and Transducer to give him his powers back. This failed, and caused Lex to fade into Fog Space. Nicolae kicked Lucius out of the house after finding out that he was responsible, and told him to never come back or contact his family. Despite this, Piper made him come back to help retrieve Lex on March 17, 2016.

## Trivia

* Lucius' "essential movies" include *The Master*, *Donnie Darko*, *Interstellar*, *Escape to Witch Mountain*, *The Wicker Man*, *Groundhog Day*, *Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home*, *Primer*, and *Airborne*.
* His favorite color is lavender.
* His favorite animal is Nimsesku.
* Lucius's blood type is AB+ and his blood pH is 7.4.
* He tends to sneeze in multiples of three.
* His Charter index number is [e]2AF916.
* Lucius considers saving money to be a "negative thought pattern" that prepares for failure.
* He often Googles himself and Power of Positive Mechanics.
* He has an Instagram account, but it's unknown if it's official or fan-made.
* He used to have a website at powerofpositivemechanics.com, although it's currently inactive.

## References

1. ↑ "Biography: Lucius Selig"
2. ↑ "Lucius Selig: His family"
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 "Potentially Useful Information: Lucius Selig"
4. ↑ "Piper's Diary"
5. ↑ "Lucius Selig's Long Lost List of Essential Movies" *Meow Wolf*. April 3, 2020.
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Essential Information: Lucius Selig"
7. ↑ "Lucius' Likely Daily Routine"