Lucia Lin

**Lucia Lin** is a character in *Final Fantasy VII The First Soldier*. She is featured in both the opening movie and the game proper, acting as the player's commanding officer and offering feedback during the tutorial. Shortly after the announcement of *The First Soldier* shutting down, players received a graduation notice. It stated that Lucia had recommended the player be promoted to SOLDIER, and would subsequently be assigned to the top-secret mission "FIRST SOLDIER Operation" alongside Glenn Lodbrok and Matt Winsord.

In the opening movie, during a scene taking place 21 years prior to *Final Fantasy VII Remake*, Lucia and her fellow military operatives Glenn Lodbrok and Matt Winsord are engaged in combat. Lucia covers Glenn and Matt as they escape a monster and head towards a helicopter. In a later scene, the three ride in a helicopter, bump fists, and jump out together.

## History

### Early Life

Not much is known about Lucia's early life, other than at some point she was picked to be a part of Shinra's elite SOLDIER operatives. She met Glenn and Matt during training, and soon became responsible for keeping them out of trouble.

As their friendship grew, she and Matt developed a mutual working relationship while Glenn took more of a teasing roll, frequently waking her up by claiming they were under attack, much to his amusement and her chagrin. She earned the nickname "Marksqueen" due to her skill with firearms and became quite possessive over her sniper rifle "The Queen", getting annoyed when people, such as Glenn, tried to touch it.

At some point during or after training, she, Glenn, and Matt were assigned to SOLDIER: P0 Class.

### Rhadore Incident

Lucia acted as Advisory Officer of a 3-SOLDIER team, alongside her friends Glenn and Matt. In [ μ ] – εγλ 1992, they were dispatched on a secret mission to the Rhadore Archipelago, under the guise of acting as a survey unit for Shinra, checking the main island of the Archipelago for Mako reactor suitability.

As the helicopter the group travelled in arrived at the archipelago, a sudden explosion tore the cockpit clean off, causing a crash landing. While Lucia and Glenn remained close to the crash site, Matt was thrown a considerable distance from the crash.

Lucia was woken up by Glenn, and after being confronted by the strange local monsters, they changed into survival gear and began a search for Matt, who found them wandering the forest not long afterward. After reuniting and giving Matt a fresh set of clothes, the three discussed where they are, proposing that they had crashed on one of the smaller islands in the archipelago.

After travelling the island for a while, the three were attacked by a large swarm of vicious beasts, and found themselves quickly cornered by the onslaught. As they planned their next move, a strange dog appeared on a rocky outcropping nearby, helping to drive the creatures away from the SOLDIERs. The dog's owner, a mysterious boy in Rhadore attire, identified the dog as Refu, and took the group to an orchard where a fruit that drives away the creatures could be found. While the group attempted to use their cover story, the boy saw through it and asked directly what their purpose was.

## Characteristics

### Appearance

Lucia is a young woman with a lean and toned build. She has dark hair cut in a short and clean style, and light brown eyes. She wears her SOLDIER uniform neatly, and dresses in a stylish and trendy fashion outside of that. She seems to have a similar build to other known female SOLDIER operatives.

### Personality

Serious to the point of fault, and sometimes exasperated by her comrade Glenn's teasing, Lucia is a model operative. Not that it stops her from playing along with Glenn's jokes occasionally, but she's usually the first to call a halt to his playing when matters get serious. In battle, she doesn't care for much other than the fight, putting aside questions and concerns to be dealt with after victory.

Lucia seems quite contemplative for a SOLDIER. She is shown to consider the situation of being a disposable unit for Shinra in morbid, yet understated, terms. Although she cares for her squad, she is businesslike when she believes them to be dead, and is fast to move on.

Lucia seems to like animals, being the first to greet Refu and scolding Glenn when he suggests using the dog as bait for the monsters. She is later seen fussing the dog's head while discussing their purpose on the archipelago with his owner.

### Abilities

Lucia seems to have incredible skill with long-range weapons, showing her marksmanship abilities with her personal rifle, the Queen. She is able to unleash a carefully placed Queen's Shot as a limit break, dealing massive amounts of damage to an enemy. In her second limit break, Cerulean Raven, she sits on the ground and charges one large blast from her rifle.

## Etymology

Lucia is both a feminine given name and a surname. Comes from the Latin word *Lux* (Light). It is the feminine form of the Roman praenomen Lucius.

## Timeline Inconsistencies

The original timeline's Lucia placed her as a member of SOLDIER approximately 20-30 years before the events of Final Fantasy VII and Remake, however in the Ever Crisis beta she is shown the same age, despite the beta confirming itself to take place only 15 years prior, in [ μ ] – εγλ 1992.