Luna

> *Then it must be a promise you could not fulfill for the one you truly loved... And so your heart hold on to it, up until now*
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> ーLuna to Gladius, *Echo of a Memory*

**Luna** is a supporting character of *The Crystal of Light* series. She is simply known as *"the girl who told stories"*. She appeared out of the blue and narrated old tales and legends to children. She claims to be a traveling storyteller, but her true origins were never clearly known.

## Background

She is a Manikin, an experiment conducted by Augustus, who is greatly captivated by the mystery of life divided by body and soul. She is an artificial body meant to prove his scientific hypotheses. Initially not having any soul to contain, she doesn't have any other distinct features and appears like a blank doll.

When Lumina arrived and joined into the Conclave, she secretly volunteered her own self as subject to this experiment with plans of her own. Her soul was split in two, her mind stayed behind her body and her heart, containing all her deepest memories, was put into the Manikin, making it its vessel. As a result, Lumina lost all her past memories and completely diverged from her original self, continuing as Niro.

## Appearance

Luna's appearance has been commonly described by others to be somewhat similar to a porcelain doll. She has fair skin, her face framed by her white locks, usually combed over her left shoulder. Her eyes as deep as the blue sea. She usually wears a white dress, so delicate it moves along with her with grace, and the blue pendant she wears always seemed to glimmer under the moonlight.

This appearance is generally affected by Lumina's strongest memory, Lucian. During her last moments, her appearance changed to her own last and strongest memory, Niro.

## Personality

Being a vessel of Lumina's heart, her personality greatly depended on it until it developed its own. She always spoke in such a manner, she sounded full of wisdom. She usually hums a melody she came up on her own, often regarded as someone sweet and quick-witted. Although she usually acted under orders, she developed an ability to decide her own choices, as seen on how she openly discussed her own thoughts to Gladius. When Niro kept seeing her as her own person, rather than a part of her own self, she started to become one and in the end, she decided that she'd like to *"lend this life for a friend"* and hoped for their *"happy ending".*

## Mechanics

She has the gift known as the ***Foreseeing Eyes*** that enables her to see the future. This made her capable of evading attacks perfectly and be an unbeatable in a game of chess. She isn't really optimized for combat for she is rather given the role of a spy and becoming the eye of the Conclave.

She also has the ***Lingering Touch*** that enables her to see the past. She mostly uses it on her own, exploring Lumina's heart and her true emotions. She also used it on Gladius, eventually discovering the true nature of the world and decided to create a plan of her own.

Having the ability to see what comes ahead is truly something powerful, and so it comes with a price. How far she looks into it depends on how much lifespan depletes. Having an artificial body, this did not seem to become a problem at the beginning. However, when she started to form a mind of her own, the gift demands its exchange and eventually her own soul perished in the end as she looked far into the Niro's future, where she finally found her true happiness.

## Etymology, Symbolism, and Trivia

* *"Luna"* is an Italian, Spanish and Romanian given name of Latin origin meaning *Moon*. It reflects on her motif to the moon. It is also Lumina's nickname, which was given and adored by Lucian himself.
* The moon reflects the light of the sun, which is often the motif related to Niro who is her counterpart. The moon also appears "to follow one's steps" since it is very far away, symbolically reflecting on how Luna followed Gladius and Niro's journey from somewhere very far away.
* Her concept and design were greatly inspired by Kingdom Hearts' Xion and Naminé respectively.