Luke

**Luke James Anderson** (born September 27, 1967, age 56), also known as **Lucario** and **Luka Obić**, or just simply known as **Luke**, is the main character of *Luke and Kyu*. He likes travelling to different places all across Winnipeg. Luke also loves to workout and is a fan of all sorts of rock bands, such as Nirvana, the Beatles, the Ramones, the Rolling Stones and many more. He likes to call Mimikyu a “ghost freak sheet” which is a replacement for whatever swear word you can think of.

## Biography

Luke James Anderson was born on September 27, 1967 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. His father Leonard Anderson (April 23, 1941 – March 16, 1998) was a lawyer who worked as a town councillor for the Elmwood area of Winnipeg from 1978 to 1989. Prior to becoming a lawyer, Leonard wanted to become an actor but couldn’t get accepted into the University of Manitoba in the 1960s. Luke's mother Millicent Anderson (née Obic; November 11, 1943 – April 15, 2020) was a nurse who fled Yugoslavia (present day Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Serbia, Slovenia, Montenegro and North Macedonia) with her parents and seven siblings when she was less than two years old, just a couple months before World War II ended, in which her father served in. He has one older brother, Liam (1964–2020) and three younger siblings, Lisa (born 1969), Logan (born 1972) and Laura (born 1974). When Luke was a week old, his maternal grandfather Nikolai Obic, died of a heart attack at age 59, just two years after his son Nikolai Obic Jr. died of a self inflicted gunshot wound to the head. Luke had several cousins, including Katharine, which can explain why Luke was so fond of his Bosnian heritage. He studied at Mennonite Brethren Collegiate Institute, a grade 6 to 12 private school located on 173 Talbot Ave., graduating in 1985. Luke studied at the University of Winnipeg and received a Bachelor’s degree in 1991 and from there, he worked as a support worker at Community Venture on 324 Logan Ave. until 1995, when Luke moved after getting married the year before. From 1995 to 1999, Luke worked as a cashier at McDonald’s over on Goulet St. in Central St. Boniface. He quit in 1999 after he got hired at Norshel over on Nairn Ave. Luke worked there for eighteen years until leaving in 2017 on his 50th birthday. From 2004 to 2018, Luke lived in an apartment over on Munroe Ave. past Louelda St. and he enjoyed it there until Luke moved to Garden City in 2018 because his contract had expired and sometime in 2021, once the COVID-19 pandemic reached near its end, Luke had plans to move into a house over in the Fort Garry area so that he doesn’t have a long drive to work, in which, Luke works as a staff at DASCH, Inc. since the beginning of 2020, but left in March due to COVID-19. However, he came back in August before he left on October 9. Since 2023, Luke’s son Travis, lives with his father all because he has nowhere to live with his daughter Jessica.

### Family and Yugoslavia trip

Luke Anderson and Cassidy McLeod first met each other in September 1989 when she was in her third year at the University of Winnipeg (he was in his fifth year). She asked him if she wanted to go out on a date with him. Luke accepted Cassie’s date. The two went out on November 6, 1989. They started a relationship thereafter. On March 17, 1991, the two became engaged. In April, just two months before his graduation and the country’s demolish, Luke went to Yugoslavia by himself. Cassie wished Luke the best of luck on his trip. From there, Luke met his great-uncle James Mulvey and his son Volodymyr over in Velika Kladuša. He returned to Winnipeg on May 19. On March 18, 1992, a year after their engagement, Luke and Cassie got married. Together, they had one son and two daughters, Travis (born 1994), Cynthia (born 1996) and Melissa (born 1999). In 2000, Luke and Cassie separated, but their divorce wasn’t finalized until 2003. On March 16, 1998, Leonard Anderson died of a heart attack, aged 56, four years after his grandson Travis was born, two years after his granddaughter Cynthia was born and two weeks after he was placed on life support after suffering a previous heart attack. In May 2000, Luke went out to a nightclub with his cousin Marcus Petrović for a couple of drinks. A week later, Marcus was diagnosed with leukaemia. He died from the disease on December 19, 2001. Around the same time Marcus got leukaemia, Luke and Cassie separated. Their divorce was finalized on March 17, 2003, a month after Jakov Obic died. From there, Luke lived in various places, including where he lived with his siblings and mother. After they had enough of him, Luke got himself an apartment in 2004. He lived quietly on Munroe Ave. Four months later, he was in debt. Luke thought about killing himself, but decided to go to Club Regent Casino. When he came out, he had $10,000. Luke was feeling better that he was able to pay off his debts. Around 2009, Luke decided to book a two week trip to Ukraine. From there, he met James Mulvey once again. Mulvey was so surprised to see his great-nephew once again. On February 2, 2020, three days before his 56th birthday, Liam died of coronary thrombosis. On April 15 of that same year, Millicent died of COVID-19 at her retirement home, aged 76. In March 2022, it was confirmed that Luke was in a relationship with a woman named Cassandra Kuchener (née Muranaka; born 1974), who works as a barista at Starbucks. Her son, Steven Kuchener (born 1998) is an RRC graduate of 2022 and he works as a mechanic over at Mr. Lube.

## Trivia

* His parents named their second son for two reasons:
	+ To follow the first name starts with L, which started with his great-grandfather Larry Anderson (1894–1971), who was born in Oxford.
	+ His parents were religious (Leonard and Millicent Anderson were both Christians) and they liked the Gospel of Luke. So as a result, Luke was named after Saint Luke.
* Luke's middle name is James because he was named after his great-uncle James Mulvey, whom the two first met each other in 1991 before Yugoslavia was destroyed.
* Luke is the first of his five siblings to have children.
	+ He is also the first of his five siblings to have grandchildren.
* Luke's favourite football (soccer) team is Croatia because his mother was a big fan of them.
* He also has been to New York City thrice; first time in 2008 by himself, the second time with his daughters in 2022 and the third time in 2023 with Kole Prescott and his aunt Susan Prescott.
	+ He also took a trip to Ukraine in 2009 to see his great-uncle for the second time since 1991 when Luke took a trip to Yugoslavia before the country was demolished.
* Luke spent over $20,000 on his daughters despite losing custody to them back in 2003. $10,000 of that cash was on braces since braces cost roughly about $5,000. The other $10,000 included two pairs of Birkenstock sandals and Dr. Martens Boots (bossy father)
	+ He also said that money was when he was at Club Regent Casino after being in debt for five months in 2005.
* Luke doesn't like the taste of Tim Hortons' products because they give him a vomiting feeling in his stomach.
	+ He also doesn't like Dunkin' Donuts, Tim Hortons' rival from the United States.
		- Unsurprisingly, he has no problem having Starbucks' coffee and tea because he can consume their products without having a tummyache.
* He learned Croatian when he was two years old.
* Luke has learned recently that he has started to like Camaros because his father drove one and that can also explain why Leonard still has his from 1968 despite being deceased for over 20 years.
	+ His license plate is HRT 927.
* Luke hasn't drank a soda since 1984.
* In 1995, Luke bought himself a pair of Dr. Martens boots that he only wore once on his 31st birthday on September 27, 1998, during a nightclub.
* Luke considers 2020 his least favourite year because he lost both his brother and mother almost three months apart.
* Luke has not drank alcohol since his maternal cousin Marcus Petrović got leukaemia a week after the two got drunk.

## Quotes

> “Sometimes that ghost freak sheet likes to…” – Luke’s famous catchphrase
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> "Hrvatska ujedini se!" – Luke cheering for Croatia's football team
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## Gallery

Luke and his cousin Marcus Petrovic in 2000.Luke with blonde hair in 1992.Luke in 1993.
## References

1. ↑ Luke's Interview
2. ↑ HRT is Croatia's radio station while 927 are the month and day Luke was born.