Luca Bircher

### Family

Keynes Xervier (Boyfriend), Cain Seletar (Father), Burdette Seletar (Mother), Fosel Seletar (Older Brother), Potal Seletar (Older Brother), Harold Bircher (Adoptive Father), Emuna Bircher (Adoptive Father), Loralai Bircher (Adoptive Aunt), Walter Bircher (Adoptive Uncle), Robert Bircher (Adoptive Uncle), Leslie Bircher (Adoptive Aunt), Daisy Bircher (Adoptive Sister), Poppy Bircher (Adoptive Sister)

### Friends/Allies

Keynes Xervier, Idona Stonne, Tazia Florane, Regan Geraine, Genevieve Shelltair, Penny Petralla

## Physical Appearance

### Nationality

Yorellen

Youngest child of the Bircher family, a zombie with a weak immune system. Gets sick at the smell of meat.

## Relationships

### Harold Bircher

Luca was wary of Harold at first, untrusting of a scientist like his birth father. However after eavesdropping on an argument between him and Emuna, Luca was surprised to see the two make up and settle it quite calmly, realizing that Harold was nothing like Cain.

### Emuna Bircher

At first, Luca was raised by Emuna while he was in Leslie's body, confusing them both for his mother due to their similar appearances, referring to Leslie as mom out of habit. During a late night, Luca left his bed to get a drink, but was shocked to see Emuna's ghost. Expecting Luca not to recognize him outside of Leslie, Emuna was left in tears when Luca called him mom, excitedly rushing into the spirits arms for a hug. Emuna has always been Luca's go-to for problems and advice.

### Keynes Xervier

Once Luca's condition was stable enough to attend school he was transferred into A.G.D.'s Elementary Division, meeting Keynes during recess on his first day. While getting picked on by some other kids for his status as a human, Keynes and Idona stepped in to help him out. Although Luca was afraid of them, still getting used to being around non-humans, the two welcomed him into their friend group.

Luca was unaware of Keynes' crush on him for most of elementary, clueing into his feelings when catching a glimpse of the other's face while on stage to get his diploma. He struggled with the revelation in the beginning of high school, eventually coming to terms with his own feelings for the harpy. The two danced around, Luca afraid that perhaps he had actually misread Keynes and that confessing would ruin their friendship. Not long after meeting Tazia, Keynes surprised him by confessing his feelings, admitting he had been jealous of Tazia and fearful that Luca would prefer to be with another sort of human instead. Luca, momentarily ignored the second part of his confession and accepted it happily.

## History

Luca was raised until the age of six by his birth family, his father an infamous mad scientist known for his obsessive search for the key to immortality. As a child he was too young to understand what his father was doing while locked in the basement, nor why the strangers that went down there never came out. The day after Luca's sixth birthday, his father released a deadly virus into their town's water supply, poisoning himself and his family. Unaware of the chaos erupting outside, Luca snuck down into the basement to search for his mother, finding a zombified version of her feasting on his father's corpse. She attacked him, but he managed to escape and hide in a cupboard, the fresh bite wound already spreading the infection by the time help arrived on the scene. He was found by Harold and Leslie, who was possessed by Emuna, the two taking him into the mobile lab to attempt to slow down the spread, but were unable to stop it before it became incurable.