Lucien Costigan

## Basic info

**Lucien** **Costigan** is the head prophet and creator of the **Ravenholt**. Lucien has show to have great power being the **chosen** of **RIlifane**. He seems to be connected to ravens throughout the world. He holds himself in a very calm presence and speaks only when he has something to say.

## Lucien Costigan

### Relatives

Danteli Costigan (father deceased)
Grey (Son)

Ruben (Son)

### Affiliation

Durin Ungretti (The Angel)Rilifane (The Fractled demon)

## Appearances

### Portrayed by

God

**Lucien Costigan** is the closest thing the world has to a demon on earth, I almost believe even the concept of the boogeyman was based on him. Just writing his name feels like a call to death which could be the reason I’m writing his name. It would be a fitting end for me to fight him again. I doubt he would kill me. He’s a twisted sick form of sentimental like that.

Lucien Costigan was born near the time of the ascension of **Tharzindun** to a noble family in the kingdom of **Eruthen**. During this time **Eruthen** was still somewhat respectable and up right. He had high education and a sociable upbringing with plenty of other high class children and adults to talk to. He never told anyone how it started, at least no one I ever had the displeasure of talking to, but something changed in him.

He started seeing shadows change and warp. Claws and hands reaching out to people through the darkness, he started having nightmares almost every night seeing people being taken by a mysterious creature. Every time he had a nightmare a few days after the people he knew would have died in some random way. One slipped going down the stairs, one stabbed to death in the streets, One man Lucien's teacher hanged himself.

I believe Lucien was a compassionate kid, he sometimes would show signs of that if a member died he was fond of but something had to have corrupted him. He said he didn't feel sad for any of them growing up, he said it was their destiny, their destination, who am I to keep them from home. I don't know how honest he's being, his mind is somewhat twisted.

Either way one night a year or two after these visions started he saw the creature standing behind his father unmoving. It just stared at the young adult impatiently as if it was waiting. Whatever this power was it never spoke, never even offered understanding, yet Lucien said he was confident in what he had to do.

The death of **Danteli Costigan** is still considered a mystery and is chalked up in constable reports as strangely occult. The autopsy log says the father's eyes were missing in such a clean way it would be impossible to say if they were there at all. Despite his cold lifeless condition his chest moved up and down as if he was breathing though they found him still without a pulse. His breath was sickly warm and without rhythm. There is no clear way of death and the victim's internal blood was dry and didn't seem to even have the chance to spill out of his body. The only evidence they had was the raven symbol which seemed to be carefully carved into his back, again seemingly without blood spill. The whole event was chalked up to political assassination.

Lucien costigan felt power flow through him and the nightmares continued in the same manner as more and more unexplained assassinations took place none of which could be traced to Lucien. After a year of this Lucien, now an up in coming political figure in his own right, felt the sudden urge to make others worship this figure in the dark he had seemingly promised his life to.

## Rise of the church

### Growth in Erathus

First starting in the underbelly of **Eruthen** Lucien Costigan started to tell poor impoverished people his teachings of what he called the raven. He would say everyone has a certain death and some are selected to ferry those lucky individuals to their homes as guides. He was incredibly charismatic stemming from his notably high-classed childhood. He has a way of speaking where everything he says seems to come off as suave and understanding, he never spoke with anger or extremities, he was always perfectly calm.

He also targeted the people without homes or the highest education, and poured his funding into the slums. He gave homes and family to those with nothing and when you're in that situation you’d do anything to keep that. Lucien knew this and used it to teach what he already knew, he understood it's a hard truth to adapt to, even harder to turn your life towards it. Slowly his church grew worshiping this figure and the power Lucien held grew stronger and he would show the people everything he learned. I heard stories growing up about the first time someone was brought back from the dead. This was one of the first necromantic spells ever on record.

Lucien had been visiting families in need, bringing food and cans while continuing to spread his gospel. It's almost funny to think someone who committed so many atrocities would be so kind to a special few. I guess he is more just misguided and twisted than evil. I assume he’s sadistic because I've seen him take such passion in his work but he always seems so sad when people die if he wasn't the one to ferry them into the cold end.

Anyways i'm rambling, Lucien visited one of the lower class families who had a very sick young boy. He had been coughing blood a few days prior and during lucien's stay the boy finally coughed a little too hard and fell. The family gathered round the boy and kneeled down all around, the mother cried while the father comforted her. Lucien's tears joined the mothers and slowly they turned an inky black as slowly fog filled his eyes.

A shadowy pair of raven wings appeared behind him as dark veins spread across his face. He almost imperceptibly whispered “let not this one be guided” . The boy floated above the floor as the family watched on in awe. Then the boy fell against the floor and awoke suddenly no longer sick. The church grew faster after that and so did the bodies of the people disappearing, some of which even were members of the church, demonstrating one final act of faith.

Lucien's signature cane came to be one day after sacrificing five castle guards that were caught investigating one of his small underground worship halls. He had sacrificed them to his god but their service wasn't done and surprising Lucien the bodies moved after he had stripped them of soul and they began to shake and snap. Slowly blood came pouring out and centering themselves in the center of the room creating a small black cane. While this was proof he was doing the correct thing in his eyes, to the king it was an act of war.

### After Eruthen

You guys know from some stories that Lucien moved is gosple to the woods in far **arcane jungle.**

The **butchers** was made.

The **angel** was made.

## Ecreatio Treasures

### The Ravenhilt

"The sword was creepy to say the least. The straight blade twisted in ways that I was sure would leave near unhealable stab wounds. There were no 90 degree angles, Just triangular polygonal planes. The blade itself appeared to be made of a dark steel that was Slightly reddish in color. At first I thought it was rusted but as the strange man got closer I saw that that was just the color of the metal.

The hilt was marble white and appeared to be made of bone, aside from the fact that no bone had this many planes and angles. It appeared to be shaped from some sort of femur bone which flared at the ends,

The pommel had a reddish black crystal embedded where the kneecap would be. The whole sword seemed to emit a sense of heavy foreboding depression, and pain. I felt my body be called to it, as if I longed for the sword to go through my chest. The strange man lifted it with ease despite how unwieldy the whole sword seemed. " - ***Curse of understanding***

### The Cane

"Lucien's signature cane came to be one day after sacrificing five castle guards that were caught investigating one of his small underground worship halls. He had sacrificed them to his god but their service wasn't done and surprising Lucien the bodies moved after he had stripped them of soul and they began to shake and snap. Slowly blood came pouring out and centering themselves in the center of the room creating a small black cane. "