Lucius Mortius

Alpha One Shadow Council

 Known for his large wealth as well as the scandals that surround his company, **Lucius** **Mortius** is the CEO and Chairman of Mortius Industries, one of Alpha One’s largest weapons manufacturers. He succeeded his father who perished along with his mother in a brutal terrorist attack during Lucius’s thirteenth birthday. Known to be quite charismatic as well as charming, he is quite popular amongst the younger generation, seen as a sign of what a young but determined individual can accomplish. However little is known about him before the days in which he came to power, with many rumours circulating about his private life. A major protagonist in Bonespore, he is first appears in Book 1 where he joins Althaiez Academy with his assiant Morgana Wittford.

## Background

Lucius was born to Albert Mortius and Aelrindel Mortius. Growing up in Rainol and Alpha One, he had a pleasant, carefree childhood, enjoying the life of the only child of a successful CEO. While his mother worked as a highly recognised chef, she would always make time to spend with her son, while his father always brought and fetched him from school. From an early age, Lucius rapidly formed a strong bond with his attendant Guillaume, whom he considered as an uncle. Lucius attended a small private school, where teachers constantly pushed him to develop his academic skills. After the age of ten, his father would often bring him to work, introducing him to the world of business and thus placing him as his de-facto heir. Overall, his early life was happy and joyful, with a seemingly bright future as the head of a growing corporation well within grasp.

## Abilities

#### Combat

The product of his ingenuity and natural affinity for technology, Lucius employs the use of his Exosuit, a device capable of being stored in a suitcase, he can envelop his whole body in it, and is durable enough without magical enhancement to withstand shots from small caliber bullets. Exclusive to his own Spiritual Idiosyncrasy, it is a device that, by standards of modern technology, would be impossible to sustain, due to its heavy need of energy that could not exist within such a small frame. As such, with a constant supply of magical energy from Lucius and combined with some spare batteries, he is able to sustain it indefinitely. In the event that a form of magical disruption were to be applied to it, then it would switch to the batteries, and if the batteries were to be disabled, then he would shift it to relying on his own magical energy. Should both of them be disabled somehow, then the suit would be obsolete.

Lucius's primary weapon is a plasma sword by the name of Blackedge, a blade crafted by his affinity for technology, it is a sword that possesses the capability of retracting and extending its blade outwards with the press of a button. The name of the sword coming from its titular black color, it has a angular pommel, and a regular hand guard. In addition to this, he also wields a shield called the ST-3, a module that had he had integrated into his exosuit.

As a result of Guillaume's training as a child, Lucius can be considered somewhat adept in swordsmanship, though due to his lack of consistent focus and dedication, falters in behind when faced up against someone who can truly be considered a master.

#### Idiosyncrasy

The true manifestation of his identity and individual as a individual of science and magic alike, his unique ability manifests in the form of 'Trinity of Logic' a ability with the capacity of altering the environment and world without the need for magic energy. It takes the form of a digital interface on his gauntlet, in which he must physically choose one of three 'aspects' to select. Reloading at intervals of six seconds, upon the completion of a trio of aspects, he unleashes a devastating ability, more similar to that of a force of nature then magic. With those aspects consisting of force, electric, and fire, he gains a total of eight different possibilities. As a weakness however, should he be unable to access the digital interface on his gauntlet, then his ability would remain unusable.