Luna Rose (Echo)

*This article is about the original vessel for the Moon Soul; for other uses of “Luna Rose”, see Luna Rose (Disambiguation).*

**Luna Kesaph Rose**, also known as **Echo**, was an important actor in the Coalescence and the first vessel of the Moon Soul. She is one of four people (the others being Ruby Rose, Lieri Branwen, and Salem) known to have been present in every single iteration of the Coalescence.

## History

### Prior to the Coalescence

#### Origins

Echo’s home timeline is unknown, but the events that occurred within it are as follows:

In some Deviation from the Prime Timeline, Salem was defeated, but did not die, even following the deaths of the Gods. In despair, she asked Jinn if there was any way for her to end her suffering; in reply, Jinn informed her that she could never truly die, but if an escape from her torment was what she wished, she could seek the Great Tree and be reborn.

Hearing this, Salem travelled to the Ever After and committed herself to the Tree. During this process, the Tree was forced to remove her soul and replace it with some of its own energies, forming the Moon Soul. Subsequently, she was reborn as a young girl of about age 5 with no memory of her life prior to that. Finding her way through the door to Remnant, the girl emerged into the forest in Patch, where she was attacked by several Grimm. Shortly thereafter, she was saved by Ruby Rose, who took the girl in upon learning she had nowhere to go.

#### Life with Ruby

Choosing to adopt the girl as her daughter, Ruby named her Luna Kesaph Rose. Luna then spent her early years in Patch as a fairly regular, well-loved girl, with Ruby having decided to settle down to raise her for the time being. During this time, unbeknownst to her, Ruby also discovered Luna's origin after a conversation with Oscar Pine; wisely, Ruby did not tell her. Shortly thereafter, for her 11th birthday, Ruby gifted her the Hecatian Dial, a pocket watch that later became essential to the use of her Semblance.

When Luna was about 13, Ruby’s wanderlust got the better of her, and Luna was given the choice of either staying with her grandfather Taiyang or travelling with Ruby to learn the ways of a Huntress. Opting for the latter, Luna spent the next four years as a nomad alongside Ruby. During this time, she unlocked her Aura and built her own weapon, a halberd inspired by Ruby’s Crescent Rose. She also discovered her Semblance, Preserve, shortly after her 15th birthday.

At 17, Luna decided to enrol into Beacon Academy to become a licensed Huntress. There, she met the other members of her Team LGHT, of which she was the leader: Topaz Arc, Ghira Belladonna, and her partner, Heuin Ren. Shortly thereafter, the Coalescence began.

### During Coalescence

#### Union of Souls

During the events of Union of Souls, Luna is the captain of the team responsible for the defence of Meridian. She, along with the other members of LGHT, fall into the leadership role quite naturally, and prior to Wren Branwen's betrayal, is a well-respected figure in the city. After being driven out by public scorn and backlash, she grows depressed and angry, and is ultimately forced into a losing battle with Salem, after which Lieri forces the first reset of the Coalescence.

#### Wayward Souls

Luna will appear as a supporting character in Wayward Souls as Lieri attempts to prevent the events of CL-1 from repeating. She is eventually cornered by Salem, forcing another reset.

#### Instrumentum Fati

Luna is a minor character in Instrumentum Fati.

#### The Golden Boy

Luna will serve as the deuteragonist of The Golden Boy, wherein she will meet and befriend the eponymous Harea Arc. Throughout the story, the two will establish a solid friendship, eventually evolving into a close partnership and love.

#### Luna

Luna will serve as the protagonist of the novella of the same name, which will detail the events in the 5086th Coalescence that ultimately lead to her losing the Moon Soul.

#### Life with Lieri

After losing the Moon Soul, Luna was replaced as its vessel by Luna Allawn Rose, leaving her without a proper "place" in her home timeline to be returned to when the 5086th Coalescence was dissolved. She was then shunted to the edge of logical space, landing her by chance in Lieri Branwen's home timeline of RG-931. Retaining her memories of the Coalescence, she went into a catatonic state of shock, and was subsequently cared for by Lieri for several years until the Coalescence reoccurred.

Each time the Coalescence dissolved thereafter, Luna retain her memories of all of the Coalescences since the 5086th. By the time of CL-5092, she is known to have regained her faculties and begun regarding Lieri as a mother figure; by CL-5101, she was referring to herself as **Baishen Branwen**, a name given to her by Lieri in order to distance herself from Luna Allawn Rose. By CL-5124 at the latest, she had given birth to a daughter with Harea.

However, over time, without a soul, her memory and consciousness began to degrade. Lieri noted that "some time around CL-9000", she began to totally lack sapience, and would remain that way until the events of CL-11943.

#### Once Upon a Time

Luna is a minor character in Once Upon a Time. During its events, the degradation of her memory and consciousness is noted, leading to the first instance of her being referred to as **Hamaya** ("Blank").

#### Misaligned Fates

Hamaya appeared by chance near the end of Act 1 when Harea and Luna went to the local Huntsman job board to find work. Initially spooked by her strange appearance, the duo retreated; Hamaya later followed Harea to the Arc-Fall home on instinct, appearing in his room late one night while he was asleep. Shortly thereafter, after speaking with Harea for a short while, she regained some of her former consciousness--then, after viewing some of her memories stored within the Hecatian Dial, recovered her sapience entirely. With a promise to explain everything to Harea later, she left with Lieri, who had appeared on other business.

Hamaya next appeared as an employee at a maid café in downtown Vale calling herself **Echo Rose**. After a brief meeting with Mauve Arc and a much less brief meeting with Harea, it was revealed that she was Harea's former lover and fiancée in at least one prior iteration of the Coalescence. She explained how the endless cycle had worn her sense of self and will to live down, expressing frustration, anger, resentment, and grief over her friends and loved ones forgetting her every cycle. Even Ruby and Heuin, who she had previously been closest to, did not recall her at all, as Luna Allawn had taken her place. When Harea offered to introduce her to everyone and explain everything, she refused, saying that "she didn't want to go through all that again".

Echo remained on the sidelines for most of the second act, appearing only occasionally to assist the cast when Grimm threatened to overrun Vale, though she did maintain a tenuous romantic relationship with Harea. After a chance meeting with Luna Allawn and Carmine Nikos-Rose, she was forced to confront her feelings about her past, and agreed to assist the cast in defeating Salem. She ultimately partnered with Luna to put an end to Salem in the third act, and their combined efforts led to Salem's death. However, the process necessitated her own death as well, and in the end, her body dissolved, though Ruby stated her personal belief that the smoke left behind resembled the smoke given off when burning leaves of the Great Tree. The events that followed led to a three-way split in the timeline:

* The first branch, in which Luna used the Moon Soul to wish for a world unaffected by the conflict with Salem, led to the 11944th Coalescence and the events of Cycle of Rebirth.
* The second branch, and the only one in which Echo survived, led to the creation of the Ephemera, in which she was used to germinate a sapling of the Great Tree called the Ephemeran Tree.
* The third branch, considered to be the "correct" branch, in which the Moon Soul vacated Luna's body, led to the creation of CL-11945

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 Coalescence and the events of Spirits Unbound.

#### Cycle of Rebirth

During Cycle of Rebirth, Echo was a somewhat minor character, with the absence of a battle against Salem leading to no real reason for her to fight--notably, however, she appeared as herself and not Hamaya. By the end of Cycle of Rebirth, Echo was married to Harea; her ultimate fate is unknown.

#### Remnant: Ephemera

When the Ephemera first began, Echo agreed to use the paradox that sustained her existence to serve as a replacement for the Ephemera's lack of Concept; this, in combination with the Ephemeran Tree, made for a stabilizing effect that allowed the Ephemera to continue existing. However, she became totally unresponsive after uniting with the Tree, and Crema Arc later likened it to a form of death. It is theorised that following the collapse of the Ephemera due to her death in the third branch, she simply ceased to exist.

#### Spirits Unbound

In Spirits Unbound, Echo's death remains a primary developmental factor for many members of the main cast.

## Personality

Echo was typically cheerful, outgoing, and often headstrong, in comparison to Luna Allawn's more reserved demeanour. She had no problem asserting herself when necessary, and was shown to be overall very good with people. She was shown to have a high tendency to hold grudges, as well as an intense dislike for anyone who broke their promises.

## Weapons, Powers, and Abilities

* **Preserve:** Echo’s Semblance, the ability to extend the present moment into infinity. It is shared with all incarnations of herself bar Salem. For more information, see the page on Luna Allawn Rose.
* **Grimmguard:** A set of spiked rings whose main function in combat was to serve as a set of claws. Echo wore them on her left hand and mainly used them for parrying blows and fending off close attackers.
* **Wilted Rose:** A one-handed sickle with a spring-loaded chain in the hilt, allowing it to be used as a combination of a rope dart and a grappling hook.
* **Persevere:** A straight, single-edged blade forged for Echo by Lieri as a reminder that she was loved. Resembles a katana somewhat. It has since been passed down to Luna Allawn.
* **True Magic:** Though how skilled she might have been is ultimately unknown, Echo’s existence as a part of Remnant’s initial humanity implies that she may have been a great mage like Salem herself, given the chance.
* **Mistress of Grimm:** Also like Salem, Echo had the capability of creating, controlling, and commanding Grimm, as well as the ability to sense negativity like a Grimm would. Her skill in this was largely negligible compared to Salem, but still notable in most other circumstances.