Luca

Luca is the first OC created by SkeletonHearts during the Undertale AU Era and has become a main-stay, acting as both a main character in several stories and canons and also serving as the main avatar for SkeletonHearts online profiles.

## Creation Process

Luca was created during the Undertale AU Era, and was the first of a small handful of characters that appeared during that time. Luca was originally meant to serve as an 'AU Sans' and was set to be the Sans stand-in for 'Lucario!Tale' however, after SkeletonHearts became disillusioned by the Undertale AU community Luca's lore was completely stripped of any Undertale material. In addition, material pertaining to Pokemon such as moves or Pokeballs were stripped away with time as well. As with the majority of Lucario characters made by SkeletonHearts, they only share the design of Pokemon yet do not utilize any of the lore.

Luca was once identified as male, and had a much more 'cutesy' and 'kawaii' personality, however an additional character, Fem!Luca, was soon introduced and began to supersede the 'canon' Luca in many aspects. Soon enough Fem!Luca in all aspects became the new canon version of Luca, and the prior version was re-contextualized as Luca's younger brother, Luka.

Luca's first canon appearance was in Purgatory, where she was characterized as an alcoholic, hyper-sexual, absent mother. Of course this ended up making Luca more unlikable then intended, so her negative traits were severely walked-back, with the exception of her absentness in Lua's life, as her newly-introduced 'post death amnesia' gave cause for her to be less attached to her daughter due to memory loss. This serves a pivotal role in both Luca and Lua's character arcs, and is resolved by the end of the Purgatory storyline.

## Appearance

Luca is a species known as a 'Skelecario' which are skelefied version of the Pokemon, Lucario. As such Luca has grey and white body, the white sections usually being represented as spongey cartilage, while the grey sections are shown to be fur. Luca sports two large eye sockets with green floating pupils within them. These pupils are able to become smaller or larger, and in some instances disappear completely, leaving two empty eye sockets. Luca has two white ears with grey accents, and four appendages on the back of her head that are akin to dreadlocks or long hair. She has a floating, boney tail that is separated into three segments; a base, a middle, and a triangular bone at the end.

Luca's wardrobe is almost always a neon green hoodie with a thick black zipper, and a pair of gray sweatpants. While Luca is rarely seen in alternate outfits, she does have dedicated apparel for seasons, holidays, and certain environments such as the beach.

## Personality

Luca's peesonality shifts considerably during her character arc, and as such her personality is dependent on the stage of her life.

Currently, Luca can be described as a social butterfly, always wanting to meet new peolle and make new friends and experiences. She is always looking for the best qualities in people, and tries to look past initial impressions, as she herself used to be quite unlikable before her character arc took place.

Luca loves the nightlife, often dressing nice and going to resteraunts with her friends, dabbling in activities such as karaoke and strolls around the city. Luca also has a strong fondness for plants, keeping a personal garden on the top of her apartment building.

Despote her extrovertedness Luca can still be quite absent-minded and lazy. One night she could want to take all of her friends to a big dinner, and the other she simply just wants to take her hoodie off and watch TV. However she does her best to not let her spouts of low-energy exclude her from an adventure.

## Lore

### Life

Luca was born in New York during the Prohibition Era, living a childhood of poverty with her parents Lukara and Lukoro. Lukara and Lukoro were very attentive parents, but unfortunately had very little luck getting work, often having to resort to offering 'favors' to inclined patrons. This illegal activity eventually allowed Luca's family to fall into the hands of one of New York's major crime families, ran by Koro's father who's identity is at this point unknown. Luca and Koro grew up as childhood friends before Koro inherited his father's criminal empire. Koro, pining for Luca's affection and in-need of a singer for the club that operated as a front for his gang's criminal practices, decided to hire Luca.

As it would turn out, Luca was a very talented singer. With both her beauty and voice she managed to make Koro's club a very popular destination for New York's underground families. As time passed Luca began to reciprocate Koro's feelings and the two married, having a child together named Lua. However, this had all been a ploy by Koro. Koro shared no true feelings for Luca, and was only interested in what she could do for his finances. Koro desired to have a child with Luca so he could groom said child to be the ultimate, unthinking, obedient singer for his club, expecting the child to share Luca's singing capabilities once she was of age.

Luca, weak from the birthing process, had no chance of fighting back as Koro arranged for her to be put onto a ship belonging to a human trafficking ring. However, through sheer will Luca managed to gain enough strength to disable the ship's crew and steer it back to the United States. Luca proceeded to go on a cross-country journey searching for Koro and Lua's whereabouts. Several times she would of been stopped by goons and mercenaries sent by Koro, including his right hand man, Ross. Ross was in-charge of the instrumentals of Koro's club, so he had naturally grown close to Luca due to working so closely together. However Ross had a mission, and tried to stop Luca's approach whenever he was ordered to.

However, as Luca's long journey neared it's conclusion, finally finding Koro's new base of operations, Ross had a change of heart. Unexpectedly, he aided Luca's advance through the compound before she was finally able to confront Koro. Despite Koro's attempts to gun-down Luca, she managed to evade his fire and nearly beat him to death. The police were notified, and Koro, Ross, and all of the members of his organization were soon apprehended. Koro was put on death-row, however Ross was able to narily avoid the same fate due to Luca's testimony and plead for lenience.

After the whole ordeal, Luca and her daughter Lua abandoned New York City and moved to upper-Ohio, settling down in a small town away from their turbulent past. However, it was not meant to be. A freak fire-accident occurred and caused Luca & Lua (Lua now being an adult) to be killed within their own home, with Luca specifically having her head crushed by falling debris, which would prove to have drastic effects in her afterlife. It is rumored that this fire was indirectly caused by Koro, communicating with whatever men he still has contact with on the outside.

### Purgatory

When Luca and Lua died, they were sent to Purgatory in order to purify them of any baggage before being reborn. However, due to Luca's head being crushed when she died, she contracted Post-Death Amnesia. She completely forgot anything pertaining to her living life, including her daughter Lua. This caused a significant strain between Luca & Lua's relationship, which continued for the majority of the Purgatory storyline. This significantly slowed down, if not outright stopping, the purification process.

During her stay in Purgatory, Luca met a small man-eating plant named Poppy, which quickly garnered her affection. Despite his aggressive, feral nature, Luca took Poppy in as a pet, acting as a sort of replacement for Lua. This only served to drive Luca and Lua apart even more.

Luca and Lua proceeded to spend the next 99 years in Purgatory, in a small house alongside Syrana, Null, and Poppy. Eventually however, a being known as Vizzy sprang up from their toilet and alerted them that beings that spend more than 100 years in Purgatory will never be able to leave. In a panic, the gang followed Vizzy's instructions to go to the four corners of Purgatory and preform specific tasks in order to gain the attention of Souless, so they may have a chance of convincing her to allow their exit from Purgatory.

However, before their long journey, a familiar face arrived. Koro, who died on death-row, suddenly appeared in Purgatory. Luca and Lua had no memory of his deeds in life, due to Luca's amnesia and Lua being too young at the time. However, Syrana and Null had their suspicions of Koro but nonetheless allowed him to stay and aid their quest to escape Purgatory. Koro, still recalling the defeat he suffered at the hands of Luca, used this opportunity to get close to her once again, with the intent of killing her when the opportunity struck. However, for reasons unknown, Koro was sent to Purgatory with full documentation of his crimes, police reports being wedged into the lining of his tuxedo.

During routine chores, Syrana found these documents while doing laundry. Syrana brought these papers to the others attention, however Koro quickly caught onto this fact and made his escape, disappearing before anyone could confront him. Reading these documents have Luca an example of what she was like in life, her bravery and determination to save her daughter. While this did not restore Luca's memories, it did cause her to re-evaluate how she has treated Lua and others, and from that day on she strove to do better, to be closer to the person she once was.

After Vizzy's tasks were completed, she betrayed the gang and captured Souless, absorbing her power and transforming into Chaos Vizzy. However this transformation caused Purgatory to completley collapse, thankfully due to Lora's quick thinking, the opportunity for escape appeared. However, as everyone was rushing to exit the collapsing dimension, Koro appeared out of nowhere and began assaulting Luca. The two fought hand-to-hand on a small, collapsing island, slowly being consumed by the Black Sea. Koro managed to get the best of Luca, nearly knocking her off as she grasped onto the edge. Koro, after monologuing about how she is worthless without him, intended to kick Luca off of edge. However, right as he was about to, Poppy appeared and chomped off his leg, sending him reeling in pain before falling off the island, sinking into the Black Sea while yelling about his disdain for Luca and co.

Luca was able to escape back to the living world with everybody, now with a greater appreciation for her daughter, and her friends.

### Nitro City

Due to Nitro City serving as the bridge between Purgatory and Last Wish, no major world-altering events occur and it mainly serves the purpose of lore building and introducing new concepts and characters.

Luca's time in Nitro City was nothing massive, however this time does coincide with the death of Poppy. Poppy, being a plant from Purgatory, had a very difficult time adjusting to the new atmosphere, and soon began to wither away. This effected Luca greatly, while Poppy's role as a replacement for Lua in Purgatory was short-lived, that did not mean Lua didn't love and care for Poppy deeply still, even with her relationship with Lua restored.

In addition, while Luca and Lua were on positive terms once again, there were growing pains. Luca and Lua still had trouble connecting to one another, however they did their best to manage for eachother.

After the implosion of Purgatory, the cycle of Life and Death went completely askew. While many still die naturally, some people would return to earth as skeletons or ghosts. One of these people was Ross, who died but returned as a skeleton. He had long since been let out of jail on parol for good behavior, and started a massive rap-career as he could finally express his true passion. During one of his concerts he saw Luca in the crowd, quickly running up to greet her. However, her memories were still missing and she had no recollection of Ross.

However, after Ross explained their past together, the two became fast friends. However, after many meet-ups, the two began to garner feelings for each other. The two soon married, making Ross Lua's new step father, much to Lua's chagrin.

### Last Wish

The events of Last Wish involve Koro, somehow surviving the implosion of Purgatory, absorbing the remnants of Souless and Vizzy's power, and breaking out of the husk of Purgatory. In addition, he soon absorbs Lunua, the god of the expanded multiverse. This allows Koro to gain complete control of every world, renaming himself 'Rewrite'.

Luca, Lua, Null, and Syrana do their best to stop Rewrite, traveling to many different worlds with the help of Lora and the Enjoyers. Years of this multi-dimensional war caused many casualties, however the conclusion of the battle saw Luca and co. victorious.

However, since they indirectly caused all of this by escaping from Purgatory early and not allowing themselves to be purified, Lunua tells them that they must be reborn. However, due to their love for eachother, and their actions saving the universe, Lunua offers them a deal.

Everytime they are reborn, no matter the time or place, the four will always find eachother. No matter what lives the live, or the people they become, every life will have the four finding eachother. So, as the four fade away to nothing but raw wireframe, they embrace. Knowing sooner or later, they will be together again.

## Appearances

Luca appears in the following SkeletonHearts material:

* Purgatory
* Nitro City
* Last Wish
* Pokemon: Nitro Version
* Nitrocant
* After Nitrocant
* A Day in Purgatory

### AUs

* Thiccy Cheese (Plastic Dog, Lucangle, Jack-O-Lucangle, Luca the Lucky Lugnut, Withered Luca)
* Broken Dreams (Forgotten!Luca, Blocked!LucaV2, Blocked!LucaV3)
* Infected!AU (Infected!Luca)
* Steampunk!AU (Steapunk!Luca)
* Fell!AU (Fell!Luca)
* Winter!AU (Winter!Luca)
* Fire!AU (Fire!Luca, Magma!Luca)
* Horror!AU (Horror!Luca, Nightmare!Luca)
* Swap!AU (Swap!Luca)
* Outer!AU (Outer!Luca)
* Sky!AU (Cloud!Luca)
* Paper!AU (Paper!Luca)
* Zombie!AU (Zombie!Luca)
* Gijinka!AU (Gijinka!Luca)
* Shift!AU (Sy!Luca, Diana!Luca, Luca!Echo, Luca!Lua)
* Mental!AU (Mental!Luca)
* Desert!AU (Desert!Luca)
* Prehistoric!AU (Prehistoric!Luca)
* Ocean!AU (Ocean!Luca)
* Halloween!AU (Limbo!Luca)
* Pirate!AU (Pirate!Luca)
* Mafia!AU (Mafia!Luca)
* Silenced!AU (Silenced!Luca)
* Purgalgamatation!AU (Good0, LuAca, The Red Skeleton)
* Gamer!AU (Gamer!Luca)
* Network!AU (Windows!Luca)
* Toy!AU (Toy!Luca)
* Doodle!AU (Doodle!Luca)
* Bad Ending!AU (Nulled!Syrana)
* BATIM!AU (Luca the Silly Skeleton, BATIM!Luca)
* Undertale!AU (Sans!Luca)
* Deltarune!AU (Rouxls Lukaard)
* SCP!AU (SCP!Luca)