Lucius

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Lucius ルシアス Lucius
Lucius
Age	Unknown
Gender	Male
Eye color	Light turquoise
Hair color	Blue and light blue
Hometown	Unknown
Region	Unknown
Relatives	Rystal (wife) Leila (daughter) Diana (granddaughter) Lucca (great-granddaughter) Alex (great-grandson-in-law) Liko (great-great-granddaughter)
Animated series	Pokémon Horizons: The Series
Debut	The Ancient Poké Ball
English voice actor	Unknown
Japanese voice actor	Daisuke Namikawa
Member of	Explorers (formerly)
Rank	Co-founder

Lucius (Japanese: ルシアス Lucius), also known as the Ancient Adventurer (Japanese: いにしえの冒険者 Ancient Adventurer), is a recurring character in Pokémon Horizons: The Series. He was a Pokémon Trainer from 100 years ago and one of the Explorers' founders. His legends were also the main reason Roy became a Trainer himself. Additionally, Lucius and his wife Rystal are Liko's great-great-grandparents.

In animation

History

Pre-series

Lucius, Gibeon, and Rystal, the original Explorers

100 years prior to the events of the series, Lucius discovered the existences of a mysterious Pokémon paradise named Laqua in fairytales, with that motivation, Lucius decided to go on a journey to find it alongside his black Rayquaza. As theorized by Briar and Friede in HZ071, Lucius at some point gained a copy of the Scarlet Book, which led him to learn about Terapagos. One day, Lucius noticed a women named Rystal carrying a Pokémon being chased by thieves, as he arrived in time to save them. Seeing that Rystal had a Terapagos, Lucius became excited to meet it in person. Lucius was then joined by Rystal as she expressed her desire to travel with him, which he accepted. During their journey, Lucius and Rystal met all kinds of Pokémon, five of them even joined the duo on their mission to find Laqua. Alongside Rayquaza, they became known as the Six Heroes. One of them was a Kleavor in Hisui, Lucius saved it from a group of angry villagers and during the encounter, his Lapras was injured by the Kleavor. Despite this, Kleavor joined Lucius, who decided to set off on the journey again alongside Rystal. At some point, Lucius also asked Arboliva to look for something currently unknown.

Lucius remaining in Laqua after it is sealed by Terapagos

Eventually, Lucius and Rystal fell in love and got married. While looking for leads on Laqua, Rystal and Lucius meet a man named Gibeon, as he joined them on their journey thanks to their shared interest in Laqua. Later, they co-founded the group known as the Explorers. However, little did Lucius know, Rystal became pregnant with their child. Together, they traveled through various regions until they found Laqua. The three admird the beautiful paradise and they saw various Legendary Pokémon leaving peacefully there. Wondering how such a prosperous environment was created, they explored further in and discovered some pink crystals known as Laquium, which stimulated the growth of the plants around it, so much actually that it started devastating the land. Lucius and Rystal decided to leave Laqua, worried that the crystal's power could negatively influence them. However, Gibeon disagreed and started using his Zygarde to dig the crystals out, fascinated by their powers, but the crystals started to expand and spread pink mist around, causing many wild Pokémon to go feral, and the plant life to grow out of control and wither simultaneously. Fearing they might bring the destruction of the world, Lucius called to his Six Heroes to stop it and even Gibeon's Zygarde tried to help, only to have 40% of its cells destroyed. Gibeon fell into a crack created by the crystals, but Lucius and Rystal refused to give up: Terapagos absorbed the mist and changed into its Stellar Form and, alongside the Six Heroes, stop the crystals' expansion with a barrier, but Lucius remained trapped inside it. Fortunately, Rystal was able to escape and raise their daughter on her own, but Lucius would never get to meet her.

Many years later, Leila's daughter Diana found a briefcase in her home's attic as a young girl, inside it she found the dormant Pagogo and Lucius's old diary. The text in the diary motivated her to travel on her own journey to find out if these stories were real, unaware that the writer was her grandfather. At some point in her journey, Diana also found Lucius's belt.

Pokémon Horizons: The Series

The still unnamed Ancient Adventurer was first mentioned by Roy when describing his feats to Liko in The Treasure After the Storm!. Lucius briefly appeared again in a fantasy in The Ancient Poké Ball when Roy told his grandfather about his dreams.

A real vision of Lucius was first shown in The Future I Choose, just after the Rising Volt Tacklers helped restore a forest that had been destroyed by a wildfire, the Pokémon in Liko's pendant came to life. With Arboliva's assistance, the Pokémon showed Liko and Roy a vision of the past where Lucius asked Arboliva to look for something. Later, Liko and Roy read a book by Liko's father that told the history of Lucius's adventures, based on stories told by Liko's grandmother Diana.

Lucius's diary and belt

Lucius appeared again in a vision for Liko, Roy, and Friede in Fiery Galarian Moltres. This time, the mysterious adventurer was seen talking to Moltres about achieving Laqua. In the next episode, Diana revealed that she found a diary in her childhood with memories of Lucius's adventures. She also revealed that Laqua is the name of the paradise that Lucius was looking for and that at some point Terapagos was with Lucius on this journey.

In Rivals in the Dark of Night!, Liko read Lucius' memories where he left a message inspiring people to live in harmony with Pokémon while together seeking a better future. Diana also revealed the identity of Lucius' remaining Pokémon that were lost around the world; Lapras, Kleavor, and Entei. In Terapagos's Adventure, Diana showed Liko a photograph of Lucius. She also took advantage and gave her Lucius' belt where he carried his former companions' Poké Ball. Lucius appeared in a fantasy in HZ057 alongside Terapagos while Raifort told Liko and her friends the story of Laqua.

In HZ071, Liko showed Briar the work written by Lucius in his diary, which led the group to go to the shore of the Crystal Pool with Terapagos to try to find the spirit of the Legendary Trainer, but they did not have any answers at that time, which made them decide to meet again when Briar had more answers.

In HZ074, Lucius appeared in a fantasy. After reuniting with Diana, the Rising Volt Tacklers discovered some details about Lucius's life and his relationship with the Explorers. Later, Liko and Diana discovered that they had blood ties to the legendary adventurer.

Character

Although much of Lucius is based on legend and myth, his deeds have resonated for years, this meant that the stories of Lucius's deeds inspired several Trainers, such as Roy and Diana. He's also shown to be really adventurous, travelling to many different regions with the goal of reaching the Laqua paradise. During the flashbacks in which he was seen, it was shown that Lucius has a deep connection with all of his Pokémon.

As revealed in HZ075, Lucius was a founding member of the Explorers alongside his allies Rystal and Gibeon. During the flashback in HZ073, Lucius has shown to be compassionate, protecting and freeing a Kleavor from angered villagers who had just capture for terrorizing their village. Even when the Kleavor tried attacking him after being freed, scarring his Lapras in the process, Lucius still offered it a chance to join them in their journey to Laqua.

Lucius is shown to be selfless and self sacrificing, as he chose to stay behind on Laqua to keep the Laquium crystals in check, regardless of his own safety.

Pokémon

Lucius and his Pokémon, the Six Heroes

100 years ago, Lucius traveled alongside six Pokémon that he encountered through the various regions he traveled to during his journey. Collectively, they were known as the Six Heroes, and each of them had a specific purpose. After an explosion created by the Laquium crystals in Laqua, Lucius's Poké Balls have been scattered around the world while he was kept trapped within the paradise.

Lucius kept all his Pokémon in Ancient Poké Balls.

This listing is of Lucius's known Pokémon in Pokémon Horizons: The Series:

Roaming the world

Rayquaza

With Liko

Arboliva	Moltres	Lapras
Kleavor

Status unknown

Entei

Voice actors

Language		Voice actor
Japanese		浪川大輔 Daisuke Namikawa
Italian		Andrea Oldani
Portuguese	Brazil	Nano Max
Portuguese	Portugal	Ivo Bastos
Latin American Spanish		Alan Fernando Velázquez
Thai		ภุชงค์ ชาลีกุล

Gallery

Artwork


Lucius expression sheet

In the manga

Lucius in Pocket Monsters