Lucia

"People of Crimea... Behold a true queen! YOUR queen! Long live Queen Elincia!"

- Lucia's last words before she was to be hanged.

Lucia (ルキノ, Luchino in the Japanese version) is the young Lady descended from Count Delbray's house, and is the older sister of Geoffrey. She is Elincia's milk sister and her closest friend from their youth together. She is also often the subject of long rambling love declarations from Bastian who seems to be smitten with her. Lucia is an outstanding swordswoman, and is constantly challenged by duty and formality. Lucia commands the Royal Guards alongside her younger brother Geoffrey and also sets up a clandestine network of spies to monitor activity inside of Crimea.

Personality
Lucia is a very beautiful and attractive woman, thus lots of people yearn her and most particularly Bastian. She is calm, wise, rational, courteous and quite capable person. Lucia holds absolute loyalty to Elincia, and will danger her own life for her. She is also noted as a good cook.

In the Path of Radiance Japanese version, you can find out that she smells good. In the Radiant Dawn Japanese version, you can find out that she very much likes to eat sweet things.

Appearance
It is noteworthy that during the courses of both Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn, there is never a frame or a screen where both of Lucia's eyes are clearly visible, her blue hair is draped over either side of her face and even her in-game conversation sprite merely reveals one eye depending upon which way she is facing.

In Path of Radiance and for her first appearance in Radiant Dawn before her imprisonment, her elegant hair was very long and straight. After her capture, her hair is roughly shoulder-length.

Path of Radiance
When the Crimea was defeated in the war, Lucia was led Geoffey, Bastian and other crimean retainers lurking in their countries continue to fight with the Daein.

Lucia first appears in Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance's 23rd Chapter as reinforcements representing the last of Crimea's then-current loyal retainers during the Mad King's War at the opposite side of the Great Bridge that the Crimean Liberation Army attempts to cross.

Radiant Dawn


She is playable as the central character in Part 2 of Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn involving an infiltration chapter before she is captured by Duke Ludveck's rebels upon confirming her suspicions that the Duke was plotting to overthrow Elincia from dissatisfaction over her transient peaceful rule and pacifistical choices regarding the news over the emancipation of Daein and Prince Pelleas's coronation to King. They eventually intend to execute her in public eye outside of Fort Alpea in order to undermine the young Queen, but she is subsequently rescued by the Greil Mercenaries as they make their return.

After the last battle, if she has a level A support with Bastian, they will begin to have casual affairs but never marry.

Recruitment

 * Chapter 24: Automatically from Turn 2

Base Stats
|Swordmaster |Earth |12 |36 |15 |12 |21 |23 |16 |16 |8 |8 |8 |7 |Sword - A |Parity |Silver Sword Laguzguard Vulnerary

Growth Rates
|70% |50% |30% |70% |65% |50% |40% |30%

Bond support

 * Elincia:10%
 * Geoffrey:5%

Support Conversations
See Lucia/supports

Defeated quote
Lucia: I will not die... I must not cause the lady Elincia any more grief... I must not! Live... No matter the pain... I will live! (Lucia dies)

Radiant Dawn
Lucia is actually a pretty good unit if you train her quickly with the skill paragon. She and Mia have pretty even stats if you train her correctly

Recruitment

 * Part 2: Chapter 2: Automatically from Base, only available in Chapter 2.
 * Part 3: Endgame: Automatically from Start, is not available.
 * Part 4: Chapter 2: Automatically from Base, available in Chapter 2, 5 and Endgame.

Base Stats
|Swordmaster |Earth |14 |38 |18 |10 |27 |27 |19 |14 |15 |8 |8 |7 |Sword - A |Parity Critical +10 Shove |Silver Sword Wind Edge Iron Sword

Growth Rates
|50% |25% |20% |70% |60% |30% |15% |50%

Bond support

 * Elincia:10%
 * Geoffrey:5%

Defeated quote
Lucia: Ahh... It hurts... Elincia: ...Lucia! Pull back! Lucia: Elincia... I can still... Elincia: Retreat! Your queen commands you! Lucia: As you wish, my queen. (Lucia retreat)

Lucia: I... How? I can't... Nealuchi: L-Lady Lucia! It can't be! Lucia: Forget about me... Save yourselves! You have to tell...Queen Elincia... (Lucia die, Game over)
 * In Part 2: Chapter 2

Lucia: I...cannot die... Elincia... I cannot leave her to mourn... Geoffrey... Bas...ti...an... (Lucia die)
 * In Part 4: Endgame

Epilogue
Tireless Advisor (女王の姉妹, Queen's Sister in the Japanese version)

Where the queen went, Lucia followed. Their love was fabled to be stronger than even most blood sisters.


 * (A Support with Bastian)

First among the ministers to support her queen, Lucia never married. However, her affair with Count Bastian continues.

Trivia
On Part Two Chapter 2, Tides of Intrigue, when you use Lucia to clear out the entire chapter on easy mode(along with the bonus experience before the chapter) she can change class if you've successfully cleared the entire map with only her. When she does change class, her model as a trueblade will have her hair cut. And spawning from events of the game, her hair is not cut from this point. Which means that the developers did not create a model for Lucia as a trueblade with long hair. The reason is in the Japanese version, you can only use the Master Crown to change second-tier class, and the Master Crown, at least until Part 3, cannot be obtained. that means it is impossible let her class change on Part 2 in the Japanese version.

Etymology
'Lucia' is the feminine form of the name Lucius in Italian, German, and English; in the former language, it would be pronounced 'Lu-CHEE-ah' which correlates with her Japanese name 'Luchino,' a variation using a diminutive ending. The name means 'light.' In Christian tradition, Saint Lucia was a martyr from Syracuse in the 4th century whose eyes were gouged out. She is therefore the patron saint of the blind and had a strong following in medieval Europe. This may reference to why Lucia has her hair draped over one eye, while leaving the other revealed, and why she was very nearly sacrificed.

Gallery
Lucia