| “ | By rights, no living thing should ever be born without magic power. You are the world's 'flaw.' For the sake of a just future, flaws must be eliminated.
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— To Asta in The World's Savior and Its Flaw | ||
Lucius Zogratis 「ルシウス・ゾグラティス Rushiusu Zoguratisu」[2] is the eldest of the Zogratis siblings[3] and the host of the devil Astaroth.[4]
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Appearance[]
Lucius is a tall man with short, messy, black hair. One of his notable features is a dark-colored sun-like mark on the right side of his forehead.
Lucius wears a furry robe with dark-colored straps across his chest. Beneath the robe, he wears a pair of pants and dark-colored boots. A dark-colored fur cape and light-colored fur mantle are draped over all this and held at his neck by another dark-colored strap with a circle in the middle.
While growing up in the Spade Kingdom, Lucius is in a wheelchair and wears a shawl over a dark-colored, long-sleeved shirt.
Gallery[]
Personality[]
Lucius is a megalomaniacal man with a severe messiah complex, deeming himself the only person capable of ruling over humanity successfully. Despite this, Lucius is extremely intelligent and cunning, capable of long-term planning and manipulation, being able to fool the Clover Kingdom and his siblings at the same time for more than fifteen years, going completely under suspicion and playing a long game against them that hinged on the other parties responding the way he wants them to.[5][6]
He usually carries himself with aloofness and is almost never seen without a smug, mildly amused smile on his face, but never drops his guard against any potential threats against his plans and will arrange multiple counter-measures to delay their arrival[7], hinder their progress or eliminate them, as shown when he realized Yuno will pose a threat to his plans and promptly uses a clone created out from his Soul Magic to trick him into expending his expensive spells.[8] This sets him apart from several other similarly powerful devil hosts or devils such as Dante Zogratis or Lucifero, who mostly rely on their sheer brute strength to get things across and are so powerful and arrogant that they refuse to take potential threats seriously, allowing much weaker opponents to catch them off guard and take them out.
Despite his claims of wanting to build a peaceful, ideal world, Asta has pointed out that Lucius only forces his will over others instead of truly helping them. When confronted with this fact, Lucius refuses to see any fault with his methods and shamelessly shifts the blame to others. This callous response causes Yuno to realize that Lucius is a simply a person unable to stand when things aren't the way he wants them.
Biography[]
Lucius was born with two souls in his body—the other being Julius Novachrono. Among the rest of the Zogratis family, Lucius shows the best potential as a devil host and manages to become the host for Astaroth.[4] Due to Zenon's great potential, Lucius offers to turn his younger brother into a devil host as well, but Zenon turns down the offer. Years later, after the death of his friend, Zenon returns to his brother, wishing to become a devil host.[9] Lucius then explains his plan to use their devils' powers to remake humanity with undying bodies in order to create peace.[10]
At some point, Lucius travels to the Clover Kingdom, hides himself, and lets Julius Novachrono take over his body.
Several years later, after Lucifero's defeat, Damnatio Kira confronts Julius about discrepancies with Astaroth and Time Magic, at which point Lucius returns, takes over Julius' weak body, and incapacitates Damnatio. Adramelech then arrives with Lucifero's heart.[11]
Lucius later travels to the lowest level of the underworld and fights the other half of Lucifero. After being defeated, the King of Devils is in disbelief that he lost, and Lucius points out that humans are better. Lucius then extracts Lucifero's heart and consumes it.[12] Around this time, Lucius also takes control of the remaining devils in the underworld, including the highest-ranking devils.[13] In addition, Lucius collects his younger siblings and Moris Libardirt.[14]
A year and three months later, Lucius drops in on Asta after his special awards ceremony and declares that Asta has reached his final destination.[15] Lucius stops time for everyone in the tower and approaches Asta. When the Black Bull uses Anti Magic to free himself, Lucius retreats from the Anti Magic. He then introduces himself, claiming that Julius is dead and reveals that he has Gravity Magic after absorbing Lucifero. He also explains his plan to kill and recreate everyone and to rule over them all as the Final Wizard King; however, since Lucius had not foreseen a magicless person, he is intent on removing what he sees as a flaw. After uniting with Liebe and negating the Time Magic, freeing everyone else, Asta challenges Lucius.[16]
Lucius defeats Asta and Liebe.
As their fight carries them further into the city, Lucius tries various Time Magic spells, but they are all nullified by Anti Magic. Finding that his Soul Magic is also ineffective, Lucius shifts to using physical attacks amplified by Gravity Magic. Asta and Liebe, who faced this fighting style against Lucifero, quickly counter and negate Lucius's teleportation. Lucius then demonstrates his ability to purify devil power, transforming into something neither human nor devil. He also teleports and takes Lily hostage, holding his finger to the side of her head. After explaining how his Soul Magic works, Lucius transforms Lily into a Paladin, imparting the purified power of Beelzebub into her. While Asta is distracted by Lily's request for Asta to die, Lucius uses his hand to slash open Asta's chest.[17][13] Asta falls onto a rooftop and refuses to give up, but Lucius calls his bluff. Noelle Silva, Secre Swallowtail, and Mimosa Vermillion try to interfere, but Lily stops them and Lucius explains what he did to the nun, as well as his intention to rule as the Magic Great Emperor.[18] Once Lily teleports Asta away, Lucius celebrates the flaw's removal and announces that in seven days, judgment day will bring about a holy war to establish his world. As the Magic Knight Captains arrive, Lucius and Lily teleport away.[19]
Later, Lucius welcomes back Adramelech whom he sent to the Clover Kingdom's border to distract Yuno Grinberryall, the Golden Dawns, and the Black Bulls. Adramelech delivers the news that Yuno was able to defeat a large group of high-ranking devils in an instant. Lucius then states that in the thousands of futures that he foresaw, the only one in which the Magic Knights have an advantage lies with Yuno. Lucius declares that he will crush Yuno for the sake of world peace.[20]
A few days later, Lucius has connected his siblings to his throne, containing their bodies and grimoires in orbs made from intertwined branches sprouting from the throne's back. He calls Moris to him and, using his siblings' combined magic attributes, recreates the magic scholar's body, as well as altering his soul so the scholar would use his magic and research for Lucius's world peace. Afterwards, Lucius sends Lily, Heath Graice, and Yrul to stop a bad future that he has foreseen in the distant Hino Country.[21]
On Judgment Day, Lucius sends down a clone, along with the paladins Morgen Faust, Acier Silva, and Moris and the host of Guardian Angels, to the Clover Kingdom's Noble Realm, where the Magic Knights have gathered and guard the country's citizens.[22] He also sends the paladin Damnatio to the Witches' Forest in order to stop them from summoning back Asta.[23] The clone and Morgen confront Yami Sukehiro, Charlotte Roselei, William Vangeance, Jack the Ripper, and Yuno. After Morgen fatally wounds Jack,[22] William attacks Lucius, but Lucius's Time Magic blocks the attack and gravely injures William. Lucius boasts that none of them has the power to stop him, and has the Guardian Angels rain down a barrage of magic beams; however, Yuno uses his Star Magic to shield the whole Realm and then confronts Lucius.[24] Lucius has the Guardian Angels come down to the city and attack the citizens directly, so Yuno casts Never-Never Land, boosting the Magic Knights' power in order to fight back. When Lucius tries to rapidly age him, Yuno reveals that the spell also stops the effects of time. Lucius declares Yuno to be his rival; however, Yuno refuses to accept him as one and swings down his Spirit of Zephyr.[25]
Lucius catches Yuno's spell and explain that Yuno's attacks will not reach him so easily since absorbing Lucifero increased his physical strength. He then deduces Yuno won't be able to maintain Never-Never land for long and states he will only prolong everyone's suffering.[26] After Yuno blocks Lucius' punch, he begins pursuing him using the speed from his Wind and Star Magic to keep up with the latter's foresight and predictions. However, Lucius is still able to grab Yuno's next attack and swing him into a building. He attempts to finish the fight with his Soul Magic, but Yuno repels his hand with Spirit of Notos before speeding up further and cuts Lucius' shoulder. This makes Lucius realize that Yuno is more powerful than he should be, surpassing the strongest version of him from the potential futures he saw. He also realizes that there are things different than he predicted as the magic knights should have already been wiped out by that point. While wondering what could cause such drastic changes, Lucius comes to the conclusion that he cannot read the future of the world his is in because it was one influenced by Asta. While Lucius is distracted by this revelation, Yuno uses the opening to slash through him.[27]
Lucius's remains fall onto a rooftop, but a second Lucius sudden appears behind Yuno and attacks. The second Lucius reveals that since he absorbed his siblings' magic, he can now clone himself as the entire capital is pulled into the sky with Gravity Magic where the real Lucius watches the events unfold from a floating palace. Yuno tells Lucius he will simply defeat him again, only for multiple clones to appear and spread across the battlefields.[28] One the clones defeats Kaiser Granvorka and the civilians begin to mass panic when they see who they think is Julius leading the attack, but Marx Francois and Mimosa calm them by announcing there have been no civilian casualties and that the magics knights are still fighting to protect them. One of the clones scoffs at their claims and claims it will end the same no matter what, but Yuno tells him not to count on that.[29] The clones assume Yuno is referring to Asta and reveal they have taken measures to prevent his return if he is alive.[30]
Just as Lucius' forces are about to overwhelm the magic knights, the Blacks Bulls arrive with Asta and Ichika Yami and spread across the battlefields to fight Lucius' forces. Asta then joins Yuno in fighting two clones while the real Lucius watches from his palace.[31] Two more clones join the fight against the pair and boast that they still have the advantage with several dozen Guardian Angels, three Paladins, and eleven clones.[32] Meanwhile, one of the clones notices Luck Voltia quickly taking out several Guardian Angels and sees he's coated in Anti Magic. Before it can intervene, Magna Swing ambushed the clone with a fireball. The Anti Magic in Magna's attack bypasses the clone's attempt to dodge or block it and it activate Soul Chain Tag Deathmatch on contact, with Magna and Luck against the clone and a Guardian Angel. After Magna and Luck destroy the angel, they begin attacking the clone and begin chipping away at him with their Anti Magic interfering with its regeneration. The clone realizes the two have limited amounts of Anti Magic and plans to outlast them, but they combine their remaining Anti Magic to annihilate the clone with Black Flame Black Lightning Exploding Cannon. Asta then asks the set of clones he's facing if they think they still have the advantage.[33]
Battle Prowess[]
Magic[]
- Soul Magic: Lucius uses this magic attribute to manipulate souls, thereby altering their life, spirit, and magic power. He has to physically touch the target in order to alter their soul, and often targets their head.[34][35] He also developed a method of using this magic attribute to purify devil power and to incarnate devils in humans.[36][13]
- Time Magic: Lucius uses this magic attribute to manipulate time. He can decelerate it to the point of stopping,[12] as well as rapidly accelerate it.[37] He also uses this magic attribute to have a foresight that allows him to envision multiple timelines.
- Gravity Magic: After consuming Lucifero's heart, Lucius can utilize this magic attribute to manipulate gravity.[38]
- Body, Blood, and Bone Magic: In preparation for Judgment Day, Lucius assimilates his siblings' magic attributes into himself. He uses the combination of these three attributes with his Soul Magic to recreate the bodies of humans and convert them into Paladins,[39][40] as well as to create a multitude of physical clones of himself.[41]
Abilities[]
- Immense Magic Power: As a devil host, Lucius possesses an immense amount of magic power. After consuming Lucifero's hearts, Lucius's magic power reserves have been greatly enhanced.[42] His magic power is vast enough for him to create multiple clones of himself and destroy and levitate portions of the Royal Capital easily.
- Immense Speed: With enhancements from Time Magic, Lucius is extremely fast, managing to evade Asta's attacks and ki-sensing ability.[43]
- Immense Strength: After consuming Lucifero's hearts, Lucius gains the devil's incredible physical strength,[44] allowing him to destroy a brick roof with one punch[45] and to stop and hold Yuno Grinberryall's Spirit of Zephyr with a single hand.[44]
- Genius Intellect: Most likely his most prominent trait is his tactful intellect and immense knowledge of magic, being able to trick the Clover Kingdom and his siblings for more than fifteen years beneath suspicion, and only exposes himself when all the preparations for his end-game were complete. Much like Zenon, he can also fight in a relatively coherent manner. He is also very charismatic, convincing many high-ranking Devils to join him in his crusade.
- Devil-Possessed: Lucius is host to the devil Astaroth, who grants him immense power and access to Time Magic.[4] Of his family, Lucius has the greatest aptitude and highest potential as a devil host.[4] With his Soul Magic, he can purify devil power to create a holy power, as well as impart this power onto others.[46]
- Multiple Mana Attributes: Due to being devil-possessed, Lucius can use his own Soul Magic and Astaroth's Time Magic.[4] After consuming Lucifero's heart, he also gains the ability to use Gravity Magic.[38] He later assimilates his siblings' magic attributes into himself.[39] When Lucius connects himself to all of the Clover Kingdom's grimoire towers, he gains access to all the spells and attributes stored in them throughout history and instantly obtains the magic of any mage that has died.[47]
Equipment[]
- Grimoire: Lucius possesses a grimoire with two overlapped spades that contains various soul-based magic spells.[48] When Lucius uses purified devil power, the dark parts of the grimoire's cover turn white.[49] When Lucius uses Time Magic spells, the grimoire reverts to its coverless appearance.[12]
Fights[]
- Lucius Zogratis vs Lucifero: Win
- Asta and Liebe vs. Lucius Zogratis and Lily Aquaria: Win
- Asta and Yuno Grinberryall vs. Lucius Zogratis
Notable Quotes[]
- "By rights, no living thing should ever be born without magic power. You are the world's 'flaw.' For the sake of a just future, flaws must be eliminated." 「本来魔力を持たない生命体など生まれてはならないんだ 君はこの世界の〝欠陥〟なんだよ 正しい未来のために〝欠陥〟は排除しないとね Honrai maryoku o motanai seimeitai nado umarete wa naranai nda Kimi wa kono sekai no "kekkan" na nda yo Tadashī mirainotameni "kekkan" wa haijo shinaito ne」[50]
Trivia[]
- Lucius ranked #48 in the sixth popularity poll.
- Lucius's favorite thing is the salvation of humans.[1]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Black Clover Manga — Vol. 33 (p. 136), Character Profile
- ↑ Black Clover Manga — Chapter 331 (p. 14-15).
- ↑ Black Clover Manga — Chapter 306 (p. 4).
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Black Clover Manga — Chapter 333 (p. 1).
- ↑ Black Clover Manga — Chapter 331 (p. 14-15).
- ↑ Black Clover Manga — Chapter 361.
- ↑ Black Clover Manga — Chapter 361.
- ↑ Black Clover Manga — Chapter 361.
- ↑ Black Clover Manga — Chapter 306 (p. 4, 8, 14-15).
- ↑ Black Clover Manga — Chapter 310 (p. 5-6).
- ↑ Black Clover Manga — Chapter 331 (p. 8-15).
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Black Clover Manga — Chapter 332 (p. 3-4).
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Black Clover Manga — Chapter 335 (p. 5).
- ↑ Black Clover Manga — Chapter 344 (p. 1-3).
- ↑ Black Clover Manga — Chapter 332 (p. 19-21).
- ↑ Black Clover Manga — Chapter 333 (p. 4-17).
- ↑ Black Clover Manga — Chapter 334 (p. 1-17).
- ↑ Black Clover Manga — Chapter 335 (p. 1-7).
- ↑ Black Clover Manga — Chapter 335 (p. 11-17).
- ↑ Black Clover Manga — Chapter 336 (p. 12-14).
- ↑ Black Clover Manga — Chapter 344 (p. 1-6).
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 Black Clover Manga — Chapter 354.
- ↑ Black Clover Manga — Chapter 363.
- ↑ Black Clover Manga — Chapter 355.
- ↑ Black Clover Manga — Chapter 356.
- ↑ Black Clover Manga — Chapter 357 (p. 1-3).
- ↑ Black Clover Manga — Chapter 360 (p. 3-15).
- ↑ Black Clover Manga — Chapter 361 (p. 1-10).
- ↑ Black Clover Manga — Chapter 362 (p. 1-12).
- ↑ Black Clover Manga — Chapter 363 (p. 1).
- ↑ Black Clover Manga — Chapter 368.
- ↑ Black Clover Manga — Chapter 369 (p. 1-8).
- ↑ Black Clover Manga — Chapter 369 (p. 13-27).
- ↑ Black Clover Manga — Chapter 334 (p. 13).
- ↑ Black Clover Manga — Chapter 331 (p. 13).
- ↑ Black Clover Manga — Chapter 334 (p. 9, 14-15).
- ↑ Black Clover Manga — Chapter 334 (p. 3-4).
- ↑ 38.0 38.1 Black Clover Manga — Chapter 333 (p. 10-11).
- ↑ 39.0 39.1 Black Clover Manga — Chapter 350 (p. 5).
- ↑ Black Clover Manga — Chapter 344 (p. 2-4).
- ↑ Black Clover Manga — Chapter 361 (p. 1-10).
- ↑ Black Clover Manga — Chapter 333 (p. 9).
- ↑ Black Clover Manga — Chapter 334 (p. 2).
- ↑ 44.0 44.1 Black Clover Manga — Chapter 357 (p. 1).
- ↑ Black Clover Manga — Chapter 334 (p. 5-6).
- ↑ Black Clover Manga — Chapter 334 (p. 9-15).
- ↑ Black Clover Manga — Chapter 379 (p. 8-11).
- ↑ Black Clover Manga — Chapter 331 (p. 14).
- ↑ Black Clover Manga — Chapter 334 (p. 10-11).
- ↑ Black Clover Manga — Chapter 333 (p. 12).
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| Dante Zogratis • Zenon Zogratis • Vanica Zogratis | |
| Lucifero • Beelzebub • Megicula | |
| Gaderois Godroc • Foyal Migusteau • Svenkin Gatard • Sivoir Snyle • Halbet Chevour • Hischer Ongg • Robero Ringert | |
| Albert • Ralph Niaflem • Allen Fiarain | |
| Loyce Grinberryall • Ciel Grinberryall • Yuno Grinberryall | |
| Spade Castle • Tolon • Lawton | |
| Chrono Stasis • Chrono Stasis Grigora • Chrono Anastasis | |
| Julius Novachrono | |
| Lucius Zogratis | |
| Astaroth | |
| Presence of the Demon King • Heavy Infighting • Heavy Infighting Gladiator • Gravity Singularity | |
| Evil God's Pressure Craft | |
| Lucifero • Dante Zogratis • Lucius Zogratis | |
| Moris Libardirt | |
| Lifeblood Scythe • Red Beast • Herd of Red Beasts | |
| Curse-Breaking Blood Cocoon • Scaffold of Fresh Blood • Puppet Bloodflow • Jets of Blood | |
| Witch Queen | |
| Lucius Zogratis • Vanica Zogratis | |
| Megicula | |
| Eternal Fangs • Bone Bullets | |
| Demon Sword Dainsleif (Space) | |
| Lucius Zogratis • Zenon Zogratis | |
| Lucifero • Beelzebub • Astaroth • Megicula • Adramelech • Lilith • Nahamah • Lucifugus • Baal | |
| Zagred | |
| Gimodelo • Slotos • Plumede • Walgner | |
| Liebe | |
| Asta • Nacht Faust | |
| Lucius Zogratis • Dante Zogratis • Vanica Zogratis • Zenon Zogratis | |
| Moris Libardirt | |
| Lily Aquaria • Heath Graice • Yrul • Morgen Faust • Moris Libardirt • Acier Silva • Damnatio Kira | |