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This article is about the NPC. For Taliesin Jaffe's player character, see Mollymauk Tealeaf.

I'm here to open a door, to take my reign. Long may it be.
– 
Lucien[8]
[!h]

Lucien Tavelle[9] was a tiefling blood hunter and the leader of the Tombtakers. As an NPC, Lucien Tavelle was played by Matthew Mercer. His body is currently inhabited by Kingsley Tealeaf, played by Taliesin Jaffe.

Description[]

Appearance[]

Lucien - Kageyama Satsuki

Fan art of Lucien, with his nine eye tattoos alight, killing a Kryn excavator, by KageSatsuki.[art 2]

Lucien was a lavender-skinned tiefling with red eyes and curling horns. He had freckles in his face,[10] and nine eye tattoos scattered on his body, which had been integrated into other tattoos that Mollymauk Tealeaf had had done while he was in control of Lucien's body.

When the Mighty Nein encountered him on Eiselcross, he was wearing heavy winter furs and leathers and cloaks. Beneath the cloak, he wore a simple white silk shirt.[11]

Neo-Somnovem
After fusing with the Somnovem, Lucien's body was transformed. He had nine thick stalks growing out of his back with a red eye on each tip, replacing the eye tattoos which were now gone. His body was also a lot more muscular with long, dark purple, wildly drifting hair.[12]

Somnovem Omega
Lucien went through a second transformation and fused his body with the living Cognouza ward. His lower body was connected to a twisted mass of flesh, eyes, teeth, stone and buildings. Two giant wings of muscle tissue grew out of his back, replacing the eye stalks.[13]

Personality[]

Lucien, while having some characteristics and ideals in common with his fragment Mollymauk, also had some striking differences. He tended to be more charismatic, intelligent, and ruthless around others instead of being jovial and aloof. Like Mollymauk, he generally rejected his past life and was not opposed to being the center of attention, being notably arrogant and self-absorbed.

Lucien never slept (although he stated he did still dream), as a gift of the Somnovem,[14] and did not blink his eyes.[15]

Biography[]

Background[]

Lucien was born in 810 PD[16] as the second son of a married couple of the Greying Wildlands. He had an older brother, Elric, and a sister one year younger than himself, Aldreda. Their parents were artists who usually played music while their children danced, sang or performed plays; however, they were abusive, hitting Elric despite being the best performer,[17] while Lucien tried to protect himself and his sister.[18]

Lucien burns his past life by Alex Payne

Fan art of Lucien burning the caravan, by Alex Payne.[art 3]

Things got worse after Elric was killed due to a debt with the Jagentoth family, and Lucien's parents, obsessed with getting their best performer back, talked to a witch in the Savalirwood, Azrahari, who turned Elric's corpse into a strange puppet that his parents kept around; at some point Lucien couldn't stay there any longer, so he burned down the caravan with his parents and the puppet inside, and he left with Aldreda.[19] She, eventually, travelled to Rexxentrum under the promise of working cleaning houses until she could find a powerful husband or lover; she wrote to Lucien from time to time, and he expected to eventually move in with her when the time was right.[20]

Azrahari receives Lucien and Cree by Caleb Arbor

Fan art of Azrahari greeting Lucien and Cree, by Caleb Arbor.[art 4]

Lucien grew up in Shadycreek Run, where he felt different and was treated badly because of his infernal blood.[21] During that time he visited Azrahari's cottage, and despite having destroyed one of her creations, she ended up owing him a debt (since she loved ruin and he had caused it for her, luring people to her cottage),[22] that eventually would be paid in 822 PD when the witch saved him from mercenaries of the Red Debt.[23] Until that year he had been living in the street (except when the weather was poor, in which case, a local woman called Auntie Mama let him sleep on her cellar), taking occasional jobs from the local tribes, the Mardoon family being the one he tolerated best, even if he didn't like them. He became friends with Cree Deeproots, a tabaxi who assured him that there was a glint around him that made him special, for better or for worse. Cree was with him when Azrahari's debt was paid. At some point after that, after an argument with Auntie Mama (they had tried to help a neighbor and her abusive husband had threatened Auntie Mama for it), both of them left Shadycreek Run following Brevyn Oakbender, Auntie Mama's favorite child[24] and a member of the Claret Orders.[25]

By 829 PD Lucien and his friends had been training in the Oltu Ruins for at least two years,[26] learning the secrets of hemocraft, although they (as well as other members of the Orders) did not like the authority and strict attitude of some superiors, such as Sarenne de Chastain.[27] Lucien participated in various missions and contracts, the first of them being investigating undead activity in the Silberquel foothills with Cree, Brevyn and Karem Ferentus; after that there were others, including taking down a fiend in Berleben (he saved Cree and Brevyn, and according to the former, the latter began to fall for Lucien in that mission),[28] and killing Azrahari (despite being Cree's contract, Lucien convinced her to let him kill the witch himself).[29]

Aldreda and Lucien have a talk by Robin

Fan art of Lucien talking to Aldreda, by Robin.[art 5]

In 831 PD Lucien and several members of the Orders traveled to Rexxentrum and met with Vess DeRogna to present her with a relic; the archmage secretly paid Lucien by giving him information about where his sister Aldreda lived.[30] Lucien visited her, discovering she had become the second wife of her former employer, the silversmith Panvel Seriblo,[31] becoming the stepmother of a young boy, Kyvir, and having a daughter of her own, Marii.[32] Aldreda, however, hardly recognized her brother after so many years, and when he offered to start a new life elsewhere with the gold he had saved she turned him down, unwilling to risk the life she had made in the city.[33] After that Lucien returned with his companions, Cree, Brevyn and Otis Brunkel, with whom he decided to return to Shadycreek Run.[34]

In his hometown they came across other members of the Order, Zoran Kluthidol, Tyffial Wase and Briyakar Jurrell, who had been living in Auntie Mama's house for a while after she was killed by Reese Jagentoth for smuggling for the Mardoons, two years before.[35] Despite Brevyn's desire for revenge the group ended up deciding to recover Auntie Mama's remains instead, in order to give her a proper farewell instead of having her where the Jagentoths kept those who betrayed them.[36] That adventure started their group, that would be known as the Tombtakers,[37] and although they lived for a while in Brevyn's house (Auntie Mama left it to her in her will),[38] with Lucien, Cree and Tyffial searching for some relics from Molaesmyr for a collector in South Clover that wanted to decorate his brothel,[39] eventually the Jagentoths tried to attack them, stopping only because Vess DeRogna appeared and bargained for their lives, so she could hire the Tombtakers herself.[40] One of their missions was in Molaesmyr, were they fought hags and reached the tower of Caes Mosor.[41]

The Tombtakers eventually accompanied the archmage in an expedition to Aeor. While exploring the lost city under the ice they found a room with a corpse and an old journal that somehow started to speak to Lucien in his mind; when the hall began to collapse the group began to withdraw but Lucien, prompted by the voices of the journal, wanted to retrieve the object. Brevyn decided to go find it for him, but the collapse crushed half of her body, and she died giving his friend the journal.[42] Vess DeRogna tried to claim the item as part of the artifacts recovered from the expedition, but to the outrage of the Tombtakers and the high price Lucien had paid for the journal, the archmage gave up.[43] Since they weren't able to recover Brevyn's body, the Tombtakers honored her in a lake near Balenpost, in which Zoran offered a moving prayer to the Matron of Ravens.[44]

After that expedition Lucien spent a lot of time reading the journal, from Balenpost to Yardel, learning about the discoveries of an unnamed mage who took notes in the journal. During the process he started having strange dreams and visions, and red eyes started appearing in his body,[45] just like the previous owner of the journal described in his notes.[46]

Lucien's journal - Clara

Fan art of Lucien's journal, by Clara.[art 6]

He ended up gaining new abilities and, after understanding better the nature of the voices in the journal (the minds of the philosophers of the Cognouza Ward of Aeor, now floating in the Astral Plane) and their power, he shared his knowledge with his friends and they decided to use that power to shape the world according to their wishes and make it a better place for them; it was by then when Lucien started seeing and calling himself "the Nonagon", and "Lucien" was only a costume he continued to wear. Since Vess DeRogna had conned them at the time when she "payed" them after their expedition to Aeor, they decided to contact her and to compensate them with her magic. The tome contained a ritual spell required to reach the Somnovem,[47] but Lucien understood it only partially. He reached out to Vess,[48] and she came to oversee and perform the ritual for him.[49] Gathering in the Savalirwood in 833 PD, the Tombtakers had a feast at which Lucien gave a speech. DeRogna told the Tombtakers that it would be hard to tell immediately whether or not the ritual had succeeded.[50] The ritual was performed, but DeRogna intentionally failed. When the Tombtakers checked, Lucien was not breathing, and his spirit had been broken and scattered.[51][52] The group waited until dawn, and believed the ritual had failed and Lucien was dead. Lucien had told them that if anything were to go wrong, they had to get rid of any sign, any trace. So, not far from their hideout, they buried him and went their separate ways. Vess took the tome as part of the arrangement Lucien had with her.[53][54]

Part of his spirit remained in his body, but retained no memories of his previous life. He woke up and dug himself out of the grave, then began a new life as Mollymauk Tealeaf. Mollymauk traveled for about two years with The Fletching and Moondrop Traveling Carnival of Curiosities, then met the Mighty Nein and adventured with them for some time following the disbanding of the circus. As Mollymauk, he once encountered Cree, who recognized him as Lucien. Molly pretended he knew who she was to avoid problems, and quickly parted with her.[55] Some time later, he was killed by Lorenzo during a failed rescue mission. The Mighty Nein buried his body, and informed Cree of his death the next time they ran into her.

Realizing Lucien's body was "free", Cree headed to Molly's grave. The Somnovem had put back together the shattered pieces of his spirit[56] and Cree, after gathering the other living members of the Tombtakers (Jurrell had been executed) was able to bring Lucien back to life. He wanted to return to Eiselcross as soon as possible, wanting to sell Jurrell's jewel that Tyffial (her beloved) had inherited, which she refused, only letting Jurrell's memory go after the Nonagon forced her to do it with his powers, after which he erased her memories about the argument and the jewel itself.[57]

Campaign Two Arc 5: Family Ties[]

Lucien by Yettinim

Fan art of Lucien revived, by Yettinim.[art 7]

"New Homes and Old Friends" (2x111)
The Mighty Nein returned to the gravesite alongside Glory Run Road intending to cast Speak with Dead to ask Molly, or Lucien, about the "eyes of nine", but found the grave empty. Jester then used his blood (obtained from the Gentleman) to cast Scry on him. She saw a familiar purple tiefling, bundled up against a blizzard, walking with confidence towards an unknown destination. His coat had been left behind, found twenty feet from the gravemarker and left to the elements until it was retrieved by Veth and taken into her possession.[58]

"The Chase Begins" (2x112)
Jester used Speak with Plants to talk to a patch of crabgrass who revealed that Mollymauk's body had been exhumed and ritually resurrected about fifty days earlier (around 11 Thunsheer 836 PD), approximately six and a half months after his death.[59] Jester later Scryed on him a second time to find him staring into a fire, eating dried jerky and appearing pensive, huddled, and contemplative.[60]

Campaign Two Arc 6: Weird Magic[]

Lucien Porzioart

Fan art of Lucien, by @porzio art.[art 8]

"An Open Window" (2x114)
The night that the Mighty Nein arrived at Balenpost, Jester succeeded in Scrying on the purple tiefling and saw him searching through a room. The eye in his tattooed peacock flared and he looked directly at the scrying orb and addressed it, telling her that without the previous scry, he would not have been able to locate "her". He found a book while Jester watched and went out the third-story window with it, saying, "To Alpha and Alpha, we trek till homeward bound we be. Maybe we'll see you there," then terminated her scry with a snap of his fingers. They later discovered that the room was Vess DeRogna's and her body lay dead on the bed.[61]

"Fetching Fables & Frosty Friends" (2x115)

Lucien or Molly - HeidzDraws

Fan art of Lucien, by heidzdraws.[art 9]

The Mighty Nein headed to location A5 on their map, guided by Dagen Underthorn. On the way, Fjord noticed a Scrying sensor when he utilized Dwueth'var's See Invisibility. As they approached the ruins, Jester heard two voices, Cree and Lucien, in her mind speaking in unison, welcoming them. She responded, asking: "Why are you doing this? What do you even want from us? We just miss you. I thought you were our friend. Anyway, we're here." The voice replied, "I don't mean you any harm. I'm just pursuing my interests, and if you have similar interests, well, I'm inviting you to come along. You don't have to."[62]

"Under Timeless Ice" (2x116)
The party traveled down through the ruins of site A5, reaching a room with a large blue glowing crystal in the ceiling just as the Tombtakers killed the last of a party dressed in Kryn Dynasty clothing. Lucien looked directly at them, saying, "My apologies. You've arrived early. I was hoping to tidy up a bit."[63]

"The Tortoise and The Dare" (2x117)
The party had a long conversation with Lucien and the Tombtakers in which he revealed that he had none of Mollymauk's memories and regarded Molly as a temporary uninvited guest in his body. Lucien had been the Nonagon for a number of years, and the last person to hold the title before him had been dead for some time. He killed Vess DeRogna in revenge for what she had done to him. As he spoke, the nine eye tattoos on his body lit with red light and simultaneously the eyes of his followers began to glow red as they spoke in unison with him. He invited the Mighty Nein to follow the Tombtakers. Before they left, Yasha gave him a four-leaf clover that Mollymauk gave her for luck. Lucien accepted it and tucked it in his jacket.

Soon after that, while thinking about the clover, an echo of Mollymauk's consciousness manifested in Lucien's mind, starting to speak with the Nonagon, annoying him and recrimating his behaviour.[64]

"Contentious Company" (2x120)
Caduceus found Lucien and the Tombtakers sitting just outside the Mighty Nein's hut during the last watch of the night. Caduceus woke the others and he and Lucien had a cordial conversation before Lucien dispelled the dome. He told the party that the Tombtakers now have everything they require except the threshold crest the Nein recovered in A2 and a few items within Aeor itself. He suggested he was willing to trade information for the crest, and Fjord counteroffered that instead, the Nein would join the Tombtakers. Lucien agreed.[65]

Lucien at the River Inferno - ksl art

Fan art of Lucien at the River Inferno, by Kieran Slate.[art 10]

"Ice and Fire" (2x121)
When the two traveling parties camped for the night, Lucien shared much more about his past and his relationship with the Somnovem. They crossed the lava river and that evening, Lucien dispelled Caleb's tower when Caleb cast it without permission. Caleb and Beau confronted Lucien, pointing out that the Nein were being held hostage. Caleb asked Lucien to let them look at the tome in return for staying in the tower the following night, and Lucien said he'd think on it. Jester did a tarot reading in which Lucien's final card representing his future was Death, apparently disturbing him.

After the reading Molly's voice inside Lucien's head gained strength, criticising his ambition for reaching Cognouza and stating his intention of stopping him from hurting his friends and their world.[66]

"Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained" (2x122)
Lucien told the Nein a bit more about the Somnovem. In the morning, he allowed Beau and Caleb briefly to read the book he recovered from Vess DeRogna during her murder.

"Fair-weather Faith" (2x123)
Beau and Caleb woke in the middle of the night, each now bearing a red eye mark similar to Lucien's. In the morning, the two parties continued traveling together toward Aeor but were attacked by Gelidon and drove her off. That night, the Tombtakers left in the middle of the night with the party's stolen Bag of Holding, pursued by the Nein. The ensuing battle went badly for the party while demonstrating Lucien's strengths and abilities.

Lucien reassures Cree by Robin

Fan art of Lucien reassures Cree, by Robin.[art 11]

After seeking aid from their allies elsewhere in Exandria, the Mighty Nein returned to Eiselcross and arrived at the ruins of Aeor before the Tombtakers. They prepared an ambush, which killed all but Cree and Lucien. In the ensuing battle, Cree Dimension Doored herself and Lucien safely away.[67] After that the tabaxi noticed that the glint Lucien had had his whole life around him was gone.[68]

Lucien As NeoSomnovem - CT Chen

Fan art of Lucien ascending as the Neo-Somnovem, by CT Chen.[art 12]

The party caught up to them when they were about to escape into the Astral Plane through the Immensus Gate in the Genesis Ward, where Caleb's words managed to make Lucien's hand twitch, and Molly's echo inside of him talked to the Nonagon again,[69] but were unable to prevent them going through it.[70] Following them to Cognouza, the Nein killed Cree[71] and found Lucien in the Aether Crux of the Somnovem as he set off multiple Intuit Charges and transformed himself into an amalgam of all of the Somnovem, the Neo-Somnovem. In a battle above the rooftops of Cognouza, the party severely wounded Lucien and he fled back to the Aether Crux, where he transformed once again.[72]

Lucien, the Somnovem Omega - Nathaniel Himawan (ninesicks)

Fan art of Lucien, the Somnovem Omega, by Nathaniel Himawan (ninesicks).[art 13]

In the final battle, Lucien became a fusion of all of the trapped souls of the Cognouza ward, including the Somnovem in the form of eyes that joined with Lucien in battling the Mighty Nein. The deaths of the Somnovem eyes in the fight impacted Lucien as well, and each reference to Mollymauk's life altered Lucien, who argued intensely with the echo in his head.[73] When the party eventually succeeded in killing him, he ripped himself into two pieces as he fell to the ground. In the aftermath, the voices of the released souls whispered, "Thank you," as they departed at last.[74]

Lucien's soul was received by Sehanine the Moonweaver, who did a tarot card reading for him, after which a sprout started growing from the Love card, while the goddess explained that maybe "fourth time's the charm".[75]

When Caleb destroyed his Transmuter's Stone in order to cast Raise Dead on Lucien's body, with the aid of Caduceus's successful Divine Intervention they were able to restore their friends' spirit into the body, reborn as someone new: Kingsley Tealeaf.[76]

Relationships[]

Mollymauk Tealeaf[]

Lucien and Molly - Aimee Ernst

Fan art of Lucien and Molly, by Aimee Ernst.[art 14]

Lucien's body was briefly inhabited by Mollymauk Tealeaf. Mollymauk stated multiple times that he wanted nothing to do with whoever he was before he was buried, and only cared about living his life. After Molly died, Cree resurrected Lucien, who did not retain Mollymauk's memories. Lucien indicated to the Mighty Nein that Mollymauk means nothing to him, although he understands their grief. However, the longer Lucien interacted with the Mighty Nein, the stronger an echo of Molly's influence became in his mind, talking to him and ignoring his attempts of repression. Lucien became annoyed with Molly, although at certain points spoke to him in a less hostile way, even confiding about certain memories.

During their final battle against Lucien, the Mighty Nein began to talk to him as if he were still Molly, making allusions to Mollymauk's life and their relationship with him. This seemed to cause Lucien pain, prevented him from completing attacks, and made him lose Legendary Actions, while inside of him, Molly's voice, influence and memories kept disturbing him.[77]

Cree[]

Cree was deeply devoted to Lucien. She was his childhood friend of his same age, one of the original Tombtakers (his favorite, in fact), participating in the sabotaged ritual that killed him and scattered his soul, and greeted Mollymauk Tealeaf warmly when they met at the Gentleman's headquarters, thinking him to be Lucien returned.[78] When she later learned of Molly's death, she sought out his body and performed a resurrection ritual to restore Lucien to life, following him thereafter and becoming telepathically linked to him through the five eyes she bore on her body. Her holy symbol and spell focus was a necklace with a hollow crystal orb containing the blood of the Nonagon.[79]

After she resurrected him she disagreed with him whenever he made heartless decisions, but followed his command despite everything. As Lucien started losing himself more and more, his attitude towards Cree grew colder, even resorting to using his powers on her to make her obey. Even in that state of mind a small part of himself still wanted her to survive. When she was dying in the battle against the Mighty Nein, she telepathically called out to Lucien for aid, and he transformed her into a horrific flesh creature that continued the fight against the party to buy Lucien time. ,After that, her memory was used by Molly's echo in his mind to try to make him feel remorse.

Brevyn Oakbender[]

Brevyn was one of Lucien's first friends, and the one who helped him join the Claret Orders. They trained together and completed several missions, growing closer and flirting, until eventually they became lovers, even if their relationship wasn't exclusive. Brevyn's death affected Lucien immensely and contributed to his obsession with the journal she saved, leading to his involvement with the Somnovem.

Molly mentions Brevyn by Robin

Fan art of Molly mentioning Brevyn, by Robin.[art 15]

After Lucien resurrected and reclaimed his position as the Nonagon he tried to supress his memories and feelings for Brevyn, seeing them as a weakness. However, due to Molly's pressure he still kept her in his mind, and even used a moment he shared with her as the inspiration for his new form in Cognouza.

Somnovem[]

Initially Lucien saw the minds of the Aeorian philosophers as a wondrous thing, a source of power, and considered that those afraid of them were weak. However, as time passed he started seeing them as child-like, spoiled, and in need of discipline. This annoyed the Somnovem, who tried to teach him a lesson by not warning him about the trap in which most of the Tombtakers died.[80] However, this didn't restore Lucien's respect and veneration, and when he reached Cognouza, he attacked the Somnovem and he subjected them to his will.

Vess DeRogna[]

Vess DeRogna enlisted to help Lucien on his quest, but betrayed him and took his ritual tome. She had nine eye tattoos on her body identical to Lucien's, but she didn't quite become the Nonagon,[81] becoming terrified of the Somnovem's influence. After Lucien was revived, he sought out DeRogna and killed her in revenge (presumably torturing her into insanity before finishing her off at the suggestion of Ira),[82] taking back his book.[83]

Character information[]

Lucien's Scimitars by Inkarat

Fan art of Lucien's black scimitars, by Inkarat.[art 16]

Abilities[]

  • Damage resistances: fire, necrotic[84]
  • Damage immunities: psychic[85]
  • Condition immunities: charmed, frightened, stunned[86]
  • Legendary actions[87]
    • Tumble: Move up to half his speed[88]
    • Shift Focus: Moves his antimagic cone in any direction, using two legendary actions.[89]
  • Legendary resistances[90]
  • Can seemingly speak and see through his companions
  • Doesn't require sleep
Lucien Cognouza Mellifera

Fan art of Lucien and Cognouza, by @mellifera38.[art 17]

From the Eyes of Nine[]

Each eye grants an ability.[91] As a chosen of the Somnovem, Lucien had all nine eyes.

  • First eye: Mild telepathy with others bearing eyes (120 feet)
  • Second eye: Darkvision
  • Third eye: Ability to see through illusions
  • Fourth eye: Ability to see into the ethereal plane
  • Fifth eye: Ability to scry into the "eye" of another
  • Sixth eye: Ability to sense all beings with minds (300 feet)
  • Seventh eye: Rend Mind: Recharging melee attack that deals 10d10 psychic damage[92]
  • Eighth eye: Ability to control the minds of others with "eyes"
  • Ninth eye: 30-foot antimagic cone that dispels rather than suppresses magic[93]

Variant tiefling abilities[]

  • Darkvision
  • Devil's Tongue
    • Vicious Mockery cantrip[94]
    • Charm Person spell (as a 2nd-level spell)[94]
    • Enthrall spell[94]
  • Hellish Resistance

Blood hunter abilities[]

Lucien is at least a 17th-level blood hunter.[95] The following assumes Lucien's blood hunter abilities are from Matt's 2020 update for his blood hunter class.

  • Hunter's Bane
    • Hemocraft Die: 1d10
  • Blood Maledict (5/rest)
    • Blood Curse of the Eyeless[96]
    • At least 3 other Blood Curses
  • Crimson Rite
    • Primal Rite: Rite of the Frozen[97]
    • Esoteric Rite: Rite of the Oracle[98]
    • One other Primal Rite
  • Subclass: Order of the Ghostslayer
    • Esoteric Rite: Rite of the Dawn
    • Curse Specialist
    • Ethereal Step
    • Brand of Sundering
    • Blood Curse of the Exorcist
  • Brand of Castigation[99]
  • Grim Psychometry
  • Dark Augmentation
  • Brand of Tethering
  • Hardened Soul

Neo-Somnovem abilities[]

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Lucien, the Neo-Somnovem.[art 18]

  • Multiattack: Lucien uses 3 eye rays from Gaze of the Somnovem. He can replace one Gaze with his Psychic Touch attack.
  • Psychic Touch
  • Gaze of the Somnovem
    • Culpasi: Feeling of guilt, disadvantage on saving throws, take psychic damage when attacking enemies.
    • Elatis: Marks target with an eye, forced pull to Lucien on a failure
    • Fastidan: Necrotic damage effect similar to high-level Blight
    • Gaudius: Charm effect, can be forced to attack ally
    • Ira: Fireball
    • Luctus: Slow, though with a Dexterity save rather than a Wisdom save
    • Mirumus: Wisdom save, "awestruck wonder"
    • Timorei: Psychic damage and become frightened
    • Vigilan: 60-foot Anti-magic cone (passive)
  • Legendary actions (4)
    • Fold Space (costs 2): teleport of up to 60 feet
    • Gaze: one eye ray
  • Legendary Resistances

Cognouza Incarnate abilities[]

Lucien's next form - Rezan 'Rez' Gungor

Fan art of Cognouza Incarnate, by Rezan 'Rez' Gungor.[art 19]

  • Multiattack: Lucien makes 6 clawed wing attacks.
  • Will Aether: Can use two times:
    • Summon Cataclysm: Lucien summons or manipulates an object and throws it at a creature, making an attack roll. The creature makes a Strength save to avoid being restrained.
    • Nightmare Cage: Lucien wraps a tendril around a creature and traps them in a nightmarish illusion. The creature can make a Wisdom save to escape the nightmare.
  • Call Upon the Open Eyes: Creatures marked with eyes must make a Wisdom save. Unknown effect. Lucien then makes 3 wing attacks.
  • Gaze of the Somnovem (separate creatures): Creatures targeted by an eye gain a Somnovem eye
  • Legendary Actions (5)
    • Fold Space (costs 2)
    • Gaze
    • Shift Somnovem: move the location of one Somnovem eye.
    • Attack (costs 2): Lucien makes 3 wing attacks.
  • Lair Actions
    • The Pattern Revealed: Creatures make a Wisdom save or gain a Somnovem Eye. Ability checks made to manifest reality have advantage until the next Lair turn.
    • Gravity Well: Creatures floating in the air slowly fall to the ground.
    • Absorb Flesh: The city attempts to absorb creatures within 20 feet of a structure or the ground. Affected creatures are grappled and take psychic damage.

Notable items[]

Appearances and mentions[]

Quotations[]

  • Lucien: "To alpha and alpha we trek 'til homeward bound we be."[106]
  • Lucien: "My apologies. You've arrived early. I was hoping to tidy up a bit."[107]
  • Lucien: "If it helps put your feelings to rest, I am sorry, for whatever it's worth, that your friend is gone. Whatever part of me they were, is not of me anymore. Truly gone. And I understand that can be challenging, and I'm sure even my presence now opens a wound."[108]
  • Lucien: (to Caduceus, as he attacks him) "It's just business, friend. My apologies. But you didn't have to follow."[109]
  • Lucien: "I'm here to open a door, to take my reign. Long may it be."[110]

Trivia[]

Lucien CRA

Lucien in Crit Recap Animated.

  • His name originates from the Latin name Lucius, which in turn comes from the Latin word lux (light). In a way, the name itself is a reference to the "glint" Cree said she saw around Lucien for most of his life.[citation needed]
    • He shares that etymology with Lucius Lorelei, a cleric of the Moonweaver, the goddess with whom Lucien connected at the end of his life.
  • Nonagon is the name of a nine-sided polygon (also called an enneagon), from the Latin nonus ("nine") + gōnía ("corner").
    • The band They Might Be Giants have a song entitled "Nonagon" on their children's album Here Come the 123s. It refers to both an attendee at a party at which "everybody in the party is a many-sided polygon" and a dance they perform at this party
      • Taliesin has quoted lines from TMBG's song "Don't Let's Start".
    • Temples of the Baha'i Faith (a religion teaching the essential worth of all religions, and the unity and equality of all people) are required to be nonagonal, an essential architectural character stipulated by 'Abdu'l-Bahá, a head of the Baha'i Faith. In the Baha'i Faith, the number nine represents completeness.
    • The number 9 has significance in several cultures , including the nine planets of Hinduism, an association with the Chinese dragon (a symbol of power, magic, and good luck), the Ennead (nine deities worshiped at the major city of Heliopolis) of Egypt, the Nine Worthies that personified the ideals of chivalry of the Middle Ages, the nine worlds of Norse mythology, and the nine muses of Greek mythology. There are also nine circles of Hell in Dante's Inferno, and nine rings of power in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-Earth.
      • The Nine Days of Av are a religious observance in Judaism that takes place during the first nine days of the Jewish month of Av. It is a period of semi-mourning leading up to Tisha B'Av, the ninth day of Av on which both Temples in Jerusalem were destroyed. Jaffe's grandfather George Axelrod was born to a Russian Jewish father.
    • This is also a nod, coincidental or not, to the group's name The Mighty Nein.
    • The nines of the Minor Arcana in a classic tarot deck are generally read as completion and fulilment of the suit's meaning.
    • "Nine-sided" is also part of many insults, mostly British, as in a nine-sided bastard, meaning someone devious or deceptive.[111]
  • He had a pronounced Irish accent.
  • Following Lucien's introduction, the shot of Mollymauk's grave in the fourth title sequence was altered to suggest digging had occurred, and it ends with wind blowing Mollymauk's coat off its post.
Lucien and Molly talk about gender by Robin

Fan art of Molly, Lucien and their gender identity, by Robin.[art 20]

  • Before he became the Nonagon Lucien had had a very active love life, having a romance with his friend Brevyn (they even shared lovers sometimes), and having slept with several men.[112]
    • After becoming the Nonagon Lucien started defining himself as genderfluid,[113] just as Mollymauk Tealeaf. It is unknown if Molly's gender identity was directly influenced by that fact.
  • A 3D render of the original sculpt for the Neo-Somnovem mini, including a full turnaround, was shared online by Steamforged artist Thomas Lishman. It can be viewed on Artstation.
  • When Aldreda rejected Lucien in Rexxentrum, he noticed the moonlight shifting across the cobblestone street, feeling an impulse to follow that glow that he resisted.[114] This could have been Sehanine's first attempt of contacting him.
  • Cree occasionally shared her cigarillos with him.[115]

References[]

  1. Critical Role: The Mighty Nein - The Nine Eyes of Lucien, p. 177.
  2. The Chronicles of Exandria - The Mighty Nein, p. 75.
  3. See "Fair-weather Faith" (2x123) at 1:13:28.  Lucien uses his blood to power his weapons.
  4. Critical Role: The Mighty Nein - The Nine Eyes of Lucien, p. 26.
  5. Critical Role: The Mighty Nein - The Nine Eyes of Lucien, p. 7. He was born in 810 PD and died in 836 PD.
  6. Molly was estimated as being in his 20s. See The Chronicles of Exandria - The Mighty Nein, p. 37.
  7. See "Rebirth" (2x139) at 2:42:15.  Lucien deals 10 damage to himself by amplifying his Blood Curse of the Eyeless. This implies his hemocraft die is a d10, which is unlocked at 17th level.
  8. See "The Streets of the Forgotten" (2x134) at 4:08:27.
  9. Critical Role: The Mighty Nein - The Nine Eyes of Lucien, Chapter 3, pp. 15–8.
  10. Critical Role: The Mighty Nein - The Nine Eyes of Lucien, Chapter 26, p. 172.
  11. See "The Tortoise and The Dare" (2x117) at 0:53:50.
  12. See "Rebirth" (2x139) at 0:53:38.
  13. See "Rebirth" (2x139) at 3:46:20.
  14. See "Ice and Fire" (2x121) at 2:52:28.
  15. See "Ice and Fire" (2x121) at 1:24:56.
  16. Critical Role: The Mighty Nein - The Nine Eyes of Lucien, p. 7. In 822 PD he was 12.
  17. Critical Role: The Mighty Nein - The Nine Eyes of Lucien, p. 150.
  18. Critical Role: The Mighty Nein - The Nine Eyes of Lucien, p. 13.
  19. Critical Role: The Mighty Nein - The Nine Eyes of Lucien, p. 24 and 25.
  20. Critical Role: The Mighty Nein - The Nine Eyes of Lucien, p. 13.
  21. See "Ice and Fire" (2x121) at 0:54:42.
  22. Critical Role: The Mighty Nein - The Nine Eyes of Lucien, p. 24 and 25.
  23. Critical Role: The Mighty Nein - The Nine Eyes of Lucien, p. 21.
  24. Critical Role: The Mighty Nein - The Nine Eyes of Lucien, p. 9.
  25. Critical Role: The Mighty Nein - The Nine Eyes of Lucien, p. 26.
  26. Critical Role: The Mighty Nein - The Nine Eyes of Lucien, p. 37.
  27. Critical Role: The Mighty Nein - The Nine Eyes of Lucien, p. 32.
  28. Critical Role: The Mighty Nein - The Nine Eyes of Lucien, p. 227 and 228.
  29. Critical Role: The Mighty Nein - The Nine Eyes of Lucien, p. 38.
  30. Critical Role: The Mighty Nein - The Nine Eyes of Lucien, p. 52, 53 and 54.
  31. Critical Role: The Mighty Nein - The Nine Eyes of Lucien, p. 57.
  32. Critical Role: The Mighty Nein - The Nine Eyes of Lucien, p. 62.
  33. Critical Role: The Mighty Nein - The Nine Eyes of Lucien, p. 64.
  34. Critical Role: The Mighty Nein - The Nine Eyes of Lucien, p. 70.
  35. Critical Role: The Mighty Nein - The Nine Eyes of Lucien, p. 75.
  36. Critical Role: The Mighty Nein - The Nine Eyes of Lucien, p. 78, 79 and 80.
  37. See "Fleeting Memories" (2x14) at 0:21:32.  Cree states, "We were all part of the same order at one point, and we splintered off. Luci-- Nonagon had a different path in mind for us, so we went north to Shadycreek Run and we started the Tombtakers."
  38. Critical Role: The Mighty Nein - The Nine Eyes of Lucien, p. 83.
  39. Critical Role: The Mighty Nein - The Nine Eyes of Lucien, p. 85.
  40. Critical Role: The Mighty Nein - The Nine Eyes of Lucien, p. 87 and 88.
  41. See "New Homes and Old Friends" (2x111) from 1:29:48 through 1:31:58.
  42. Critical Role: The Mighty Nein - The Nine Eyes of Lucien, p. 107, 108 and 109.
  43. Critical Role: The Mighty Nein - The Nine Eyes of Lucien, p. 114, 115 and 116.
  44. Critical Role: The Mighty Nein - The Nine Eyes of Lucien, p. 117.
  45. See "Ice and Fire" (2x121) from 0:42:07 through 0:48:10.
  46. Critical Role: The Mighty Nein - The Nine Eyes of Lucien, p. 117-134.
  47. See "Fleeting Memories" (2x14) at 1:04:59.
  48. See "An Open Window" (2x114) at 3:08:51.
  49. See "Fleeting Memories" (2x14) at 1:05:09.
  50. See "Fleeting Memories" (2x14) at 1:05:42.
  51. See "The Tortoise and The Dare" (2x117) at 0:36:55.
  52. See "Ice and Fire" (2x121) at 0:48:21.
  53. See "Fleeting Memories" (2x14) from 1:04:31 through 1:06:50.
  54. See "Fleeting Memories" (2x14) at 0:19:02.
  55. See "Fleeting Memories" (2x14) at 0:13:00.
  56. See "Ice and Fire" (2x121) at 0:49:57.
  57. Critical Role: The Mighty Nein - The Nine Eyes of Lucien, p. 169.
  58. See "New Homes and Old Friends" (2x111) from 3:28:40 through 3:28:51.  Veth retrieves Molly's coat.
  59. See "The Chase Begins" (2x112) at 0:26:20.
  60. See "The Chase Begins" (2x112) at 3:19:16.
  61. See "An Open Window" (2x114) from 1:35:17 through 1:38:16.
  62. See "Fetching Fables & Frosty Friends" (2x115) from 3:40:59 through 3:56:50.
  63. See "Under Timeless Ice" (2x116) at 4:03:17.
  64. Critical Role: The Mighty Nein - The Nine Eyes of Lucien, p. 181.
  65. See "Contentious Company" (2x120) from 3:20:05 through 3:48:20.
  66. Critical Role: The Mighty Nein - The Nine Eyes of Lucien, p. 194 and 195.
  67. See "Hunter and Hunted" (2x133) at 4:11:33.
  68. Critical Role: The Mighty Nein - The Nine Eyes of Lucien, p. 228.
  69. Critical Role: The Mighty Nein - The Nine Eyes of Lucien, p. 231, 232, 233 and 234.
  70. See "Hell or High Water" (2x136) at 2:40:13.
  71. See "Where There Is a Will..." (2x138) at 1:08:06.
  72. See "Rebirth" (2x139) at 3:46:33.
  73. Critical Role: The Mighty Nein - The Nine Eyes of Lucien, p. 251, 252 and 253.
  74. See "Long May He Reign" (2x140).
  75. Critical Role: The Mighty Nein - The Nine Eyes of Lucien, p. 261, 262 and 263.
  76. See "Long May He Reign" (2x140) at 4:25:28.
  77. See "Rebirth" (2x139).
  78. See "Lost & Found" (2x13) at 4:10:26.
  79. See "Where There Is a Will..." (2x138) at 2:18:01.
  80. Critical Role: The Mighty Nein - The Nine Eyes of Lucien, p. 220.
  81. See "The Tortoise and The Dare" (2x117) at 0:43:56.
  82. Critical Role: The Mighty Nein - The Nine Eyes of Lucien, p. 175, 176 and 177.
  83. See "An Open Window" (2x114) at 1:36:58.
  84. See "Fair-weather Faith" (2x123) at 3:46:47.
  85. See "Fair-weather Faith" (2x123) at 3:46:47.
  86. See "Fair-weather Faith" (2x123) at 3:46:47.
  87. See "Fair-weather Faith" (2x123) at 1:15:44.
  88. See "Fair-weather Faith" (2x123) at 1:15:48.
  89. See "Hunter and Hunted" (2x133) at 4:11:07.
  90. See "Fair-weather Faith" (2x123) at 4:42:46.
  91. See "Critical Role Campaign 2 Wrap Up" (Sx56) at 3:25:59.
  92. See "Fair-weather Faith" (2x123) at 3:50:29.
  93. See "Ice and Fire" (2x121) at 2:11:50.  Lucien forces Polymorph to drop, and later at 3:05:53 dispels Caleb's tower.
  94. 94.0 94.1 94.2 See D&D: Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide, 5th ed., p. 118.
  95. See "Rebirth" (2x139) at 2:42:15.  Lucien deals 10 damage to himself by amplifying his Blood Curse of the Eyeless. This implies his hemocraft die is a d10, which is unlocked at 17th level.
  96. See "Fair-weather Faith" (2x123) at 4:31:46.
  97. See "Ice and Fire" (2x121) at 2:10:15.
  98. See "Fair-weather Faith" (2x123) at 4:32:42.  Lucien's Crimson Rite deals psychic damage.
  99. See "Fair-weather Faith" (2x123) at 4:33:12.  Lucien's attack brands Fjord.
  100. See "An Open Window" (2x114) at 1:36:58.
  101. See "The Tortoise and The Dare" (2x117) at 0:18:44.
  102. See "Contentious Company" (2x120) at 3:39:43.
  103. Critical Role: The Mighty Nein - The Nine Eyes of Lucien, p. 68.
  104. See "The Tortoise and The Dare" (2x117) at 0:50:14.
  105. See "Hell or High Water" (2x136) at 2:32:11.
  106. See "An Open Window" (2x114) at 1:37:46.
  107. See "Under Timeless Ice" (2x116) at 4:03:17.
  108. See "The Tortoise and The Dare" (2x117) at 0:47:59.
  109. See "Fair-weather Faith" (2x123) at 4:13:27.
  110. See "The Streets of the Forgotten" (2x134) at 4:08:27.
  111. Online Slang Dictionary definition of nine-sided.
  112. Critical Role: The Mighty Nein - The Nine Eyes of Lucien, p. 203.
  113. Critical Role: The Mighty Nein - The Nine Eyes of Lucien, p. 140.
  114. Critical Role: The Mighty Nein - The Nine Eyes of Lucien, p. 63.
  115. Critical Role: The Mighty Nein - The Nine Eyes of Lucien, p. 56 and 57.

Art:

  1. Fan art of Lucien Tavelle, by Robson Michel (source). Used with permission.
  2. Fan art of Lucien, with his nine eye tattoos alight, killing a Kryn excavator, by KageSatsuki (source). Used with permission.
  3. Fan art of Lucien burning the caravan, by Alex Payne (source). Used with permission.
  4. Fan art of Azrahari greeting Lucien and Cree, by Caleb Arbor (source). Used with permission.
  5. Fan art of Lucien talking to Aldreda, by Robin (source). Used with permission.
  6. Fan art of Lucien's journal, by Clara (source). Used with permission.
  7. Fan art of Lucien revived, by Yettinim (source). Used with permission.
  8. Fan art of Lucien, by @porzio art (source). Used with permission.
  9. Fan art of Lucien, by heidzdraws (source). Used with permission.
  10. Fan art of Lucien at the River Inferno, by Kieran Slate (source). Used with permission.
  11. Fan art of Lucien reassures Cree, by Robin (source). Used with permission.
  12. Fan art of Lucien ascending as the Neo-Somnovem, by CT Chen (source). Used with permission.
  13. Fan art of Lucien, the Somnovem Omega, by Nathaniel Himawan (ninesicks) (source). Used with permission.
  14. Fan art of Lucien and Molly, by Aimee Ernst (source). Used with permission.
  15. Fan art of Molly mentioning Brevyn, by Robin (source). Used with permission.
  16. Fan art of Lucien's black scimitars, by Inkarat (source). Used with permission.
  17. Fan art of Lucien and Cognouza, by @mellifera38 (source). Used with permission.
  18. Lucien, the Neo-Somnovem."Rebirth" (2x139) at 1:06:40
  19. Fan art of Cognouza Incarnate, by Rezan 'Rez' Gungor (source). Used with permission.
  20. Fan art of Molly, Lucien and their gender identity, by Robin (source). Used with permission.
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