![]() Standard Sci-Fi Army: Just about every category available is used by Lucis.Shifting Sand Land: Leide is a desert region.Being a fighter seems to be part of the job. Royals Who Actually Do Something: The Caelum dynasty is filled with one Warrior Prince (and princess) after another.Power Crystal: It powers the entire kingdom and has a profound influence on its advanced technology.Monument of Humiliation and Defeat: During the 10-year Time Skip in XV, Ardyn moves into Insomnia.Meaningful Name: Lucis means "light" in Latin.Magical Society: Lucis's society revolves around magic, contrasting Niflheim's machine-based society.Ironic Name: Lucis means light, but the color of Lucian nobility and royalty is black.In an early trailer for Versus XIII, a stone carving of the Reaper is holding Etro's portrait. The Grim Reaper: Lucis's patron deity, if the kingdom's emblem and Color Motif of black are any indication.The Good Kingdom: Of the quintessential fantasy variety, albeit more modern.Lucis' combat force, the Kingsglaive, also has great allusions to Ninjas/Shinobi in terms of covert battle tactics and supernatural control over the elements that were commonly ascribed to ninjas. Insomnia itself is based on Shinjuku, Tokyo and modern Japanese culture. Fantasy Counterpart Culture: Hajime Tabata called Lucis "friendly" compared to the administration of Japan's prime minister Shinzō Abe, but wouldn't make a direct comparison.Doomed Hometown: Insomnia is the capital city of Lucis.That being said, the color is based on what the founder wore and he wasn't exactly the best of people. Dark Is Not Evil: All of the royal family members and occupations closely tied to it wear black uniforms.Citadel City: Insomnia is one of these, using magical walls sustained by the Throne of royal family to hold off the assault of the Niflheim Empire for decades, and maintaining stability and peace in the capital city while the Lucian territories get annexed.This attitude comes back to bite the Kingdom of Lucis when King Regis' decision to relinquish outside territories to Niflheim rule for a peace treaty leads to a full on revolt by much of the Kingsglaive forces. ![]() Absolute Xenophobe: As a result of being walled off from the rest of the world and the ongoing war with Niflheim, many Insomnian citizens are considerably wary if not contemptuous of outsiders from other territories and those deemed as foreigners, even if those foreigners are loyal members of the Kingsglaive.Under the guise of a peace treaty signing to end its war with Niflheim, Niflheim invades Lucis and steals its crystal, killing Regis in the process. For centuries, Lucis has been at war with the Empire of Niflheim. Its current king, Regis Lucis Caelum CXIII, protects the city as the Crystal's guardian. Due to the power of its hallowed Crystal, it has become a highly developed and advanced nation. The homeland of our main protagonist Noctis, Lucis is one of the four successor states (the other three being Tenebrae, Accordo and Niflheim) to the ancient civilization of Solheim, which was wiped out during the War of the Gods.
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