Lukana Octo

"She asked you to take care of the "body"... She'll get mad later."

- Lukana Octo

Lukana Octo is a tailor from Mystica, Asmodean in the Beelzenian Empire and one of Duke Sateriasis Venomania's many victims. After the Venomania Event, she swapped bodies with the sorceress Elluka Clockworker while pregnant with the duke's child.

Early Life
Lukana was born in EC 116 in Mystica, Asmodean. During her childhood, she met and became close friends with Rajih and Lilien Turner. Eventually, she became a tailor within her hometown. Around EC 135, Lukana and Lilien went shopping through town. Spying a bracelet identical to hers, she bought the trinket for Lilien. When Lilien querried if it was for her, Lukana expressed that it suited her, putting it on her friend's wrist. Noting the one her friend owned, the tailor explained that now they matched, grasping her hand to put the trinkets beside one another.

Venomania Event
In late EC 135, Lukana traveled to Lasaland to take part in its New Year Festival, encountering Duke Sateriasis Venomania. Enchanted by his gaze, Lukana fell in love with the duke. While returning to Mystica after the festival, she slipped away and returned to Venomania at his mansion. Satisfying his desires, she was the first of the women to join his harem, giving him her bracelet and living in the mansion's basement. As women continued to join Venomania's harem, Lukana tailored each of their outfits.

Three months since becoming his concubine, Lukana stood beside Sateriasis' throne when I.R. arrived in April of EC 136. Overhearing that he was leaving with the sorceress for, she asked where he was going. Telling her he would only be gone for a while, the duke entrusted Lukana with the mansion in his absence and the former tailor gladly accepted the task. She watched as he departed the basement with I.R. to her old hometown.

Sometime later, Lukana listened to a peculiar sound. When Gumina Glassred asked what was wrong, she noted the sound and believed it was rain. Gumina revealed that Lasaland was a rainy place, commenting how she hated it. Lukana responded that it was not important anymore because Venomania had willed they live there. As Gumina left, Lukana heard her call their lover "Sati" before telling her not to worry about it. The former tailor expressed her slight jealousy that Gumina could call the duke by such a nickname and told her that it would be alright, as Mystica was always sunny.

Later, she found Mikulia Greeonio with I.R.'s vacant body, dressing up the lifeless body like a doll. Telling the former peasant that the sorceress would be mad when she saw what Mikulia did to her body, Mikulia asked why and Lukana explained that the body wasn't a doll. Listening to Mikulia express her dissatisfaction with her impoverished life in comparison to the life she has now, Lukana grabbed her when she tried painting the body's lips, saying she would draw on her face too if she didn't stop.

When she tried to argue, Lukana coldly told her that she would be unrecognizeable and noticed the pendant she wore. Asking if it was emerald, Mikulia said it was and that Venomania had given her it for returning to him. Lukana said she was jealous, recognizing that Mikulia had also been chosen as one of the duke's "favorites". Asking if she liked the duke, Mikulia exclaimed that she loved him, saying he never called her stupid like her parents had; caught on the train of thought, she leaped at Lukana, saying she liked her too. Chuckling, the former tailor expressed her gratitude but quickly became concerned when Mikulia became silent. Hearing her say she didn't like Gumina, they briefly remained silent before Lukana told her it would be best if they all get along since it would make Sateriasis happy. Hearing Mikulia's uncertainty, the pink-haired concubine said that she was sure Mikulia and Gumina could become friends despite their different origins, saying they may have similarities, remembering Lilien.

Once Venomania and I.R. returned from their journey, Lukana continued to please the Duke's whims. Seeing Lilien arrive to join Venomania's harem, Lukana watched as she danced with him, smiling. At some point, she developed her Purple Dream ability and was asked by the Duke to keep an eye on I.R. with her unique power. Lukana continued to manage the relationships between the other women when she discovered the corpse of Lolan Eve while bringing her lamb porridge breakfast. Venomania's apparent apathy over her death as well as his prior reunion with Lilien caused her brainwashing to gradually weaken. Around these events, Lukana became pregnant with the Duke's child. When the disguised Kachess Crim successfully stabbed the Duke in EC 137, Lukana broke free of his spell and began to flee the mansion with the others.

Later Life
Soon after, she and Lilien reunited with Rajih and the three traveled to many places to avoid I.R. She eventually discovered her pregnancy and gave birth to the Duke's child. Later, Elluka Clockworker encountered Lukana and, to fend off I.R. from her trail, the tailor swapped bodies with the sorceress and continued on with her childhood friends.

Legacy
Lukana and the Duke's resulting bloodline lasted for centuries, surviving into the late EC 900s with Nyoze and Gammon Octo. Gammon desired to rid himself of the "curse" inherited from Venomania and Lukana's intercourse. The playwright Ma would recount Lukana's interactions with Lukana to a captured visitor to Evil's Theater, describing that Elluka had forcibly swapped bodies with her after she became devastated for losing her viriginity to the Duke.

Personality and Traits
Lukana was a reliable and kind woman, concerned about the wellbeing of others. As a result, she tried being friendly with everyone and was open to listening to others and helping her friends. Although believing she was in love with Venomania while brainwashed by him, Lukana respected the other concubines and actively worked towards improving relations between them. She was very responsible, keeping others out of trouble but otherwise simply observing their actions. Because of this, she wasn't afraid to use threats to coerce the harem girls to behave. In contrast, Lukana was very subconscious about her virginity and became devastated when she realized that Venomania defiled her and gave her a child.

Skills and Abilities
Working at her family's tailor shop, Lukana learned how to be a dressmaker and was skilled enough to help out at the Lasaland New Year Festival; this skill would also be put to use sewing the dresses used by the women in Venomania's harem. She also was a capable people person, able to be on good terms the other women in the Duke's harem and deal with their different personalities or upbringings. Although not realized, she had great magical potential, her untapped power earning the interest of Elluka. It was due to this potential that some magic of the Demon of Lust lingered in her body, giving her the prophetic "Purple Dream" ability.

Character Connections
Sateriasis Venomania: Lukana's abductor. Lukana was in love with the duke due to his powers of Lust, helping him with her skills as a seamstress and trying to keep the peace between the harem women for his sake. His spell over her began to fade in part, however, when she observed his callous attitude towards Lolan's death, and she fled after he was killed by Kachess, horrified by the loss of her innocence.

Lilien Turner: A friend of Lukana. Lukana valued their friendship highly despite the many differences between them; this friendship inspired her to believe people as different as Gumina and Mikulia could get along in Venomania's harem. Reuniting with Lilien in part helped her to overcome her brainwashing at the duke's hands, and she later traveled with her and Rajih after being freed.

Rajih: A friend of Lukana. She valued his friendship highly and played with him often as a child, although unable to be with him as often in adulthood. After being freed from Venomania's harem, she joined Rajih and Lilien to travel the world.

Mikulia Greeonio: A fellow member of Venomania's harem. Lukana acted like a voice of reason for her as temporary master of the house, getting her to stop painting Haru's body and attempting to help her get along with Gumina. She appreciated Mikulia's friendship, though expressed mild jealousy that she was one of the duke's "favorites".

Gumina Glassred: A fellow member of Venomania's harem. Lukana was mildly jealous that Gumina was able to call Sateriasis by the nickname "Sati" but bore her no ill will, wishing to get along with her for the sake of the duke.

Elluka Clockworker: A sorceress Lukana met. Lukana ran into Elluka after the Venomania Event, when the girl was horrified over her loss of innocence, and Elluka swapped bodies with her. The sorceress would later swap Lukana's body with that of Kayo Sudou.

Conceptualization and Origin

 * Her surname is derived from the Greek and Roman prefix octo, meaning eight and is a reference to Tako Luka and Lukana's Vocaloid counterpart.
 * Lukana's name is partially inspired by the name of her representative Vocaloid, Luka, both names sharing their first four letters.

Curiosities

 * Lukana's occupation as a tailor is a reference to Kayo Sudou.
 * Lukana's child is one of the three offspring of Venomania to carry the potential to develop Hereditary Evil Raiser Syndrome and pass it onto future generations.
 * It was believed that Lukana was a descendent of the Leviantans from the age of the Magic Kingdom's era.

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