Lucius
| Lucius ルシアス Lucius | |
 Lucius with Terapagos | |
| Age | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Eye color | Light turquoise |
| Hair color | Black with blue underlights |
| Hometown | Unknown |
| Region | Unknown |
| Animated series | Pokémon Horizons: The Series |
| Debut | The Ancient Poké Ball |
| English voice actor | N/A |
| Japanese voice actor | Daisuke Namikawa |
Lucius (Japanese: ルシアス Lucius), also known as the Ancient Adventurer (Japanese: いにしえの冒険者 Ancient Adventurer), is a recurring character in Pokémon Horizons: The Series. He was a Pokémon Trainer from 100 years ago and the main reason Roy and Liko decided to become Trainers, the truth behind his legend serving as one of their main motivations.
In animation
History
Pre-series
There is not much information about Lucius, but legends said that, around 100 years before the series, he was a Trainer who traveled through different regions and had several Legendary Pokémon as partners on his journey.
A group of his friends came to be collectively known as the Explorers and Lucius's Pokémon were collectively known as the Six Heroes. The main goal of all of them was to find a mysterious Pokémon paradise known as Laqua.
At some point on his journey, Lucius encountered Laqua. In Lapras's Feelings for its Friends it's revealed in a vision that after Lucius succeeded reaching Laqua, he said goodbye to his former companions, but promised he'd not die and that they'd meet again someday.
It's unknown what happened to Lucius after finding Laqua, but his Ancient Poké Balls were somehow scattered around the world along with his Pokémon.
Pokémon Horizons: The Series
The still unnamed Ancient Adventurer was first mentioned by Roy when describing his feats to Liko in The Treasure After the Storm!.
He briefly appeared in a fantasy in The Ancient Poké Ball when Roy told his grandfather about his dreams.
A real vision of Lucius was first shown in The Future I Choose, just after the Rising Volt Tacklers helped restore a forest that had been destroyed by a wildfire, the Pokémon in Liko's pendant came to life. With Arboliva's assistance, the Pokémon showed Liko and Roy a vision of the past where Lucius asked Arboliva to look for something. Later, Liko and Roy read a book by Liko's father that told the history of Lucius's adventures, based on stories told by Liko's grandmother Diana.
Lucius appeared again in a vision for Liko, Roy, and Friede in Fiery Galarian Moltres. This time, the mysterious adventurer was seen talking to Moltres about achieving Laqua. In the next episode, Diana revealed that she found a diary in her childhood with memories of Lucius's adventures. She also revealed that Laqua is the name of the paradise that Lucius was looking for and that at some point Terapagos was with Lucius on this journey.
In Rivals in the Dark of Night!, Liko read Lucius' memories where he left a message inspiring people to live in harmony with Pokémon while together seeking a better future. Diana also revealed the identity of Lucius' remaining Pokémon that were lost around the world; Lapras, Kleavor, and Entei.
In Terapagos's Adventure, Diana showed Liko a photograph of Lucius. She also took advantage and gave her Lucius' belt where he carried his former companions' Poké Ball.
Lucius appeared in a fantasy in HZ057 alongside Terapagos while Raifort told Liko and her friends the story of Laqua.
Character
Although much of Lucius is based on legend and myth, his deeds have resonated for years, this meant that the stories of Lucius's deeds inspired several Trainers, such as Roy, Raifort, and Diana.
During the flashbacks in which he was seen, it was shown that Lucius has a deep connection with his Pokémon.
In From So Far Away, it was suggested that Gibeon has some sort of connection to Lucius, but the extent of this has not been fully shown yet.
Pokémon
- Main article: Six Heroes
A hundred years ago, Lucius traveled with the Black Rayquaza and five other Pokémon he encountered throughout the various regions he traveled, working towards a single goal. Collectively, they are known as the Six Heroes, and each of them had a specific purpose. In an as-yet-unexplained way, Lucius's Poké Balls have been scattered around the world.
Lucius kept all his Pokémon (Except Terapagos) in Ancient Poké Balls.
This listing is of Lucius's known Pokémon in the anime:
Roaming the world
 Rayquaza 
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With Friede
 Arboliva |
 Moltres |
 Lapras |
With Liko
| Debut | The Pendant That Starts It All (Part Two) |
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| Voice actors | |
| Japanese | |
| English | Faye Mata |
- Main article: Terapagos (anime)
In Reunion at the Ancient Castle!, Diana revealed that Terapagos traveled with Lucius at some point in his journey.
Terapagos appears to have met at least four of the Six Heroes (Arboliva, Moltres, Lapras, and Rayquaza) at some point and is also implied to wish to see Lucius again in Laqua. Unlike the others however, it was never a member of the Six Heroes and didn't seem to have ever been caught in one of Lucius's Ancient Poké Balls, making the full details of their relationship still a mystery.
Status unknown
 Kleavor |
 Entei |
Voice actors
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In the manga
Pocket Monsters
Lucius briefly appeared in a flashback in HZM02 and HZM03.
Pokémon
Roaming the world
 Rayquaza
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With the Rising Volt Tacklers
 Arboliva |
 Moltres |
Other
Trivia
- Lucius is the first character in the anime to have officially owned a Shiny Legendary Pokémon.
- It is heavily implied that Lucius possesses some relations to Liko's family; not only do they possess the same hair color and very similar hairstyle, but Diana found an old suitcase containing notes of his journey and a dormant Terapagos from her home as a child.
Names
| Language | Name | Origin |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ルシアス Lucius | |
| English, French, Brazilian Portuguese | Lucius | Same as Japanese name |
| Korean | 루시아스 Lucius | Transcription of his Japanese name |
| Chinese (Mandarin) | 露西昂司 Lùxī'ángsī | Transcription of his Japanese name |
| Thai | ลูเซียส Lucius | Same as Japanese name |
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| See also: Pokémon the Series characters |
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