Luke

Luke, the Constructor
Age	Unknown
Sex	Male
Race	Unknown
Affiliation	N/A
Occupation	Ninth Apostle
Alias	N/A
Location	Pandemonium
Foreign Name(s)	N/A
Likeability	N/A

“

I am afraid. I am Luke, the king of Heblon and the monarch of light and darkness—I can't die such a pathetic death! It can't be a premonition! I won't die. I'll change fate if I must. I'll prove that premonition is wrong. I'll create something in my likeness, so that they could die instead of me. I'll also create the strongest warriors that will allow no enemies near me.

”

Luke, also known as The One Who Touches Earth Without A Word and The King of Heblon, is the ninth Apostle of Pandemonium. Ever since his birth, Luke's blood drove him into a life of endless constructing. While much about Luke still remains unknown, it was him who showed Bakal many events of the future, including the death of the Apostles, and what that entailed.

Luke serves as the central antagonist of the Pandemonium quest-line and final boss of the Luke's Laboratory dungeons.

History

Luke was originally the king of Heblon, a kingdom that is located on a planet different from where the game takes place. Due to unknown reasons, Luke was teleported to Pandemonium and had lost his memories. During this time, the kingdom of Heblon had fallen due to his absence.

Since then, Luke had been exploited by Apostles Hilder and Bakal to construct vast structures across Pandemonium for thousands of years, including the Castle of the Dead and re-building the Metro Center. After completing endless structures, he eventually regained his memories of Heblon. Distraught, he decided to turn Pandemonium into a new Heblon.

At some point, he had caught wind of Hilder's prophecy regarding the eventual death of all Apostles. Fearing for his life, he grew increasingly paranoid and desperate, even going so far as to create an immortal army to fend off Hilder's forces. By the time the Adventurer arrives in Arad, Luke had released the Black Nightmare into Arad, which was used to extract light and dark energies from Arad in order to empower himself.

As the Adventurer attempts to travel to Pandemonium through the Castle of the Dead in Zelva, Luke's defenses had grown significantly. He is declared as a threat by the De Los Empire and Empyreans, who decides that he must be stopped for the sake of Arad's survival. The Adventurer, alongside Empyrean and Imperial forces, eventually break past Luke's magical barrier within the Castle of the Dead and meet him face to face.

If the Adventurer did not side the Grim Seekers, Luke is slain by them, who was empowered with Hilder's blessing. If the Adventurer sided with the Grim Seekers, they, alongside Kasijas, attempt to persuade Luke that his dream of rebuilding Heblon can become a reality, but the destruction of Arad is not the answer. Luke briefly contemplates on Kasijas's words, but is slain by Vaughn Walshuted before he can respond.

Upon his death, a portion of his essence was absorbed by Vaughn Walshuted as it drifted into the air. Furthermore, Gizel appears from a portal and collected something from Luke's body, though it is unknown what it was exactly.

Trivia

• Luke's character takes inspiration from Lugh, one of the most prominent gods in Irish mythology portrayed as a warrior, king, master craftsman and a hero.
• Each of Luke's commanders in Luke's Laboratory have a ranking that is synonymous to that of one of the twenty-two Major Arcana from a European Tarot card deck.

#	Name	Monster Name
	The Fool	Red Clown
	The Magician	Purging Snader
	The High Priestess	Mass-produced Becky
	The Empress	Hyperspeed Zakeline
	The Emperor	Quatro Manus Mark-II
	The Hierophant	Oblivious Aslan
	The Lovers	Large-armed Prince Golgotha  Iron-armed Princess Kalbarri
	The Chariot	Lamenting Lampard
	Strength	Iron Beast
	The Hermit	Hatred Veil
	Wheel of Fortune	Fortuneteller Rosaura
	Justice	Light Idol Horus
	The Hanged Man	Grieving Buffon
	Death	Contamination Carina
	Temperance	Wrecking Haboob
	The Devil	Evil Sword Veara
	The Tower	Metal Gear Canaps
	The Star	The Seven Mistral
	The Moon	Moonlight Walker Yashin
	The Sun	High-reinforced Argos
	Judgement	Dark Idol Anubis
	The World	Nightmarish Nerbe

As an Enemy

Constructor Luke

Type

Move Set

• Energy Aura: Luke throughout the entire fight will always have an armor-like aura that makes him invincible, mitigates damage to a bare minimum and cannot be held or stunned while it's active. In order to damage Luke, he must receive at least 250 - 300 hits for the aura to dissipate that causes the "Light/Darkness is scattering..." message to appear.
  • Scattering/Gathering: Luke's aura is gone and he is vulnerable to damage. There is a timer bar below to see how long scattering remains before it ends. Afterwards, the aura will fully regenerate with the message "Light/Darkness is gathering!" appearing.

• Luke's Prophecy:
  • (Lumen) "I see the fear in your eyes! Let time travel backward!"
  • (Caligo) "Succumb to the darkness. The hour of darkness has arrived."
  • Luke jumps to the top-center of the screen and begins to create a huge barrier around himself with a timer bar below that starts to fill up. Players must destroy this barrier immediately once he begins using this move before casting is complete, failure will result in Luke lifting up party members laughing at them while saying "Feel how helpless you are!" The screen flashes white with their skills on max cooldown and HP drained.

• Barrier Seal: Luke selects the player furthest away and places a barrier upon them:
  • (Lumen) Skill Lock: Above the player's head shows six skills of their class that are locked and shouldn't be used while the barrier is in effect until it fades out. If that player uses said-locked skill, they'll be instantly killed and the barrier transfers over to another player.
  • (Caligo) Dark Seal: The player with the highest HP will be trapped and cannot move at all. This barrier can be destroyed by other party members to set them free, otherwise they'll end up being an easy target for Luke's attacks and this too can be transferred over if the trapped player dies.

• Meteors: Luke summons several meteors that is thrown at the players with explosive properties. He's invulnerable during this move and players are flung in the air upon being hit. Can be avoided by staying still and above Luke's Y-Axis.

• Energy Laser:
  • (Lumen) Triple Shot: Luke fires out three lasers, shooting from the middle, the top, and then the bottom. Not difficult to avoid, but can be flung or juggled if the attack connects.
  • (Caligo) Laser Tracker: Luke chooses the player furthest and randomly targets them with a giant tracking laser, following the selected player. It leaves a trail on the floor and stepping on it will cause damage. Targeted players will have a marker below their feet so do your best to move away from party members if you're being followed by one.

• Melee: Luke randomly jumps towards to a player and rapidly punches them, dealing moderate to high damage.

• Earthquake: Luke creates explosions in a horizontally straight line. It deals minor damage and players can be juggled upon contact.

• Energy Sphere Shower: Luke summons a mass amount of energy spheres while shouting "This is my power!" and launches them down at players. They deal moderate damage and are very fast traveling, making it difficult to avoid. They have explosive properties that knocks down players and leaves craters on the ground where stepping or falling into them causes continuous damage until fading away.

• Cross Blast: Luke will become dark and invulnerable to where he'll start casting a move. Party members who are furthest away will also receive a cast bar, including an aura below them. Once the bar is filled, a cross shaped explosion will occur that spreads through out the room.

• Reflection Mode:
  • (Lumen) "I'll return the favor!" After Luke sustains a certain amount of damage and for a short period of time, Luke will activate this mode that collects and shoots back projectile-based moves at the party. Players getting hit by their own projectiles will most likely kill them.
  • (Caligo) "Your power...fuels me." Similar to Lumen reflect, except that multi-hitting Luke will cause him to retaliate by spraying out numerous dark spheres at the party. Because of this, it's better to refrain from attacking him while the mode is active.

Berserk

• Fury: If Luke is dealt with too many multi-hits or lingering holds, he'll pull the entire party into a circle where they're immobilized and cannot move out of it, rapidly attacking them before dealing the final blow that can fling players right in the air, dealing heavy to lethal damage upon each hit. The move itself looks very similar to Blade Master's 1st Awakening.

Empowered Luke

Appearances

• Solium Machina (Boss)

Drops

•  A.B. Lampard Rifle in Solium Machina (all difficulties)
•  Ability Amp in Solium Machina (all difficulties)
•  Anubis Ceramic Boots in Solium Machina (all difficulties)
•  Auto Mail Pes in Solium Machina (all difficulties)
•  Beast Blood Rain in Solium Machina (all difficulties)
•  Becky's Chick Class Bracelet in Solium Machina (all difficulties)
•  Black Arkous in Solium Machina (all difficulties)
•  Black Diorama Shoulder in Solium Machina (all difficulties)
•  Black Nightmare Shoulder in Solium Machina (all difficulties)
•  Bloodcurdling Rampas in Solium Machina (all difficulties)
•  Booming Pulverizer in Solium Machina (all difficulties)
•  Brakium Gear Ring in Solium Machina (all difficulties)
•  Cherry Blossom Sword in Solium Machina (all difficulties)
•  Clown's Sorrow in Solium Machina (all difficulties)
•  Cotti Crux in Solium Machina (all difficulties)
•  Cupes Spirit Duo in Solium Machina (all difficulties)
•  Dark Handcuffs in Solium Machina (all difficulties)
•  Diablo Sword in Solium Machina (all difficulties)
•  Draco Luma Pauldrons in Solium Machina (all difficulties)
•  Dracos Scale Sabatons in Solium Machina (all difficulties)
•  Evil Sword Deathrender in Solium Machina (all difficulties)
•  Evil Sword's Red Shadow in Solium Machina (all difficulties)
•  Formless Killer in Solium Machina (all difficulties)
•  Four Sealed Guardians in Solium Machina (all difficulties)
•  GAU-8 Mini Gun in Solium Machina (all difficulties)
•  Geminus Twin Rings in Solium Machina (all difficulties)
•  Goth Loli Dress in Solium Machina (all difficulties)
•  Haboob Tofus Pants in Solium Machina (all difficulties)
•  Ignis Framea in Solium Machina (all difficulties)
•  Igniting Iron in Solium Machina (all difficulties)
•  Imp's Pumpkin Pants in Solium Machina (all difficulties)
•  Infector Manikai in Solium Machina (all difficulties)
•  Iron Arm Kalbarri: Nuclear Punch in Solium Machina (all difficulties)
•  Jantis Luma Shoulder in Solium Machina (all difficulties)
•  Kashipa's Hermit in Solium Machina (all difficulties)
•  Lampard Titania in Solium Machina (all difficulties)
•  Lightning Lumbus in Solium Machina (all difficulties)
•  Lumen Khaligo in Solium Machina (all difficulties)
•  Luminous Lumen in Solium Machina (all difficulties)
•  Machina Kor in Solium Machina (all difficulties)
•  Mana Amp Staff in Solium Machina (all difficulties)
•  Mistral Water Suit in Solium Machina (all difficulties)
•  Moonlight Flash in Unknown
•  Moonlight Shadow in Solium Machina (all difficulties)
•  Oath Boots in Solium Machina (all difficulties)
•  Poison Bloom Gloves in Solium Machina (all difficulties)
•  Poison Bloom Rod in Solium Machina (all difficulties)
•  Purifion Sword in Solium Machina (all difficulties)
•  Quadro Cassiterum Coil in Solium Machina (all difficulties)
•  Red Fall Crown in Solium Machina (all difficulties)
•  Rhett Luma in Solium Machina (all difficulties)
•  Rubeo Askia in Solium Machina (all difficulties)
•  Rubeo Lorica in Solium Machina (all difficulties)
•  Scythe of Darkness in Solium Machina (all difficulties)
•  Sky Liquid in Solium Machina (all difficulties)
•  Slingshot Smash in Solium Machina (all difficulties)
•  Stealing Space in Solium Machina (all difficulties)
•  Strong Arm Golgotha: Nuclear Punch in Solium Machina (all difficulties)
•  Super-reinforced Ankle Warmers in Solium Machina (all difficulties)
•  Superalloy Brakium Greaves in Solium Machina (all difficulties)
•  Tesla Cannon in Solium Machina (all difficulties)
•  The Seven Blue Rain in Solium Machina (all difficulties)
•  Tofus Telum in Solium Machina (all difficulties)
•  Tunicula Manus in Solium Machina (all difficulties)
•  Volcanic Rock Coil in Solium Machina (all difficulties)
•  Yashin's Moonlight Gaiters in Solium Machina (all difficulties)
•  Zakeline One Sword: Ghost Mask Sword in Solium Machina (all difficulties)