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THE PURIFIER
From an early age, Lucian wanted nothing more than to be like his father, Urias, who
was a member of the ancient order of the Sentinels of Light. While Lucian remained
home in Demacia, Urias ranged far and wide, protecting the living from the wraiths of
Urias would regale Lucian with tales of his adventures, where courage and ingenuity
carried the day. Lucian hung on every word, picturing himself saving the people of
Runeterra at his father’s side. But Urias did not want his son to follow in his footsteps,
hoping to keep his family safe from the dangerous life he had chosen.
Lucian waited for the day he would become Urias’ apprentice, but it never came.
Instead, Lucian stayed in Demacia, where he found himself increasingly at odds with
the kingdom’s culture. It especially rankled him that Demacia would exile peaceful
their perilous journey. Where his countrymen saw only outlaws, reducing the world to
good or evil, Lucian looked closer, and saw people in need of help.
After returning home from one such journey, Lucian found a stranger waiting at his
door. She introduced herself as Senna, a Sentinel of Light. Cradling Urias’ relic pistol
in her hands, Senna explained that Lucian’s father had died, falling in battle against
Senna had been Urias’ apprentice, fighting at his side for years.
Lucian reeled in shock—not only was his father dead, but before him stood a woman
who had lived the life he had wanted for so long. As Senna made to take her leave,
Lucian stopped her at the door, insisting he join her. He knew what came next—the
vigil for lost Sentinels. Senna reluctantly allowed Lucian to accompany her.
Along the way, the two traded stories of their time with Urias, Senna comforting
Lucian with her plainspoken wisdom, and Lucian easing her pain with fond
remembrances. They arrived at Urias’ birthplace, far away from Demacian lands.
As they prepared to depart, dark clouds rolled in over the coast, and wraiths
manifested from the foulness, attacking them. Where Lucian was horrified, Senna
drew her weapons with a grim familiarity—this was her curse. Since she was a child,
tendrils of the Black Mist had stalked her wherever she went, unleashing its horror
As Senna fought one of the creatures, it clawed Urias’ pistol from her grip. Lucian
retrieved it, sensing his fate opening up before him. The blazing sorrow in his heart
manifested in a bolt of light that blasted from the pistol, distracting the wraith so
Senna could banish it. Senna fought off the remaining spirits before the pair left, the
Never before had one of the uninitiated fired a Sentinel’s relic weapon. For the first
time, Lucian had shown Senna his potential to join the order.
Eventually, Senna entrusted Lucian with his father’s pistol, and instructed him in the
tactics and doctrines of the Sentinels. He proved himself worthy of the lessons. A bond
slowly formed between them, Lucian’s warmth and charm the perfect balance to
their reliance upon each other blossomed into love. The closer Lucian grew to Senna,
the more he witnessed the curse she bore. Each conflict hardened him, splitting the
world apart into light and shadow, good and evil. Lucian’s urge to heal Senna became
Scouring a forgotten vault for a cure, the two Sentinels were attacked by the
monstrous wraith Thresh. The ghoulish Chain Warden was a dangerous foe, and when
Senna called to withdraw and regroup, Lucian refused to turn back. Throwing himself
blindly into the attack, Lucian realized his mistake as Thresh gained the upper hand.
As the dust settled, Senna lay dead before him, her soul claimed by Thresh’s eldritch
lantern.
Senna’s sacrifice was nearly Lucian’s undoing. For years, he stalked Runeterra, a husk
of the man he once was, his former warmth replaced with anger and bitterness.
Wielding both his pistol and Senna’s, Lucian hunted Thresh in the hope of destroying
the lantern and granting oblivion to his captive love. On the day that battle finally
came, Lucian shattered the lantern—but instead of finding her eternal rest,
Senna reemerged.
Lucian and Senna’s love is a bond even death could not sever. As Lucian struggles to
grasp Senna’s altered form, he is forced to confront his own. Lucian now fights to
return to his former self, while grappling with the reality that the dark forces he hates