Lucian's Army

Lucian's Army
Lucian and his followers
First appearance	Underworld
Other appearances	Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
Founder	Lucian
Founded	15th century AD
Species	Lycans
Location	Hungary

Lucian's Army is the first army of Lycans led by the first Lycan, Lucian, during the Vampire-Lycan War. It is the first Lycan army to exist, being a predecesor of Marius's Army that would come centuries later.

Underworld: Rise of the Lycans

During Viktor's enslavement of the Lycans, the first Lycan, Lucian, rebels against the Vampires after he had been punished for removing his collar to save Sonja, Viktor's daughter, who was his lover. He had also become disillusioned with Viktor and had grown tired of his life of servitude. He rallied the Lycan slaves and, with the help of Sonja, frees several of the other Lycans and they flee the castle. Lucian makes plans to raise an army to invade the castle and free the remaining slaves. He and the other Lycans raid the countryside for weapons and supplies, and Lucian also seeks out and recruits Werewolves to his cause. Sonja plans to join them, however, Viktor discovers the secret passageway used by Sonja to meet Lucian, and he later learns of the affair.

Lucian & Sonja

Soon after, Sonja is condemned to death by her actions and Lucian, enraged and in grief, transforms into his Lycan form and attempts to flee, but is pinned against a wall by several crossbow proyectiles made of silver. However, Lucian is able to signal to his army, who come to his aid, and, after recovering, returns to free the remaining enslaved Lycans and battle the Vampires, the first attack in the Vampire-Lycan War. The Lycans and Werewolves take over the castle, leaving only a scant few Vampires alive once the night is over. Lucian duels with Viktor, using the rising sun to his advantage, and is able to wound Viktor by stabbing him through the mouth. Viktor initially appears to be dead, but Tanis puts him into a state of hibernation, ensuring his survival, and leaves the castle with all three Vampire Elders.

Raze, Sabas and Xristo watching Lucian emerge from the Castle

Lucian then uses the former Vampire stronghold as his own. Although Lucian has freed the Lycan slaves and killed a great many Vampires, he still vows revenge against all Vampires for the murder of Sonja and their unborn child as well as for the cruel injustice his kind has received at their hands.

Lucian Cheating Death

Following Lucian's success, the Vampires begin to demonize him. Lucian is deemed as the “most feared and ruthless leader ever to rule the Lycan clan” and the major instigator of the war between the two species. Viktor alters history, erasing any knowledge of Sonja's existence and the fact that Lycans were once the Vampires' slaves, thus blaming Lucian for the war. Because only a few Vampires survive Lucian's attack, this tale is believed by many to be truth. The only Vampire who tries to speak out about the truth, Tanis, is exiled in the 18th century by Viktor's favorite progeny and adopted daughter, Selene, under orders by Viktor, who claims he is telling "malicious lies".

Lucian and his cohorts are tracked down by a new group of Death Dealers. Somewhere amidst the attack, Lucian strikes a deal with a Death Dealer named Kraven. The exact details of the deal or what happened that night are unknown, but Kraven eventually returns to Viktor with the branded skin from Lucian's arm, using it as proof that he killed Lucian. All Vampires sent to fight Lucian that night are killed, with the exception of Kraven. A fire is then set to the castle, and Lucian and his followers go into hiding. Though Kraven tells Viktor he killed Lucian, he is still very much alive, and willingly gives Kraven the skin from his arm as "proof" of his demise. For the next 600 years, Lucian lays low, waiting for the perfect moment to strike the Vampires with Kraven's help.

Lucian's Branded Skin

At some point, Lucian and his followers created a new base centuries after Lucian faked his death, having burned down their old castle lair to ensure that the ruse of Lucian's death is maintained. While the Vampires believed the Lycan to be dispersed, with all their packs small, in fact Lucian created a huge den right under Budapest, under the nose of the Vampires' headquarters. Kraven repeatedly visited the Lycan Den after that to meet Lucian, although this often resulted in Kraven ranting. During this time, Lucian begins experimenting with the Vampire and Lycan blood types, hoping to create a Hybrid. Initially, all tests fail, and Lucian learns that the only way to hybridize himself is to find a descendent of Alexander Corvinus, the first Immortal. Lucian and his fellow Lycans begin kidnapping members of the Corvinus family one by one, searching for one who carries the genetic component necessary to create a Hybrid. Lucian uses a scientist named Singe to test captured humans for signs of the Corvinus Strain.

Lycan Den

Lucian also forms an alliance with Tanis after his exile from the Vampire Coven, in which Tanis provides him with ultraviolet ammunition for use in the war against the Vampires. In return, Lucian provides Tanis with some first-generation Werewolves, which Tanis uses as guard dogs, and a relatively comfortable existence.

Underworld

Raze using his guns on Rigel

In the early 21st century, after all attempts had failed, Lucian hones in on a doctor named Michael Corvin as a possible carrier of the Corvinus Strain. He sends Raze, his second-in-command, and Trix, one of his lieutenants, to find and kidnap Michael, so that his blood can be tested. Raze and Trix are so intent on catching Michael that they don't notice they're being followed by three Death Dealers: Selene, Nathaniel, and Rigel. Once Raze recognizes the three Vampires, a gun battle ensues, in which Michael escapes amongst the confusion. Trix is killed by Selene, while Nathaniel and Rigel are killed by the two Lycans. While running from Raze, Selene comes upon a vent in the subway that allows her to hear the Lycans in their lair. She quickly returns to the Vampire mansion, and informs her superiors of this. At the time, Kraven is the regent of the Coven and the only waking Vampire Elder, Amelia, is in America, which ensures that Lucian and his allies are not hunted down immediately since Kraven doesn't take Selene's warning seriously and dismisses her, sending Soren, the leader of Kraven's personal bodyguards, to handle it. Ignoring Kraven's orders to stop looking into the Lycan den, Selene begins to unravel the truth about the Lycans' plot to use Michael's blood to create a Hybrid.

Lucian about to bite Michael

After learning of Raze's failure to capture the human, a frustrated Lucian sets out to capture Michael himself. Lucian arrives at Michael's apartment and ambushes him, but Selene intervenes and shoots him several times. Lucian grabs Michael and bites him, infecting him with the Lycan virus. Before Lucian can do anything else, Selene drags Michael away from him, but Lucian keeps a small amount of Michael's blood in his mouth, which he then spits into a vial. He pushes the bullets out of his body, then attacks Selene and Michael as they try to drive away. He is able to stab Selene in the shoulder, severing an artery, before she throws him from the car and tries to run him over. Despite his efforts, Selene survives his attack and Michael is taken back to the Vampires' lair. Having been infected by Lucian's bite, Michael begins to see memories of Lucian's past, and of the night Sonja died.

Things begin to spiral out of control when Kraven argues with Selene and suffers an ill-timed slip of the tongue. In his anger with Selene's kidnapping of Michael, Kraven accidentally refers to Lucian in the present tense, triggering Selene's suspicions. Selene breaks into the restricted area of the Vampires' library, and is there able to discover that the Lycan who attacked her the previous night is Lucian. Frightened by this, she awakens Viktor a century ahead of schedule, and informs him that Lucian is still alive. Viktor, angered by Selene's growing relationship with Michael Corvin, chooses not to believe her, and so gives Lucian and Kraven the time needed to set their plan into motion.

Lucian with a sample of Michael's blood

Lucian returns to the Lycan den and tests Michael's blood, which tests positive for the Corvinus Strain. On the night that Marcus Corvinus is due to be awakened as part of the Chain, Lucian sends Raze and a team of fully transformed Lycans to attack and kill the Elder Amelia and the Vampire Council. Once the Council is dead and Amelia is incapacitated, with the help from Soren, Raze drains her of her blood, which he then takes back to the Lycan den.

Singe watching Ördögház

Lucian then orders Singe to take a small group of heavily armed Lycans and track Selene, with the hopes that Selene will lead them to Michael. Due to the meddling of a love-sick servant girl named Erika, who is infatuated with Kraven, Selene is able to escape the mansion and leads the Lycans to Michael. Michael is captured by Pierce and Taylor, two of Lucian's lieutenants, and is taken to the den. However, the rest of the Lycans were killed by Selene except for Singe who is taken prisoner. Selene tortures Singe for information until he breaks and explains Lucian's plan to her.

Singe being interrogated

Selene then takes Singe to the Vampires' lair, where she interrogates him in the presence of Viktor. Singe tells the Vampires that their regent, Kraven, has been conspiring with Lucian, who he was supposed to have killed six-hundred years before, and further explains the Lycan experiments with the Corvinus Strain. After a Vampire named Kahn arrives and informs Viktor of Amelia's assassination by Lycans, proving that Singe is telling the truth, Singe laughs at the knowledge of Amelia's death, causing Viktor to punch him, destroying most of his face and killing him instantly.

Once Lucian obtains Michael, he draws his blood and injects himself with it, the first step towards becoming a Hybrid. The second step is to gain access to Amelia's blood, so that Lucian can inject himself with that as well.

Before Raze can return with Amelia's blood, Kraven arrives at the den, having fled the mansion after a tortured Singe revealed the truth about Lucian's status and the Lycans' plans for Michael to Selene and Viktor.

Kraven and Lucian argue heatedly as the first sounds of battle reach them, confirming that the Death Dealers have found the lair. While preparing to join the battle, Lucian berates and insults Kraven, who then angrily shoots Lucian in the back with a Silver Nitrate gun, a weapon specifically designed to kill Lycans, ensuring Lucian's eventual death.

Kraven betraying Lucian

Raze sees Lucian's dead body

Upon reaching the Lycan lair, Raze finds Lucian seemingly dead. Angered at Lucian's death, he confronts Soren, who happens to be passing by at that exact moment. Despite Soren's age and silver whips, Raze kills him quickly, then feeds on his corpse. While feeding on the deceased Vampire, Raze senses the presence of Viktor, the Vampire Elder who enslaved him centuries earlier and forced him to become a Lycan. He attacks Viktor, but the Elder's strength is too much for him, and Viktor easily defeats him, snapping his neck with a single swipe of his hand before plunging his sword into Raze's body.

Lucian sees Selene and Michael kissing

Lucian regains consciousness several minutes later to see Michael and Selene together. Hearing Michael sharing with Selene what Lucian told him of how the war started, he realizes that Selene and Michael are in love, and that they have become the modern day Lucian and Sonja. And that there is hope. Ironically, Selene is the adoptive daughter of Viktor, who turned her due to her startling resemblance to Sonja. Seeing that history is repeating itself, and realizing his part is finished, Lucian saves them both from Kraven by stabbing him in the leg, but not before Kraven is able to shoot them both.

Lucian perishes after being shot by Kraven

As Michael is dying, Lucian tells Selene to bite him for his and Sonja's sakes, rationalizing that her virus will offset the effects of the Silver Nitrate, making Michael a Hybrid in the process. Desperate to save Michael, Selene sinks her fangs into Michael's neck, injecting the Vampire virus into his system and causing him to shift into a Hybrid. Dying, Lucian proclaims to Kraven, "You may have killed me, cousin, but my will is done regardless." Kraven then shoots Lucian multiple times in the chest, killing him. Lucian dies satisfied, knowing that his goal has been achieved and both his wife and unborn child have finally been avenged.

Lucian's will is carried out when Michael is fully transformed into a Hybrid and Viktor is killed by Selene in retaliation for the murder of her own family, as well as that of Sonja and their unborn child. As a final reminder of Lucian and Sonja's struggle, Selene picks up Sonja's pendant and carries it with her as she and Michael leave the Lycan den.

Without their central leader, the pack presumably disbanded following the battle in the Lycan Den. It is unknown if some of them end up working in Antigen or joining Marius' Army.

Known members

• Lucian (Leader) †
• Raze (Second-in-command) †
• Sabas (Enforcer)
• Xristo (Enforcer)
• Singe (Scientist) †
• Pierce (Lieutenant) †
• Taylor (Lieutenant) †
• Trix (Lieutenant) †
• Werewolves (Honorary Members) †
• Andreas Tanis (Exiled Vampire arms dealer) †
• Kraven (Vampire mole) †
• Soren (Under Kraven's command) †

Gallery

Lycans Vs. Vampires

Lycans and Werewolves assaulting Castle Corvinus

Lycans and Werewolves invade Castle Corvinus

Singe, Pierce and Taylor welcoming Lucian

Lycans attacking Death Dealers

Lycan slaves after escaping

Lycans preparing their guns

Lucian and Raze