Lucanis Dellamorte - Official Companion Thread [Spoilers]

I've been having some more thoughts about Lucanis being socially awkward. I was re-reading the end of Eight Little Talons, where Viago says to Teia that Caterina will likely call back Lucanis to destroy Emil's House/family for her personally. Then then both shiver, so that is apparently the affect Lucanis has on a couple of high ranking Talons. It makes me think that this is all he is known for, dealing vengeance on behalf of Caterina. So apart from his cousin, when other Crows see Lucanis enter a room they are likely thinking "has he come for me?" Viago was uptight enough with Teia but she doesn't have that sort of reputation. So other Crows are likely to be wary, cold and distant with him as a result, which would only add to his feelings of social isolation. No wonder he says: "Death is my calling." He has been molded into a killing machine and doesn't see himself as anything else. It is probably why Caterina favoured him over Illario because she saw him as her perfect creation.

I imagine that it will be quite a novel experience for him if he doesn't automatically get that reaction from the team. Even so, looking at some of the screen shots with him out in the field he does seem to hang back slightly, glancing backwards, on the alert in the one with qunari Rook, as though he is still in the mindset that he has to look out for himself rather than he is part of a team. The other one I've seen with the giant hands in Arlathan Forest, Rook and Harding are close together, probably even discussing the hands, but Lucanis is some way behind them. This could partly be to keep a watch but may also reflect that he is more comfortable that way, walking slightly removed and alone.