Lucanis Dellamorte - Official Companion Thread [Spoilers]

Just a little something to tide us over until they reveal more:

How does this man walk down the street without getting mauled by a horde of would-be lovers?

He reminds me of Ben Barnes

Also a hint of Michiel Huisman. Not a bad combo... 

I'm assuming fan art but I thought it close enough to what we have seen officially that I decided to post it. I think it was originally posted by a fan on X but I just picked it up doing a general search on the Net for images of Lucanis.

They have never stated his age but I imagine he had to be at least in his thirties to be a Master Assassin. However, talented you are and whatever family connections you have, in order to achieve that level of expertise you need to have spent time in the field honing your craft. Also, I don't think Caterina would have wanted to hand over control of House Dellamorte until he had proven himself to be worthy of it. Nevertheless, he can't be more than his mid-thirties because of Caterina being his grandmother. She is apparently in her early seventies. Even if she had his parent in her teens and they in turn had him in their teens, it would still be a stretch to make him any older. Not impossible but unlikely.

However, Mary Kirby also tweeted she was confident that we will love his VA, so I'm remaining hopeful that his voice will just be the icing on the cake when it comes to his sex appeal.

I'm not happy that the best looking companion by far is a crow. He better not sound like Puss in Boots again. Yeah I cannot stand Zevran... I'm also normally not into Italian/Spanish dudes, especially not their languages. His personality would need to win me over. Which means he'll have to not like his own guild for some reason.

Btw I purchased Tevinter Nights and started reading today. Just finished the first story. So let's see how I like this guy after I'm done with his short story.

Yeah, he's gotta be at least on his thirties.
Tall, dark, and hopefully not possessed. Totally my type.

Well, that was the intention of the Venatori leader at the end of that story. She definitely wants revenge not just for Forfex but all their other cultists that he has killed. So far as I could tell Lucanis had become rather picky in his jobs and only took those that involved killing Venatori blood mages that had it coming to them, although to be fair he admitted to Illario that his anonymous sponsor was paying well for the service. Only thing is, they didn't just call him the Mage Killer but the Demon. Perhaps the writing team decided that would be a bit too on the nose to use it as his moniker.

I fully expect part of his personal quest(s) to involve the Venatori in some way. Zara Renata hinted that she wasn't going to simply kill him but exploit his weaknesses in service of their aims and make him suffer. She identified one weakness was that the apparent ruthless killer has a heart because he saved the slaves. We also know the Shadow Dragons are directly opposed to the Venatori. So she could perhaps use his connection with the Veilguard and Neve to get at that organisation. Also, if Rook is in a romance with him and she gets to hear of it, perhaps she will use that in some way.

I'm almost sure she's involved with Lucanis story - I'm just not sure at what point tho: will she be the reason he died/"died", or cursed him in some way, or will she be someone he'd have to confront during his personal quest?

Returning the the Spirit Rogue idea, if it turns out to be true, I was thinking that perhaps there might be some sort of twist to it that we can influence whether the spirit leans more into its negative or positive aspect by our relationship with Lucanis. Anders seemed to suggest that he was influencing Justice to be Vengeance as much as Justice was influencing him but his strength of emotion was so strong Justice would remain vengeance so long as they were united. Whether you were a friend or rival also affected the initial benefits he gained from his specialisation. Perhaps it might be similar with Lucanis but even have an effect of the outcome for him, a bit like Anomen back in BG2, where he started off lawful neutral and your influence could either result in him becoming lawful good or lawful evil. I don't imagine it will be as stark a contrast with Lucanis but there might be an element of it there.

We have had someone with a relationship with a spirit in each game so far: Wynne in DAO; Anders in DA2; Cassandra in DAI (even if she would deny it if asked but it is obvious that is what was going on); plus spirits acting as companions: Justice in DAA and Cole in DAI. I assume that Manfred will occupy the latter role in DAV but that still leaves a vacancy for the spirit partner companion in DAV. Unless Manfred's relationship with Emmrich is meant to fill that role, Lucanis would seem the most likely candidate.