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{{Infobox VTM character
 
{{Infobox VTM character
|image = Lucta de Aragon.png
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|image = Lucita Lasombra de Aragon.jpg
 
|caption = Art by [[John Van Fleet]]
|imagewidth = 200
 
|caption = Art by [[Mark Jackson]]
 
 
|name = Lucita de Aragón
 
|name = Lucita de Aragón
 
|alias =
|born = [[1170 (cWOD)|1170 CE]] (Aragón, Spain)
 
 
* Katherine Scott
 
* Maria Cadamon
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|gender = Female
 
|born = [[1170 (WOD)|1170 CE]] (Aragón, Spain)
 
|mother = Urraca of León
 
|mother = Urraca of León
|father = Alfonso I de Aragón
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|father = {{w|Alfonso II of Aragón}}
|embraced = [[1190 (cWOD)|1190 CE]]
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|embraced = [[1190 (WOD)|1190]]
 
|death =
 
|death =
 
|clan = [[Lasombra]]
 
|clan = [[Lasombra]]
 
|generation = 7th
 
|generation = 7th
 
|sire = [[Ambrosio Luis Monçada]]
 
|sire = [[Ambrosio Luis Monçada]]
|childer = [[Matteo]]
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|childer = [[Matteo]] ([[1206 (WOD)|1206]])
 
|allegiance =
 
|allegiance =
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* [[Sabbat]] (current)
* Former [[Camarilla (VTM)|Camarilla]]
 
* Former [[Autarkis]]
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* [[Autarkis]] (formerly)
 
* [[Camarilla (VTM)|Camarilla]] (formerly)
* Currently [[Sabbat]]
 
|rank = [[Archbishop (VTM)|Archbishop]] of Zaragoza, Aragón
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|rank =
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* [[Archbishop (VTM)|Archbishop]] of Zaragoza (current)
|alias =
 
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* [[Archon (VTM)|Archon]] (formerly)
* Katherine Scott
 
 
}}'''Lucita de Aragón''' is the [[signature character]] of the [[Lasombra]] [[Clan (VTM)|clan]] in [[Vampire: The Masquerade]] and [[Dark Ages: Vampire]]. She is a consummate shadow warrior, rivaling the [[Assamite]]s in ferocity and reputation.
* Maria Cadamon
 
|width = 200
 
}}
 
 
'''Lucita de Aragón''' is the [[signature character]] of the [[Lasombra]] [[Clan (VTM)|clan]] in ''[[Vampire: The Masquerade]]'' and ''[[Dark Ages: Vampire]]''. She is a consummate shadow warrior, rivaling the [[Assamites|Eastern Assamites]] in ferocity and reputation.
 
   
As the [[Anarch Revolt]] ensued and the [[Sabbat]] formed from its ashes, Lucita abstained from both [[sect]]s, becoming one of the most feared [[Lasombra#Lasombra antitribu|Lasombra ''antitribu'']] active in the [[modern nights]]. But all of this changed with the [[Final Death]] of her [[sire]] – an event that drove her to follow in his footsteps by becoming the Sabbat [[Archbishop (VTM)|Archbishop]] of Madrid.
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As the [[Anarch Revolt]] ensued and the [[Sabbat]] formed from its ashes, Lucita abstained from both [[sect]]s, becoming one of the most feared [[Lasombra antitribu|Lasombra ''antitribu'']] active in the [[modern nights]]. But all of this changed with the [[Final Death]] of her [[sire]] – an event that drove her to follow in his footsteps by becoming the Sabbat [[Archbishop (VTM)|Archbishop]] of [[Madrid (WOD)|Madrid]].
   
 
==Biography==
 
==Biography==
The daughter of King {{w|Alfonso II of Aragón}},<ref>{{b|VTDA|Iberia By Night}}</ref> Lucita grew up privileged but chafed under her responsibility to her father and family. She thought of patricide many times and often ran away, only to be caught by the Aragonese guards and returned to her father's custody. Rather than bother with disciplining the girl himself (as King, he had better things to do), Alfonse shuffled her off to confession each time, trusting that God and Church would engender penitence in his daughter. The fact that her confessor was [[Ambrosio Luis Monçada]] made this hope a vain one.
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The daughter of King {{w|Alfonso II of Aragón}}<ref>{{b|VTDA|Iberia By Night|page=}}</ref>, Lucita grew up privileged but chafed under her responsibility to her father and family. She thought of patricide many times and often ran away, only to be caught by the Aragonese guards and returned to her father's custody. Rather than bother with disciplining the girl himself (as King, he had better things to do), Alfonse shuffled her off to confession each time, trusting that God and Church would engender penitence in his daughter. The fact that her confessor was [[Ambrosio Luis Monçada]] made this hope a vain one.
   
 
Monçada recognized an indomitable will in young Lucita – and a fierce independence. These traits, combined with his unholy lust for her, convinced the bishop that her [[Embrace (VTM)|Embrace]] was warranted. After talking with others of his clan, Monçada decided that the Lasombra would greatly benefit from this individual of high birth.
 
Monçada recognized an indomitable will in young Lucita – and a fierce independence. These traits, combined with his unholy lust for her, convinced the bishop that her [[Embrace (VTM)|Embrace]] was warranted. After talking with others of his clan, Monçada decided that the Lasombra would greatly benefit from this individual of high birth.
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After her Embrace, though, Lucita's relationship with her clan was hardly idyllic. She struggled with Monçada just as she had struggled with her mortal father, craving autonomy and freedom. Although she served Monçada dutifully as a diplomat and a noble (she was the power behind the throne of her father's successor, King Pedro II), she was more at home on the road with her traveling companion [[Anatole]], who inspired in Lucita more faith in God than the degenerate Monçada ever could.
 
After her Embrace, though, Lucita's relationship with her clan was hardly idyllic. She struggled with Monçada just as she had struggled with her mortal father, craving autonomy and freedom. Although she served Monçada dutifully as a diplomat and a noble (she was the power behind the throne of her father's successor, King Pedro II), she was more at home on the road with her traveling companion [[Anatole]], who inspired in Lucita more faith in God than the degenerate Monçada ever could.
   
Since the [[Dark Ages]], Lucita has undertaken a training regimen through which she gained great skills in the noble art of war. Her speed and natural grace aided her in this endeavor, and she can masterfully whittle down stronger foes before they manage to land a single blow on her. When she combines her martial prowess with her trademark Lasombra control of darkness, she becomes a terrible enemy indeed. She has worked for the [[Camarilla (VTM)|Camarilla]] as an [[Archon (VTM)|archon]], and is justly feared and admired by [[Kindred (VTM)|Kindred]] of all sects.
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Since the [[Dark Medieval|Dark Ages]], Lucita has undertaken a training regimen through which she gained great skills in the noble art of war. Her speed and natural grace aided her in this endeavor, and she can masterfully whittle down stronger foes before they manage to land a single blow on her. When she combines her martial prowess with her trademark Lasombra control of darkness, she becomes a terrible enemy indeed. She has worked for the [[Camarilla (VTM)|Camarilla]] as an [[Archon (VTM)|archon]], and is justly feared and admired by [[Kindred (VTM)|Kindred]] of all sects.
   
 
{{quote | You began as royalty and the chosen progeny of one of the great elders of the time. You were groomed for a position of authority. If you'd been attentive to me back then, you could be [[Regent (Sabbat)|regent]] now. Instead, here you are skulking around until you get caught, and now you're just hoping for some way to keep your hide together long enough to see another year. Do you understand just how much contempt I have for you? | [[Gratiano de Veronese]] to Lucita}}
 
{{quote | You began as royalty and the chosen progeny of one of the great elders of the time. You were groomed for a position of authority. If you'd been attentive to me back then, you could be [[Regent (Sabbat)|regent]] now. Instead, here you are skulking around until you get caught, and now you're just hoping for some way to keep your hide together long enough to see another year. Do you understand just how much contempt I have for you? | [[Gratiano de Veronese]] to Lucita}}
   
Later in her unlife, following the death of her companion Anatole and her sire, the [[Cardinal (VTM)|Cardinal]] [[Monçada]], she became more attuned with the Sabbat, eventually abandoning her [[Humanity (VTM)|Humanity]] and taking up the [[Path of Night]] with [[Elieser de Polanco]] as mentor. She became the Sabbat [[Archbishop]] of Madrid in her sire's stead, and later became the Archbishop of Zaragoza, Aragón.
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Later in her unlife, following the death of her companion Anatole and her sire, the [[Cardinal (VTM)|Cardinal]] Monçada, she became more attuned with the Sabbat, eventually abandoning her [[Humanity (VTM)|Humanity]] and taking up the [[Path of Night]] with [[Elieser de Polanco]] as mentor. She became the Sabbat [[Archbishop (VTM)|Archbishop]] of [[Madrid (WOD)|Madrid]] in her sire's stead, and later became the Archbishop of Zaragoza.
   
===Gehenna===
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===Gehenna Timeline===
{{quote | Let them drop their jaws in wonder, [[Sascha Vykos|Myca]]. Let them curse me for abandoning the fight against Gehenna on their terms. Let them call me a traitor, place me on their absurd [[Red List]], curse me for a coward and a selfish fool. I am sick of playing the game the world has set before me. The time has come for Lucita to do what she should have done centuries ago. Despite the horror and wonder and fate-shaping I have done and seen, I am still no more than my sire's childe. I must step down from the world's stage. I am no longer a figure; I am one Cainite attending to her own matters. | Lucita}}
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{{quote | Let them drop their jaws in wonder, [[Sascha Vykos|Myca]]. Let them curse me for abandoning the fight against Gehenna on their terms. Let them call me a traitor, place me on their absurd [[Red List]], curse me for a coward and a selfish fool. I am sick of playing the game the world has set before me. The time has come for Lucita to do what she should have done centuries ago. Despite the horror and wonder and fate-shaping I have done and seen, I am still no more than my sire's childe. I must step down from the world's stage. I am no longer a figure; I am one Cainite attending to her own matters. | Lucita}}When the [[Withering]] started to affect the Kindred, Lucita sought answers for her sudden weakness, finding out that nobody knew what was happening. She allied with the former [[Archon (VTM)|archon]] [[Theo Bell]] in order to stop the Camarilla's "concentration camps" of [[Thin-Blooded]] vampires. When [[Beckett]] confirmed to her that [[Gehenna (event)|Gehenna]] was indeed beginning, she and Theo followed Beckett and his companion [[Kapaneus]] in his search for means to stop the apocalypse. Once they found [[Rayzeel]], one of [[Saulot]]'s childer, a great [[Lasombra Antediluvian|Abyssal creature]] emerged from the earth and tried to kill Beckett. The creature, seeing it could not kill the [[Noddism|Noddist]], assumed the form of Lucita's sire, [[Ambrosio Luis Monçada]], and tried to convince her to subjugate. Lucita, in a last attempt to be free of her sire, sacrificed herself, letting her companions escape. Anatole appeared to Lucita in her final moments and took her soul into the afterlife before it was absorbed and lost in the Abyss.
   
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===V5 Timeline===
When the [[Withering]] started to affect the [[Kindred (VTM)|Kindred]], Lucita sought answers for her sudden weakness, finding out that nobody knew what was happening. She allied with the former [[Archon (VTM)|Archon]] [[Theo Bell]] in order to stop the Camarilla's "concentration camps" of [[Thin-Blooded]] vampires. When [[Beckett]] confirmed to her that [[Gehenna (event)|Gehenna]] was indeed beginning, she and Theo followed Beckett and his companion [[Caine|Kapaneus]] in his search for means to stop the apocalypse. Once they found [[Rayzeel]], one of [[Saulot]]'s childer, a great [[Lasombra (Antediluvian)|Abyssal creature]] emerged from the earth and tried to kill Beckett. The creature, seeing it could not kill the [[Noddism|Noddist]], assumed the form of Lucita's sire, [[Ambrosio Luis Monçada]], and tried to convince her to subjugate. Lucita, in a last attempt to be free of her sire, sacrificed herself, letting her companions escape. Anatole appeared to Lucita in her final moments and took her soul into the afterlife before it was absorbed and lost in the Abyss.
 
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Lucita's exact whereabouts or fate are unknown in these nights, the details no doubt being lost in the shuffle of the [[Gehenna War]] and the defection of Clan Lasombra to the Camarilla. Rumors often speak of her death, and even her execution at the hands of [[Talley]], as part of the clan's concessions for entry to the sect.
   
 
== Appearance ==
 
== Appearance ==
 
Tall and willowy, with olive skin and dark black hair, Lucita exemplified the classic appearance of old Spanish nobility. There is no Moorish influence in her features. She typically wears the garb of a noblewoman rather than that of a warrior (surprise is her preferred ''modus operandi''), but these clothes are often dark and somber affairs that favor ease of movement rather than stuffy presentability.
 
Tall and willowy, with olive skin and dark black hair, Lucita exemplified the classic appearance of old Spanish nobility. There is no Moorish influence in her features. She typically wears the garb of a noblewoman rather than that of a warrior (surprise is her preferred ''modus operandi''), but these clothes are often dark and somber affairs that favor ease of movement rather than stuffy presentability.
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==Relations==
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*Long-time lover (on-and-off) of [[Fatima al-Faqadi]], an [[Assamite]] assassin sent to kill her, who she fought to a full standstill until sunrise.
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*Former companion and friend of [[Anatole]].
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*Long-time travelling companion and friend of [[Beckett]].
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*Employer of Willa Gebenstaler.
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*[[Domitor]] to the [[Ghoul (VTM)|ghoul]] Angelica Tranh, a Vietnamese-American war refugee and pilot for her jet.
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*Former lover of [[Jan Pieterzoon]].
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==Trivia==
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*In modern nights, Lucita works as a freelance contract killer, employing Willa Gebenstaler as her go-between and secretary for handling clients and payments
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*In addition to her fearsome reputation as a killer among Kindred and Cainite alike, Lucita is known as something of a scholar. She regularly corresponds with Beckett on his research, who regularly seeks out her for all her insights and advice. She was also one of the authors of the ''[[Encyclopaedia Vampirica]]''
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*Lucita has a tattoo of a black rose on her left breast (mentioned when Lucita and Fatima "make love" during ''[[Clan Novel: Assamite]])''
   
 
==Character Sheet==
 
==Character Sheet==
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===As of 2000 CE===
 
{{Character Sheet Vampire VTM
 
{{Character Sheet Vampire VTM
 
|name = Lucita
 
|name = Lucita
|source = {{b|VTM|Transylvania Chronicles IV: The Dragon Ascendant|page=87}}
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|source = {{b|VTM|Transylvania Chronicles IV: The Dragon Ascendant|pdf=|page=87}}
 
|clan = [[Lasombra]]
 
|clan = [[Lasombra]]
 
|sire = [[Ambrosio Luis Monçada]]
 
|sire = [[Ambrosio Luis Monçada]]
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|demeanor = Defender
 
|demeanor = Defender
 
|generation = 7th
 
|generation = 7th
|embrace = [[1190 (cWOD)|1190 CE]]
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|embrace = [[1190 (WOD)|1190 CE]]
 
|apparent age = Early 20s
 
|apparent age = Early 20s
 
|physical = Strength 5, Dexterity 4, Stamina 5
 
|physical = Strength 5, Dexterity 4, Stamina 5
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|skills = Archery 2, Drive 2, Etiquette 4, Melee 4, Performance 3, Ride 2, Security 1, Stealth 4
 
|skills = Archery 2, Drive 2, Etiquette 4, Melee 4, Performance 3, Ride 2, Security 1, Stealth 4
 
|knowledges = Academics 3, [[Camarilla (VTM)|Camarilla]] Lore 3, Investigation 3, Linguistics 5, Occult 4, Politics 3, [[Sabbat]] Lore 3
 
|knowledges = Academics 3, [[Camarilla (VTM)|Camarilla]] Lore 3, Investigation 3, Linguistics 5, Occult 4, Politics 3, [[Sabbat]] Lore 3
|disciplines = [[Animalism (VTM)|Animalism]] 2, [[Celerity (VTM)|Celerity]] 3, [[Dominate (VTM)|Dominate]] 5, [[Fortitude (VTM)|Fortitude]] 4, [[Obfuscate (VTM)|Obfuscate]] 3, [[Obtenebration (VTM)|Obtenebration]] 6, [[Potence (VTM)|Potence]] 3, [[Protean (VTM)|Protean]] 2, [[Serpentis]] 1
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|disciplines = [[Animalism (VTM)|Animalism]] 2, [[Celerity (VTM)|Celerity]] 3, [[Dominate (VTM)|Dominate]] 5, [[Fortitude]] 4, [[Obfuscate (VTM)|Obfuscate]] 3, [[Obtenebration (VTM)|Obtenebration]] 6, [[Potence]] 3, [[Protean (VTM)|Protean]] 2, [[Serpentis]] 1
|backgrounds = Allies 2, Contacts 5, Herd 2, Influence 2, Resources 5, [[Sabbat]] Status 1, Status 1
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|backgrounds = Allies 2, Contacts 5, [[Herd]] 2, Influence 2, Resources 5, [[Sabbat]] Status 1
 
|virtues = Conscience 3, Self-Control 3, Courage 4
 
|virtues = Conscience 3, Self-Control 3, Courage 4
 
|morality = [[Humanity (VTM)|Humanity]] 4
 
|morality = [[Humanity (VTM)|Humanity]] 4
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==Gallery==
 
==Gallery==
 
<gallery>
 
<gallery>
Lucita de Aragon-6th Gen.png |From ''[[The Art of Vampire: The Masquerade]]''
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Lucita Transylvania by Night.jpg|From ''[[Transylvania by Night]]''
 
Lucita T1.png|From ''[[Transylvania Chronicles I]]''
Lucita_Dark_Ages.jpg|Lucita during the Dark Ages
 
 
Lasombra Antitribu-Lucita.jpg|From ''[[Transylvania Chronicles II]]''
 
Lucita TC4.png|From ''[[Transylvania Chronicles IV]]''. Art by [[Vince Locke]]
 
Lucita BC.png|From ''[[Bitter Crusade (book)|Bitter Crusade]]''. Art by [[Rik Martin]]
 
Lucita IbN.jpg|From ''[[Iberia by Night]]''. Art by Rik Martin
 
Lucita RoK.png|From ''[[Road of Kings (book)|Road of Kings]]''
 
Lucita Dark Ages.jpg|Lucita during the Dark Ages. Art by [[Jason Felix]]
 
Lucita DA Lasombra.jpg|From ''[[Dark Ages Clan Novel 5: Lasombra|Dark Ages Clan Novel: Lasombra]]''. Art by [[John Bolton]]
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Lasombra Revised, p. 84.jpg
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Lasombra v20, p. 58.jpg
 
Lucta de Aragon.png|Art by [[Mark Jackson]]
 
Lucta de Aragon.png|Art by [[Mark Jackson]]
 
Lucita Lasombra de Aragon.jpg|Art by [[John Van Fleet]]
Lucita_Transylvania_by_Night.jpg|From ''[[Transylvania by Night]]''
 
 
Lucita WWpage.png|From the old [[White Wolf]] website. Art by Mark Jackson
Lucita_Lasombra_Trilogy.jpg|Art by [https://postrk.deviantart.com/art/Lucita-307112590 rk post]
 
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Lucita de Aragon-6th Gen.png |From ''[[The Art of Vampire: The Masquerade]]''. Art by Mark Jackson
LucitaADV.jpg|Lucita [[VTES]] card
 
 
Lucita Lasombra Trilogy.jpg|Art by [https://postrk.deviantart.com/art/Lucita-307112590 rk post]
Lucita_Archbishop.jpg|Fan created VTES card
 
Lucita_Lasombra_de_Aragon.jpg|Art by [[John Van Fleet]]
 
Lucita T1.png|From ''[[Transylvania Chronicles I: Dark Tides Rising]]''
 
Lasombra_Antitribu-Lucita.jpg|From ''[[Transylvania Chronicles II: Son of the Dragon]]''
 
Lucita TC4.png|From ''[[Transylvania Chronicles IV: The Dragon Ascendant]]''
 
Lucita DA Lasombra.jpg|From ''[[Dark Ages Clan Novel 5: Lasombra]]''. Art by [[John Bolton]]
 
 
Lucita CotN.png|From ''[[Children of the Night]]''. Art by [[Brad Noble]]
 
Lucita CotN.png|From ''[[Children of the Night]]''. Art by [[Brad Noble]]
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Lucita from comics.jpg
Lucita BC.png|From ''[[Bitter Crusade]]''
 
 
Shards.png|From ''[[Clan Lasombra Trilogy 1: Shards|Shards]]''. Art by [[John Van Fleet]]
Lucita IbN.jpg|From ''[[Iberia by Night]]''
 
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From Clan Lasombra Trilogy 2 - Shadows.png|From ''[[Clan Lasombra Trilogy 2: Shadows|Shadows]]''. Art by John Van Fleet
Lucita RoK.png|From [[Road of Kings (book)|Road of Kings]]''
 
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From Clan Lasombra Trilogy 3 - Sacrifices.png|From ''[[Clan Lasombra Trilogy 3: Sacrifices|Sacrifices]]''. Art by John Van Fleet
Lucita WWpage.png|Bio from the old White Wolf website
 
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Lucita_for_VTM-Heritage.jpg|Lucita for VTM-Heritage
Shards.png|From ''[[Clan Lasombra Trilogy 1: Shards]]''. Art by [[John Van Fleet]]
 
Lucita for V20 Beckett’s Jyhad Diary.jpg|From ''[[Beckett's Jyhad Diary]]''
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Lucita for V20 Beckett’s Jyhad Diary.jpg|From ''[[Beckett's Jyhad Diary]]''. Art by [[Samuel Araya]]
Lucita and Maria Sandoza.jpg|Lucita and [[Maria Sandoza]]
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Lucita and Maria Sandoza.jpg|Lucita and [[María Sandoza]] from ''Beckett's Jyhad Diary''. Art by Samuel Araya
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Lucita_de_Aragon_Chicago_by_Night_by_Kelly.jpg|Lucita de Aragon from Chicago by Night - V5 by [[Mark Kelly]]
91KGgxRGHQL._SY450_.jpg|Offical Lucita Action Figure
 
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Lucita's_signature_from_Ghouls_Fatal_Addiction.jpg|Lucita's signature from [[Ghouls: Fatal Addiction]]
 
91KGgxRGHQL._SY450_.jpg|Official Lucita action figure
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>
   
 
==References==
 
==References==
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{{Reflist}}
<references />
 
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* {{b|VTM|Clanbook: Lasombra Revised|pdf=78|nip=1|page=97}}
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* {{b|VTM|Clanbook: Lasombra Revised|pdf=78|page=97}}
 
* {{b|VTM|Clan Lasombra Trilogy 1: Shards|fic=3794}}
 
* {{b|VTM|Clan Lasombra Trilogy 1: Shards|fic=3794}}
 
* {{b|VTM|Clan Lasombra Trilogy 2: Shadows|fic=3075}}
 
* {{b|VTM|Clan Lasombra Trilogy 2: Shadows|fic=3075}}
 
* {{b|VTM|Clan Lasombra Trilogy 3: Sacrifices|fic=3661}}
 
* {{b|VTM|Clan Lasombra Trilogy 3: Sacrifices|fic=3661}}
* {{b|VTM|The Art Of Vampire The Masquerade}}- Lucita at 6th generation
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* {{b|VTM|The Art of Vampire: The Masquerade}} (Lucita at 6th generation)
* {{b|VTM|Nights of Prophecy|page=105}}- Lucita at 7th generation
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* {{b|VTM|Nights of Prophecy|page=105}} (Lucita at 7th generation)
 
* {{b|VTM|Time Of Thin Blood|page=50-54}}
 
* {{b|VTM|Time Of Thin Blood|page=50-54}}
 
* {{b|VTM|Clan Novel Saga}}
 
* {{b|VTM|Clan Novel Saga}}
 
* {{b|VTDA|Transylvania Chronicles I: Dark Tides Rising}}
 
* {{b|VTDA|Transylvania Chronicles I: Dark Tides Rising}}
* {{b|VTDA|Bitter Crusade|page=84}}
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* {{b|VTDA|Bitter Crusade (book)|alt=Bitter Crusade}} - "Venetian Nights"
 
* {{b|VTDA|Iberia By Night|page=117}}
 
* {{b|VTDA|Iberia By Night|page=117}}
* [[DAV]]: '''[[Road of Kings (book)|Road of Kings]]''', p. 94-95
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* {{b|DAV|Road of Kings (book)|alt=Road of Kings|pdf=|page=94-95}}
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* {{b|VTM|Chicago by Night 5th Edition|page=286}}
   
 
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{{DEFAULTSORT:de Aragón, Lucita}}
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[[Category:Vampire: The Dark Ages characters]]
 
[[Category:Vampire: The Dark Ages characters]]
 
[[Category:Vampire: The Masquerade character]]
 
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[[Category:Signature characters (WOD)]]

Revision as of 09:17, 25 June 2020

Lucita de Aragón is the signature character of the Lasombra clan in Vampire: The Masquerade and Dark Ages: Vampire. She is a consummate shadow warrior, rivaling the Assamites in ferocity and reputation.

As the Anarch Revolt ensued and the Sabbat formed from its ashes, Lucita abstained from both sects, becoming one of the most feared Lasombra antitribu active in the modern nights. But all of this changed with the Final Death of her sire – an event that drove her to follow in his footsteps by becoming the Sabbat Archbishop of Madrid.

Biography

The daughter of King Alfonso II of Aragón[1], Lucita grew up privileged but chafed under her responsibility to her father and family. She thought of patricide many times and often ran away, only to be caught by the Aragonese guards and returned to her father's custody. Rather than bother with disciplining the girl himself (as King, he had better things to do), Alfonse shuffled her off to confession each time, trusting that God and Church would engender penitence in his daughter. The fact that her confessor was Ambrosio Luis Monçada made this hope a vain one.

Monçada recognized an indomitable will in young Lucita – and a fierce independence. These traits, combined with his unholy lust for her, convinced the bishop that her Embrace was warranted. After talking with others of his clan, Monçada decided that the Lasombra would greatly benefit from this individual of high birth.

After her Embrace, though, Lucita's relationship with her clan was hardly idyllic. She struggled with Monçada just as she had struggled with her mortal father, craving autonomy and freedom. Although she served Monçada dutifully as a diplomat and a noble (she was the power behind the throne of her father's successor, King Pedro II), she was more at home on the road with her traveling companion Anatole, who inspired in Lucita more faith in God than the degenerate Monçada ever could.

Since the Dark Ages, Lucita has undertaken a training regimen through which she gained great skills in the noble art of war. Her speed and natural grace aided her in this endeavor, and she can masterfully whittle down stronger foes before they manage to land a single blow on her. When she combines her martial prowess with her trademark Lasombra control of darkness, she becomes a terrible enemy indeed. She has worked for the Camarilla as an archon, and is justly feared and admired by Kindred of all sects.

You began as royalty and the chosen progeny of one of the great elders of the time. You were groomed for a position of authority. If you'd been attentive to me back then, you could be regent now. Instead, here you are skulking around until you get caught, and now you're just hoping for some way to keep your hide together long enough to see another year. Do you understand just how much contempt I have for you?
  —  Gratiano de Veronese to Lucita

Later in her unlife, following the death of her companion Anatole and her sire, the Cardinal Monçada, she became more attuned with the Sabbat, eventually abandoning her Humanity and taking up the Path of Night with Elieser de Polanco as mentor. She became the Sabbat Archbishop of Madrid in her sire's stead, and later became the Archbishop of Zaragoza.

Gehenna Timeline

Let them drop their jaws in wonder, Myca. Let them curse me for abandoning the fight against Gehenna on their terms. Let them call me a traitor, place me on their absurd Red List, curse me for a coward and a selfish fool. I am sick of playing the game the world has set before me. The time has come for Lucita to do what she should have done centuries ago. Despite the horror and wonder and fate-shaping I have done and seen, I am still no more than my sire's childe. I must step down from the world's stage. I am no longer a figure; I am one Cainite attending to her own matters.
  —  Lucita

When the Withering started to affect the Kindred, Lucita sought answers for her sudden weakness, finding out that nobody knew what was happening. She allied with the former archon Theo Bell in order to stop the Camarilla's "concentration camps" of Thin-Blooded vampires. When Beckett confirmed to her that Gehenna was indeed beginning, she and Theo followed Beckett and his companion Kapaneus in his search for means to stop the apocalypse. Once they found Rayzeel, one of Saulot's childer, a great Abyssal creature emerged from the earth and tried to kill Beckett. The creature, seeing it could not kill the Noddist, assumed the form of Lucita's sire, Ambrosio Luis Monçada, and tried to convince her to subjugate. Lucita, in a last attempt to be free of her sire, sacrificed herself, letting her companions escape. Anatole appeared to Lucita in her final moments and took her soul into the afterlife before it was absorbed and lost in the Abyss.

V5 Timeline

Lucita's exact whereabouts or fate are unknown in these nights, the details no doubt being lost in the shuffle of the Gehenna War and the defection of Clan Lasombra to the Camarilla. Rumors often speak of her death, and even her execution at the hands of Talley, as part of the clan's concessions for entry to the sect.

Appearance

Tall and willowy, with olive skin and dark black hair, Lucita exemplified the classic appearance of old Spanish nobility. There is no Moorish influence in her features. She typically wears the garb of a noblewoman rather than that of a warrior (surprise is her preferred modus operandi), but these clothes are often dark and somber affairs that favor ease of movement rather than stuffy presentability.

Relations

  • Long-time lover (on-and-off) of Fatima al-Faqadi, an Assamite assassin sent to kill her, who she fought to a full standstill until sunrise.
  • Former companion and friend of Anatole.
  • Long-time travelling companion and friend of Beckett.
  • Employer of Willa Gebenstaler.
  • Domitor to the ghoul Angelica Tranh, a Vietnamese-American war refugee and pilot for her jet.
  • Former lover of Jan Pieterzoon.

Trivia

  • In modern nights, Lucita works as a freelance contract killer, employing Willa Gebenstaler as her go-between and secretary for handling clients and payments
  • In addition to her fearsome reputation as a killer among Kindred and Cainite alike, Lucita is known as something of a scholar. She regularly corresponds with Beckett on his research, who regularly seeks out her for all her insights and advice. She was also one of the authors of the Encyclopaedia Vampirica
  • Lucita has a tattoo of a black rose on her left breast (mentioned when Lucita and Fatima "make love" during Clan Novel: Assamite)

Character Sheet

As of 2000 CE


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