Lucca
| Lucca | |
|---|---|
| File:Lucca.jpg Official artwork of Lucca by Akira Toriyama. | |
| Home Time | Present |
| Home Area | Truce |
| Age | 19 |
| Weapon Type | Gun, hammer |
| Magic Element | Fire |
| Family | Taban (father) Lara (mother) |
Lucca (ルッカ Rukka?) is a brilliant inventor and Crono's childhood friend. Using her intelligence and creativity, Lucca invented many devices, such as a battle-training robot named Gato ("Gonzales" in the Japanese version) and a short-range teleporter. This device caused Marle to go back in time, leading to the quest to save history. She blames herself for an accident that claimed her mother's legs in 990 A.D., an incident which motivated her to study science. Later, she is given the chance to revisit that moment and change the events. Lucca battles with a gun and hammer, and when spells become available she learns to cast "Fire" magic. She and Robo are the closest to each other; she receives a gift from him in a sidequest in 1000A.D.
In the ending FMV scene of the Playstation and Nintendo DS version, it is seen that Lucca eventually created a mini-robot modeled after Robo. In the same scene, Lucca finds an infant with a pendant, and takes her in.
Name Origin
Lucca is a city of northwest Italy west of Florence. On the site of an ancient Ligurian settlement and a Roman colony, it became a free commune in the 12th century and was later an independent republic. It's one of Italy's most conservative and richest cities. Lucca is also the root of many light-oriented words, such as luminescence.
Xenogears
In Xenogears, another Square game, Lucca has a brief cameo appearance in the village of Lahan. Masato Kato revealed in interviews that Lahan is one of the locations he designed for the game, which could explain why Lucca appears in it.
Chrono Chross
In Chrono Cross, where she is referred to as Dr. Lucca Ashtear, it is discovered that Lucca eventually converted her house into an orphanage. The infant is revealed to be Kid, Schala's clone. Lucca is kidnapped prior to the beginning of Chrono Cross by Lynx and Harle, in an effort to subdue the Prometheus circuit that keeps the Frozen Flame sealed. She is presumably killed by Lynx later on. Lucca later makes an appearance alongside Crono and Marle as apparitions of themselves as ghost children.
Trivia
- Lucca's appearance is strangely familiar to Toan's sixth ally, [| Osmond], from [| Dark Cloud] and [| Dark Cloud 2] on the Sony Playstation 2.
Techs
| Tech (PS Name / SNES Name) | MP Cost | TP | Target | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flamethrower (Flame Toss) | 1 | 10 | Line of enemies | Burn enemies along a direct line. (Fire) |
| Hypnowave (Hypno Wave) | 1 | 60 | All enemies | Put all enemies to sleep. |
| Fire | 2 | N/A | One enemy | Attack an enemy with fire. (Fire) |
| Napalm | 4 | 150 | Circle of enemies | Bomb enemies within a circle. (Fire) |
| Protect | 6 | 250 | One ally | Boost an ally's Defense. |
| Fire II (Fire 2) | 8 | 400 | All enemies | Attack all enemies with fire. (Fire) |
| Megaton Bomb (Mega Bomb) | 15 | 600 | Circle of enemies | Blast enemies within a circle. (Fire) |
| Flare | 20 | 900 | All enemies | Attack all enemies with intense fire. (Fire) |