Lukar

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Lukar (卢卡尔)
Alias(es)	Scavenger; Chief of Giant Tree Island; King of the Cave Dwellers 66 82 93
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Giant Tree Island Tribe; Cave Dwellers
Occupation/Role	Explorer, power-holder, chief, and lawmaker 70 82 87
First Appearance	Chapter 46

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Scavenger	66	Became the first successful ritual subject after Ned implanted Decay Power through Divine Art: Rot Root Seed. He can draw power from decayed matter and release Decay Power, but initially could not communicate with Rot Spirit Insects or perform divine arts. Poor integration left his skin fragile. 66
Corruptor / Corrupted One	91	Identified among the first power-holders personally bestowed by Ned. This group is described as capable of granting decay to objects and wielding the Withered Life Divine Art. 91

Background

Lukar is Ned's son. As a child, he feared losing his father to the sea monsters that had killed other tribespeople. He nevertheless accepted Ned's need to pursue ocean exploration after comparing it to his own dream of becoming a peerless archer like Barlow. 46

Over the following years, Lukar inherited his father's drive to explore, but framed it as a mission of conquest for the god: to open the wider sea and offer its discoveries to the divine. He volunteered to become the first participant in Ned's incomplete ritual despite its risks. 66

The ritual succeeded, leaving Lukar unconscious for two days and permanently burdened by fragile, decay-marked skin. He emerged as a Scavenger and later led an expedition that discovered Red Island, a warm island with abundant freshwater. 66 70

After Ned abdicated and departed alone with the Traveler's Torch, Lukar assumed leadership of Giant Tree Island. He responded to the Plague Island Incident by compensating bereaved families, founding the Heroes' Cemetery, promoting Mu Tuotuo as an elder, and preserving the path of power-holders despite public fear of Decay Power. 82

Appearance

Lukar is associated with an ashen-gray cloak, worn to protect the fragile skin created by his incomplete integration with Decay Power. Gray veins remain visible beneath that skin, which can crack under sunlight, heat, or physical impact. 66 70 102

• Wears a protective gray cloak. 70
• Has decay-gray blood vessels visible beneath his skin. 66
• His skin is vulnerable to sunlight, force, and intense heat. 66 102

Personality

As a child, Lukar was emotionally attached to his father and openly afraid of the sea's dangers. He matured into a determined, ambitious believer who accepted personal risk in pursuit of exploration and divine expansion. 46 66

As chief, he is meticulous, decisive, and strongly inclined toward personal control. The Plague Island Incident made him distrust unchecked power, leading him to centralize decisions, supervise power-holders, and create systems intended to ensure loyalty and religious purity. 82 87 88

Lukar can reconsider his methods. After public fear and dissent followed the use of Mind Prophets to expose hidden wrongdoing, he restricted their investigations, released minor offenders, and allowed voluntary confession and repentance. He remained uncompromising toward conspirators and those who openly refused to repent. 97 98

Abilities & Skills

Scavenger Decay Power

Lukar received Decay Power through Ned's Rot Root Seed ritual, becoming the first ritualist. 66

• Draws power from decayed matter and releases Decay Power. 66
• Can sense Rot Spirit Flowers and their dependents while at sea. 78
• Initially lacked Ned's ability to communicate with Rot Spirit Insects or use divine arts. 66
• His incomplete integration caused lasting skin fragility. 66

Corruptor Abilities

Lukar is later counted among the first group of Corruptors personally empowered through Ned's divine bestowal. 91

• Can grant decay to objects. 91
• Can wield the Withered Life Divine Art. 91
• Possesses physical strength and speed beyond ordinary humans. 91

Leadership and Strategy

Lukar combines seafaring experience with centralized political and military planning.

• Led expeditions to Red Island and organized fleets to secure freshwater during the dry season. 70 78
• Sent ships to Sea Snake Island for resources, combat experience, and to test academy-trained power-holders. 92
• Captured Peiwen's key elders and guards in a covert operation designed to prevent wider conflict. 101
• Created systems in which power-holders, priests, and fleet personnel monitored one another rather than concentrating authority in a single family. 88 94

Equipment / Items

• Thunder Bow — A powerful bow displayed behind Lukar during his meeting with Upton and Priest Moro. 100
• Rot Spirit Staff — Holy relic left by Ned; Lukar used it to travel to Island of Eternity and manage the inheritance of the Bobbit Worm mark. Its insect-like influence causes him dizziness and nausea. 99
• Ashen-gray cloak — Protects his fragile skin from sunlight and external harm. 66 70

Relationships

• Ned — Father and predecessor as chief. Lukar initially feared Ned's ocean voyage, later followed his path as an explorer and became his first ritual subject. 46 66 82
• Barlow — Lukar's childhood ideal as a peerless archer and a longtime protector of his family. Barlow was killed during the Island of Eternity conflict. 46 103
• Mu Tuotuo — Cave Dweller elder and Blair's successor. Lukar appointed and encouraged him to accept Blair's mantle as chief artisan. 82 84
• Priest Moro — Trusted Prophet who assists Lukar with temple administration, investigations, and intelligence. 82 94 100
• Priest Shaster — Adviser and fellow power-holder whom Lukar enlisted to help establish a new system for selecting power-bearers. 82 88
• Cave Dweller Forty — Leader of the Cave Dwellers and commander among Lukar's hidden power-holder guards. 92 93 94
• Peiwen — Political rival and leader of the Island of Eternity. Their conflict ended when Peiwen drank the poison intended for Lukar. 91 101 102
• Elder Liva — Island of Eternity elder who opposed Lukar's reforms and led the final rebellion against him. 89 102 103

Story Role / Major Arcs

First Ritualist and Sea Explorer

Lukar became the first recipient of Ned's incomplete Decay Power ritual, accepting physical costs in order to gain power for further exploration. He subsequently led the expedition that discovered Red Island. 66 70

Succession and Reconstruction

Upon Ned's abdication, Lukar became chief of Giant Tree Island. He honored those killed in the Plague Island Incident through material aid and the Heroes' Cemetery, while promoting Mu Tuotuo and defending the legitimacy of responsible power-holders. 82 84

Institutional Reforms

Lukar established the Island Code, formalized temple oversight, founded the Schoolhouse to educate and select future power-holders, and reorganized fleets to prevent any one faction from monopolizing authority. 87 88 94

Mind Prophet Crackdown

Using the expanding number of Mind Prophets, Lukar attempted to uncover crimes and impure intentions throughout the island. The resulting fear, arrests, and a healer's suicide forced him to question whether thoughts alone should be punished; he later restricted the Mind Prophets and offered leniency to voluntary confessors. 96 97 98

Conflict with the Island of Eternity

After learning of Peiwen's plot, Lukar covertly seized the Island of Eternity's principal conspirators. Peiwen killed himself with his own poisoned wine, while Liva's desperate counterattack burned the warehouse and killed Barlow. Lukar's forces ultimately captured the remaining rebels, though the island's population feared him because of years of hostile rumors. 100 101 102 103

Notable Quotes

“People need rules to bind them.” 87

“The tide of forgetting will stop here. Our knowledge will also be passed down from this moment on.” 88