Luska

Luska
Title	Drakas Boss
Hometown	Black Nova village
Current Residence	Toolen City
Gender	Female
Race	Nova
Family	Kain (younger brother)
Affiliations	Drakas Dr. Y Kain (formerly)
Minions	Drakas
Enemies	Kain
Status	Alive
Name (Other Servers)
KoreaMS	보스 (Boss) 루스카 (Ruska)
JapanMS	ボス (Boss)
ChinaMS	老大 (Boss) 露丝卡 (Luska)
TaiwanMS	BOSS 魯司卡 (Luska)
MapleSEA	Boss Ruska
Voice Actors
GlobalMS	Amber Lee Connors
KoreaMS	Eun-ae Kang

Luska is the boss of the Drakas and one of the last surviving Black Nova. As a child, Luska was captured by Dr. Y and forced to work as the Drakas boss in order to keep her brother, Kain, safe from harm. After the Drakas insurrection, Luska sustained mortal injuries that left her nearly dead. In order to save her life, Dr. Y extracted the damage which would have led to her death, after which Luska's memories were extracted from her, leaving her an empty shell devoid of emotion.

Story

The Black Nova

During the era of the Ancient Gods, a cult of Nova known as the Black Nova began worshiping a god known as Satiras the Devil Dragon. Satiras bestowed the power of Malice upon them, which the Black Nova used to begin a war of conquest across Grandis. After the fall of the Ancient Gods, the Black Nova - without Satiras to protect them - were hunted down to near extinction. The surviving cultists eventually made a decision that resulted in their horns, wings, and tails being lost to both them and their descendants, thereby ensuring that they would be not be identified as Black Nova, after which they fled to a remote moon of Grandis and founded a hidden village for their people, where - many generations later - two Black Nova siblings named Luska and Kain grew up. During this time, Luska told Kain stories about the Black Nova and how they had still kept their Malice. Luska would also lead Kain through a prayer that no one would ever use Malice again.

Eventually, however, their hometown was raided and destroyed by the High Flora army under the leadership of the Apostle Ypsilon. Luska begged Ypsilon to spare her and Kain, offering to do anything in exchange. Ypsilon then forced the siblings to join a mercenary company that he had founded called the Drakas, which was based in Toolen City. He also forced them to wear special chokers that made their location known at all times, which prevented them from fleeing. The Drakas were unique in that its members were forcibly conscripted after defaulting on their debts to the company. They had their memories extracted into Memory Stones by Ypsilon, who had disguised himself as a masked psychiatrist named Dr. Y, after which he gave them traces of false, happy memories in order to motivate them to work to regain their full memories. Under the deal that Luska made with Dr. Y, Kain also had his memories removed so that he had no knowledge that he naturally possessed the power of Malice, which Dr. Y extracted in the form of Malice Stones and distributed to Drakas agents to give them a superior edge over other fighters. As a result, Kain also lost his memories of Luska being his sister. Luska eventually became the boss of the Drakas, though she hid her own choker to prevent the other members from learning that she was also enslaved to the company. Meanwhile, Dr. Y would continue his research on Kain and his Malice under the guise of standard psychiatric evaluations that all employees received.

Kain's Birthday

Over the years, Luska continued keeping an eye on Kain from afar, inviting him to special dinners so that she could continue spending time with him without revealing the truth about their relationships. On one such occasion, Luska, Dr. Y, and the Regulator attended a birthday dinner held in Kain's honor. During this dinner, Luska explained to the Regulator her trick to keeping order amongst the Drakas by making them believe that they would be able to fulfill their contract after a year or so before she would wipe their memories again. The Regulator pointed out that it was already the sixth cycle that she had put the agents through and asked how many times she intended to repeat it. The boss replied that she would continue until the research was done, but the Regulator told her that sooner or later, Kain or one of the others would learn what she had done to them. Luska simply replied that she would wipe their memories again, claiming that they were better off with the Drakas than they would be anywhere else. Revealing that she had fabricated memories for all the Drakas agents, Luska explained that she had done them a favor by giving them a dream to look forward to, which was more than what most people got. At the dinner table, Dr. Y approached Kain to extract his memories into the Memory Stone, just as Luska wished him a happy birthday.

Tirag's Conspiracy

Over time, several Drakas began growing suspicious about their role in the company. A Drakas agent named Tirag secretly began recruiting members in order to overthrow Luska. Around the same time, Kain began growing suspicious about his missing memories while tracking down two chameleon Anima children named Royce and Romina. During the operation to recover them, Luska summoned Kain to her suite in order to interrogate him about the children, as he was the last one to have seen them on the rooftop the night before. Kain reported that he had handed them over to the other Drakas, which was likely when they had escaped. She asked if he knew what they had stolen, but Kain told her that he knew nothing about it. Regarding the notebook, Kain explained that he had chased a suspicious crow using Malice, but that he didn't know what was in the notebook that the crow had dropped. Just then, the Regulator arrived to report a new development. Luska dismissed Kain, but he stayed nevertheless in order to ask why she had invited him to dinner the other night. Luska told him that it hadn't been for any particular reason, but after hesitating, she told him that she had happened to take an interest in his story. She then asked Kain if he still planned on going home after his contract ended, which Kain confirmed, explaining that he was looking for something. The boss simply told him that she hoped that he found the person in his memories. However, Kain realized that he had only ever told Luska about where his memories took place, not anyone in them, which made him suspect that Luska knew more about his past. After Kain left, the Regulator informed Luska that Tirag was planning a conspiracy to overthrow her and use the Malice Stones in order to profit from the conflict in Grandis.

Soon after, Kain allied with the Chameleon Siblings and worked with them in order to locate the original Malice Stone. Kain discovered Dr. Y's research notes on Malice Stones and told the children that he would bring the notes to them after they escaped, as their actions had caused a security breach. As Kain and the siblings escaped, Drakas agents stormed the laboratory. The Regulator Sergeant reported that all signs pointed to a Drakas agent being the culprit based on the number of robots taken out, but as the security system had been reformatted, it would be difficult to find the perpetrator. However, Tirag pointed out that if the culprit was amongst them, they would have been the last one to arrive, meaning that they merely needed to check the arrival time logs. He also added that the perpetrator was likely the same person who had leaked information on the Malice Stones, smirking knowingly at Kain. Just then, Luska arrived and explained that she had been the last to arrive, challenging anyone to accuse her of being the culprit. The Regulator explained that a key card had disappeared from her room, and that they assumed that the culprit had used it to disable the security system. They then ordered everyone to remain still while they were searched, but the boss told him that there was no need and swung her sword at Guyu, one of Tirag's accomplices. As Guyu fell, several Malice Stones fell from his pocket. Tirag was furious that Guyu had foolishly held onto the stones, as he had planned to implicate Kain as the information leaker as revenge for his refusing to join his rebellion. Kain immediately moved to ‘search' Guyu and used the opportunity to plant the card key on him, which he then revealed to the others after he completed his ‘search'.

Drakas Insurrection

After the incident, Tirag revealed to his other accomplices that he had seen a choker on Luska when she had attacked Guyu. As the chokers were meant to track their locations at all times, Tirag realized that Luska was a prisoner of the Drakas, just as they were. Back in her suite, Luska told the Regulator not to report the incident to upper management, even as the Regulator protested that there would no way to resolve the matter until Dr. Y returned a few days later to restore the security system. He told her that their priority should be to discard the experiment subject and move on to the next phase, but Luska merely ordered him to report that the project was proceeding smoothly. Soon after, a battle took place between the Drakas and a local gang called the Biters, which were led by a man named Kudan, who hoped to steal the original Malice Stone in order to become the new leader of Toolen City. During the battle, one of the Memory Stones that contained Kain's memories shattered on the floor, which implanted the memory of Kain's birthday dinner into the minds of everyone in the vicinity, who all heard Luska talking about her methodology of implanting false memories to enslave the Drakas. Soon after, Kain learned that he himself was the 'original' that had been mentioned in Dr. Y's notes, after which he stormed Dr. Y's office and found a note from Luska stating: "If you want your memories back, come find me." Meanwhile, Tirag led the Drakas to take over the facility and kill Luska. On the roof, Luska single-handedly held off the the insurrectionists and managed to defeat Tirag's accomplice, Vias, as well. Tirag then approached Luska and asked why she was on the roof. After she told him that she was waiting for someone, Tirag realized that she was waiting for Kain and concluded that he was the original template. He told her that she had gone soft on Kain, as she had continued allowing him to break countless rules, even when she had killed many others for far less. Just then, reinforcements arrived to capture Luska, who easily defeated them and Tirag.

Kain then arrived on the rooftop and Luska led him into her suite. Though Kain fought as hard as he could, Luska easily managed to subdue him. However, she soon collapsed, and Kain realized that not only had she been severely injured since the rooftop fight, but she had still managed to defeat both him and the insurrectionists in her weakened state. As he took back his Memory Stone, Luska asked him what he would do once he got his memories, to which Kain told her that he would go after the girl in his memories. She warned him that his memories were horrifying and that even he wouldn't know how to deal with them. However, Kain replied that they were nevertheless still his to remember. As his memories flooded back, he recognized the girl as his sister and realized that the hairpin that she wore was the same one that the boss wore, meaning that Luska was actually his sister. Horrified, he asked Luska why she had enslaved him and the other Drakas. She explained that it was the only way that they could have lived. Kain then recalled the memory of themselves in the burning village, surrounded by soldiers. In his memory, Luska had begged the soldiers that she would do anything in order to be spared, to which a man with long hair had given them two chokers. As Kain hugged his sister in the suite, she told him to live freely with her dying breath, having been fatally wounded in the battle against Tirag's forces. As she slowly began passing away, both their chokers fell off. Some time later, the Regulator and Dr. Y approached Luska, who was still barely alive. The Regulator asked Dr. Y whether he would be able to extract death, to which Dr. Y explained that while he could extract memories or Malice or anything else, extracting death itself would be too much for him. Instead, Dr. Y turned to Luska and extracted the damage that would have led to her death, allowing him to resurrect her. Following this, Luska - for unknown reasons - voluntarily agreed to be stripped of her memories, leaving her as an empty shell without emotions, believing that it was the only way to "escape death".

Reunion with Kain

In order to hunt down the remaining Drakas survivors, Luska and Dr. Y lured a former Drakas agent named Illin to the old Drakas headquarters, where Luska easily dispatched her. Kain - who believed it to be a trap - rushed to the scene to warn her, where he found her dead on the roof. To his shock, he saw Luska approaching him silently. Aghast, he asked her how she could still be alive after she had died in his arms, but Luska ignored his question and merely identified him as her target. Kain realized that her memories had been stolen once again, but Luska corrected him and explained that she herself had requested that they be erased, as it was the only way to escape death. She told him that her past self had been too weak to survive, and so she had killed her in order to grow stronger. Kain reminded her that they were family and that she had made the ultimate sacrifice to protect him. However, Luska interrupted him and explained that she already knew that she had died for Kain and asked if he would die for her. When Kain told her that he obviously would, she asked him to prove it and raised her sword to attack him. Suddenly, Dr. Y arrived to stop her and told her that that would do, congratulating her for passing her condition check. Luska ordered him to move, but Dr. Y told her that he couldn't allow her to kill Kain, as her post-mortem Malice condition was an entirely new field of study, and that Kain was as essential as she was to study it. After Luska walked away, Kain demanded to know who Dr. Y really was and what he had done to his sister. Dr. Y responded that for her own reasons, Luska had requested the change in order to become stronger. He then told him that between Luska, who had abandoned her past, and Kain, who chased it, he wondered which sibling would come out stronger.

Aftermath

Shortly after the battle of Tenebris, a wounded Dr. Y returned to the Drakas headquarters from Erimos after nearly being defeated by Khali. Luska noticed Dr. Y's injuries, to which he told her that he had merely been enjoying some entertainment. He then asked Luska how she was feeling, with Luska replying that there were no issues. Dr. Y noted that he was sure that she had heard the news about Kain. Luska replied that Kain was no threat to her, as her Malice was stronger - enough to even destroy what was most precious to her. Satisfied by her answer, Dr. Y told her that they need to hurry with the next phase of their plan, as he couldn't keep ‘him' waiting.

NPC

Toolen City

Luska
Location	None

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  Concept art of Kain and the Boss in the cinematic.
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  Concept Art of the Boss in the cinematic.

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