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“Until the world is shrouded in sweet dreams... The festival must go on.”

― Lucid

Lucid, also known as the Dream Master and the Keeper of Nightmares, is a former Commander of the Black Mage with the power to manipulate dreams. Lucid created the illusion of a ruined Maple World within the Gate to the Future, and was also responsible for creating Lachelein in the Arcane River.

Story[]

Life in Elluel[]

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Lucid in her early life

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Mercedes and Lucid

Lucid was an elf child who grew up in the kingdom of Elluel. Growing up, Lucid was friends with Athena Pierce, and the two often spent time training together under Danika, the Elder of War. Like Athena, Lucid deeply respected Mercedes, not only as a queen, but also as an idol. She had a strong desire to be noticed and appreciated by Mercedes, for which she trained diligently in order to receive the queen's praise.

One day, after a training session, Athena asked Danika whether she could show off what she had learned to Mercedes, who would be returning back soon. Danika told her that Mercedes would see them tomorrow, after which Athena and Lucid began heading off. Though Athena was quite excited to show her skills to Mercedes, Lucid was rather nervous.

Later that night, Lucid began practicing her archery skills, though she grew frustrated when she was unable to shoot properly. Wishing that she were gifted like Athena, Lucid began growing tired and fell asleep. In her dreams, she found herself hitting every target perfectly, with Mercedes acknowledging her skills.

Blushing from the praise, Lucid felt pride in herself as Mercedes commended her for her progress, adding that she couldn't wait to see what Lucid could do with Dual Bowguns. Lucid noted to herself that she felt incredibly happy, and that she never wanted to wake up. Suddenly, however, she awoke and found herself back in the training field.

Though she knew that she had only been dreaming, she also felt that everything had been too real to be an ordinary dream. She then realized that she herself had woven the dream, and that she had been in complete control of everything. She proudly noted that though archery was a skill that anyone could learn, the ability to control dreams was something that she alone possessed.

The next morning, Lucid presented a beautiful music box to Mercedes, which she claimed would give sweet dreams to the listener. As the other elves gathered to listen to the music, Mercedes was impressed by Lucid's creation and told her that it may just become Elluel's greatest treasure. However, Lucid was frustrated upon seeing everyone else enjoying the music, as she had intended for it to be a gift only for Mercedes. As she had been hoping for an even bigger reaction from Mercedes, she decided that she would create something even more spectacular and perfect, as she wanted it to be something exclusive between herself and Mercedes.

Running Away[]

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Mercedes and Athena Pierce discussing as Lucid observes

Soon after, Mercedes decided that she would join the Heroes in order to fight against the Black Mage. As all the elves saw her off, Lucid grew worried that she might be seeing Mercedes for the last time and decided that she would go with her. Just then, Athena stepped up and declared that she would accompany Mercedes, causing some of the other children to speak up as well. Mercedes thanked them for their bravery, though she told them that it was her duty to protect them, not the other way around.

That night, Lucid followed Mercedes and Danika as they headed off, intent on joining them. To her shock, however, she discovered that Athena had gotten there first. Lucid watched in horror as Mercedes agreed to let Athena accompany them, even giving her the Mistelteinn for protection. Filled with despair, Lucid ran off in tears, feeling as though no one in the world cared about her.

After arriving at a remote area, Lucid decided that if no one cared about her anymore, then she would remove herself from their memories, declaring that she didn't need any of them. After erasing herself from the minds of the elves, Lucid immersed herself in a dream world of her own making, completely isolated from the outside world.

Imprisonment[]

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The Black Mage confronting Lucid

Oblivious to the passage of time, Lucid was unaware of the Heroes finally sealing the Black Mage away, as well as his final curse upon them. With the destiny of the elves being tied to Mercedes, all the elves were frozen in ice, including Lucid. Because of her abilities, Lucid's mind remained awake, and her dream world quickly became a prison. Though she attempted to weave happy dreams for herself, such as ruling the elves as their queen, she remained aware that it was merely an illusion. Crafting one dream after another, Lucid soon began wishing that she wouldn't wake up again.

Over the centuries, Lucid grew increasingly desperate to be saved from her prison and eventually projected her mind as far as it could go. Unexpectedly, Lucid touched the consciousness of the Black Mage, who promised her eternal life, infinite knowledge, and a new world. As a child who had never even left Elluel's borders before, Lucid grew enticed by the Black Mage's offer.

To hear that such a powerful being needed her was all that Lucid desired, and so she took his hand without hesitation. Feeling like her mind was about to burst from all the new things that the Black Mage had offered to show her, Lucid used her augmented powers to break free from the ice and become one of the Black Mage's Commanders.

Gate to the Future[]

Having escaped her imprisonment, Lucid followed the Black Mage's orders and broke into the Temple of Time, where she used her powers on the Gate to the Future to create a powerful illusion of a ruined Maple World, in which Empress Cygnus had turned on the people of Maple World after being corrupted by the Black Mage. By creating such a future, Lucid hoped to spread fear throughout the world, as the people of Maple World would learn that their destiny was to lose to the Black Mage.

Soon after, rumors began spreading from the Temple of Time to the rest of the world about the future that awaited them. A member of the Cygnus Knights investigated the Gate to the Future alongside their Chief Knight, where they were attacked by several Wightmare minions of Lucid. As the powers of the Cygnus Knights were tied to the Empress, the influence of Lucid's dark powers were able to reach Cygnus through the bond shared between her and the Knight, allowing her to override Ereve's defenses and place Cygnus in an enchanted sleep.

After the Knight entered Cygnus' dream and saved the Empress, the Cygnus Knights were ordered to investigate the Gate to the Future. During this time, one traveler of Maple World entered the Gate to the Future and began helping the people of the future. During this time, the traveler encountered a Dream Fragment, which they brought back to Neinheart. The Dream Fragment, along with Shinsoo's insight, helped the Cygnus Knights learn that the future that awaited them was nothing more than an illusion.

In response to the fear and mistrust spreading throughout Maple World, Cygnus organized the formation of the Maple Alliance in order to bring unity and hope to the world. Despite the creation of the Alliance, however, the Resistance and Cygnus Knights continued bickering amongst themselves, just as Lucid had intended.

Soon after, Lucid reported to the Black Mage and informed him that the Alliance was investigating his Second Future and asked him whether she should intervene. However, the Black Mage told her to let it be, claiming that it was the only way that the Alliance would learn true fear. By witnessing the Second Future, he believed that the Alliance would learn about the lie of free will and the chains of fate, which they would come to hate.

In order to continue spreading even more chaos, Lucid expanded her vision, creating another illusion in which the Resistance had joined the Black Mage and subjugated the people of Perion. She then spread this vision in the form of a nightmare which all the people of Maple World continually experienced whenever they slept.

With half the world being driven mad from insomnia, the Alliance launched a campaign to both investigate the source of the dreams, as well as to find a cure to the nightmares. The traveler who first investigated the Gate to the Future was able to gather Lucid Matter from the illusion, which Grendel the Really Old used to lift the nightmare in people's minds.

Soon after, the traveler was able to gather Slumbering Fragments in order to combine them into a piece of memory, which they used to see the memory of Lucid meeting the Black Mage. Realizing that there was a Dream Master whom the Black Mage had recruited, the Alliance began their investigations into learning her true identity and her goals.

Meeting Shade[]

Some time after the formation of the Alliance, Lucid returned to Elluel and used her powers to influence the dreams of the elves, who were all still frozen from the Black Mage's curse. Having trapped all the elves in her nightmare, Lucid created an illusion of Elluel to replace the real one, in which all the elves were free and well. In this illusion, Lucid took the form of Mercedes and ruled the kingdom as the queen.

Soon after, Shade arrived in Elluel in order to seek out Mercedes. In the town, Shade met Philius, who welcomed him to their city. He explained that the curse of the Black Mage had already been lifted, and that Mercedes was in the Royal Chambers. There, Lucid - disguised as Mercedes - greeted him as an old friend and asked him how he was.

Shade told Mercedes that they hadn't been able to say their goodbyes on the day when they had faced the Black Mage and asked what had happened after the battle. Mercedes began to stumble over her words and abruptly changed topic, asking him to check out Elluel. Shade told her that Elluel was a beautiful place and asked if the others ever came. Mercedes replied that everyone had already been to Elluel, and that Shade was the last one left.

Shade told her that Freud had always wanted to see Elluel, to which Mercedes explained that Freud had stopped by recently. She then asked him how long he had been asleep, as everyone else had awoken a while ago. Shade was surprised to know that Freud had been to Elluel, to which Mercedes explained that Freud had asked about him, as he had wondered what had been keeping him. Shade began growing suspicious, realizing that there was no way that Freud could have been there. He then decided to test Mercedes by asking if she remembered the special sandwich that she and Aran had made.

Mercedes immediately replied that she recalled how much Shade had liked it. Shade then told her that he had misremembered, and that they had actually made spaghetti that was so sweet that he hadn't been able to eat it. Mercedes awkwardly laughed and told him that it had all happened a long time ago while calling him ‘Shade'. Shade then called her out, explaining that Mercedes shouldn't know his new name, and that Freud was missing. Mercedes grew irritated by Shade's perceptiveness and revealed herself as Lucid.

Lucid told Shade that it would have been better if he had stayed in her dream and moved on, thinking that he had met Mercedes. Shade recognized her ears as elven and asked why she was imprisoning the elves in her illusion. Lucid told him that it wasn't his business and explained that she had been having fun in Elluel, though Shade's interference had put a stop to it. She then promised that she would pay him back with an unimaginable nightmare before disappearing.

Soon after, Lucid used her powers to give Shade a nightmare in which he encountered an illusion of the Black Mage. In the nightmare, the Black Mage claimed that he, as a Transcendent, was the only one who could remember Shade. As a result of Lucid's nightmare, Shade came to believe that the Black Mage was his only anchor to reality, and that his death would be assured once the Black Mage disappeared. Because of this, Shade felt immense despair at the realization that he was destined to die, though he vowed nevertheless that he would do everything it took to defeat the Black Mage, even if it meant that he would disappear forever.

Betraying the Black Mage[]

After the creation of the Arcane River, Lucid rejoiced to the Black Mage that a new world was about to unfold. Curious about what sort of a world he was planning to create, Lucid asked him to show her a glimpse of what he was hoping to bring about. The Black Mage then showed her a vision of ultimate darkness, causing a shocked Lucid to realize that there was absolutely nothing in the new world that the Black Mage planned to make - and most importantly, not even the Black Mage himself would exist.

Upon realizing that the Black Mage sought to end his own existence through the Genesis Ritual, Lucid grew shocked and saddened, as the Black Mage was the center of her world. Hoping to change his mind, Lucid chose to betray the Black Mage and created Lachelein in the Arcane River. By creating a festive city with no sadness or pain, Lucid planned to grow her dream beyond the Arcane River and envelop the world, believing that showing the Black Mage the joys of life would be enough to convince him not to end his own life. Subliminally, however, there were certain elements of Lucid's own personality that reflected in the dream, such as people like Masquerade Mask, who shared her deep need to be appreciated.

Soon after the completion of Lachelein, Lucid celebrated in her room with a glass of wine. Suddenly, however, she felt a wave of drowsiness, causing her to collapse and fall unconscious. Inside her dreamscape, Lucid sensed that something was wrong and decided to leave. Suddenly, several Wightmares appeared and amusedly asked where she was going, laughing that they were the ones who had called her.

Lucid dismissed them as fragments of her imagination and attempted to banish them, though she was shocked when nothing happened. The Wightmares laughed that she wasn't in control anymore, and that she was now trapped inside her own dream. As the Wightmares cackled that she would be trapped inside a nightmare forever, Lucid fell to her knees in horror.

Suddenly, she awoke back in Lachelein, feeling chills running down her spine. After realizing that she had lost control of her own dream, she suddenly began laughing maniacally and invited her nightmares to swallow her whole, though she entreated them to follow her obediently until she could successfully change the Black Mage's mind. She then added that until the whole world was shrouded in sweet dreams, the festival needed to go on.

The Nightmare[]

As Lucid continued attempting to reach the Black Mage in order to change his mind, she increasingly began to suffer more nightmares in which she lost control of her powers. Subconsciously, a part of Lucid instinctively created a being with her dream powers as a failsafe after realizing that there would come a time when she would need to be saved. Without even realizing it herself, Lucid created a projection of Mercedes - the person she loved the most - in the hopes that Mercedes would come to save her from her nightmare.

This projection of Mercedes came to life in Lachelein in the form of a man named Protective Mask, who wore a plague doctor gas mask. Unlike most citizens of Lachelein, Protective Mask was created from magic, not Erda, and he was also aware that Lachelein was an illusion. He soon began gathering other 'awakened ones' - Erda beings who had awoken from Lucid's dream. Lucid soon came to believe that part of her nightmares had manifested into her dream, causing her to send her Dreamkeepers - minions designed to maintain the dream of Lachelein - in order to find the nightmare.

Facing the Adversary[]

Soon after, the Adversary arrived in Lachelein while on their mission to stop the Black Mage. Soon after, Protective Mask discovered the mand learned that they were from the outside world. Suddenly, two Dreamkeepers appeared out of nowhere and dragged the Adversary away. They brought the Adversary before Lucid and put them in line behind another citizen, whom Lucid transformed into a butterfly with a snap of her fingers.

She then greeted the Adversary and welcomed them to Lachelein, the city of dreams and illusions, where there was no sadness or pain. She then snapped her fingers to transform the Adversary into a butterfly, but she was surprised when nothing happened, causing her to realize that they were the honored guest whom she had been awaiting.[3][4] Just then, Protective Mask arrived and created a distraction to help the Adversary escape. As punishment for allowing them to get away, Lucid transformed the Dreamkeepers into butterflies.

As the Adversary continued working to destabilize the dream, a Dreamkeeper arrived to report what was happening to Lucid, though he was quickly transformed into a butterfly for failing to stop them. Lucid wondered whether the Adversary was the one chosen by the Black Mage, or if they had come for her. However, she believed that it changed nothing and invited them to continue clinging onto their false hope.

With her dream slowly starting to unravel, Lucid decided to take drastic measures and sent her butterflies across Lachelein, transforming all the populace into Dreamkeepers. Lucid hoped to expand Lachelein to consume the entire world. With their allies being turned into Dreamkeepers, Protective Mask pushed himself and the Adversary into the Arcane River in order to escape.

Lucid was pleased to see them fall, believing that they would decompose into Erdas.[5][6] However, when Protective Mask saved the Adversary from touching the river at his own expense, Lucid witnessed how Protective Mask had survived unscathed and realized that he was the nightmare that she had been searching for.

The Adversary then climbed to the top of Lachelein Clocktower, where they confronted Lucid and demanded that she free the enslaved people of Lachelein, who were unhappy no matter how many times they went through the motions of enjoying themselves. However, Lucid refused, claiming that the gesture would be enough if she could change the Black Mage's mind.[7][8]

The Adversary was taken aback, as they believed that Lucid was a loyal Commander. They asked what the Black Mage was planning, but Lucid merely told them that they couldn't begin to comprehend his plans. She then sent several butterflies at them, but Protective Mask arrived to warn that Lucid's dreams were carried on the dust from the butterflies. However, Lucid told them that it was too late and dragged the Adversary into her dream world.

From the real world, Protective Mask explained that he was immune to Lucid's dream because of his gas mask and helped walk the Adversary through breaking free of Lucid's dream. With Protective Mask's help, the Adversary was able to defeat Lucid in her dream world, causing it to collapse. Furious, Lucid unleashed her true power and created butterfly wings for herself, shattering the clocktower. Within the air, the Adversary faced Lucid, and after a fierce battle, they managed to defeat her once and for all, freeing the people from Lucid's nightmare.

Trapped in an Eternal Nightmare[]

After her defeat, Lucid grew increasingly consumed by her nightmares as she continued trying and failing to reach the Black Mage's mind. Nevertheless, she persistently attempted to reach her master, who had once saved her from despair, as she believed that it was her turn to save him from his own despair, even if she became trapped in her own nightmare as a result.

Within the darkness, Lucid cried out and apologized to him for her betrayal, explaining that she had only acted because she had been afraid of losing him. Suddenly, Lucid managed to reach the Black Mage's subconscious, and though she didn't know whether it was because her heart had reached him, or whether it had simply been pure coincidence, she was overjoyed at having finally reached him nevertheless.

Before the Black Mage was able to detect her presence, Lucid quickly sensed that there was a disturbance inside his unconscious mind. Peering deeper inside, Lucid sensed a faint, yet intense memory filled with sadness and relief, which had soon turned into unbridled hatred towards someone. Just then, however, the Black Mage began aware of Lucid accessing his memories and pushed her out of his mind, leaving her trapped in her own nightmare forever with the knowledge that the person who had meant everything to her had abandoned her for good.

Saved by Mercedes[]

After the Black Mage's death, the Adversary began chasing after Grendel, who had disappeared while on a journey to uncover the Black Mage's secrets. Along with his apprentices, Lily and Elwin, the Adversary traveled to Lachelein while retracing Grendel's footsteps and met with Protective Mask. At the top of the clocktower, they encountered an unconscious Lucid, who was trapped inside an eternal nightmare.

Protective Mask then decided that he would rescue Lucid from her nightmare, realizing that her subconsciousness had created him for such an occasion. Lily was surprised that Lucid had thought of such a possibility and realized that Lucid had hoped all along that someone would help her when she couldn't help herself.

Protective Mask then entered Lucid's dreams, where she was drowning in a dark ocean, and took off his mask, revealing Mercedes' face underneath. Protective Mask pulled Lucid out of her dark abyss and told the others that she would remain unconscious for a while longer, after which he would hand her over to the Alliance soldiers in the town square.[9]

After the mission to find Grendel, Neinheart met with Mercedes in Lachelein and attempted to take custody of Lucid. However, Mercedes refused to hand Lucid over to the Alliance, believing that it was her duty as a queen and a friend to take care of Lucid. Though Neinheart and Mercedes quarreled over the decision, Cygnus sent word with an Alliance soldier that she had granted Mercedes custody over Lucid until she awoke. Mercedes then took Lucid back to Elluel, breathing a sigh of relief that Lucid was finally going home, noting that it must have been such a long nightmare for her. She then hoped that there would be nothing but happy dreams for Lucid from now on.

Trivia[]

  • In Puzzle Master event from Maple Live update, Lucid's counterpart in FriendStory is a new student at Shinsoo International School. However the story relates to the cutscene is unknown.
  • The first mention of Lucid was in the Gate to the Future, in which an unnamed Dream Master is said to have created an illusion in the Gate to the Future. In Twilight Perion, Lucid was first shown as a human girl who had stumbled into the Black Mage's dreamscape. Lucid was then named and retconned as an elf in Shade's storyline, which featured her in a checkerboard dress. She then received a redesign and a backstory in the Lachelein storyline.

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References[]

  1. ↑ She shares voice actresses with Moonbeam.
  2. ↑ She shares voice actresses with Lily and Melange (Glory ~).
  3. ↑ Mercedes has a slightly modified version of this scene. Since Lucid recognizes Mercedes, she already knows that Mercedes isn't part of her dream, and so she snaps her fingers already knowing that nothing will happen. When Mercedes realizes that she didn't get transformed, Lucid mocks her for being surprised. Mercedes then wonders who Lucid is, noting to herself that it feels like she ought to remember Lucid, despite being unable to.
  4. ↑ Shade also has a slightly modified version of this scene. Similarly with Mercedes, Lucid recognizes Shade and greets him before asking if he remembers her, reminding him that she had promised that they'd meet again. Shade is confused by who she is, to to which she jokes about how ironic it is that he can't remember the one person there who can still remember him.
  5. ↑ If the player is Mercedes, Lucid will say, “Goodbye, my queen,” after they fall in.
  6. ↑ If the player Shade, Lucid will say that she'll remember him.
  7. ↑ Shade gets some exclusive dialogue in which he asks Lucid why he can't remember her. Lucid replies that she might have played around with his memories and adds that it wouldn't be fun if he knew everything. It then transitions back into the generic script that has Shade say that no one is happy in Lachelein.
  8. ↑ Mercedes also gets some exclusive dialogue right before demanding Lucid to free the people of Lachelein. Mercedes tells Lucid that she's certain that she's met Lucid somewhere before and wonders why she still can't remember. Lucid replies that it doesn't matter, as Mercedes means nothing to her anymore. Mercedes then asks whether this is all part of the Black Mage's plan and demands to know how Lucid can still follow him, as his victory would mean the end of the world as they know it. She then points out that no one in Lachelein is happy and asks Lucid if this is the world that she wants, which transitions back into the generic script that has Lucid say that she doesn't care if they're happy, as the gesture is enough if it'll change the Black Mage's mind.
  9. ↑ If the player is Mercedes, Lucid will call out to her in her sleep and thank her for saving her, mistakenly believing that the real Mercedes had saved her, rather than Protective Mask.
  10. ↑ This artwork was created before her final design was decided.
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