In this time of isolation, let’s look back on a character that’s been around for over a decade, and now resides in Barcelona. For April, we’re spotlighting
Luca Ashriel.
Luca was born to a witch, Carolina and a criminal, David. For the first five years, with his mother’s presence, Luca had a pretty standard life, unaware of his father’s crimes. But when his mother discovered his father’s crimes, and begged him to stop during a bank heist, David shot Carolina dead, and lied to his son. No one ever discovered who the killer was.
After that point, Luca was raised into a life of crime, taught to be a bully, and raised under the worst circumstances. When he was 17, he went to prison for three years for armed robbery, and came out exactly the same, going back to his father. But when a medium sought him out, with a message from his mother to change, and become a better man, he started to seek out information on his mother’s murder. When he and David finally had a confrontation about the truth, and he found out his father killed his mother, Luca killed him in a rage.
He covered up the death, but turned his life around in the process, turning to magic and the covens. That’s where he met Jessickah Slater.
Together, Luca and Jess overcame so much. They fought evil together, trained together, but they also confronted their pasts together. There were ups and downs, mainly due to the secrecy that Luca had about his past and the mistakes he made. They even got married, finally finding happiness in each other. Eventually, the secret that Luca killed his father got out, which seemed to spell the end for their relationship. But when one of Jess’s enemies from the past killed Luca, it seemed to be the end of Luca’s life too.
But somehow, life gave him a second chance, and he came back to life on New Years Eve, 2011, as a spirit walker. With a new lease on life, Luca and Jess reconnected, made amends of the past, and started fresh. With that fresh beginning, they were blessed with a baby boy named Eduardo, and shortly after, a girl named Esme.
Though magic is a big part of Luca’s life, cooking is also another passion. When magic was revealed to the world, though, he found a new calling. He wanted to help witches make sense of the world they were in, and with that, he and his family moved to Barcelona. While Jess started working for the ASRW, Luca started to help other supernaturals, offering them a safe haven. Now, with two kids, and a new life in Barcelona, Luca’s ready for whatever comes next.
Lets give a round of applause for Luca, everything he has overcome so far, and the shiny future he has in front of him! Congratulations Bonnie (
Dive Bar Saints) on Luca and Character Spotlight of the month!