Luke Ainsworth

Luke grew up with his father, Basil Ainsworth, at their smithy on the outskirts of town in the seventh district. Three years before events in the story, Luke forged a katana, which he admitted was not very good, for his childhood friend Lisa Oakwood, who had dreams of becoming a knight to protect everyone she possibly could. Lisa Oakwood, bored with waiting for Luke’s father who was busy buying tamahagane, convinced Luke to join her exploring the nearby caves. There, they were attacked by a bound Valbanill.

Before his friendship with Cecily, this early encounter with Valbanill served as the most formative event in Luke’s life. Basil rushed into the caves to save his son and Lisa Oakwood but was quickly killed. Lisa Oakwood also died trying to defend Luke. However, before her death, she managed to complete a demon contract by saying her death spell. Lisa Oakwood’s body and spirit merged with the blood of Valbanill and Luke’s own lost left eye to create the demon Lisa.Since that day, he’s practiced blacksmithing in his shop, now named after Lisa Oakwood, doing odd jobs and repairs for people of the Independent Trade Cities.

At some point after his father’s death but before events in the story, a coalition of representatives from the independent trade cities, the militant nation, the crowd power, and the empire informed him of the upcoming crisis with Valbanill and approached him to make a sacred sword to reinforce the seal.