Luc Brenatto

Luc Brenatto is the son of Yeza Brenatto and Veth Brenatto originally from the village of Felderwin. As an NPC, Luc is played by Matthew Mercer.

Description
Luc is a small halfling boy no older than five years old with shaggy light brown hair and blue eyes.

Personality
Luc was described by his mother as being very intelligent for his age, having learned to walk and talk earlier than usual for a halfling.

When the Mighty Nein found him with Old Edith in Felderwin, Luc appeared both traumatized and somewhat desensitized regarding the constant violence that had been happening around him, and losing first his mother, and then his father. He was not trusting of Nott when she approached him at Edith's house. Later, after having been sent to Nicodranas for safety in the care of Shakäste, and being reunited with his father and at least temporarily with his mother, he began to blossom and became a normal, rambunctious child, with a definite streak of his mother's adventurous spirit.

While Veth was off at the peace negotiations and then Traveler Con, Luc and his father moved from their temporary quarters at the Lavish Chateau into their own home in Nicodranas. Luc seemed to adore living there, telling his mother excitedly about his friends and their adventures. He definitely seemed to take after his mother, enjoying his toy crossbow, practicing his stealth, and occasionally stealing from merchants, and Veth (to Yeza's dismay) was encouraging this.

Before Campaign 2
Luc was born to Yeza and Veth Brenatto, the owners and proprietors of the Brenatto Apothecary in Felderwin. He was young when his family was captured by a band of marauding goblins during a hard winter, and he was beginning to starve when his mother sacrificed herself to ensure Luc and his father got away safely. Yeza and Luc believed Veth had been killed by the goblins, and when she began sending small packages with trinkets and money to them (at first anonymously) during the Mighty Nein's travels, Yeza believed it to be a joke and did not tell Luc.

During this time, Yeza was hired by Vess DeRogna of the Cerberus Assembly to experiment on the Luxon beacon still in possession of the Dwendalian Empire, attempting to draw its fate-changing qualities into a potion. When the "mean lady" visited the apothecary to check on progress, Luc was sent away to his room. When the Kryn attacked Felderwin and burned the apothecary to the ground, Luc escaped the turmoil, running to the home of Old Edith. She took him in and cared for him and told him his father was away helping the war, but Luc suspected Edith was lying and that his father was dead, like his mother.

Campaign 2: The Mighty Nein
Nott cast Disguise Self to look like a halfling woman before knocking on the door of Old Edith's house. Luc recognized Nott's disguised form as his mother but was confused. His father told Luc goblins killed his mother. Luc said he thinks his father is probably dead too. Luc told Nott he hasn't been hurt. Yeza put him in his room when "the mean lady with the pointy ears" would come by. Yeza gave Luc the packages Nott sent, but did not tell him who they were from. When soldiers from Xhorhas attacked, Yeza told Luc to hide. He ran to Old Edith. Luc told Nott "don't die" before going back inside the house.

The Mighty Nein devised a plan to get Edith and Luc out of Felderwin and down to Alfield. They hired guards to escort them, paid for board for thirty days for the cart and horses then left Edith and Luc with them.

Via Jester Sending Nott asked Shakäste for his help with transporting Luc Brenatto from Alfield, still close to the destructions of the War of Ash and Light to her mother's, Marion Lavorre's, place in Nicodranas. Jester offered payment if he would like, but Shakäste said he won't take any money, but is happy to do a favor for his friends. He said he will need about a week of travel to get to Alfield, and that she was lucky she caught him as things have been "busy".

The Mighty Nein, Nugget, and Yeza teleported to Nicodranas to meet up with Old Edith and Luc. Before entering the Lavish Chateau, Nott cast Disguise Self to make herself look like Veth. Yeza told Luc his mother was a great adventurer and suggested Nott show Luc her crossbow. Nott took the bolts out and let Luc play with it. Luc does not want to give up the crossbow so Jester and Nott suggested he take Nugget instead. Nott threw in a grappling hook and Luc agreed. The Mighty Nein, Luc, and Yeza spend the rest of the day at the beach.

The next morning, Nott helped Yeza convince Luc to eat all of his breakfast. Nott told Luc she was going on another trip and he could keep practicing with a training crossbow if he was good. Luc made her promise to remember all the things she shoots and tell him about them. Caleb brought Luc, Nott, and Yeza along while he drew the Teleportation Circle to transport them back to Rosohna.

When returning to Nicodranas some time later, Veth used Invisibility to prevent Luc from seeing her as the Nein entered the Lavish Chateau. Though Carlos Remedi remarked to the Nein that Luc "is driving me crazy", Jester told Luc where to find her secret stash of paints in her room. Veth was shortly returned to her halfling form and goes to greet Luc, who quickly hit her in the forehead with a wooden crossbow bolt. Veth praised Luc's skill. She encouraged him to hug her, and Luc did so.

Luc and Yeza later moved out of the Lavish Chateau into an apartment in the city. They evacuated the apartment after the Mighty Nein drew the ire of Trent Ikithon. After casting Plane Shift to escape Nicodranas, the Mighty Nein along with their family members were teleported to the Plane of Fire. When Veth and Jester decided to investigate the outside of the cave they were in, they alerted the presence of a fire elemental, who angrily entered into the cave. During the impending battle, Luc was killed after the elemental set the inside ablaze. He was later revived by Caduceus and had a heart to heart with his parents later to help process the situation.

After Campaign 2
After the Mighty Nein parted ways, Luc continued to live with his parents in Nicodranas. While he was too young for the Wildemount Wildlings activities, he was still intending to join in. He also was planning to sneak into the cabins. He was also, from time to time, receiving tutoring in magic from Caleb.

While participating in the Wildemount Wildlings, Luc was taught magic by Caleb. Luc and one 14-year-old boy were the only one who managed to create a single glowing globule of Dancing Lights.

Veth Brenatto
When Luc and his mother Veth Brenatto reunited (Veth used Disguise Self to look like a halfling while talking to him) Luc was confused to see his mother, since Yeza told him she was dead, and hung back. He did not seem to trust her and reluctant to be hugged or kissed, until Luc did not realize the presents from packages Yeza gave him came from Veth. Although still seeming distrustful, before she left, Luc did tell her: "Don't die".

Yeza Brenatto
Yeza seems to be protective of Luc. He hid his work with the Cerberus Assembly and had Luc hide whenever an assembly member would come to their house. For unknown reasons, Yeza told him that his mother was dead even after receiving letters signed as Veth. Despite this, he still gave Luc the presents Nott sent in the packages. Even though no one had confirmed it, Luc assumed that his father was dead after being taken. Once they had rescued Yeza from the Kryn, the family was briefly reunited and Luc seemed to be coming out of his shell, happily playing with his mother's crossbow and with Nugget.

Old Edith
Old Edith, a human woman who also lives in Felderwin, seems to be a friend of the Brenatto family. Luc came to her after Yeza told him to run during the attack by soldiers from Xhorhas. With Shakäste guiding them, Old Edith accompanied Luc to the Menagerie Coast and the two made it the safety of Nicodranas, where they stayed at the Lavish Chateau with Marion Lavorre until Nott and Yeza could visit.

Caduceus Clay
Besides his mother, Luc has become close friends with the Mighty Nein's firbolg cleric Caduceus who resurrected him in.

Notable items

 * Crude doll of Bertrand Dwendal, gift from Veth
 * Toy crossbow, gift from Veth
 * Magic ring that creates spinning tops that last for one minute, gift from Veth, created by Pumat Sol
 * Amulet of Proof against Detection and Location
 * Ring of Water Walking, gift from Veth

Veth also sent two packages of items to both Luc and Yeza while she was in Zadash:
 * Written letter, rings, a brass baby bottle, a brass door knob, ball bearings, two bracelets, blouse buttons, and 50 gold
 * Written letter, baubles, trinkets, buttons, ribbons, string, beads, one crescent-shaped ornament, and 100 gold

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Trivia
Sam Riegel named the character Luc because he almost called his son that name; it is his son's great-grandfather's name.