Lucas
St. Just, son of Cyril St. Just, Marquis de St. Cyr, of France
and Princess Florimel of Amber.
Lucas
St. Just was born of his mother's liaison with a French nobleman
in the years leading up to the French Revolution. His father
was executed as a traitor to the nation when he was a young
man; he and his mother fled France.
Lucas
encountered most of his uncles and aunts in the shadow of his
mother's exile or, after his Patternwalk, in the Golden Circle.
He spent some time in Amber, unacknowledged, before Eric seized
power. He traveled in the Golden Circle for most of Eric's reign,
but returned in time for the last of the assaults via the Black
Road.
Lucas
is not a warrior; he remained in Amber when his mother left
with Benedict. Publicly, he's spent the Regency involved in
trade and acting as liaison with the nobles of Garnath and,
for a while, with the stranded Golden Circle ambassadors. He
carried out the first successful trade mission after the Sundering.
He was a loyal and well-respected member of the Regency Council. Lucas
is known as a rake. He is the most fashionable man in Amber,
and that includes his liaisons. It is believed he is bisexual.
His detractors say he sleeps with men, women, and goats all
at once, but that's certainly an exaggeration. He did seduce
Solace Vesper and let himself be coerced into marrying her after
he made her pregnant. They now have two children, Hope and Philippe.
He also maintains a mistress at his club, Red Mill: the courtesan
Silken. Most
recently, he was injured in the attack on the coronation masquerade.
He is currently under the medical care of his mother and wife,
under Gerard's direction. 
What
people say about Lucas ...
Lucas
is not stupid. He's bitchy and foppish, but he hasn't survived
as
long as he has without knowing just how far to push, and where
*not* to
push. He was the first of the family out on the trade expeditions
and he's
been involved in negotiations throughout Amber. He knows a
lot of people, more than he shows. He presents a front that
is very easy to
under-estimate. His mother is the same way.
--
Jerod, to Conner
Lucas
is Flora's son. Amazingly respectable married father of two,
but has
a mouth on him that makes his mother sound tame. His kids
are both cute as buttons.
-- Martin, to Jovian
Lucas
is a rich playboy. Turns out he's Flora's son, although I
guess they
managed to hide that fact from everyone 'til recently. And
yes, he has
kids. He married Solace Vesper a couple years back, and some
smaller-than-usual number of months later they had a daughter,
Hope, who is sweet and adorable and fun. Their son Philippe
was born just a few months ago. Philippe's sweet, too, but
he's not old enough to have much of a personality yet. Lucas
himself is pretty entertaining, as you probably
know if you've spent any time around him. He likes to give
the impression
of being a supreme layabout, but he's a good guy to have on
your side.
He's done some excellent negotiating on his trading voyages.
-- Folly, to Aisling
"Tell
me about Flora's daughter."
"His
name is Lucas and he's good at having everyone underestimate
him."
"You
know, I think I met him once, at one of her parties in shadow.
He
fooled me. He's got kids?"
"Yeah,
he's married. The girl's really sweet, but Christ, her mother,
Lady
Vesper..."
-- Martin and Random on Lucas
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