Luke Ainsworth
Luke Ainsworth is a male anime and manga character who features in The Sacred Blacksmith.
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Biography
Luke Ainsworth (Japanese: ルーク・エインズワース, Hepburn: Rūku Einzuwāsu) was the son of the blacksmith Basil Ainsworth and grew up at his fathers smithy in the outskirts of the seventh district. In his youth, he trained to become a Blacksmith like his father and had a childhood friend named Lisa Oakwood. Oakwood had aspirations of becoming a Knight with her dream being the protection of others. Three years prior, a still training Luke used his developing skills to forge a katana for Lisa that he admitted was not very good but Oakwood was content with it. Whilst at his home, she was waiting for Luke's father who was buying tamahagane but grew bored. She then convinced Luke to join her in exploring the nearby caves by the mountain. Whilst there, they accidently stumbled on the bound demonic god Vaalbanil. The creature attacked the two where it effortless broke Lisa's katana. At this moment, Luke's father Basil arrived where he was killed by the beast who later killed Lisa. In her last act, she forged a demon contract from her soul for someone to protect her love Luke. This resulted in a demon being born in the shape of a young blonde haired girl that resembled Lisa Oakwood. The wounded Luke was the only survivor of Vaalbanil's awakening and he took the young girl with him where he unintentionally named her Lisa. In the aftermath, the demon of the mountain escaped and wreaked havoc on the lands leading to a period known as the Vaalbanil Wars.
Though Vaalbanil was defeated, he was not killed but rather slumbering and bound by a sword that kept him trapped. Houseman the First wrote a prophecy stating that the sword trapping Vaalbanil would eventually break thus freeing the demon. As result, the leaders of the various human kingdoms sought to craft a new "sacred sword" to keep Vaalbanil trapped. Thus, they gave the task to Luke Ainsworth who followed in his father's footsteps by becoming a blacksmith. With Lisa by his side, he remained at his fathers home away from human contact as he spent years attempting to forge the perfect blade.
While in the city with his companion Lisa, Luke witnesses Cecily Cambell’s sword break in the middle of combat with an insane and violent Jack Strader. He quickly steps in to parry the killing blow and correctly identifies Strader as a veteran of the Valbanill War nearly fifty years before. After Strader flees, Luke snidely criticizes Cecily’s skills as knight and heads back to the Atelier Lisa. The following day, Cecily visits the smithy and requests a katana of her own to replace her broken family sword. She asks that Luke join her on an assigned mission to give her a chance to prove her skills to him. Surprising Lisa, Luke agrees. While on the mission with the knights, Luke witnesses Cecily defeat a group of bandits accused of raiding merchant caravans but is forced to intervene once unhumans attack. Luke makes fast work of the monsters, impressing Cecily with his different style of fighting, due in large part to the katana. The two team up to chase after an escaping bandit. When the bandit stops running, Luke immediately recognizes the bandit’s intent and orders Cecily back as the man completes his demon contract and becomes a large ice beast. Cecily is seriously injured when the monster shoots out shards of ice from its body, and Luke again defends her, breaking his katana in the process. With no other choice, Luke enters the forging spell with Lisa. Cecily defends them both from the demon until the katana, imbued with fire, is ready. Luke defeats the demon and agrees to make Cecily a katana.
After his initial meeting with Cecily, Luke grudgingly becomes part of a new group of friends—himself, Lisa, Cecily, and Cecily’s new charge, the demon sword Aria—mostly through Lisa’s invitation. Constantly searching for ways to craft a sword capable of defeating Valbanill, Luke is interested in Aria’s abilities and her nature as a demon sword, although he respects Aria’s privacy. After Cecily questions Lisa’s happiness, Luke begins to take greater interest in the small things that make her happy, rather than her overall protection. At the festival, he buys her a new outfit, and when Lisa nervously asks for his approval, he presents her with a little matching hat. During Cecily’s presentation of Aria at the fair, Jack Strader attacks once again in an effort to steal the demon sword and transforms into a demon using a demon contract. While Strader initially succeeds, Luke arrives and, through the prodding of both Cecily and Lisa, assists the surviving knights in their fight against Strader. He crafts a new wind-powered katana with Lisa using the forging spell and together with Cecily defeats the demon Strader. Soon after, Luke and Lisa are confronted by Charlotte E. Firobisher, who comes to the Atelier Lisa to convince Luke to defect to the empire. Luke is disgusted that a girl who does not understand the power of any sword, much less a demon sword, tries to wield one. He quickly defeats Evadne and captures Charlotte. When she reveals that her intent is to also secure Aria, he and Lisa—with Charlotte as their prisoner—rush to the city to save Cecily from Charlotte’s three demon sword-wielding bodyguards, Doris, Margot, and Penelope. With Lisa’s help in the forging spell, he crafts a new katana and defeats the three of them in one blow.
Overview
Personality and attributes
As a result of the encounter with Vaalbanil, Luke lost his left eye that was replaced with an artificial one.
He came to believe that he was responsible for Lisa's demise thinking he sacrificed her life by making a demon contract to spare himself from Vaalbanil.
Luke came to regret naming Lisa after his childhood friend Lisa Oakwood. Though this was not because of missing her but rather because he felt that he placed an impossible standard on Lisa namely the expectation of her being like Lisa Oakwood.
Powers and abilities
With the aid of his right eye and Lisa, he was able to create a forging spell. This was a magical sphere where he placed materials needed to create a sword where he verbally called on the materials and directed their actions. Once complete, a blade was forged within moments with these strong but unable to last long from damage. Following a number of hits, they simply disintegrated which meant swords built in this manner needed to be carefully used in battle. Certain kind of foes were also too powerful to normally be fought with such blades. The forging seemingly had a toll on his body as a wounded Luke faced a great deal of pain with his cuts being further aggravated by casting the spell. It was even said that he could die from conducting the spell if badly wounded.
Though trained as a blacksmith, he was a capable swordsmen who regularly made use of a katana.
Notes
- Luke Ainsworth was created by Isao Miura where he featured in the setting of The Sacred Blacksmith universe.
In other media
Television
- In The Sacred Blacksmith, Luke Ainsworth appeared in the setting of the anime television series adaptation where he was voiced by Japanese actor Nobuhiko Okamoto and was voiced by English actor Blake Shepard in the dubbed series.
Appearances
- The Sacred Blacksmith:
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