Dracula Villain: Luna Lagoon (Patreon)

Alright guys! Sorry about the delay, but we're back with more new Dracula villains. Meet Luna Lagoon, a piscine master thief and saboteur who serves as one of Dracula's primary love interest.

ORIGIN

Luna Sousa was a child of the ribeirinhos fishing villages of the Amazon rivers whose particular village waters had been contaminated by careless offshoots of a pharmaceutical company dumping their waste in the river. As a result most of her village was poisoned and died, but Luna instead found herself changed by the contaminated waters and fish mutating her into a piscine humanoid capable of surviving in water. Escaping from her doomed village she used her newfound abilities to exact vengeance on the technicians who had poisoned her village and changed her. Immediately captured by the authorities afterwards, Luna was taken in by the Think Tank under false promises of a cure, instead weaponizing her as a frogman thief, spy and saboteur for their own interest. After years of false promises and her condition worsening, Luna went rogue.

Now on her own to seek a cure and treatment for her condition, Luna took to mercenary work to fund potential treatments, taking her own cruel callsign of “Luna Lagoon” and using her aquatic-amphibious abilities for hire or to steal funds for her own cure, damn of anyone who got in her way. It was during one such heist she encountered Dracula, and immediately a spark was felt between the two. Sensing a noble heart deep within Luna, Dracula encouraged her to give up her life of crime and allow him to use his own medical expertise to find a cure for her condition. Though years of false promises made her distrustful of the Prince of the Nocturne, and instead the two would find themselves entangled in a game of cat and mouse as both enemies and allies dealing with the threats of the supernatural, especially once Luna began doing wetwork for the Unknown Circle; believing that magic might hold the key to curing her condition, unaware she has unknowingly come full circle working again for an offshoot of the Think Tank.

Powers/Abilities:

Piscine-humanoid physiology grants Luna Lagoon many superhuman abilities such as-

Underwater breathing and adaption (must wear a special suit to survive on land for long periods)

Enhanced strength, speed, agility and regenerative healing.

Venom-laced Claws and Piranha-like teeth

Compressive contortionism that allows her to squeeze and navigate through narrow pipes.

Expert thief, spy, mercenary and saboteur

So, in terms of Dracula's rogues gallery being themed after classic horror monsters and villains, Luna Lagoon obviously fills the role of the Creature of the Black Lagoon for Dracula. Naturally, I couldn't use the original creature because it's not public domain like the other Universal monsters, so I came up with my own rendition. Long time NRG fans might remember Luna as one of the first villains created for my first vampire hero, Kayn. And she's always been a fan favorite and creator favorite so she was one of the few old ideas I had to carry over into Dracula. So here Luna serves as Dracula's primary love interest, the Catwoman to his Batman. Her origin is a little more tragic in that she is not acting as a thief and mercenary for selfish purposes, but more so to find a cure for her condition she developed at a young age. I thought that angle would work best with how I've made Dracula a doctor in modern times- he feels for her and wants to help find a cure for her and encourages her to give up a life of crime because he sees a genuine soul in Luna. Problem is Luna has been used and fed a lot of false promises by doctors of the Think Tank, so she's not about to trust Dracula even though she's admittedly attracted to him. But, I left room for a redemption arc for her in her origin.

While the original Creature of the Black Lagoon may not be public domain, I did include some easter egg references in Luna's origin to the original creature. Namely her being born in the South American rainforest rivers, which is where the original movie took place.

Anyway, hope you guys love this new Dracula Villain! Let us know with a comment below!

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Art and Design by Danilo Cassonato