This article contains spoilers related to the Black Clover anime and manga
One of the many sudden changes in the Black Clover manga was the reveal of Julius’ identity. At the end of the Spade Kingdom Raid arc, we learn that Sorcerer King Julius Novachrono is actually Lucius Zogratis.
This left fans quite confused as they didn’t understand how Julius became Lucius. But it was later revealed that it was actually the other way around and Lucius became Julius because he was born with two souls in his body.
Origin of Lucius and Julius
In Black Clover, it was revealed that Lucius Zogratis, born in the Spade Kingdom, actually had two souls in his body. One was his own and the other was Julius Novachrono’s. Lucius, the eldest brother of Zogratis, was the one best suited to become a devil’s host. This is why he became the devil host of Astaroth, one of the three rulers of the Underworld. Although it is not made clear why, Lucius actually wanted to establish peace. He wanted to rebuild humanity by giving everyone immortal bodies and telling his siblings the same.
After this, he assumes the identity of Julius Novachrono as he needs the heart of Lucifero to make his plan of establishing peace successful. He came to the Clover Kingdom to find a Dark Magic user and a World Tree Magic user as both are needed to create and grow the Tree of Qliphoth. He found Yami Sukehiro, a Dark Magic user, and William Vangeance, a World Tree Magic user, and recruited them as Magic Knights. The manga showed us how strong the two eventually became. After a few years, Yami and William were kidnapped by the Dark Triad to make their plan successful.
Why did Julius become Lucius again?
It was revealed that the Tree of Qliphoth is basically a channel that connects the Underworld to the living world. Through this channel, Lucifero was able to emerge into the living world, but with only half of his powers. Asta was able to defeat the devil. As he knew that only Asta could defeat Lucifero, Lucius helped him by repeatedly reversing time so that the Magic Knights could reach the best conclusion. After Lucifero’s defeat, Lucius sent Adramelech to get his heart and also the rest of Lucifero’s powers from the seventh layer of the Underworld. With the combined power of the two, Lucius was finally able to transform humans into an immortal entity called Paladin. Thus the first part of his plan was completed.
Many fans think that Julius revealed his true identity to Lucius because Damnation Kira was almost able to find him. However, this is because Lucius has been trying to take back control of his body for some time now. In the final stages of the Spade Kingdom Raid arc, Julius felt something trying to emerge from within him, which was Julius. It seems that Lucius finally revealed himself because after Lucifero came to the living world, his work as Julius was done. He was thus able to abandon the Wizard King persona and return to his old persona of Lucius Zogratis for the rest of his plan and the devil Astaroth also returned with him.
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