Luz Noceda is the main protagonist of The Owl House series.
A teenage Afro-Latina girl who, after following an owl carrying a trash bag into an abandoned house, suddenly finds herself on the Boiling Isles, a world where magic is real. It's not long after, that Luz runs into Eda, the most powerful witch on the isle (also the most wanted), and her demon companion, King. After helping Eda and King on an adventure, Luz decides she wants to stay on the Isles and learn magic. Now living as Eda's apprentice, Luz begins her journey to becoming the witch she always dreamed of being, though it won't be half as easy as she thought.
In the AWA fics, Luz is a student in the AWA Academy.
Appearance[]
Luz is a fourteen-year-old Dominican-American girl with tan skin, purplish-brown/brownish-purple short hair that is usually styled in a pixie cut, and hazel eyes.
When swapped with Eda, she resembles most of Eda's appearance and characteristics but with no wrinkles or fangs and brown eyes.
Her clothing consists of a pair of ebony earrings, a short-sleeved half-white and half-indigo hoodie with cat ears attached to the hood, high-waisted jean shorts, dark grey capris leggings, and a pair of white loafers. When she is in nightwear, her pajamas consist of a grey sleeveless top, purple shorts with an orange moon and star, and white-and-indigo socks.
When at Hexside, her school uniform has a green and purple stripe on her arms and blue and red on her legs.
Personality[]
Luz is kind-hearted, outgoing, eccentric, geeky girl. She is eager to find her place in the world and be accepted for who she feels she truly is. She is seen as an outcast on Earth due to making herself seem strange and difficult to engage with by her peers, school staff and her own mother, leading to her having no friends besides imaginary ones or reptilians.
Luz is determined to be who she wants to be regardless of the opposition she receives, even if said opposition has legitimate backing. She is proven to be remarkably headstrong, and her excessive determination and refusal to show conformity lead to her social life and school performance stagnating. This is translated to the Boiling Isles by way of disobeying Eda and getting into trouble.
Despite this, Luz is intelligent and surprisingly introspective when she allows herself the room to breathe, seen in quieter scenes, such as when showing Amity Blight how she can perform spells by drawing associated glyphs on paper. Despite being typically cheerful and good-natured, Luz knows when to draw the line, as shown after King insulted and discarded her ideas in the episode Sense and Insensitivity. Luz has also been shown to utter small phrases in Spanish when experiencing certain bouts of emotion. She is clever, creative and a quick thinker, capable of coming up with solutions to problems on the fly, but if she has too much on her mind she can be oblivious to things like Amity's crush on her.
However, she is not entirely self-assured as she actually has underlying self-esteem issues mostly regarding school, calling herself a screw-up and suggesting she belongs in the trash. Luz does not tolerate when others take advantage of their positions in life, regularly standing up for herself, those who cannot do so themselves or inspiring them to as seen against the likes of Amity and Boscha. After Eda is captured and essentially sentenced to execution, Luz enters a state of despair-induced aggression capable of not only appearing to boost her magic, but even striking fear into veteran members of the Emperor's Coven such as Eda's sister Lilith Clawthorne and earning the admiration of Emperor Belos himself.
The Multiverse Adventures While Riding On A Bus[]
Luz is a member of the Multiverse Rescuers.
History[]
In Chapter 2, Luz, alongside Amity Blight, Undine Wells and Heartful Punch, are seen fighting a group of spider-like monkeys in the foot of a mountain before being spotted by Eddy the Scammer, Ed the Lump and Kevin the Jock.
In Chapter 3, Luz, alongside Amity Blight, Undine Wells and Heartful Punch, are aided by Ed the Lump, Eddy the Scammer and Kevin the Jock in fighting a group of spider-like monkeys and managed to drive the creatures to retreat. Afterwards, they introduced themselves to each other and decided to search together.
In Chapter 4, Luz, alongside Eddy the Scammer, Ed the Lump, Kevin the Jock, Amity Blight, Undine Wells and Heartful Punch, came out from a forest and came across the Goblin Slayer, Musashi the Brave Fencer, Tadakuni, Ryuuko Matoi and Ichigo Momomiya in a middle of a train track.
In Chapter 5, Luz, alongside Ed the Lump, Eddy the Scammer, Kevin the Jock, Amity Blight, Undine Wells, Heartful Punch, the Goblin Slayer, Musashi the Brave Fencer, Tadakuni, Ryuuko Matoi and Ichigo Momomiya, decided to travel together and upon arriving in an area filled with train cars, they came across a number of ninja-monkeys and attacked them. After defeating the ninja-monkeys, Edd the Sockhead, Rolf the Son of Shepherd, Youji Itami, Rex Salazar, Juugo Yama and Reisen Udongein Inaba met up with them and afterwards, everyone had a discussion and agreed with Edd's idea of luring people to their location.
In Chapter 6, Luz, alongside everyone, witnessed Ed the Lump and Rolf the Son of Shepherd finished building a fort, much to their awe and disbelief. After taking shelter inside the fort, she witnessed Edd the Sockhead creating a gigantic holographic projection of himself while calling everyone to their fort.
In Chapter 8, Luz, alongside the rest, are seen gathered inside the fort when Naruto Uzumaki's group, Yuna's group, Yami Sukehiro and Mereoleona Vermillion arrives in the area and got inside the fort. After introducing themselves to each other, they witnessed the arrival of a large mysterious creature and everyone decided to flee by getting inside the multiverse-travelling bus and then escaping through a portal.
In Chapter 9, Luz, alongside everyone, are seen crammed inside the bus after escaping the dangerous world before proceeding to enter the backdoor of the bus which led them to the rather grand base operation in the Watchers' Realm, much to their awe. After meeting with Konata Izumi, Tsukasa Hiiragi, Kagami Hiiragi and Miyuki Takara, they all decided to get some rest.
In Chapter 10, Luz is present in a conference-like room inside the main base of the Multiverse Rescuers where Jason the Watcher explained to everyone the details about the next mission in the island of Elsaragozademontelban.
In Chapter 14, Luz, alongside Amity Blight, Heartful Punch and Undine Wells, are seen walking around in an orange-colored forest somewhere in the island of Elsaragozademontelban before coming across Renji Abarai, Shun Kazami, Takeru Takaishi, Ulrich Stern and Zoro Rorona by the waterfalls where they are facing a group of lizardmen. After taking care of the creatures, the two sides introduced themselves to each other and decided to make their way back to the bus.
In Chapter 20, Luz, alongside Amity Blight, Eddy the Scammer, Gingka Hagane and Konata Izumi, are seen at a landscape somewhere in the island of Elsaragozademontelban where they saw Blaze the Cat, Dark Pit, Jacob Vallory, Laura Gauthier and Ranma Saotome being chased by a group of Unicorn Warriors and they decided to help them.
In Chapter 21, Luz, alongside Amity Blight, Gingka Hagane, Eddy the Scammer and Konata Izumi, are seen in a landscape somewhere in the island of Elsaragozademontelban where they aided Blaze the Cat, Dark Pit, Jacob Vallory, Laura Gauthier and Ranma Saotome in defeating the Unicorn-Warriors. After introducing themselves to each other and an explanation of the current events, everyone were about to make their way back to the bus when Lightning Flash Phosphora, Princess Zelda, Shadow the Hedgehog, Vector the Crocodile and Viridi made their presence.
In Chapter 22, Luz, alongside Amity Blight, Blaze the Cat, Dark Pit, Eddy the Scammer, Gingka Hagane, Jacob Vallory, Konata Izumi, Laura Gauthier and Ranma Saotome, introduced themselves to Lightning Flash Phosphora, Princess Zelda, Shadow the Hedgehog, Vector the Crocodile and Viridi, and after explaining the current situation, she witnessed Eddy and Viridi getting into an argument and then witnessing the former shooting the latter with the DeEvilizer. After being given details about the device, Luz and the others made their way back to the bus.
In Chapter 25, Luz is mentioned to have returned to the bus in the deep and narrow valley between two canyons in a desert that is located somewhere in the island of Elsaragozademontelban after witnessing Edd the Sockhead's gigantic holographic projection of himself.
In Chapter 28, Luz, alongside Amity Blight, Edd the Sockhead, Heartful Punch, Monkey D. Luffy and Undine Wells, are seen traversing one part of the volcanic region somewhere in the island of Elsaragozademontelban where they came across Galdino, Hancock Boa, Ivankov Emporio, Rayleigh Silvers and Salome the Snake Weapon, and after some introductions and explanations, everyone pressed on forward.
Warriors of the Multiverse: United We Stand[]
History[]
In Chapter 3, Luz, alongside Amity Blight, Anne Boonchuy, Marco Diaz, Marcy Wu, Sasha Waybright and Star Butterfly, entered a room of a Health Center where Eddy Skipper McGee is sleeping. They then witnessed Eddy getting started by Star and getting himself electrocuted upon stepping on an exposed wire. After Sasha knocks him out, they got Eddy back on bed before leaving the room.
In Chapter 7, Luz, alongside Amity Blight, Izuku Midoriya, Ochako Uraraka and Tenya Iida, are seen on the sixth floor of the Hidamari Apartments when Eddy Skipper McGee and Marco Diaz made their presence, and after introducing themselves and had a conversation about an upcoming operation, everyone remained on the same floor while Eddy went to seventh floor.
In Chapter 8, Luz, alongside Amity Blight, Izuku Midoriya, Marco Diaz, Ochako Uraraka and Tenya Iida, are seen gathered in the frontyard of the Hidamari Apartments while having a discussion when they saw Eddy Skipper McGee running towards them with the ex-scam artist revealing to them that he met Death. She then witnessed Eddy fainting in shock when it was revealed that Death is living among them, she then witnessed the arrival of Hiro Gotou, Matsuri Hinamatsuri, Miyako Mizuhashi, Nazuna Omigawa, Nori Harada, Sae Shintani and Yuno Asumi, and Izuku, Marco and Tenya taking Eddy to his room.
In Chapter 9, Luz, alongside Amity Blight and Ochako Uraraka, are seen having a conversation while Izuku Midoriya and Tenya Iida are seen having their own discussion. She did not attend the welcoming party for Eddy Skipper McGee from the previous night.
Abilities[]
- Glyph magic: Luz is studying the art of magic under the tutelage of Eda. Since Luz lacks the same magical anatomy that witches have, she can't perform magic with her bare hands; instead, she casts spells by drawing glyphs found within the spell circles witches tend to use.
- Light Glyph: This is the first spell Luz learned, discovering it on her phone while hiding from Eda in her cursed form. By drawing the glyph, Luz can create small orbs of light, or blinding flashes, depending on the size of the circle. Like fire magic, the spell is also capable of incinerating objects.
- Ice Glyph: Luz found this spell in a snowflake at the Knee while trying to save Eda and the Blight twins from a Slitherbeast. By drawing the glyph, Luz can create an ice pillar capable of catapulting people into the air and blocking attacks. She can also infuse weapons with the ice glyph to repel multiple enemies at once. This spell is the second spell Luz learned, and she used this to enroll at Hexside.
- Plant Glyph: Before her fight with Grometheus, Luz experimented with plant magic. By drawing the glyph, Luz can make plants grow, ranging from flowers to pillars of thorns.
- Fire Glyph: Luz discovered this spell during her Grudgby match with Boscha and her friends. By drawing the glyph, Luz can create a ball of fire and set items aflame. She can use it to melt objects by simply activating the glyph near it without having to attach it to the object itself.
- Invisibility: In "Echoes of the Past", Luz devised a combination of glyphs to become invisible, inspired by Lilith's history books. However, this spell only lasts as long as she can hold her breath.
- Glyph enchantment: By attaching a spell glyph to an object and tapping the glyph or striking with the object, Luz can enchant that object with the spell. She has some control of how long it takes for a spell to trigger, giving her time to get out of range of certain spells like flames. In her clash with Emperor Belos, Luz demonstrated the ability to activate glyphs remotely by tapping Eda's staff, which activated three Fire Spell glyphs she'd left on the portal, burning it to prevent Belos from using it.
- Bilingualism: Luz is shown to speak English and Spanish.
- Weapon proficiency: She is shown capable of wielding a toy sword and was able to defeat Adegast's puppets. Later, she demonstrated some skills with a flail while fighting Grometheus. Luz also used Eda's staff to fight Emperor Belos in "Young Blood, Old Souls".
- Magic durability - Luz wears a cloak made from Witch's Wool, a material capable of repelling powerful spells. Eda Clawthorne made Luz the cloak.
- Drawing/painting: She is capable of drawing with nearly anything, as seen in the Owl Pellets "Eda's Cursed Brush" (she uses random thing to draw), "Paint Scare!" (she was painting a background), and "Art Lessons with Luz" (she makes drawings good enough to fool Hooty).
- Dancing: While fighting Grom, Luz successfully performed a perfectly choreographed dance routine with Amity, additionally demonstrating a very strong capacity to improvise as this was not something that she had likely rehearsed before.
Trivia[]
- Luz's hoodie has attached cat ears that connect to her hood, meaning she may like cats, just like a witch.
- Luz is pronounced "loose".
- Interestingly, some media outlets erroneously misspelled Luz's name as "Luce" prior to the show's premiere.
- Luz has similar traits to Atsuko "Akko" Kagari from the anime series Little Witch Academia. Both desire to become witches despite having non-magical backgrounds, and like Akko, who is a fan of a witch named Shiny Chariot, Luz is a fan of a witch character named Azura. The Exception being Ursula (Shiny Chariot) is a real person in that anime.
- Luz may be a tomboy, implied physically by her short hair and some clothing choices.
- In "Hooty's Moving Hassle", Luz shows interest in action figures, which is most common for boys.
- In "Enchanting Grom Fright", Luz calls herself a bad boy.
- It is noted that in some episodes, Luz's voice changes briefly.
- Luz's bag has a sticker featuring three hearts, with one half-full. This is a common depiction of a Health or HP Bar featured in numerous video games, most notably The Legend of Zelda and Minecraft. Similar stickers exist in real life. This detail would suggest Luz be at least somewhat of an avid gamer.
- In the episode, "Sense and Insensitivity", Luz admits that she wants to be a writer, as being a witch is not a career option on Earth. She has also stated that she enjoys book fairs, because that's "where books come to life".
- Dana Terrace confirmed in a Reddit AMA that Luz is bisexual.
- This is shown via her interactions with Nevareth and her reaction to Emira calling her a cutie.
- Luz can flip her eyelids inside out with ease.
- In the episode "Enchanting Grom Fright", it was mentioned and shown that Luz is lactose intolerant.
- Luz is shown to be ambidextrous in various episodes such as "The Intruder" and "Adventures in the Elements"; she can draw (and presumably write) with both hands.
- Dana Terrace and Luz Batista confirmed in a charity Twitch stream that Luz is an Afro-Latina, similar to how her namesake Luz Batista is as well.
- As was shown in "I Was a Teenage Abomination", Luz can move her ears.
- When asked during a Tumblr AMA if Luz has ADHD, Dana Terrace stated that she didn't write Luz specifically with ADHD in mind, but based her off of the observations Terrace made of her friends and herself from high school. Later on in an interview with YouTuber Rebecca Rose, Terrace added on that she did think of Luz as neurodivergent when first writing her character and canonized her as having ADHD.
- In "Hunting Palismen", it is revealed that in the Human Realm, Luz lived in Connecticut.