Luther Lansfeld (ルシファー・ランドベルド, Rushifā Randoberudo?), also known as the Creator, is the main antagonist of Star Ocean: Till the End of Time. A software engineer, Luther is the one who created the Eternal Sphere, and does his best to maintain it.
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- Dictionary
- Till the End of Time: Luther Lansfeld
- Profile
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Background[]
The brother of Blair Lansfeld, Luther became a software engineer and was hired by the Sphere conglomerate, founded by Daguon Zeber.
Luther developed the core simulation routines for universe construction, based on multiple time axes, that made possible the Eternal Sphere project. With him as the lead developer, the original team was composed of Palmira Armes, Eleanor Duran and Irisa Pahm. He personally created the Firewall to prevent the entry of hackers and government-backed viruses, and Spiral Tower to store data.
During the development of the Eternal Sphere, Eleanor had a conflict with Daguon, who attempted to destroy her using various underhanded methods. Eleanor took him to court and won a lawsuit against him. It is unknown if Luther was involved in the incident, but what is certain is that Luther succeeded Daguor as the president of Sphere—earning the hatred of Daguor's son, Belzeber, who believes the company to be his birthright—and turned the company into a juggernaut. Luther thus left his directorial duties of the Eternal Sphere project to Berial, perhaps due to Sphere being the de factor ruling body of the Lost City.
Galactic purge[]
Luther in battle in Spiral Tower.
Luther does not appear until very late into the story, yet his actions are what drive the overall conflict of the game and sets the events that take place into action. When Fayt's parents began experiments in Symbological Genetics, Luther realizes that the denizens of the Milky Way galaxy have developed too much and overstepped their bounds as mere data, so he sentences the entire galaxy to deletion. The Executioners released to destroy Earth and hinder Fayt's progress were essentially his "anti-virus" programs to destroy everything that he saw was contaminating the Eternal Sphere.
While the party tries to reach a terminal to return to their universe within Sphere 211, Luther tells them over the intercomm that he is already aware of their plan, and shuts down the elevator. He also laments the fact that Blair is helping out Fayt, and labels her a traitor.
In the Spiral Tower, he faces Fayt's team and is beaten. Shocked by this, he tries to search for a logical reason. He can't believe that his own "creations" could surpass their creator. He then decides that the only logical way to defeat them is to delete the entire Eternal Sphere itself. He faces them one last time and is defeated. His fate is unknown, but it is assumed that he is killed when the world is destroyed.
Profile[]
Thoughts and feelings? What rubbish.
― Luther
As the story progresses, he finds himself unable to comprehend that his creations have achieved consciousness, which slowly drives him insane as he attempts to figure it out and delete them.
Gameplay[]
Luther is the final boss of Till the End of Time fought in two rounds in Spiral Tower. Luther reappears as a secret boss in the Urssa Cave Temple.
Luther also appears as an enemy boss in Star Ocean: Anamnesis, and can be fought in the recurring event Luther's Descent. Based on his second form from Till the End of Time, the fight has a Misery 4 version for added difficulty. He also appears as a playable character, featured in the event "Sanctuary of Oblivion Waddrum VII".
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- In Japan, Luther shares his name with Lucifer of the Ten Wise Men. However, their names are spelled differently: Luther is spelled (ルシファー, Rushifā?), while Lucifer is spelled (ルシフェル, Rushiferu?). Luther's appearance in the Urssa Cave Temple even resembles Lucifer's.
- Lucifer ("light-bringer" in Latin) was the name of the planet Venus, often personified as a male figure bearing a torch, in Greco-Roman mythology. Interpretations of the word הֵילֵל in the Hebrew Bible into a proper name led to a Christian tradition of applying the name Lucifer, and its associated stories of a fall from heaven, to Satan. A key facet of Lucifer in Christianity is his desire to control the world and his rebellion against God—his name contrasted with Fayt Leingod's ('Fate Linegod' in the Japanese version).