Luminous

Luminous
Element:	Light
Species:	Unknown
Gender:	Male
Role:	Doom Raider Ally
World:	Skylands
Attacks:	Light rays Star Fall Shapeshift
Appears in:	Skylanders: Trap Team Skylanders: Lost Islands
English Voice Actor:	Liam O'Brien

“He's got real star power. From an actual star!”

– Villain Vault

Luminous is the Light Doom Raider in Skylanders: Trap Team. He is the main antagonist of the Sunscraper Spire Expansion Pack.

Personality

Luminous is a ruthless villain of Light, willing to achieve whatever means necessary to extinguish the darkness, even if it meant annihilating anyone who stands in his way. He greatly fears the darkness, even his own shadow.

Abilities

Luminous can summon rays of light and call upon large crystal shards from above. He also possesses the ability to shapeshift, which helps him disguise his voice to match the one he has taken the form of.

Story

History

Being from the element of Light, Luminous has always feared the dark. Even his own shadow used to frighten him so he became determined to find a source of light so powerful and bright, no darkness, not even shadow, exists. This quest drove him quite mad and he set out to destroy all who opposed him. Finally, he managed to find what he was looking for - The Starlight. A source of light and energy so great, darkness could never escape. But it was protected by the Skylanders and Luminous was unable to get his hands on it. When the entire Light Realm became cut-off from the rest of Skylands, Luminous seized the opportunity and tried once again to steal this Starlight but what he didn’t know was that a Skylander of the Light Element, Knight Light, was left behind as well. After an intense battle over several days, Knight Light was able to imprison Luminous in Sunscraper Spire where he remains to this day. Just hope nobody lets him out.

Skylanders: Trap Team

Years later, the modern-day Skylanders arrived with Mags at Sunscraper Spire to investigate its presence after the destruction of Cloudcracker Prison. Seeing this as a chance to finally escape his prison, Luminous took on the disguise of Mags and led the heroes around the towers, tricking the Skylanders into unlocking the seals that imprisoned him in the center tower. All of the the seals were soon unlocked, and Luminous revealed his true identity to the Skylander once they had reached inside Tricked You Tower. He engaged them in battle, and despite his renewed power over the Light element, the Light Doom Raider was defeated. The Portal to a Light Trap opened up, and Luminous accepted his fate, running towards the light within the portal.

Quotes

• "The one you thought was Mags was none other than me: Luminous, evil overlord of the Light Element! Ahahahahahahaha!"
• "Let there be light! Painful light!"
• "If I could shed some more light on things..."
• "You're about to get lit up!"
• "Let's keep things light!"
• "The stars shall rain down on you!"
• "Time to see the light, Skylander!"
• "How about a little star power?"
• "You know what just occurred to me? I haven't shown you the massive power you have unwittingly helped me to generate. Come Skylander, right this way. Ooh, this is going to be sweet!"
• "Starfall!"
• "I reach for the stars!"
• "You can't hurt me! At least not right now."
• "You're not even doing light damage!"
• "Oh, I should've been doing this the whole time!"

Trap Quotes

• "Don't worry, I am sure the choice will dawn on you soon."
• "I must head towards the light without fear. Even in defeat, I shall shine like a STTAAAAARRRRRRR......!!!"
• "Uh, how is this going to affect the status of my evil plan? I assume negatively, but I just thought I would check."
• "I suppose I have seen the light."
• "Light... Camera... ME-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E!!!"
• "Step into the light!"
• "A light just went on. Me!"
• "The light at the end of the tunnel!"
• "I'm in!"
• "Showtime!"
• "Reach for the stars!"
• "Excellent!"
• "Heads up!"
• "I hope there's no hard feelings with Mags after I... impersonated her."
• "There's something weird about that Buzz guy, I just can't put my finger on... oh wait, yes I can!  He's crazy!"
• "It sounds like my services are needed?" - Quest

Villain Theme ♫

Gallery

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  Luminous as seen in game, in the Sunscraper Spire chapter.
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  Luminous' concept
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  Luminous impersonating Mags
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  Luminous reveals himself
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  Luminous as seen on the standard cover of Skylanders Issue 10

Trivia

• Luminous and Nightshade are the only Doom Raiders who were willing to accept capture after their defeat.
• Many fans assume or were misled that Mags was Luminous in disguise all along throughout the story. However, Luminous was imprisoned in Sunscraper Spire years prior to the events of Trap Team, making this assumption false, as he only took on the form of the real Mags as soon as she and the Skylanders reached the Spire. After Luminous is captured, the real Mags is seen back at the Skylanders Academy.
  • One of Luminous' trap quotes while at the Skylanders Academy near Mags confirms this: "I hope there's no hard feelings with Mags after I... impersonated her".
• He is the only Doom Raider not to appear in any CGI cutscenes.
• He is the second villain of the Light element to appear in an adventure pack level, the first being Lob Goblin.
• Luminous, Nightshade and Dreamcatcher are the only Doom Raiders who are not involved in any part of Skylanders: SuperChargers (if not counting Skystones Overdrive).