compiling Illuga's and Lohen's every connection
last updated: 13/06/2026 with Lohen's Story Quest and some voicelines/profile stories/teapot dialogues of his (nothing past friendship 4)
the Lightkeepers and Knights of Favonius as organizations have been likened to each other in-game, the most prominent example being from Illuga himself in his voiceline about Varka.
Illuga is a captain of a squad in the Lightkeepers, and Lohen... is a vice-captain of a division, but he says he's only the vice-captain 'for now' while doing 'his captain duties', and one of his subordinates says Lohen 'might as well be their captain'. in short they have similar ranks in canonically similar organizations.
but the way they treat their subordinates is opposites. Illuga is warm and caring to them. Lohen meanwhile, is cold, and even scares them.
warmth and cold, blizzard and sunlight...
their official titles having day imagery for Illuga, and night for Lohen. pssst, check out this post!
Lohen seems to have high standards when it comes to food. Illuga doesn't seem to care much about what he eats, or if he has a preference, he takes great care to not mention it
Lohen spent most of his time in Nod-Krai fighting Wild Hunt monsters for fun. Illuga's work consists of fighting Wild Hunt monsters.
we can generally say, both of their lives revolve a lot around fighting, but for different reasons too. Lohen seems to find it fun and entertaining, while Illuga does it out of obligation to defend his home and his people. yet also feels empty when he doesn't have anything to do. i wonder if Lohen's the same.
they both want to be strong, and blame themselves for not having been strong enough in the past, but Illuga is more focused on how it impacts other people (if he was stronger, they wouldn't have died and he wouldn't have been the last survivor), while Lohen is more focused on how it impacts him (doesn't want to be controlled or captured again)
tbh, Lohen's father shoving him into the carriage and telling him to stay still and silent when they got attacked by the bandits, reminded me of Illuga's mother telling him to not cry (or do any sign of life, which presumably include moving or making any sort of noise) or the monsters would find him...
they seem to both be on guard all the time too actually? but Illuga is very uptight in general while Lohen distracts with jokes and laughing and pranking
all credit to aribluart for this one, but check this out about their lighthouses
Illuga greets you in the teapot by asking if it's your secret base. Lohen greets you in the teapot by. affirming that it's your secret base.
matching good night voicelines too? Lohen will keep watch until you sleep, Illuga says he won't need to keep watch
^ with the above line, they also both mention how quiet your teapot is. Illuga seems to find some comfort in that, while Lohen has trouble adapting
everyone and their mothers has seen Illuga's earring somewhere. personally, i see it on Lohen's pin
design similarities: both are medium height males, both wield a polearm, both have a prominent earring on their left ear, both have a raised collar on opposite sides, both have a beauty mark under an eye (but on opposite sides too, and also lohen's mole is directly under his eye while illuga's is a bit to the side). their necks look similar to me (covered by their top with a space on the middle, on top of a black choker/undershirt). similar shaped strand of hair that ends in a different color on opposite sides. the general shape of their hair tbh but idk. and dare i say their bangs.. only because i'm feeling daring today.
their eyes, yes it deserves a mention of its own. blue eyes, with red in the middle. a big light dot at the bottom with a smaller light dot right above.
and... look at the eyelids... both have this very prominent highlighted color at the top, teal for Lohen and red for Illuga. but it seems Illuga's eyelid has some subtler blue, and Lohen's eyelid has some red...
gi recycling ideas? maybe, but i mean, isn't it more fun to imagine it's because they are purposefully designed to resemble, and yet contrast, each other?
some silly, likely meaningless things:
absolutely not unique to them as Illuga has the most average eyebrows ever but it's cute how Illuga has thinner eyebrows that start down and go up, while Lohen has thicker eyebrows that start up and go down. their natural expression btw
Illuga is very diligent about reports, while Lohen rarely turns them on time, outsources them, and Seamus even sounds surprised when he actually checked.
when looking for people to do the Kuuvahki tolerance test on, Flins and Varka recommend these two.
their treasure chest voicelines: Illuga being wary of traps vs Lohen being disappointed there's no trap
Lohen mentions taking afternoon naps (not in his afternoon voicelines though only in the teapot), while Illuga mentions wanting to take one but can't because he has to scout out the surroundings. [this one probably matches Flins offering the Traveler to take an afternoon nap better, but still]
if you invert their colors, they get the other's signature blue/red on them.
their associated dish.
in Lohen's medicine related voiceline about Varka, he wants to mix Kuuvahki plants into Varka's drink because his resistance to medicine is too high. guess who eats Kuuvahki plants like a midnight snack?
Illuga's tabletop troupe character is a knight. guess who is a knight. lightkeeper lohen when
is it funny that on their splash art, Illuga holds a guiding light in his right hand while Lohen hides a knife in his left hand. no? okay.
