Born in Rome. He grew up as a blacksmith. He 'died' for the first time during the burning of Rome. He participiated in Roman society and watch it's decline. He acted as perhaps one of the first 'superheroes' over the time to protect the people from the Roman boot. He found his voice and even participated in government for a time before moving on when it felt even that couldn't control the empire. He moved to fight external wars for the survival of the denizens of Rome as a soldier. He ventured throughout the empire, learning other cultures. He would settle for a while, watch his friends die, and then move on. He never really was the guy who stood out in a crowd though, he stayed back in the limelight too. Eventually Europe interacted with the Orient and he ventured there. He discovered a love for their traditions and styling. He fought in many wars there as well for 'the people' and not the powers that wanted to control them. He wandered his way across the globe for the rest of the 'Dark Ages' in Europe. He eventually headed back when the Black Death reared it's ugly head. He learned about medicine so he could help. He fought the church when it overstepped it's authority (though he let them do a lot of things to as well , as the people were quite religious at the time and felt their collective weight). Technology developed and so did his knowledge of it, he became fascinated, he ended up in Italy, drawn to the ideas of that place. He became a decent inventor in his own right (before copyrights he probably was ripping off a few dozen craftsman. Lawyers don't hurt me). He lived the life that people dreamed of even though he was never quite wealthy, he found ways to survive as an artist or as a fortune teller, or even a lawyer. The birth of the reformation shot even more life into him, europe was on the birth pains of finally shedding a lot of chains they had forged. Democracy was beginning to flourish in some sense. The discovery of America brought dreams to the people of Europe and his next stop in his journey. This is a place where the real internal conflict in him took place. The native people of the land began to suffer under the weight of the Europeans. He was stuck between two worlds acting against either was damaging part of him. For this moment, he decided to find a place to be alone. He became an explorer, staying away from any large group of people. He kept moving on until European spread across the Americas brought his attention. The senses of the native population was beyond powerful, he had to fight. He fought the Europeans, being a European as well, he had to temper his fight. He supported the native population as well as he could. Even being hung for it. He was with the underdog even in the Mexican conflict with the United States. The Civil War was a simple decision in retrospect, the vast sums of slaves that would taste freedom overwhelmed anything that the North dwelt on in their hearts. He fought World War I and World War II, he might have even appealed to have the United States join the warhis words used by others. After these wars, he seeked peacefulness after all that darkness. The heroes appearance during these wars brighten his heart along with others. He settled back in America. He watched the heroes rise, he helped them, he hoped for them, like the others. He was nervous sometimes if they would turn against the common-folk with their self-righteous but they didn't. He never was a major hero, more like a ghost, or an angel, that would show up when people needed him. He helped rebuild neighborhoods as that contractor who was always the lowest bidder, or as that guy on the street corner who influenced people in choosing the right choice. He nudged humanity in ways he felt they could take at the time. He hopes that now he can be the voice of the people in this time of change.
Psionic Absorption - All of Lucius's 'powers' are based on this simple premise, Lucius is a very powerful Psionic absorber. He absorbs the leftover mental/biological energies that escapes human/metahuman/mutant bodies. As more powerful individuals have joined the collection of humanity, his own abilities have grown. His range has increased over the ages and currently his range of absorption is equivalent to about the size of the large islands of new york. Note: This ability functions like a 'streetwise' of those within his range. He can't really read a single person's thoughts across town but he can glean information related to a topic or action that may be occurring among many.
Telepathic Combat - He can extend his awareness to cover only those around him and the easiest are those who are currently focusing on him. He uses this to his advantage and is able to preceive attacks on him without using his own eyes but using the attackers own senses. He can fight utilizing other people's frontal lobes in real-time, literally allowing him to block a strike as it is delivered without actually 'seeing' the blow with his own eyes. This buffers his already centuries honed mastered of weapons but allows him to stage impressive shows of his abilities. Obviously, mental shields block this ability, he's never honestily 'fought' shields so even a minor one would not allow him access.
Blind Fighting - He generally fights utilizing his Telepathy so he shuts out the outsider world even further by wearing a complete sensory blocking helmet, in doing so he's excelled at fighting without utilizing any of his own physical senses, this makes him essentially unable to be surprised or startled by things, unless he's unable to sense the minds of the individuals in the area.
Unaging, Undying, Enduring - Centuries and even Millenia go by and he stays unchanged by them physically. He may have been ravaged on an emotional or mental level, he is still in his prime. This is due to his constant absorption of psionic energies that flow around him and his reserve of these energies. When he's focused and in his jittery state of absorbing the surrounding psi-energies, he can constantly stay on his toes at his peak abilities. In one heroic moment, he played guardian angel to a group of soldier in the middle of a bombardment during World War II for three days straight. He then spent the next three days caring for wounded at the nearby medic center. Sleep.. what's sleep? His healing is impressive fast, he can still be 'killed' perse but with a few hours, he'll be back. From what he's seen within his centuries of existance, he's experienced every form of injury and death and managed to escape without any injury, he has managed to avoid decapitation as he doesn't really want to know if THAT can regenerate. However, on the microscale, healing in combat.. he's not the fastest healer.
Communal Sense - Lucius's telepathy is generally one direction. He can read the collective thoughts of the area of psionic absorption, over the millenia, he's learned widen and also tune this sense to consolidate these thoughts into a general 'feeling' of the community. This allows him to sense a call for help from someone, sense a crime wave in progress, figure out what people generally who they will vote for, etc. In channeling this ability his own abilities to block this has suffered %(see Weakness: Part of the Collective%). He can only seperate himself from this communal mind with concentration. This ability shapes his entire life, he feels that he is the embodiment of the common man, and as society has changed, so has his thoughts on what he needs to do at that moment. During the Reign of Terror, he did however develop a way for him to message people within the community, sending out warnings and messages as people needed. This ability is nothing more then perhaps a cellphone call, it can't be used offensively and a slight willful not wanting to hear it will block the communication.
Read the Flows - Perception Ability - There is always a psionic echo or imprint of things that occur in an area ('Generally an area is best described as a block'). He can replay out past events in an area that have occurred within the last 24 hours or so. For a particular object, he can sense the last person person and their last few thoughts that they thought when handling the said object.
Enhanced Physical Abilities - Due to his continious exposure to Psionic energy from people and from the fact he can now reach a city wide expanse of reserves, he bring this energy to bare to enhance his physique. His strength, speed, dexterity, toughness, and any sort of physical attributes are approximately the level of 'peak human' (similar to a Olympic Athlete)
Social Management - He has existed since the Roman times and has functioned as the low, middle-class, and even upper-class of numerous time periods. He has learned what makes people tick, he understands them like the back of his hand. On issues of debates over social issues, he can generally win, as long as the arguement is about something that has appealed to the population at one time. He was a thinker during the times when Communism was just a thought and prayer, he was around when Adam Smith wrote his thought on Capitalism. He's an avid reader of those works. On the organizational side of things, he knows how to run a business, run a block, run a city, or even a country. He knows how to fix the gears of the social machine, but he also knows it's painful at times, and if people can bare the strain, there is only good times ahead.
Combat/Weapon Mastery - Millenia of Warfare, the history of mankind has trained him in every known form of martial art and weapon, he's even visited every corners of the globe including the Japan and the Orient. Learning skills is simple to him, and he's honed them to be the ultimate in any art. His preferred instrument is swords and generally carries two on his person.
Jack-of-all-Trades - Existing for millenia, he has absorbed the psychic residue of countless millions and perhaps billions of people, he has a massive array of trade skills, he can fix anything, make anything, and generally create anything that has been made previously. He has his limits though as things that are specialized to a particular person is harder for him to piece together. He enjoys working with more solid technology, wood, metal, and fire. His least favorite task deals with technology, it's existance is about as old as his shoes, it's just too new to him.
Combat Tools - He carries two ancient short swords on his person which have been re-forged countless times and incorporate the latest in metallurgical advancements. His resources have been always limited but he has 'ways' of finding materials to improve them with. He also has a set of armor, fashioned like a 'techno' ninja of sorts, it has no visible eyes, ears, or mouth. It has built-in filteration and has a mesh armor that will stop most weapons, it also has built-in grappler and glass cutting instruments.
Shelter - He runs a shelter and job training school for those unfortunate in the most downtrodden part of New York. It's a remodelled warehouse that he spent his own skills repairing and his skills at being 'robin hood' to finance.
His personality is quite complex, as his psionic nature makes his personality sort of 'changeable'. All of his insecurities, anger, dislikes, likes, and even goals in some respects are guided by the emotions, fears, and thoughts of the city around him. He strives to be that 'Hero of the Common Man' to improve the life of the vast sum of those around him. He's nearly uncorruptable in the selfish sense but he does have a 'god complex', due to his long life and constant telepathic link with a city of now millions. His greatest fear however is just on the edge, can humanity ever change? can it ever really be made better? Is there is some sort of possible paradise for humanity?
Mental Trauma - Lucius has lived nearly two millenia, he's seen stuff and sometimes with the right trigger, he'll remember those past experiences at the wrong time. This goes hand and hand with his inability of sitting by and letting innocents suffer. So, not only do situations cause him to lose focus on the job at hand, he may just switch what he is doing entirely in order to help or stop someone whose suffering.
Troublemaker - He fights against power and pride and the status quo in many cases. He's gained alot of enemies in the positions of power and indeed it's what keeps him from being a major figure in the media and honestily he's fine with that. He's also willing to break the law in order to help others. He will also overlook also said breaking of laws, if the few that are hurt either 'deserve' it, or have the means to simply write the loss off.
Pain Feedback - Ironically, he makes a great fighter against forces that would subdue others, however if they have feelings and thoughts, he will feel them as well. Every slice he does to his opponent, he feel a slight echo of this pain, every loss they suffer, he will feel it as well. In some sense, only if he's decided it's worth the pain on himself will he steel himself for the feedback. This also generally has his decisions to commit lethal attacks as being instantly deadly, to make the pain less for himself as well.
Lost in the Collective - As much as he'd like to say his thoughts are all his, they are not. His thoughts on stuff have changed over time as he is the embodiment of the 'zeitgeist' at the moment in time and area. He is unable to sometimes individually act against the collective morals of a society that is around.. however if that society is dark and twisted, he might find his morals to be a bit more looser. He is the ultimate 'grey' individual, not really a hero and not really a villian.