Editing Luan Khumalo

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{{Infobox_character
|name = Luan Khumalo
|species = [[Humans|Human]]
|gender = Male
|status={{Status|Alive}}
|affiliation = [[Gravetender’s Fist]]<br />
[[The Red Cross]]<br />
[[United Nations]]<br />
[[Paeth]]<br />
[[Talenqual]]
|age = 25<ref name=":0" />
|residence = [[Baleros]]
|first appearance = [https://wanderinginn.com/2018/03/01/1-02-d/ Chapter 1.02 D]
|image = Luan by ArtsyNada.jpg
|caption1=By [[Fanworks/Artsy Nada|ArtsyNada]]
|occupation = Sea Courier
|aliases = *Luan the Rower
*The Rower of Talenqual
*Luan the Olympian
|family = *Nandi Khumalo (Wife)
*Lubanzi Khumalo (Son)
}}
'''Luan Khumalo '''is an [[Earthers|Earther]] from South Africa who was transported to [[Baleros]]. He used to be a sculler, and was in training for the Olympics.

== Appearance ==
He has dark brown eyes, short hair<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2018/03/06/1-04-d/ Chapter 1.04 D]</ref> and dark black skin, and is six and a half feet tall, with long arms and a muscled body.<ref name=":0">[https://wanderinginn.com/2018/03/01/1-02-d/ Chapter 1.02 D]</ref> On his right arm, just below the wrist,<ref name=":1">[https://wanderinginn.com/2019/04/13/6-07-d/ Chapter 6.07 D]</ref> he has the names of his wife and son; Nandi and Lubanzi, tattooed in gold.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2019/05/28/6-20-d/ Chapter 6.20 D]</ref>

== Personality ==

== Background ==

== Chronology ==
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* Appearing in [[Baleros]]
* Being part of [[Gravetender’s Fist]]
* Being part of [[The Red Cross]] Company
* Being part of [[United Nations]] Company

Luan encountered a ghostly apparition in the night of the [[Winter Solstice]] while rowing his boat alone. He refused to touch her.<ref name="7.22D">[https://wanderinginn.com/2020/05/10/7-22-d/ Chapter 7.22 D]</ref>

* Partaking at the [[Daquin#Games at Daquin|Games of Daquin]]

Luan had been recently bothered by [Toughs] who want to rough him up as part of a bounty that [[Xol]] put on Luan's head. This had an impact on his job as a city runner.<ref name="7.22D" />

During the Summer Solstice, Laedonius Deviy met Luan on his scull and asked if he would take his hand. When he refused he moved Luan into the path of the fireball.

Luan would later wash up on a beach near [[Paeth]]

== Powers and Abilities ==

=== Classes/Levels: ===
* [Peerless Marathon Sculler] Lv. 36
** Derived from [Expert Rower] Lv. 28<ref name=":LG">[https://wanderinginn.com/2021/06/08/interlude-luan-the-giant/ Interlude – Luan the Giant]</ref>
** Class Consolidation: [Athlete]
* [Medic] Lv. 4<ref name=":LG" />
* [Soldier] Lv. 6<ref name=":LG" />

==== Former Classes ====

* [Athlete] Lv. 16<ref name=":LG" />
** Derived from [Swimmer] at Lv. 10
** Consolidated to [Peerless Marathon Sculler]

=== Skills: ===
* [Anchor Balance]
*[Boat: Lightweight Craft]
*[Boat: Spray Cutter]
*[Body: Water Retention]
*[Contest of Champions (Vigor)]
* [Enhanced Durability – Oars]
* [Greater Endurance]
* [Indefinite Flotation]
* [Lesser Strength]
* [Mana Conversion – Sustenance]
* [Only my Challengers Shall Advance]
* [Power Strokes]
* [Razorblade Oars]
* [Second Wind]
* [The Messenger’s Shortcut]
*[Two Hundred Pound Stroke]
* [Wave Sense]

===={{Color|#99CC00|Original Skills:}}====

*<span style="color:#99cc00;">[Ship: Kayak Roll]</span>
*<span style="color:#99cc00;">[Time of the Olympian]</span>

===Abilities:===

*Fluent in English, Afrikaans, Zulu and Tswana.<ref name=":0" />
*Passably proficient in Japanese.

==Possessions==

*iPhone (Password is 6822)<ref name=":LG" />

==Trivia==

*He is from South Africa.<ref name=":0" />
* Luan is, according to himself, a bit of a "weeaboo".<ref name=":0" />

== Quotes==

*([https://wanderinginn.com/2018/03/01/1-02-d/ To] [[Kenjiro Murata|Ken]]) “It’s a war, Ken. Believe me, wars are never safe.”
*([https://wanderinginn.com/2019/06/08/6-23-d/ To] [[Marian Felthof|Marian]]) “I’m afraid that [[Venaz|arrogant cow’s]] right, Miss…Marian. I’m not good off the water.”
*([https://wanderinginn.com/2019/06/08/6-23-d/ To] [[Venaz]]) “Venaz is a terrible name for a Minotaur. You should change it.”
*([https://wanderinginn.com/2019/06/08/6-23-d/ To] [[Umina]]) “Then win. There’s honor in sports. But this sport is all about cheating. Or so it seems. So win. And have all your regrets afterwards. But <em>win.</em>”
* ([https://wanderinginn.com/2020/12/16/solstice-pt-1/ To] [Bounty Hunters] Lizardfork) “''You’re crazy! The Bushrangers will have your neck frills! I’ll tell the Nagas on you!''”
*[https://wanderinginn.com/2020/12/20/solstice-pt-2/ To] [[Laedonius Deviy|Dancing Man]]:
**“I nearly did. I offered her my oar. But she wanted my ''hand.'' And the more I looked—the warier I became. She was an old woman at first. Then a young one. Then in her middle years. She didn’t climb onto my boat. She didn’t take the oar. She wanted my ''hand.''”
** “I thought so. My answer is the same. I do not care what you are. Devil. Demon. You won’t take my soul. I deny you.”
**“Because I’m good at this. The best. I don’t want to be a [Warrior]. Or kill.”
*([https://wanderinginn.com/2021/06/08/interlude-luan-the-giant/ To] [[Fraerlings]]) “Me? I come from another world. Another world, without magic, where there are only Humans and other species, magic, it’s all a story. We’re here now. A bunch of lost people trying to get home. Nothing big.”

==References==
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[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Humans]]
[[Category:Earthers]]
[[Category:Baleros]]
[[Category:Runners]]
[[Category:Expert Rowers]]
[[Category:United Nations]]
[[Category:Soldiers]]
[[Category:Athletes]]
[[Category:Talenqual]]
[[Category:Red Cross]]
[[Category:Couriers]]
[[Category:Medics]]
[[Category:Swimmers]]