Lucien is black.
Lucien is biracial and the only one who even figured that out was Feyre.
For 400+ years Prythian knew him as Beron’s son, though their hint at his true lineage should have been the “tanned redhead” part (speaking as the daughter of a redhead, I know they only have 2 settings: pale and burnt).
Rhysand, Cassian, Azriel, Mor- they love gossip and have known Helion for centuries (it sounds like they’re all at least casual friends). Still, it was Feyre who figured out he’s Helion’s son, meaning physically there is no indication beyond the (impossible) tan.
Now, if they make an ACOTAR TV show or movie, I would actually like to see them make Beron black and Helion white, because then they would cast a black Lucien and the beginning of ACOTAR wouldn’t be so white (while ACOMAF did a wonderful job of upping diversity in Prythian, ACOTAR was white on white). Helion is relatively small in the series compared to Lucien (at least, so far) and it would be a nice way to diversify the core cast from the very beginning, even though I do prefer the image of Helion as a black man.
But I digress: Lucien is biracial, and since the gossip whores (aka Inner Circle) didn’t figure out he was Helion’s son, that says to me that physically he does look white.
Lucien’s nose, smile (mouth), and voice are all the same as Helion’s. Meaning he likely has more of a Nubian nose, fuller lips, and a deeper voice.
Here are some pictures of red headed POC to give you what an idea of what Lucien’s feature *probably* look like:
(All pictures belong to Michelle Marshall)
(By Brock Elbank)
the way I lost my mind learning lucien was half black last week😭😭😭 he was already my fae king but now I gotta stan him and his daddy 😮💨
