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On October 29, 1866, half of the moon's disk was lighted like a jealous star lurking in the cloud when a great general was born into this world who would rekindle the valor of the Filipinos. General Antonio Narciso Luna de San Pedro y Novicio Ancheta was a courageous Filipino born in the central Philippines, in Binondo, Manila.

Joaqun Luna de San Pedro y Posadas's son with Laureana Novicio y Ancheta. The Luna family is well-known for their clan, owing mostly to Antonio's older brother Juan Luna, who won multiple accolades in our country for his four-cornered masterpiece, Spolarium. A work pondered and framed by emotion and reality. His brother Jose, on the other hand, is a successful licensed physician. Joaquin chose to leave the Luna family's idyllic life and move away with Luna. To fight for the Philippines and attain the motherland's independence; the chosen country, the Philippines.

Under Maestro Intong's stern teaching, he was already accustomed to reading fluently, writing proficiently, and performing arithmetic by the age of six, and as a result, he was recognized as a kid with extraordinary ability.

Luna earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Ateneo Municipal de Manila in 1881 before going on to study chemistry, music, and literature at the University of Santo Tomas. During Antonia Luna's nine-year stay in the Philippines, he decided to accompany her older brother Juan Luna's voyage. Antonio received his licentiate in pharmacy from the Universidad de Barcelona, followed by his doctorate from the Universidad Central de Madrid.

It can indeed be said that he had all the talent, fortune, elegance, and chivalry, but his serene and directional existence was disrupted when his gaze fell on the beautiful sculpture of Nellie Boustead, a mestiza daughter of a Filipina and a wealthy French-English businessman. Antonio and Jose Rizal's close friendship was gradually swallowed up by a sinister cloud just because of a rose that bloomed out of nowhere. Antonio Luna fought his love for the girl he once loved, a fight he knew he'd lose. He had lost the only love he had ever known.

Antonio chose to study to divert himself from his wounded heart as a result of his anguish. He went on to study bacteriology and histology at the Pasteur Institute in Paris, and went to Belgium to deepen his studies in those fields. Since Antonio Luna was fortunate enough to submit a well-received paper on malaria while in Spain, the Spanish government offered him a position as an expert in infectious and tropical diseases in 1894.

After that moment, the same year, Antonio decided to return to his home country, and work as a chief scientist at the Municipal Laboratory in Manila. Together with his brother Juan, he formed the Sala de Armas, a fencing association. The Katipunan saw this as an opportunity to approach the two brothers and persuaded them to join the Katipunan created by Andres Bonifacio. However, Antonio, along with his brother, rejected the approach because they believed in a peaceful reformation of the system rather than a violent revolution against the Spaniards. Even though the two of them declined the offer, Antonio, along with his brothers Jose and Juan, were imprisoned. The Spaniards assumed the brothers were opposed to their leadership, which was actually accurate. At the same time, they were accused of being part of the Katipunan. Except for Antonio, the rest of his siblings were released. Juan used his reputation and influence to secure his younger brother, Antonio.

Dreadful events occurred. Antonio awoke with a new perspective on Spanish colonial control. Antonio Luna began his gory odyssey in Hong Kong, where he trained in combat tactics and military organization under the legendary Belgian military instructor Gerard Leman. After a while, he returned to the Philippines and battled with all his will for his motherland. The disintegration was felt by the General. Every Filipino military group in the area began to examine and train soldiers. However, the desire to unite Filipinos has steadily faded. The General filed his resignation letter, but President Aguinaldo eventually came to his senses and persuaded Antonio to return, appointing him commander in chief. Luna had a concrete plan that could have saved millions of Filipinos from slavery, but rivalry and the power of the people's gaze encircled him and killed the General on July 5,1899. He was deceived by his own countrymen. Antonio, who merely wanted freedom and independence for their country, Blood is truly poisonous. It gradually changes shade until you discover it wasn't red after all.