Luke (Buffyverse)

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Luke is a vampire in the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Luke meets Buffy Summers in Welcome to the Hellmouth (the first Buffy episode), and she kills him in The Harvest (the second Buffy episode).

Luke was probably "sired" (turned into a vampire) by The Master, a very old vampire who is the primary "big bad" of Buffy season 1.

When we meet The Master, he is trapped in the Hellmouth under Sunnydale. He has a once-in-a-century opportunity to escape in a ritual called The Harvest, which calls for him to use the strongest of his brood (Luke) as his "Vessel." The only way to prevent The Master's escape is for Buffy to kill the Vessel.

At the end of Welcome to the Hellmouth, Luke flings Buffy into a stone coffin and it looks like he's going to kill her. At the beginning of The Harvest, she escapes. When Buffy and Luke meet again for a fight to the finish at The Bronze, she defeats him using subterfuge: she tricks him into thinking it is daytime and breaks a window. While he is distracted, she stakes him.

"The sleeper will awaken. And the world will bleed." - Luke

Luke is an old vampire, probably about as old as Darla, although his age isn't specified. He is a powerful member of the Order of Aurelius, and is the right-hand vamp of The Master. The last time (before Buffy) that someone fought Luke and lived was in 1843.

Luke (Buffyverse)

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