Luca Brunner



Elka's brother and, by extension, Pauli's brother in law. He is a qualified mechanical engineer, now working for the railway. For a while, he worked with his father at a local garage. Marie is his wife, and he has six children; Christophe, Louis, Eric, Hans, Maria and Estelle. Pia is his grandmother.

Luca is, or at least was until the time of her death, five years older than Elka, making him 42 at current. His childhood was much the same as hers, although their father was present for less of his as he was still commuting quite far at the time of his birth.

He met Marie whilst on a year long internship in Switzerland, a crucial part of his studies. It was only supposed to be a temporary thing, a necessity caused by a mixture of alcohol and partying. When he went home, however, he found that he actually missed her - and her herself, not just having a woman. As soon as he could, he went back to Switzerland, tracked her down and asked to formally date her.

At that point, he had to explain matters to his parents.

Their relationship survived long enough for them to graduate without issue. He moved to Switzerland, taking a job at the place he had worked his internship. A year or so later, one night's excessive drink, and Marie was pregnant.

This lead to a very short engagement, a slightly rushed wedding and both of them growing up. A lot. The child was born without complications, and named Christophe after Marie's father. They pretended to both sets of parents that they had been engaged for longer, but waited until a ring was purchased to announce it. Its likely both sets of parents knew; nobody actually questioned it.

Years passed, Marie discovered she actually liked children, retrained as a teacher and they didn't worry too much when there were more. Luca was the one to cause the move back to Saltzburg, having used contacts to get a better paying job there.

His youngest, Estelle, was not planned; he and Marie had planned four children, and the fifth was the fourth's twin. However, she was born in August 2009, just a few months before Elka died.

After Hilderic rang Pauli at the hospital, and Pauli hung up, Luca attempted to ring back. This was the last direct contact between the two of them, prior to the visit in the summer of 2014.