Click here to take a fun quiz about the original run of Dexter! With the assistance of Dexter Morgan , she hunted down the group of men who raped and tortured her. Lumen is the only living person in the main series to know Dexter's secret. Lumen is a 5'3" pretty woman in her early 30s with long blonde hair, and a slender body. She has multiple scars on her back, caused by beatings suffered at the hands of the Barrel Girl Gang.
In her initial appearance, she is dirty, and her clothing is ragged, a result of her confinement and abuse. After Dexter rescues her, she often wears her hair back in a ponytail with light makeup, along with various sets of clothes which Dexter rescued from the motel storage.
This includes a hoodie used when she stalks Robert Brunner and later searches Alex Tilden 's house with Dexter. Her kill uniform is a navy blue long-sleeved shirt, dark jeans, and gloves that Dexter gave to her. To keep Dan Mendell from recognizing her, she wore a black wig and heavier makeup to mask her appearance.
She puts up a fight and attempts to escape more than once. The extent of her psychological damage is apparent when a TSA touches her at the airport. She experiences a panic attack; her vision blurs and sounds are muffled. She assumes the men around her are watching her with the intent of rape. Despite her horrific experiences, she has fierce determination and takes direct action to kill the men who brutally raped her.
She feels that she can't find peace until they are dead. Lumen grew up in Minneapolis, MN. On her wedding day, she left her fiance, Owen , at the altar because she was unable to bear the thought of a mundane life. She then picked up and moved alone to Miami , renting a room upon arrival at the Towne House Motel. One night, Lumen went to a bar called Hurricane 26, from where she was kidnapped. For several days, she was kept captive at River Jordan Camp , where she repeatedly tortured and raped by the Barrel Girl Gang.
