This extends to Job and Sugar as well as the Sheriff's Department. One of the reasons he throws so much into protecting Job, Sugar, the deputies, and his family is because they're all he has. His relationship with his daughter is tested by his reluctance to replace Gordon. He survived prison by clinging onto the hopes of a post-release happy ending with Ana and the ten million dollars, that doesn't exactly work out. One of the themes of his arc seems to be the things he cares about being brutally taken away from him.
Desperately Looking for a Purpose in Life: Part of why Hood is so ruthless about protecting the things he cares about is because there's not a whole lot left for him.Dead Person Impersonation: He assumes the identity of the recently deceased Lucas Hood and covers up his death.Though what happened before then didn't appear to be a picnic either. Dark and Troubled Past: Unlike his Mysterious Past, we know a good deal about the shit he went through to become the Blood Knight he is today through extensive flashbacks of his 15 years in prison.For bonus points he gets called one directly in Evil for Evil.Cowboy Cop: An actual justified example for a change, since he's not a real cop and has no real idea of police procedure or limitations are.Combat Pragmatist: After spending 15 years in prison, Lucas does not fight fair.A trimmed but very present one to underline his status as a badass and his high sexual drive. The Casanova: If he interacts with a hot female character other than his daughter, odds are good he'll end up in bed with her.Blood Knight: Implied to be his way of dealing with all the anger and pain he accumulated during his 15 years in prison.Confirmed in the penultimate episode, as Hood tells Brock that he really believed he was a cop.
Becoming the Mask: Seems to be falling under this as the series continues, taking his "fake" job as sheriff almost as seriously as his various criminal capers.Anti-Hero: A violent thief who has no qualms about covering up a policeman's death or assuming his identity, who nevertheless is extremely loyal to his loved ones and does his best to do right by the community.His main goal in Banshee is to convince the love of his life to come back to him despite her having changed name and started a family-including the daughter Hood never knew existed. Through sheer dumb luck, he successfully cons the entire town of Banshee into making him their new Sheriff, after confusing him with the real Lucas Hood.
An unnamed professional thief who's fresh out of prison after serving 15 years behind bars.