John McLance

**Colonel John McLance** is the current leader of the Legion of Heroes, under the new title of The Legion, in the 31sr Century. John is also the cousin of Charles McLance and Andrew Lance and the nephew of Angus McLance.

## John McLance

### Relatives

Charles McLance (cousin)Andrew Lance (cousin)

Angus McLance (uncle)

### Occupation

Leader of The Legion Colonel in the military (formally)

Member of Team Saltire (formally)

## Appearances

### Appears in

Saltire

John McLance joined the army quite young rising to the rank of Colonel. After achieving this title he decided to do stints in both the Royal Air Force and the Royal Navy. Although he has admitted that he preferred his time in the RAF most. He was also very close with his cousin Charles and worked with team Saltire for a time until he was sent to the future.

John eventually married Rebecca Jones until she passed away. He later worked with the worlds' governments to re-form the Legion, a team of superheroes that followed in the Knights of Justice’s image and morals. Seven years later, John returned to the 21st century with the Legion to help Saltire battle the Worldkillers before returning to the 31st century.

## Biography

### The Future

The wormhole that John entered was actually what is known as a "disturbance" which propelled him forward in time, he arrived back on planet Earth but in the 31st century. He met Rebecca Jones as well as other aliens and powered individuals as he tried to find some way to return to the 21st century. According to Rebecca, during the time John was in the 31st century, he wouldn't look at another woman for years and mostly kept to himself until he finally gave up on finding a way back to the 21st century.

John saw the chaos and problems that the Earth was having in the 31st century and he used his cousin Saltire as inspiration to rally all the powered people he met into a group of heroes and led them in their mission to protect the Earth and beyond. They went on to call themselves the Legion. The Legion was a re-formed version of the Legion of Heroes (Leader Norman Hayes) from the 21st century who were the rebranded version of the Knights of Justice (Charles McLance). John finally donned a hero costume and became the courageous leader known as Valour. John eventually married Rebecca because her planet, Titan, was against earth and her allies. John, therefore, had to do something symbolic to who that they stood for all. As time went on their pretend marriage became more real and eventually John told Rebecca he loved her.

## Personality

Prior to John becoming a soldier, he was a selfish, spoiled, party boy and womanizer who was ignorant to most of what was going on on in Great Britain; despite these negative traits at the time, John was proven to have some morals; for example, he was against slavery.

John was reluctant to leave his cousin and friends during the beginning of Saltire’s career.

John is cheerful, carefree and laid-back, as he hates being indoors and loves to party, he has a good heart and cares about other individuals. John also has good morals, as he has guilt, shame and remorse for his actions in the military even though he fought against bad people.

After 7 years of being in the future and being part of the Legion, John has matured, he also has a lot more wisdom as he was able to help Charles through bouts of emotional crisis during his times against his foes.

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

* **Accelerated healing factor:** John’s solar charged metabolism accelerates his healing and allows him to burn calories at a fast rate, making him resilient to weight gain. Upon being shot by a bullet made of lead which penetrated the skin of his arm, when the piece was removed he healed instantly.

* **Superhuman durability:** John is essentially invulnerable to all Earthly weapons, with needles unable to penetrate his skin. He has sustained damage from meta-humans such as Current and recovered with little to no effect on his person. However, his durability has proven to be somewhat weaker than that of Powerhouse’s and it's full extent is unknown.
* **Superhuman strength:** John's strength is enhanced enough to easily kill a normal human if he were to attack them directly. He was able to hold his own against Alexandra Kent and easily choke her when they first met.
	+ **Abilities via Legion Ring:** Each member of the Legion is granted a special ring that serves as a form of identification, along with granting each member several other capabilities.
		- **Flight:** The ring that James Schott invented for the legion has been seen to enable Valour the ability to fly through unspecific means. It seems to be activated through a telepathic suggestion, as no thoughts or movements were taken to activate it. It appears that it allows Valour to fly in a more hover-like stance.
		- **Telepathy immunity:** The ring that James invented for the legion has been seen to give John the ability to resist telepathic abilities.

## Appearances

### Season 3

* ‘Violation”
* ’Neart-A-Staigh’
* ‘A Crisis’

### Season 4

* "The Future Calls"
* "Rewriting Certain Inequities"
* "Cause and Effect"
* "Annihilation"
* "Multiversal War part 2"

### Season 5

* ”Armageddon”