Lance Ira/Relationships

## Relationships

### Addis Ira

In Book 4 of the Princes' Path, it is revealed that Addis brought Lance to the castle after his mother passed away. He then made Lance take various classes in etiquette and combat where he was constantly berated by his tutors. Addis rarely even met with Lance and only viewed him with cold disregard. He even told Lance that he didn't need useless pawns when Lance wasn't doing well with his classes. This shows that Addis merely views Lance as another one of his pawns.

Lance hates Addis for not saving his mother when she was sick with an illness despite Addis having so much power. When Lance confronted him about this, Addis told him that he had no reason to show mercy to the weak. Since then, Lance has resolved himself to never doing anything that Addis tells him to do as well as not seeing him as his father.

His hate towards Addis continues as he's grown up. In Lance's Consort Path, Lance refuses to greet his father when he returned back to Ira. Lance hates him even more after it is revealed that he sent him a false letter that stated that Zeneau was gravely injured in order to make him return to Ira. Addis also tells Lance to choose between his freedom and MC's freedom after MC is taken hostage by the Resistance.

### Christoph

Christoph is the Vanan boy that Lance has kept hidden in the back alleys of the town due to Christoph being chased by people for his rare hair and eye color. It seems he is close to Christoph as he calls him by the nickname "Chris".

### Dia Akedia

They are both described as ne'er-do-wells or people who are lazy and irresponsible as they both never show up for lectures.

### Fenn Luxure

Fenn, Lance, and Jasper are drinking buddies.

### Gruscha

Gruscha is a wolf magical creature that acts as Lance's familiar even though they don't share a magical bond. Lance refers to Gruscha as a dog though. Gruscha also leads a pack of other wolf magical creatures. Lance says that Gruscha is an excellent protector for when other magical beasts show up while walking in the forest.

### Guy Avari

Guy doesn't seem to get along well with Lance as he refers to him by his full name. He also thinks of Lance as a disgraced prince who has abandoned his position.

### Hawke Durand

Professor Hawke tends to check on Lance every once in a while. Lance, Jasper, and Professor Hawke are frequent drinking companions as they all go to the same tavern called "The Beast's Lair".

Lance and Hawke also seem equally matched when it comes to close combat.

### Irina

Irina is Lance's mother. She passed away when Lance was young. Lance thinks that his mother's greatest misfortune was getting that disease while in the Kingdom of Ira. He says that if she had been in any other kingdom, then she would've still been alive today as she would've been able to get healed.

### Jasper Lane

Lance, Jasper, and Professor Hawke are frequent drinking companions as they all go to the same tavern called "The Beast's Lair". Fenn, Lance, and Jasper are also drinking buddies.

### Jay

Lance has a soft spot for Jay as Jay reminds him of Lance's valet named Zeneau back in Ira. In Lance's Mini Game story (a short story in celebration of the release of Lance's Consort Path), Hawke states that Jay reminds Lance of his own valet. He also says that Lance would be willing to do anything for Jay. Lance thinks of Jay as a kind, considerate, and attentive person.

### Lance's Mother

Lance's mother passed away when he was little. He used to live with his mother in a tent-like house together before he was brought to the palace. Lance seems to have had a good relationship with his mother before her death. He states that his mother was fond of Irian Quartz. Lance still has the Irian Quartz talisman that his mother gave him before she passed away.

### Lutz

Lutz was Lance's best and only friend in Ira. When they were young, they made a promise to each other to work together and make the Kingdom of Ira a better place. They became comrades who worked towards bettering the Kingdom of Ira. A decade ago, he died protecting Lance from an attack from an automata. The last words he left for Lance was "It's your fate to survive this".

### Lyle

Lance first met Lyle when he went along with MC to Lyle's shop. At first Lance was jealous that MC seemed close to Lyle, but once he saw Lyle's face he was shocked. This was because Lyle resembled his friend Lutz who had passed away. Lyle then told him that he is told often that he and his brother resemble each other.

During the attack of the Isle of Colde, Lyle attacks Lance after he is weakened from stopping all of the automata. While he was fighing with Lance, his magical wind storm goes out of control and throws him off the cliff. Lance grabs his hand in time and hangs on to him despite Lyle resisting and asking Lance why he would save him. Lance tells him that since he is Lutz's younger brother, he is also like a brother to him. This causes Lyle to stop resisting and then MC calls for help. The other princes help levitate Lance and Lyle away to safety. Lance then tells Lyle his determination to fulfill the promise he and Lutz made to better the Kingdom of Ira. Seeing his determination, Lyle no longer wants to get revenge against Lance.

### Lynt Akedia

Lynt is kind towards Lance. He believes that Lance must have a gentle heart since he is kind towards animals (Cantrips of Courtship - Lynt's Route).

### Nox

Grayson once asked Lance to take care of Nox. Nox is very fond of Lance. Lance often praises and fawns over her. He treats her very well.

### Toa Qelsum

Toa sees Lance as a rulebreaker. Lance is annoyed by Toa.

### Zeneau

Zeneau was Lance's valet when he was living in Ira. He had been with Lance since he was young. At first, Lance didn't want to trust Zeneau. He had just been suddenly brought to the castle after his mother's death and no one in the castle was on his side. However, Lance slowly warmed up to Zeneau as he was the only one that was kind to him.

He is the only one who Lance listens to and he was the only one who cared about Lance's well-being. Zeneau was the one that taught Lance how to use magic. He also taught Lance how to dance. When Lance was young, he hated dancing, so he would often slip out of dance classes. But, Zeneau would always catch him and drag him right back. At first, Zeneau would take the lead when dancing, but their positions changed once Lance got older.

Currently, they periodically send letters to each other.