Captain Alex Lance

**Michael Xavier**, known under the alias **Alex Lance**, was a former Time Agent from the 22nd century, a foster son of Mary Xavier, the widower of the late "Miranda Coburn", and the father of the late Matthew.

## Alex Lance

### Relatives

Miranda Lance (wife) (deceased)Matthew Lance (son)

Charles McLance (Uncle)

Mary Xavier (adoptive mother)

### Occupation

Time Agent (formally)Director of the Time Bureau

Captain of the Chrysalis

Captain of the Protectors of Time (formally)

## Appearances

### Debut

Pilot (Protectors of Time)

After his wife and son were murdered by Carter Matthews, Alex went rogue and recruited a team of 21st-century superheroes and supervillains, whose removal from the timeline had minimal effect on history, in a team known as the "Protectors of Time." Their goal was to travel through time and put an end to Matthews, and prevent the deaths of his family before his rise to power could happen. However, his plan was opposed by the Time Agents, as Matthews’ uprising didn't endanger the timeline itself, and they sent various agents after him and his team to kill them and stop them from succeeding. Additionally, the flawed nature of the PoT members often resulted in numerous timeline alterations in their quest, much to Alex's annoyance. Ultimately, Alex wasn't able to prevent Carter's uprising or save his family after learning the Time Agents were in league with him all along and orchestrated his family's death precisely to manipulate him. However, Alex still succeeded in killing Matthews before he could fulfill a plot that would destroy time itself, and brought an end to the corrupt Time Bureau. With the Time Agents no longer active, Alex decided to continue their mantle with the surviving/returning members of the PoT.

## Biography

##### Early Life

Michael lived in poverty on the streets, becoming a cutpurse by the age of five. He was eventually recruited as a Time Master and sent to The Refuge. There, Michael was cared for by the orphanage's supervisor, Mary Xavier, whom he'd later regard as his real mother.

Michael Xavier then was adopted by the McLance's. A man named Andrew and a woman named Olivia. Andrew elected to drop the 'Mc' and his family became known as the Lance's. Michael was given the name "Alex Lance".

Eventually, Michael joined the Time Masters. He trained under the watch of Time Master "Zaman Druce" and became one of his favourite students. While training with them, Alex reached the rank of lieutenant. Against the Time Master's code he fell in love with another candidate, "Miranda Coburn." Eventually, Director "Sharpe" discovered their affair and they were both threatened with expulsion from the academy. Though Alex planned to hand in his resignation so Miranda could remain in service, Sharpe informed Alex that Miranda had already done the same thing. Though Alex was annoyed, as he considered Miranda the better Time Master, she had grown disillusioned with the cause but knew Alex could commit more than she ever could. Alex served as a Time Master for over a decade and developed a feared reputation among Time Pirates. He travelled to numerous points across the timeline and claims to travelled centuries into the future.

At some point, Alex located the Spear of Destiny in Leipzig, 1956 and traveled there to retrieve it. While there, Alex sought the aid of the Legionnaires, a team of superheroes comprised of George Green/Commander Steel, Courtney Star/The Canary, Charles McNider/MidNite, and Lance Tennant/Obsidian. Alex told them about the spear and what it could do and they agreed to help him find it. However, Lance Tennant was not permitted to go on the mission because the president "distrusted" him. Alex, The Canary, MidNite and Commander Steel engaged the Soviets and retrieved the spear. However, they all agreed that the spear's power was too great for any one person to possess so Alex divided it into four pieces, one for himself and entrusted each Legionnaire member with a piece. Alex then transported each Legionnaire member to a different time zone to protect the spear pieces. He sent Courtney to Camelot in 507 AD, Charles to Detroit in 3000 AD, and George to Manhattan in 1965 AD. Captain Lance returned to the *Chrysalis* and kept his piece of the spear hidden within the ship, even from Thursday.

At some point, Alex and Miranda got married and had a son, Matthew, whom Alex named in honour of his friend, Matthew Caldor.

##### Rogue Time Master

By 2166, most of the world fell under the subjugation of the immortal dictator Shaytan Savage, with London being the last land untouched by his tyranny. One day during the Second Blitz, Miranda and Matthew were killed by Savage during his rampage. Alex found their bodies later, much to his heartbreak. Seeking vengeance Alex addressed the Time Council and requested that Savage be removed from the timeline. However, the council reminded Alex that since Savage was not exploiting time travel to achieve his goals, they weren't permitted to intervene.

Unwavered by the council's decision Alex stole the *Chrysalis* and travelled back to Ancient Egypt in 1700 B.C. before Savage, became immortal. Sneaking into the royal palace Alex confronted Savage but as he had the upper hand he hesitated to kill him, and Shaytan's bodyguards restrained him. However, Alex refused to tell Savage his name, resulting in Savage calling him "Gareeb" meaning 'stranger', and Alex was held in the dungeon. After weeks of being deliberately starved, Savage asked Alex again who he was and why he tried to kill him, but Alex simply told him he was saving the world from his evil. Alex eventually made his escape by tricking the guard with a novelty pen from the 1970s.

After failing to remove Savage from history altogether Alex returned to 2166 and tried to rescue Miranda and Matthew before Savage killed them, but as they ran back to the *Chrysalis*, they encountered Savage's shock troopers and the two were gunned down. After this, Alex tried numerous other times to save them, only to have similar end results. Realising that Miranda and Matthew couldn't be spared from their fates, Alex instead opted to kill Savage sometime during his immortal life, thereby preventing the circumstances of their deaths in the first place. To do this Alex decided to recruit a team of 6 individuals from the 21st century whose actions had minimal impact on the timeline, thereby keeping the future of the 22nd century intact.

##### The Protectors of Time

Captain Lance travelled to January 2016 to Kent to recruit Tom Brown, a martial arts expert who was once a member of Team Blur. Then to London to recruit historian Jennifer Green. He then went after Steve Mason who was an engineer. Lance then travelled to Red Lake City and recruited Dr. Rosie Williams, a physicist. Afterwards Alex made his way to Star City to recruit Dr. Freddie Parkhurst/The STAR, a member of Team Archer. Arriving moments after The STAR had engaged some of Damien Thomas' men, initially held Alex at gunpoint but assured him he wasn't an adversary and used a device that rendered Freddie unconscious. Finally, Alex went to recruit who would be his second in command, Sergeant Oliver Martin.

Bringing the 6 individuals to Star City atop a rooftop, tampering with their weapons in case of hostilities, Alex introduced himself and explained that he had assembled them to help him destroy Shaytan Savage. Alex claimed that the 6 of them in his time are legends, stating that each of them was destined for greatness. However, this was a lie as the 6 of them were considered unimportant to the timeline. After showing the 6 the video footage of the dystopian era of 2166 he handed them an address to assemble in at 36 hours.

##### Adrift in Time

After being knocked out of the temporal zone by Chronos into Star City of 2046, Alex informed the team that the grim future of Star City is not set. Despite his protests, Oliver demanded to go with him into the city. He then led a group including Tom, Steve, and Oliver to steal a piece of technology from Citadel Technologies that could fix the *Chrysalis*. However, bandits and Connor Martin ambushed them separating Alex and Oliver from Tom and Steve. Grant Wilson and his men then cornered Alex, Oliver, and Connor Martin, but Connor helped them escape. Connor told Oliver what happened to Star City but Alex advised Oliver that he can't change what happened and to focus on their mission. Connor then took them to a rundown Quiver to find Elizabeth McCarthy's relocated projects. An older Christopher Chance then told them to go to a warehouse to find the tech piece. At the warehouse, they found the tech they needed but Grant Wilson's men attacked them and kidnapped Connor. Alex told Oliver not to go after him but Oliver went against him. Alex threatened to leave him if he didn't return in one hour. After waiting 90 minutes, Freddie convinced Alex to help Oliver. Alex and the team then helped Christopher and Oliver defeat The Beast and save Connor. Oliver thanked Alex for backing him up.

After leaving 2046, the *Chrysalis* was unable to track Savage due to obsolete time data. Alex was holed up in his office watching a recording of Miranda and Matthew. Thursday then intercepted a distress signal from the *Acheron*, a timeship which contains the current timeline data. Despite the suspicious circumstances, Alex opted to investigate. He led an away team with Oliver, Steve and Tom. However, time pirate Captain Jon Valour captured Alex, Tom, and Steve on board the *Acheron*. Alex then used keywords to make Thursday fire upon the *Acheron* and later to cloak the *Chrysalis*.

They were thrown in the brig, which also contained Captain Eve Baxter, who wasn't pleased to see Lance. Alex and Tom then got into an argument, with Alex admitting that he only recruited Tom because he was a package deal with Oliver, after which Tom left to cut a deal with Valour. After Oliver freed them, they led the Pirates into a trap. Alex fought off Jon Valour and used explosive decompression to suck the time pirates into the vacuum of space. Captain Baxter then thanked Alex for the rescue and gave him current time data.

##### Music Maestro

A godlike entity known as Bash The Muso saw that Rosie and Alex needed to learn that love is above all else. The Muso trapped them in a dream world musical until they learnt their lesson.

##### Time Demon

Some years later. The PoT came face to face with a time demon known as Vandal. After the PoT's failed attempt to destroy Vandal, Alex removed the ship's time drive and said his final goodbye to Thursday. Thursday mentioned that his idea to blow up the Time Drive to delay the demon not only had a low chance of working, but was ridiculously dangerous; Alex mused on the fact that he had finally learned to think like the rest of his team. While he was walking to the field to confront Vandal, he recalled some of his memories of the Protectors of Time. As he waited for Vandal to charge at him, he was holding the time drive which was going critical. Though Jamie McDonald attempted to dissuade him from the suicide, Alex told him that it was time he joined his family; he told the team that he made the right choice picking them, and that it had been an honour to know them. Just as Vandal was about to kill Alex, the Time Drive exploded which stunned Vandal long enough for the Protectors of Time to escape.

#### Other Worlds

Alex wakes up to find himself on a planet called Drevis. He is greeted by Ilmar who is kind to Alex at first. He hears a familiar voice and it turns out that Shaytan Savage had been on Drevis all this time. Alex demanded that the Drevi leader turn on Savage but Ilmar claimed that all people deserved compassion. Alex left Drevis causing Ilmar to be angry in the rejection of his planets custom.

##### Earth-52

Alex arrives on Earth-52 and suddenly keels over gaining new memories. He has the life of his own from Earth-1 but now he has memories of an Alex from Earth-52. Alex's history is different here. He was part of Space Fleet, not the time masters, he never recruited the Protectors of Time. He had a sister instead of a brother. Life was different.

One day, the Chrysalis came through a breach and Alex had learnt his old home had been drifting in space for a year.

##### Space Team

Alex was part of a team in Space Fleet comprised of Jordan Johnstone, Gemini Flannigan, Lily Saunders, Lewis Miller, Ben Jackson and Dr. Samantha Lockwood serving as the ships medic with Jason Knight as the ships leader. They spent 3 years together before the Drevi attacked and the team lost Jordan Johnstone. Because of this loss, Alex left Space Fleet.

#### The Legends

After 5 years on Earth-52, Alex had lost all hope for ever returning home to Earth-1. He had already gained a new family and friends. Upon learning of a new space team led by Jason's little sister, Mira, Alex kept a close tab on this team. The team was comprised of Mira Knight, Kieran Jones as the engineer, Ryan Parker as the scientist, Bobby Shepherd as the pilot, Carrie Devlin as the navigator with Samantha returning as medic and Jason as the veteran war hero. At some point, they crashed on the moon. Jason and Samantha relived memories of the past.

After a while Samantha was recommissioned and was ordered by Director Bennett to leave the team. Gemini Flannigan replaced Lockwood.

##### Terra Prime - Freedom Fighters

After months in space, the Chrysalis fell through a breach that led them to Terra Prime, a parallel earth. This earth was a war torn world where The Drevi had been at war with earth for the past 5 years in addition to Shaytan Savage having conquered the entire globe.

The team were sent to a concentration camp where Mira saw an evil version of her late father. The team were rescued by Ray Thorpe and Leo Miller.

Alex eventually joined them and stated that this was his fight. He took charge in the fight against Savage.

##### Savage's Defeat

Alex and the team travelled to Space Fleet after capturing Savage and holding him hostage on the *Chrysalis*. Once they arrived there, Alex handed Savage over to the Fleet only for them to release him, allowing him to go back to 2166, their reasoning being that he was part of the natural course of history, and essential to the timeline. Director Thomas Bennett then captured Alex and the rest of the team, with the exception of Gemini and Mira, and put them in holding cells. In the cell, Savage confronted Alex again, gloating over his victory. He then left to go meet Alex's family, leaving the other man screaming in anger.

Bennett let Alex out of his cell to show him the Oculus. Bennett told Lance that they had been controlling the team's actions and that free will didn't exist outside of the room that they were in. Alex Lance saw the future and saw Ryan die trying to destroy the Oculus. Bennett then proceeded to tell Alex that they knew he was going to go rogue and had Shaytan Savage kill his family to make sure he turned his back on the Time Masters. When Alex returned to his cell the other members thought he had been tortured, but he revealed to them that he saw the truth.

Later, once the rest of the team was freed by their teammates left on the *Chrysalis*, Alex decided to destroy the Oculus so they could have a chance to defeat Savage once and for all.

Without the Oculus controlling the team's actions, they came up with a plan to finally stop Savage. They realised his goal was to destroy the timeline, bringing him back to Ancient Egypt in 1700 B.C. To stop him they had to travel to three different places throughout history. Splitting up into teams of two, they went to the three places in time where the meteors giving Savage his immortality were.

Alex's plan was to fly the meteor into the sun destroying it, but also destroying the *Chrysalis* and killing him. He flew it to the sun before passing out and seeing a vision of his wife and son. After waking up and the meteor destroyed, the *Chrysalis* had one last time jump and Alex used it to return to 2023 to get the rest of the team.

##### Protecting the timeline

After defeating Space Fleet and Savage, Alex decided to protect the timeline with the help of any of the team members that wanted to help. Returning to London 2023 later that night Alex was pleased to see the entire team wanted to rejoin. Alex and the remaining members of the team prepared to re-embark into history.

Before the Legends could depart another heavily damaged version of the Chrysalis suddenly appeared and crashed near them. Soon a man disembarked, he told the Legends not to depart on the Chrysalis or they'd all die. Strangely the man told them that Gemini was the one who sent him. Alex asked who the man was and he identified himself as Patrick Tyler, a member of the Knights of Justice and was from 1942. Though the team was sceptical to trust him, Patrick stressed that they had no idea the danger awaiting them if they travelled to 1942, but suddenly faded out of existence before he could continue.

##### Sacrifice

Upon learning about a time ripple in 1942, the team travelled there. Alex realised that in order to protect the United States from a Nazi atomic bomb, the *Chrysalis* was the only thing that could possibly take the impact and prevent New York City from being destroyed, though he was unsure if the *Chrysalis* would survive, and if it did, if the time ship would still be operational. To find out, Alex sent the legends back home, but as Kieran was too injured to survive a time jump, Alex left him aboard the ship and put him in stasis, in case the ship survived. Thankfully the ship did survive but Thursday informed Alex that repairs would take 15 years to complete. Realising that coming into contact with the time drive was the only way to escape, Alex took his piece of the Spear of Destiny. Before leaving, he recorded a message for the team in case they were found. Alex then made contact with the time drive and was transported to 1967.

##### The Return

Alex was held captive by Veritas. The Legends found him after 3 months and they realised he suffered from Amnesia. Mira and Kieran went inside Alex's mind to bring the old Alex back to the surface.

Captain Alex Lance was back!

#### Knights of Justice

Alex repeated the event with the Legionnaires but this time with the Knights of Justice.

At some point, Alex located the Spear of Destiny in Leipzig, 1956 and travelled there to retrieve it. While there, Alex sought the aid of the KoJ, a team of superheroes comprised of Derek Shepherd/Commander Steel, Courtney Star/The Canary, Ben Baxter/MidNite, Mary Christina Riley/Sentinel and Lance Tennant/Obsidian. Alex told them about the spear and what it could do and they agreed to help him find it. However, Lance Tennant was not permitted to go on the mission because the president "distrusted" him. Alex, The Canary, MidNite and Commander Steel engaged the Soviets and retrieved the spear. However, they all agreed that the spear's power was too great for any one person to possess so Alex divided it into four pieces, one for himself and entrusted each KoJ member with a piece. Alex then transported each Knight of Justice to a different time zone to protect the spear pieces.

#### League of Evil

Carter Matthews, Damien Thomas and Malcolm Hunter returned to torment Lance and his team and they tried to rewrite reality for their own gain.

#### Becoming Lord Destiny

During an event that threatened the Multiverse, Arkin Obscurum resurrected The Abomination and Team Saken joined with The Legends and the heroes of Earth-1 to stop this foe. Lord Kent Arlington/Lord Destiny did his best but was defeated and passed on the mantle to Alex.

## Personality

Alex is seen to be a highly compassionate man who deeply loves his wife Miranda, and his son Matthew, so much so that he broke his oath to the Time Masters to travel through time and save them from their demise. He also wanted to save the future from an apocalyptic world that was believed to be caused by Carter Matthews. However, he later found that it was the Thanagarians that would destroy the world and Carter was being helped by the Time Agents to defend Earth and prevent their attack, even if it meant destroying Alex’s family in the process. Seeking revenge, he hunted Matthews throughout time in an attempt to kill him before he could rise to power, but he failed to do so on his own, leading him to gather a group of unknowns to aid him.

Alex's decision to take a chance on changing the timeline can be seen as noble. While he does want to save his family, he also does want to see a better future where Carter is not a threat. However, his love for his family trumped everything else, as he does not regret breaking his loyalty to the Time Agents. When Alex discovers that the Time Agents are in league with Carter, as well as the fact that they have been manipulating history and are responsible for the death of his family; he becomes disgusted by their actions and completely turns against the very organisation he once had respect for. While his motivation to save his family and the future are honourable, his tactics to achieve his goal brought him into conflict with not only his former employers, who were secretly manipulating and controlling events with the Oculus but his own team. Alex mislead them on the roles they play in history by making it seem they are remembered as some of the greatest heroes, though later admits he chose them specifically because they actually have no real impact on the timeline. He also has little patience for anything that sidetracks him and the team from their pursuit, preferring to focus on the matters at hand.

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

* **Divine Empowerment**: On his own, Alex possess limited levels of superhuman abilities in which are mystical in nature, having been altered by Nabu himself to make him a capable bearer of the Helmet of Fate. While possessing limited abilities on his own, he can bolster his powers by using the Helmet of Fate or having a patron.
	+ **Telekinesis**: when used in conjunction with his helmet, this ability was powerful enough to move a planet into the sun. Without it, Fate could be strong enough only to lift cars.
		- **Flight**
		- **Invulnerability**
		- **Superhuman Strength**
	+ **Hypnosis** (even without helmet)
* **Magic**: Of his own admission, Captain Lance only knows a few spells he is able to cast on his own without the help of the Helmet of Fate.
	+ **Phasing**: Alex wore a spell to enter in his Tower of Salem.
	+ **Photokinesis**: Alex can cast light through the Spell of Coherent Light.

### Abilities

* **Occultism**: Tutored in the mystic arts by Nabu, Alex Lance was considered one of the greatest sorcerers of his time.
* **Multilingualism**: He speaks Thai, Latin, and other and ancient languages as an occultist.
* **Martial Arts**
	+ **Tae Kwon-Do, Kung Fu, Jujitsu and Ninjutsu.**

### Weaknesses

* **Power Limitation**: While among the most powerful beings on Earth as a sorcerer, Alex possess several limitations as Lord Destiny.

* **Dependency on the Helmet of Fate**: Without the Helmet of Fate, he is significantly weakened and can only perform some spells on his lonesome.
* **Dependency on Patron**: While an accomplished sorcerer, he is incapable of utilising potent forms magic on his own without a form of assistance such as a Lord of Order. It was once commented that he lacked the power on his own to sufficiently trap magic and must instead channel it through another being.
* **Power Instability**: Long mystical battles or casting powerful spells can affect Destiny's power, causing depletion and needs to restore his mystical energy with rest from time to time.

## Appearances

### Saltire

* ”Flashback”
* ”Little Runner”
* ”The Reign of Reverse-Blur”

* “Fallout
* ” The Phantom”
* ”Multiversal Chase”

### Season 1

* “Pilot: Captain Alex Lance”
* ”New York”
* ”Stuck in Time”
* ”The Code”
* ”Land of the Lost”
* ”The Kalaborous Manuscript”
* ”The Kalaborous Manuscript Part 2”
* “Reverse-Blur Origins”

### Season 1

* Pilot
* Take Off
* ”Moondust”
* ”Home Again”
* ”Departure”
* ”Real Life Shit”
* ”The Thick of It”
* ”The Other World”
* “The Reverse”
* ”Captain Alex Lance”
* ”Authentic”
* ”Remembrance”
* ”Partners”
* ”The Past”
* “Battle Stations”
* ”Freedom Fighters”
* “Multiversal Chase”
* ”Lost Warrior”
* ”Strings”
* ”Legendary”

### Season 2

* ”Catastrophe”
* ”Knights of Justice” (flashbacks)
* "Shot Through The Heart" (flashbacks)
* "Compromised" (flashbacks)
* "Weekend Away"
* "The Return"
* "Savagery"
* "Fate"
* "Destiny"
* "Goodbye's"
* "League of Evil"
* "These are your First Steps"