Lancaster64 (Character)

* Pre Lanterman
* Post Lanterman

## **General Info**

Lancaster64 (He/They) (played by Lancaster64) is a character in Willow. He has taken a neutral protagonist role, and doesn't choose to take sides often. He is the former president of Alterna, but he chose to leave and rebuild Reformed Alterna near to the Lupine Island. He has an established connection with Dark, Sebushtin, Abenz, and the Willow Tree, having spoken to it before thanks to a lingering skulk infection from their previous days.

## **Story**

Lancaster arrived in the Willow realm in February, waking up in a Warped Garden far from the Paragon. All he had was clothes that looked to be from a space program, a book, and a watch-like detector on his arm, displaying the number 0. It’s heavily suggested that he was a pilot for a space program, and was forced to crash into the ocean after something when wrong on the ship.

After making his way to the Paragon, he settled in an area close to Watermelon District, Florb, and the Moss District, calling it Alterna. Shortly into this, he was wrapped up in the hunt for the Chaos Emeralds, despite having a mindset that they should stay lost. He later decided it was best to find the emeralds to ensure they don't fall into the wrong hands. During this hunt, he learned about the past of Willow, mainly about Torchman and Eggman.

As he founded Alterna, he raised two kids, Oingo Boingo and Yoinky Sploinky. In an accident with Firefang, he accidentally murdered Yoinky Sploinky. Following an investigation, he spoke to Pesus for the very first time, and in poor taste, made a deal with him. If Lancaster were to provide Pesus with the Chaos Emeralds, Pesus would ensure the protection of Lancaster's kids.

After this, during an explosion that Lancaster believed to be prompted by the Willow Tree, he spoke with the tree, who delivered a message for Lancaster to relay to everyone. Lancaster didn't know it, but during the explosion, a shard of crystal had gotten him in the arm. Later, logs began to show up all around Willow, prompting Dark and Lancaster to go on a chase to find some coordinates. They met Abenz while in a cave, and met the first of many Cultists, looking to bring Lanternman back. During this, Lancaster's arm began to corrupt to rose quartz, thanks to the shard. Dark was forced to remove it at the Cultist's request. Afterwards, he rebuilt an arm for himself, and moved away from the Paragon as a way to get far from the chaos of the emeralds and Lanternman, but still looks around for logs every so often.

He’s mainly just focused on getting his gear back into shape, but is worried his skulk infection from before he crashed on Willow is still around. It’s been mentioned in passing that he can hear trees due to the skulk being a plant-like virus.

## Relationships

### Dark Phoenix

Being one of the first people he ever met on the server, Lancaster trusts Dark fully, even after the events of Lanternman’s influence. He doesn’t hate Dark for taking his arm, and meant to thank him for taking it off, even if it benefits the cult. He does still fear for Dark being in over his head with all the events going on, and tries to help as much as he can.

### Abenz

Lancaster considers Abenz to be an ally, even through Abenz and Dark’s many feuds. Being of a fully neutral mentality, Lancaster helps both of them equally, even if he has to break up a few fights along the way. He doesn’t really mind though.

### Firefang

Lancaster and Firefang have poor relations, as Firefang inadvertently caused the death of Oingo Boingo, and nearly caused a courtroom trial to occur. The two have been feuding ever since, especially since Firefang blamed Lancaster for the explosion behind the Moss District.

### Eggman

Lancaster’s heard enough horror stories about Eggman and firmly stays being against him.

### Pesus

He’s also heard horror stories about Pesus but not enough to keep him from making a deal with him.

### Torchman

Lancaster has also heard a lot about him, and has even gone on searches for him every so often while wandering and foraging, just to be safe. He’d like to meet him one day, and thinks he’s cool.

## Scattered Facts

* He’s been documented by people in Willow since he never introduced himself to anyone before, so people just thought he was some strange creature (not helped by his clothing choices)
* He likes to spend enrichment time in lakes and rivers, and even falls asleep in them.
* His bone structure is actually made from cartilage like sharks are! This means he’s very bendy and can even shift to a more shark-like form.
* He has a reliance on salt water when not in the sea. He wears a stupid soda drinker hat (a gift from his old crew) filled with it, and on occasion likes to prank members by telling them it’s juice.
* He has a koi fish in a bucket named Pearl, a reference to the idol character of the same name in Splatoon 2.
* It’s implied he has a hatred for Thrasher Sharks, since he’s never found any and believes them to be hiding from him, despite him thinking they’re cool.
* His visor was created for him to see color correctly, as he only sees in shades of blue without it. This means when he crashed and it broke, he thought things like Pink District and the Watermelon House were bizarre because to his sight, it’s all blue.
* He wasn’t present in the water temple because he twisted his ankle. To this day he’s still salty about it.
* It’s never been explained if Lancaster is in-universe making music or not, but because of his headphones, it’s most likely that he does.
* He likes to forage for plants on land, remarking he’s seen every kind of water plant and they bore him now. He’s especially fond of ferns.
* His favorite animal, surprisingly, are spiders. He thinks their 8 legs make them stand out more. He nearly fainted when he found out there are spiders that swim.
* He’s a surprisingly good cook, and wishes for the day that stoves and furnaces can work underwater.
* As mentioned before, he loves to play pranks.

## Gallery

an image of Lancaster64 before the events of Lanternman's influencean image of Lancaster64 with their new arm, after the events of Lanternman's influenceLancaster64's jacket logo, presumably his pilot numberLancaster64's watch, seen strapped onto his left arm. It displays a counter at 00.a rough drawn render of Lancaster64's character model.