Lancelot

> “Really, it’s no trouble. The princess shouldn’t be outside Camelot’s walls without a proper escort.”
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> -**Lance** to Everek
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**Lancelot**, or **Lance** as his friends call him, is a character in the 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲. He is a squire training under the knights of the Round Table, who is later particularly assigned under Sir Galahad.

## Appearances

### Appears in

𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐤𝐲

𝐅𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐞

## Background

### Original Concept

*Lance is a well-mannered, relaxed, and enthusiastic recruit to Avalon's military program. Discovered at a jousting tournament, he now goes by his jousting alias, Lancelot. He is very loyal to Avalon and its king and sees himself as a duty-bound knight. Upon meeting him, almost everyone, including Merlin seems very certain that his future is bright.*

-Original 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞 Concept

### Physical Description

Lance (about sixteen [𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞] to seventeen [𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐤𝐲 and 𝐅𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐞] years old) is described to always have a certain cheery glow about him, and alongside his warm brown eyes and can-do smile, he is said to be quite the pleasant presence. The squire is relatively tall, has a short military haircut, and is very polite and well-versed in the proper behaviors.

## Personality

Cheerful and often refusing to believe that there isn't good in a person, Lance is always ready to lend a helping hand at a moment's notice. After being raised on a small family farm, competing in jousting competitions, and now working as a squire in Avalon's finest barracks he is patient and almost always relaxed. Although there are times when his sense of duty pushes him to go outside his comfort zone, Lance has yet to make a big statement through these actions.

## Relationships

### Friends

#### Everek

Although Everek and Lance don't have the best of first interactions, the two go on to become very good friends. After finding out about how Everek goes to Evermoor periodically to keep the monster population at bay, Lance volunteers to go with him and assist however he can. Because of this practice they've gotten, the two work very well together under pressure.

#### Bea

Although the two don't know each other very well, Lance and Bea have a very sound mutual relationship and later build a friendship of their own.

### Enemies

#### Domenick

While they start off as mutually seen peers, Lance goes on to be more uncomfortable around the rowdy squire as his relationship with Mari changes.

#### Morgana

Lance sees the conflict with Morgana as a simple battle between good and evil. This opinion is later changed after her darkness is defeated and her help is sought by the knights of Avalon.

#### Mordred

When Mari chooses to stay with the Fae, Lance already has something against Mordred. It isn't a huge surprise to him that Mordred has bad intentions toward both her and Avalon, but as usual, he chooses to do whatever he can to make the situation as chivalrous as possible.

### Romantic Interests

#### Mari

Lance and Mari hit it off right away when they first meet, and although neither of them sees it at first they work very well together. Their mutual agreements eventually form a very strong friendship, even though they both know there's likely more behind that.

## Trivia

* Lance is based on arguably the most famous character from Arthurian Legend, Sir Lancelot.
	+ The author has made a lot of changes to his character, however, because she decided it would be strange if he had a romantic interest in a woman over twenty years older than him (Gwenivere).
	+ She instead based the character on a cheery, well-behaved version of the character from a children's book (*The Adventures of Sir Lancelot the Great*).

* Lance's real name is Franklin, Lancelot is simply a jousting alias that stuck.