Lance

Lance (ランス) is considered one of the strongest warriors in Pixtopia history, being one of the heroes chosen to protect the realm from the forces of evil.

Appearance
Lance has mid-long brown hair with bangs, brown eyes, tan skin, average height, and defined muscle tone. Initially, Lance wore a black shirt, black wristbands, blue pants, and blue shoes. After giving himself an "update", Lance now wears a black shirt with orange and white strips, black and white striped finger-less gloves, light navy blue pants, and black with red shoes. Lance also has grown his hair slightly longer and a beard. At certain points, Lance wears sunglasses known as "shades of glory", though he supposedly lost but still has after Rah's invasion.

Personality
Lance's initial mentality was that of a standard warrior mindset. Lance got along with everyone during the 2nd tournament, being shown to have a good level of teamwork in battle. He did show some level of pride, as he didn't mind having to help save Red but refused to let his match with Fernando get interrupted. He even showed some level of dissatisfaction when Fernando threw away the match just to have the tournament end quickly. Even when he did lose to Alonzo, he still showed respect by giving him a thumbs up in defeating him, as well as wait till the end of the ceremony to see Silver becoming the new champion.

By the time of Rah's invasion is when Lance's true character becomes noticeable. Lance is shown to be very childish, immature, and crude when it comes to his sense of humor. Even when a situation is dire, Lance still retains his immature nature and never loses cool during a conflict. Lance is shown to hold grudges with people, as he tends to act more colder to Alonzo and Fernando, much to their annoyance. it's further emphasized when Lance jokes around at the idea of being the more popular or stronger fighter than Fernando or Alonzo are, even jokingly considers stealing their victories in battle. Despite that, Lance does gets along with those who understands his sense of humor, such as Ivan or Silver who understands some of the references he makes during conversations. Lance also gets along with his Sister Nicole, as he's aware that she's capable of handling herself, while those around him weren't sure if she could or not. Lance even shows a bit of uncertainty when he realized that Nicole was friends with Fernando, MadCX, and Onis.

Even though Lance is shown to be selfish at times, he's willing to deal with people he doesn't like personally, willing to let Red move in to his apartment, even when he did most of the house chores with little gratitude. Although Lance did save Pixtopia, it was more so for the sake of glory, as he felt frustrated that Onis told him to not inform the citizens that they save the realm, losing the chance to become popular. Lance likely gave up fighting since he already spend most of his time playing video games, while slacking off on his training, as he enjoys doing whatever he wants to do rather than feel obligated to be a hero. Lance's immaturity mellowed a bit after giving himself a revamp appearance, becoming less rude and somewhat more chilled out than before. Although as result of his change, it caused Lance to develop an alternate personality of his past self, retaining all of his past traits, much to New Lance's sanity. When it comes to women, Lance is very direct and self-absorbed when he likes someone, as shown when he first met Cermiya and intentionally got controlled by Enora. Although Lance does have certain standards, as after Cermiya lifted him up in the sky or Enora being vague about his power, Lance showed less trust and interests in them.

When Fernando informed Lance about needing help in stopping Evil Red, Lance likely helped out since he said that believed that he could steal the victory from Fernando, as well as show gratitude for having being saved by himself. It's possible that due to New Lance's multiple personality disorder,causing him to see "visions" that New Lance was taken to the mental hospital in order to get himself treated before it could get worse. Despite that, Lance escaped and still was shown to retain his ego, by dancing in the arena rather than being normally introduced like the other fighters.

Lance overall shows equal respect to everyone by naturally being rude and disrespectful to anyone he meets. There are times he feels like he is superior to others whether it's by power or just by importance of his existence. Even when Lance breaks the 4th wall, he also intentionally insults Theredheadhenry's work, believing that he could do a better job and also asks for people to follow him on his social platforms. Despite that, many characters throughout the series do acknowledge him for his abilities and importance in combat. Enora recognized Lance as the strongest fighter when they were at the club, while Nicole claims that his life is important and should not take part in battle, with Cermiya also claiming that she has faith that Lance can find a way to stop Rah. Likewise, most of his rivals such as Alonzo and Fernando are willing to work alongside him even if both sides don't get along so well. MadCX is also willing to accept him as his partner, aware of his potential, even if he's also unable to get used to his antics.

Background
Not much is known about Lance's past. At some point in his life, he trained to become a proficient fighter, likely even training alongside his younger sister, Nicole. It's was likely due to his exposure to watching many shows as a kid such as ZBD, that inspired him to become a warrior.

Red's 1st LSW Tournament Saga
Although Lance decided to not participate in Red's 1st tournament, he was shown hanging around the city, waiting in line to get some of Fernando's ramen, only to disappear from the crowd.

Red's 2nd LSW Tournament Saga
When Red announced a second tournament, Lance decides to enter the tournament and win the prize money. Lance has his first battle in Match 5, facing up against Randy. With Lance able to rival Randy's power, he eventually overpowered him in power, knocking him out, winning the tournament by countdown, continuing on the match. During the tournament, one of the fighters, David, sensed Red's power signature, believing that he is in danger and is in need of assistance. David informs Fernando first, then tries to get the aid of everyone else participating in the tournament. Lance accepts in helping them out, however, he tells Fernando that he still plans on facing him during their match before they can help out Red.

In the second match, Lance eventually faces Fernando. Both equally matched each other, showing more of their abilities as the fight prolongs. Fernando initially was gaining the advantage, nearly overwhelming Lance with a barrage of ki attacks, only to abruptly surrender the match to Lance, as Fernando wishes to end the tournament as soon as possible in order to help Red, much to Lance's dismay. During the semi-final match, Lance faces off against Alonzo. While Lance held his own during the fight, trading blow for blow, Alonzo managed to overwhelm him with serious attacks, getting a ring-out, winning the match. With Alonzo allowed to head the the final match, Lance gives a thumbs up for winning their match. When the final match ended, Silver is recognized as the new champion at the ceremony.

The ceremony was interrupted as a monk named Erk, who was possessed by Rah's Sword of Command, appears with his army of Neo-Pixel Fighters. Planning to destroy all of Pixtopia, Erk first wishes to eradicate the fighters who participated in the tournament. Red appears and asks the assistance of Silver and the others. They all agree in taking down Erk and his army, starting an all-out battle royal. Lance battles multiple Neo-Pixel Fighters on his own. Despite all of their efforts, Lance and the other fighters fail in taking down even one Neo-Pixel Fighter. It was only due to Erk Copy, a Neo-Pixel copy of Monk Erk, that stopped the army, by killing Erk while he let his guard down, also causing him to lose Rah's Sword of Command. Although Silver possessed Rah's Sword of Command and turned evil briefly, Red and the others saved him from it. Erk Copy then gains Rah's Sword of Command, where Lance and the fighters have one final clash, where they all perform an energy wave at Erk Copy. In the end, Red takes down Erk Copy at the cost of his life. With the defeat of Erk Copy and the Neo-Pixel Fighter Army, Lance heads out on his own back to his apartment.

Heroes of Pixtopia Saga
After several months has passed since the 2nd tournament, Lance heads out into the city, hoping to buy a copy of "Call of Battlefield 5" since most stores had sold out all copies of the game. Though Lance managed to find a copy, the store was destroyed, as he sees many demons appearing and destroying the city. Lance managed to take down the weaker demon race known as Skray, only to encounter a stronger demon known as Executioner. Soon, Ivan, Alonzo, and Silver appear and help out Lance in facing off against the Executioner and the other Targons demons. Although they killed the Targons, the Executioner managed to escape, with Lance and the others unsure as to what the demons are planning to do.

Though the heroes would be summoned to another realm by a Overseer named Cermiya, who is the guardian that connects the gateways between the realm of Pixtopia to other realms. Cermiya would inform the heroes of the Titan known as Rah, who would be the leader of the demon army who's planning to invade and rule over Pixtopia. Cermiya explains the origin of Rah, as well as explain that Rah plans on creating a new Sword of Command and create a portal that connects the realm of Perdition, his home world, to the realm of Pixtopia. Cermiya tells that in order to stop Rah, the heroes need to find Gorgan's Horn of Summoning, which can summon a Knight from the Realm of Elysium and save Pixtopia. With a new goal set up, Cermiya returns Lance and the others back to their home world and find Gorgan's Horn in order to summon a Knight.

While researching for the location of Gorgan's Horn in an abandoned "Electro Buy" store, Lance and the other heroes meet up with Fernando, his sister Nicole, and two other warriors known as MadCX and Onis. With Lance and the heroes explaining about the current situation to Fernando and his friends, Fernando plans on taking out more of the demon army and search their main base of operation, while Lance and the others try to locate the secret Pyramid of Levon near the Shore of Losrim Ocean that supposedly contains Gorgan's Horn. Lance and Ivan managed to find Gorgan's Horn and summoned a Knight, who would later be Theredheadhenry. Red explains that all his training and tournaments were for the purpose of becoming a Knight of Elysium, with his last lesson being to humbly sacrifice his life to destroy Erk-Copy and Rah's original Sword of Command. Lance and the others explain to Red about the situation with the demon army, realizing that Red's superiors intentionally not inform him about Rah's invasion. With Red deciding to return to the Realm of Elysium and talk to the Knights, Lance and the other Heroes decide to join with Fernando and the others who discovered the location of the demon's main base.

With the Executioner being aware of the heroes summoning a Knight, he summons Rah prematurely, destroying the portal the connects the realm of Pixtopia and Perdition. The demon army managed to hide their energy signature through the Orb of Distortion, which Fernando managed to steal, only to nearly die from Rah. Lance and the others succeeded in saving Fernando, as well as get rid of the Orb of Distortion, allowing Red to find the location of Rah's army and defeat him. However, Red no longer considered a Knight of Elysium, was slowly losing power, unable to take down Rah. Meanwhile, Lance had to face one of the Execution Class demons, deciding to give his power to Alonzo in order to defeat the demon out. As Rah was about to kill Red, Cermiya managed to save him, separating Rah and his newly created Sword of Command. A Knight named Olmark, one of Red's superiors, took control of Lance's friend, Ivan, and returned Rah and his sword back to the realm of Perdition. With Rah defeated and the demon army scattered, Lance decides to retire from fighting, as Red also gives up the power of a Knight, making him no longer capable of fighting. Lance decides to let Red live in his apartment, as long he owes him buy buying new games for him.

Lance was told by the other heroes to not publicly say they defeated Rah and Red is still alive, much to his annoyance for not being recognized as one of the fighters who saved the realm. Two months passes, with Fernando and Alonzo inform Red and Lance about a 3rd tournament being announced by a scientist named Dr.Groxel, as a way to pay tribute to Red who's still considered dead by the public, as well as to test his new creation as a mean to use it to protect Pixtopia from future threats. Although Lance has given up on fighting, Red decides to partake in it, despite Lance being aware of his lack of training.

Red's 3rd LSW Tournament Saga
Six months passed, despite not participating in the tournament, Lance is shown watching ZBD on TV, as well as switching channels to showing the tournament happening live. By the time the tournament ends, Lance breaks the 4th wall, revealing that the saga was occurring on his TV, further breaking the 4th wall by being aware that he is in a animated series on Youtube, created by the actual Redheadhenry, criticizing for the quality of the animation.

Heroes of Pixtopia: Shorts Saga
Being bored of watching the news, Lance decides to give himself a new look, instantly give himself a different design. Immediately, a blackout occurs, to which Lance discovers that his past self developed itself to an alternate personality, becoming his second voice in his mind. Old Lance narrates to the audience, stating that New Lance's journey has just started, with his first quest being to take his first poop. Eventually, New Lance decides to head a local club, while also having to deal with his old self. Soon, New Lance meets a woman named Enora, who tries to pick him up, with Old Lance initially helping New Lance to get with her, only to have second thoughts about her due to her shady agenda. Much to Old Lance's warning, New Lance decides to get with Enora, unaware that she one of the sisters of the Kreefall Witches, planning to mind control New Lance for her own purposes. Before they left the club, Old Lance questions what Ichirou, one of the fighters from the 3rd tournament, was looking at up in the ceiling, noticing that he was seeing some mold.

With Enora able to mind control New Lance, she meets up with her sister Eva, they travel to Woodbrier District, a civilian territory where Rezzie lives, who's one of the two champions of the 3rd tournament, and plan to also control him for their goals. With New Lance and another fighter named Raishin being under the control of the Kreefall witches, they destroy Rezzie's house and then try to defeat and restrain him. Despite the combine power of Lance and Raishin, Rezzie managed to take them both down, thanks to the aid of his Exotype armor. Before Rezzie was about to kill the Kreefall Witches, he sensed a massive energy spike, realizing that the energy signature was a bigger threat than the witches. The two sisters decide to release Lance and Raishin from their control, enabling them to escape from Rezzie. New Lance regains conscious, admitting to Raishin and Rezzie that he intentionally tried to get with Enora despite falling under her control. After their encounter, MadCX appears and informs the three that a new threat has emerged.

Red's 4th LSW Tournament Saga
Due to Rah's invasion, many cities were destroyed and in need for repair. Red lends his aid, incidentally discovering a box known as Arniah's Magic Tool, making Red turn Evil. Now known as Evil Red, he announces a tournament that will taking place at the floating Summer Fell Island, as a mean to let the ten strongest fighters of Pixtopia have a chance to save their realm from Evil Red's destruction. Fernando plans to join the tournament but decides to create a second plan, in case the ten fighters aren't strong enough to defeat Evil Red. Fernando contacts all previous champions and semi-finalists to help in defeating Evil Red. With New Lance being one of the semi-finalist during the 2nd tournament, he accepts in helping Fernando in defeating Evil Red. By the end of the tournament, Fernando was deemed the strongest but fails to take down Evil Red. By signaling the other fighters to initiate plan b, New Lance appears and challenges Evil Red. Despite their best effort, New Lance and the other champions failed in defeating Evil Red but gave enough time for Fernando to receive the energy from the others to overpower Evil Red. Although Fernando managed to let Red temporarily regain control of himself, his evil counterpart regains control and nearly kills New Lance and some of Fernando's friends, as a mean to make him remove all the power he got from them. In a surprise attack, Fernando saved his friends and killed Evil Red, saving Pixtopia in the process. With the world saved, New Lance heads out and likely returns back to retirement after having to face off against Evil Red and the Kreefall Witches.

Red's 5th LSW Tournament Saga
About a week after the 4th tournament, a parade event was taking place in celebrating the heroes defeating Evil Red. New Lance destroys a parade balloon, blaming it for a "vision", which was caused him to be taken to a mental hospital for a year. New Lance managed to escape the mental hospital and was never caught. When one final tournament was announced, New Lance decides to get out of retirement and from hiding and team up with MadCX. Aware of the possibility of being taken back to the mental hospital, New Lance reverts back to his old self, covers his face with a paper bag and gave himself the name "L". Labeled as Team 16, L cheers for MadCX during his fight against Ash, only to see his partner his the match due to being absorbed the the mini black hole he created.

Power
Lance is considered one of the strongest fighters of Pixtopia, being able to participate in Red's 2nd tournament shows that his level of power was worthy to potentially challenge Red's abilities in battle. Lance was given an official power level of 780 and 880 during his battle against Randy and Fernando retrospectively. At his full power, Lance had a power level of 980 during his battle against Alonzo.

During his fight with Randy, he was capable of overwhelming Randy despite both being relative in power level, even capable of going through one of Randy's energy beams and take him down by knock out. When battling Fernando, Lance struggled to hold his own during their fight, getting overwhelmed by Fernando's barrage of ki blasts. Fernando gives up during the match, believing that Lance has a better chance at winning the tournament, although it's unsure as to whether Fernando could have beaten Lance, as Lance was still suppressing his full power, while Fernando was also possibly holding back but was merely showing confidence in Lance's ability. Even though during his match with Alonzo, Lance had a high power level, he soon got overpowered and lost due to ring out, as Alonzo later stated that he holding back during their match, implying that Alonzo was more stronger than Lance even at full power.

Lance was capable of fighting on par with many Neo-Pixel Fighters, with an individual Neo-Pixel Fighter given an official power level of 500. it's worth noting that due to Monk Erk possessing Rah's Sword of Command, it's likely he was able to amplify the power of his Neo-Pixel Fighter Army in comparison to a regular Neo-Pixel Fighter. However, even when Lance was able to go all out without being restricted by tournament rules, none of Pixtopian fighters, including Lance, were capable of defeating even one Neo-Pixel Fighters. Lance's energy wave was easily held back by Erk Copy, even with the help of everyone else attack at the same time, showing the massive gap in power between them. Although he was one of the fewest to be able to hold his own against Erk-Copy before he obtained Rah's Sword of Command.

Lance still trained after the 2nd tournament, however, he was shown to neglect his training in order to spend time to play some video games. During Rah's invasion, Lance could easily handle multiple Skrays, of which one have a power level of 350. However, Lance struggled to handle the stronger Targon demons,with only Alonzo and other few were capable of defeating. Demons that were Executioner class who had power levels over 3,000 were too powerful for Lance to fight on his own, with Lance having to give his energy to Alonzo to take one down. By the time Rah's invasion ended, Lance decided to retire from fighting, dedicating himself to playing video games, leaving him to stop getting stronger, although likely training a bit in order to prevent from getting weaker.

When New Lance was being in control by the Kreefall Witches. He battled against Rezzie alongside with Raishin. Rezzie easily defeat both of them with little trouble. Even before he wore his Exotype armor, which increase his abilities even further, he was given an official power level of 3,120 during the 3rd LSW tournament, further showing that New Lance is still not capable of defeating Executioner Class Targon demons. It's worth noting that the Kreefall Witches admit that the spell that controls New Lance prevents them from using their full potential, although they still confirm that Rezzie was way beyond the level of New Lance, also due to his lack of training.

When New Lance had to face of against Evil Red, New Lance wasn't strong enough to take him down, even with the assistance of the other champions and semi-finalist fighters from previous tournaments. Even with their combined energy beam, Evil Red managed to overpower them while still not going at full power.

By the time the 5th tournament occurs, New Lance was still in retirement, as well taken to a mental hospital, preventing him from getting any stronger by the time he joins up with MadCX.

Abilities

 * Superhuman Strength: Lance possesses immense physical strength. Lance still retains his level of power even after retiring from fighting.
 * Superhuman Speed: Lance can move/react as fast as the eye can see. He's still capable of fighting alongside others relative to his speed after retiring.
 * Superhuman Durability: Lance is far more durable than that of normal human beings, but does have limits and can be damaged by other beings as strong as him.
 * Superhuman Senses: Lance having enhanced vision, hearing, taste, touch, and smell, which helps him during combat.
 * Superhuman Endurance: Thanks to his physiology and willpower, Lance is capable of exerting himself even if fatigued from using techniques that cost a lot of his energy or even being severely injured.


 * Flight - The ability to take flight through the manipulation of ki.
 * Ki Blast - The most basic form of energy wave.
 * Energy Wave - A ki blast wave.
 * Rapid Movement - Lance moves with great speed, which creates the illusion of teleportation.
 * Power Up - a technique used to amplify one's ki.
 * Ki Sense - The ability to sense the energy of other beings. Alternatively, he can suppress his own energy signature to hide from others.
 * Ki Transfer - Lance can transfer his on energy onto others, as a mean to recovery from injury, as well as help someone gain a boost in overall abilities for temporarily.
 * Ki Blast Barrage - shooting multiple ki blasts to surround your target and rain down at once
 * Multiple Personality - The ability which allows to have several different personalities in your mind. Lance's old self developed its own conscious after getting a redesign. Only Lance can interact with him, with others being unaware of his existence or unable to understand the noticeable shifts of personality.
 * 4th Wall Awareness - Lance is aware that he is in an animated series created by Theredheadhenry for Youtube. Lance is also shown to talk to the audience, although he's not shown to able to break the 4th wall, as he's still restricted to his reality.

Battles
Red's 2nd LSW Tournament Saga

Heroes of Pixtopia Saga
 * Lance vs Randy (Won)
 * Lance vs Fernando (Won)
 * Lance vs Alonzo (Loss)
 * Lance & Friends vs Neo-Pixel Army (Draw)
 * Lance & Friends vs Erk-Copy (Won)
 * Lance vs Skray (Won)
 * Lance & Friends vs Targons (Draw)
 * Lance & Friends vs Executioner (Round 1) (Draw)
 * Lance & Friends vs Executioner (Round 2) (Won)

Heroes of Pixtopia: Shorts Saga


 * Mind Controlled Lance & Raishin vs Rezzie (Loss)

Red's 4th LSW Tournament Saga


 * Lance & Friends vs Evil Red (Loss)

Trivia

 * Lance is one of the fewest to win a match by countdown in a tournament.
 * Lance incidentally has won a match only due to Fernando giving up mid battle.
 * Although Lance never appears during R1LSWT, he does make a cameo when Erk time travels to the past during said arc, technically making Lance appear all throughout the series of every saga.
 * Lance officially has the most amount of dialogue than any other character in a series.
 * Lance is the second character known to have retired from fighting, the other being Red.
 * Lance's apartment location within Pixtopia is unknown to others, except for Alonzo, Fernando, and Red.
 * Coincidentally, Lance mentions the concept of Time Travel while trying to discover Gorgan's Horn, which occurred to Erk when he got traveled back in time by the Chronos Sphere, that caused the events of the 2nd tournament, as well as HOP Saga to occur as well.
 * Lance has an agent.
 * In Lance's apartment, he happens to own a plushie of Goku, the main character from the popular Dragon Ball Series.
 * Lance a Super Smash Bros Logo Poster from the Smash Bros. video game series.
 * In the series, Lance mentioned a game called "Super Bash Gals" which is a pun off the name of the Smash Bros. series, so it's likely that the poster is also a reference to that game as well


 * Lance is a fan of the series called "ZBD" which is are the initials of Dragon Ball Z spelled in reverse.
 * The main character in the series is also named Lance, which is another plushie he owns.
 * Lance from the "ZBD" series is the actual avatar that the creator LanceMaster made before he created the other version of Lance for Heroes of Pixtopia series.


 * Lance tries to buy the game called "Call of Battlefield 5" which is a reference for the Call of Duty and Battlefield game franchise.
 * Lance quotes the line "I've fought mud crabs more fearsome than you!" which is a reference to the same popular line from the game Oblivion.
 * Lance mentions a game called Pekomon and having to level up a lvl 100 Barktwo, which is a reference to the popular Pokemon franchise and the Pokemon named Mewtwo.
 * Lance also quotes the line "I'm blasting off again!" Which is another reference from the Pokemon anime, with Jessie, James, and Meowth of Team Rocket stating "We're blasting off again".


 * During his fight with an Executioner, Lance says "Hey... you know th-that episode of Spongecob when..." which is a reference to the Spongebob cartoon show.
 * According to Rezzie, both Lance and Rashin are banned from new home ever since they destroyed his old house.
 * When Evil Red uses his telekinesis to levitate Lance up in the air, he says "Bitch nugget, not again!", which is a call back when Cermiya did the same thing to him a few previous sagas back.
 * Lance owns a cell phone and a DS, a direct reference to the Nintendo DS system.
 * according to Lance, he's " the main character in this fuckin thing, lil known fact."

Quotes

 * "Next time I fly four hundred miles, I'll bring my DS."
 * "Hey bro you may want to get your vocals checked out. Voice sounds kind of scratchy."
 * "So why don't you come at me bro?"
 * "Thumbs up, guy! You hit your own teammate!"
 * "Bro! how could the graphics be any better we're in a pixelized world!?"
 * "I've fought mud crabs more fearsome than you!"
 * "Your mom's a TV show."
 * "Stop being a debbie downer, Debbie!"
 * "My name's Lance. I'd strike a pose but I don't think you could handle it."


 * "I'm fine. You have my attention. But just so you know, I have a short attention span."
 * "I'd rather try capturing a Level 100 Barktwo in Pekomon."
 * "Fernando... it's always an event when our paths cross."
 * "Nicole! How'd you end up with these wet willies?"
 * "I didn't win, but clearly, I'm the strongest based on my good looks as proof."
 * "Fern will pay for his insubordination!"
 * "You're all gonna die. Except Onis and Me, you guys lack swag."
 * "If anyone's going to shame Fernando, it's going to be me."
 * "Be quite Fern, we saved your ass."
 * "Hey... you know th-that episode of Spongecob when..."
 * "I'm blasting off again!"
 * "Fern, stand back and watch how it's done."
 * "Shaddup Red!"
 * "Damn you, Onis! You and your tricks! We'd be famous right now."
 * "The two people I dislike the most showing up at my door, I tell ya."
 * "Well then, to you I say "good day, sir."
 * Fuck the news, where's the hot babes at?
 * "You silly fuck. You're talking to me."
 * "New Lance, you have much to Learn."
 * "Why yes, I am not single. Because you and I are a thang."
 * "You don't want a sexually transmitted pixel. No Sir."
 * "I AM NOT DONE BEING MAD!"
 * "I'm in a flash back...."
 * "I am not a fool!"
 * "Bitch Nugget! Not again!"