Lancer (Fate/stay night)
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Lancer is a fictional character from the Japanese visual novel and anime series Fate/stay night by TYPE-MOON.
The first hostile Servant to appear in this story, Lancer is a fierce but balanced warrior who enjoys combating a worthy opponent. He has a playful attitude and takes a very carefree approach to life, but is quick to work himself into a frenzy during a heated battle. Lancers are hailed as the "Most Agile" of Servant classes.
The voice acting for Lancer is done by Nobutoshi Canna.
Servant Status
| Master: | Kirei Kotomine | |||||||||
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| Alignment: | Lawful Neutral | |||||||||
| Strength: | B | |||||||||
| Endurance: | C | |||||||||
| Agility: | A | |||||||||
| Mana: | C | |||||||||
| Luck: | E | |||||||||
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Noble Phantasms
True IdentityLancer is really Cú Chulainn, a hero from the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. He is a demigod, the offspring of a mortal woman, Dechtire, and the deity, Lugh. Although born with the name Sétanta, he adopted Cú Chulainn after killing the hound of a smith, Culann, and promising to replace the slain canine while another was reared. Cú is the Irish Gaelic word for "hound." During Cú Chulainn's expedition to the Land of Shadows in Scotland, he trained under a sorceress named Scáthach and acquired his signature weapon, the cursed javelin, Gáe Bolg. With his heroic exploits, Cú Chulainn acquired a reputation of savagery in battle, though he was a well-meaning and courageous young man. However, above all, he is best known for keeping his word. RoleLancer was originally summoned by Bazett Fraga McRemitz, an Irish representative of the Mage's Association. However, Kirei Kotomine murdered Bazett by severing her left arm; he then used her stolen command seals to gain the allegiance of Lancer and enter into the 5th Holy Grail War. Lancer is disgruntled at having to serve a cowardly Master, but he obeys Kirei's wishes faithfully. Kirei originally had Lancer serve on reconnaissance, scouting out the locations of other Masters and gauging how dangerous their Servants were. During his fight with Archer, Lancer noticed that Emiya Shirō had witnessed his entire battle. To preserve secrecy of the Holy Grail War, Lancer tracks and silences Shirõ by stabbing him through his heart. Later, Lancer realizes that Shirō has recovered from his mortal wound, so he tracks and corners the young mage within the cellar of his home. Just before getting killed again, Shirō is rescued by a recently summoned Saber, who battles back Lancer and engages him in combat. Outmatched, Lancer flees the scene just before the arrival of Archer and then Berserker. During the rest of the story, Lancer is generally inactive. In Fate, Lancer aided Shirō against Gilgamesh, and was killed by Gilgamesh. In Unlimited Blade Works, Kotomine uses a command seal to force Lancer to kill himself, but not before Lancer killed Kotomine as well. Finally, in Heaven's Feel, Lancer is defeated early in the war by Zōken and True Assassin. In the anime adaption, Lancer defies Kotomine and stops Gilgamesh from killing Shirō and Saber. Choosing to fight for his own beliefs, Lancer is killed by Gilgamesh soon after Shirō and Saber escape.
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