Lancer

Lancer

The child of light/Blue Spearman of the Wind.

"This spear is not just for the show you know."

Name: Cu Chulainn
Age: 29
Country of Origin: Ireland
Date of Birth: Unknown
Occupation: servant of Bazett
Hair: Blue
Eyes: Red
Height: 185 cm
Weight: 70 kg
Race: Human
Demeanor: Anti-heroic
Relationships: Bazett Fraga McRemitz (girlfriend and observer), Shirou Emiya a.k.a Archer (rival)
Hobby: fishing, diving, mountain climbing
Favourite Band: Tainaka Sachi, Kalafina
Likes: his girlfriend (Bazett), women with strong will, irrational promises
Dislikes: Kotomine, Burning Legion, devious methods, betrayal
Fighting Style: Original
Signature Weapon Type: Spear
Signature Weapon Name: Gae-Bolg
Control Scheme: GG-IZM
P1 Outfit: Original
P2 Outfit: Casual
Voice: Nobutoshi Canna (JPN), Tony Oliver (ENG)
Regular Music Theme: Disillusion by Tainaka Sachi
Unlimited Music Theme: To The Beginning by Kalafina
Signature Stage: Carnival Phantasm Colliseum

Signature Moves:
Special Moves: Red Branch Thurisaz, Red Branch Eihwaz, Red Branch Ehwaz, Red Branch Isa, Red Branch Kano, Red Branch Tyr, Red Branch Hagal, Red Branch Uruz
Distortion Drives: Gáe Bolg: Barbed Spear that Pierces with Death, Ath nGabla: Shoal of Four Branches
Overdrive: Battle Continuation
AStral Heat: Gáe Bolg: Soaring Spear that Strikes with Death

Arcade Rivals:
Stage 4 Rival: Archer
Arena: Emiya Residence
Stage 8 Rival: Gilgamesh
Arena: Gilgamesh Mansion

Story: Fate/Stay Night:

Lancer was originally summoned by Bazett Fraga McRemitz, an Irish representative of the Mage's Association. She used Cú Chulainn's rune stone earrings as the catalyst and he responded to the summoning solely because he wanted to engage in a valiant fight to the death but this simple wish was never granted to him.[6] However, Kirei Kotomine betrayed Bazett and severed her left arm to obtain her Command Spell, leaving her almost dead. He then used her stolen Command Seals to gain the allegiance of Lancer and enter into the 5th Holy Grail War. Despite his wishes to avenge his fallen master, Lancer was forced to bend to Kotomine's will. Lancer is disgruntled at having to serve a Master who uses such cowardly tactics, but he is forced to obey Kirei's wishes.

Kirei chooses to employ a passive strategy regarding Lancer. He has Lancer go out on reconnaissance, and scout the locations and identies of other Masters and gauge how dangerous their Servants are. During his fight with Archer, Lancer noticed that Shirou Emiya had witnessed his entire battle. Believing Shirou to be an ordinary human, to preserve the secrecy of the Holy Grail War, Lancer silences Shirou by stabbing him through his heart.

Later, Lancer realizes that Shirou has recovered from his mortal wound, so he tracks and corners the young mage within the shed of his home estate. Before Lancer is able to strike a mortal blow, Shirou is rescued by the recently summoned Servant, Saber, who then engages Lancer in combat. Outmatched, Lancer flees the scene just before the arrival of Archer and his master.

After this, for the majority of the story, Lancer is generally inactive.

Fate:

In Fate, Shirou is lured to Kotomine's church, and once again wounded by Lancer. Saber eventually arrives to rescue Shirou. After events unfold, Kotomine reveals his other Servant, Gilgamesh, the Archer from the previous war. Kotomine orders the both of them to kill Saber and Shirou, and leaves. Lancer, disgusted by Kotomine keeping Gilgamesh's existence a secret from him, and by Gilgamesh himself, decides to rebel against Kirei. Though he claims he is doing it out of hatred for Gilgamesh and Kotomine, and not to help them, Lancer chooses to fight Gilgamesh and thereby aids Shirou and Saber in escaping. He survives against Gilgamesh for half a day, but is ultimately defeated.

Unlimited Blade Works:

In Unlimited Blade Works, after being driven out of his church by Caster, and faking his death, Kotomine orders Lancer to cooperate with Shirou and Rin. Lancer helps them with their plan to defeat Caster by fighting Archer to distract him, so that Rin and Shirou are able to enter the church. Ostensibly defeating Archer, but choosing not to conclude their battle, he later reappears to offer his aid again to Shirou and Saber after Rin is captured. Upon rescuing Rin, Kirei suddenly appears and orders Lancer to kill Rin. In addition to his previous disgust with Kotomine, Lancer has come to admire Rin, and therefore refuses his order. In response to this, Kotomine uses a Command Seal to force Lancer to give himself a mortal wound. However, before he fades away, Lancer manages to kill Kotomine, and bids goodbye to Rin. Before his death, he sets the Einzbern castle on fire.

Heaven's Feel:

In Heaven's Feel, upon sensing a disturbance at the Ryudou Temple, Lancer investigates it as per his orders by Kotomine to scout the competition. He discovers and engages in battle with True Assassin, but during the battle, he is attacked and killed while his heart is consumed by the True Assassin; then his body is absorbed by the black shadow of Avenger and Sakura Matou.

Fate/Hollow Ataraxia:

In Fate/hollow ataraxia, Lancer's role is expanded far beyond Fate/stay night. He is normally spotted fishing at the Fuyuki docks, but he is frequently seen wandering the city or at his part-time job as a grocer. He is quite amiable, chatting with many of the former Holy Grail War participants, and is well liked. Nearly every female character in the game is subject to a pick-up attempt (or in Shirou's words, "harassment"). These attempts tend to work out well, thanks to not downplaying his Servant qualities. However, in the end things generally turn out differently, leaving Lancer annoyed and/or embarrassed and the girl(s) in question safe from the grasp of the Blue Panther. He makes no attempt to combat the Shadow Wolf Beasts during the Fuyuki eclipse, instead quietly presiding over Avenger's ascent into Heaven's Feel from a distance.

Fate/Grand Order:

Fate/Unlimited Codes:

In Fate/Unlimited Codes, he is known as the Blue Spearman of the Wind.

In his story Lancer rushed back to protect Bazett but he finds her murdered by Kirei. Kirei has stolen Bazett's command spells and became Lancer's new Master. Lancer was disgusted with the idea of working together with Kirei and suggested him to use a Command Spell to force him to submit to him.

He encounters Caster at Ryuudou temple, Caster observed Lancer earlier and she can tell that Lancer is displeased with his new master Kirei. She suggested to work together so she can break Lancer's contract with Kirei. Lancer rejected the idea because of his loyalty of a knight, he claims that by changing sides, it is hard to maintain respect of others. Caster insults lancer by calling him the "Hound of Culan" and the battle starts. Before Lancer kills Caster, they had a deal and Caster used Rule Breaker to cancel the contract.

His final opponent is Kirei, Kirei was confused about how his command spells are not working on Lancer. Lancer revealed the truth to Kirei about his reason for him to continue the Holy Grail War without a master, to avenge Bazett who believed in Lancer and his abilities. Kirei finds this absurd for doing this for a dead woman and he can tell Lancer that he's going to fade away soon. Lancer confirms that his body can stay for a few minutes and killing him will only take that amount of time. Lancer doesn't have a wish for the Holy Grail and revenge is all he needs and kills Kirei in the end. In the end, he starts to fade and recounts his time in the Holy Grail War. He admits that Kirei is strong and regrets not fighting alongside with Bazett in the war but he is content with avenging her death. He announce he doesn't have a wish for the Holy Grail and he's happy enough to fight in flesh once more. He thanks Bazett for summoning him before fading away.

Kingdom Hearts: Universe Shift:

After being reawakened in Bazett's house, Cu had realized that Kotomine was evil and decided to right the worngs he did. This time Lancer had develpoed the love relationship with Bazett for real and he decided to use his fighting skills to protect his beloved ones. Outside battle Lancer is a man with the heart of gold and he had never had any good luck with women. But in battle he is a fierce warrior with nobler spirit to strike down those who will get in his way.

Lyrics for Disillusion

Yume ni mite ita
Ano hi no kage ni
Todokanai sakebi

Asu no jibun ha
Nante egaite mo
Kienai negai ni nureru

Kobore ochiru kakera wo
Tsukamu sono te de
Yureru kokoro kakaete
Tobi konde ike yoru he

Dareka wo ate ni shite mo
Motomeru mono ja nai no dakara
Hontou no jibun ha koko ni irutte
Me wo tojite inaide

Kaze ni makarete garakuta jimita
Natsukashii egao
Asu no jibun nara
Nante inotte mo
Toozakaru kotae ha kasumu

Kogoesou na karada to
Hitohira no omoi
Kuchihateru sono maeni
Tobi koete ike yoru wo

Dareka wo ate ni shite mo
Motomeru mono ja nai no dakara
Hontou no jibun ha koko ni irutte
Me wo tojite inaide

Dare ka no tame ni ikite
Kono toki ga subete de ii deshou
Misekake no jibun ha sotto sutete
Tada ari no mama de

Lyrics for To The Beginning

(estia kasa misti firi ato
kontio aldia samaria)

Ato ichido dake
kiseki wa okoru darou?
Yasashii koe de
egaku yuganda mirai

Mou daremo nakanai
sekai no tame ni
akaku kegasareta sora no doko ni mo
todokazu kieru
sakebi to inori
nagusame wa sutete yukeru

Kirei na tsuki no hikari ga
hajimari he to shizumiyuku
sono kanata he
tozasareteku hitomi de
mada tooku he
te wo nobasu
kimi no nageki wo shinjite

(mi adista kondei samaria)

Hontou wa dare ga
sukuwaretakute
mayou kokoro ga sora ni
ana wo ugatsu

Kimi wo erande, tatta futari no
yorokobi wo sagaseta nara
donna tsumetai honoo ni
mi wo yakarete mo
hohoemi no chikaku

(mistio asanta adio)
Notautsu yume
(salta asiri koro)
inochi no imi
(mistio afiri adito)
obieteru kono sekai wo
sunda mizu no naka he
kaeshitai

kanashimi dake kese wa shinai
sonna hito no kokoro wo
kotowari sae kono te de
kirisaite
(down to zero we go)

Kirei na tsuki no hikari wa
tada shizuka ni hajimari he
kuchite yuku yo
tozasareta akogare wa
mada tooku he
yami no naka
kimi to ikita
hibi no subete
yasashii uta...

(Mistiosa sortiya imaya)