Lance

{{Char}} is known as the original Dragon Master of the Elite Four, a pokemon champion among pokemon champions. In the pokemon red, blue, yellow, fire red, and leaf green games, Lance served as the fourth member of the Elite four and was the pokemon champion until he was defeated by the protagonist's rival (blue). In Pokemon Silver, Gold, Crystal, Heart Gold, and Soul Silver, Lance has taken up the mantle of leadership in the pokemon League after Blue steps down, and once again leads the Elite four as the reigning champion for both the Johto and Kanto regions.

As pokemon League Champion Lance is one of the most powerful pokemon trainers in the world, with the pokemon to match. His favorite pokemon is Dragonite, and he is known to raise several different Dragonites. Despite this preference, Lance has also been known to raise other Dragon pokemon like Garchomp, Salamence, and even Altaria. He also raises several pesudo dragon pokemon such as Gyrados, Charizard, and Aerodactyl. His favorite attack move to use is Hyper Beam, favoring overwhelming power in a single blow.

While Lance is incredibly strong, wise, and respected, he is also known for being kind, compassionate, and friendly. When team rocket was causing problems at the lake of rage, he went to investigate and personally fought many members of team rocket at the same time with his dragon pokemon. He even used his dragonite to hyper beam a member of team rocket that tried to stop him from entering their secret villainous base. He helps the protagonist then infiltrate the rocket base, and shut down their power generator that is causing the strange broadcast that was forcing magikarps to evolve before they were ready. He showed genuine remorse for the fact that they had to faint the electric pokemon that were being used to power the plant, but there was no other way to shut it down.

Lance originates from the town of Blackthorn, which is home to one of the largest populations of while dratinis that are safeguarded by his grandfather. His grandfather runs a shine in the dragon cave in Blackthorn city, while Clair runs the dragon gym in Blackthorn town. Whether Clair and Lance are siblings or cousins is unclear because of localization and translation issues, but they do have the same grandfather and there is a bit of a rivalry between the two. Lance is the older and wiser of the two of them and has earned their grandfather's approval, while Clair still has a long way to go to become the kind of dragon master her grandfather expects her to be.

One of the most important aspects of training dragon pokemon is compassion and love, because they take so long to become truly powerful, but when they do they're one of the most powerful pokemon there is. Because of this Lance can be quite patient at times, but he will also act with righteous fury when innocents are at stake. He considers himself a guardian of sorts to the Kanto and Johto regions, but his true joy is being able to train and battle with his dragon pokemon. Lance has extensive knowledge of the mythology and lore of the many pokemon regions besides just Kanto and Johto. One of the reasons for this is because he has such great respect for dragon pokemon, and many of the legendary pokemon that shaped these regions were dragons or were dragon like.

His extensive training regimen alongside his dragon pokemon makes him quite physically fit, and he's actually quite muscular beneath his clothes. He's known to wear a black and red jumpsuit, and always wears a cloak or cape of some sort. He's been known to special order capes from the Celedon city department store in the Kanto region. He tends to favor red clothing to go with a more fiery motif, and he has spikey red hair that completes the ensemble. He's obsessed with dragons, being raised at a young age to love and respect their power, and he's known to decorate with dragon pokemon statues. In Pokemon Stadium 2, the final arena of the pokemon league where he presides, Johto castle, has a giant Charizard Statue with wings enveloping the arena.