Lancelot du Lac

Lancelot, a character in the Guinevere book, is Camelot's best knight and one of your love interests. He/She first appeared in Chapter 1.

Appearance

Lancelot's appearance is determined by the player. You state that male Lancelot is tall and well-muscled. Lancelot's body is crisscrossed with a dozen faded scars. In Chapter 9, Your Character tells both genders that he/she is tall and well-muscled and that he/she would be too heavy to drag if he/she were to fall on his/her face.

Personality

Lancelot is a very skilled fighter, and can be described as mischievous and bold. Before knowing who you are, he/she is flirty and says that he/she always notices danger and beauty. However, once he/she realizes that you are Arthur/Artura's betrothed, he/she changes his/her demeanor and apologizes for his/her behaviour. As a Knight, Lancelot is respectful, loyal, and dutiful, vowing to keep his/her oaths and serve as your protector.

According to Arthur/Artura, Lancelot has always believed in making his/her own fate. According to Lancelot, he/she fought his/her whole life to shape his/her own destiny and does not believe that anything is truly inescapable until it happens.

If you go to the orchard in Chapter 2 and pick Lancelot at the maypole in Chapter 6, Lancelot says that he/she has always preferred dancing outdoors under the sky.

In Chapter 12 if "I doubt my attackers would summon a ball of light" is selected, Lancelot says that he/she has learned to be wary of magic in any form.

Background

Chapters

Guinevere

Chapter 1: The Woman Who Would Be Queen
Chapter 2: The Crown and the Sword
Chapter 3: A Snake in the Walls
Chapter 4: Tangled Threads
Chapter 5: By Sword and Lance
Chapter 6: Festival of the Round
Chapter 7: The Hunt
Chapter 8: An Elusive Truth
Chapter 9: A Knight's Oath
Chapter 10: The Joyous Gard
Chapter 11: Things Yet to Come
Chapter 12: Lady in Waiting
Chapter 13: Bound
Chapter 14: Camelot's Fall
Chapter 15: A Kingdom Asunder
Chapter 16: Threads of Fate
Chapter 17: Bonds of Union

Relationships

Arthur/Artura Pendragon

At the end of Chapter 1, Lancelot says that he/she swore to protect Arthur/Artura and Camelot. In Chapter 2, Lancelot tells you that Arthur/Artura is like a brother/sister to him/her. When you see the vision of Arthur/Artura and Lancelot fighting outside of a destroyed Camelot however, you wonder what could drive a wedge between them and ruin their friendship.

Your Character

You meet Lancelot for the first time in Chapter 1, while he/she is sparring with another knight. At first he/she tries to flirt with you, but backs off and apologizes once he/she finds out that you are Arthur/Artura's betrothed. After you see the vision of Arthur/Artura and him/her fighting, you decide to get to know him/her to see if there's truth to it. Regardless of your actions towards Lancelot, he/she is attracted to you but does not act on said feelings in front of Arthur/Artura. In Chapters 5 & 9, he/she is newly wounded. In both chapters, you have the opportunity to tend to the respective wounds. Shortly before both times, he/she is hesitant about letting you but accepts the help if respective scene is taken. If you tend to his/her wounds in Chapter 5, that scene is mentioned before the Chapter 9 scene and alluded to in a premium Chapter 7 scene. If you kiss him/her in Chapter 9 and/or in Chapter 10, you think about that kiss in Chapter 11.

Agravaine

If you chose Lancelot to be your champion at the joust, he/she defeats Agravaine at the end of the joust.

Sir Bedivere

If you chose Arthur/Artura to be your champion at the joust, Sir Bedivere defeats Lancelot some time before the end.

Morgana

In a premium Chapter 8 scene, Lancelot says that he/she tried to befriend Morgana when he/she first came to court. At some time, he/she found out that Morgana had been seeking a rare plant and brought it to her hoping to show that he/she had no wish to be her enemy. Morgana seemed to see that action as false charity. In the same scene, he/she says that he/she defended Morgana against rumors in the past, for Arthur's/Artura's sake. Morgana consorting with known detractors makes it hard for Lancelot to trust her. These two characters seem to start to make amends towards the end of Chapter 8.

Yvaine

While in the cellar during the premium party grail scene, Yvaine says that she challenged Lancelot to an arm wrestling match.

Character Customization

Other Looks

Female

Male

Miscellaneous

Trivia

A female version of Lancelot is shown on the cover of Guinevere.
In various versions of the Arthurian legend, the Lady of the Lake raised Lancelot after the death of his royal parents. This is why his surname is du Lac - French for "of the Lake."
A comment early in Chapter 2 seems to imply that Lancelot knows some kind of magic and that it is different than Merlin's.
Chapter 2 reveals that he/she was born in France. The conversation shortly after that comment differs slightly based on Lancelot's gender.
In Chapter 4, he/she claims to have better eyesight than Arthur/Artura.
Towards the end of his/her Chapter 6 flashback scene, Arthur/Artura says to both genders "You have the strength and prowess of three knights in one body."
In Chapter 13, Arthur/Artura says that Lancelot once swam across a flooded river to flank an enemy encampment.