Sir Lancelot

Sir Lancelot is the Arthurian Times' version of Shadow the Hedgehog. Lancelot is one of the Knights of the Round Table, the strongest and one of the greatest of the knights. Lancelot wields the legendary sword Arondight. Lancelot, along with his fellow knights Gawain and Percival, was sent by King Arthur to eliminate Sonic the Hedgehog when he arrived into their world. Lancelot was the first knight Sonic fought, and it was later mentioned by Sonic's sword Caliburn that Sonic defeated Lancelot by mere luck. This is somewhat supported by the fact that after beating the game, Lancelot can be fought again. In that fight, he is much harder, being faster than before and wielding Chaos powers, and still retaining the dialogue Sonic, Lancelot and Caliburn used in the original fight. As if this was really the fight itself.

After King Arthur turned out to be an illusion created by Merlin years ago and that it was all a plot orchestrated by Merlina, Lancelot, along with the other knights, set off to use the sacred swords to defeat Merlina. After the four swords formed a barrier around the castle and Sonic defeated Merlina, Caliburn revealed that Sonic was the true King Arthur of this world, and Lancelot, along with Gawain and Percival, bowed before Sonic before he (Sonic) went back to his own world.

Gameplay
Sir Lancelot's gameplay in Sonic and the Black Knight is quite similar to Sonic's gameplay. Just as Sonic, he has a homing attack, and can also use this attack in order to perform an aerial attack. Lancelot's variation of the Soul Surge, Chaos Punishment, makes him vanish and reappear in front of an enemy to slash him. While attacking an enemy with Chaos Punishment, all of their movement seems to be stopped. When used with no enemy near, Lancelot will glow blue and fly through the level like Shadow when using Chaos Control.

With his final sword named "Ddraig Goch", Lancelot can also use Chaos Spears by simply slashing with his sword. Also, Lancelot will combine his Chaos Punishment attack with a Chaos Blast when attacking an enemy.

Just as Percival and Gawain he can only be used in the levels Knight's Passage, Shrouded Forest, Great Megalith, The Cauldron and Dragon's Lair.

Also, like the other Knights of the Round Table, Lancelot cannot change his character style. He is a Knight-Style character.

Quotes
"I thought I was the Ultimate knight" - Lancelot after losing to Sonic after their second fight.

"Did I not tell you I was the Ultimate Knight!" - After winning a match in Sonic & the Black Knight multiplayer.

"I was far too careless! Tsk!" - Lancelot after losing to Sonic after their first fight.

"Knave the Hedgehog, eh? A fitting name, I might say" - Lancelot teasing Sonic.

"Are you truly a Knight? You seem more like a court jester" - Lancelot fighting Sonic

"Very well then. Brace yourself, Knave the Hedgehog!" - Lancelot just before fighting Sonic.

"Prepare to die!" - Lancelot while fighting the dragon

"The king's orders are absolute, Gawain" - Lancelot to Sir Gawain.

"We have orders from our king. Have you any last words?" - Lancelot to Merlina the Sorceress.

"There is nothing I cannot do!" - Lancelot while in the Great Megalinth.

Trivia

 * Lancelot is the only character in the game that wields a sword in a reverse grip.
 * Lancelot calls himself the Ultimate Knight, similar to how Shadow calls himself the Ultimate Lifeform.
 * "Ddraig Goch", one of Lancelot's weapons, is Welsh for "the Red Dragon" which is the Welsh flag.
 * Curiously, Lancelot uses the same hoverskates as Shadow (shown in the cutscene before Knight's Passage and during gameplay), despite the Grand Kingdom seeming to lack high technology.
 * In the Arthurian Legends, Lancelot is the adopted son of Nimue, Lady of the Lake.
 * This is the reason that Lancelot is called the Knight of the Lake.
 * Lancelot is the only Knight of the Round Table who drops his sword upon being defeated by Sonic and Caliburn.
 * Shadow is originally left-handed, but due to the Wii-Remote controls, Lancelot was made right-handed.
 * Lancelot is the only character whose medal can only be won in a battle against the respective character (there is a Legacy Mission in the Deep Woods where Lancelot is encountered, but the Medal of Lancelot cannot be won from it).
 * Lancelot seems to have more manners than Shadow does, probably because of his current occupation as a knight, therefore must be somewhat respectful and polite to his opponent.
 * Curiously, Lancelot's rating for either Hero Neutral or Villian he is listed as Neutral though he has done just about the same amount of killing that his fellow knights have done, though maybe because of his dispazition of being Shadow's dopplganger, or maybe because of the things that the 'Real Lancelot' has done that dishonour the code of the knights such as having a affair with the Queen and sleeping with a girl named Elaine.
 * In the cutscene before Merlina transformed into the "Dark Queen" Lancelot is seen with Percival and Gawain approching her and saying, "Any last words Merlina?" implying that he was going to kill her. Though according to the story Sonic took Lancelot's sword upon defeating him, and a "true knight" would kill her with his sword, and Lancelot was not in posession of his sword, at the time being, unless he planned to kill her with his bare hands; or possibly by Gawains Fists or by Percival's hands, because she can still light up flames, even without her rapier. But this still remains unanswered.
 * In the Arthurian Legends, Lancelot is the Father of Sir Galahad.
 * An interesting note in the legends is that Lancelot's original birthname was Galahad.


 * Under the Lists of Lancelot's likes it has Sir Galahad, possibly only because he is his son, other wise it might say he likes him to an extent, (maybe despite being his son, Lancelot still might find Galahad to be somewhat annoying.)
 * When Lancelot fights Sonic for the second time and by wielding his final weapon "Ddraig Goch", he shows that he can still wield Chaos powers. Although the Chaos Emeralds don't exist in the Arthurian Legends. This could be to keep him true to his original doppelganger, Shadow.
 * Lancelot stated that the Knights of the Round Table must disband with the absence of a King Arthur. He may have referenced the fact that in the Arthurean Legends, after Arthur's death at Avalon, the Knights of the Round Table disbanded.
 * During the cutscene before the final battle, Merlina mentions "Lancelot and Gawain's Rift". She may be refering to Lancelot's affair with Guinevere. Also, during Guinevere's execution, Gawain tried to convince his brothers to turn against it, but Lancelot killed all of Gawain's brothers (except his half-brother Mordred). That act turned Gawain and Lancelot into enemies, indicating the "rift" that Merlina was referring to.
 * The Lancelot in 'Sonic and the Black Knight' might have Magic powers such as allowing his shoes to work like Hover skates and allowing him to use Chaos powers like his doppleganger Shadow does.
 * Lancelot's strongest sword, Ddraig Goch, has a dragon at the handle whose spines are like Lancelot's hair