Sir Lancelot

Sir Lancelot (ランスロット) 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 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
''"The king's orders are absolute, Gawain." ''- Lancelot to Sir Gawain when Gawain questions the King's orders.

''"I have found you, apprentice knight, enemy of my King!" ''- Lancelot's first words during Sonic's first encounter with Lancelot.

"I am Lancelot, Knight of the Round Table. I challenge you to a duel!" - Lancelot introducing himself in the first fight against Sonic.

[To Sonic]: ''"What shall it be? Will you abandon your sword and flee?" ''Lancelot when beginning to fight Sonic.

"May I have your name, apprentice knight?" - Lancelot asking Sonic for his name before they fight.

"Very well then. Brace yourself, Knave the Hedgehog!" - Lancelot after Caliburn tells him that Sonic's name is Knave.

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

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

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

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

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

"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.

"There's nothing I cannot do!" - Lancelot while in the Great Megalith.

"CHAOS PUNISHMENT!" - Lancelot when using Soul Surge.

"No holding back!" - Using Soul Surge when no enemies are around.

''"A stone, in the Dragon's Lair?" ''- Lancelot when starting the timed-level in Dragon's Lair.

''"A battle against a dragon? This is going to be interesting indeed." ''-After encountering the dragon in the Dragon's Lair.

''"Over at last." ''-After defeating the dragon in the Dragon's Lair.

"Anyone who can hide from me can surely boast of a great deed." -When starting a "find the hidden fairies" mission.

''"Ultimate victory!" ''-After receiving five Mastery Stars on a mission.

''"Twas a trifling matter." ''-After receiving four Mastery Stars on a mission.

"All's well that ends well." - After receiving three Mastery Stars on a mission.

''"I accept a challenge!" ''-When Selected in Battle Mode.

"Put your faith in me!'- When selected in Battle Mode.

"I"ll show you where you stand!"- When selected in Battle Mode.

"Are you prepared?"- When accepted as character to be played in Battle Mode.

"Time to fly!"-During the "Reach the Goal" mission in the Shrouded Forest.

"A stone? In the Dragon's lair?!"-When starting the "Reach the Goal" mission for the Dragon's Lair.

"I HAVE FAILED!!"-When falling into a bottomless pit.

"For the kingdom and its people!"-Lancelot and Gawain when they retrieve their swords.

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 hoverskates like Shadow (shown in the cutscene before Knight's Passage and during gameplay), despite the Grand Kingdom seeming to lack high technology. His shoes could be powered by fairy magic. They are more armored than Shadow's, though.
 * In the Arthurian Legends, Lancelot is the adopted son of Nimue, Lady 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.
 * 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.


 * 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.
 * During the cutscene before the final battle, Merlina mentions "Lancelot and Gawain's Rift". This is a reference to the latter part of the Arthurian cycle. Following the exposure of Lancelot and Guinevere's affair, Guinevere was sentenced to execution. Lancelot saved her, but in the process killed Gawain's brothers, Gareth and Gaheris (and, in some tellings, Agravain). This turned Gawain and Lancelot into enemies, and split the Round Table, with some knights joining Lancelot and some joining Gawain, leading to a civil war.
 * Lancelot's strongest sword, Ddraig Goch, has a dragon at the handle whose spines are like Lancelot's hair.
 * Even though Shadow is immortal, Sir Lancelot was not artificially created, making him mortal.
 * Lancelot is King Arthur's nephew according to one of the obtainable books in the treasury.
 * When Lancelot starts to run and skates slow his wheels are gray, but when he skates really fast it becomes gold / yellow
 * Both Shadow and Lancelot (technically speaking) serve the government.
 * When Lancelot equips his final weapon, Ddraig Goch, he is able to use Chaos Spears when he slashes his sword and Chaos Blast when he uses Soul surge. The Chaos Blast is combined with the Chaos Punishment. (Chaos Punishment is his first Soul Surge and is technically, Chaos Control.)
 * Lancelot is the first Knight of the Round Table that Sonic fights.
 * Lancelot is the only knight when after being defeated, does not show a cutscene that he is defeated.
 * Oddly, when you fight Lancelot a second time, he uses abilities that can only be used with his final sword, Ddraig Goch, but if you look closely, he is still using Arondight.
 * Strangely enough while Shadow has a yellow aura, Lancelot instead has a red aura.
 * The cutscene after Lancelot's battle caliburn says that he is the mightiest of all the knights of the round table, he was the easiest to defeat though . And later in "Lancelot returns" he is the strongest of all