Lanz

Lanz (, Lanz) is a playable character in Xenoblade Chronicles 3 and a soldier from Keves.

Appearance and personality
Lanz has a remarkably tall and muscular physique with distinctive grey skin and white hair. The golden lines along his face and arms resemble the skin of Machina, however for his age and his appearance is closer to that of a Homs. He wears military style grey cargo pants, a tight grey tank top, some kind of black and blue coat adorning the Keves symbol, and black metallic boots. Additionally, he wears metallic gloves. During his time as a soldier, Lanz wears full sleeves underneath his coat, and black pants. His term mark is located on his chin.

Lanz uses a Shieldblade in battle that also acts as a shield, as well as a turret, which he uses to protect his friends.

He is known as reliable ally who goes great lengths to protect his friends, even if he puts his own life in danger.

As Ouroboros
When interlinking with Sena, Lanz takes on one of two Ouroboros forms: one associated with himself, the other with Sena. Lanz's Ouroboros form is a broad, deep-purple humanoid with a glowing core in its chest. Its upper body is surrounded by concentric rings resting on its shoulders, which support two large upright turrets behind the head. Its main weapons are large gauntlets on its fists, which may be turned around to function as a front-facing scattershot laser cannon.

Lanz's Ouroboros is extremely effective at directly taking hits to shield allies. Its shield is strong enough to tank a sustained attack from a Ferronis's main cannon, and its effective blocking size is several times larger than the Ouroboros form itself. Its offensive capabilities consist of slow shots from long or short range, combined with faster punches and grapples when close-up.

Story arc
Lanz is a childhood friend of Noah and like him a Keves soldier.

Gameplay
See Lanz/Gameplay (XC3)

Concept art
Lanz