Lancer's real name is Scáthach, a female warrior-queen from the Ulster Cycle of Celtic mythology. The queen and guardian of the foreign territory frequented the land called "Land of Shadows", she is a prodigy of the spear and the magic of the runes. She possesses power immense enough to gain control and close the door to the "Land of Shadows", which is teeming with countless ghosts, to drive away the dead. It has been said that she became the mentor of Cú Chulainn, who would later become the hero of Ulster, guiding him, teaching him all manner of techniques, and even bestowing on him his favorite magical spear. She also instructed her son
