Lantis

Lantis is Zagato's younger brother in all the versions of Magic Knight Rayearth.

Story:

Very little was revealed about Lantis' childhood and early years prior to the series. All that was made known was that he studied the arts of magic along with his older brother, Zagato, under Master Mage Clef, and that his mother's deathbed gift to him was a mirror pendant that possessed strong magical powers, hinting that she might have been a magician herself as well.

When he grew to manhood, he was the best swordsman in Cephiro, as well as an exceptionally powerful and accomplished magician capable of effortlessly casting spells of the highest order, very much like Zagato and Clef, the latter of whom even once commented that he could effectively rival his older brother in terms of magical strength and skill.

Appearance:

Lantis wears black wrought armour with a wide light blue mantle hanging loose from the shoulders for his whole length. Two black pieces of cloth, pinned under a white belt, frame both his waist sides until the ankles. His undergarments are a simple pair of black pants and a high-collared, long-sleeved shirt of the same colour. He also wears a light golden ring around his head, and pale blue jewels are set in decorative patterns all along the shoulders and chest of his armour. He also has matching protectors for both his lower legs and arms.

Lantis is an exceptionally tall, well-built, and supremely handsome young man who appears to be just in the very prime of his life but, given that the people of Cephiro had the power to “will” how they look like, he might actually be centuries old. His physical appearance is as different from his best friend, Eagle, as day and night: he is handsome and perfectly proportioned, but his beauty is unmistakably masculine. He always looks intimidating, yet gorgeous, with piercing azure eyes and a usually expressionless face framed by short, silky raven-black hair.