Lance had to grow up fast, with his single mother working long hours to support their family of three and Lance being left at home to care for his younger brother. As a result, he's independent and resourceful, long used to figuring things out on his own and using what he has.

Aware of the sacrifices his mother made in order to give him and his brother a comfortable life, Lance worked hard at school and didn't act up. The first eleven years of his life were rather dull until a mysterious letter - carried by an owl, of all things - arrived on his doorstep. So Lance learned that he was a wizard, and his mother sent him off to Hogwarts, believing that he could have a better future there than she could ever give him.

He's bright and intelligent, though that can be hard to discern at first glance, as he tends to be rather vapid in conversation. That's because to him, if he doesn't care about something, it isn't worth his time or effort. As a result, he does the bare minimum he could stand. To Lance, though, the "bare minimum" means excelling in his classes.

It's easy to view Lance as lazy and unmotivated. In some ways, that's true. It often looks like he is doing little, though those are usually periods of intense thinking. He also has no idea what he wants to do when he grows up, leading to a lack of passion in any particular academic subject, though things do grab his interest from time to time.

Lance is short and thin, with messy brown hair and hazel eyes. He is rather unremarkable in appearance.