Al-Van Lunks

Al-Van Lunks is a fictional character in the Super Robot Wars series. He has appeared as an enemy character in Super Robot Wars Judgement, but made playable later in the game. In canon, he pilots a Laftkranz.

Personal Data

Name: Al-Van Lunks
AKA: Al-Van
Status: Fury
Rank: Fury Knight
Affiliations: Space Alliance Army (Before Judgement), Ashalley Kreutzer crews (Judgement), Fury (Judgement)
Relatives And Personal Affiliations: El-Selda Shun (Mentor), Calvina Coulange (Girlfriend)
Mecha: Laftkranz
Theme: Moon Knights (As an enemy character), Limit Over (If Touya Shun is the protagonist), Guardian Angel (If Calvina Coulange is the protagonist)

Personality And Traits

Al-Van is a Fury that puts his duty above all else. However, he is not blind with the surrounding of his actions and will adapt to the situation when possible. He acts like a loyal medieval knight in battle.

History

Al-Van is a high-ranking Fury Knight, possessing high honors and nobility among the Fury. He learned all of his fighting skills from his master, former Fury Knight El-Selda Shun, the father of Touya Shun, holding great respect for his mentor. Before the events of Judgment began, Al-Van was sent to the Ashalley Kreutzer facility, along with Jua-Mu Dalby, another Fury Knight, in order to infiltrate the Earth's military infrastructure, for the eventual invasion of the Fury. He enlisted a former Second Lieutenant of the Space Alliance Army, Calvina Coulange, to help him out in the facility. During their time together, Al-Van and Calvina were engaged in a relationship. Unfortunately, his superiors' orders came first, and when the order to destroy the facility was given, Al-Van did not hesitate and immediately obliterated everything. Calvina would survive the onslaught, though Al-Van was not aware of this.

During the events of Judgment, Al-Van would occasionally confront the protagonist (either Touya or Calvina), accompanied with Jua-Mu. Even so, Al-Van found out that his own conscience often conflicted with the Fury's ideals. After several failed attempts to destroy his enemies, Al-Van was taken back to the Fury homeship, the Gau-La Fury, and was demoted.

During the final attack against Gu-Landon Goetz, Al-Van eventually realized that he could no longer follow his superiors. He would defect to the protagonist's force and co-operated in the final battle against Gu-Landon. Afterwards, to help the humans escape from the collapsing Gau-La Fury, Al-Van conducted a suicidal attack. In Touya's route, the attempt was successful and the humans escaped. In his dying breath, Al-Van asked El-Selda whether he could see those who would inherit the future with love and bravery: the humans. In Calvina's route, however, she insisted that Al-Van not give up his life, and prevented the suicide attempt. Their efforts also saved their allies and escaped the Gau-La Fury. Al-Van ended up staying with Calvina once more, reconciling with their past sins.

Notes

It is actually possible for Al-Van to survive on Touya's route. The requirements for this involves Touya not ending up with any of the three female sub-pilots: Katia Grineal, Festenia Muse and Melua Melna Meia.

Trivia

*Fans have noted that Al-Van shares several similarities with fellow Banpresto Original character, Sanger Zonvolt. While Sanger's personality reflects that of an ancient Japanese samurai, Al-Van's personality resembles a medieval, European knight. Furthermore, Al-Van's preferred finisher for his Laftkranz, the Orgone Sword Final, resembles Sanger's Colossal Blade attacks in many ways.