Formerly known as "Alphonse Tartare", he changed his name to "Alphonse Loeher" due to changes in his familial situation. He is a soldier under the command of Rictor Lasanti, his old friend, who is on a campaign to the island of Ovis. The island has been in a state of revolution. Because of a storm, Rictor, Alphonse, and their company are forced to land elsewhere. While resting, they are attacked by mercenaries hired by someone to stop them. Eventually they win the battle, but afterwards an assassin hiding on the side aims and fires an arrow at Rictor.
Alphonse takes the arrow, and is thrown off a cliff. He drifts onto a shore near the home of Eleanor, a young woman. She takes care of him. Alphonse goes back on his mission, with the help of Ivanna, a soldier from one of the countries of Ovis. Eventually he gets tied into the Hand of the Pope, his country's religious leader's secret organization.
The Pope is planning a coup d'etat on Lodis, and Rictor, knowing this, opposes him. Alphonse, nevertheless, sides with the Hand of the Pope. Eventually, it becomes known that one of the countries perpetuating the war on Ovis wants to revive Shaher, the fallen angel, with the lance of Longicolnis. Alphonse tries to stop the resurrection, but it happens anyway. He then battles Shaher, and when he is about to lose, Eleanor sacrifices her life to make Shaher be forgiven by God. Since Alphonse had fallen in love with Eleanor, he enters a depression, having lost his best friend, Rictor, in a battle against him, and his one love.
Further Story
Alphonse returns to Lodis, where the Pope nominates him as "Lans Tartare", an official knight of the "Roslolian Knights". He eventually becomes a templar, and soon, a "Death Templar", leading the Roslolians. He steals the Holy Sword, "Brunhild", from the Kingdom of Zenobia. He is then assigned to work for Bishop Branta on the island of Valeria, which is also in a state of civil war. The treaty with the Bishop is merely a mask to hide the Roslolian's true intention, which is to find the treasure of the former King of Valeria.
For some unknown reason, Alphonse refuses to use the Brunhild to open the seal on the tomb, where King Dolgare's treasure is. Instead, he seeks to find a young revolutionary's "sister", who is actually the daughter of the king, to open the seal. He persuades her to join him, and she does. Before opening the seal, however, Tartare does several other things, which cause him to lose the Princess of Valeria to her "brother".
Lans decides to abandon his mission, and goes to the Bishop to inform him of his departure. He is then betrayed by some of his knights and imprisoned, and the Brunhild is stolen from him. The knights also desire the King's treasure. Somehow, Alphonse and his two faithful lieutenants escape imprisonment, and seek passage back to Lodis.
Trivia
* He lost his right eye in a fight against the Zenobian paladin Lans Hamilton, this probably happened when Lodis went Zenobia to steal Brunhild.
* He commands 1 of the 12 divisions of the army of Lodis. He works directly for Pope Saldian with the honorable title of ¨Death Templar¨, and is also leader of the Roslolian Dark Knights, the aforementioned division.
* His Element is earth, and his alignment is Lawful according to Tactics Ogre : Let Us Cling Together.
* His title (Lans Tartare) is likely an homage to the soldiers of Tatar (or Tartar), many of whom carried oversized lances, which gave way to the now outdated phrase "Heavy as a Tartar's lance." His connection with the lance of Longicolnis furthers this allusion.
Lans' element is not Earth. His element in LuCT will always be the opposite of Denim's chosen element.
Also, you are going by the english translation regarding "Tartare". I believe in Japanese it translates closer to "Torturer". He was tortured by Nichart in KoL, and it is presumed he gave Lans Hamilton the same treatment in LuCT.
It's worth noting that Yasumi Matsuno did not write the Knight of Lodis, so it is unlikely the title of "Lans" has anything to do with Longicolnis (as it was meant to be short for Lancelot), or that Tartare has anything to do with knights that used lance's (or else Lans would likely use one in combat rather than a sword).
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3. 16-02-2009 22:50
Also, your summary of KoL is way off base. It is Rictor's father who was planning to conquer Lodis, not the Pope. It is very unlikely Rictor's father knew anything about the church's plan for a coup considering this event did not even take place for ANOTHER TEN YEARS!
Also, Alphonse never enters a depression after losing Eleanor and Rictor. If anything, his military career takes off and he becomes Pope Saldian's most trusted knight.
Guest
4. 29-06-2009 12:31
I like this game very much.It is so interested that I like this game than the other game
Guest
5. 09-09-2009 00:43
alphonse loeher doesn't lose eleanor in the fight with shaer, cybil sacrifices herself at the very end... rictor doesn't die, he marries ivanna, elanor and alphonse leave lodis together. also in other page i read that he "can damage the soul of his foe" i think he's a warlock, anyway i own the tactics ogre the knight of lodis and i own alphonse as a warlock and he's the wind element, i decided to make turn him to a warlock cuz his stats are very balanced.... 4 example knight: high attack and defense but low spell defense... swordmaster: good attack and agility but low spell defense... dragoon; high attack good speed but very low spell defense. so a warlock is the best class 4 him: good attack, intelligence and agility also that his barren soul can damage heavliliy armored foes with low spell def, such as dragoons, even though atropos is a powerful techinque it doesn't damage heavy armored foes asu barren soul that is based on intelligence
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6. 04-12-2009 18:33
There are Five different ends for KoL. The "right" one (The one wich preceeds Luct) is the one that Eleanos sacrifices herself. The another ones are alternative ends, like the one that Tom said.
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7. 13-05-2010 10:52
well my guest friend you only beat ending B. there are 4 endings in tkol, and the A ending, where rictor dies before chapter 3, is canon. Alphonse is one of the main antagonists in luct and grade A bad ass, so if he is grade A bad ass in luct, and ending A in KoL results in his name change to lans, then this is obviously the true ending. but im sure you know this by now
Guest
8. 22-07-2010 08:06
Tom, you are correct, and so is the post. However, the post is more correct. In KoL, it is possible to get 5 different endings all together. If you choose one path, you get Richtor and Olson. If you choose the other, you get Cybil and her ninja assistant. Since you chose Richtor's path, Cybil sacrificed herself (giving you Ending B). However, if you choose Cybil's path, Eleanor sacrifices herself (giving you Ending A, which is the true ending).
Ending A leads to the events of LuCT.
Guest
9. 07-12-2010 05:06
IDIOT... ALPHONSE ENTERED DEPRESSION BECAUSE OF ELEANOR AND RICTOR'S DEATH
Guest
10. 01-01-2011 09:26
@Rashidi - You don't know Japanese and you don't know how the author did. Stop complaining.
@Tom - lol.
Guest
11. 10-11-2011 22:17
Stop attacking each other over something YOU ALL LIKE, fags. =)
