Lotor
Prince Lotor is a male animated villain who features in Voltron.
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Biography
Voltron: Defender of the Universe
Crown Prince Lotor was the male offspring of King Zarkon who was the ruler of Planet Doom. At some unknown point, he was dispatched by his father to lead a military expedition of conquest of numerous worlds. As such, he commanded his forces and went into deep space to plunder worlds for slaves and riches. During this time, he heard rumors of the defeat of his father's forces by the super-robot Voltron. Following his successes, he returned to Planet Doom where he was greeted by Zarkon and was congratulated by the planetary governors. Prince Lotor informed his father of the defeats of Planet Doom had emboldened their enemies with the King attributing their losses to the incompetent military leadership of Commander Yurak. Zarkon had intended to punish the military commander by banishing him from the homeworld. However, Lotor intervened and offered Yurak a means at redemption as part of his scheme to defeat the Voltron Force. This saw Prince Lotor attack Planet Arus where he introduced himself to the Voltron Force and challenged them to single combat. Keith of the Space Explorers accepted with the two dueling at an isolated plane. Lotor, however, cheated and used this opportunity to knock out Keith whereupon he unleashed Yurak who had been transformed into a Robeast against the remaining four lions.
In a meeting between Zarkon and the rulers of Planet Pollux, Lotor met Princess Romelle who he became attracted to due to her resemblance to Allura. While Romelle was initially friendly to Lotor, she quickly came to dislike him. He later went to Pollux on a joint mission to destroy Voltron. The mission failed, and Lotor betrayed Pollux, capturing Romelle in the process and from then on holding her as a prisoner on Doom.
One day, he was ordered to marry Princess Corral. Wanting Allura as his bride instead, he, Corral, and Haggar devised a plan to capture the princess by placing her in a magical sleep, effectively faking her death. After Allura was put to sleep, a funeral was held and Lotor hijacked the ceremonial carriage. The Voltron Force stopped him, although he got away. He later ordered his guards to take Corral away after his plan failed, rejecting her.
Voltron: Third Dimension
In the last battle with the Voltron Force, Lotor was mortally wounded when Voltron destroyed his command ship. Though he was retrieved, Lotor was a shell of his former self. in order to save his life, Alliance doctors rebuilt Lotor using metal limbs and body parts. Subsequently, Lotor was incarcerated under maximum security conditions at the prison facility Bastille 12. However, he escaped and perpetrated his revenge on the heroes, though he still has feelings for Allura.
Voltron Force
Killed by Voltron some years prior to the start of the series, Lotor was resurrected by Maahox, using the power of Haggarium. He assumes the throne of Doom. With Maahox as his advisor, he collects Haggarium and launches several attacks against Arus and Voltron for the purpose of gathering data. He even takes on Voltron by himself, until Voltron in its Red Center formation kills him. Of course, he was revived. He and Maahox create the Predator Robeast, a groups of five Robeasts that combine into one, much like how five lions combine to Voltron. Predator Robeast was one the edge of defeating Voltron when Lotor recalled it.
Lotor and Maahox eventually developed a Haggarium-powered suit that allowed the king to turn into a giant Robeast. This ability was first tested on Planet Balto, during a mission to collect data about Voltron. While Voltron defeated the Lotor Robeast, the king had held on long enough for Maahox to gather a significant amount of data.
Voltron: Legendary Defender
Lotor was born as the only son of Galra Emperor Zarkon and his wife, the then Altean Alchemist Empress Honerva. When Lotor was conceieved, his parents rejoiced that the empire would have an heir. While Honerva was still in her early pregnancy stage, she and her husband decided on names with Zarkon suggesting Koltor, the name of a Galra conqueror though Honerva wished to name her son Lotarius after an Altean explorer, struggling to choose which name to decide on, the two combined their choices and named their son, Lotor. After years of being exposed to a major amount of Quintessence, Honerva fell gravely ill and in a final attempt to save their son's life, Honerva and Zarkon entered the Rift which seemingly killed them. After some time, the two returned though corrupted by the Quintessence. Despite his parents now corrupted, Lotor was born in good shape and healthy, though Honerva, now amnesic, refused to acknowledge her son as her own kin and Zarkon coldly commanded the doctor to take his crying, infant son away. Once Lotor became slightly older, a Galra named Dayak assumed the role of Governess for many of Lotor's young years. As his sessions with the Governess went on, Lotor would be presented to his father for progress updates, during which, the young Galra would ask Zarkon where his mother was, still cold and distance, Zarkon would always tell his son that his mother was gone. Eventually, Lotor began forming a bond with Kova, a cat that once belonged to his mother. Then old enough to act as a Galra commander, Lotor was given a mission which involved him taking over a planet to harvest its Quintessence. Unlike his father, Lotor believed that working alongside its inhabitants would be much healthier and efficient for both sides, after Zarkon and Haggar arrived to foresee the progress, Zarkon became furious at the idea of his son wanting to ally himself with another species, Honerva, now known by Haggar, stunned the young prince and after waking up, Lotor watched as the planet had already been destroyed and drained with no survivors, furious by what he saw, Lotor yelled at Zarkon and as a result, his father banished him from the Galra Empire. After being banished, Lotor went around the universe and eventually met four hybrids who had Galran blood in them, Acxa, Zethrid, Ezor and Narti, who was blind, during his exile, Lotor and his new generals, started an Altean Colony which seemingly acted as a safe haven for Alteans. However, an Altean named Romelle discovered the truth after finding her brother, Bandor, in a crater and drained of his Quintessence, part of Lotor's cause included accepting Alteans to the Colony whom he believed were fit enough and who he deemed as acceptable.
After his father was critically injured by Voltron, Lotor was brought back to the empire to assume his role as heir to the throne. To prove he was worthy of taking over, Lotor was ordered to fight within a ring in front of an audience where Lotor challenged Throk, a Galra who looked down on Lotor for how he fought, despite winning his fight and having the opportunity to kill Throk, Lotor spared him and instead offered his opponent a chance to stand beside him whilst making a speech to his citizens on how backstabbing got their race nowhere and because of that, he himself would change it. After walking away from the fight, Lotor, now out of earshot of Throk, commanded his generals to leave the opponent on a desserted planet after they asked him what to do about him. After testing Voltron, Lotor deemed them unworthy and plotted to steal their lions and instead moved his focus on acquiring tbe Trans-Reality comet, after being forced retiring from his role of temporary ruler of the Galran empire, Lotor returned to seemingly side with his supposed enemies and was hunted down by the empire and his father. After killing Narti, Lotor and the surviving generals split apart, he then went on to ally himself with Voltron after saving the Coalition from being fatally attacked by Haggar. Though presenting himself as an ally, the Paladins did not trust the Prince and kept him secured in a cell in the Castle of Lions. Only after the trade that involved Zarkon trading Samuel Holt back to his children so long as Lotor was given to the empire, Lotor was almost sent back to his father but killed him in battle after he noticed that the Sam present was in fact a hologram, during the battle, Lotor successfully killed his father and allowed the real Sam to re-unite with his son and daughter. Soon after, Lotor warned his new allies of the Kral Zera, an even that included strong, worthy Galra fighting against each other in order to obtain the throne, something which Lotor explained would result in further genocide, despite objections and not wanting to be involved, Shiro, though the clone of him, escorted Lotor to the Kral Zera, Lotor then won and officially resumed his role as rightful heir to his late father's throne.
As Emperor, Lotor commanded that Quintessence should be harnessed from the Rift so that it could be given to Zarkon's former commanders. During this, he managed to convinced Princess Allura to travel to the planet Oriande with him so the two could gain secrets and knowledge, despite failing the test, Lotor continued to be adamant on his plans, as their journey came to an end, Lotor, along with Allura, journeyed into the Rift and harnessed a purer form of Quintessence, after returning to the castle, Lotor and Allura began getting closer only to be cut short once Lotor was confronted by the Paladins, and an angry Romelle about his past history on what he had done with the Alteans on the colonies. After being captured by his former generals who were on orders given to them by Haggar, Lotor was returned to his mother, who attempted to apologize for her actions. Lotor cut her short in response and then admitted to Ezor and Zethrid that his split from them was only a ruse so that he could easily ally himself with Voltron. During an attack, Lotor declared his idea to obliterate all his enemies, which included the Galra. Combining all the Sincline ships into one, Lotor engaged in his final battle with Voltron after attempting to enter the Quintessence Field. Voltron succeeded and Lotor was killed. His body became a decomposing, melting corpse that was recovered by Haggar, now going by her original name Honerva, who declared to avenge her son. After Honerva entered a reality in which she had died long ago, she discovered her husband and son were alive and well. In the reality, Lotor was still a young boy who was loved deeply by Zarkon and excelled in his Altean studies. When Honerva attempted to reunite with the young boy, Lotor seemingly became excited to see his mother but after noting that the woman in front of him was not his mother by saying his real mother was dead, Honerva experienced a heart-break and then a psychotic break. After Honerva and Allura sacrificed themselves to save the universe, Lotor was among the spirits who eventually welcomed Honerva into his life.
Overview
Personality and attributes
In appearance, Lotor was a humanoid with light purple skin with long white hair and yellow slit eyes. Typically, he was shown wearing a regal military uniform that showcased his status as royalty on Planet Doom.
Lotor was shown as being a selfish individual, caring only for what he wants. Lotor appears to take a sadistic delight in misery and pain. Any 'weakness' Lotor displays on his own part is a ruse or other ploy to either gain advantage or in the case of his lost duel versus his father Zarkon, a means to save face.
Powers and abilities
Lotor was gifted in the use of other melee weapons. Showing proficiency with a halberd weapon, Lotor is equally adept with energy sidearms such as a laser pistol. Lotor not only began his military career at a very young age, but conquered his first world as a boy. While age has not given Lotor necessarily more wisdom and discipline, it has increased his skill and more importantly, his scope of conquest.
Notes
- Lotor was voiced by actor Lennie Weinrib where he featured in the setting of the Voltron universe.
- The character was adapted from the Japanese Prince Sincline from.
In other media
Comic Books
Appearances
- Voltron: Defender of the Universe:
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