Character from The Realm of the Elderlings by Robin Hobb
Chade's son, assigned to guard Bee — a young nobleman trying to prove himself worthy of a father who never publicly claimed him.
Lant begins the Fitz and the Fool trilogy as a somewhat hapless young man — assigned by Chade to serve as Bee's tutor and protector at Withywoods, overwhelmed by the responsibility and nursing a drug dependency. The attack by the Servants that nearly kills him and results in Bee's kidnapping transforms him from a courtly decoration into someone with actual resolve. He is Chade's unacknowledged bastard, which gives him a complicated kinship with Fitz — they are both products of Farseer men who loved in secret and children who grew up in the shadow of a name they couldn't claim.
Tall and handsome with the Fallstar features, though less weathered than Chade. He carries himself with the studied poise of someone who has been trained in courtly arts but hasn't quite grown into them. A facial scar from the attack on Withywoods adds a harder edge to an otherwise refined appearance.
Also known as: Lant, FitzVigilant, Vigilant