Lance

was Galant's best friend and thrid in comand in their guild, the Royal Knights.

Chronology
Galant and Lance had been friends since child, and shere many common insterests among their group of friends. He was trapped alongside them in the Death-Game SAO, and  decided to form a guild with them. As time passed they gianed place among the top clearers. Lance specialized in using as weapon a curved sword, who futherly evolved to become a Katana, as he knew to used it with deadly skill.

He was killed among the rest of the Guild by Lauthing Coffin during the Maximus Quest, to find the Legendary Sword, Maximus Caliburn. Lance was the first to be killed of the entire guild.

Trivia

 * Lance is based on one of my best friends and his Name is based on Lancelot, a Knight from the Arthurian Legend.