Lance Chula was born from his mother, Anna Chula, a vicious Venom officer that was known for killing Fox McCloud. Anna had a taboo relationship with a pirate by the name of Nanaki Thertin, and she was concieving Lance not too long into their relationship. Scared that Lance would be either aborted, or forced into the Cornerian military at birth, Nanaki broke Anna out of jail, and several months later, Lance was born with the help of Anna's and Nanaki's friends on Katina. He didn't play too much of a role, as he was kept in hiding so that he could be raised as healthy as possible by Anna. Nanaki, later in the years, was unable to take care of him because of his infection with the nanomachines, as well as his new relationship with Roxanne McCloud. Lance grew to be 8 years old before Lylat was