Oops! Did I just blink into a new place? Excuse me, where am I? The following article has significant spoilers for Suikoden IV. So, if it isn't too much of a bother, would you please protect me?
Lazlo
"If this Rune of Punishment becomes a danger, I will depart without a word. But until that time comes. I will serve you faithfully, King Lino."
15 years prior to the Island Liberation War, The Kingdom of Obel was attacked by pirates. The Queen of Obel summoned the power of The Rune of Punishment, which she had taken from the Obel Ruins where it had lain dormant for some time. Following her use of the cursed True Rune on the Royal Ship, the blast caused her baby son to fall into the sea. Miraculously, the baby was found at sea by the Knights of Gaien on a patrol. Vincent Vingerhut, Razril's mayor, took the baby, now named Lazlo, as a for a companion for his only son, Snowe Vingerhut.
Appearance
In Suikoden IV, he has a bobcut brown hair with bangs. Lazlo also has an ocean blue eyes, which he inherited from his parents. His weapon is a training sword at when he is one of the Knights of Razril, but uses dual swords after he is exiled. He wears a short jacket, short shorts, a breastplate and a turtle neck for clothes.
In Suikoden Tactics, his appearance is still the same, but his eye color changes to a bluish-green for unknown reasons.
His physical appearance remains the same and the color of his eyes is converted back into blue ones in Genso Suikoden Pachisuro.
Personality
He is known to be humble, quiet and brave, with a gentle heart, and is willing to sacrifice his own life for the benefit of others. In Suikoden Tactics, he also appears to have gained a laid-back personality (mostly because he doesn't have muted dialogs in this game).
Story
Suikoden Tactics (Prelude)
Years prior the Island Liberation War, Lazlo met Walter and Kyril, on their search for Rune Cannons, alongside with Snowe at night on the back streets of Razril, while Snowe was testing his new sword on the local Furballs. Lazlo and Snowe helped Walter's party to defeat some Furballs, and to find a Fishmen, who died from starvation. After the event, Lazlo and Snowe took their leave, saying good night to Walter.
Suikoden IV
During his training to become a Knight of Gaien, he was briefly involved in the conflict between the pirate Brandeau and the Commander of the Gaien Knights, Glen Cott. Glen inherits the Rune of Punishment, but isolates himself knowing the destructive powers of the rune. The rune consumes him when he is forced to use the Rune to defend the city from a pirate invasion led by Dario. Lazlo, who just happened to be present at this time, inherited the True Rune.
The lack of proof of innocence on his part, the mystery of the Rune of Punishment, as well as Snowe's accusation renders Lazlo unable to defend himself, and is chosen to be exiled for the murder of Commander Glen. He is joined by Chiepoo and two other knights - Paula and Keneth (depending on who is chosen). They are spotted and picked up by what first appeared to be a merchant ship. Later, while spying on the ship owners, they find out that the commander of the ship is Troy from the nation of Kooluk, the man whom Commander Glen despised. He fights alongside Colton, and the four of them are defeated. Soon after they escape Troy's ship, they are swallowed by a wave and they find themselves stranded on the Deserted Island.
Determined not to stay stranded, the young heroes decide to fix the exile ship, and they are later picked up by a patrol ship (with Desmond and Princess Flare on board) and are then taken to the Kingdom of Obel. Whilst on board the ship, Flare and Desmond discover that the Rune of Punishment has already been embedded in his left hand. Lazlo and his friends are invited to the palace, where they meet Lino En Kuldes himself. Lino En Kuldes tells Lazlo that the Rune of Punishment bestows a harsh fate upon its master, but he sees that Lazlo has friends who care for him, and he sternly warns him not to give them grief.
After the destruction of Fort El-Eal, Lazlo would have died if not for the power of the stars that turns the Rune of Punishment into its little-seen Forgiveness Phase and returns to Obel, serving as an errand boy for the King.
Suikoden Tactics
After the Island Liberation War, Kyril's group continued investigating the Rune Cannons, but being backed up by King Lino En Kuldes, due the apparent Kooluk involvement on it. Lino then suggests that Kyril go seek out Lazlo at the Deserted Island, and tell him that the King is asking if he could help Kyril in his quest.
When Kyril's group arrives, they found Lazlo in the middle of his hunt for monsters to have his dinner. After helping him out, Lazlo joins Kyril's group, and states that he didn't see much action after the end of the war, and that his work lately was mostly patrolling and fishing.
Kyril and Lazlo, at Razril, heard rumors about a member of the Vingerhurt family working as a commoner now, and meet Snowe on the back streets or Razril, taking a job as a Furball hunter. After Lazlo and Snowe's reunion, Kyril says that he has the impression that they already met each other before in the past. While Snowe doesn't remember, Lazlo confirms they did so, several years before, on that very same place as children. Lazlo, alongside Snowe, continued helping Kyril until the end.
On a talk with Kika, she states that it appears Lino has plans on making Lazlo successor to the throne of Obel. Lazlo appeared surprised by the revelation, and uneasy as well, due the nature of the Rune on his left hand, in case something bad happens to him.
Lazlo is an overall good fighter with great strength and has good magic. He gets the Rune of Punishment early in the game, which limits his rune customization options, but the rune itself is very powerful. His other strong affinity is with a Water Rune, if you wish to go the magic route of building him. Other options are equipping him with a Double-Strike Rune or a Killer Rune to increase his melee potential. The Sunbeam Rune also helps in lowering the recoil damage taken from the Rune of Punishment.
If you began your quest by loading a completed saved game from Suikoden IV with all 108 characters, you can visit Obel in Chapter 12 and speak to Lino En Kuldes in the Gossip menu. He will send you to the Deserted Island, where you can help Lazlo in a battle. Afterward, he'll join you.
Lazlo comes with three unremovable skills and he applied them all. He's level 12, so he can get Extra Move on top of them. He also has the Rune of Punishment with a skill that improves Lazlo's casting spell.
His stats are good, follow that up with upper-level melee skills and stats as well as great unites and Goodwills and you have an all around strong fighter. He has the most Good Will Partners of any character, and has three different Unite attacks, which are all fairly powerful. He is also one of the few non-story characters that cannot be permanently killed off in battle.
Ah! It's as if a storm cloud of sanity has opened up from the heavens! This article is a stub. You can help the Suikoden Wiki by expanding it. So! Tell me, fellow fashion diva! What shall be our next destination?
Trivia
Although the player gets to choose his name, it is implied (and revealed in other Suikoden literature) that Lazlo is actually the long lost son of Lino En Kuldes.
In spite of the fact that his official adoptive name was revealed in Genso Suikoden Pachisuro, his given name was not revealed in any other Suikoden Literature or games.
When he was a child (as seen in Suikoden Tactics), he used a piece of firewood as a weapon.
In the Playstation 2 Demo, Lazlo's name is Konami.
Lazlo is the only Tenkai Star that is playable in three Suikoden games.
He is tied with Riou for being the protagonist of two game installments.
Lazlo is tied with Tir McDohl and Riou as the most recurring Tenkai Stars in the series; all being present in 3 Suikoden games.
In the English releases, Lazlo's dual swords share the same name with Riou's Tonfa weapons in a clever shout out to Suikoden II. In the Japanese release, Lazlo's dual swords had a name that differed from Riou's.
The Japanese name for Lazlo's dual swords translates to Twin Wolf (狼双)/Twin Fang Wolf (狼牙双)/ Twin Fang Sirius (天狼牙双), a name scheme based on the double star Sirius.
In the beginning of the game, Lazlo fights with a single sword; however, after he is exiled from Gaien and gains the Rune of Punishment, he fights with twin blades.
Despite being a mute hero in Suikoden IV, Lazlo actually speaks in Suikoden Tactics.
Lazlo is said to be a big eater with a particular affinity towards crab meat. In the Rhapsodia Final Archives, he ranked second in a list of such characters.
In the "Marugoto!" book, Lazlo is placed third on the list of most popular main characters with 263 votes, behind Tir McDohl and Riou.
