L is the 12th letter of the alphabet. He is one of the two overarching antagonists of the entire Alphabet Lore continuity, alongside O, as well as an indirect supporting antagonist in Number Lore. He is one of the 6 characters that were not used to make any words, but is seen in the merch title (ALPHABET LORE).
Appearance
L is a viridian letter L. He has two uneven shaped eyes in the middle of his body. A small hole is seen on his lower protruding end. His superhero form has extra muscles, reflective eyes, and dark green hair. His buttocks is notably visible from behind.
Backstory
L, along with O, first appeared wanting to target f, r, i, e, n, d, and s. L and O scared away R, I, E, D, and S and then launched O in N's face, much like a rubber band, and laughed with O about it. F got revenge for N by pranking him and spelling the word "fart" to embarrass him in front of all of the other letters. After this, L beat him up with the help of O and f tried to get them back again by spelling the word "frick" but instead turned all of the other letters against him.
Alphabet Lore
L, along with O and M, intimidated N into siding with them instead of standing up for his beaten-up friend. This is what ultimately caused F to turn evil.
Somewhere, before F's attack, L turned into an adult.
In L, L says his name and then does a Sailor Moon-esque transformation. He then blocks I's cannonball shot by F, saving A, B, C, and G. In N, after N runs away, L is shown as disappointed in N's work. In R, after F steals N's gem, L pushes him and flies away with O, tracking down F. In S, after F slurped S, L uses his. a gem to freeze F. Unfortunately for him and O, F uses his; gem on O and L, connecting them and shrugging off the gem's ability. He then steals L and O's . and : gems. In Y, L and O witness the ray shot by N.
When Z turns back time, N decides to take F's side, leading L and O to beat both F and N up and declare both of them outcasts, but both of them are ok with this and go to the cave to keep each other company. L still receives his gem.
Number Lore
In the 3rd episode of Number Lore, L debuts by entering O's hole and prompts the two to transform into their superhero forms and go after the calculator. They successfully make it and find X, but are brutally beaten up by 2, and get run over accidentally by BIKE. F thinks it's absolutely hilarious to see their fate. After a few failed attempts from other letters, L successfully traps 3 with his period gem, empties the numbers and their machine out of the ship, and, seeing F sad in the cave and remembering the time he set everyone up and still being proud of that, launches the ship at him and into the cave's opening, much to the horror of N.
In 4, he is seen laughing at the destroyed cave, then J, E, R and K is shown spelling JERK, indicating that some, if not all of the other letters are now aware of his true egocentric and condescending nature. He then flies off to F’s Cave. He offers an insincere apology to F, who hides from L. At one point, L admires his reflection in one of the calculator ship's buttons, but F shoves him in, effectively trapping L. He tries to break out with his period gem, but L made his situation a lot worse by freezing himself since the period gem's laser bounced off the button and landed on L himself.
L also appears in 4.3 and 4.4, where at one point he gets extremely tired from being stuck in the calculator ship's button and willing to get out of here, but then he witnesses N struggling to restrain the calculator ship and F struggling to reach the cockpit. He also appears in the end, where he and g are kidnapped by F and are headed to planet 0.
Coverage
Episode Appearances
Episode count: 14
He appeared in 37% of all episodes, including the cameo appearance.
Additional information
Trivia
- He is the holder of the . (period) gem. This is shown to freeze letters and stop them from moving.
- He is shown to be close with M and O.
- He has a very distinctive jawline.
- "L" is slang for the loser. In the scene after N loses his gem, L says his name, indicating that he is telling N that he is a complete loser. He does this to One and the numbers later.
- He is the only member of the five LMNOP heroes who was not used to make any words.
- The hole on L's lower end is a chin indent.
- L and O are implied to be boyfriends.
- He is a "cool" letter.
- If L uses the * gem, then two Ls form "LL", they are technically one of the ligatures, as in Middle Welsh, "LL" and "ll" were for a time written as "Ỻ" and "ỻ".
- He appeared in 5, but as a cameo. It's unknown if or when L will free himself from his gem's powers.
Merchandise
For L's merch go here.
Audio
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See Also
'Alphabet Lore'
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Letters | A • B • C • D • E • F • G • H • I • J • K • L • M • N • O • P • Q • R • S • T • U • V • W • X • Y • Z | |
Numbers | 1 (One) • 2 (Two) • 3 (Three) • 4 (Four) • 5 (Five) • 6 (Six) • 7 (Seven) • 8 (Eight) • 9 (Nine) • 0 (Zero) | |
Misc. | Mike Salcedo • Moth eggs |