Lennon is a Char Aznable Clone.
A masked antagonist? Check. Knows how to pilot vehicles? Check. Moral ambiguity? Check. Blonde hair and pale skin behind his mask? Check. Red-eyed mask, red eyeliner, and relatives who are associated with red? Check. Secretly the missing son of a political leader and the older brother of the heroine? Check. A hidden agenda of revenge for the loss of his parents? Check and mate.Why the witches take tradition seriously
A revolutionary group took over the warlocks, kicked out the wizards, and almost erased their culture as the original group of warlocks. The witches don't want the same thing to happen in their land.