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All Hail Britannia!

One of the three main powers that rule the Earth and one of the two main antagonists of R1.

In General

• Achilles' Heel: Downplayed when compared to the Decepticons, but the greatest issue Britannia faces is a lack of unity, as the only thing all of them want is to defeat the Black Knights and Autobots. While by and large, they're able to put these issues aside to work together, it also means that they're unlikely to realize this is an issue until it's far too late.
  • Cornelia, Guilford, and Darlton want to bring Area 11 to heel, preferably with minimal casualties both for their side and their civilians - "Elevens" are expendable. Additionally, Cornelia wants to find Lelouch and Nunnally if they are still alive, and in Divided They Fall reveals that if she knew Lelouch were with the Autobots, she would defect to aid him, and take Guilford and Darlton with her.
  • The Purebloods (well, what's left of them) want to modify the current system such that only Britannians can obtain positions of privilege.
  • Lloyd just wants to improve the Lancelot.
  • Suzaku and Euphemia want to try and make things better for the "Elevens". Euphie deciding to create the SAZ drives a massive wedge into her relationship with the rest of the Britannian forces in Area 11.
  • The Knights of the Round serve the Emperor out of Blind Obedience.
  • Last but not least, the Emperor and his inner circle are working on something known as the Ragnarök Connection.
  • Additionally, just about all of the Britannians distrust the Decepticons, which said aliens reciprocate, mostly due to Fantastic Racism. They end up coming to blows over this in Chapter 34, and the result is decisively not in Britannia's favor.
• Adaptational Karma: A rare societal version of this trope is applied to Britannia. The Autobots are doing considerably more damage to Britannia's forces and image than anything Lelouch could accomplish as Zero in canon. And at the end of R1, the Deceptions straight up destroy the empire in an especially brutal and thorough way, with Pendragon being destroyed, Britannia's leadership being killed, imprisoned, and enslaved, and its armed forces being horribly slaughtered.
• Asshole Victim: While the Decepticons about to engage war on humanity is bad, the only good thing is that their first target is Britannia.
• Bullying a Dragon: Most of the Britannian military is openly contemptuous of the Decepticons despite how easily they could flatten them like insects. The Decepticons end up going to war with Britannia after they decide they've had enough with the humans' posturing. Curb-Stomp Battle does not even begin to describe the results.
• Can't Catch Up: The Britannians might have started out massively ahead of the various resistance groups and other world powers they face, but against the Autobots, they're starting to fall behind. Not only are the Autobots a literal quantum leap ahead of them, but the 'bots are also sharing some of their secrets with the Black Knights, while the Decepticons only share their advances with the Camelot unit. This means that while Britannia is a Technologically Advanced Foe in comparison to the Black Knights if they don't change their current path, they'll eventually lose their edge and be left behind. They ultimately end up destroyed by the Decepticons because even with their advanced technology, the Decepticons are so advanced that there's no meaningful way Britannia could close the technological gap even with outside help.
• Divided We Fall: Britannia ends up having a lot of trouble working with the Decepticons due to both having different motivations and methods for achieving their goals. This leads to the Decepticons deciding to conquer Britannia, after first engineering this such that Charles sends the Knights of the Round to Area 11, ensuring that Britannia's aces will be unable to intervene. Worse still, roughly half of the Knights of the Round, not to mention many Britannians in Area 11, defect to the Black Knights at this point because they got fed up with Britannia's own atrocities.
• Doomed Hometown: Pendragon is eventually wiped out by the Decepticons near the end of R1, with the rest of the Empire's territory getting rolled up during the first chapter of R2.
• End of an Age: The final three chapters of R1 see the end of the Britannian Empire, with Decepticons conquering Pendragon and Megatron personally killing Charles. The beginning of R2 hammers this in with Britannia's various territories being conquered within a week by the various newly arrived Decepticons.
• The Empire: Yep.
• Expy: For Transformers fans, Britannia can be described as, "a human nation that thinks a lot like Nova Prime".
• Evil Is Petty: It's noted in R2 that they'd destroy the cultural and historical heritage, particularly with revered locations, of their conquered Areas just for kicks and rubbing in their "superiority".
• Evil Virtues: Britannia, for all its flaws, has demonstrated several virtues:
  • Gratitude: During the battle of Kyushu, Suzaku and the Knights of the Round (and Dreadwing) set aside their differences with the Autobots and the Black Knights to defeat Sawazaki, and let the latter two groups escape as thanks.
  • Loyalty: The named Britannians are devoted to the Empire and wouldn't hesitate to back each other up in sticky situations. Cornelia is an interesting example, as her loyalty is outweighed by a different virtue - her love for Lelouch and Nunnally.
  • Honor: This can vary at times, but the Britannians make a point of upholding their word if it is given. Case in point, Cornelia agreeing to leave Saitama after Optimus defeats her.
• Family Extermination: The Royal Family is gradually cut down over the course of the story, so that by the end of The Demon and Dragon Cometh, the only ones left are Lelouch, Nunnally, Rai, Euphemia, Cornelia, Marrybell, Laila, Odysseus, and Carine.
• Fantastic Racism: Discrimination against non-Britannians is a national policy. Extraterrestrial beings are no exception.
  • R2 shows that even when subjugated and placed under slavery by the Decepticons, some of the former Britannian nobility refuse to work with the Elevens to escape. Guilford is shocked that they are that foolish to cling to that.
• Goldfish Poop Gang: The sheer power disparity between Britannia and the Autobots relegates the former to this. Even against the Black Knights, they're losing a lot because the Autobots are willing to share advances with the Black Knights to help close the technological gap, while the Decepticons have been less forthcoming with their allies.
• Hoist by His Own Petard: This is a big factor in why the Decepticons consider Britannia defeated when Charles is killed and Pendragon is destroyed - Britannia's own Social Darwinist policies ensure that the remaining Areas and their forces will not cooperate to try and free the royal family, effectively dooming Britannia to implode on itself.
• How the Mighty Have Fallen: Chapter 34 is aptly titled Fall of Britannia. The first chapter of R2 further hammers this home by showing Decepticons systematically dismantle their empire by destroying nearly all remaining Britannian settlements around the globe as well as stamping out other pockets of resistance.
• Humans Are Bastards: When Soundwave impersonates Charles and orders the Britannian forces at the SAZ to massacre the gathered 'Elevens', not only do most of the assembled troops do so without question, some are clearly enjoying the slaughter.
• Humans Are the Real Monsters: The Decepticons and the Autobots are constantly calling out the Britannians for their hypocrisy and arrogance; the Autobots in particularly often referring to them as "wannabe 'Cons". Though the Decepticons aren't much different in that regard.
• It's All About Me: Even in the face of two more advanced and powerful alien factions, Britannia still upholds its belief in their absolute supremacy even after repeated defeats by the Autobots and outperformance by the Decepticons.
• Laser-Guided Karma: Most of the Britannian population has been indoctrinated with the belief that their country was the most superior in the world and thus gave them the right to strip the freedom of other nations and rule with an iron fist. The arrival of the Transformers on Earth is like a karmic hammer to Britannia — the Autobots are steadily liberating Japan and inspiring more countries across the globe to stand against their regime and the Decepticons show their military the true definition of power by continuously upstaging their every attempt to stop the Black Knights and the Autobots. Chapter 34, Fall of Britannia, practically brings it full circle, as the Decepticons crush their most elite forces and conquer their capital in less than an hour, killing the Emperor and taking the rest of the Imperial Family prisoner.
• A Lighter Shade of Black:
  • By and large, Britannia is more sympathetic than the Decepticons. Cornelia is a Reasonable Authority Figure/A Mother To Her Men, Guilford and Darlton are both Noble Demons, Euphemia isn't a villain at all, Suzaku's issues are more due to naivety, and even Viletta and Jeremiah have a Villainous Friendship. Additionally, Britannia at least cares about their own, refusing to sacrifice their soldiers unnecessarily. The Decepticons, meanwhile, are fine with massive casualties, allow their own to be sacrificed as needed, and are perfectly fine with allowing utter psychopaths under their command (case in point, Airachnid). Played With, though, in that the Decepticons are extremely meritocratic and allow their human members to rise in the ranks without much fuss, while Britannia is heavily biased against those who are numbers or common born. Ironically, the SAZ Massacre cements this trope, as while most of the assembled Britannians do engage in the slaughter, several try to stop it. The Decepticons, meanwhile, all revel in the carnage and slaughter.
  • The above-mentioned event also highlights the biggest difference between the Decepticons and Britannia - while both are varying shades of evil, Britannia has members within that are trying to reform the nation. The Decepticons, by contrast, are completely loyal to Megatron and like to be conquerors under him. The only ones who disagree with Megatron's actions for altruistic reasons eventually jump ship.
• Look on My Works, Ye Mighty, and Despair: In their home series, Britannia was uncontested in military might, which is now almost laughably inferior when compared to the technology and weaponry (and not to mention the sheer experience) of the Cybertronians, Decepticon or Autobot. Their total defeat against the Decepticons in Fall of Britannia just emphasizes this.
• Master Race: Britannia in general, and the Royal Family in particular, look down on anyone who is not them. Schneizel even tells Starscream that the Royal Family kept as hostages honestly believes they could repopulate mankind via Royal Inbreeding after Damocles is used to scorch the Earth.
• Mirroring Factions: Though initially appearing to be A Light Shade Of Black than the Decepticons, the SAZ Massacre firmly establishes that the two are virtually the same regarding the rank and file - both are willing to commit genocide against their enemies and have Blind Obediance toward their leaders. Since Megatron helped mentor Charles, this really isn't surprising.
• Mooks: Pretty much all of them, with Cornelia, Guilford, and Darlton counting as Elite Mooks. It's not even their fault, really - while they maintain their canonical levels of combat prowess, they simply lack the Autobots' technology and sheer experience and rapidly lose out against the Black Knights and Autobots, in part because the Autobots have been giving the Black Knights tech upgrades to help close the gap between humans and Cybertronians - something the Decepticons have not been inclined to offer.
• Mook Mobile: Britannian rank and file use either the Sutherland or Glasgow Knightmare frames when in combat. As Britannia is conquered by the Decepticons at the end of R1, they never get to upgrade to the Gareth or Vincent Ward, though several prototype Vincents get deployed during the Battle of Pendragon and the Black Rebellion.
• Moral Myopia: They become outraged when they're threatened with terrorist attacks, but are shown to be willing to exterminate civilians without batting an eye, as long as they're not fellow Britannians. Eventually subverted, however, as it's revealed that there are a growing number of Britannian civilians that are disgusted with the military's ruthlessness and war crimes. Many Britannians defect over to the Black Knights after the SAZ Massacre, because even they think the Massacre crossed a line.
• More Hateable Minor Villain: Compared to the Decepticons, the Britannians are much less likable villains, due to the fact that unlike the Decepticons, who don’t even try to hide their evilness, the Britannians have a Holier Than Thou attitude towards non-Britannians.
• Never My Fault: The imperial family and members of the military blame Lelouch and Nunnally's supposed deaths on Japan rather than themselves when they invaded Japan without care for their lives. Airachnid, of all people, calls out Cornelia for blaming Japan when it was Britannia's fault. Kirihara even points this out to Darlton in Facade of Blood, telling him that the Japanese did their best to ensure Lelouch and Nunnally's time in Japan was a good one until Britannia's invasion.
• Normal Fish in a Tiny Pond: The Holy Britannian Empire may control more than a third of the planet, but in the end, Earth is but a small coral reef in the vast, boundless ocean of the universe. And it is now caught up in a war between a vile group of Galactic Conquerors and a noble band of Galactic Protectors, both strong enough and advanced enough to decimate Britannia a thousand times over if they decide to. Indeed in Fall of Britannia, the Decepticons launch an all-out invasion on Pendragon and succeed in utterly routing their highest command and best defenses in under an hour.
• Puppet State: The Autobots think Britannia is a puppet empire whom the Decepticons are controlling from the shadows. The truth is slightly more complex - Megatron did help get Charles and V.V. into power, but Charles clearly has ambitions of his own. This is fully averted when the Decepticons outright conquer Britannia at the beginning of R2.
• The Remnant: Not counting the Britannians that defected to the Black Knights, by the end of the Time Skip at the start of R2, the quasi-independent Euro-Britannia and the in-hiding Princess Marrybell and her Glinda Knights are the last of the government and military left that haven't been killed or conquered by the Decepticons.
• Royally Screwed Up: The Imperial Family is not a picture-perfect household, even before Charles' reign, who he himself is a Knight Templar Parent at best. It's little wonder that three of its members prefer Optimus Prime as a father figure.
• Royals Who Actually Do Something: Beyond Cornelia being a Frontline General, Clovis being a talented artist and somewhat pathetic administrator, and Euphemia being a fairly skilled administrator, every member of the Imperial family at Pendragon during Fall of Britannia makes an effort to contribute to the ultimately doomed defense of the capital.
• Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: The Britannians do not get along with the Decepticons. This only really applies to their partnership with the Decepticons, though - aside from the Purists who want Jeremiah dead and the distrust they show toward Suzaku, the majority of the Britannians get along very well. Their mutual distrust of the Cons is going to become a problem in the future because while the Decepticons are only sharing their advances with the Camelot unit (and later the Knights of the Round), the Autobots are offering technical advice to all of the Black Knights. This means that while Britannia's aces will keep getting better and better, their rank and file will ultimately fall behind in the Lensman Arms Race (which is ironically exactly what happened in World War 2 between The United States and Japan, albeit with Japan on the losing end).
• This Cannot Be!: Everybody in the Empire is left flabbergasted and horrified when Megatron announces the destruction of Pendragon, and the death of Emperor Charles.
• Trapped in Villainy: Megatron uses a Pretender disguised as Euphemia to turn the SAZ into a bloodbath, then has Soundwave impersonate Charles and order the Britannian forces present to kill all Elevens in the area, effectively enforcing this for all Britannians who didn't agree with the massacre by making the entire nation (by proxy) complicit in it. This is ultimately, however, Played With, as the majority of the Britannians wholeheartedly engaged in the barbaric slaughter nonetheless. That, and Britannia as a nation is conquered by the Decepticons shortly thereafter.

Imperial Family

Emperor Charles zi Britannia

Emperor Charles zi Britannia

Primary Knightmare: Excalibur

"Evolution is on my side! On the side of Britannia as it always has been!"

The 98th Emperor of Britannia and Lelouch and Nunnally's biological father. He is also the one who spearheads his empire's Darwinist beliefs, having risen to power alongside his brother Victor under Megatron's tutelage back in his childhood. Despite his achievements, however, he also has a plan which involves making a "world without lies", one he intends to keep under wraps...

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• Abusive Parents: He exiled his own son for daring to question him about his reaction (or lack thereof) to the death of his Empress, and even made his daughter Nunnally blind with his Geass. He also beat up Marrybell when the latter held a sword to him before kicking her out of the family. It's also implied that Charles' father — the previous Emperor of Britannia — was abusive to him, as he sees his father in Megatron's Dark Geass-induced nightmare.
• Actor Allusion:
  • Norio Wakamoto previously voiced Megatron's Animated iteration, and Charles is portrayed as Megatron's student in story. Speaking of Animated, that iteration is notable for initially dismissing Optimus Prime as nothing more than another Autobot rather than his Arch-Enemy in most iterations and only recognizing him as such (by saying his full name despite not doing so otherwise) after numerous battles in that show's penultimate series arc. Here, Charles doesn't really acknowledge Optimus' influence, only mentioning him due to the fact that he is the Autobots' leader. By the third act of R1, the Emperor fully recognizes just how much influence Optimus has on Lelouch that he sics the Knight of One directly against him and him alone in order to enforce just who the Black Knight's real father should be.
  • Michael McConnohie previously played Cosmos, who transforms into a UFO, a vehicle associated with aliens. He ends up losing his empire, his life's work, and his life - to space aliens.
• Adaptational Karma: In canon, he was killed by Lelouch, but in the fic, he suffers a more disgraceful end: his capital is conquered by the Decepticons, he is beaten in battle by Megatron, and the Decepticon leader subjects him to a brutal Humiliation Conga; Megatron exposes him to the Dark Geass, and is thus forced to witness his worst fear: his children denouncing him. Megatron belittles him as a petty child who never grew up, destroys the Ragnarök, and exposes his own brother V.V. as a traitor, breaking what little will he has left, before finally incinerating him with a fusion cannon.
• Archnemesis Dad: To pretty much all of his children, but most of them are too afraid to stand up to him. Lelouch, Rai, and Schneizel are the only ones actively working against their father; the former two for the suffering they endured because of him, and the latter to claim power for himself. When he is killed by Megatron, none of his children are shedding any tears over his death.
• Back for the Finale: A manifestation of his spirit appears in the Sword of Akasha and does battle with Lelouch and Suzaku.
• Big Bad Wannabe: While he thinks he can pull the wool over Megatron's eyes and proceed with the Ragnarök Connection, he is very much out of his depth, to the point that the Alliance consider the Decepticons a much bigger threat than the Britannian Empire. When Megatron launches an assault on Pendragon with his forces, Charles is barely able to do more than scratch Megatron, and both he and Pendragon fall to the Decepticons.
• Bullying a Dragon: Charles orders Bismarck to kill Optimus Prime, who is head and shoulders above anything Britannia has to offer at the moment, combat experience and all.
• The Chain of Harm: It's heavily implied that Charles was abused by his own father and thus, is perpetuating the abuse on his own children.
• Crazy-Prepared: Charles has a custom Knightmare named Excalibur that he uses to fight Megatron. His former teacher figures out with amusement it was likely designed to fight him specifically.
• Death by Adaptation: In the anime, Charles was killed by Lelouch near the end of R2. Here, he doesn't make it to the end of R1 when Megatron invades Pendragon and kills him.
• Deceptive Disciple: While Megatron helped Charles and V.V. rise to power, Charles clearly has plans that Megatron has not realized... yet. Megatron eventually begins to have his suspicions in Messenger from Kyoto.
• Dies Differently in Adaptation: Was absorbed into C's World by Lelouch in canon, while here, he's incinerated by Megatron's fusion cannon in Fall of Britannia.
• Dirty Coward: Megatron views him as such when he learns about his motivations behind the Ragnorök Connection, for instead of being a proud emperor, deep down he's still a child who wants the world to revolve around him.
• Et Tu, Brute?: He is distraught and hurt when he sees V.V. on the side of the Decepticons, albeit reluctantly. It was his last reaction before Megatron reduces him to a charred corpse.
• Even Evil Has Loved Ones: He does truly love his wife Marianne, who's helping him with the Ragnarök Connection. Megatron's Dark Geass shows that he does love Lelouch, Nunnally, and the rest of his children, but he's simply content with letting them die as long as it means seeing them again through Ragnarök.
• Evil Counterpart: To Optimus in terms of being a leader and a father figure. And while Optimus believe in humanity's capacity for change, Charles never believed in it.
• Freudian Excuse Is No Excuse: Megatron, of all beings, understands why Charles wants to create a world without lies. But Megatron also sees Charles' plan as a sign of how weak, pathetic, and childish he really is.
• Green-Eyed Monster: It's brief, but when Marianne's spirit says she's noticed a great change in Lelouch's behavior, Charles surmises with a trace of envy it's due to Optimus Prime's influence. He's then very quick to state that Lelouch is his son, not the Autobot Leader's. He even wants Bismarck to kill Optimus before capturing Lelouch, out of spite for the man that "corrupted" his son. As further proof of his envy, the first thing Charles sees under Megatron's Dark Geass is Lelouch and Nunnally turning their backs on him, saying their true father (Optimus) is waiting for them.
• Hoist by His Own Petard: His use of the Knights of the Round to fool Megatron horribly backfires as the Decepticon leader uses the group for his own ends; tricking them into massacring many Japanese people at the SAZ and revealing to the world the monsters Britannia really are. It also leaves him very vulnerable when Megatron plans to invade Pendragon to kill Charles and take over Britannia.
• Humiliation Conga: Big-time in Chapter 34, Fall of Britannia. First, his Knightmare the Excalibur is destroyed by Megatron with little effort. Then, Megatron uses his Dark Geass to make Charles live out his worst fear: all of his children renouncing him and leaving him. He's then called out by Megatron for his hypocrisy and childish beliefs. After being pulled out of the visions, Charles is made to watch as the Nemesis wipes Pendragon off the map, destroying his Ragnarök plans. The coup de grace comes when Megatron incinerates him with his fusion cannon, after seeing his brother betray him and side with the Decepticons.
• Hypocrite:
  • Refers to the Autobots as "vile machines" despite rising to power thanks to the Decepticons. Of course, given that his loyalty to the Decepticons is about as absolute as the Titanic hitting the iceberg, he was probably referring to all Cybertronians.
  • Despite his willingness to throw away his own children at a moment's notice, Megatron's Dark Geass reveals that one of his greatest fears is for said children to denounce him as their father and abandon him for his cruelty towards them.
• It's All About Me: As Megatron points out during his "The Reason You Suck" Speech, Charles could have used his authority as Emperor to make the world a better place, but instead chose to make the world suffer while working towards Ragnarök simply because he thought the world wouldn't agree with him. Even when he sees a vision of his children ditching him, instead of begging them for forgiveness, he insists they ought to obey him.
• Killed Off for Real: Megatron blasts him with his Fusion Cannon at the end of Fall of Britannia, then has Soundwave check his corpse to confirm that Charles is truly dead.
• Life's Work Ruined: Charles spent nearly his entire life working on the Ragnarök Connection, to achieve his childhood dream of creating a "world without lies". Megatron reduces it all to ashes in the span of less than an hour.
• Minored in Ass-Kicking: While he is not a frontline fighter, he nonetheless has a good showing in his duel with Megatron in Fall of Britannia, especially considering that he is canonically sixty two years old during the battle.
• Non-Action Guy: Like Lelouch, Charles is dangerously cunning, but no warrior. His only advantage in his battle with Megatron is the Excalibur, and he lacks the skill to use the Knightmare to its full potential. Megatron, a seasoned gladiatorial champion, outmatches him soon enough.
• Not His Sled: Due to Charles getting killed off earlier than in canon, Megatron becomes the one to steal V.V.'s Code, leaving the immortal to die in Light and Darkness in R2.
• Not So Similar: Megatron does point out the similarities between himself, Charles, and Lelouch. But Megatron spells out that Charles remained a resentful little boy, while Lelouch and Megatron, despite having different aims, at least worked hard to make those aims a reality.
• Not-So-Well-Intentioned Extremist: He claims that through the Ragnorök Connection, humanity could truly be at peace, as it would sever the boundaries between life an death, and everyone would become one, as he believed that humanity could never truly unite. However, when Megatron learns of the Ragnorök Connection from V.V., he saw that his plan was not out of an altruistic belief to rid the world of lies, but of a childish desire to make the world revolve around him, as he never truly grew up from the scared little boy that Megatron had first met.
• Oh, Crap!: Has this reaction when he sees the Nemesis hovering over Pendragon in Fall of Britannia, realizing the Decepticons are invading. It increases when he learns that the Thought Elevator underneath Pendragon is being guarded by the Decepticons, and then when his Knightmare, the Excalibur, is destroyed by Megatron, followed by Megatron's revelation of his Dark Geass.
• Papa Wolf: A dark, twisted example. Enraged at Optimus for "corrupting" Lelouch, he orders Bismarck to make his mission in killing the man his first priority. This is played with when Megatron uses his Dark Geass on him. Part of Charles' ultimate fear is all of his children denouncing him as their father due to his callous treatment of them, Charles at one point yelling at the hallucination that he owns them. Megatron then elaborates that Charles ultimately does love his children, but is perfectly content with tossing them aside so long as he can reunite with them once the Ragnarök Connection is achieved, where they will be aware of his reasoning.
• Psychopathic Manchild: As Megatron points out after using his Dark Geass, while Charles may have aged physically, he is just as much a child mentally as V.V. is. The Ragnarök Connection he dreamed of was nothing more than a childish fantasy of a world where he would Never Be Hurt Again, even though as Emperor of Britannia he already had the power to try and change the world for the better, but refused to out of childish resentment for the world that hurt him.
• Properly Paranoid: He's understandably terrified of Megatron finding out about the Ragnarök Connection and goes to great lengths to makes sure neither the Autobots nor Decepticons even get a hint about it. Too bad C.C. has gone rogue from the plan and promises to tell everything about it to the Bots and Black Knights, while Megatron has already grown suspicious about him. He also does not mention anything regarding the Decepticons broadcasting their battle with the Black Knights and Autobots live, out of fear that something he'll say will tip Megatron off... which is exactly what Megatron wants.
• Recurring Element: Like Hans, Gothel, and Ozai, he too is a villain killed by an Eviler than Thou one in a work by Iron117Prime who also has their faction upstaged by the other.
• The Unfought: Charles is killed before Lelouch and the Autobots get the chance to confront him.
• Unskilled, but Strong: Deconstructed. Charles pilots the extremely powerful IFX-V999 Excalibur — a Knightmare designed specifically to kill Megatron — but doesn't have any combat skill to speak of. Predictably, he is thoroughly thrashed when he fights the Decepticon leader, with Megatron even mentioning that a more competent warrior piloting the Excalibur would have killed him.
• Villainous Breakdown: Has one in Fall of Britannia when Pendragon is invaded by the Decepticons. Megatron destroys his Excalibur Knightmare with little effort and uses Dark Geass on him, making him see his worse fear of his children leaving him. He's then made to watch as the Nemesis destroys Pendragon completely, ruining his Ragnarök plans, and finally he is broken by seeing his own brother betray him, after which Megatron kills him.
• You Could Have Used Your Powers for Good!: Megatron points out that he could have already have made the world a better place when becoming Emperor, instead he comes off as a petty child lashing out against the world that hurt him.
• You Remind Me of X: Implied and Played for Horror. In Fall of Britannia, when Megatron uses his Dark Geass on him, after seeing his children disown him, Charles sees a figure that resembles his father. Upon seeing it, Charles in the vision reverts to his child self when Megatron first met him, and when the figure gets close enough to Charles, Megatron's face appears on the figure rather than his father's. This implies that Megatron reminds him of his abusive father.

Imperial Consorts

Empress Anticlea eu Britannia

Empress Anticlea eu Britannia

"Most of our Empire has fallen, but I will not let this Area become the next target of Decepticon conquest!"

Emperor Charles' first wife, and mother of his heir Odysseus.

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• Canon Immigrant: She's not from the anime, instead showing up in Code Geass' ancillary media.
• Cruel and Unusual Death: Megatron exposes her and the remaining Britannia royals to a synthetic version of the Rust Plague, which liquifies her.
• Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: Blames Optimus Prime for Britannia's fall, failing to see that Optimus is anything but evil or self-serving.
• Know When to Fold 'Em: When Sky-Byte offers her a chance to surrender and be spared, she (begrudgingly) accepts.
• Misplaced Retribution: She blames Optimus for Britannia's fall from power when Megatron and his Decepticons were the ones responsible for the crime.
• Would Hurt a Child: In the R2 chapter A Different Kind of Engagement, she considered taking Empress Tianzi hostage to gain some leverage over the High Eunuchs, Schneizel, and the Decepticons. Odysseus was none too pleased with the idea.

Empress Victoria li Britannia

Empress Victoria li Britannia

"Go to hell, Decepticon!"

Wife to Emperor Charles, distant mother to Cornelia and Euphemia.

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• Canon Immigrant: Like Anticlea, Victoria first showed up in supplementary sources for the anime.
• Defiant to the End: Her above quote was all she had to say when Airachnid was staring her down.
• Killed Off for Real: She's done in by Airachnid's new hook.
• Strong Family Resemblance: Described as looking very similar to her daughters.
• We Hardly Knew Ye: Dies the same section of the chapter she's introduced in.

Empress Marianne vi Britannia

Empress Marianne vi Britannia

Primary Knightmare: Ganymede, Mordred, Dark Mordred

"I won't let you get in Charles' way."

Lelouch and Nunnally's biological mother, and Charles' favorite wife among the consorts. She was murdered by unknown assassins, which indirectly caused her son and daughter to be banished from the Britannian Empire, causing Lelouch to despise his own empire and meet the Autobots. Owing to Charles making contact with her and her knowledge of C.C's activities, however, there may be more to her "death" than meets the eye...

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• Abusive Parents: She spent seven years letting others believe she was dead, yet never once checked on her children. It turns out to be a part of the cycle of Generational Trauma, as Marianne came from an abusive home too.
• Adaptational Heroism: Downplayed as this may simply be a result of Optimus' Geass, but the fact that Marianne has started to feel some regret for her abandonment of Lelouch and Nunnally at the end of Battle for the Ark already makes her miles better than her canon incarnation. Played straight later on, where she pulls a full Heel–Face Turn and starts working with Anya and several other prisoners of the Geass Order to alert the Autobots and Black Knights of their plans and location.
• The Atoner: Anya is very vehement that her setting Britannia's wars in motion will never be made up for no matter what she does. Not to mention the smattering of other things she personally did. But, Marianne nonetheless keeps working at helping the Alliance find them and fight the Decepticons nonetheless. A quality that despite the depths of her crimes makes Optimus glad that she's at least trying, which is more than others have done.
• Berserk Button: A Measure of Trust makes it fairly clear that Marianne views Optimus as this, due to him being Lelouch's Parental Substitute at first
• Body Surf: Her mind and soul live in the body of Anya Alstreim, causing the latter to have periodic memory blackouts whenever Marianne takes control.
• Character Development: Gets a fair amount in the latter half of R2, in large part to Optimus's Geass. After her above Heel Realization, she reveals her presence to Anya, and starts cooperating with the girl in order to tear down the Geass Order and help the Autobots and Black Knights rescue the prisoners, showing a much greater degree of empathy and kindness. When questioned by Anya herself, she admits she's decided to abandon her and Charles's plans for Ragnarök, and deeply regrets how she treated her children, resolving to tell them the truth, and only holding off to avoid complications before the final battle.
• Corrupted Character Copy: Of Minato Namikaze. Both are some of the strongest in their respective areas (Knightmare piloting and ninjutsu respectively); even having "Flash" as part of their epithet, had children that they had to abandon due to personal circumstances, and were on the receiving end of a punch and a Motive Rant from their children upon learning of their true natures. But while what Minato did was for the greater good (sealing the Nine-Tails in Naruto to defend the Hidden Leaf against its attack) and "abandoned" Naruto in a sense that he died to protect the Hidden Leaf, Marianne abandoned Lelouch in order to advance her and her husband's plans for the Ragnarok Connection. Minato remains a good person through and through, but Marianne starts out antagonistic and doesn't commence her Character Development leading up to her Heel–Face Turn until the Decepticons destroyed Britannia and she's forced to serve under their whims for a time. And while Minato's actions are remembered in a positive light by the cast, what Marianne did ultimately earned her the scorn of everyone, from her son Lelouch, to the Autobots denouncing her as being no different than the Decepticons, to the Black Knights that were affected due to her empire's actions, to even other members of her family like Euphie and Cornelia.
• Dark and Troubled Past: As part of a final interrogation from Optimus, Elita and Sayako, Marianne finally talks about her backstory. She was made an orphan at a very young age, and grew up in an orphanage for a handful of years. Then at age 9, she was adopted by some minor nobility, but to serve as "motivation" for her pureborn "sister" Elizabeth. Someone to always compete against. And despite always doing her best since that was expected of her, anytime she surpassed Elizabeth, she'd be abused verbally and physically. Then, when she finally caught a break and worked her way into Charles's attention, her adopted sister planned to kill her for "daring" to be a commoner who could surpass her, and in her anger and panic, Marianne killed her and her two cohorts. Then after Charles altered the school's memories and took her on, she was given false positive confirmations of humanity's deceit and evils through watching Charles's many wars. And thus, she decided to form a contract with C.C. and join the plans for Ragnarök.
• Deader than Dead: In order to help Lelouch survive the tremendous power transfer from the Primes, Marianne insists her spirit be used as a buffer to increase her son's chances of survival. Doing so results in her soul being erased, but she's fine with the outcome if it means Lelouch can live.
• Death-Activated Superpower: Her Geass only lets her transfer bodies the moment she dies, and means that she is unable to separate from Anya even if she wanted to, as she does after her Heel–Face Turn.
• Delayed Reaction: Battle for the Ark reveals that Optimus' Prime Geass of Absolute Conviction did have an effect on her and Anya, as Anya recovering her memories caused Marianne to regret her actions.
• Did Not See That Coming: She's just as shocked as everyone else when she witnesses that Megatron has used her corpse to power the Dark Queen, turning it into a puppet of Megatron's will.
• Even Evil Has Standards: Even she herself was horrified as to what has become of her corpse.
• Face Death with Dignity: Calmly accepts her death by way of using herself as a filter for the Primes' power so long as Lelouch is resurrected. She even embraces her son before passing on.
• Fighting Fingerprint: Being a veteran Knightmare Frame pilot, her piloting skills are very different from Anya's, as Bulkhead, and later Suzaku and Ironhide, can attest.
• Green-Eyed Monster: As seen in the second chapter of R2, Marianne had grown to hate Optimus with a passion for "stealing" her children away from her.
• Heel Realization: By the end of Battle for the Ark Marianne begins to feel guilt for the way she and her husband treated their children and what they did to Anya. Later chapters show that it stuck, and inspired some much needed character development, having started cooperating with Anya in working to tear down the Geass Order, and admitting that the Autobots were a far better family to her children than she or Charles were.
• It Is Beyond Saving: This was her rationale when she joined the Ragnorök Connection. During Britannia’s conquests of the world, Marianne saw the worst of humanity, and feared that the world would destroy Lelouch and Nunnally. It was for this reason was why she genuinely believed that only through Ragnarök could her children be safe.
• Know When to Fold Them: After her forces are utterly thrashed by the Decepticons, Marianne surrenders.
• Late-Arrival Spoiler: A lot of secrets regarding Marianne - that she is still alive, that she has a Geass, and that she was in league with her husband all along - weren't revealed until R2 of Code Geass. While the second of those has yet to be divulged, her survival and complicity in Charles' plan are shown early into R1 in this story.
• Mama Bear: A dark, twisted example. Like Charles, she hates Optimus and the Autobots for "taking" her children from her, Replacing them as their family and "corrupting" Lelouch. It's later played straight after her Heel Realization and she makes an effort to atone for her actions.
• Misplaced Retribution: As mentioned below in Never My Fault, she thinks Optimus is to blame for Megatron discovering Ragnarök and killing Charles, when V.V. is actually the guilty party.
• Never My Fault: She blames Optimus for Megatron discovering Ragnarök and killing Charles. She also blames Optimus for "stealing her children" from her, ignoring the fact that she pretended to be dead, and never bothered checking on them. Really?
• No-Sell: She shrugs off Optimus' Prime Geass of Absolute Conviction, once she takes over Anya, just when it seemed like he was about to get through to her. However, this gets subverted in Battle for the Ark, when it turns out, Optimus' Prime Geass of Absolute Conviction had helped Anya recover her memories before Marianne had taken over, which in turn caused her to regret her actions.
• Not Brainwashed: In Forward, the Light Brigade, when she reveals her involvement in the Ragnarök Connection, Euphemia assumes that Charles used his Geass on her, only for Marianne to shoot it down, saying that she acted on her own accord.
• Number Two: To her husband, regarding the Ragnarök Connection.
• Oh, Crap!: Big-time upon learning that the Decepticons developed the Geass Canceler and that Devastator nullified Bismarck's Geass before the latter's demise.
• The Power of Hate: She hates Optimus with such a burning passion that when she takes over Anya, she shrugs off his Prime Geass of Absolute Conviction, and lashes out at him.
• Properly Paranoid: Marianne repeatedly voices her concerns about Megatron discovering their plans, and considering he's as skilled a strategist as Lelouch and Schneizel, far older, and much more vicious, it's not at all an unreasonable fear.
• Red Baron: The epithet "Marianne the Flash" was given to her for her incredible skills as a Knightmare pilot.
• Redemption Equals Death: Gives herself as a filter for the Primes' powers to bring back Lelouch, which costs her her own life. The sincerity of her actions allows Lelouch to forgive her before she dies.
• Retired Badass: She was a former Knight of the Round before becoming one of Charles' imperial consorts. Despite having been in another body for seven years, her skills as a pilot have not gotten rusty at all, as shown in Facade of Blood when she possesses Anya during the SAZ Massacre and manages to hold her own against Bulkhead. She takes control of Anya again in Fall of Britannia to fight Suzaku and Ironhide during the Black Rebellion.
• Revenge Before Reason: Rather than let Anya defect to Black Knights, she takes over just when Optimus' Prime Geass of Absolute Conviction was about to get through to her, and attacks Optimus, in revenge for Charles' death and for quote-unquote "corrupting" her children.
• Roaring Rampage of Revenge:
  • Vows to make Megatron suffer a fate worse than death after hearing of Charles' death and Pendragon's destruction. It ends with her reluctantly surrendering with Gino once the entire fleet is destroyed and Bismarck is killed.
  • She attacks Optimus in rage, taking control of Anya to prevent her from defecting to the Black Knights in the process, only to be stopped by her son Lelouch, before she can deliver the final blow.
• Shipper on Deck: In The United Federation of Nations she teases Lelouch and Kallen by asking not to make her a grandmother before she gets her own body again.
• Take Me Instead: Decides to offer her life in exchange for Lelouch's power-up that kills Megatron.
• Undying Loyalty: To Emperor Charles. When he seemingly orders the Knights to attack the SAZ, she takes control of Anya and joins in on the attack, even if she doesn't see what he'll gain from this.
• Well-Intentioned Extremist: ZigZagged. Forward, the Light Brigade reveals that unlike Charles, who was only interested in the Ragnarök Connection for his own selfish gain, Marianne genuinely believed that the Ragnarök Connection would save humanity. Though she also admits that she wanted to create a world that Lelouch and Nunnally would be safe in.

Imperial Children

Crown Prince Odysseus eu Britannia

Crown Prince Odysseus eu Britannia

"Pardon me, but given this is Zero and those Autobots we're dealing with… I'd be lying to say if I wasn't nervous."

The First Prince of the Imperial Family, and heir apparent to the throne of Britannia.

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• Character Development: Finally sheds his passivity in Damocles Rises and goes with Carine, Laila, and Steve to flee Damocles.
• Everyone Has Standards: Although he's in a nation that thrives on the conquest of other nations with an iron fist, in the R2 chapter A Different Kind of Engagement, even he was appalled with his mother Anticlea's idea of taking Tianzi hostage.
• Didn't See That Coming: After he, Carine, and Laila escaped from the Decepticons, they did not expect to see Nunnally again.
• Nervous Wreck: Is one when faced with the Decepticons. No one can blame him, seeing how the Decepticons destroy his home and kill his dad/several of his half-siblings in less than an hour and then take Odysseus and the surviving royal family as prisoners.
• Non-Action Guy: Like in canon, Odysseus is not much of a soldier or even a politician and is usually a nervous wreck.
  Carine ne Britannia: You're always nervous about everything, Odysseus. Grow a backbone, would you?
• Screw This, I'm Outta Here: He decides to leave the rest of the royals behind when his mother decides to allow the Decepticons to destroy mankind via Damocles and repopulate the world via Royal Inbreeding, instead joining Laila, Steve, and Carine in seeking sanctuary with the Autobots and Black Knights.
• Token Good Teammate: Unlike most of his imperial relatives, Odysseus is by all accounts a decent and affable man that happens to be a part of a Royally Screwed Up lineage. He's also one of the few royals who was in awe of Optimus Prime.

Princess Guinevere de Britannia

Princess Guinevere de Britannia

"How dare you! Do you fools not realize who we are?!"

The First Princess of the Imperial Family.

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• Cruel and Unusual Death: Megatron exposes her and the remaining Britannia royals to Cosmic Rust, which liquifies her.
• Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: Like Anticlea, she blames Optimus for Britannia's fall from power, disregarding the fact that Optimus is not evil, self-serving, or warmongering.
• Hypocrite: She claims that all Britannia did was bringing order to the world, when their methods were no different to the Decepticons. Laila points out the hypocrisy herself.
• Misplaced Retribution: Also blames Optimus for bringing about the end of Britannia when it was actually Megatron and the Decepticons' idea to uproot the empire.
• Nerves of Steel: Subverted. Tries to stand up to the Decepticons when they invade Pendragon, only to be quickly left cowering in fear when Skywarp vaporizes several nobles near her. This act of defiance was also less out of bravery and more out of self-entitled elitism.
• Rich in Dollars, Poor in Sense: She actually believed the Decepticons would care about her pedigree and affluence. Skywarp shuts her up quick.

Prince Schneizel el Britannia

Prince Schneizel el Britannia

"People of this world are driven by their own lusts and desires, by their own greed. They fight each other because they're all human."

The Second Prince of the Imperial Family, and Prime Minister of Britannia. Strikes an alliance with the Decepticons, and before long, becomes one of their chief subordinates.

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• All for Nothing: In the end, all of Schneizel's efforts to eliminate Megatron and the Autobot-Black Knight alliance come to this. First, Megatron survives the assault by the Damocles and returns to kill him. Then, when Megatron takes control of the Damocles to wipe out his enemies, he is thwarted by the newly-recovered Optimus Prime, who promptly reduces the battle station to scrap, bringing an end to Schneizel's legacy on the world.
• Ambition Is Evil: Schneizel has a ruthless streak to almost match with Starscream and Megatron. He also seems to believe this idea as well, as he subscribes to the belief that many of humanity's struggles and conflicts are a result of their own individual desires, which is what leads to allying with the Decepticons.
• Arranged Marriage: Orchestrates a marriage between himself and Empress Tianzi. The Autobots interrupt that.
• At Least I Admit It: In a meeting with Megatron in A United Front Facing A Dark Horizon, unlike Starscream and Skybyte, who try to come up with excuses for their failures in the Chinese Federation and the European Union respectively, Schneizel is willing to accept responsibility for his failure.
• Big Bad Wannabe: Schneizel is an interesting example where under the right circumstances he could actually be the Big Bad of the story. Unlike Starscream, he actually has wits and charisma to bring people around him, and lacks an out of control ego that constantly causes his demise. Unfortunetaly, for all his intelligence, Schneizel still made the mistake of underestimating Megatron, which led to his reign being short-lived.
• Bigotry Exception: Schneizel is the only Britannian (or human for that matter) that Starscream has absolutely nothing negative to say about.
• Broken Pedestal: To Euphemia and Nunnally, when they learn he willingly joined the Decepticons and supports their enslavement of humanity. He's also this to Cornelia in The Next Move, who vowed to kill him for his betrayal. A Different Kind of Engagement shows that the rest of his family hate him as well for betraying Britannia.
• The Chessmaster: While not a big time player overall yet, Schneizel is a clever and thoughtful man who understands his enemies pretty well. Cornelia even groans slightly on discovering that he even had a contingency for if he was caught in a crashing ship. Unfortunately, the sheer amount of outright magical things that the Autobots, Black Knights, and Decepticons bring to the table eventually leaves him in the dust.
• Cruel and Unusual Death: He dies after he and the remaining Britannian royalty get exposed by Shockwave's synthetic Rust Plague.
• Death by Adaptation: Unlike his survival in canon, this time Schneizel is not alive to see the end, thanks to liquification via synthetic Rust Plague.
• Didn't See That Coming: The main reason his plans fall apart (which swiftly leads to his death with the rest of the surviving Royal Family that didn't jump ship) is that his plans never accounted for the possibility of Megatron surviving a direct hit from Damocles.
• Dragon Ascendant: After Megatron is apparently trapped forever in C's World, Starscream and Schneizel manipulate things so that the Decepticons form a council with the two of them being first among equals. They apparently cement this in the following chapter by using Damocles to kill a returned Megatron, Optimus, and most of the Black Knights/Autobot Alliance's leadership, though Elita One was able to evacuate Optimus alongside Lelouch and several others, while Megatron was in possession of V.V.'s Code and thus able to come back from said death. Their reign is short lived, as Megatron swiftly returns to the Decepticons and disposes of them.
• Establishing Character Moment: In his first appearance in Tropical Skirmish. Schneizel secretly makes contact with Starscream and tells him of his plan to eliminate the Autobots and Zero by using Suzaku as a living targeting beacon for the Avalon and a barrage of missiles, and makes a point of being blunt yet courteous while doing so. This neatly shows off three things about Schneizel: his affable nature, his preference for Boring, but Practical strategies over more flamboyant ones, and lastly his buried sociopathic tendencies, as he has no problem arranging for the death of his sister's knight to take out his enemies, is willing to work with a known backstabber to do so, and is perfectly fine with potentially losing his own half-sister if his plan works.
• Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Villain he may be, but he seems to love his siblings, or at least Euphemia, Cornelia, Nunnally, and Lelouch. Schneizel seems to truly regret that his siblings have firmly taken a stance against him, though Lelouch and Cornelia don't think he means it.
• Even Evil Has Standards: Schneizel may not be afraid to sacrifice his soldiers and even family members to complete his goals, but even he shows shock at the amount of death that Megatron causes during the SAZ massacre. In R2, he also admits to Lelouch, Euphemia, and Nunnally that he would have opted for something a little more "subtle" had he been the one to come up with the plan, calling the massacre "unnecessary and wasteful".
• Evil Counterpart: By the time of R2, Schneizel has become this to Lelouch, as while Lelouch has become a genuinely heroic leader and ally of the Autobots, Schneizel is still his more cynical self and sided with the Decepticons.
• The Evils of Free Will: In R2 he reveals that this is part of why he's sided with Megatron of his own free will; he honestly believes that humanity is doomed to self-destruction if left to its own devices, so while he admits that enslavement to the Decepticons is less than ideal, he views it as the Lesser of Two Evils in comparison to humanity going completely extinct.
• Expy: Transformers fans may note how similar he is to Dylan Gould, being someone more willing to fight for the winning side as well. Not to mention how he, too, is a more fervent collaborator to the Decepticons more so than other Britannians.
  • Some hardcore fans may recognize Schneizel's mindset of letting the Decepticons govern humanity to that of Hydra, who, along with his brother Buster, believed in the same ideal, and following it resulted in them becoming Godmasters. Time will tell if he, like them, would go great lengths to sacrifice his own humanity.
  • He may be one for Silas as well, namely due to the fact that both of them had a project called Damocles, which while in a different form (a satellite for Silas, and a space station for Schneizel), is armed with a powerful laser that can target and destroy anything on Earth.
• Fatal Flaw: Underestimating Badassery - while Schneizel always tries to keep tabs on both his allies and enemies to make sure he has an accurate measure of their powers and skills, he never quite manages to keep track of how the more mystical powers in the story work and how strong they are. This results in him assuming alongside Starscream that Optimus and Megatron were both killed by Damocles, when in reality the two each found a way to survive - Optimus via the Skyboom Shield and timely intervention by his companions, Megatron through the Resurrective Immortality that V.V.'s code provides. Megatron swiftly returns to the Decepticons and deals with Schneizel permanently.
• Foreshadowing: In School Festival Declaration, Schneizel gives Euphie his approval to create the SAZ. Later in the same chapter, he asks to join the Decepticons, and expresses some disapproval at Euphie actually creating the SAZ, though mostly because he thinks it is too idealistic to work. This is the first hint that we get that while Schneizel may be a Well-Intentioned Extremist, he is still willing to backstab anyone to achieve his goals.
• Humans Are Bastards: His strong belief in this drives him to join the Decepticons in their conquest and enslavement of his species. Ironically, Megatron has a higher opinion of humanity as he fears the possibility of them uniting while Schneizel believes that humanity will never be able to unite.
• Know When to Fold 'Em: When the Insecticon squads he sent in after the Elite Guard start getting picked off, and the Avalon starts to crash, he orders an evacuation, knowing that there was no further way to win.
• Long Game: In contrast to Lelouch, who tends to make his complex strategies to complete the task at hand, Schneizel starts with the end goal in mind and tailors all of his other plans around that. Cornelia outright wonders if the Autobots and Black Knights acquiring the Skyboom Shield is just a part of his scheme. It's later revealed that the loss of the Avalon was also part of his plan - he had trackers put on the ship so that when the Black Knights and Autobots recovered the wreckage, the Decepticons could learn the location of Horai Island and destroy it with Damocles. Unfortunately for Schneizel, he's ultimately outplayed by Megatron and killed just as his plans enter the endgame.
• Non-Action Guy: While Schneizel isn't adverse to using every tool possible in a conflict, he himself isn't a fighter. As such, when faced with physical confrontations, he instead will call in reinforcements, withdraw or negotiate.
• Pragmatic Villainy: While scheming and ruthless, Schneizel understands when to cut his losses and he won't carelessly sacrifice his subordinates, not even the ones he truly deemed expendable. He is also never simply cruel for the sake of it and understands the value of maintaining (superficial) good relations with those under his command.
• The Quisling: Sides with Megatron to help destroy Britannia.
• The Sociopath: Schneizel holds everything and everyone (even his own siblings) to a quantified value and hides his ruthlessness behind the veneer of a charming gentleman. He directly arranges for his sister's knight to be killed to take down the Autobots and Black Knights, and doesn't seem remotely bothered by this or that his sister could get caught in the blast.
• Spanner in the Works: Just as it looks like Lelouch might be getting through to Suzaku, Schneizel's missile bombardment is announced, prompting the Japanese pilot to try and restrain Zero so he can't get away.
• The Starscream: Besides being the actual Starscream's human counterpart in many ways (although certainly more composed and mindful), he makes a secret alliance with Megatron to overthrow his father. Clash of Ice and Metal also reveals that he and Starscream are planning something behind Megatron's back.
• The Strategist: He's on par if not surpasses Lelouch in this regard. As children, Schneizel was the one sibling that Lelouch could never best at chess.
• Villainous Breakdown: After spending the majority of R2 completely in control of himself and rolling with every blow that he suffers from the Autobots and Black Knights, he finally loses his cool epically when Megatron returns in The Demon and the Dragon Cometh, and ultimately dies panicking as he is consumed by synthetic Cosmic Rust.
• Villain Has a Point: Selling out your country to the Decepticons is pretty horrible regardless of what nation that is, but Schneizel does bring up a good point in how it was long past time for Britannia to fall.
• Villain Respect: Shows this throughout the series.
  • He's impressed by Optimus Prime's prowess when the latter destroys the Kamine Island Thought Eleveator in Island of Gods and Monsters, calling him an interesting character.
  • In contrast to Megatron's Villainous Breakdown over losing to Lelouch in Battle for the Ark, Schneizel offers a quiet "well played" to his half-brother.
  • He later tips his hat to Optimus again in A Different Kind of Engagement after the Autobot leader proves to be a challenge to him at chess, and later figuring out his plans and managing to expose the High Eunuchs' crimes to the world.
  • Schneizel himself has the legitimate respect of both Starscream and Megatron.
  • Even if they're philosophically and physically on opposite sides now, Schneizel actually likes Cornelia's Heel–Face Turn. Saying that he's glad that she was able to grow beyond their father's wishes.
• The Voice: His first "appearance" in Tropical Skirmish where he contacts Starscream via radio.
• Your Approval Fills Me with Shame: When Starscream praises Schneizel for his actions in Isle of Gods and Monsters, he has the decency to look ashamed.

Princess Cornelia li Britannia

Princess Cornelia li Britannia

Primary Knightmare: Custom Gloucestor, Custom Vincent

"I've laid waste to entire legions of enemies! I brought entire nations to their knees for the sake of the Empire! I will not be mocked by the likes of you!"

"I failed him, him and Nunnally. Honestly, it's a miracle that he let me into his ranks after all that, but he did, and I am humbled and grateful... I've done so much wrong since that day, my only concern now is making this right."

The Second Princess of the Imperial Family, Lelouch's elder half-sister, and the Viceroy of Area 11 after Clovis' death. She was regarded as the "Goddess of Victory" by the Britannian forces, owing to her flawless winning streak as a Knightmare Frame pilot, but her attempts to defeat Optimus Prime often end with her getting bested by Zero and the Autobots while her short temper often hinders her combat skills. Following the Time Skip, she became part of the Autobot-Black Knight Alliance's Elite Guard.

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• Ace Custom: She pilots a custom Gloucester in battle. Downplayed as her Gloucester is outmatched against more advanced Knightmares like the Guren and Gekka Pre-Production. After joining the Black Knights, she receives a custom Vincent.
• Actor Allusion: English side. Cornelia gets into a rather heated argument with her nicer sister Euphemia which ends with a slap. Add in a bit more bloodshed and deep-seated grudges and you have the rivalry between the Williams sisters, with Cornelia's VA playing the more aggressive sibling.
• Adaptational Heroism: Cornelia remained loyal to the Britannian empire throughout canon. At the end of R1, she joins the Autobot/Black Knight alliance to help protect her siblings and atone for her sins.
• All Webbed Up: Ends up bound in webs like Euphemia when Megatron captures her and brings her to Airachnid in Setting the Stage.
• Always Someone Better: On the receiving end from Optimus, Lelouch, and Megatron. Optimus is by far the better fighter than her, to the point where every fight she has had with him has ended in the Autobot Leader's favor. Lelouch, meanwhile, is the better tactician and strategist, with his only loss that did not involve external factors being due to underestimating her. Finally, Megatron, being as good a strategist as Lelouch and as good a fighter as Prime, is better than her in every way that matters. This really grates on her due to her pride. She doesn't have this problem with Nonette, however, acknowledging the Knight of Nine as her better in Nunnally Held Hostage. This may be due to Nonette being Cornelia's senior from military school, as well as one of the few people that Cornelia actually fears.
• Armor-Piercing Response: In Divided They Fall, while under the command of Lelouch's Geass, he asks her what would she had done if she knew that he was Zero. She answers that she would have joined him, and when Lelouch asks why, Cornelia answers that it's because she loves him, and that she never stopped loving him even after he and Nunnally were exiled.
• The Atoner: Along with Euphemia and Suzaku, Cornelia formally joins the Black Knight-Autobot Alliance both to fight the Decepticons and to protect Lelouch and Nunnally as she felt that she owed it to them for not protecting them from being exiled.
• Badass in Distress: Cornelia has been held captive quite a few times throughout the story, but she nonetheless manages to free herself from each situation.
• Became Their Own Antithesis: Goes from a racist nationalist who doesn't care about the crimes she's committed with an ego that came from her successes to The Atoner who has no problem working with the Japanese and Autobots she once despised and who has abandoned her title of princess.
• Berserk Button: She does not like it when someone insults her skills as a warrior, giving her Pride. But if there's one way to really get Cornelia pissed off, it's threatening or insulting Euphemia in any way.
• Big Sister Instinct: Even as an adult, Cornelia dotes on Euphemia and was said to have had this attitude for Lelouch and Nunnally when they were still a part of the royal family. Divided They Fall reveals (under the influence of Lelouch's Geass) that her love for her half-siblings has never wavered since their exile and supposed deaths, and if Cornelia had to choose, she would gladly turn against their father and Britannia to protect them. When she learns that the Decepticons kidnapped Euphemia in Facade of Blood, Cornelia can only think about having Megatron's head on a pike as she leaves to save her.
• Blinded by Rage: Cornelia generally tends to fight sloppily if she is extremely angry. It results in her losing against both Optimus and Megatron.
• Blood Knight: Dreadwing mused how she would have thrived in the Pits of Kaon. Even Megatron notes this after taking her down.
• Character Development: Gets the most out of anyone in the Royal Family in R1 — Cornelia is introduced as a proud Britannian warrior, but repeated defeats by the Autobots and disputes with her siblings has gradually started to get her to understand their perspective on their home nation and why they choose to rebel against it. She also eventually starts to let go of her Fantastic Racism, indicated by how she starts to address Suzaku by name after he rescued her and Euphemia from Airachnid and when she shows genuine sadness for Dreadwing's sacrifice. She even willingly joins the Autobots and the Black Knights at the end of R1 to atone for her actions and to also protect Lelouch and Nunnally. The Time Skip has shown that she's come to respect the Autobots, including her superior officer Ultra Magnus, and is more respectful to the Japanese.
• Close-Range Combatant: Befitting of her Blood Knight status, Cornelia prefers to charge in to engage her enemies at close range. This bites her in the ass whenever she's forced to fight the Autobots, who are infinitely better at close quarters fighting than she is. Additionally, she's at a disadvantage fighting the Guren and Pre-Production Gekka, since both have weapons that make close-range fighting very dangerous.
• Commonality Connection: In R2, she shares this with former Vehicon Steve, as both have defected from an oppressive nation.
  Cornelia: One defector to another.
• Crazy-Prepared: Has a knife hidden on her in case she needs to escape being Bound and Gagged, as well as for killing anyone who tries to take her hostage. Cornelia later uses said knife to make a hole in the cocoon Airachnid traps her in to use Euphemia's phone to call Lelouch, allowing Suzaku and Dreadwing to save her and Euphie.
• Crippling Overspecialization: It's implied Cornelia has trouble fighting the Autobots and Black Knights because her Gloucester is designed for fighting other Knightmares - specifically, ones based on the Glasgow. This leaves it at a disadvantage against machines like the Guren and Pre-Production Gekka (both of which are designed differently from the Glasgow and fight differently as a result) and woefully outclassed by the Autobots (who are several millennia old at minimum Mechanical Lifeforms). In short, she'll cut through Mooks like a hot knife through butter, but when she fights stronger opponents, she struggles all the way and still often loses.
• Curb-Stomp Battle: Receiving end, from both Cybertronian leaders, no less.
  • In her duel against Optimus Prime, Cornelia was able to deal him a minor nick wound, but was ultimately no match for the wise and experienced commander of the Autobots.
  • She fared even worse against Megatron, who was clearly toying with her, and the fact that Cornelia was already seeing red as a result of learning of Euphemia's kidnapping by the Decepticons.
• Defeating the Undefeatable: The formerly flawless victory-earning Cornelia suffers her first ever loss against Autobot leader Optimus Prime. After this, she wouldn't get a stellar performance in battles, losing to the likes of Ironhide, Bumblebee, and Megatron along the way until she pursues a Heel–Face Turn.
• Defrosting Ice Queen: Cold and proud Cornelia finally starts to be openly empathetic and emotional at the end of R1 after being reunited with Lelouch and Nunnally.
• Demoted to Dragon: Charles eventually gets tired of her inability to deal with the Autobots and Black Knights, leading him to subordinate her to Megatron whenever they are up against the Autobots and their human allies.
• Embarrassing Nickname: Nonette calls her 'Nellie'.
• Even Evil Has Standards: Downplayed. She's clearly horrified by the photos of the remains of Airachnid's victims. But she still refuses to investigate because the victims were Japanese and thus less important than Britannians.
  • While she opposes Euphemia's decision to create the Special Administrative Zone of Japan like in canon, she is disgusted and angered when she learns that Megatron used the SAZ to incite a massacre by kidnapping Euphemia and replacing her with a Pretender.
• Everyone Can See It: Multiple characters notice the chemistry with her and Guilford.
• Expository Hairstyle Change: Between R1 and R2, she grows her hair longer and looser, signifying her kinder demeanor and newfound affiliation to the Black Knights.
• Expy: Cast in a similar mold as Azula from the author's previous work: seemingly hard-to-beat antagonist in canon who gets beaten by the newcomer heroes in the fanfic, learns to grow distrustful of their respective sides, and performs a proper Heel–Face Turn by the second half of the story; something they never properly did in canon.
• Fantastic Racism:
  • Among the Imperial family, Cornelia is arguably the most overtly prejudiced against Transformers, regularly referring to the Autobots as "vile abominations/machines" and to her Decepticon allies as "aliens".
  • While she is clearly horrified and disgusted by the remains of Airachnid's victims, she doesn't actually do anything about it, as the victims were all Japanese and thus of secondary concern compared to Britannians. This gets brought up by Airachnid during her fight with Suzaku, with the former noting that as long as her victims are Numbers, Britannia will not lift a finger to save them.
  • The end of R1 shows that she's beginning to grow past this, as she begins addressing Suzaku by his first name after he and Dreadwing save her and Euphemia from Airachnid, and willingly joins the Autobots and Black Knights as atonement. After the Time Skip to R2, Cornelia has let go of her racism, now being respectful towards the Japanese and the Autobots.
• Fatal Flaw: Pride - most of Cornelia's negative traits (Shoot the Hostage and Fantastic Racism, to name a few) are motivated by an incredibly high view of herself. When slighted, she can be extremely dangerous, but it also makes her sloppy. Her prejudice against the Cybertronians is as much out of her ego as it is out of bigotry.
• First-Name Basis: In R2 when reunited with Guilford, she insists on him calling her Cornelia without honorifics, and she, in turn, calls him Gilbert.
• The Glorious War of Sisterly Rivalry: Pretty much downplayed in that she still deeply cares about Euphemia, but she manages to find herself in a tense argument that ends with her slapping the younger sibling, leaving her distraught. In this case, she's the Beautiful Sister to Euphemia's Smart.
• Heel–Face Turn: While under the effects of Lelouch's Geass in Divided They Fall, Cornelia tells him that if she ever found out that he and Nunnally were still alive and the former was Zero, she would defect to the Black Knights and Autobots in a heartbeat. She also says that Darlton and Guilford would follow her as well. While she's still with the Empire, for the time being, the author has hinted about this happening eventually.
  • Facade of Blood sees her slowly beginning to turn when she sees Lelouch and Nunnally at the SAZ Massacre, the former in his Zero outfit. She also vows revenge on Megatron for instigating the SAZ Massacre by kidnapping and replacing Euphemia, going after him by herself.
  • Come Till All Are One, and Cornelia officially joins the Black Knights.
• Hidden Depths: On the surface, Cornelia appears to be a brutal warlord that cares little for non-Britannians and ignores the crimes of her family. However, Knights of Justice and Freedom shows that a part of her is reluctant in her actions, as well as regretful. She reveals in Divided They Fall, while under Lelouch's Geass, that she's worried about Charles doing something to Euphemia if she ever went against him, and she would gladly join the Autobots and Black Knights to protect Lelouch and Nunnally.
• How the Mighty Have Fallen: Cornelia was her nation's lauded and feared Goddess of Victory, but perpetual defeats by the Black Knights/Autobots and humiliation from the Decepticons have all but wrecked her credibility.
• Humble Pie: Despite being able to inflict a superficial wound, the Goddess of Victory was handed her first-ever defeat by the battle-hardened Optimus Prime. It has yet to really affect her judgment, though. The change in her character in R2 shows that she's finally taken that pie.
• Humiliation Conga: Hoo boy, this crossover has not been kind to Cornelia's ego.
  • First, she suffers her first defeat ever at Saitama, where not only are the Autobots and Zero able to evacuate everyone, but she is completely trounced by Optimus in single combat.
  • Then the Lake Kawaguchi Hotel Hijacking happens, where the Autobots and their human allies make her look incompetent by rescuing the hostages (including her sister) before her forces can, whilst also announcing the formation of the Black Knights and declaring war against Britannia.
  • She suffers another loss at Narita, where she only escapes due to Megatron's intervention and is unable to destroy the Japanese Liberation Front.
  • From there, Charles informs her that she will be under Megatron's supervision in all matters involving the Autobots and Black Knights.
  • She is humiliated again at Port Yokosuka, where the Black Knights are able to rescue the Remnants of the JLF from under her forces noses, Zero evades capture despite her best efforts, and the Glaston Knights, already reeling from Narita, are effectively wiped out, with only Darlton and Guilford remaining. By the end of it all, she's fuming but utterly powerless to do anything about her situation.
  • Probably the most humiliating episode for Cornelia thus far occurs during the mission to recover the Immobilizer. Cornelia (along with Starscream) is abandoned by Airachnid and taken captive by the Black Knights and the Autobots. She spends the duration of their pursuit of her "allies" trussed up in the back of Bumblebee's vehicle mode and later (unknowingly) divulged information on all known Britannian and Decepticon military operations while under the influence of Lelouch's Geass. Cornelia does eventually cut herself free and briefly engages Kallen in hand-to-hand combat, but was soon cornered by the return of the Autobots and then knocked unconscious by Kallen.
  • After Arcee and Cliffjumper drive out Mao (thus saving Ashford Academy in the process, with the Britannian military being none the wiser) in Nunnally Held Hostage, news of their exploits spread like wildfire throughout the internet. Cornelia was utterly PISSED.
  • In Setting the Stage, she challenges Megatron to single combat after hearing what happened to Euphie, and gets soundly trounced by him. To add insult to injury, she becomes Airachnid's next prisoner.
• Hypocrite:
  • Calls out the Black Knights for attacking her from behind, despite the fact she tried to massacre unarmed civilians in a previous chapter. Lelouch calls her out on it.
  • She also balks at Starscream's suggestion to just outright murder everyone in Area 11 to eliminate the Black Knights, since this would incur massive civilian casualties. Starscream points out that she was willing to massacre the people in Saitama to draw out Zero, as well as leave all of the people at Lake Kawaguchi Hotel to die if Euphemia hadn't been among the hostages. Granted, this is more a case of Even Evil Has Standards, as Cornelia actually cares about innocent Britannians and her soldiers, while Starscream only wants power.
  • Cornelia bristles whenever Euphie goes against her... and whenever Megatron orders her around after Charles officially gives the Decepticon command over Cornelia against the Black Knights and Autobots.
• Ignored Epiphany: She briefly reconsiders Euphemia's suggestion of working with the Autobots, if only out of guilt for slapping her in their argument. But once Euphemia announces the SAZ, her disgust at the situation makes her buckle down on her own opinion. Later subverted in Rise of the Decepticons as she chooses to reconcile with Euphie out of guilt for not listening to her and nearly killing Zero/Lelouch several times.
• In Memoriam: In-Universe. Her Vincent in R2 is explicitly noted to have the same color scheme as the Glaston Knights' Gloucesters, showing she hasn't forgotten them or their adoptive father, Darlton.
• It's All About Me: She refuses to listen to Euphemia when the latter asks her to consider working with the Autobots against the Decepticons due to her anger at them overriding everything else.
• It's All My Fault: In Rise of the Decepticons, Cornelia blames herself for the state the entire world falls into, feeling that if she just listened to Euphemia in The Patch Paradox, then none of this would have happened.
• It's Personal: Cornelia is utterly out for blood (or rather, Energon) when she learns that a Pretender posing as Euphemia instigated the SAZ massacre and that the real Euphemia is likely being held captive by the Decepticons.
• Kick the Morality Pet: When Euphemia tries to convince her to end their alliance with the Decepticons, during which Euphie bluntly states that Britannia is in the wrong and needs to change, this culminates in Cornelia backhanding Euphemia after the latter states that Cornelia is just like their father, Charles.
• Laser-Guided Amnesia: Lelouch has her forget their conversation in Divided They Fall, which involved her learning that he and Nunnally are alive and that he's Zero, to protect both her and Euphemia from their father and Megatron.
• Laser-Guided Karma: Cornelia is a racist, brutal warlord who doesn't care about the lives she ruins. This comes back to bite her a couple of times:
  • Despite being horrified by photos of Airachnid's victims, because they're Japanese she doesn't feel they're worth caring about. Later, she's forced to work with Airachnid, who psychologically torments her with bragging of her actions and later still is left a prisoner in Airachnid's custody herself.
  • She refuses to listen to Euphemia about allying with the Autobots against the Decepticons, and argues with her over the SAZ. This partially contributes to Euphie being kidnapped by the Cons and replaced with a Pretender that frames her for the resulting SAZ Massacre.
• Locked Out of the Loop: Cornelia is unaware that Megatron is partially responsible for Charles' rise to power.
• Mook Mobile: Her Knightmare of choice is just a modified Gloucester, the base model of which is one of Britannia's two primary Knightmares at the start of the story. She upgrades to a customized Vincent in R2.
• Moral Myopia: While Britannia as a whole has this, Cornelia is one of the greater examples. She doesn't bat an eye at the crimes perpetrated by her family against the Japanese, but when those same actions are enacted against her family or Britannian civilians, she's enraged.
• My Greatest Failure: Cornelia blames herself for not being able to prevent the murder of her idol Marianne vi Britannia, as well as the exile and (supposed) deaths of Lelouch and Nunnally.
• My God, What Have I Done?: Cornelia is hit with this after (literally) lashing out at Euphemia when the latter said that Britannia was to blame for the chaotic state of the world and that Cornelia was just like their callous father.
  • When Cornelia sees Lelouch and Nunnally, the former in his Zero outfit, at the SAZ Massacre, she is in clear emotional shock as she realizes the enemy she had been trying to kill for most of the story is her own beloved half-brother, and his death would have left Nunnally absolutely devastated. She later thinks this in Rise of the Decepticons.
    Cornelia: Oh god... Lelouch... Nunnally... what have I done?!
• Nerves of Steel: Refuses to show fear to Megatron when he defeats and captures her in Setting the Stage. She loses these nerves when she sees how terrified her sister Euphie is being held prisoner by Airachnid.
• Noble Demon: Cornelia accepted a challenge to an honorable duel between her and Optimus (when she could have easily simply ordered her forces to shoot him on the spot) and on the condition that should she be defeated, she would no longer consciously endanger the lives of civilians, including/especially non-Britannians. When Optimus does indeed emerge the victor, Cornelia has every intention of keeping her word, albeit begrudgingly.
• Not So Stoic: Cornelia breaks down tears in Rise of the Decepticons as she blames herself for not listening to Euphie, which led to the SAZ Massacre, the fall of Britannia, and the rise of the Decepticons. She's also devastated by Dreadwing's death.
  • She's reduced to Tears of Joy in Till All Are One upon reuniting with Nunnally and Lelouch.
    Milly: Wow... who would have thought we'd see Viceroy Cornelia of all people break down like that?
  • Like with everybody in The Fires of Rage, seeing Grimlock transform into a T-Rex leaves her in complete shock.
• Official Couple: She and Guilford are engaged by the end of R2.
• Positive Friend Influence: Learning Lelouch and Nunnally are alive and joining the Black Knights has done wonders for Cornelia as a person.
• Punk in the Trunk: In Divided They Fall, after being captured by the Autobots and the Black Knights, Cornelia is kept in Bumblebee's boot and later tossed into Optimus' trailer when interrogated by Lelouch/Zero.
• Redemption Demotion: While Cornelia was always an upper middle tier fighter in the story, her Heel–Face Turn has made it more difficult for her to stand out strategically or in combat, as she's no longer leading in greater strategic plans, loses her knightmare in an ambush and doesn't do anything of note during the many group fight scenes she's a part of. Although even before her Heel–Face Turn, she visibly struggled against many of the Cybertronians, particularly the likes of Optimus and Megatron, and Lelouch proved to be her better in tactics after overcoming a lot of his mental hangups and trust issues, so it's not a massive downgrade.
• Roaring Rampage of Revenge: Tears down several waves of vehicons trying to call out Megatron.
• The Social Darwinist: Cornelia initially believes that fighting and conquest is inherent in human nature and as Britannia has the strongest and most advanced military in the world, they had the right and power to dominate and rule other nations.
• That Man Is Dead: During her reunion with Guilford, she tells him that the princess she previously was no longer exists. She has renounced her title as princess, as well as the name "li Britannia" and now proudly calls herself a Black Knight.
• Twitchy Eye: Has one when she first meets Nonette, one of the few people she fears and someone who gets on her nerves.
• Unstoppable Rage: Deconstructed. When sufficiently angered, Cornelia's fighting gets sloppy but much more lethal. This lets her mow down droves of Mook Knightmares and even a few Vehicons, but against more experienced combatants like Megatron her defeat is all but assured.

Princess Euphemia li Britannia

Princess Euphemia li Britannia

"I want to do what I can to ensure Earth has a bright future. Not just protecting it from the Decepticons, but also stopping all this violence and bloodshed that Britannia has encouraged for so many years."

The Third Princess of the Imperial Family, Sub Viceroy of Area 11, and Cornelia's only full-blooded sibling. Despite being a princess of Britannia, Euphemia has a heart of gold, wanting to put an end to the violence and bloodshed happening around her. In R2, she joins the Autobot-Black Knight Alliance.

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• Actor Allusion: During the endgame battle, she becomes the tactician driving everyone to victory. Her taking up said position is a nod to her Japanese VA playing Ruri Hoshino, who occupies a similar position in both the final Nadesico film as well as the Super Robot Wars series she's been in.
• All-Loving Heroine: She's not a warrior like her sister nor a particularly skilled politician like Schniezel, but Euphie nonetheless works unremittingly to create a gentler world for everyone, Britannian or not.
• All Webbed Up: The state she's in thanks to Airachnid in Facade of Blood.
• Arch-Enemy: Airachnid ends up becoming this for Euphie after the Spider-Con tormented her and Cornelia, made her watch the SAZ Massacre, caused Dreadwing's death, and made Suzaku's life hell. To note, Euphie, who is an All-Loving Heroine and hates killing, silently admits to wanting Airachnid dead when she sees her again in R2.
• The Atoner: While she is not completely to blame, Euphemia still feels an immense amount of guilt for how the SAZ turned out and joins the Black Knights and the Autobots in continued hopes of creating a gentler world.
• Beta Couple: With Suzaku.
• Big Damn Kiss: Gives one to Suzaku after being rescued by him in Rise of the Decepticons.
• Borrowed Catchphrase: During her broadcasted speech of setting up a ceasefire, Euphemia ends with Optimus' words, "Freedom is the right of all sentient beings," showing both her kindhearted nature and her admiration of her beloved father.
• Break the Cutie: After being kidnapped and held captive by Airachnid with Cornelia, Forced to Watch as the SAZ turns into a massacre caused by a Pretender wearing her face, followed by seeing the fall of Pendragon, and losing a trusted friend in Dreadwing, poor Euphie is an absolute wreck, blaming herself for everything that has happened.
• Composite Character: She and Diethard share William Fowler's role as mission co-ordinator in Toxic Nemesis.
• Damsel in Distress: Poor Euphemia gets kidnapped by Airachnid as part of Megatron's plot to engineer the massacre on Elevens/Japanese at the SAZ. To twist the knife further, she was Forced to Watch as a Decepticon Pretender wearing her face instigates the slaughter.
• Didn't Think This Through: Euphemia publicly announces that she intends to use the SAZ to broker an alliance between the Autobots, Black Knights, and Britannia against the Decepticons, after learning that Megatron is responsible for Cybertron becoming uninhabitable. While she is fully willing to oppose her family on this, she never considers that Megatron (who has attempted genocide against the Autobots) might object to this. Sure enough, in the next chapter she gets kidnapped by the Decepticons, replaced by a Pretender, and is Forced to Watch as the SAZ Massacre happens.
• Excellent Judge of Character: When she first meets Megatron, she could tell by looking into his optics that he wasn't telling the whole truth when he told her about how they had the same goals.
• Expy:
  • She's quite reminiscent of Alexis Thi Dang but it's turned over its head. Unlike her who has aspirations of becoming president, Euphie deeply resents her position much later in the fic. While Armada didn't present much of Alexis' leadership skills all that much, Euphie's lack of such is more evident. Their biggest link, however? Being deeply related to blue-colored Decepticon Seekers with a badge of honor around them and bringing out their best qualities while also being distraught over their deaths.
  • She seems to carry many traits reminiscent of Lacus Clyne; on the antagonistic side but harbors a sense of goodwill especially post-R1, though some of her naivety also manifests before the end of the first half.
  • By the endgame, she takes up charge of the Omniglobe, becoming a tactician in the vein of Ruri Hoshino, of whom she shares the Japanese VA with.
• Fatal Flaw: Naivety - While Euphemia is genuinely aware of the numerous issues that plague Britannia and how evil the Decepticons are, she considerably underestimates just how deep these issues go. This directly leads to the SAZ becoming a massacre, as she never considers how Megatron would oppose it, nor how gleefully and willingly the assembled Britannians would partake in the slaughter.
• Forced to Watch: Airachnid forces her to witness the SAZ going down in flames due to Megatron's manipulations. She and Cornelia are later made to watch the Black Rebellion and the destruction of Pendragon.
• Heel–Face Turn: After learning the truth about Megatron and the fate of Cybertron by Optimus in Chapter 28, Euphie vows to help Lelouch and Optimus in any way she can in the war, and even convinces Suzaku and Dreadwing to do the same. Of course, it is up for debate about this being a Heel–Face Turn since while Euphie is the princess of an evil empire, she's never really been evil at all.
• Heel Realization: Admits she's no longer sure if she's on the right side in Chapter 20 after learning about Airachnid, especially since Starscream advocated destroying Area 11.
• Heroic Self-Deprecation: Euphemia outright hates herself after learning the full truth behind the Autobot-Decepticon War, Lelouch's motivation, and Suzaku's resignation as her knight. The reason being that she doesn't feel like she can do anything of value. A talk with Nina helps her pick herself up.
• Heroic Willpower: In the R2 chapter One Shall Stand despite usage of the Omniglobe clearly taking a toll on her body and mind, Euphie is determined to see the battle to the very end.
• Hidden Depths: Euphie secretly resents being a princess, as it makes her complicit in her family's crimes despite her opposition to many of her father and sister's choices.
• It's All My Fault: Ends up blaming herself for the state Britannia - and the world - falls into at the hands of the Decepticons as a result of creating the Special Administrative Zone.
• Lady and Knight: Like in canon, she chooses Suzaku as her Knight. The reason, though, is slightly different: she wants him to stay away from the Decepticons (Megatron especially) and figured that him becoming her Knight would be the best way to do so.
• Life's Work Ruined: The SAZ is the culmination of her efforts to try and make things better for Area 11, and Megatron not only destroys it but does so in a way that will ensure that something like it will never be possible again.
• Mirror Character: Euphemia and Shirley are both kind-hearted Britannians who would much rather see their homeland exercise more benevolent and inclusive practices; the only difference between them is that Euphemia is royalty and Shirley is implied to be a commoner.
• My God, What Have I Done?: Euphie is horrified as she realizes that the blood of everybody who dies at the SAZ massacre will be on her hands even if her name is cleared because even if she didn't kill those people (it was a Pretender posing as her), she'll have to live with the fact that she put those victims in that position in the first place by announcing the SAZ. It then gets worse as the Decepticons launch an assault on Pendragon and destroy it before attacking Japan to take over the world.
• Official Couple: With Suzaku.
• Paper-Thin Disguise: Euphemia's disguises tend to leave her more conspicuous physical traits completely unmodified (namely her waist-length pink hair). She donned only a pair of glasses during the Lake Kawaguchi Hotel Jacking and her default wears when going out into public are tinted shades and a hat (particularly post-R1 as Euphemia had gained quite a notoriety as a result of the SAZ massacre). She has thus far never been identified despite such flimsy vestments.
• Power-Strain Blackout: Using the Omniglobe during the Final Battle of R2 takes an enormous toll on her and eventually causes Euphie to fall unconscious just after Shockwave, the Terrocon-Driller and Predaking are defeated.
• Princess Classic: Just as in canon.
• Relative Button: Euphemia is one for both Cornelia and Lelouch. The massacre at the Specialized Administrative Zone (a projected sanctioned by Euphemia) is what thoroughly incites Cornelia and Lelouch to pursue the Decepticons with a vengeance.
• Significant Wardrobe Shift: At the start of R2, she's traded in her princess outfit for a Black Knight uniform resembling C.C.'s from the canonical R2.
• Spared by the Adaptation: Explicitly stated by the end-of-chapter notes for Diverging and Intersecting Paths.
• That Man Is Dead: By the time R2 begins, she and her sister renounced their titles as princesses and their surname of li Britannia.
• Took a Level in Badass:
  • After finally seeing the sinister and violent nature of the Decepticons, Euphemia takes several initiatives against them to ensure the survival of herself, her loved ones, and her nation. She even stands up to Starscream and her men can't be happier about it.
  • After the fall of Britannia Euphemia proved to be a quick learner in battle strategy by spending time with Lelouch, Optimus, and Cornelia. This cumulates with her taking command in the R2 chapter One Shall Stand, where she utilizes the Omniglobe in Lelouch's place (due to Lelouch taking charge in rescuing Nunnally and Cera).
• Trauma Conga Line: Just because she didn't cause the SAZ Massacre like in canon doesn't mean she didn't get through the wringer. Big time.
  • The line starts in Facade of Blood where she gets kidnapped by Airachnid, is webbed up in a cave, and is Forced to Watch by the sadistic spider-con as the Decepticons use a Pretender in her image to turn the SAZ into a massacre. And she's still a captive by chapter's end, which means the line is not done yet...
  • Setting the Stage has her continue being Airachnid's prisoner, with the spider-con laughing at her sadness and calling her the Massacre Princess. She's then joined in captivity by Cornelia after her older sister is defeated by Megatron. And like with the SAZ Massacre, Airachnid plans to force the two sisters to watch as the Decepticons decimate Pendragon and the Tokyo Settlement.
  • In Rise of the Decepticons, she and Cornelia are both saved by Suzaku and Dreadwing, but Euphie is shaken up and scared from being kidnapped, seeing the SAZ Massacre, and witnessing the fall of Pendragon. It then gets worse when Dreadwing, the only Decepticon she ever trusted, sacrifices himself. This is then followed by Suzaku being pulled by Groundbridge to Pendragon to fight Megatron. Sayoko does manage to get her and Cornelia to the Ark safely, though.
• White Sheep: She is perhaps the single goodhearted person in the Imperial Family (barring perhaps Nunnally, before her and Lelouch's exile). School Festival Declaration all but solidifies this due to her open declaration of a ceasefire between Britannia and the Black Knight-Autobot Alliance and intent to create the SAZ.

Prince Clovis la Britannia

Prince Clovis la Britannia

"Since the media want a charismatic prince I give them one."

The Third Prince of the Imperial Family, and Viceroy of Area 11 at the start of the series.

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• General Failure: Lacks greatly in terms of military strategies, especially against Lelouch, and most especially against the Autobots.
• Karmic Death: Just as such in canon, Clovis is killed by Lelouch after ordering the destruction of the Shinjuku ghetto and its inhabitants. He doesn't even get to confront any of the Autobots that aided Lelouch.
• Oh, Crap!: Like in canon, he has this when he realizes that his supposedly dead brother Lelouch was the one leading the resistance against him in Shinjuku... and is also the guy pointing a gun at him to kill him.
• Plot-Irrelevant Villain: Clovis' role in this story is ultimately unchanged from how it was in canon. He doesn't have any interactions with the Autobots or Decepticons at all nor made aware of their existence before his death.
• Smug Snake: Very overconfident in his poor battle strategies of just sending scores of soldiers against the resisting forces in Shinjuku. He freaks out when Lelouch and the Autobots can defeat his forces.
• Starter Villain: Is the first member of the Britannian Royal Family for Lelouch to resist against, just like in canon.

Princess Carine ne Britannia

Princess Carine ne Britannia

"You're nervous about everything Odysseus. Grow a backbone, would you?"

The Fifth Princess of the Imperial Family.

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• Accidental Misnaming: On the part of the author — Carine's name is often misspelled "Carnie", presumably due to spellcheck
• Adaptational Heroism: She never joined the Black Knights in canon, but here, she seeks sanctuary with them after the Decepticons and Schneizel's endgame is revealed.
• Adapted Out: Not her, but her knight Dasco la Clermont, who has yet to appear in the story, and given the destruction of Britannia, along with the total annihilation of the Imperial Family outside of those who joined the Black Knights, probably never will.
• Irony: Tells her half brother Odysseus to grow a backbone; later on, when she witnesses the Nemesis wipe out Pendragon and Megatron announce the news of Charles' demise, she can only look on in shock and terror.
• Not So Above It All: In the R2 chapter A Different Kind of Engagement, even she was in awe of Optimus Prime's appearance (albeit via hologram).
• Screw This, I'm Outta Here: In Damocles Rises, she refuses to join Anticlea and Guinevere in leaving the planet because even she knows that a dozen people is not enough to repopulate humanity.
• This Cannot Be!: Is in complete shock over the Decepticons' destruction of Pendragon, hoping that there's some chance of Britannia's rule being salvaged.

Princess Laila la Britannia

Princess Laila la Britannia

The younger sister of Clovis la Britannia.

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• Adapted Out: Due to a case of Outdated by Canon, her backstory from the mobile game Lost Stories, where she was kidnapped by the Geass Order after her mother went insane from Clovis’ death doesn’t happen in this story.
• Canon Immigrant: First appeared in the mobile game Code Geass: Maelstrom of Libra before making a cameo in the first compilation movie. Here, she is first seen in Fall of Britannia.
• Kid Has a Point: In A Different Kind of Engagement, she drops a "Not So Different" Remark about Britannia and the Decepticons, being the only member of her family at Schneizel's planned wedding with Tianzi to recognize the similarities between the two factions.
• Screw This, I'm Outta Here: In Damocles Rises, she escapes along with Odysseus, Carine, and Steve to seek sanctuary with the Autobots and Black Knights.
• Token Good Teammate: Of the Britannian royal family members that are currently prisoners of the Decepticons, she's the only one who is willing to acknowledge that Britannia really wasn't very different from the ones who conquered them. She's also one of the few Britannians who's in awe of Optimus Prime's presence (the others being Odysseus and Carine).

Princes Pollux & Castor rui Britannia

A pair of twin brothers within the Britannian royal family. After the fall of Britannia, they are brought in to the Decepticons' Dark Knights unit.

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Tropes for both siblings:

Primary Knightmare: Dark Regalia

• Bit Character: They ultimately don't have much of a presence in the story before they quite literally bite it against Grimlock.
• Canon Immigrant: They first appeared in the Code Geass video game for the Nintendo DS.
• Combining Mecha: Their Knightmares can combine to form the Dark Regalia. Not that this helps them much against Grimlock.
• Empowered Badass Normal: Both have Geass, and are willing to pilot Knightmares into battle.
• Explosive Leash: Following their surrender, the twins are brought along with Gino and Anya into a unit called the Dark Knights. Their Knightmares are each equipped with an explosive to keep them from stepping out of line.
• Know When to Fold Them: Take the opportunity to surrender and live when offered it.
• Identical Twin ID Tag: Pollux has gold eyes, Castor has blue eyes (and a nicer face).
• To Serve Man: Both of them die when Grimlock chomps down on the cockpits of their combined Knightmares.

Tropes for Pollux rui Britannia:

Primary Knightmare: Dark Equus

"If we're going down! We're going down fighting!"

• Mind Control: Has a (weaker) version of Lelouch's Geass. He doesn't get to use it before his death.
• Our Centaurs Are Different: His Equus is a centaur-shaped Knightmare.
• Supernatural Gold Eyes: Unlike the rest of his family, his eyes are bright gold.

Tropes for Castor rui Britannia:

Primary Knightmare: Dark Aquila

"Who would have thought Zero had what it takes to be in an actual fight? I would have thought you were just a strategist who hangs in the back."

• Ace Pilot: Thanks to the flight capabilities of the Aquila, he's a very good pilot.
• Twin Telepathy: His Geass allows him to speak mentally with his brother. It also allows him to speak with V.V. as well, as V.V. gave Castor his Geass.

Princess Euliya mel Britannia

Princess Euliya mel Britannia

Marrybell's younger sister, a princess of Britannia who was thought to have died in a terrorist attack along with their mother.

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• Adapted Out: Supplementary materials for Code Geass reveal that she had a geass that was similar to Marianne’s geass, in that it would only activate upon her death, and it allowed her soul to inhabit another vessel, with hers being able to inhabit inanimate objects, and her soul would appear before people. Because the fanfic was written before this was revealed, she doesn’t have a Geass, as the author said it was too late now.
• Composite Character: In Code Geass: Oz the Reflection, Euliya and Marrybell's deceased little sister were two separate characters.^note While there was allegedly a case of same name, there was no official confirmation the two were meant to be the same character, with the idea Marrybell's sister survived being a fanon connected to both Euliya and Miss X. Here, the two are one in the same, unfortunately making it a case of Yank the Dog's Chain for Marrybell, learning from Orpheus that her sister did survive, only to die later on while they were escaping the Order.
• Did Not Die That Way: She was believed to have been killed by V.V. along with her mother. Orpheus reveals that she was actually kidnapped into the Geass Order by V.V. When she escaped the Order with Orpheus and Misty, she was killed when Pluton attacked the village they were staying at.
• The Lost Lenore: Was romantically involved with Orpheus before her death. He still mourns her by the time of R2.
• Posthumous Character: She has been dead for a few years by the time R2 starts.

Britannian Army

The most powerful (human) army on Earth, backed by the technologically advanced Knightmare Frames.

Jeremiah Gottwald

Jeremiah Gottwald

Primary Knightmare: Sutherland, Siegfried, Dark Siegfried, Siegfried-Loyal

^{Click here to see his R2 appearance}

"I will not ask for forgiveness, only a chance to prove my worth and loyalty."

Leader of the Purist faction. After spending much of R2 as a brainwashed slave to the Decepticon scientist Shockwave, he finally regains his free will, joining the Autobot-Black Knight Alliance to make up for failing to protect Marianne vi Britannia.

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• Adaptational Badass: Shockwave is the one to turn Jeremiah into a cyborg by giving him Cybertronian implants.
• Berserk Button: He really doesn't appreciate being called "Orange". Especially when it's an Autobot calling him that. After his Heel–Face Turn, he accepts the title of "The Orange Knight" with pride.
• Brainwashed and Crazy: After Shockwave gets him, he's made loyal to the Decepticons. Mr. Fenette starts trying to fix that in R2. Tunnel Vision shows that it's a success, with Jeremiah regaining his free will and joining the Autobot-Black Knight Alliance.
• Broken Pedestal: He used to fiercely loyal to Marianne vi Britannia, even falling in love with her despite her being married to Charles. Learning of her role in Ragnarök instantly kills all of Jeremiah's positive feeling for Marianne.
• Cyborg: Is turned into one like in canon after being injured by Kallen at Narita, except it's Shockwave that does it instead of Code-R, upgrading him with Cybertronian technology.
• Heel–Face Turn: Just like in canon, Jeremiah switches sides to the Autobots and Black Knights in Tunnel Vision, after learning why Nunnally and Lelouch stood against Britannia, and having his free will restored by Joseph.
• Humiliation Conga: Much like in canon, but gets a bit more salt in the wound because of Cliffjumper, who just can't resist rubbing it in.
• In Spite of a Nail: He is still turned into a cyborg after the battle of Narita. However, this is done by Shockwave rather than the Geass Order.
• My Greatest Failure: Duel of Steel reveals that, just like in canon, he blames himself for not being able to save his mistress, Marianne vi Britannia, who he was loyal to, from being murdered.
• My Greatest Second Chance: A main reason why he joins the Autobots and Black Knights. After failing to save Marianne from her (supposed) death, he vows not to fail her children after learning that Lelouch and Nunnally are alive, and part of the resistance.
• Power Nullifier: The author confirmed at the end of Clash of Ice and Metal that Jeremiah has the Geass Canceller like in canon.
• Put on a Bus: Disappears after Narita, having been taken along with the Code-R scientists by the Decepticons. He returns in School Festival Declaration as one of Shockwave's Geass experiments, and Fall of Britannia as the pilot of the Siegfried.
• Tranquil Fury: When Marianne comes clean to the Autobots and Black Knights about her past, he is angry about her involvement in the Ragnarök Connection, but calmly tells her that he once thought failing to protect her was his biggest failure, but now he realizes his real failure was serving the wrong lord, all without raising his voice.
• Transforming Mecha: The Siegfried has a robot form in this story, much to Wheeljack and Dreadwing's surprise.
• Uncertain Doom: The last he's seen in R1 was passing out after the Siegfried's destruction. It's revealed in the R2 chapter Nerves of Steel that Shockwave recovered him.
• Undying Loyalty: Like in canon, he was fiercely loyal to Marianne, and in turn, Lelouch and Nunnally. When Dreadwing accuses the Purebloods of knowing nothing of loyalty or honor in Duel of Steel, Jeremiah reacts like he's about to have an aneurysm. And, like in canon, said loyalty to Marianne and her children plays a factor in his Heel–Face Turn in Tunnel Vision. And when he officially joins the Autobot-Black Knight Alliance, his new Knightmare is called the Siegfried-Loyal.
• Villainous Friendship: With Villetta, who is genuinely saddened by his apparent death. Once both undergo a Heel–Face Turn, they become Platonic Life-Partners. He even escorts her down the aisle during her and Ohgi's wedding.

Villetta Nu

Villetta Nu/ Chigusa

Primary Knightmare: Sutherland, Custom Vincent

"I may not remember but... I know I've done a lot of bad things. Whoever I was, I don't want to be that person again."

An ambitious member of the Purists. After experiencing amnesia and the Time Skip, she (under the name Chigusa) becomes part of the Autobot-Black Knights' Elite Guard.

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• Because You Were Nice to Me: Her main reason for joining the Black Knights was because of Ohgi's kindness when he was nursing her back to health.
• Heel–Face Turn: Joins the Black Knights in Facade of Blood to make up for her past actions.
• I Hate Past Me: After being told of her past by Ohgi, Chigusa/Villetta is determined not to become the person she was before.
• In Spite of a Nail: She still gets shot at Yokosuka, though by Bumblebee instead of Shirley. She also loses her memories from the experience as in canon.
• Living with the Villain: After waking up and revealing to have amnesia, she is cared for and monitored by Ohgi (at his request).
• Made of Iron: Survives being shot by Bumblebee, something Harold Attinger (who was shot by Optimus) was unable to do. Granted, she is completely knocked out by this, and has permanent scars from the wounds.
• Official Couple: Marries Ohgi at the end of R2.
• Scars Are Forever: Bumblebee shooting Villetta to save Lelouch and Shirley results in the former Purist developing permanent scars on her back.
• Ship Tease: Like in canon she gets this with Ohgi as Chigusa. It remains after her memories return.
• Split-Personality Merge: During the six-month Time Skip, all of Villetta's memories returned, but strangely enough, her kind-hearted persona as Chigusa remained intact, whilst also combining the resolve and physical abilities she had as a Britannian soldier.
• That Man Is Dead: Even after her Split-Personality Merge, she chooses to still go by Chigusa.
• Token Minority: Is the only black person besides Dorothea Ernst, Bartley Aspirus, and Toto Thompson to have a major position in the Britannian army. Following her Heel–Face Turn, she's the only black person (the only named one, at least) to be in the Black Knights.
• Villainous Friendship: With Jeremiah during their time in the Purists. She's genuinely saddened when he (supposedly) dies at Narita. They become Platonic Life-Partners once both have a Heel–Face Turn, and he even escorts her down the aisle during her wedding.

Kewell Soresi

Kewell Soresi

Primary Knightmare: Sutherland

"We serve the imperial family! Why else would we be here!?"

A member of the Purists, and the most unabashedly racist of them.

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• Dies Differently in Adaptation: Dies at the Battle of Narita like in canon, except Arcee is the one that kills him instead of Kallen.
• Half the Man He Used to Be: Killed off this way by Arcee when his Sutherland was sliced vertically in half.
• Plot-Irrelevant Villain: His role is unchanged from how it was in canon. Besides dying differently, the only other thing of note is that Starscream takes his role as the one to come up with the plan to lure Jeremiah into a trap in Diverging and Intersecting Paths; he's just an Unwitting Pawn.
• Screw the Rules, I Have Connections!: According to his sister Marika in Red Triage, it's implied he joined the Purebloods that way, despite being inferior in Knightmare training.

Gilbert G.P. Guilford

Gilbert G.P. Guilford

Primary Knightmare: Gloucester, Akatsuki

"It is my pleasure to serve and obey you, my lady."

Cornelia's Knight of Honor. After being rescued from slavery, he becomes part of the Autobot-Black Knights' Elite Guard, fighting by her side once more.

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• The Atoner: He's determined to make up for his past sins and failures as a Britannian soldier, fighting as a Black Knight in R2. Saberhorn was impressed.
• Determinator: Heads out to the front lines by Cornelia's side during Battle for the Ark, even though he's not fully recovered from six months in captivity.
• Even Evil Has Standards:
  • Guilford's loyalty to Cornelia is undeniable, but even he was surprised when Cornelia refused to stop Airachnid from slaughtering people in the ghettos.
  • In The Renewed Revolution, during his time as a slave in Thunderhoof's Mount Fuji mine, despite secretly working with the Black King, Mrs. Ashford, and Mrs. Stadtfeld, even he shows frustration when the two noblewomen still had discriminatory views regarding 'the Elevens'. Especially since all of the slaves include civilians, former rebels, and former soldiers of the fallen Britannian Empire.
• Heel–Face Turn: After being rescued by the Autobots and Black Knights at the beginning of R2, and learning about Cornelia being a Black Knight herself, Guilford accepts the offer to join the alliance.
• Heroic Sacrifice: Holds off the Decepticons in Rise of the Decepticons to allow Optimus and the Four Holy Swords time to escape from Tokyo; though he ends up being captured instead of killed.
• Lady and Knight: Is the Black Knight to Cornelia's Dark Lady.
• Made a Slave: He gets forced to mine for Energon in the Mount Fuji mines after Britannia falls to the Decepticons. Fortunately, he's rescued by Shirley, Milly, and Rivalz in the first chapter of R2.
• Official Couple: He and Cornelia are engaged in R2's finale.
• Sole Survivor: As of Rise of the Decepticons, he is the only living member of Cornelia's honor guard.
• Undying Loyalty: To Cornelia, while also counting as Ship Tease. In Setting the Stage, when the Black Rebellion is over, he vowed to stop at nothing to find her along with Euphemia and bring them home. Even after Britannia is destroyed and Cornelia renounces her family name, Guilford remains loyal to her and accepts her offer to join the Black Knights.
• Worthy Opponent: In the R2 chapter Sword of the Past - Shield of the Present he gains one in form of the Insecticon Saberhorn.

Andreas Darlton

Andreas Darlton

Primary Knightmare: Gloucester

"Please don't apologize, my lady, we live to serve and our place is with you."

Another of Cornelia's knights.

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• A Father to His Men: Literally; the knights under his command are all his adopted sons and he treats all of them with fairness and respect.
• Dies Differently in Adaptation: He still dies during the Black Rebellion, but is killed by an Insecticon instead of Lelouch.
• Even Evil Has Standards: Like Guilford, Darlton was surprised at Cornelia's refusal to stop Airachnid slaughtering in the ghettos.
• Forgotten Fallen Friend: Averted - see his sons' entry for more details.
• Noble Demon: He serves an oppressive imperial regime where racial discrimination is a national policy, but is one of the few Britannians who truly respect Suzaku for his merit as a soldier and loyalty to the empire.
• Outliving One's Offspring: As of What is Evil?, Darlton has outlived all of his adoptive sons, who perished either at Narita or Port Yokosuka. He takes it rather hard.

The Glaston Knights

Alfred G., Bart L., Claudio S., David T., and Edgar N. Darlton

Primary Knightmares: Gloucesters

From left to right: David, Bart, Alfred, Claudio, and Edgar Darlton.

The adoptive sons of Andreas Darlton, and one of Britannia's most well-known knightly orders.

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• Alphabetical Theme Naming: In addition to having first names that start with successive letters of the Roman Alphabet, their middle initials form the word "Glaston", if you exclude the vowels.
• Badass Family: Together with their father, they are some of the best knights in Britannia, excluding the Knights of the Round. Not that this helps against the Autobots, though.
• Death by Adaptation: Claudio didn't survive past the Battle of Narita. Tohdoh made sure of that. Alfred is killed by Kallen like in canon, but at Narita instead of the Chinese embassy.
• Dies Differently in Adaptation: Bart, David, and Edgar die differently. Bart, who was crushed by a falling G1 Base in R2 at the Chinese Embassy battle, is killed by Bulkhead at Narita. David and Edgar, who were killed by Chiba and Tohdoh during the Second Battle of Tokyo in R2, are killed at Port Yokosuka by Arcee and Rai.
• Elite Mooks: Act as this for Britannia, being an elite Knightmare unit that has already fought numerous battles. Not that this does them much good against the Autobots.
• Evil Counterpart: Well, not necessarily evil, but they are Britannia's version of the Four Holy Swords. Unlike in canon, though, they never get to fight their counterparts.
• Forgotten Fallen Friend: Averted - even after she joins the Black Knights, Cornelia has not forgotten them, and has given her Black Knight Vincent the same color scheme as their Gloucesters.
• Half the Man He Used to Be: Both Claudio and David are killed when they're sliced in half with their Knightmares by Tohdoh and Arcee respectively.

Administrative Personel

Earl Kanon Maldini

Earl Kanon Maldini

"I'm quite certain Prince Schneizel knows what he is doing."

Prince Schneizel's right-hand man.

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• Adaptational Early Appearance: While Kanon made his first appearance in the second season of Code Geass, he makes his first appearance in Fall of Britannia.
• Death by Adaptation: Unlike his survival in canon, he dies along with Schneizel when they were exposed to Shockwave's Rust Plague.
• Undying Loyalty: To Schneizel like in canon, so much so that when Schneizel joins the Decepticons to help them in invading Pendragon, Kanon aids them as well, seeing that Britannia's time has come to an end. Unfortunately, it costs him his life in The Demon and Dragon Cometh.

Lady Alicia Lohmeyer

Lady Alicia Lohmeyer

"Our empire is in jeopardy, and I must do my part to ensure its survival and prosperity!"

A Britannian noblewoman who leads the Britannian Pacific fleet in their attempt to take back the Britannian capital.

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• Demoted to Extra: A major recurring character as Nunnally's aide who lasted over half the season in canon, but here, she gets killed off in her first chapter.
• Dies Differently in Adaptation: In canon, she met her end when Suzaku detonated the FLEIJA and destroyed the Tokyo Settlement. In the first chapter of R2, she's incinerated by Bruticus.
• Entitled Bitch: She firmly believes that Britannia is Earth's light of salvation, and they're the ones with the right to rule it and will not accept any naysaying, disregarding Schneizel's point on how Britannia only caused problems for the world.
• Fantastic Racism: Is just as racist in canon, calling the Decepticons "alien abominations."
• Four Eyes, Zero Soul: A bespectacled noblewoman who is openly racist and uncaring toward any and all non-Britannians.
• Non-Action Guy: Or rather, Non-Action Girl, as Schneizel is surprised to see her leading the Britannian fleet in the assault against Darkmount.
  Schneizel: I never took you for the type to actually be a part of a battle.
• This Cannot Be!: Has a total breakdown as she watches some of the best forces in the Britannian military be destroyed by Bruticus in about five minutes.
• Villainous Breakdown: Can only stare in horror as the proud Britannian fleet is leveled in about five minutes.
• We Hardly Knew Ye: She was a prominent character throughout R2, but here, she dies in the very first chapter of R2.

Viceroy Calares

Viceroy Calares

"We're servants of Britannia! We will not fall!"

A Britannian duke and the Viceroy of Area 18.

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• Dies Differently in Adaptation: In canon, Calares was killed when his mobile base was crushed by a falling section of a tower in the Tokyo Settlement caused by Lelouch. Here, he's killed in Area 18 when Slipstream destroys his mobile base.
• We Hardly Knew Ye: Like in the canonical R2, he doesn't have much time to shine before being killed.

Military Research and Development

Earl Lloyd Asplund

Earl Lloyd Asplund

"Once you take the controls of this big beauty, everything will change! You and your world!"

Head scientist of the Camelot Division, and creator of the Lancelot. After the Time Skip, he's a part of the Autobot-Black Knights' Research and Development Branch.

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• Admiring the Abomination: Does this with the Spark Extractor in R2, prompting Jazz to ask Cecile how she puts up with him.
• Cloudcuckoolander: Calling him "unique" is a gross oversimplification.
• Commonality Connection: Hits it off with Knock Out quite easily.
• Doctor von Turncoat: After the Decepticons conquer Britannia, he defects to the Black Knight/Autobot alliance, though it’s mostly so that he has more freedom to upgrade the Lancelot with Cybertronian technology.
• Even Evil Has Standards: While he may be a zany, manchild of a mad scientist and a self-professed sociopath, Lloyd does indeed have some standards. He's understandably terrified upon seeing Megatron for the first time and he's deeply disturbed by how Starscream callously uses the Energon Harvester on a Vehicon. He's also freaked out by Airachnid's enjoyment of "tinkering with humans".
• Everyone Has Standards:
  • In Flying Mind he was notably scared of Trypticon's appearance upon watching footage of his carnage.
  • In War on Geass, he tells everyone that even he thought that Dr. Arkeville’s plan to turn humans into Knightmares is insane.
• For Science!: This is his whole life's purpose. He doesn't really care which side he serves as long as they provide the resources for him to discover, learn, and create to his heart's content.
• Heel–Face Turn: Downplayed. While Lloyd does decide to join Cécile in leaving Britannia and the Decepticons, it's solely because he doesn't want to be away from his Lancelot or let Rakshata tamper with it.
• The Knights Who Say "Squee!": Being an eccentric engineer and scientist, Lloyd can barely contain his glee while in the presence of Cybertronians.
• Mad Scientist: But of course! Lloyd may be a benign version, but he's still zany and a bit of a manchild.
• Nerdgasm: Lloyd's reaction to seeing Cybertronians in their robot forms is... what you'd expect from a total science geek like him.
• Open Mouth, Insert Foot: When it seems like there was no hope of awakening Lelouch from his Dark Geass-induced nightmares, he casually quips that it was going to be quite a funeral. Kallen floors him with a punch and was ready to give him a No-Holds-Barred Beatdown had Ohgi and Milly not held her back.
• Sitcom Arch-Nemesis: He and Rakshata resume their rivalry after he and Cecile jump ship to the Autobots and the Black Knights, now with Fixit joining in. Their petty fighting gets so bad the rest of the non com Black Knights have to trick them into putting it aside.
• Skeptic No Longer: He dismisses the idea of Dark Energon being the blood of Unicron as superstition, one Knightmare-turned-Terrorcon later and he admits he's been wrong before.
• The Sociopath: Self-proclaimed, much to the disturbance of his allies in the Black Knights and Autobots. Though perhaps it's subverted, as Lloyd lacks certain hallmarks like (total) Lack of Empathy, being a Compulsive Liar, and narcissism.
• Twitchy Eye: Develops this upon meeting Rakshata again in Till All Are One, with the latter gloating about the unlimited access she's had to the Autobots' technology.
• The Xenophile: Doubly so since the Cybertronians are Mechanical Lifeforms.

Cécile Croomy

Cécile Croomy

Primary Knightmare: Sutherland Air

"If I'm speaking honestly, it's actually kind of exciting. Alien robots that transform into vehicles. It's almost like something out of a comic book."

Lloyd's subordinate and often Beleaguered Assistant. Following the Time Skip, she's on the Research and Development Branch of the Autobot-Black Knight alliance.

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• Beleaguered Assistant: Is this for Lloyd, having to constantly put up with his eccentricities. The poor girl really takes to a Whack-A-Mole game at the Ashford fair because one of the "moles" bears resemblance to Lloyd. Jazz even asks her how she puts up with him in R2 when he admits to admiring the Spark Extractor.
  Jazz: How do you put up with him?
  Cecile: I find myself asking that same question almost every day.
• Big Damn Heroes: Cécile appears in a Knightmare to aid Bumblebee, Ratchet, and Monica in protecting the Student Council from the Insecticons.
• Cloudcuckoolander's Minder: She's usually the one to bring Lloyd back down to Earth.
• Cool Big Sis: Is this for Suzaku like in canon, to the point that when Suzaku sends a message to Cécile and Lloyd that he's joining the Autobots and Black Knights, Cécile decides to defect as well to help him.
• Heel–Face Turn: Upon learning the truth behind the SAZ massacre and of Suzaku and Dreadwing's defections, she decides without hesitation to join them.
• Motherly Scientist: Cécile is bar none the most socially-adjusted scientist in the whole story. Compared to Lloyd's glee, Rakshata's apathy, and Arkeville's insanity, Cécile's cordial nature allows her to easily build a civil rapport with the Cybertronians (even Knock Out seemed to like and appreciate her when they were still on the same side).
• Nice Girl: Despite serving The Empire, Cécile is up there with Nunnally and Shirley for one of the nicest people in her home series.
• Only Sane Woman: She's this to Lloyd, especially when he gets really giddy over the Cybertronians and their tech or later in R2 when Lloyd and Rakshata get caught up in their old rivalry.

The Knights of the Round

The most powerful members of the Britannian army, answering to the Emperor alone. Four of them are sent to Area 11 to help deal with the Black Knights and Autobots.

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In General

• Adaptational Early Appearance: In the canon series, the Knights of the Round don't take an active role until the second season. Due to the huge gap in technology and experience, they are called in much sooner to give the Britannians an even remote chance of fighting the Autobots, with half arriving midway through the events of the first season and the other half being sent in just before the Ashford School Festival.
• Badass Cape: They all sport one from time to time.
• Badass Crew: Definitely. Unlike the Decepticons, they work together very well and cover each other's backs.
• Breaking the Fellowship: By the end of R1, Luciano Bradley is dead, Monica Krushevsky and Nonette Enneagram have joined the Black Knights, and the remaining four have pledged to fight the Decepticons on their own. R2 begins with Bismarck and Dorothea being killed off, and Anya and Gino (who's mentally regretting not joining the Black Knights back in R1) are captured and conscripted into the Decepticon army. Suffice it to say, between all that and Britannia's state by the end of R2's first chapter, the Knights of the Round are no more.
• Bunny-Ears Lawyer: Most of them have quite the personality: Gino is a perfectly personable thrill-seeker, Anya is almost as emotionally detached as Soundwave, Nonette is unprofessionally upbeat and cheerful, and Luciano is a self-confessed enthusiast of murder. Dorothea is the quintessential proud and patriotic Britannian. Only Monica and Bismarck have acted with constant professional and unbiased deference.
• Dragon Their Feet: Subverted. After Megatron announces the death of Emperor Charles and the destruction of Pendragon, the remaining Knights of the Round who've neither died nor defected make preparations to wage their own war against the Decepticons. They failed utterly and abysmally.
• Light Is Not Good: They wear white uniforms and pilots Knightmares bearing the names of the Knights of the Round Table. However, since they're serving The Empire, they're not very heroic.
• Putting the Band Back Together: Though they broke up at the end of R1, by the end of the Geass War arc, all the remaining knights have reunited. Gino even comments during the fight against The Damocles that it's good to have the band back together.
• Religious and Mythological Theme Naming: All Knights of the round pilot Knightmare Frames named after the Knights of the Round Table from Arthurian Legend.
• Quirky Miniboss Squad: They're a cut above even the Glaston Knights, as unlike the former (who were totally wiped out in their first few engagements with the Autobots), the four sent to Area 11 hold their own against the best of the Black Knights.
• Screw the Rules, I Have Connections!: Knights of the Round answer directly to the Emperor, meaning they can supersede the authority of all others, including other members of the Royal Family.
• Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: Only in regards to Luciano Bradley, though - the other Knights of the Round really don't like him and treat him as The Friend Nobody Likes, given his status as the Token Evil Teammate. Otherwise, they get along quite well. This eventually comes into play for the whole group during the SAZ Massacre and the Black Rebellion, as Gino, Monica, and Nonette did not want to participate in the slaughter, while the other Knights of the Round did so without hesitation. This, combined with other personal issues, eventually leads to Gino, Nonette, and Monica siding with the Black Knights, with the latter two pulling full Heel-Face Turns and joining the group during Til All Are One.
• Unwitting Pawn: They are tricked by Megatron into falling for his False Flag Operation at the SAZ.

Bismarck Waldstein

Knight of One Bismarck Waldstein

Primary Knightmare: Galahad

"It's how the world works. It doesn't matter if Britannian, Japanese, or even human or something else. Even wild animals obey this rule. Strength determines everything."

The Knight of One, recognized as the strongest soldier in the Britannian Empire.

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• Always Someone Better: Even with his Geass active he cannot match Optimus Prime.
• BFS: His Knightmare, Galahad, uses one.
• Blind Obedience: He follows all orders from his Emperor immediately to the letter. Or at least, what he thinks are orders from his Emperor.
• Blood Knight: When he clashes with Optimus in Facade of Blood, Bismarck is outright delighted to discover how skilled his opponent is. He's audibly disappointed when Charles (or rather, Soundwave using his voice) orders him to retreat.
• Combat Clairvoyance: When active, his Geass lets him see a few seconds into the future, making it difficult to catch him off guard in a fight.
• Defeating the Undefeatable: His orders are essentially this given that he was ordered to kill Optimus Prime, which he fails at.
• Dies Differently in Adaptation: Bismarck was killed in R2 when he was sliced in half by Suzaku. He meets his end here when Devastator crushes his Knightmare.
• The Dragon: To Charles - the Knights of the Round are, with one exception, completely loyal to the emperor, but only Bismarck is in the know regarding things such as the Ragnarök Connection and Lelouch being Zero. He also knows that Marianne lives inside Anya's body, something V.V. is not aware of.
• Fantastic Racism: He dismisses the Japanese people getting killed in the SAZ Massacre as "insects."
• Hoist by His Own Petard: He dies because he was using his Geass to fight Devastator, so when the latter uses his Geass Canceler on him, he's caught off-guard because he was relying on his power to keep up, and he's so shocked that he leaves himself open to attack.
• I Want Them Alive!: Charles orders Bismarck to bring back Lelouch and Nunnally to Britannia after it becomes apparent that Gino, Anya, Nonette, and Monica cannot contain the threat of the Black Knights.
• Large and in Charge: He's 213 cm (just over 7 feet) tall, and is the leader and strongest warrior of the Knights of the Round. The same applies to his Knightmare the Galahad. It's the tallest of the Knightmares and is at even height with Optimus, the tallest of the Autobots.
• Logical Weakness: His Geass lets him see a few seconds into the future but this is still dependent on his sight, so he can't predict an opponent he can't see. This is exploited by Optimus who creates a smokescreen and attacks from behind since his Geass just let him see how the cloud would move.
• Power Limiter: As his Geass is always active, his left eyelid is sewn shut to cover it. After his stitchings break during his fight with Optimus, he uses an eyepatch.
• Villainous Breakdown: Briefly hits one when Devastator uses a Geass Canceler on him. It lasts long enough to be fatal.
• The Worf Effect: Is the best fighter and Knightmare pilot in the Britannian military, and could hold his own against Optimus Prime. He gets curb-stomped by Devastator to show how powerful the titan is.
• Worthy Opponent: Comes to see Optimus as one when they clash in Facade of Blood, seeing him as a warrior just as skilled and dangerous as Marianne. The next time they clash in Fall of Britannia, Bismarck uses his Geass, which he only used once when fighting Marianne.

Duchess Beatrice Franks

Duchess Beatrice Franks

Primary Knightmare: Vincent

"This is the Royal Guard of the Britannian homeland! They live to serve our empire and we will defend our nation from vile machines like you!"

The former Knight of Two, now the Special Duty General Inspector and Secretary to Britannia's Prime Minister.

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• Adaptational Job Change: She pilots the Vincent, a Knightmare that was piloted by Rolo in canon.
• Canon Immigrant: She's from one of the Code Geass light novels and is technically non-canon.
• Retired Badass: She was formerly the Knight of Two.
• There Is No Kill Like Overkill: On the receiving end, courtesy of a missile fired by Starscream.
• This Cannot Be!: She can only react in disbelief at seeing Pendragon in ruins and the Britannian army getting utterly routed, courtesy of the Decepticons.
• Try to Fit That on a Business Card: Skywarp lampshades how long her title is.
• We Hardly Knew Ye: Gets killed off in the same chapter she's introduced in by Starscream.

Gino Weinberg

Knight of Three Gino Weinberg

Primary Knightmare: Tristan, Dark Tristan, Tristan Divider

"Fighting you Autobots is an absolute blast!"

The Knight of Three, and one of the youngest Knights of the Round besides Anya. In R2 he is forced to work for the Decepticons as one of the Dark Knights until he's rescued by Rai and Bumblebee, where he later becomes part of the Black Knights' Black Wyverns Unit.

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• Adaptational Heroism: Defects from the villains much earlier than he ever did in canon.
• Adaptational Wimp: In Code Geass canon, the Tristan Divider was one of the few Knightmare frames that could transform. Word of God is that in Code Prime, since the Tristan Divider was not created from a protoform, it isn’t capable of transforming.
• Affably Evil: He may serve an oppressive empire, but Gino is nothing but sociable and easygoing towards people regardless of nationality, allegiance, or even species.
• Apologetic Attacker: Apologizes to Monica while fighting her, due to a bomb that was implanted inside the Dark Tristan, which Megatron would detonate if Gino turned against the Decepticons. He even tells her it isn't personal.
• Blood Knight: Gino's personality is more akin to a career soldier rather than a noble knight, and finds the challenge of facing the Black Knights and the Autobots to be another exciting venture.
• Commonality Connection: He's just as talkative as Cliffjumper.
• Even Evil Has Standards:
  • Internally, even he found himself hating Airachnid more than Luciano Bradley.
  • He is shocked and horrified by the massacre at the SAZ, even attempting to stop a Vehicon from attacking the fleeing Japanese.
  • He's both shocked and touched by Cliffjumper's Heroic Sacrifice after witnessing the latter take out Luciano.
• Explosive Leash: Gino is pressed into piloting the Dark Tristan for the Cons; his new Knightmare has a bomb installed to make sure Gino dances by Megatron's tune.
• Friendly Enemy: Gino actually establishes some good rapport with Cliffjumper during their first engagement. Cliff's also the quickest to welcome him when he changes sides.
• Hazy-Feel Turn: While he does save Kallen from Luciano in Fall of Britannia, he does not join the Autobots-Black Knights, instead he remains with the surviving Knights of the Round. His inner monologue two weeks later shows he regrets not leaving with the Autobots.
• Heel Realization: He admits to Monica that they might be on the wrong side, especially after witnessing the horrors of the SAZ Massacre, and that Suzaku and Dreadwing defected to the Autobots and the Black Knights as a result.
  Gino: So, why are we still fighting them? Shouldn't we be helping even though we know it's wrong!?
• Heroic Sacrifice: Covers Arcee and Kallen's escape from the Decepticons in Rise of the Decepticons; though subverted that he manages to survive and meet up with Bismarck, Anya/Marianne, and Dorothea.
• If Only You Knew: Gino, who's surprised at the normally stoic and emotionless Anya fiercely suggesting that they surrender to the Decepticons after losing to Devastator in the first chapter of R2, briefly wonders if he's talking to a completely different person. He's not entirely wrong as it's actually Marianne controlling Anya.
• Know When to Fold Them: After the Britannian fleet is wiped out by Bruticus and his Knightmare is wrecked by Devastator, Gino (reluctantly) surrenders to the Decepticons with Anya/Marianne.
• No Social Skills: As stated by both Anya and Monica, though it's actually downplayed - Gino is quite an open and friendly individual even to non-Britannians, but his sheltered upbringing and lack of understanding of "commoner" life means he tends to get up in people's personal space. He also happily has no compunction about letting his opinions be known, despite or not being aware of how others might feel about them.
• Open Mouth, Insert Foot: Gino is rather forward about how cool he thinks the Autobots are. Cornelia really didn't want to hear it.
• Out-of-Character Moment: In the R2 chapter Valley of Kings and Titans, he doesn't say anything for once in response to the Black Wyverns' Alexanders merging into the combiner Hercules via the Enigma of Combination.
  Gino: (thinking) Did... did they just... combine?
• Shadow Archetype: He's essentially Cliffjumper if the latter were on the side of the Decepticons and willfully ignorant of the suffering of others (at least to a degree).
• Token Good Teammate: Of the Post-Black Rebellion Knights of the Round.
• Trapped in Villainy: By Chapter 2 of R2, Gino is forced to operate as a member of the Decepticons' Dark Knights and fight his former colleague Monica. And he clearly hates every second of it, but with a bomb inside the very Knightmare he's piloting, he can't do anything about it. In Battle for the Ark, Gino was finally freed when Rai (along with Bumblebee's Bear Hug) short-circuits the Dark Tristan's bomb and is carried to the Ark for safety.
• Worthy Opponent: That opponent being Cliffjumper, due to being the first time an opponent's ever literally knocked him off his feet.

Dorothea Ernst

Knight of Four Dorothea Ernst

Primary Knightmare: Palamedes

"Don't lump us in with those Elevens or anyone else like that! We're a breed above the rest!"

The Knight of Four and the only Knightmare pilot Nonette has never beaten.

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• Adaptation Expansion: Dorothea was a Red Shirt in canon, being Killed Mid-Sentence by Suzaku. She never even gets a chance to show off her personal Knightmare, the Palomides. Here, she's actually given some characterization, being the most stereotypical Britannian among the Knights of the Round.
• Always Someone Better: When Nonette decides to stand against her in Fall of Britannia, Dorothea reminds her that she's never beaten her before.
• Ascended Extra: Receives more scenes in the story as opposed to canon.
• Black Dude Dies First: She's the first casualty when the Britannian military attacks the Decepticons in the first chapter of R2.
• Canon Immigrant: Played with. Her Knightmare is named the Palamedes/Palomides, like in the manga Oz the Reflection, but the described design is different. In the manga, her Knightmare was a hulking machine with Hadron cannons shaped like hands. As the author felt it didn't seem suitable for a Knight of the Round, the design of Dorothea's Knightmare is instead based on artwork by unoservix.
• Dies Differently in Adaptation: In the canonical R2, Dorothea was killed seconds after debuting by Suzaku in the Lancelot Albion. She's killed by Devastator in the first chapter of R2 after being seen in several chapters of R1.
• Fantastic Racism: The most blatantly prejudiced of the Knights of the Round, even mouthing off directly to Dreadwing and Starscream. She was also noticeably disgusted when Euphemia announced her plan to create the SAZ. When the Emperor (allegedly) orders the Japanese massacred, she not only obliges but tries to kill Suzaku in the middle of all the fighting.
• Four Is Death: She's the Knight of Four, and is killed by Devastator.
• Hypocrite: She complains about the Decepticons invading Britannia and rebuilding over the capital's ruins, ignoring that this is exactly what Britannia does to other nations. Schneizel calls her out on this.
  Dorothea: We'll never recognize this damned usurper who would destroy everything we've worked so hard to build!
  Schneizel: Like how Britannia has attempted to do to every other nation in the world?
• I Want Them Alive!: Charles orders her to retrieve Rai/Kaizaren when it becomes apparent Nonette is no longer able to do so.
• Patriotic Fervour: She's the most stereotypical Britannian of the group: prideful, arrogant, and condescending of any and all non-Britannians, condemning even the Decepticons.
• Roaring Rampage of Revenge: After barely surviving her fight with Rai and hearing the news of Britannia's downfall, along with Charles' death, she inwardly vows that the Decepticons would rue the day they mocked Britannia. She didn't live long enough to see that happen.
• This Cannot Be!: Her reaction when killed by Devastator.
• Token Minority: The only Black member of the Knights of the Round, and the only Black Britannian in any major position aside from General Bartley, Villetta Nu, and Toto Thompson.

Anya Alstreim

Knight of Six Anya Alstreim

Primary Knightmare: Mordred, Dark Mordred

"I do not really know anything. I never truly do."

The Knight of Six, Anya is a fifteen-year-old girl and the youngest of the Knights of the Round. She is later forced to work for the Decepticons as a member of the Dark Knights.

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• Emotionless Girl: Subverted. Nothing seems to get a reaction out of her. That is, until Marianne has a mental sit down with her. Then anger, shock, joy and steady care are back in her again.
• Explosive Leash: As a member of the Dark Knights, Anya's Dark Mordred holds a bomb that Megatron will set off if she shows dissent in combat.
• Fantastically Indifferent: Liberating a colony of the empire from giant transforming alien robots? 'Kay, sure.
• Fighting Fingerprint: Despite sharing the same body, Anya's and Marianne's piloting skills are very different, enough for Bulkhead to realize when there might be someone else behind the Mordred. Suzaku and Ironhide also realize the difference during the Black Rebellion, with the latter suspecting Geass being involved.
• Laser-Guided Amnesia: Whenever Marianne takes control of her, Anya "blacks out" and whenever she regains control of her body, she has no memory of the events that happened during that time. Her official records classify it as a rare mental disorder similar to short-term memory loss.
• More Dakka: While it doesn't have Hadron cannons mounted (yet), the Mordred is still equipped to lay down some heavy bombardment. The Hadron Cannons are later installed in R2.
• Not So Stoic:
  • Anya's eyes were described to have a hint of surprise in them when Euphemia announced the construction of the SAZ at the Ashford Festival.
  • She's surprised during her fight with Optimus in A Measure of Trust when the Autobot leader offered his help to her. She notes that her hands are shaking.
  • When she's fighting Marianne for control over her body in Spark of Darkness, Anya is in tears, begging Optimus to help her.
  • She's audibly angry when reminding Marianne of what she went through.
  • In The Fires of Rage, she shows fear when Grimlock's plasma breath was draining her Dark Mordred's shields, even at full power.
  • In War on Geass, she tearfully apologises when she's about to engage Arcee, Elita, Kallen, and Suzaku.
• Rei Ayanami Expy: As in canon, but it's notable when the Dark Excalibur shows up, is piloted by Marianne's fighting prowess, and both show up at the same time to battle against C.C. Suffice to say, imagine if Rei is fighting alongside Unit-00, not piloting it.
• Soul Jar: She serves as one for Marianne vi Britannia, who transferred her consciousness into a young(er) Anya on the eve of her "murder".
• Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: After regaining her memories and learning everything from Marianne, Anya is understandably enraged with what her and Charles did to her, and only agrees to help her sabotage the Geass Order as long as it frees them from the Decepticons.

Nonette Enneagram

Knight of Nine Nonette Enneagram

Primary Knightmare: Galeschin, Galeschin Conquista

"I never once swore my loyalty to Charles zi Britannia, not truly."

The Knight of Nine, she attended the same military academy as Cornelia as her senior. Her Genki Girl demeanor disguises someone that even Cornelia is afraid of. In addition to helping aid the fight against the Autobots and Black Knights, Emperor Charles also has her look for Kaizaren von Britannia, AKA Rai. In R2 she fights alongside Rai as a Wrecker.

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• Ace Custom: Her Knightmare Frame, the Galeschin, is a prototype of the Lancelot, originally called the Lancelot Club. In R2, she upgrades to the Galeschin Conquista.
• Adaptational Heroism: Nonette remains with the Knights of the Round throughout the Code Geass canon. Here, Nonette joins Rai with the Autobot-Black Knight alliance by the end of R1.
• Adaptational Name Change: Her canonical Knightmare Frame is the Lancelot Club, the prototype for Suzaku's Lancelot. Here, upon acquiring the Lancelot Club for her personal usage, Nonette had it renamed to be the Galeschin.
• Ascended Extra: The author mentions at the end of her introductory chapter that this is his intent.
• Beware the Nice Ones: Despite her cheery demeanor, Nonette is one of the few people Cornelia actually fears. Case in point: when Airachnid goes a tad too far in mouthing off, Nonette warns her at blade-point to stop talking.
• Distaff Counterpart: For Jeremiah - both are (were, in Jeremiah's case) high-ranking Britannians who have Undying Loyalty for a certain part of the royal family.
• Genki Girl: Described as a very upbeat and cheerful person, much to Cornelia's exasperation.
• Heel–Face Turn: Sides with Rai and the Wreckers in Fall of Britannia, choosing to finally make her stand against Britannia. She officially joins the Autobot/Black Knight cause in Till All Are One.
• Heroic BSoD: She doesn't take the SAZ Massacre well. At all.
• Hidden Depths:
  • Despite being part of an organization all about dignity, she has a certain taste for low faire food.
  • Given that she spent seven years working her way up to becoming a knight of the round, her cheery demeanor doesn't mean she's not a hard worker.
• Secret-Keeper: Since Kaizaren's entire life was an imperial embarassment waiting to happen, Nonette being made his family's knight made her one of the few to actually know about his existence.
• Undying Loyalty: Unlike the majority of the Knights of the Round, Nonette doesn't have this for the Emperor, but instead for Kaizaren von Britannia/Rai. In fact, she doesn't actually have any loyalty to the Emperor after he left Rai to die during the Invasion of the Philippines. This eventually culminates in her Heel–Face Turn in Fall of Britannia.

Luciano Bradley

Knight of Ten Luciano Bradley

Primary Knightmare: Percival

"What do people value the most? Answer: Their own lives."

The Knight of Ten and the "Vampire of Britannia", who participates in battle so that he can deprive people of what he believes they value most—their lives.

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• Ax-Crazy: Dagger Crazy would be more like it. The second the Emperor (supposedly) orders the Knights to massacre the Japanese at the SAZ, he happily obliges.
• Birds of a Feather: Though they never met in the story, several fans, and a number of the Decepticon elite, have pointed out the similarities between him and Airachnid. They're both bloodthirsty psychopaths who joined up with their respective armies to kill as many people as they wanted without consequences, and they also enjoy antagonizing their allies as well as attacking them if the opportunity arises. This is lampshaded by Shockwave in Facade of Blood when Skywarp suggests bringing him into the Decepticons ranks, and Shockwave and Megatron immediately reject the idea for that reason.
• Card-Carrying Villain: Notes that killing on the battlefield makes you a hero while doing so in other circumstances just makes you a criminal during his fight with Gino and Cliffjumper. His opponents incredulously ask if he thinks he's a hero, to which he cheerfully shoots it down, stating he does it because he enjoys killing people.
  Cliffjumper: Well, at least you admit you're a murderous psychopath.
• Combat Pragmatist: Luciano isn't above using dirty tricks to enjoy his fights. His shield is equipped with a missile launcher to blast others from safety and when Cliffjumper wrests it away from him to block his drill, the Knight of Ten activates the Slash Harken within his Knightmare's head horn to pierce the Autobot's throat, then impales him with his drill.
• Death by Irony: He's killed via a Heroic Sacrifice from Cliffjumper, who explicitly makes a point of refuting Bradley's belief that what people value most is their lives... because Cliff values the lives of his friends more than his own.
• Dies Differently in Adaptation: In canon, he's fried to oblivion by Kallen's Radiant Wave Surger in R2. Here, he's killed during the Black Rebellion when Cliffjumper performs a Heroic Sacrifice, taking Luciano with him in an electric explosion.
• Even Evil Has Standards: He invokes this trope in a lot of people that encounter him (Cornelia, Nonette, Gino, and Dreadwing to name a few), and for a good reason.
• Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: Luciano is more shocked about Cliffjumper pulling a Heroic Sacrifice than he is about him Taking You with Me.
• Hidden Weapons: The horn atop the Percival's forehead is a hidden Slash Harken. Bradley has it pierce Cliffjumper's throat in order to follow up with a mortal blow.
• Light Is Not Good: His name derives from the Latin word for "light", but he is anything but a luminous character.
• Psycho Knife Nut: Carries throwing knives.
• Sadist: Another trait he shares with Airachnid. Luciano comes to enjoy watching Autobots in pain as much as he does humans. Ultimately, this trait is part of his undoing.
• The Friend Nobody Likes: His bloodthirsty nature doesn't exactly endear him to the other Knights.
• This Cannot Be!: Can only react in shock when Cliffjumper manages to kill him.
• Token Evil Teammate: The Britannian Empire is actually decent compared to him.
• Villainous Breakdown: The moment the mortally wounded Cliffjumper encases Luciano in a bear hug (which the latter didn't see it coming), his psychotic smirk fades into shock, horror and disbelief over losing to the Autobot.
• Wild Card: Skywarp suggests bringing Bradley into the fold, but Shockwave points out his sadistic tendencies are far too similar to Airachnid's, thereby making both of them too unpredictable. Their leader's conclusion:
  Megatron: I have more than enough wildcards already.

Monica Krushevsky

Knight of Twelve Monica Krushevsky

Primary Knightmare: Florence, Florence Nero

"Justice is given equally."

The Knight of Twelve and the leader of the Emperor's Royal Guard. Six months after the events of R1, she becomes part of the Autobot-Black Knights' Elite Guard under Ultra Magnus' command.

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• Ace Custom: Pilots the Florence, a heavily modified version of the Alexander mode used by the W-Zero unit of the E.U. Upgraded to the Florence Nero in R2.
• Adaptational Heroism: Joins the Autobots and the Black Knights by the end of R1.
• Adaptational Nice Guy: Currently seems to lack her canon counterpart's Blood Knight tendencies.
• Adaptational Personality Change: Her extreme Undying Loyalty to Charles seems to be absent here.
• Ascended Extra: The author states at the end of her introductory chapter that he intends to expand Monica's role along with Nonette's.
• Canon Immigrant: Her personal Knightmare Frame, the Florence, was first introduced in Code Geass: Oz the Reflection. Here, she actually gets to use it.
• Enemy Mine:
  • Briefly teamed up with Cliffjumper to take down Airachnid... but was frozen by the spider-con's Immobilizer. Thankfully for Monica, only her Florence got frozen.
  • In Rise of the Decepticons, she along with Cécile team up with Ratchet and Bumblebee to face off against Hardshell and his Insecticons.
• Even Evil Has Standards: Much like with Gino and Nonette, Monica is horrified by the SAZ Massacre in Facade of Blood, and clearly shows reluctance over following Charles' (actually Soundwave) orders to take part in it. She calls it insanity, not justice.
• Heel–Face Turn: Joins up with the Autobots and Black Knights at the tail end of Rise of the Decepticons, albeit primarily because they are the only ones offering her a safe place to retreat to. She officially joins the next chapter.
• The Generic Girl: Compared to most of her teammates, Monica notably lacks any distinct personality quirks of her own and always acts with professionalism. Even when off-duty as an Ashford Academy student, her disposition is that of the Girl Next Door.
• Noble Demon: Monica dutifully serves her country, but she is honorable and courteous and doesn't hold grudges. She believes that "justice [should be] given equally", regardless if they are Britannian or not.
• Pet the Dog:
  • Sincerely expresses her condolences to Shirley about her father's (supposed) death, having also lost her father herself.
  • After seeing how despaired Rivalz when he learned of Milly and Lloyd's engagement, she offers him some relief by mentioning that, as a Knight of the Round, she could potentially help in calling off their arrangement.
  • Ultimately, Monica abandons the fight with Suzaku when Shirley texts her that Insecticons are holding the Student Council hostage. All so she can rescue them.
  • After she, Cécile, and Ratchet trick two Insecticons into destroying each other, Monica expresses concern about Ratchet's condition, despite the awkwardness of asking someone of the opposing faction.
• Second Love: To Orpheus, as it's later revealed that he was originally in love with Euliya mel Britannia, Marrybell's sister.
• Ship Tease: With Orpheus in The Next Move and Leave of Absence. They enter a relationship by the end of R2.
• Silk Hiding Steel: Monica is deceivingly gentle-looking, which belies just how dangerous she can be. She's a Knight of the Round for a reason. In the R2 chapter Sword of the Past - Shield of the Present she proves this by killing off Glowstrike.
• Spared by the Adaptation: Due to joining the Black Knights and fighting alongside Suzaku, who killed her in canon, it's fair to say Monica makes it out of the war alive.

The Glinda Knights

An elite anti-terrorism task force, led by Princess Marrybell. As of R2's Black Bishop's Gambit, they've sided with the Black Knights, uniting with the Asura Strike Force as the Crimson Knights.

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In General

• Ace Pilot: The Glinda Knights are some of the Empire's best Knightmare pilots besides the Knights of the Round.
• Action Girl: All the Knightmare pilots of the team are this by default.
• Adaptational Early Appearance: In canon, the Glinda Knights weren't formed until after the Black Rebellion. Here, they're already an established group by the time the Black Knights are formed.
• The Remnant: By the end of the first chapter of R2, they seem to be the only Britannian military force left. It's revealed in Knights and Wyverns that they escaped to Euro-Britannia. After the Decepticons conquer that as well, they flee again with the Asura team.
• Shout-Out: With the exception of General Johann Schwarzer and Marika Soresi, each of them are based on characters from The Wizard of Oz.
• True Companions: The Knights all see each other as friends, and resolve to stand by each other no matter what.

Princess Marrybell mel Britannia

Princess Marrybell mel Britannia

Primary Knightmare: Lancelot Trial, Ahuramazda, Alexander Red Ogre

"Well... I sort of feel the odd one out since I only just joined you guys. But if you'll allow me, I'd like to give everything I can to help you."

A princess of Britannia and the Viceroy of Area 24, the 88th in line to the throne, as well as the founder and leader of the anti-terrorist organization known as the Glinda Knights. After learning of Lelouch's identity as Zero and later joining the Autobot/Black Knight alliance, she's made into the commander of the newly formed Crimson Knights unit. While never directly stated, the Wizard of Oz character, she alludes to is implied to be The Wicked Witch of the West.

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• Abusive Parents: The Fires of Rage reveals that when she held a sword to Charles' throat and demanded justice for her mother and sister's death, Charles responded by beating her up before exiling her from the royal family.
• Big "WHAT?!": Lets one out in Red Triage when Devastator no sells her Geass with his Geass Canceler.
• Brainwashed and Crazy: Gets Geassed by Shin in The Brightness Falls. Cera is able to free her in The Fires of Rage, as well as removing Charles' Geass from her.
• The Cameo: Is name-dropped by Cornelia in What is Evil?, along with her Glinda Knights. Makes an appearance in Fall of Britannia as an illusion of Charles', created by Megatron's Dark Geass.
• Canon Immigrant: First appeared in the manga Oz the Reflection before having a cameo in the recap movies. She, and other characters from Oz, start appearing in R2.
• Everyone Has Standards: She's against killing innocent civilians and those who can't fight back.
• Foil: One to Lelouch - both are Britannian royals who challenged their father over events regarding the deaths of their mothers and younger sisters. Lelouch, however, was exiled while Marrybell was initially disinherited, but eventually brought back into the fold. Unlike Lelouch who readily took to leading the Black Knights, Marrybell commands the Glinda Knights who are loyal to Britannia and initially work with the Decepticons.
• Frontline General: In Divide and Unite she fights beside her soldiers on the frontlines and personally engages Zero, the leader of the Black Knights.
• The Ghost: She's mentioned in R1, and appears in Fall of Britannia as an illusion, but doesn't actually appear until the beginning of R2.
• Hide Your Lesbians: Apparently only Toto knows about her... affection for Oldrin.
• The Knights Who Say "Squee!": In The Origins of Geass, let's say being awestruck in presence of Optimus Prime is an understatement.
• Madness Mantra: Like Shin's other victims, "Die!".
• Magical Eye: To Divide and Unite confirms that she has a Geass. Red Triage reveals it's the Geass of Absolute Submission, an exaggerated version of Lelouch's Geass that forces everyone around her to be her slaves — which means that she can order them around as much as she wants. She attempts to use it on Devastator, only for the Combiner to No-Sell it with his Geass Canceler.
• More Dakka: While Geassed, she piloted the Ahuramazda. The one with three miniguns attached to each hand.
• A Mother to Her Men: She is very protective of her soldiers and in turn they are incredibly loyal to her.
• Red Is Heroic: The color of her dress and Lancelot Trial, plus the color of her forces, are all red. And during the siege of Castle Weisswolf, she pilots the Alexander Red Ogre.
• Spared by the Adaptation: Due to the many changes in the story, she ends up surviving the final battle, whereas she died with Orpheus the same time Lelouch did in canon.

Oldrin Zevon

Oldrin Zevon

Primary Knightmare: Lancelot Grail

"If luck really does exist, I don't rely on it; I make my own luck."

The best fighter of the Glinda Knights, and Marrybell's childhood friend. She is the heir of the Zevon noble family, who succeeds via the female line. However, she left her family and entered the military when the Zevon family was on the verge of being taken over by her uncle Oiaguro. She's implied to represent Dorothy from the Land of Oz stories.

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• Ace Pilot: Of the Glinda Knights, she's the best Knightmare pilot.
• Anti-Villain: Has no interest in working alongside the Decepticons, but goes along with her Princess' orders.
• Body-Count Competition: At the end of Siege of Castle Weisswolf she and Ashley Asura engage in one right as they're about the storm the last Decepticon stronghold.
  Ashley: Hey Oldrin! Bet I can take out more Cons than you!
  Oldrin: (smirks) You're on.
• Brother–Sister Team: With Orpheus once they both end up at the Black Knights.
• Everyone Has Standards: Despite serving Britannia, Oldrin never stood for much of it, hypocrisy being notable. She also is against slaughtering civilians who can't defend themselves.
• Half-Identical Twins: She and her brother Orpheus look very similar to each other.
• Promoted to Love Interest: In canon her relationship with Marrybell was close, but they weren't explicitly in a relationship. Here they are openly in love and even become an Official Couple at the end of R2.
• Tomboyish Name: "Oldrin" isn't the sorta name you'd expect a girl to have, really.
• Undying Loyalty: She's nothing but dedicated to Marrybell, such as reassuring her superior after they both witness the sacrifice of their tactical advisor.

Sokkia Sherpa

Sokkia Sherpa

Primary Knightmare: Vincent Gram

"Oh, so you wanna play dirty, huh? Well, two can play at that game."

A member of the Glinda Knights, possessing high tactical and information analysis abilities but tends to say whatever she thinks without thinking about it first. Represents the Scarecrow from the Land of Oz.

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• Alliterative Name: Sokia Sherpa.
• Incest Yay Shipping: In-Universe, she half-seriously ships her friend Oldrin with her own twin brother Orpheus, saying they would have beautiful children.
• Lovable Sex Maniac: She gives even Milly a run for her money in the pervert department. Think about that.
• Non-Uniform Uniform: In lieu of a skirt like the rest of the female Glinda Knights, she wears a pair of shorts. Also, her stomach's exposed.

Tink Lockhart

Tink Lockhart

Primary Knightmare: Zetland

"I won't kill any of you, I'm not that heartless."

A member of the Glinda Knights, excelling with positional defense ability. Over 30% of his body is replaced with cybernetics. Represent the Tin Woodman from the Land of Oz.

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• Big Guy Fatality Syndrome: He's the tallest member of the Glinda Knights, his Knightmare is the most heavily armed and he's also the first one to die.
• Cyborg: While not specified yet, it's canon that a third of him is mechanical.
• Death by Adaptation: He survived the canon events. Here, he doesn't survive fighting Devastator.
• Dying Moment of Awesome: When his teammates are about to get sucked into Devastator's Vortex Grinder, he and Wizard launch a joint maximum power attack on the combiner, blowing him apart whilst saving the others, at the cost of the former being crushed by a falling Bonecrusher.
• It Has Been an Honor: Salutes Johann Schwarzer before the latter's Dying Moment of Awesome.
• Meaningful Name: Tink Lockhart = Tin (with a) Heart of Rock

Leonhardt Steiner

Leonhardt Steiner

Primary Knightmare: Bradford

A member of the Glinda Knights who's brave on the battlefield, but is shy in real life and is often teased by both Oldrin and Sokia. He is also a member of the engineering Steiner noble family that runs the conglomerate Steiner Konzern, in service to the Weinbergs. He represents the Cowardly Lion.

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• Battle Couple: He and Marika pilot identical Knightmares and they fight together.
• Cowardly Lion: Roundabout example — he's brave on the battlefield. In private life? Not so much. Fittingly, he's the member of the Glinda Knights who embodies the Cowardly Lion.
• Death by Adaptation: In canon, he survived to the end and married Marika. Sadly, both he and Marika are killed by the Damocles.
• Meaningful Name: Leonhardt = Leon hart = Lion Heart.
• Perfectly Arranged Marriage: With Marika. Given Britannian noble culture, it was likely arranged by their families for purely selfish reasons but the two of them are genuinely in love.
• Together in Death: Marika and him are both obliterated by a Damocles attack in Damocles Rises.
• Touché: He does this during the discussion about turducken in Red Triage.
  Leonhardt: I always thought it was the chicken inside the duck. Hey, who the heck invented something so convoluted anyway? Some random elitist Britannian with a sadistic side?
  Orpheus: Weren't you and the rest of your team all Britannian elitists?
  Leonhardt: Touché.

Marika Soresi

Marika Soresi

Primary Knightmare: Bradford

"I'm… not going to celebrate my brother's death or anything… I wish he hadn't died… but at the same time… I know it was probably unavoidable. I don't hold any grudges, I promise."

An on-again-off-again member of the Glinda Knights and the younger sister of Kewell Soresi.

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• Battle Couple: She and Leonhardt pilot identical Knightmares and they fight together.
• Black Sheep: Unlike the rest of her family, she's not driven by royal status.
• Death by Adaptation: She managed to survive the canon events, which also included Kallen's attack on the Valkyrie Squadron. However, she and Leonhardt are both vaporized by the Damocles' weapons.
• Everybody Has Standards: While Marika was disgusted with Kewell using his status in the Purebloods to achieve his goals (eg. framing Suzaku and using Prince Clovis' death to further his and his comrades' agenda), she still didn't wish for her brother's demise. However, she knew it was unavoidable, so she didn't hold any grudges to the Autobots that killed him.
• Nothing Personal: Unlike her canon self, she doesn't bare any grudges to the Autobots for her brother's death, understanding that being killed on the battlefield is inevitable, which Ratchet acknowledges.
• Odd Name Out: As she is an on-again-off-again member of the Glinda Knights, she is the only one who doesn't reference a character from The Wizard of Oz (aside from Johann, who is merely the group's tactical advisor and thus also not an official member).
• Perfectly Arranged Marriage: With Leonhardt. Given Britannian noble culture, it was likely arranged by their families for purely selfish reasons but the two of them are genuinely in love.
• Sibling Rivalry: Played with in Red Triage. She and Kewell didn't have the best relationship - they didn't hate each other, but there wasn't any love between them either. Kewell aced her in nearly every field except for Knightmare training (hence how she joined the Glinda Knights).
• Spared by the Adaptation: Due to being with the Glinda Knights and not part of Luciano Bradley's Valkyrie Squad, she's not (almost) killed along the rest of the squad like in canon. Subverted in Damocles Rises, where she is one of the many casualties of Starscream and Schneizel firing the Damocles.
• Together in Death: Marika and Leonhardt are among the casualties of Damocles when the station first fires its fusion cannons.

Toto Thompson

Toto Thompson

A gentle girl who served the Zevon family as a maid before joining the Glinda Knights. She operates the Glinda Knights' ship, the Granberry. She represents Dorothy's dog, Toto.

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• Alliterative Name: Toto Thompson.
• Becoming the Mask: Originally was a Geass Order agent, tasked to prevent Orpheus and Oldryn ever encountering each other as the Zevon family's maid, but Oldrin's kindness has won her over.
• Laser-Guided Amnesia: Her Geass's ability, to fulfill her mission as The Mole. She uses it to erase Laserbeak's memory of Ratchet's tampering on him.
• Mission Control: Serves this role in the Glinda Knights, directing the troops from the bridge of the Granberry.
• Spared by the Adaptation: Compared to canon where she was shot and killed by V.V., she survives the events of the story to the end.
• Token Minority: She is the only black member of the Glinda Knights. She is also one of few black people to be in a major position in the Britannian military, the others being General Bartley, Dorothea Ernst, and Villetta Nu.
• Undying Loyalty: She has this to Oldrin, recognizing her as the true successor of the Zevon family and even serving with her in the military.

Johann Schwarzer

General Johann Schwarzer

"I don't take orders from monsters like you!"

The tactical advisor of the Glinda Knights.

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• Dying Moment of Awesome: After staying behind to buy time for Marrybell and the Glinda Knights to get away, he blows up his base as the Vehicons break into his control room.
• Taking You with Me: Blows himself up along with all the other Vehicons that had surrounded his base.
• We Hardly Knew Ye: Killed in the first chapter he's introduced.

Geass Order

A secret organization run by V.V. Nearly every member of the order possesses a Geass. In R2, Shockwave takes control of the Order.

V.V.

V.V. / Victor zi Britannia

Primary Knightmare: Dark Galahad

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"It really is amazing. Just how much you can do with Geass."

V.V. (pronounced V-2) is a mysterious boy with blond hair longer than his body. He has gained the power of immortality through a Geass contract like C.C. He can grant Geass contracts like her, having given the Emperor and Rai their Geass abilities, among others in the Geass Directorate. His true identity is Victor zi Britannia, Charles zi Britannia's older twin brother. After being defeated in R2 for the umpteenth time, his body was integrated into a chassis modelled after Optimus Prime by Shockwave, becoming Nemesis Prime.

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• Ace Custom: In R2, he gains the Dark Galahad, which is Bismarck Waldstein's Knightmare painted black and purple.
• The Ageless: Thanks to taking up a Code, he would always remain a ten-year-old boy.
• Archenemy: To his nephew Rai. Rai blames V.V. for the death of his family and his hate for him is enough that Rai is liable to physically assault anyone who so much as reminds him of V.V. He flies into a rage when he finally faces off with V.V. himself in R2. As a result of this, V.V. ends up becoming this for both Bulkhead and Nonette, both of whom are very close to Rai and hate V.V. greatly. All three of them thoroughly enjoy killing him repeatedly in Spark of Darkness.
• Arrogant Kung-Fu Guy: Minus the "Kung-Fu" part. Charles has accused him of having grown arrogant and reckless after taking up a Code, thinking that his immortality has made him invincible. This is best shown when he tries to manipulate Megatron, and the Decepticon Warlord just blasts him on spot. He does start to live up to the "Kung-Fu" in R2 where he overpowers Rai — one of the Black Knights' top fighters — in Knightmare combat. Of course, he is quickly overpowered himself when Bulkhead and Nonnette arrive to help Rai.
• Blessed with Suck: As Megatron puts it, V.V's new body as Nemesis Prime isn't a gift but a prison. Despite getting the strength and abilities of the original Optimus, V.V's regulated to being an attack dog for the Decepticons, with Megatron controlling the Dark Energon in his system to stop him from trying anything.
• Break the Haughty: His ego REALLY took a nosedive after being captured, tortured, and killed multiple times. This culminates in him submitting to Megatron in School Festival Declaration. Not that it stops him from firing off a few snide remarks every now and then.
• Bullying a Dragon: Following his little teleportation act, V.V. marches right up to Megatron, believing he can now make the Decepticon leader cooperate. Megatron simply blasts him in response and has him taken to Shockwave's laboratory where he is killed multiple times to learn via cortical psychic patch what he knows.
• Composite Character:
  • He takes Silas/C.Y.L.A.S.' role in becoming the pilot of Nemesis Prime. The incorporation of his body to said chassis also brings to mind Silas Breakdown.
  • Due to Hardshell getting killed off in the R1 chapter Rise of the Decepticons, he (as Nemesis Prime) takes his role in shooting Bulkhead In the Back in the R2 chapter Toxic Nemesis.
• Cyborg: Is turned into one by Shockwave, becoming Nemesis Prime.
• Didn't Think This Through: Reveal yourself to Megatron, after literally decades of him thinking you were dead? Sure, why not? What could go wrong?
• Fatal Flaw: As pointed out by several characters, especially Megatron and Shockwave, V.V. getting his Code at a young age causes him to be very immature and irrational, throwing tantrums when things don't go his way and underestimating his enemies.
• Hate Sink: Definitely one of the most petty characters in the story, for various reasons!
  • He (supposedly) killed Marianne and crippled Nunnally because of his jealousy of how close she was to Charles. He later reveals this to Lelouch to distract him during a fight, rubbing it in how he was hoping to kill Nunnally as well as Marianne.
  • He gave Rai his Geass, which led to his berserk Geass causing the death of the latter's family.
  • The little brat was certain Megatron would allow him permission to torture C.C. for walking out of his and Charles' Ragnarök Connection.
  • He's determined to kill Optimus Prime just to make Lelouch and Nunnally suffer from the loss of another figure they care most about.
  • When Rai (inside the Raiden) takes an axe-strike to rescue Nonette, V.V./Nemesis' only reaction was to mockingly laugh at the Black Knight's selfless action for his friends.
  • He spitefully reveals to Lelouch how he killed Marianne and crippled Nunnally.
• Immortality Hurts: As Megatron mentioned many times, immortality doesn't mean invincibility.
• Immortal Immaturity: V.V. may be immortal, but he's still got the mindset of a ten-year-old child, leading him to make rash decisions. This leads to him being captured and squeezed dry of information by the Decepticons. Then when Optimus destroys Japan's Thought Elevator, he throws a temper tantrum over what's happened.
• It's Personal: Come R2, V.V. is very eager to kill Optimus Prime, particularly because of how Lelouch and Nunnally would suffer from the act and to get revenge on the Autobot leader for "ruining" his life (which he himself did).
  V.V.: [in War on Geass] This is it Lelouch, Optimus...! For your crimes against me and my brother... for your very sin of existing... for the sake of my vengeance... YOU WILL DIE TODAY!
• Karmic Butt-Monkey: Most of R2 consists of V.V. getting disrespected by the Decepticons and humilliated by the Autobots, not even becoming Nemesis Prime diminishes the karmic beatdowns he receives, up until he's fatally injured and Megatron takes his Code. Considering all the crap he pulled before it's hard to feel sorry for all the pain and humiliation he goes through.
• Late-Arrival Spoiler: The fact that the little boy who heads the Geass Order is Charles' brother is a rather massive spoiler for R2. Here, though, we get introduced to him and his code at the end of the very first chapter.
• Little Big Brother: He's actually Charles' older brother, but because he received a Code at a very young age, he retains the appearance of a prepubescent boy.
• Manchild: Due to becoming immortal at a very young age, V.V. still acts like a child. Even when he gets turned into Nemesis Prime, the other Decepticons noted that his immaturity doesn't make him equal to Optimus.
• Moral Myopia: Related to his Never My Fault tendencies. A lot of his tantrums arise from others ruining his plans by acting differently than he expected, or simply fighting back, even as he attempts to kill them and/or manipulate them into ruining lives. He shows absolutely no remorse for the countless lives he's ruined, even seeming to revel in it, yet starts to whine about how others have no right to fight back against his 'just cause' whenever they pose the slightest challenge. In R2 he outright says he considers everything but the world he and Charles were trying to create was the only thing that mattered, offhandedly dismissing the lives of the entire human race as stepping stones for that goal, even as he attempts to lecture Optimus about causing current events by not killing Megatron.
• Never My Fault: He's horrified when Shockwave extracts all of his knowledge about Ragnarök, but repeatedly tells himself it's not his fault, even though he's the one who tried messing around with Megatron and got captured by him.
  • Later, as Nemesis Prime, he tries to blame Optimus for everything that's gone wrong for him throughout the series, only for him to calmly deconstruct his statement and point out that he has no one to blame but himself.
• Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: Like in canon, his attempted assassination of Marianne caused Lelouch and Nunnally to be banished to Japan, leading to Lelouch becoming Zero and allying with the Autobots. And his attempt to blackmail Megatron just exposes his and Charles' plans, leading to the Decepticons deciding to conquer Britannia.
• No Body Left Behind: When V.V. was extracted from Nemesis Prime, and was found to be dead due to Megatron taking his code from him, the Black Knights groundbridged his body to the center of the Earth in the hopes that the extreme temperatures would disintegrate his body... though given what exactly lies at the center of the Earth, this trope might not be in effect.
• Psychopathic Manchild: He's actually in his early 60s, but being immortal makes him look like a 10-year-old boy. As a result he's never truly matured, but can still be dangerous towards others when he's not throwing tantrums.
• Restraining Bolt: V.V gets one after his conversion to Nemesis Prime. To keep V.V from attacking him, Dark Energon was put into his organic brain, allowing Megatron to control and torture him if he goes out of line.
• The Sociopath: Downplayed. In canon, he was the most ruthlessly calculating character in the series. While he's just as such here, he's completely overshadowed by the likes of Megatron, as he learns the hard way firsthand himself when Megatron captures him and kills him repeatedly. That, and his immaturity often leads to him not being taken seriously.
• Spared by the Adaptation: In canon R2, he succumbs to his wounds after Charles takes away his Code. Here, he actually outlives his brother near the end of R1, though how long that will last is still up in the air. His luck eventually runs out when Megatron steals his Code, leading to his death.
• Ungrateful Bastard: The first thing V.V. does when his body was integrated in Nemesis Prime was to 'test' the chassis by attacking Megatron — only for the Decepticon leader to keep him in line with the Dark Energon in his systems.
• Underestimating Badassery: A major problem of his.
  • V.V. doesn't think highly of either Optimus Prime or Megatron, and it costs him dearly. Megatron turns down bargaining with him in favor of just letting Shockwave have his way with him, while Optimus blows the Thought Elevator on Kamine Island to pieces, thereby doing serious damage to the Ragnarök plans.
  • It gets even worse for him in Fall of Britannia when the Decepticons destroy Pendragon and kill Charles, all because he underestimated Megatron.
  • He's later in complete surprise when he sees Optimus manage to resist Megatron's Dark Geass through sheer willpower.
  • When Zero and Optimus make their Rousing Speech in The Renewed Revolution, V.V. was livid.
  • He also severely underestimates Grimlock, an action that causes him to get incinerated.
  • When he tries to attack Megatron after being ressurected as Nemesis Prime, Megatron tortures him with the Dark Energon in his systems.
• Unskilled, but Strong: His "Nemesis Prime" state may be as powerful as Optimus himself, or at least close to it, but unlike Optimus V.V. is lacking in actual combat experience, which combined with his emotional instability means that he can't match up to the real thing in actual combat, and even some of the other Autobots and Black Knights give him trouble when the form debuts in Toxic Nemesis.
• Unwitting Instigator of Doom: In a tinge of spite against Charles, V.V. decides to bargain with the Decepticons regarding trying to get C.C. as early as possible in order to kickstart Ragnarok. When he makes his proposal in front of an already suspicious Megatron, it's this recklessness that leads to him getting experimented on (thereby scarring him for life), followed by Megatron gaining the casus belli he needs to take matters into his own hands and end the Britannian Empire.
• Villain Teleportation: Thanks to his Code powers, V.V. can teleport himself and others to places close to a Thought Elevator. He uses this trick to suddenly transport six humans and three Cybertronians to Kamine Island, but Megatron quickly figures out his limits and has him imprisoned on the Nemesis, which is too far away from Earth for V.V. to use his powers and escape.
• What the Hell Are You?: Says this in regards to Optimus after seeing the Prime fight off Megatron's Dark Geass.
• Yandere: Just like in canon, he gets pissed when someone (Marianne specifically) gets cozy with his brother. He (supposedly) killed Marianne and crippled Nunnally because of this jealousy.

Colonel Madd

Colonel Madd

"You will not destroy my work! You fools can't prevail against what I've created!"

A long-time servant of the Geass Order.

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• Cyborg: He lost his eyes and multiple organs in battle, and has replaced them with cybernetics.
• Mad Scientist: Serves this role alongside Arkeville.
• One-Hit Kill: In Light and Darkness he gets a kunai to his head by Sayoko.
• Reports of My Death Were Greatly Exaggerated: Bartley thought he'd died in battle. Madd corrects that notion.

Dr. Arkeville

Dr. Arkeville

A skilled scientist who was sent to an asylum for his sheer insanity.

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• Admiring the Abomination: He's fascinated by Shockwave's new Driller creature in the R2 chapter Ghosts with sheer madness, much to Bartley's horror.
• Ax-Crazy: Was locked up in an asylum before the Decepticons recruited him.
• Brain Uploading: His ultimate objective is to upload human minds into Knightmare Frames. Something that even Lloyd found insane.
• Canon Foreigner: Originates from Transformers: Generation 1.
• Cyborg: His right arm is mechanical, as is part of his head.
• Mad Scientist: Even more so than Lloyd, as he's downright insane, and is regarded as the Britannian Empire's greatest mind.

Agents

Rolo

Nebiros / Rolo

"Dark Knight Nebiros reporting in."

A trained assassin for the Geass Order.

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• The Ace: He was V.V.'s top assassin having the highest kill count of any of the Geass Order's agents. He later becomes the top fighter of the Dark Knights under the Decepticons command, requiring far fewer cybernetic enhancements than the others due to his sheer skill being enough.
• Adapted Out: The plot of Rolo being Lelouch's "brother" will not happen in R2, due to Nunnally never being kidnapped by V.V., and Charles being killed by Megatron, meaning Lelouch doesn't get his memories rewritten.
• Adaptational Badass: Thanks to V.V.'s training and Shockwave's experiments during the Time Skip, Rolo's Geass has matured to the point that it can affect even Cybertronians. In addition, the Geass sigil now appears in both his eyes and not just his right one anymore. He's also able to focus it on a specific target, with his Knightmare making sure that his heart continues to beat while using it.
• Adaptational Late Appearance: While mentioned several times in R1, Rolo doesn't make a full appearance until the fourth chapter of R2, whereas he first appeared in the first episode of R2 in canon.
• Adaptational Villainy: Due to Megatron killing Charles and taking over the Geass Order from V.V. at the end of R1, it appears that Rolo will remain an agent of the Geass Order. He is later conscripted into the Dark Knights, a group of human Knightmare pilots under the Decepticon's command.
• The Artifact: This is why he has a drastically reduced role in the story. In the original series, Rolo served as Lelouch's false younger brother after everyone was given false memories, including the Ashford Academy cast, to which he belongs. His true potential is that he's an assassin from the Britannian Empire who is tasked with monitoring the mindwiped Lelouch from regaining his memories as the leader of the Black Knights, and effectively grows into a loving, steadfast character who maintains staunch loyalty to Lelouch through the end. However, come Code Prime and especially R2, and all of those circumstances vanish with the radical change in the status quo. The Ashford Academy cast now works with the Black Knights full-time, the school itself got trashed by the Insecticons in the Black Rebellion, the Decepticons flatten Britannia, Lelouch makes it back safe to the Black Knights and resumes his revolutionary work, and his niche as the loving surrogate family to Lelouch is taken by the Autobots (Optimus in particular) as well as the other Black Knights (notably Kallen). Yet he's still there because he's easily a main cast member in the original series with a decent amount of popularity that he's otherwise expected to be there, and it's quite evident that the story has no idea of what to do with the character...other than being beam fodder to showcase Grimlock.
• Demoted to Extra: Refer to The Artifact above for why this is the case.
• Dies Differently in Adaptation: In canon he dies when he overuses his Geass, here in the R2 chapter The Fires of Rage he gets incinerated by an incensed Grimlock in one shot.
• Empowered Badass Normal: He has a Geass granted to him by V.V., and is the Order's most skilled assassin. Shockwave notes in Nerves of Steel that Rolo is the most prominent member that does not require cybernetic enhancements.
• The Ghost: Is mentioned by V.V. in TMI and Tropical Skirmish, but will not be seen until R2.
• Shout-Out: His Knightmare is loosely based on the Gundam Epyon.
• The Stoic: He doesn't express any emotions when on a mission.
• We Hardly Knew Ye: In canon, he was one of the most prominent characters in Season 2. Here, he only appears in two chapters of R2 before being killed in Chapter 11.

Alice

Alice / Speed

Primary Knightmare: Alexander Valiant, Pegasus

"Dark Knight Headmaster – Codename: Speed. Ready for combat."

An agent of the Geass Order.

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• Ace Pilot: She's skilled enough as a pilot that after the EU arc, Lelouch and Elita put her into the Zero Squad, which has the likes of Kallen and Suzaku.
• Birds of a Feather: It's revealed that she shares this with Grimlock in the R2 chapter Ghosts. Both had their livelihood taken from them by a sadistic monster (V.V. for Alice, Shockwave for Grimlock) and were experimented on as their personal lab rats alongside their friends.
• Dark and Troubled Past: As a child, her entire family (including her wheelchair-bound sister) were tragically killed in a fire. Alice was then kidnapped by V.V., where she and countless children were forcibly drugged, tortured, experimented on, and trained to be child soldiers. Things got worse when Shockwave took over the Geass Order.
• Heel–Face Turn: After being rescued by the Autobots and Black Knights in Tokyo, she joins them after slowly becoming used to them.
• Shout-Out: Her Knightmare is loosely based on the Endless Waltz version of the Wing Gundam Zero (which would indirectly make it a reference to the Wing Gundam Zero Rebellion from Super Robot Wars DD). In A United Front Facing the Dark Horizon, when it was converted into the Pegasus, it even shares the white and blue scheme after its capture.
• Shrinking Violet: Played for Drama. Because of her past with the Geass Order and later as one of Shockwave's experiments, she is quiet and afraid of people she doesn't know; with Nunnally being the only one she is comfortable around.
• Super-Speed: Just as her codename implies, Speed's Knightmare is capable of flying circles around her opponents, as Elita-One found out.
• Super-Strength: In Leave of Absence, she's strong enough to rip a small log in two with raw physical strength alone, much to the surprise of Ryo, Suzaku, Orpheus, Gino, and the elderly gypsies at the camp.

Dalque

Dalque / Power

Primary Knightmare: Ryujin

"Dark Knight Headmaster – Codename: Power. Ready for battle."

An agent of the Geass Order.

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• Shout-Out: Her Knightmare is loosely based on the Endless Waltz version of the Altron Gundam. After she and her friends were freed by the Autobot/Black Knight Alliance, it now shares its white and green color scheme.

Sancia

Sancia / Order

Primary Knightmare: Scorpio

"Dark Knight Headmaster – Codename: Order. Prepared for combat."

An agent of the Geass Order.

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• Dual Wielding: Carries a pair of dual blades on her Knightmare.
• Shout-Out: Her Knightmare is loosely based on the Endless Waltz version of the Gundam Sandrock. After she and her friends were freed by the Autobot/Black Knight Alliance, it now shares the TV version's black and white color scheme.

Lucretia

Lucretia / Land

Primary Knightmare: Tungsten

"Dark Knight Headmaster – Codename: Land. Reporting for battle."

An agent of the Geass Order.

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• More Dakka: Courtesy of the two sets of Double Gatling Energon Guns.
• Shout-Out: Her Knightmare is loosely based on the Endless Waltz version of the Gundam Heavyarms. After she and her friends were freed by the Autobot/Black Knight Alliance, her new Knightmare gains the TV version's red and white colors.

Clara

Clara Lanfranc

Primary Knightmare: Dark Fafnir

An agent of the Geass Order.

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• Body Horror: Her head and upper body are the only remaining organic parts after being integrated into the Dark Fafnir Knightmare.
• Cyborg: Make Them Hurt reveals she gets turned into one, similar to Shin Hyuga Shang.
• Dies Differently in Adaptation: Instead of a disguised Orpheus killing her off, she meets her demise as the Dark Fafnir explodes in a team effort by Orpheus and Oiagros in Light and Darkness.
• The Ghost: Has so far only been mentioned by Shockwave near the end of The Fires of Rage.
• Spared by the Adaptation: Subverted. In canon, she was killed by Orpheus disguised as Oldrin when she was posing as Lelouch's sibling after Lelouch had his memories rewritten by Charles. Here, due to being mentioned in Shockwave's logs and Lelouch never having his memories rewritten, she ends up surviving... that is, until Orpheus and Oiagros blow up her Dark Fafnir.
• Super-Strength: Shockwave's logs note that she's one of the physically strongest members of the Order next to Alice.

Code R

A think-tank formed by Clovis to study C.C. and Geass. In R2, the remnants are folded into the Geass Order.

Bartley Aspirus

General Bartley Aspirus

"I pray you forgive me, your highness."

A general of the Britannian military who is greatly devoted to the Imperial Family. He also served as part of Clovis' Code R group.

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• Berserk Button: Does not tolerate anyone bad-mouthing the Royal Family, especially Schneizel. Starscream ends up pushing this button a lot due to the Seeker's dislike of the family.
• Dropped a Bridge on Him: In War on Geass he suddenly gets vaporised by a random Energon turret.
• Even Evil Has Standards: Even he was terrified of Megatron upon witnessing his appearance. He's also terrified when Shockwave takes control of Code-R and recruits Doctor Arkeville to their cause. In the R2 chapter Ghosts he's notably horrified by the Driller and Arkeville's admiration of it.
• Fantastic Racism: Refers to the Cybertronians as "abominations" and "vile machines".
• Locked Out of the Loop: Despite his loyalty to Schneizel, Bartley is unaware that the second prince is secretly working with the Decepticons to have Pendragon invaded during the Black Rebellion. This is likely since Schneizel is aware that while Bartley is loyal to him, he is loyal to the entire royal family and may no doubt try to warn the Emperor of the Decepticons' intentions.
• My Greatest Failure: Considers his failure in protecting Clovis from being killed to be this.
• This Cannot Be!: Is completely stunned upon seeing the Gawain No-Sell an attack from the Avalon, thanks to being equipped with the Lancelot's Blaze Luminous Shield system. This is because the Autobots and Black Knights had recently acquired the Lancelot, and Bartley thought that they couldn't be able to replicate the system in such a short time. Clearly he underestimated the skills of Rakshata and Fixit. He's later in complete shock when Megatron announces the fall of Britannia and the death of Charles, and when he learns that Schneizel helped make it possible.
• Token Minority: Is one of only four named black people to have major positions in the Britannian military. The other three are Villetta Nu, Dorothea Ernst, and Toto Thompson.
• Too Dumb to Live: Bartley constantly demands that even the Decepticons show respect to and prostrate themselves before a member of the imperial family, despite the Decepticons repeatedly showing that they don't give a damn about royal formalities or pedigrees.
• Undying Loyalty: To the royal family, particularly Clovis. He later develops this for Schneizel after the latter is able to save him from being court-martialed.

Joseph Fenette

Joseph Fenette

"Shirley... I hope you can forgive me."

Shirley's father, and a member of Code R.

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• Ambiguously Evil: He may be a member of Code R, but whether he's a Mad Scientist or Punch-Clock Villain has yet to be specified. In R2 it turns out he's secretly going against the organization by allowing Anya/Marianne to pass a message to his daughter and working to free Jeremiah from his brainwashing. When he's rescued, he reveals that he didn't know the full extent of Code-R's experiments, and by the time he did, he felt he couldn't back out.
• Good Parents: Evidently one to Shirley, as his apparent death takes a toll on her.
• Put on a Bus: He has not been seen since Narita, having been abducted by the Decepticons. He eventually returns in School Festival Declaration with the other Code R scientists from Narita, working for Shockwave in his laboratory.
• Small Role, Big Impact: He only really gets about three or four scenes, but not only does his apparent death cause Lelouch several problems involving Shirley, but his capture by Shockwave alongside the rest of Code R reveals said project to Megatron, potentially setting up a conflict between him and Charles.
• Spared by the Adaptation: In canon, he was killed by the mudslide at Narita; here, he is among those who retreated in the aftermath of the battle. He's later picked up by Shockwave and Soundwave.
• Tears of Joy: In the R2 chapter War on Geass he sheds them when he and Shirley were finally reunited.
• Tragic Keepsake: Still possesses a locket of his wife and daughter, even after his imprisonment by the Decepticons.
• Trapped in Villainy: This was essentially his status in Code-R. When he was originally brought in, he did not know the full extent of Clovis' experiments. Once he found out, he felt he couldn't back out, afraid that they would go after his wife and daughter if he tried to quit.

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