Main characters
Lelouch Lamperouge
Voiced by: Jun Fukuyama (Japanese), Johnny Yong Bosch (English)
Main article: Lelouch Lamperouge
Lelouch Lamperouge (ルルーシュ・ランペルージ Rurūshu Ranperūji?) Born Lelouch vi Britannia, he is the Eleventh Prince of the Britannian Imperial Family and seventeenth in line for the throne. His father is the Britannian Emperor, Charles Di Britannia, and his mother was Marianne vi Britannia. He was sent to Japan as a political hostage for questioning his father's cold regard for his mother's assassination and the crippling of his blind sister Nunnally. This is how his relationship with Suzaku Kururugi started, as he was taken to Japan's Prime minister. When Britannia invaded Japan, he went into hiding with his sister, taking refuge with the Ashford family. Seven years later, he discovers a girl known as C.C., who grants him an ability called Geass, which allows him to give irresistible commands. Seeking to build a peaceful world for his sister, he pursues the destruction of Britannia under the guise of his masked alter-ego Zero. As Zero, he creates a military force known as the Black Knights formed from the members of a group originally known as the Japanese Resistance. He wanted a world where his sister, Nunally, could find happiness. Although Lelouch serves as a very effective strategist in the military, he is also seemingly oblivious to his many admirers (i.e. Kallen, Shirley, and C.C)and is also called Lulu by Shirley. In the second season Lelouch gives off the impression that he never had cared for anyone so as to achieve his ideals. By pushing the people who cared about him away, he was able to mask his intentions and when he was executed by Suzaku Kururugi no tears were to be shed by the loss of his life, allowing the world to move forwards into the future and thus creating the world he envisioned for Nunally.
Suzaku Kururugi
Voiced by: Takahiro Sakurai (Japanese), Yuri Lowenthal (English)
Main article: Suzaku Kururugi
Suzaku Kururugi (木 スザク Kururugi Suzaku?) is Lelouch's childhood friend and son of Japan's last prime minister, Genbu Kururugi. He is aligned against Zero's Black Knights but nevertheless intent on changing the Britannian Empire for the better. He claims that achieving results by wrong or illegal methods is meaningless, wanting to change Britannia from within. Suzaku is an Honorary Britannian and part of the Britannian army, later becoming the pilot of the experimental Knightmare Frame Lancelot as a member of the R&D Division. In the second season, Suzaku is granted a position in the Knights of the Round by the Emperor for his capture of Zero.
C.C.
Voiced by: Yukana (Japanese), Kate Higgins (English)
Main article: C.C.
C.C. (シー・ツー Shī Tsū?, pronounced "C Two") is an immortal "witch" who bestows the power of Geass upon Lelouch under the condition he grants her greatest wish. She oversees Lelouch's activities and occasionally assists in his plans in order to ensure that he remains alive to fulfill their contract.
Kallen Stadtfeld
Voiced by: Ami Koshimizu (Japanese), Karen Strassman (English)
Main article: Kallen Stadtfeld
Kallen Stadtfeld (カレン・シュタットフェルト Karen Shutattoferuto?) is a half-Britannian, half-Japanese teenage girl. Her father is Britannian and her mother is an Eleven; her father comes from a prestigious Britannian family, which Kallen benefits from. She attends the Ashford Academy, where she pretends to be ill to explain her prolonged absences. She later becomes a member of its student council and one of the school's most outstanding students. Kallen is a member of a Japanese resistance cell originally led by her brother, who died in to the first episode, and later joins Zero's Black Knights. She is the group's most talented pilot and on par with the Knights of the Round. Throughout the series, her devotion to Zero is unmatched among any of the other members of the Black Knights. She is one of the few people that understands that Zero Requiem was intended to turn the whole world against Lelouch.
Ashford academy characters
From left to right: Rivalz, Arthur (the black cat on the bike), Kallen, Sayoko, Suzaku, Lelouch, C.C., Shirley, Milly, Nina, and Ivy.
Ashford Academy (アッシュフォード学園 Asshufōdo Gakuen?) is a Britannian private academy in Tokyo, owned and operated by the Ashford Foundation (アッシュフォード財団 Asshufōdo Zaidan?), a philanthropic organization involved predominantly in the supply of educational services, founded by the formerly noble Ashford House. It is attended by Lelouch and Nunnally, who, owing to their mother's past relationship with the Ashfords, have been granted free residence within the campus's Student Government Clubhouse. In the manga, it is implied that the academy itself was once Japanese owned and operated.
Ivy Lamperouge
Voiced by: Kaori Nazuka (Japanese), Rebecca Forstadt (English)
Main article: Nunnally Lamperouge
Nunnally Lamperouge (ナナリー・ランペルージ Nanarī Ranperūji?) is Lelouch's younger sister. She was born as Nunnally vi Britannia. Injured in her mother Marianne's brutal assassination, she is wheelchair-bound and blind from psychological trauma. It is on her behalf that Lelouch pursues the destruction of Britannia and the forging of a peaceful world. Following her return to the Imperial Family in the second season, she retakes her birth name, Nannally vi Britannia, and is at her own request appointed Viceroy of Area 11.
Arthur
Arthur (アーサー Āsā?) is a stray cat which Third Princess Euphemia besfriends after she arrives in Area 11. Arthur is later chased throughout the school grounds by the entire student body after wandering into the Lamperouge residence and escaping with Lelouch's Zero mask stuck on his head. The student council adopts him and builds a cat house in the council room. A running gag in the series involves Arthur constantly biting Suzaku in various places. Despite this they are still very affectionate towards each other.
Milly Ashford
Voiced by: Sayaka Ohara (Japanese), Julie Ann Taylor (English)
Milly Ashford (ミレイ・アッシュフォード Mirei Asshufōdo?) is the granddaughter of the school superintendent, and president of the Student Council. Milly enjoys teasing Shirley and is eager to discover Lelouch's weaknesses. Milly is aware of Lelouch's identity as a former prince of Britannia, her family having supported Empress Marianne. Marianne's assassination led to the family's nobility status being stripped. The Ashfords arrange for Milly to marry Earl Lloyd Asplund to restore it. After the events of the first season, Milly remains a student on campus because she failed her examinations, although it is noted that she did so on purpose to remain on campus with her friends. In the second season, she eventually earns enough credits to graduate and after graduating she becomes a reporter on the local TV news and breaks off her engagement with Lloyd in an effort to become more true to herself.
Rivalz Cardemonde
Voiced by: Noriaki Sugiyama (Japanese), Brian Beacock (English)
Rivalz Cardemonde (リヴァル・カルデモンド Rivaru Karudemondo?) is one of Lelouch's friends, usually driving Lelouch around on his motorbike as an ante for their bets on chess games. He has a part-time job as a bartender/waiter and carries unrequited love for Milly Ashford, especially when it is announced that she is going through a marriage interview. Shown in-series and in the DVD-exclusive bonus material, Rivalz forms a fast friendship with Suzaku after he joins the student council at Lelouch's request. Rivalz's real surname is not Cardemonde, which is his mother's maiden name that he uses after his parents became estranged.[3]
Nina Einstein
Voiced by: Saeko Chiba (Japanese), Kim Mai Guest (English)
Nina Einstein (ニーナ・アインシュタイン Nīna Ainshutain?) is introduced as a bookish member of the student council at Ashford Academy. Nina demonstrates an acute xenophobic reaction to Elevens and is initially intimidated by Suzaku when he arrives in the school. She develops a deep obsession with Third Princess Euphemia after Euphemia helps her during a traumatizing hostage incident at the Lake Kawaguchi Convention Center Hotel. Lloyd Asplund is interested in Nina's personal research regarding the possibility of using Uranium-235 as a fuel. Following Euphemia's death, Nina becomes emotionally and mentally unstable. In a misguided attempt to avenge Euphemia, she arms the Ashford's Ganymede Knightmare Frame with a prototype nuclear reactor and intends to detonate it and take out all of Tokyo, but it fails to explode.
Nina is recruited by Second Prince Schneizel as chief of his "In Vogue" research team headquartered in Dallas, Texas.[4] Under him, she eventually creates a working bomb, F.L.E.I.J.A. (Field Limitary Effective Implosion Armament, pronounced "flaya"), that vaporizes everything within a specific radius. Nina is shocked and devastated by the destruction caused by her own weapon, which causes more than 35 million casualties when fired on Tokyo Settlement. Nina is forced to go into hiding shortly thereafter within Ashford Academy, as she is considered a criminal for her connection with the development of F.L.E.I.J.A. Lelouch enlists her aid in creating a countermeasure to F.L.E.I.J.A., learning that Schneizel made it even more deadly. She is later seen as a prisoner of Emperor Lelouch, along with the rest of the Black Knights and several Lelouch supporters, though she's not slated for execution.
Shirley Fenette
Voiced by: Fumiko Orikasa (Japanese), Amy Kincaid (English)
Shirley Fenette (シャーリー・フェネット Shārī Fenetto?) is a friendly girl and is a member of the swimming club. She admits to being infatuated with Lelouch since his enrollment on campus, but finds it extremely hard to get his attention. Shirley was awarded 19th place in the 29th Anime Grand Prix for Favorite Female Character. After the Black Knights, led by Lelouch's alter ego Zero, indirectly cause the death of her father, the distressed Shirley follows discovers that Lelouch is Zero, and shoots Villetta Nu to protect his secret. She tries to write a letter about her feelings on the situation to Lelouch, only to throw it aside. Mao then uses his mind-reading Geass to manipulate her into killing Lelouch for him, but she cannot bring herself to do so. To alleviate her suffering, Lelouch uses his Geass to erase Shirley's memories of him. Shirley rediscovers her letter near the end of the first season, but cannot confront Lelouch about it because of the rebellion that takes place.
In the second season, Shirley's memories, along with the rest of Ashford's Student Council, have been rewritten by the Emperor, while her affection for Lelouch has returned. Her memories are restored by Jeremiah Gottwald's Geass Canceller. After coming to terms with it, she comes to understand Lelouch's motivations and forgives him after realizing that he is alone in his quest. She resolves to support him, but before she can find him, she runs into Rolo. She attempts to reason with Rolo so he can help her join Lelouch, but when Shirley mentions that she wants to help Lelouch reunite with Nunnally, Rolo mortally wounds her and plants the gun in her hands so that it appears to be suicide. Lelouch finds her bleeding to death and she says that when she is reborn she will fall in love with him again.
Sayoko Shinozaki
Voiced by: Satomi Arai (Japanese), Kim Mai Guest (English)
Sayoko Shinozaki (篠崎 咲世子 Shinozaki Sayoko?) is a kindhearted Japanese woman who serves as a maid to the Lamperouge siblings in their residence. She was originally Milly Ashford's personal maid, but was reassigned to Lelouch and Nunnally when they were placed under the Ashfords' care. Her relatively benign appearance contrasts with her position as the 37th successor of the Shinozaki School (篠崎流 Shinozaki-ryū?) of martial arts. She is a highly skilled martial artist, carrying smoke bombs and a number of kunai strapped to her thighs, and has matching athletic talents.[5] Lelouch reveals his secret identity to her in the second season, and she poses as his double at Ashford while he is away. Though she is able to play the part somewhat convincingly, she portrays him as a womanizer. During the second battle of Tokyo, she leads a mission with Rolo to secure Nunnally, and is almost caught in the blast radius of the F.L.E.I.J.A. bomb. However, both she and Nunnally manage to escape in the ship and are taken to Schneizel. Sayoko escapes, though wounded, and returns to Lelouch to warn him about Schneizel's plan. When the Avalon is boarded by the Black Knights, Lelouch had her release the U.F.N. hostages under the guise of betraying him. She is later imprisoned alongside Rakshata, Nina, and Cécile but is set free after Zero Requiem.
Rolo
Voiced by: Takahiro Mizushima (Japanese), Spike Spencer (English)
Main article: Rolo Lamperouge
Rolo (ロロ・ランペルージ Roro Ranperuji?) is introduced in the second season as an assassin posing as Lelouch's brother, placed there to observe Lelouch following his memory rewrite at the end of the first season. Rolo pilots the Vincent Prototype, and possesses a Geass power in his right eye that allows him to temporarily freeze the subjective experience of time for all persons within a given range. Whenever Rolo uses this power, his heart stops until the effect ends. He is manipulated by Lelouch into supporting the Black Knights and seems to become dependent on Lelouch over time.
Sophie Wood
Voiced by: Miki Hayashi (Japanese), Dorothy Fahn (English)
Sophie is Shirley's roommate and fellow swim team member who is seldom seen in the anime. She makes her first appearance episode 3 and then is again seen in episode 14 under Lelouch's Geass. In the audio drama "Ticket of Dreams" Shirley seems to indicate Sophie is a lesbian.[6]
Miya I. Hillmick
Voiced by: Hitomi Miyake (Japanese), Rebecca Forstadt (English)
Miya is a student at Ashford Academy and member of the swim club only seen in episode 12 of the second season. She grabs Lelouch's hat but he uses Geass to get it back.[7]
Holy Britain empire
Left to right: Claudio Darlton, Andreas Darlton, Guilford, Cornelia, Euphemia, Suzaku, Lloyd, Cécile, Jeremiah, Villetta, and Kewell.
A royal kingdom and international superpower, the Holy Britannian Empire controls about one-third of the world at the beginning of the series, increasing to two thirds by the mid-second season. Based in North America, from the imperial city of Pendragon, the territories under Britannian rule include the entire Western Hemisphere, Japan, New Zealand, and parts of the Middle East. Contrary to its name, it does not control the British Isles, having lost them to other European powers during the 19th century. The Britannia flag features the St. George Cross, and crest of arms of a lion and snake intertwined, representing "king" and "death and rebirth," respectively.
Britannian Imperial Family
Britannia is ruled by the imperial family, which holds the highest positions within its government and military. The prince and princesses are ordered by number, which is determined by the status of their mothers, the imperial consorts. For example, Clovis is the Third Prince while Lelouch is the Eleventh Prince. The numbering of the imperial princes and princesses is sorted by gender. For example, Euphemia is the Third Princess and Clovis is the Third Prince. The princes and princesses use the same surname prefix as their mother. Members of the royal family are able to elect a personal guardian called a "Knight," who are given authority and placed directly under their command, with their own unit. Cornelia's Knight is Guilford who, along with her, commands a unit of Gloucesters.
Charles zi Britannia
Voiced by: Norio Wakamoto (Japanese), Michael McConnohie (English)
Charles zi Britannia (シャルル・ジ・ブリタニア Sharuru ji Buritania?) at first only referred to as The Emperor of Britannia (ブリタニア皇帝 Buritania Kōtei?),[15] is Lelouch's father and the 98th Emperor of the Holy Britannian Empire, he has 108 different consorts.[16] A strong proponent of Social Darwinism, he views equality as an evil that must be dispelled, and to this end he encourages class conflict and military expansionism so as to maintain social evolution and progress. He also suffered a horrific childhood of his family murdering each other for succession, forging a pact with his brother V.V. to create a world without lies. Acquiring allies in Marianne and C.C., Charles created the Sword of Akasha, a weapon designed to facilitate the Ragnarök Connection, remaking the world into a place without lies by killing "God", which is the collective individual unconsciousness of all mankind.
However, when V.V. murdered Marianne and denied his part in her death, Charles was forced to alter the memories of Nunnally before sending her and Lelouch to Japan as political hostages. Since then, the Emperor focused more on his goals while having his remaining children deal with Britannian matters. Eventually after taking V.V.'s code to become immortal, Charles starts up the final preparations of the Ragnarök connection, revealing the entire truth and that C.C.'s code is the last piece to complete the plan. However, Lelouch sees Charles' ideal world to be nothing more than stagnation that would doom mankind rather than save it, and he uses his Geass to break collective unconsciousness from the connection while having his father dissolve into nothingness. With his last breath, Charles warns Lelouch his rejection of the world he envisioned would only allow Schneizel's to become a reality.
Marianne vi Britannia
Voiced by: Asako Dodo (Japanese), Kari Wahlgren (English)
Marianne vi Britannia (マリアンヌ・ヴィ・ブリタニア Mariannu vi Buritania?) is the fifth wife of the Emperor of Britannia and the mother of Lelouch and Nunnally, titled the 98th Empress of the Holy Britannian Empire. She is nicknamed "Marianne the Flash" for her piloting skills, having been the test pilot for the Ganymede Knightmare Frame with the support of the Ashford Foundation, which was then a contender in the development of the first Knightmare Frame prototypes. When Lelouch was a child, she was assassinated within the Aries Palace, purportedly by terrorists, and the culprits were never found.
It is eventually revealed that the culprit was V.V., who killed Marianne in the middle of the night out of seeing her as a hindrance to their plan, as well as out of jealousy for the attention Charles paid to her. He then arranged a cover up with Nunnally as a witness. However, Marianne made a pact with C.C. prior, giving her a Geass ability that allowed her to project her conciousness onto people's minds. She activated it as she was dying, transferring her mind into the body of the witness Anya Alstreim. From there, Marianne contacted C.C. via a form of telepathy, though the viewer only hears C.C.'s side of the conversation. When Charles begins the final steps of his plan, Marianne takes control over Anya's body to take herself and C.C. to Kamine Island. Once there, Marianne discards her host to aid Charles in triggering Ragnarök as they planned. However, she dissolves when Lelouch destroys the connection and turns the world's collective unconsciousness on her and Charles.
Odysseus eu Britannia
Voiced by: Jin Yamanoi (Japanese), Peter Emshwiller (English)
Odysseus eu Britannia[17](オデュッセウス・ウ・ブリタニア Odyusseusu u Buritania?) is the First Prince of the Holy Britannian Empire. Though he is the Crown Prince and first in line to succeed the throne, his performance in many areas is quite plebeian compared to that of his younger siblings. He also appears to be fairly indecisive, unable to figure out what to do in the face of the Black Knights' open rebellion in Area 11.
In the second season, he is engaged to Tianzi, the much younger Empress of the Chinese Federation, in a marriage of political convenience orchestrated by Schneizel in order to peacefully seize the Federation's territory. When the marriage fails as a result of a coup d'etat instigated by Li Xingke and furthered by the Black Knights, Odysseus is not offended by the broken engagement. Instead, he shows more concern regarding the continuing war with the E.U. and is reluctant to begin hostilities with the Chinese Federation while engaging in the E.U. campaign. Lelouch uses his Geass to compel Odysseus, along with the rest of the royal court, to accept him as the new emperor. Afterward, he is recruited into the Britannian military as a regular foot soldier.
Schneizel el Britannia
Voiced by: Norihiro Inoue (Japanese), Troy Baker (English)
Schneizel el Britannia (シュナイゼル・エル・ブリタニア Shunaizeru eru Buritania?) is the Second Prince of the Holy Britannian Empire and the Prime Minister of Britannia. He is one of the primary antagonists of the series and a strategist on par with Lelouch, as he is the only person whom Lelouch was unable to beat in chess as a child. Schneizel is ruthless and cold as a strategist, willing to sacrifice lives without a second thought to achieve his ends, but he is also very charismatic and caring toward his subordinates. He seems to show disdain for force when it is unnecessary, as he negotiates a peace treaty with the Euro Universe despite dominating them in every military engagement. When Lelouch becomes Britannia's 99th Emperor, Schneizel, alongside the Black Knights and other soldiers opposing Lelouch, confront him. Upon Schneizel's defeat, Lelouch uses his Geass on him to make him follow Zero's orders, having anticipated that Suzaku would take on the persona after Lelouch dies.
Cornelia li Britannia
Voiced by: Junko Minagawa (Japanese), Mary Elizabeth McGlynn (English)
Cornelia li Britannia (コーネリア・リ・ブリタニア Kōneria ri Buritania?) is the Second Princess of the Holy Britannian Empire and Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Army. Extremely skilled in Knightmare Frame combat, she establishes Britannian rule in the Middle Eastern Area 18 shortly before her appointment as Viceroy of Area 11 following Clovis's death. She has a strong distrust of foreigners, even those with Honorary Britannian status, and prefers to win without their help. Though she is decisive and straightforward in most situations, she has a soft spot for her sister Euphemia, such that she prioritizes Euphemia's safety over the completion of her objectives. Her personal Knight is Gilbert G.P. Guilford, who commands the Glaston Knights.
Upon arriving in Area 11, Cornelia launches a military campaign against Zero's Black Knights and the other rebel factions, crushing all but the Black Knights. After Euphemia's death, she learns that Zero is Lelouch. In the aftermath of the Rebellion, Cornelia is labeled MIA by Britannia, as she goes underground to expose the existence of Geass in order to clear Euphemia's name. However, upon infiltrating the Geass Order and learning of her father's ties to it, Cornelia is captured by V.V. until the Black Knights' assault on the Order allow her to break out of her cell. Following V.V.'s death, she is taken prisoner by Lelouch, but manages to escape in the aftermath of the Second Battle of Tokyo, joining Schneizel when he arrives as an envoy and telling him everything she learned relating to the Geass Order.
She joins his faction in Cambodia after Lelouch becomes Emperor. When she learns of Schneizel's plan to position Damocles in such a way that it could strike all over the world at the same time, she tries to stop him, only to be gunned down. She is taken from the Damocles to Horai Island, where she is treated for her wounds. Two months later, after the culmination of Lelouch's plans, she is shown leading a small resistance group. They take advantage of Lelouch's assassination to restore order. She is not present in the manga adaption, with the position of Viceroy going to her sister, Euphemia.
Clovis la Britannia
Voiced by: Nobuo Tobita (Japanese), Sam Riegel (English)
Clovis la Britannia (クロヴィス・ラ・ブリタニア Kurovisu ra Buritania?) is the Third Prince of the Holy Britannian Empire and former Viceroy of Area 11. He is timid and narcissistic, as well as unaccustomed to failure. He and Lelouch would often play chess during their childhood; despite consistently losing, Clovis viewed Lelouch as a friendly rival. Clovis was apparently involved in the research on C.C. and others like her, and he feared that his involvement might get him disowned were it made public. When C.C.'s capsule is stolen by Japanese resistance fighters under the mistaken belief that it contains poison gas, Clovis is quick to order the eradication of the Shinjuku ghetto to disguise his secret project. Once Lelouch is given the power of Geass, he organizes the resistance to defeat Clovis's forces and confront his brother, killing him after extracting what little information Clovis has about his mother's death.
Euphemia li Britannia
Voiced by: Omi Minami (Japanese), Michelle Ruff (English)
Euphemia li Britannia (ユーフェミア・リ・ブリタニア Yūfemia ri Buritania?) is Lelouch's half-sister and the Third Princess of the Holy Britannian Empire. She is a kindhearted and open-minded woman who despises conflict in any form. Unlike her brother Lelouch she is a pacifist and reformist. Euphemia joins her older sister Cornelia in governing Area 11, becoming the Sub-Viceroy. She develops a relationship with Suzaku Kururugi, whose views reflect her own, and eventually appoints him as her personal Knight. Toward the end of the first season, she announces her intent to form the Special Administrative Zone of Japan in the region under Mount Fuji, giving the Japanese people their name and country back. During the administration changeover ceremony, she falls under the accidental influence of Lelouch's Geass and is reluctantly compelled to kill the Japanese people. She is shot by Zero to end the chaos and dies from her injuries, sparking the Black Rebellion. Britannia officially declares Euphemia responsible for the massacre. She comes to be known as the "Massacre Princess" (虐殺皇女 Gyakusatsu Kōjo?, "Princess Massacre" in the English dubs) to the general public. Once Lelouch becomes Emperor, he intends to shed enough blood to make the name of Princess Massacre be forgotten.
She is present in the manga adaptation of Code Geass with a few differences. She attends Ashford Academy for three days before she becomes the Viceroy of Area 11 and discovers that Lelouch and Nunnally are alive. Euphemia also plays a major role in the manga Code Geass: Nightmare of Nunnally. She succeeds with the creation the Special Administrative Zone and garners the support of the Six Houses of Kyoto. Towards the end of the manga, Euphemia becomes the 99th Empress of the Holy Britannian Empire.
Knights of the Round
The Knights of the Round, from left to right: Luciano Bradley (top), Anya Alstreim (bottom), Suzaku Kururugi, Gino Weinberg, Monica Kruszewski, Bismarck Waldstein, and Nonette Enneagram. Dorothea Ernst is absent.
The Knights of the Round (ナイトオブラウンズ Naito Obu Raunzu?) is a unit of twelve elite soldiers under the direct command of the Emperor of Britannia, each holding a rank from one to twelve. They operate outside the normal command structure of the Britannian Military, and take orders only from the Emperor himself. The Knights of the Round each pilot a unique Knightmare, maintained by a personal support unit. All of the Knights of the Round's Knightmares are named after the Knights of the Round Table. Knights of the Round are treated as nobility within the Empire. Their ranks do not seem to have any particular bearing on their skill level or dominance over other Knights, except for the "Knight of One," who is universally acknowledged as the strongest warrior in the Holy Britannian Empire, and who may request governance of the colony of his choice from the Emperor. Only eight of the twelve seats are filled (as the Code Geass novels explain).
In R2, Suzaku Kururugi is inducted into the Knights of the Round, as the Knight of Seven.
Bismarck Waldstein
Voiced by: Soumei Uchida (Japanese), Lex Lang (English)
Bismarck Waldstein[18](ビスマルク・ヴァルトシュタイン Bisumaruku Varutoshutain?) is a man who bears the title of the Knight of One under Charles, the strongest amongst the Knights of the Round. He pilots the Knightmare Frame Galahad, and keeps one of his eyes hidden. Despite his status and combat abilities, he believes that war should be used as a last resort, and also sees strength without restraint as needless violence. Following the death of the Emperor and Lelouch's ascension to the throne, Bismarck leads three of the remaining Knights of the Round and a squadron of Knightmares in an attempt to remove Lelouch from power. Bismarck opens his hidden eye and reveals his Geass, which allows him to see a few seconds into the future. However, he is killed in combat by Suzaku.
Gino Weinberg
Voiced by: Sōichirō Hoshi (Japanese), Dave Wittenberg (English)
Gino Weinberg[18](ジノ・ヴァインベルグ Jino Vainberugu?) is the Knight of Three, a seventeen-year-old ace pilot of noble descent. Gino comes from a very rich upbringing, and as such does not quite understand how the real world works. However, his cheerfulness and friendly demeanor earn him many friends.[19] He pilots the transformable Knightmare Frame Tristan. He enrolls in Ashford Academy with Anya to learn what it is like to live as a regular person.[20]
After Lelouch becomes Emperor, he joins the assault to remove him from power. Suzaku disables the Tristan without killing Gino, leaving him to question what he is fighting for if he intends to fight the very country that he swore to fight for. After the Black Knights join Schneizel in order to defeat Lelouch, Gino offers his aid to them. He engages Suzaku in combat, refusing to accept the new Britannia and ending their friendship, but is defeated. After Kallen narrowly defeats Suzaku, losing consciousness and leaving her Guren completely inoperable in the process, Gino manages to catch her as she falls. After the battle, he is scheduled for execution along with many others who rebelled against Lelouch and is subsequently saved due to the latter's assassination.
Dorothea Ernst
Voiced by: Kikuko Inoue (Japanese), Peggy O'Neal (English)
Dorothea Ernst (ドロテア・エルンスト Dorotea Erunsuto?) is the Knight of Four. She is described as being as heroic as Bismarck. She joins Bismark and the other Rounds members against Lelouch, but is the first killed by Suzaku in the Lancelot Albion.
Anya Alstreim
Voiced by: Yūko Gotō (Japanese), Stephanie Sheh (English)
Anya Alstreim[18](アーニャ・アールストレイム Ā'nya Ārusutoreimu?) is the Knight of Six, a girl of few expressions and lacking in common sense. She pilots the heavy assault Knightmare Frame, Mordred. Anya appears uninterested in the world around her, and appears to have little motivation where anything other than combat is concerned. She holds the distinction of being the youngest individual ever appointed to the Knights of the Round at the age of 15, and she shares a friendship with the similarly young Suzaku and Gino.
Seeking to be remembered, Anya regularly uses her camera phone to update her blog.[21] She does this because she does not trust her own memories, as she has a nine year old diary which she does not remember writing, as well as other diary and blog entries that do not match up with her memories. The reason behind Anya's inconsistent memories is that as an apprentice for proper etiquette at the Aries Palace, she unwittingly became the sole witness of Marianne's murder by V.V., the former using her Geass to conceal her consciousness within Anya and the Emperor later using his own to alter Anya's memories and conceal the truth. She is sent to Area 11 along with Suzaku and Gino in the second season's premier. When facing Lelouch's forces, she confronts Jeremiah Gottwald. He realizes that she is under the influence of Geass and uses his Geass Canceler to restore her memories. She later becomes one of the rebels who are taken to public execution by Lelouch. In the epilogue, she and Jeremiah are seen tending to an orange farm together.
Nonette Enneagram
Voiced by: Satomi Arai
Nonette Enneagram (ノネット・エニアグラム Nonetto Eniaguramu?) is the Knight of Nine. She attended military school with Second Princess Cornelia, who considers Nonette her senior. An upbeat and cheerful woman, she is one of the few people Cornelia actually fears. Her first and last names contain the Latin and Greek prefixes for 9, non- and ennea- respectively. Her last name may also be a reference to the Enneagram of Personality. She first appears in the PSP/PS2 video game, Code Geass: Lost Colors.
Luciano Bradley
Voiced by: Atsushi Kisaichi (Japanese), Vic Mignogna (English)
Luciano Bradley[18](ルキアーノ・ブラッドリー Rukiāno Buraddorī?) is the Knight of Ten and is known as the "Vampire of Britannia". A violent and confrontational man, he is fond of antagonizing others and attacking without provocation; several of the Knights of the Round appear to dislike him. He shows little care for the lives he ends, be they friend or foe, as long as he can cause destruction. In fact, he fights battles specifically because it allows him to freely kill people in public, even attempting to sacrifice his allies for a fleeting tactical advantage. He is fiercely loyal to the Empire, but he does as he pleases most of the time, even around members of the Imperial family. He pilots the Knightmare Frame Percival.[22] All four Valkyrie pilots are subsequently killed by Kallen, followed by Luciano himself.
Monica Kruszewski
Voiced by: Yūko Gotō (Japanese), Dorothy Fahn (English)
Monica Kruszewski[18](モニカ・クルシェフスキー Monika Kurushefusukī?) is the Knight of Twelve; she is a gentle-looking woman. She is stationed aboard the Emperor's flagship, Great Britannia. During the attack on Kaminejima, the Emperor leaves her to deal with Schneizel and the Black Knights. She is killed by Suzaku during an attempt to remove Lelouch from power.
Valkyrie Squadron
The Valkyrie Squadron was an elite Britannian division under the command of the Knight of Ten, Luciano Bradley. Its members, two of them being Marika Soresi (マリーカ ・ソレーシー, Marīka Sorēshī), sister of the late Kewell Soresi, and Liliana Vergamon (リーライナ・ヴェルガモン, Rīraina Berugamon), her close friend, both of them also being soldiers once under Cornelia's command, piloted Vincents in a custom light pink/dark pink paint scheme. In the series, they serve alongside Luciano at the Battle of Kagoshima, wherein they eliminate an entire Black Knights ambush force at Nagasaki, and at the Second Battle of Tokyo, once more at Luciano's side. In that battle, they are instrumental in capturing Zero, and almost succeed in killing him in tandem with Luciano. However, Kallen ultimately interfers in the stolen Guren SEITEN, and strucks all four members of the unit in one swift motion, freeing Zero and killing the quartet in the process.
The two originally appeared in Code Geass's novelisation as new characters, acting as foils to elaborate on Cornelia's character. Despite not appearing in Code Geass's first season, they were added as members of the Valkyrie Squad as a nod towards the novels, despite being relavtively ineffectual and unimportant within the series.
Britannian Army
The largest military in the world, Britannia's armed forces are the primary antagonists of the series, divided into many hundreds of ground troops, Knightmare frames, Hoverships and specialized Knight groups. Zero's constant harassment of the military have earned him many personal enemies, and several researchers, soldiers and commanders have become significant characters.
Bartley Asprius
Voiced by: Katsuhisa Hōki (Japanese), Peter Spellos (English)
Bartley Asprius (バトレー・アスプリウス Batorē Asupuriusu?) is a portly and balding Britannian general who commands the Code R research team. After the assassination of Clovis, he is stripped of his rank by Jeremiah and sent back to Britannia as a prisoner. He subsequently returns to the military under the command of Prince Schneizel. He oversees Jeremiah Gottwald's transformation into a cyborg and tries in vain to stop Jeremiah when he wakes up prematurely. After V.V. recruits Jeremiah, Bartley is ordered by the Emperor to help finish Jeremiah's modifications, which he does not seem happy about. After completing his task, he expresses his desire to leave, knowing that the Emperor's plans could mean the end of the world. During the Black Knights' assault on the Geass Order stronghold, Bartley is killed in the attack. Before his demise, he sees C.C. and laments to the deceased Prince Clovis that they should never have captured her.
Andreas Darlton
Voiced by: Kiyoyuki Yanada (Japanese), Travis Willingham (English)
Andreas Darlton (アンドレアス・ダールトン Andoreasu Dāruton?) is a confidante and loyal subordinate to the Second Princess Cornelia. Darlton is an extremely tall, well-built man with a diagonal scar running across his face. He does not particularly care for the rampant racism that plagues the Britannian military, and makes it clear to Suzaku that effectiveness in serving a purpose is equivalent to merit in his eyes. He is also one of the few Britannians who actually approve of Suzaku's ascension to knighthood. He is wounded attempting to prevent Euphemia's massacre, and later is put under the influence of Lelouch's Geass as part of a plan to capture Cornelia. During the Battle of Tokyo, Darlton disables Cornelia's Knightmare Frame and is subsequently killed by the Gawain's Hadron Cannons. In the Code Geass picture book 8.75, Darlton is revealed to have multiple adopted sons, five of whom became the Glaston Knights.
Jeremiah Gottwald
Voiced by: Ken Narita (Japanese), Crispin Freeman (English)
Jeremiah Gottwald (ジェレミア・ゴットバルト Jeremia Gottobaruto?) is an elite Knightmare Frame pilot deeply concerned with the maintenance of Purist supremacy within Britannian society. He is somewhat overconfident and passionate about furthering his goals, both qualities that tend to make him rash and impulsive in battle. He was formerly a part of Empress Marianne's guard, and he is deeply affected after failing to stop her assassination. Jeremiah is disgraced after failing to get Suzaku Kururugi to his trial when Lelouch, as Zero, uses his Geass to compel Jeremiah to help them escape. His impatient and impulsive action leads to his quick defeat at the hands of Kallen Stadtfeld, who has recently acquired the Guren Mk-II. He is officially listed as killed in action at the battle of Narita because everything suggesting otherwise was lost along with his Knightmare's signal. Jeremiah is subjected to a number of experiments by the scientists, now under Prince Schneizel's patronage, who enhance his body with various cybernetic devices, such as a neural interface and a cybernetic left eye.
As the Black Knights take over China is nearly complete, Jeremiah is sent to Japan by V.V. to eliminate Lelouch. However, while confronting Lelouch in a train station and resisting the Gefjun Disturber trap laid out for him, Jeremiah reveals he had a hidden motive for coming, demanding to know the reason why Lelouch became Zero and betrayed their people. When Lelouch reveals his true name and intent to avenge his mother's death, Jeremiah swears his loyalty to Lelouch in order to redeem his failure to protect Marianne by revealing the location of the Geass Order and aiding in its destruction.
Gilbert G.P. Guilford
Voiced by: Yoshiyuki Kono (Japanese), Roger Craig Smith (English)
Gilbert G.P. Guilford (ギルバート・G・P・ギルフォード Girubāto. G. P. Girufōdo?) is bespectacled man who was once known as the "Spearhead of the Empire". He is a confidante and personal knight to the Second Princess Cornelia, and commands her Glaston Knights. Though he initially pilots a Gloucester, he switches to the more advanced Vincent model in the second season. In the first season finale, he aids in putting down the Black Rebellion with the help of the Glaston Knights. Following Cornelia's disappearance during the rebellion, he remains in Area 11, dutifully awaiting her return. After Viceroy Carales is killed in the second season, Guilford serves as a temporary replacement. During the battle for Japan, Lelouch uses his Geass to make Guilford believe that he is actually Cornelia, turning Guilford to his side. He later manages to reunite with Cornelia.
Glaston Knights
Named in part for Glastonbury Tor in Arthurian legend, the Glaston Knights are a group of elite Knightmare Frame pilots under the command of Gilbert G.P. Guilford. All five are the adopted sons of Andreas Darlton. Their names are Alfred G. Darlton, Bart L. Darlton, Claudio S. Darlton, David T. Darlton, and Edgar N. Darlton. They dress in identical red uniforms and wear visors resembling the faceplate on Gloucesters. The Glaston Knights pilot Gloucesters equipped with missile launchers, but switch to the newer Gareth models prior to the Black Knights' attack on Japan. Their middle initials spell out the consonants of the word 'Glaston'.
The Glaston Knights are introduced in episode 21, having just arrived from the mainland, and are instrumental in defeating the Black Knights during their attempted rebellion in the first season finale. In the second season, Alfred and Bart are killed during an attempted execution of the Black Knights captured during the rebellion; Bart's Gloucester is crushed by a G-1 Mobile Base, while Kallen kills Alfred. In the same skirmish, Lelouch uses his Geass on David to stage an attack on Rolo. David and Edgar are killed during the second battle of Tokyo by Chiba (with assistance from Kallen) and Tohdoh respectively. Claudio escapes when the F.L.E.I.J.A. bomb detonates, making him the only surviving member.
Kanon Maldini
Voiced by: Kōzō Mito (Japanese), Adam Bobrow (English)
Kanon Maldini (カノン・マルディーニ Kanon Marudīni?) is a subordinate of Schneizel el Britannia, serving as a political and military adviser. While celebrating Tianzi's marriage to Prince Odysseus, he makes a joke to Milly Ashford about being Schneizel's assistant in both public and private matters, only to wave it off shortly thereafter.
Kanon follows Suzaku to the Kururugi Temple in order to capture Zero; while there, he obtains conclusive evidence not only of the masked terrorist's identity, but also of the existence of Geass. This evidence proves essential in convincing the leaders of the Black Knights to betray Zero. When Schneizel decides to stage a coup d'état, Kanon notes that he's finally made the decision, but seems apprehensive about it. During the battle above Mt. Fuji he is appalled by Schneizel's decision to use the F.L.E.I.J.A. warhead to destroy Damocles as a means of killing Lelouch; he is also surprised by Schneizel's willingness to sacrifice Nunnally. He is taken captive by a Britannian officer under the control of Geass, and he looks on as Schneizel himself is taken under control by Lelouch. He is present when Lelouch announces his intention to control the world, and he is last seen being taken to execution along with the others who rebelled against Lelouch.
Villetta Nu
Voiced by: Akeno Watanabe (Japanese), Megan Hollingshead (English)
Villetta Nu (ヴィレッタ・ヌゥ Viretta Nū?) is an elite Knightmare Frame pilot and subordinate of Jeremiah Gottwald, though she is more collected than Jeremiah in battle. She is not of noble blood, but she supports Jeremiah and the Purebloods because she believes she can earn a title of nobility through them.
Shortly after gaining the power of Geass, Lelouch uses it to make Villetta relinquish her Knightmare to him, leaving her confused about what happened. Though she dismisses it at first, she begins to suspect Lelouch after Jeremiah experiences similar memory loss after odd behavior. When Jeremiah is supposedly killed during the Battle of Narita, Villetta steps up her attempts to find the connection between Lelouch and Zero with the help of Shirley Fenette. After discovering that Lelouch is Zero, Shirley shoots Villetta to protect Lelouch, giving Villetta amnesia. She is found by Kaname Ohgi, with whom she lives for a time. He names her Chigusa (チグサ?) since she cannot remember her real name. The two fall in love, but after unexpectedly regaining her memory at the end of the season, Villetta is disgusted at the thought that she ever loved an Eleven. She confronts him during the Black Rebellion and reveals her true identity, then shoots him in the stomach. This, however does not kill him.
In the second season, her knowledge of Zero's identity and of his Geass has earned her a title of nobility. She is employed by Britannian Intelligence to observe Lelouch for contact with C.C. at Ashford Academy, using the cover identity of a gym teacher. Villetta still seems to have feelings for Ohgi, breathing a sigh of relief when he is saved from his execution before quickly regaining her normal composure. After discovering their previous relationship, Lelouch uses the knowledge to blackmail her into hiding the fact he has recovered his memories. When Lelouch leaves to attack the Geass Order, Villetta goes to the Chinese Federation to confront Ohgi, intending to kill him to eliminate her links to the Elevens. She hesitates when Ohgi admits he loves her. She is captured after an altercation with Sayoko, but is eventually released and leads Ohgi to believe Zero cannot be trusted. She remains with the Black Knights following this. It is revealed that she is pregnant with Ohgi's child and at the end of the series, she is married to Ohgi. Even though she doesn't earn the title of nobility, she earn the title as the prime minister's wife and a mother.
She briefly appears in the first manga adaptation taking the role of Marianne's possessed body.
Kewell Soresi
Voiced by: Yasuyuki Kase (Japanese), Keith Silverstein (English)
Kewell Soresi (キューエル・ソレーシー Kyūeru Sorēshī?) is an officer of the Britannian Army. Kewell belongs to the Purebloods and stands by Jeremiah's side in scapegoating Suzaku Kururugi. When Jeremiah's incomprehensible actions lead to Suzaku's escape with Zero, he leads the rest of the Purebloods in an unsuccessful attempt to kill Jeremiah. He is killed by Kallen in the Battle of Narita. He has a younger sister named Marika (マリーカ Marīka?) who serves as one of the Valkyrie Squadron pilots in the second season. Like Kewell, she is also killed by Kallen.
Others
Lloyd Asplund
Voiced by: Tetsu Shiratori (Japanese), Liam O'Brien (English)
Lloyd Asplund (ロイド・アスプルンド Roido Asupurundo?) is an earl of the Britannian nobility and the head of the scientific research team Camelot, which is responsible for the development of the elite Knightmare Frame Lancelot. To keep from being reminded of the fragility of human lives and friendship, Lloyd immerses himself in science and comes to view people as nothing more than tools. He has a tendency to mock others and is often rebuked for this behavior by Cécile Croomy, his assistant. Prior to joining the military, he attended the Imperial Colchester Institute.[11] Lloyd's research organization, Camelot (キャメロット?), is an irregular division of the Britannian Military that has permission from Prince Schneizel to operate outside the command structure and regulations of the regular Britannian armed forces. Rakshata refers to Lloyd as the Earl of Pudding (プリン伯爵 Purin Hakushaku?), as pudding is his favorite food. He is engaged to Milly Ashford in the first season, having agreed to the union mostly in the hope that he might obtain the designs of the Knightmare Frame Ganymede. Milly breaks off the engagement after she graduates in order to become more true to herself. He willingly joins Lelouch's new regime. He works with Nina and Cécile to create a countermeasure to F.L.E.I.J.A. and assists Sayoko during the rescue of the hostages on board the Avalon (as ordered by Lelouch).
Cécile Croomy
Voiced by: Kikuko Inoue (Japanese), Deborah Sale Butler (English)
Cécile Croomy (セシル・クルーミー Seshiru Kurūmī?) is Lloyd's subordinate in Camelot and one of the Lancelot's developers. She is a capable scientist in her own right, having designed the energy wing system used on the Guren Seiten and the Lancelot Albion. Cécile is a kind-hearted woman and a good friend to Suzaku, often helping him with homework. She also acts as Lloyd's conscience, not hesitating to scold him or physically punish him for his unintentionally rude remarks or treating Suzaku as a "part". Cécile is a capable Knightmare Frame pilot. Prior to joining Lloyd in the military, she studied at the Imperial Colchester Institute.[11] Following Lelouch's ascension to the throne, she willingly accepts Lelouch as the new emperor. C.C. deduces that Cécile's reason for doing so was because she had fallen in love with Suzaku, Lelouch's knight. A recurring joke is that Cécile is a bad cook, though no one tells her.
Alicia Lohmeyer
Voiced by: Akeno Watanabe (Japanese), Dorothy Elias-Fahn (English)
Alicia Lohmeyer (アリシア・ローマイヤー Arishia Rōmaiyā?) is an aide and advisor assigned by Britannia to observe Nunnally upon her appointment as the new Viceroy of Area 11. A quintessential Britannian, she regards Nunnally's pro-Eleven political stance with frigid opposition, but dutifully obeys regardless. When Zero engineers the exile of one million Japanese during a second attempt at forming the Special Administrative Zone of Japan, she nearly starts a second massacre by firing upon the crowd. Suzaku disarms her to prevent it from happening again. She becomes more resentful as Nunnally begins to assert herself in the workings of the government, and even orders Kallen's execution while Nunnally is being evacuated from the second battle of Tokyo. Alicia dies when the decoy ship she entered is consumed in the blast from the F.L.E.I.J.A. bomb.
