Shalio

"The people for me, and I for the people."

- Shalio

Shalio (シャリオ, Shario) is the secondary antagonist in Code Geass: Lelouch of the Re;surrection. He is the King of Zilkhstan, and Shamna’s younger brother. Even though he’s disabled, he’s very talented at piloting his Knightmare Frame.

Appearance
Shalio is a relatively young man with blonde hair and light blue eyes that lack pupils. He possesses extremely poor health with a heavily scarred body, and is permanently wheelchair-bound because of his atrophied legs. Due to his flawed vision, everything he sees is blurred and tinted blue. He relies on his visor to assist his sight throughout the film. When losing his composure, he begins weeping blood.

Personality
An incredibly arrogant warrior with a penchant for showmanship, Shalio's reliance on his sister has led to him being incredibly confident when she is assisting him, but without her, he begins to fall apart. Much like his sister, he is incredibly cold to those around him but still seems to believe that they are the thing that he fights for.

Shalio displays an obsessive desire to become the ultimate warrior. This leads to his obsession with Suzaku, sadistically torturing him with an Urumi and copying Suzaku's fighting techniques. Due to the poor health of his own body, he feels most alive while piloting his Knightmare, and hence considers Nagid Shu Mane to be an extension of his own body, if not his true body.

Despite these darker aspects, Shalio bears a genuine desire to care for his kingdom's wellbeing, repeatedly reminding himself of his duty to his people.

Trivia

 * Shalio and his sister,Shamna is shown to be something akin to an antithesis and foil for Lelouch vi Britannia and his own sister Nunnally vi Britannia.
 * They are similar in the fact that Shalio and Nunnally, are both similar in the fact that both are confined to wheelchairs and both possessed disabilities with their eyesight( Nunnally having been Geased into rendering her eyes permanently shut and Shalio having extremely bad eyesight.)
 * They contrast in the fact that while Nunnally is kind-hearted and pacifistic in nature and believe in less violent methods to protect her country and people, Shalio is war-like and believes violence to be the best method to save his country.

Quotes

 * To Suzaku Kururugi
 * "You wouldn't choose death except to protect someone. That's all the data we've figured out so far."
 * "Suzaku Kururugi, all of your strength shall be mine!"
 * "How many people have suffered to allow me to maintain my body?"