User blog comment:DanVIIIBritania/The chess of Code Geass/@comment-2193849-20110322185400

actually Kallen is the queen.in chess the queen isn't just a decoration next to the king. the queen can do more than the rest. Kallen is the Black Knights' Ace pilot and is even given the codename Q-1.

and Rolo and Sayoko would make more sense as rooks if you are using protecting lelouch as your justification