Luciano Bradley

Luciano Bradley (ルキアーノ・ブラッドリー, Rukiāno Buraddorī) was the Knight of Ten, and was also known as the "Vampire of Britannia."

Character Outline
A violent and confrontational man, he was fond of provoking others and attacking without provocation, to the point that he is disliked by several of the other Knights of the Round, including Suzaku. He shows little care for the lives that he ends, regardless of whether they are friend or foe, as long as he can cause destruction. In fact, the main reason that he fights in battles and wars is because he enjoys killing people, even sacrificing his own allies. He claims to be a "homicide genius," and carries a number of large knives on his person, which he is adept at throwing. He is fiercely loyal to Britannia, but does as he pleases most of the time, even around members of the Imperial Family.

He pilots a custom Knightmare Frame, the Percival. He seems to have fought on the frontlines of Belarus alongside Suzaku prior to his first appearance in the series. Bradley commands a unit of personal bodyguards known as the Grausam Valkyrie Squadron, a quartet of young women who pilot two-tone pink Vincents. Two known members are Liliana Vergamon and Marika Soresi, sister of Kewell Soresi. Before following Bradley, these two pilots served under Cornelia.

Second Season
Bradley first appeared shortly before the formation of the UFN, throwing a knife at Suzaku and then insulting Euphemia. Later on, he walks in on a conversation between Nunnally and Kallen to tell the latter that she is to be used as a hostage and threatening to harm her because she is apparently expendable. Gino intervened, and was also insulted by Bradley, who suggested that his noble status alone allowed him to reach his position as a Knight of the Round.

During the Second Battle of Tokyo, Bradley destroyed a number of the Black Knights' knightmares, and tried to destroy the Da Longdan by throwing a damaged Britannian flagship into it. After spotting Lelouch, he attempts to kill him with the assisstance of the Valkyrie Squadron. Shortly after the arrival of the Valkyrie Squdron, Tamaki and his squad tries to intervene and save Zero, but Bradley immediately destroys their knightmares. Unfazed by the distraction, Bradley directs his attention back towards Zero who intially gets a chance to fire at Bradley with the Shinkiro. However, Bradley states that he was waiting for him to do that as the Shinkiro has to lower its shield to fire. Kallen, now piloting the Guren S.E.I.T.E.N. Eight Elements arrives in time and kills all four Valkyries before dispatching Bradley as well.

Trivia

 * Luciano Bradley was voiced by Atsushi Kisaichi in the original Japanese dub, and FUNimation voice actor Vic Mignogna in the English dub.


 * Bradley's nickname as "Vampire of Britannia," as well as his sadistic tendencies and use of knives, may have been inspired by the historical Prince Vlad III of Wallachia, better known as Vlad the Impaler, who was known to eat his lunch while watching victims impaled on pikes die. Vlad the Impaler was the inspriation for Dracula.