| Nightmare of Nunnally |
| “ | I am conscious of my status Sayoko-san, as the prince whose mother was killed by…his father, the emperor of Britannia, Lelouch vi Britannia, and all that goes with it. | ” |
—Lelouch speaking to Sayoko | ||
Lelouch vi Britannia (ルルーシュ・ヴィ・ブリタニア Rurūshu vi Buritania) is a main character in Code Geass: Nightmare of Nunnally. He is Nunnally's brother that goes missing at the start of the story, and it is later revealed that he is the violent terrorist Zero that has been leading the Black Knights.
Appearance[]
Lelouch is a handsome young man with black hair and violet eyes, which he inherited from his mother. Lelouch is somewhat scrawny, having little muscle, and like most characters in the series, is rather thin. In spite of this, Lelouch is considerably tall.
Personality[]
Like he main counterpart, Lelouch holds a deep hatred towards Britannia for his past. However, compared to his counterpart Lelouch is more brutal and unforgiving, not only killing Clovis, but even using his blood to leave cryptic message. He is also more manipulative and callous, intentionally leaking information and funds to Kusakabe in order to engineer the hotel jacking and demonstrate his abilities, despite knowing that innocent people would die.
Despite his bravado, Lelouch seems himself as weak for hiding from Britannia.
Background[]
See: Lelouch vi Britannia#Character Outline
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Suzaku, Nunnally and Lelouch before the war.
Lelouch was a Prince and a son of Emperor Charles zi Britannia and imperial consort Marianne vi Britannia. When his mother was assassinated and his sister Nunnally left paraplegic and blind in the same incident, Lelouch confronted his father about the murder, leading both Lelouch and Nunnally to be exiled to Japan as political prisoners.
They then went on to live in Kururugi residence, though they really lived in a storehouse on the residence. Upon arriving, Lelouch lied about the condition of the place they were staying but was then called out by Suzaku Kururugi, leading to a one-sided fight between the 2; however, Nunnally tried to intervene offering to let Suzaku beat her up instead. Upon noticing Nunnally's condition, Suzaku realized why Lelouch lied and fled in embarrassment. While at the Kururugi residence, Lelouch had refused to accept any help from servants, being insistent on doing everything himself.
Sometime after settling in, Lelouch arrived back at the storehouse to seen Suzaku admonishing Kaguya for bullying Nunnally. Lelouch, joining the conversation adds in that all because the Sumeragi family got more powerful due to the ability to mine of Sakuradite, she should have a big head. This leads Suzaku to point out the thievery and forceful expansion of Britannia to which Lelouch agrees before asking them both to leave.
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Lelouch and Nunnally becomes friends with Suzaku.
Sometime later, Nunnally disappears and Lelouch is desperate to look for her. He runs into Suzaku and while he initially blames him for taking Nunnally, Suzaku convinces him to stop being stubborn before leaving. Lelouch later encounters a green haired woman who tells him where Suzaku and Nunnally were, leading him to finding and rescuing them before taking them back home. Lelouch is there when Nunnally wakes up and the two go to see Suzaku on her request. Nunnally thanks him for protecting her and as Lelouch tell Suzaku off, Suzaku begins crying and apologizes to Lelouch, having heard everything from Nunnally. The three become proper friends from this event and begin to play together regularly.
Shortly before the invasion of Japan, Genbu captured both Lelouch and Nunnally and ties them up in the basement. Lelouch was unconscious for the events of Genbu's death, having no knowledge of what occurred.
Character History[]
The day before the start of the story, Nunnally makes Lelouch a paper crane as a keepsake and the two pinkie promise to go shopping the next day so she can pick out a birthday present or him. As he leaves, Sayako informs him that She had offered to go with Nunnally, but she was insistent on going with Lelouch. She then reminds him that his gambling is unfitting of his royal status, but Lelouch clarifies that he already knows.
The following day, Lelouch has a chess match against a Britannian nobleman, defeating him in 15 minutes. When Rivalz asks him how he won, Lelouch comments that his opponent mistook Britannia's strength for his own and assumed his victory was assured, so he was apathetic. He then gets a call from Nunnally reminding them about their trip, but assures her that he will get home in time by cutting through the Shinjuku Ghetto.
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Lelouch discovering C.C. and Nemo.
As Lelouch walks through the ghetto, he contemplates that state of things, mentally admonishing Britannia for their greed and the Japanese for being too weak to fight back. Lelouch then narrowly avoids a truck that crashes into a nearby building. Upon going to check if the driver was okay, large capsule falls out of the truck and opens, revealing a bound girl and a doll-like object. He attempts to help the girl, but is cornered by Britannian military, but before they fire, they are made to retreat. Nagata then get out of the truck and explains that they stole her believing her to be poison gas. Nagata and Lelouch then realize that the forces retreated because Britannia is planning to destroy the ghetto. As the bombs begin dropping, Lelouch desperately tries to flee with the girl, but is unable to escape the destruction. As he is about to be crushed, the symbol on the girl’s head suddenly lights up.
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The First Appearance of Zero.
After Clovis retreats, following his forces being decimated by Nemo, Zero suddenly breaks into his private quarters. Clovis tries to shoot him, but the bullets bounce off the armor and Zero introduces himself before kills Clovis, leaving the message “天誅” (“Tenchu”, literally meaning “Wrath of Heaven”) in Clovis’s blood.
Zero swears to deliver justice.
Zero later contacts member of the Kuzuki group and has them meet him at an abandoned building where he aplauds their abilities and tells them threat they share the same goal: the annihilation of the Britannian empire. He later invites them to a double decker truck that serves as their base. When Questioned by Oghi, Zero assures him that he has explained a demonstration of his ability that will also gain Kyoto's support. When Kallen is wrapped up the the hotel hijacking, Zero sees it as an opportunity to demonstrate his ability and informs Ohgi that they will be heading to lake Kawaguchi, swearing to deliver justice.
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Zero declares war.
Zero goes to negotiate alone, assuring Oghi that there is a path available for him, and takes a bomb with him as insurance. When Nunnally starts lamenting her lack of power, a visage of Lelouch appears in reminds her of the power Nemo granted her her, telling her that even if the powers work off he negative emotions, they still belong to her. As helicopters arrive, Zero appears before the hostages and explains that its a trap before activate a smoke machine. Claiming to be with the Empire's swat team, Zero instructs all the hostages to come with him before handing Kallen a briefcase with a new uniform and instructions. When she asks what he plans to do, Zero states that he still has things to take care of a disappears. Zero is then seen approaching Kusakabe, mocking him before his failure. Kusakabe then realizes that zero was on the one who gave him information about the hotel and the funds for the attack. Zero then pulls a gun on the man. After killing Kusakabe, Zero exits the building and activates the explosive that his team planted. After the building is destroyed, Zero hijacks all frequencies in order to announce himself and the black knights. Revealing that he had saved all the hostages, he then declares that the black knights will declare war on those who oporess the weak.
Following Cornelia's announcement that she will attack the ghetto, Kaguya, on a video call, questions if Zero is prepared and he assures her that with her help, they have chance at victory and claims to have already made a contract with the devil.
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The Lancelot stopping Zero.
As the battle begins, Zero is initially commanding from the backlines, but as Cornelia tries to call her troops back, he destroys the bridge, seperating Cornelia from her forces. He then appears before her. When Zero it attack by Guilford and Darlton, he immediatly drains the knightmares of their power and moves past them. He announces himself and states that while he will bring death to Britannia, he will let Cornelia live to answer his questions. HE then removes the power from her knightmare as well. Cornelia escapes her knightmare and states that she wont give him any information, but Zero clarifies that he wants information about the emperor and his knights. Cornelia mocks him for thinking he can oppose the emperor and attempts to kill herself before he can capture her, but the Lancelot then appears and throws Zero into some machinery. As Zero stand up Cornelia notes that he should be dead. Suzaku then notes that his abilities are like that of a knightmare and the two begin their duel. During their duel, Zero attempts to depower the Lancelot, but the Lancelot block him with Blaze Luminous shields. Suzaku then attempts to cut Zero with the Maser Vibration Sword, but Zero stops the vibration. Zero then realizes that the enemy pilot is a wired geass user. He decides to fight with his fully power, but suddenly senses, Nunnally and Nemo in trouble and decides to leave.
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Zero flies away.
After C.C. as Zero, rescues Nunnally and Nemo, Lelouch approaches Nunnally in her dream at the Aries Villa, he wars her that if Zero hadn't steppe din, she would have died, but Nunnally says that with her geass, she can change the future. Lelouch states that Eden Vital is showing her the future and it might not be telling the truth before warning her that abusing something so unreliable could cost her her life. HE then reveals himself as Zero and tells her to not come to the battlefield again. HE promises to build the peaceful world she wishes for before growing a pair of wings and flying away.
After the battle, Oghi gives Lelouch a report about a drug circulating in the Ghetto that causes people to recall pleasant memories. Zero reveals that he already knows about it and orders Oghi to investigate it while he personally deals with the special unit. When Mao attempts to extract Nemo from Nunnally, it briefly transforms into Lelouch and questions what she is doing to his sister. Later on, as Mao dies, Zero takes not of Alice's geass, believing it to have promise despite being artificial.
Zero confronts Cornelia at Narita.
During the battle at Narita, after Tatewaki Katase is killed, Zero orders, Kallen to begin the operation and user he knightmare to cause a landslide. once the landside wipes out a chunk of Cornelia's forces, Zero tells the Black knight's to crush the remaining enemies and gives Ohgi command. Ohgi questions what he will do, but Zero suddenly disappears without giving an answer. When Guilford suggests that Cornelia retreat the base of the mountain, his knightmare suddenly collapses, and Zero reveals himself. Zero attempted to use the D.O.M. Hostia system to disable Cornelia's knightmare, but Cornelia manages to avoid the light. She then tries to attack him with a Chaos Mine, but Zero somehow stops all the lead bullets mid air. Zero then appears behind Cornelia and successfully disables her knightmare.
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Lelouch offering Suzaku to join him.
Before he can do more, Suzaku appears and convinces Cornelia to retreat. This infuriates Zero, who insults Suzaku as a wired who casted away their curse before the the two fight. Suzaku questioned what Zero meant by by "wired" and "curse" leading Zero to mock him for not understanding his own power before touching the Lancelot, and showing Suzaku visions of C.C.'s past, including her forming a contract with Lelouch. Suzaku then concludes that Zero is the Witch of Britannia and is frustrated that she would pull Lelouch into her schemes, but Zero then removes his mask, revealing himself as Lelouch. Lelouch then offers Suzaku to join him and build a gentler world for Nunnally's sake. Lelouch then explains that someone who is "wired" is able to access Eden's vital without a contract and possess the qualities of a demon king and once again offers Suzaku to join him, but Suzaku refuses, refusing to believe that Lelouch is Zero. The two resume their clash and Zero notes how Suzaku has grown even stronger since they fought at Saitama. Suzaku then overwhelms Zero, but before he can arrest him, Nemo appears and interrupts him, announcing that she wont let him take Zero. Despite Zero urging her to stay back the two proceed to fight. A short time later, an unknown knightmare appears and Zero notes that it is hi accursed younger brother before the area is fired on by a hadron cannon.
Later, Suzaku runs into Lelouch and attacks him, but stops his blade when Lelouch make no motion to dodge. When questioned about it, Lelouch states that Suzaku would never kill a friend. Suzaku asks what Lelouch wants and Lelouch reveals Nunnally is the captured pilot of the Mark Nemo and that the black knight don't have the power to rescue her. Suzaku is doubtful, but Lelouch explains that id this continue, Nunnally will be executed as a witch and asks for Suzaku's help to rescue her.
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Zero rescues Nunnally.
After Anya interrupts Suzaku's attempt to get to Nunnally, Zero arrives and frees her from her restraints. Before they can clash, Zero appears and releases Nunnally from her bindings. Anya tries to attack Zero, but she is intercepted by Suzaku. Zero then says that he will leave Anya to him before warping away with Nunnally. While fleeing, Zero is cut off by Rolo. Zero tries to attack him, but Rolo summons the Vincent to defend himself. As Zero fights the Vincent, he notices that he begins freezing whenever he touches it. Zero then ends up summons Gawain and attacking with hadron cannon, but the Vincent suddenly appears behind him and takes down the Gawain with a single attack. Rolo then explains that by taking down the threats to the order (Nunnally, Lelouch, and C.C.) he will be able to take C.C.'s immortality for himself and become the perfect demon king. Suzaku then suddenly burst through the wall, having been defeated by Anya. Rolo announced the the Eden Vital Order shall rule the world. Alice then appears on his shoulder and compares the Order to the Britannian Empire. Rolo says he doesn't have time to play within fake geass user and Alice admits that her only goal is to escape with Nunnally. Anya then attacks her with her slash harkens, but Alice summons slash harkens out of her shadow to counter. Alice then summons the Code Geass and summons a ball of energy that destroys the entire building. Lelouch manages to get Suzaku out of range of the blast.
When Britannia is changed into the Holy Nation of Eden Vital, Zero discusses the matter with Kaguya and Kirihara. The two point out how the Emperor's decision will destabilize the empire and collapse its control over the areas, giving Kyoto and the Black Knights a chance to reclaim Japan, which which Zero agrees. Zero later breaks Suzaku out of prison, declaring that the Black Knight will join in Euphemia’s negotiations with Kyoto. Suzaku explains that Euphemia had begun negotiating with Kyoto to establish an autonomous zone within Japan, and usurping the throne is more then he's prepared for. Zero then reveals that Charles has given up the throne in order to become the new demon king and his desire to restart the world will interfere with Nunnally’s wish for a kind and gentle world, which is why he will kill him. Suzaku turns around to speak to him, but Zero suddenly vanishes.
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Zero giving the Black knight a speech before attacking Kamine Island.
Simultaneous with Euphemia’s coronation speech, Zero gives a speech to the black knight about how the old Britannia has disappeared and their new enemy is the Holy faith Nation of Eden Vital. He speaks about how its wrong for the strong to oppress the weak, and Zero states that the black knights will work with the New Britannian Empire to bring down the holy faith nation of Eden Vital.
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Zero vs Bismark
As the allied forces attack Kamine Island, Zero, in the Gawain, joins Suzaku. Zero briefly thinks back to Nunnally, and C.C. mentally apologizes to him, but he assures her that he made his own decisions. After Suzaku receives a message about the units coming back to life like zombies and Zero realizes that it must be Charles’s geass. As Suzaku tells the flight units to halt, The Knights of the Round arrive. Suzaku fights a knight of the round and manages to decapacitate them, only to discovers them to be undead and regenerating. Zero then aids Suzaku and reveals that Charles Geass,”The Dead Rise” turned Charles’ forces into immortal zombies. The allied forces are unable to make any progress, but at the same time cant withdraw without sacrificing their flagship fleet. Zero states that they have to just hold out until Nunnally settles things with the Emperor before fighting Waldstein, who accuses C.C. of having kidnapped the previous emperor.
As Nunnally activates The Zero, a bright light shines from Kamine island. Seeing it, Zero wonders if that if Nunnally’s choice. Following Charles' defeat, the zombies under his control pass on, but Zero is officially announced to have died on Kamine Island.
After the battle, Euphemia as Euphemia and Suzaku prepare to leave Japan, Lelouch suddenly appears and despite Suzaku's frustration at his disappearance and reappearance, Euphemia asks if he, as the leader of the black knights, would help them rebuild the world. Lelouch explains that Zero died on Kamine Island, and he is now the Demon King of Eden Vital and simply came to say his goodbyes.
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Lelouch and Nunnally say goodbye.
As Nunnally is playing with some birds, Lelouch appears, scarring them away. She call him "Onii-sama" and he notes that she’s still addressing him that way. She states that to eyes, he is the same "Onii-sama" that she used to know. Lelouch tries to talk, but Nunnally cuts him off and asks to go on a walk. During the walk, Lelouch mentions that Nunnally was reinstated as royalty and volunteered to be the goodwill ambassador to to Japan. Nunnally admits that she is nervous but she has chosen to do what she ca for the sake of peace. Lelouch states that while Nunnally is no longer lost, he is. As the successor of the demon king, it's his duty to acquire immortality and bring chaos upon the world, but with The Zero he has obtained “death” and is freed from that duty. He then reveals that C.C. had already obtained death and returned to Eden Vital and as the new demon king, it is his duty to bring chaos upon the world. Nunnally however believes differently, explaining that when she touched Heaven’s Door, she saw countless other realities, and in doing so learned that their world was but one of infinite possibilities. Lelouch points out that if she had accepted Charles and Marianne's plan, Nunnally could have saved those universes, but Nunnally states that Eden Vital only exists in the past and its by looking toward the future that the world she envisioned will eventually become a reality. Lelouch is frustrated by her answer, seeing it as a impossible ideal, but when Nunnally says it cant be achieved in her life, Lelouch realizes that Nunnally chose this world because she had hope that Lelouch, as the demon king, could achieve her dream. Lelouch states that this is the last time they will meet, leaving her, Euphemia and Suzaku to face the world’s hatred, and thne express that regardless of what demon king he becomes, he will always love her before the two embrace. Lelouch then disappears, telling Nunnally that she has one more person to see.
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Lelouch as C.C., the Demon King.
The story ends with Zero announcing himself as C.C., the demon king and harbinger of chaos.
Relationships[]
Nunnally vi Britannia[]
Lelouch cares deeply for his sister. When he thought he was going to die, his last thought were of her.
This care for her still lives on as Zero, such as when he abandoned his fight with Suzaku in favor of rescuing Nunnally from the Britannian Special Honorary Foreign Legion and warned her to stay away from the conflict.
C.C.[]
Lelouch is the recipient of C.C.'s contract. In order to assure his and Nunnally's safety, so that her plans with Charles and Marianne could be realized, C.C. followed the siblings to Japan. She later gave Lelouch directions to where Nunnally and Suzaku were, allowing him to save them before they drowned.
Despite working together, Lelouch and C.C. are never seen together following their contract. C.C. seems to hold some regret about giving Lelouch a contract and getting him involved in her plans, but Lelouch assures her that he made his own choices and she does not hold the blame for how things turned out. Following the battle at Kamine island, Lelouch uses The Zero to fulfill her wish and erase her immortality, granting her death and taking up her name and role for himself.
Charles zi Britannia[]
Lelouch blames his father for his mother’s death.
Suzaku Kururugi[]
Abilities[]
Geass[]
C.C.'s Geass[]
Lelouch receives a different Geass ability in the Nightmare of Nunnally spin-off. Instead of the ability to control others, he receives invulnerability granted through a suit of black armor, transforming into a more heavily armored version of Zero. In the armor, Lelouch can fight on par with multiple Knightmares in single combat. As in the original series, C.C. often serves as his body double, but here is able to manifest the same Geass ability and fight on the same level as Lelouch.
The ability of Lelouch's armor functions almost the same as a Knightmare Frame, such as his cape which can create multiple sharp black whips similar to the Mark Nemo's Blonde Knives. He is also capable of stopping an object's forward momentum such as when he stopped the lead balls fired by a chaos mine. Another ability it possesses is a system called D.O.M. Hostia, which has the ability to control and disable a Knightmare, however, he has to his the knightmare with the light of the system for it to be effective. Despite this limitation, he was shown using this ability at range in his first clash with Cornelia. He also has the ability to summon his own personal Knightmare Frame, Gawain. He has also shown the ability to Teleport, not just himself, but objects or people he is carrying such as the Bomb during the hotel hijacking or Nunnally upon rescuing her. It is also shown he has either the capacity for manifesting objects from thin air, as he does typically when using Firearms, or manifesting an Origami Crane into Nunnally's hands before he disappears. He has also shown the ability to manifest a White and Black Wing for flight.
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The Zero[]
The Zero (ザ・ゼロ Za Zero) is the wired geass possessed by Lelouch and Nunnally. It has the ability to return anything to the state of Zero. Lelouch uses it to remove C.C.'s immortality and allow her to die.
Dream Walking[]
Lelouch seems to have the ability to enter Nunnally' s dreams in order to communicate with her.
Curse of Eden[]
It is a curse that makes one completely immortal, incapable of dying. Lelouch obtained it as part of his contract with C.C.
Trivia[]
- When Lelouch went missing, his status made launching an official investigation impossible, so Milly crafted a story about him being enrolled in an exchange program back in Britannia.
- It is implied that C.C and Lelouch share a body (similar to Nunnally and Nemo), as they never appear in the same scene following their contract.
Quotes[]
- "In the end, the empire only feeds on its conquered territories to fatten its own might and wealth, nothing more. Elevens too, are used to being conquered. Only weak fools who repeat small acts of meaningless terrorism over and over again.”
- "I am Zero. Born to turn your Britannia empire into nothing."
- "I am the leader of the Black Knights. Zero! I am the Black Demon King that will bring death to Britannia!"
Gallery[]
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