| Tales of an Alternate Shogunate |
| “ | The Present Japan is being forced into a fake opening!! Currently, there are many foreigners, starting with the Britannians, coming to Japan. But how about the opposite? The Britannians... no, Admiral Perry is controlling the Japanese. Let alone visiting foreign countries, the Japanese can't even move as they please within their own country. I stood up in order to change that. And aimed for the true restoration, in other words-The true opening of Japan! That's the true aim of the Black Restoration Order. | ” |
—Lelouch Lamperouge | ||
Lelouch Lamperouge is a main character in Code Geass: Tales of an Alternate Shogunate. He is the leader of the military police group the Shinsengumi and friends with Suzaku Kururugi. He is also the Chivalrous thief Zero who leads the Black Restoration Order.
Appearance[]
Lelouch in his Shinsengumi uniform.
Lelouch is a handsome young man with black hair and violet eyes.
Personality[]
Lelouch is a highly intelligent individual who is also calm, sophisticated, and arrogant. HE sees Japan's current situation as unsustainable and wishes to hep the Japanese people by eliminating Perry the main cause of Japan's forced opening. While he is against how Japan was opened, he isn't an isolationist. HE see benefits in the Japanese being free to explore the world, but believes the current situation does not allow that and instead has resulted in the Japanese being limited even in their own country.
Character Outline[]
Some point in the past, Lelouch began operating as the chivalrous thief Zero and established the Black Restoration Order. He would steal from Britannians and give the money back to the Japanese people. While doing this he had run into Suzaku Kururugi several times, but has always managed to escape.
At some point, he met Suzaku as Lelouch and the two became friends.
He would regularly Mayonaise Natto order pizza under Nunnally's name and have it delivered directly to his quarters. About a month prior to the story, the pizza was discontinued, but Lelouch still possessed a coupon for it.
Character History[]
Zero
In 1867 Kyoto, Suzaku Kururugi, an officer of the Patrol Corps chases Zero. When Zero is corners, he uses his geass to summon his knightmare, Gawain. Zero uses Gawain to fly away, proclaiming that he is returning the wealth that was stolen by Britannia and rains stolen money upon the people.
While Suzaku is being Disciplined by Jeremiah, Lelouch arrives and throws an apple at Jeremiah before helping Suzaku up. Jeremiah then demands to know who Lelouch is and Lelouch introduces himself as the commander of the Shinsengumi, Lelouch Lamperouge. Despite Jeremiah's protest, Lelouch takes Suzaku, pointing out that Zero only escaped due to someone leaking security measures, which is Jeremiah's responsibility.
Later on, Suzaku, Lelouch, and Nunnally are discussing Zero, with Suzaku claiming that while he is a thief, he doesn't hurt people as is viewed as a hero among the public. After Nunnally leaves to pick up a pizza, Lelouch and Suzaku discuss the Black Restoration Order. Lelouch admits that he already gave up on the investigation as their hands are already busy. Suzaku suggests that the situation will change for Zero, telling Lelouch that the newest knightmare from the peace preservation force, the Lancelot, will be deployed.
Zero speaking to the Shinsengumi.
Later on, Zero is talking to the Shinsengumi and lays out that the Lancelot will be carried by the blackship, Avalon, at Koubeikou’s 2nd pier. Tamaki points out that they don't have any boats, but Zero reveals a life raft they will use to sneak onto the Avalon. He then tells Kallen that she will pull a diversion using the Guren Nishiki and commands them all to move out, revealing themselves to be the Black Restoration Order.
The Lancelot and the Gawain.
Lancelot shooting down the Gawain.
The during Black Restoration Order's mission, Zero arrives on the Gawain and announces that the Restoration Order will take goo care of Lancelot, but the Princess Euphemia appears order Suzaku to pio the Lancelot. Zero attempts to use the Gawain 's cable to pull the Lancelot away, but Suzaku cuts them before entering an piloting the knightmare. As Suzaku prepares to face Zero, Zero enters the Gawain and removes his helmet, revealing himself to be Lelouch. Despite Lelouch’s confidence, Suzaku quickly overwhelms the Gawain, cutting off one of its arms. Lelouch tries to counter by firing the hadron cannons, but Suzaku manages to avoid it. Lelouch then reveals numerous knightmare frames hidden around them. When Euphemia begins giving Suzaku tips about the Lancelot, Zero tries to grab her, but is interrupted by the Lancelot’s VARIS Rifle. Suzaku then manages to overwhelm all the enemy knightmares. This pushes Lelouch to use his geass to summon a large ship so that the Black restoration Order can retreat. While most of the Order members get on the ship and escape, Zero and C.C. are shot down by the Lancelot’s VARIS Rifle and fall into the sea.
While Jeremaiah searchs the Kyoto Gion area, he investigates an inn where he happens upon C.C.., but, not knowing her true identity, he leaves her alone. Once they leave, Lelouch emerges from a portal, having used his geass to hide.
Lelouch and C.C. enter a warehouse.
Later on, Deitard leads Zero and C.C. to a warehouse where Rakshata is working on upgrading knightmares. SHe announces having completed the Guren Kashoushiki, Zangetsu, Black Akatsuki, and Shinkiro. Deitard informs Zero that they have identified Euphemia as the one who witnessed their previous operation and Zero clarifies that he already knows about the member of the imperial family before explaining their next operation.
Lelouch explain that the Black Restoration Order's mission is to secure the sakuradite mine at the base of Mt. Fuji and that doing so will be an act of war. They begin the operation, and while initially successful, they are stopped short by the arrival of Siegfried piloted by Jeremiah, which attacks the Shinkiro. Jeremiah claims that he was going to become Euphemia’s knight before Zero’s attack and blames Zero for his resentment. Lelouch orders Kallen to shoot him down along with the Siegfried. Kallen is hesitant, but Lelouch assures her of his survival and she obliges. As the blast hones in, Lelouch uses his geass to vanish before it hits, leading to Jeremiah to be the only casualty.
Suzaku offers a hand to Lelouch.
After Jeremiah is shot down, the Blackship is deployed. Seeing this as an opportunity, Lelouch orders his forces to attack it, but they are suddenly hit from Britannian reinforcements from behind, including Gino, Suzaku, and Anya. Suzaku asks Zero what the meaning of true restoration is. Zero declares that Japan is in the middle of a false opening; while foreigners are able to come to Japan, the opposite isn't true and the Japanese are being controlled by Admiral Perry. What he aims for is a true opening of Japan. Now understanding Zero’s intention, Suzaku offers him a hand, revealing that he knows his true identity as Lelouch. Seeing that Suzaku has the same vision as him, Lelouch agrees. Lelouch then order his forces to fight alongside Britannia to defeat Perry. He then uses the Shinkiro to eliminate a large number if Knightmares.
Shinkiro destroys the Black Perry.
After the blackship transforms and Perry proclaims the Black Perry’s power, Lelouch is unfazed. HE explains to Suzaku that the device Kallen placed on the knightmare was an interior trace that gave him a layout of the airships interior. He then uses his geass to summon the Gawain, piloted by C.C. into the airship. Th Gawain then begins destroying the Black Perry from the inside. Perry makes barrier around the cockpit, but Suzaku manages to break through it, giving Lelouch an opening to destroy the Black Perry with the SHinkiro.
The Gawain Departs.
In Bakumatsu 1867, Japan acheives a true opening to the world. C.C. wonders if Luleouch is fine with this, and he states that the country will do well if left to Suzaku. Lelouch then opens a portal and summons the Gawain before the two of them depart, with all information about them, even from official documents being erased.
Relationships[]
Abilities[]
Geass[]
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Lelouch's geass grants him the ability to create portals. He can use these portals to freely summon and hide himself and objects. He commonly uses this ability to summon the Gawain, but has also used it to summon a large ship. He is even capable of summoning the Gawain inside of an enemy airship after learning its interior layout. He has also shown the ability to hide himself and his knightmare in apparent pocket dimensions to both hide from enemies and avoid attacks.
Physical[]
He seems to be physically fit, being the leader of the Shinsengumi. As Zero, he is regularly able to outmaneuver Suzaku.
Trivia[]
- While this version of Lelouch is never stated to be a member of the Britannian Imperial Family, he claims to know all the Royal family members by heart.
Quotes[]
Gallery[]
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