Charles was originally referred as The Emperor of Britannia, and his name was not mentioned until later on. He is the father of Nunnally and Lelouch vi Britannia, Cornelia and Euphemia li Britania, Carine le Britannia, Clovis la Britannia, Odysseus eu Britannia, Guinevere su Britannia, and Schneizel el Britannia. He is the 98th Emperor of the Holy Britannian Empire, and the younger brother of V.V. He believes that equality is evil and most be destroyed so he encourages class conflict and military expansionism to maintain his ideals. He is willing to use his children to accomplish his goals, as he sent Lelouch and Nunnally to Japan as political hostages during the Sakuradite conflict after their mother died. He will test his children on their leading ability by giving them important positions throughout Britannia.
His main goal is to invoke Ragnarok(*) which would remake the world into a place with no lies. To do this he must use the Sword of Akasha, a weapon designed to kill "God", which is C's world, the collective unconsciousness of all mankind. But he must also have help, from the two people with the code, V.V. and C.C. but the 98th empress Marianne vi Britannia wanted to help also, she got C.C. to join, and was at that moment in charge of the Geass Order. But V.V. did not live to see any of this happen, so the one who had the second code was Charles himself. Lelouch thinks that the idea is stupid and will make life worse, and Lelouch then uses his Geass to turn C's world on Charles, which killed Charles and Marianne. Charle's dying words where that it would be Schneizel's world that will await him.
Just how did Charles zi Britannia get the Code? Charles originally had Geass, which allowed him to rewrite someone's memories. A few examples are: Anya Alstreim the Knight of Six, who was the only true witness to Marianne vi Britannia's first death, had the incident wiped from her consciousness. Nunnally vi Britannia was the cover up witness, also had a few things wiped from her consciousness but became blind afterwards. Lelouch vi Britannia, after Suzaku Kururugi brought him to the emperor as Zero, he lost all memories of ever being Zero, and Lelouch vi Britannia, so he no longer knew that he was royalty, instead there were fake memories placed. Finally the members of the student council all forgot about Nunnally. He got his geass from his older yet younger brother V.V.
C.C. is a mysterious green haired girl who looks like she is 16 or so. She is shot while saving Lelouch in the first episode, but while presumed dead, she was still able to give him the contract of the Geass. Many have called her a witchvbecause it is impossible for her to die. In certain flashbacks, she was seen burning at a stake, presumably done by villagers who thought she was an evil witch. She was orphaned at a young age and once a slave. After running away she was taken in by a nun with the 'code' who gave C.C. her geass. Since the geass gives the user what he/she desires, C.C. was given the power to be loved. When C.C.'s geass was more developed, the nun tricked her into killing her, and thus gaining the code for herself, which she did not want.
Not much is known about her in season 1, other than the fact that she is Lelouch's "accomplice." During the less serious parts of the show, she is the comedy relief, as is shown by her obsession of pizza. C.C. uses Lelouch's credit card to buy pizza from Pizza Hut, and she is even called Pizza-kun by Lelouch and Kallen.
C.C. gives Lelouch the geass and helps him out and even joins the Black Rebellion so that he can survive and fulfill his contract. She never reveals what the contract is, until season 2, where it is revealed that her goal in life is to die. She has been living too long, and this eternity is too much to bear. Thus, she is loyal to anyone whom she gives the geass to, who can fulfill that contract. She sticks with Lelouch until she runs into Charles, who already has the code and can take her life. For an unknown reason, C.C. ends up changing her mind and survives.
Nunnally Lamperouge is Lelouch's younger sister. Injured in her mother Marianne's brutal assassination, she is wheelchair-bound and blind from psychological trauma. It is on her behalf that Lelouch pursues the destruction of Britannia and the forging of a peaceful world. Following her return to the Imperial Family in the second season, she retakes her birth name, Nunnally vi Britannia, and is at her own request appointed Viceroy of Area 11.
Code Name: The MR-1
Unit Type: 3rd generation non-combat knightmare frame
Manufacturer: Ashford Foundation
Acommodations: Pilot only, in open cockpit in torso
Pilot(s): Kaname Ohgi, Gino Weinberg
Code Name: Ganymede
Unit Type: Prototype 3rd generation knightmare frame
Manufacturer: Ashford Foundation
Acommodations: Pilot only, in open cockpit in torso
Powerplant: External battery, power output unknown
Equipment/Design Features: Landspinner high-mobility propulsion system, mounted in legs
Fixed Armaments: None
Optional Fixed Armaments: None
Optional Hand Armaments: None
Pilot(s): Marianne zi Britannia, Lelouch Lamperouge, Suzaku Kururugi, Nina Einstein
