Charles Ausburne (Azur Lane)

**Charles Ausburne** is a character from the *Azur Lane* anime and game.

Charles Ausburne is a Destroyer from the Eagle Union and is part of the Fletcher-class.

In the XP4 fics, Charles Ausburne debuted in the XP4 Heroes Coalition - Azur Lane.

## **Appearance**

Charles Ausburne has a petite frame and a flat chest. She has a long blonde hair tied in a low ponytail by a bolt and her bangs pinned back by a white clip, and has purple eyes. She wears a purple & white star-buttoned sailor uniform with dark-purple collar and yellow neckerchief, white puffy-frilled shorts, purple sneakers with white folded cuffs and anchor motif, a single white glove on her left hand and a white beret with a purple band & a feather ornament.

## **Personality**

Charles Ausburne often talks about fighting people who prey on the weak and often refers to herself as an ally of justice. She's by far the most assertive, straightforward, and combative of the squad.

## **XP4 Fanfics**

Charles Ausburne is a member of the Heroes Coalitions and is part of the Azur Lane Fleet. She also attends the Vanguard Academy as a student.

### **XP4 Heroes Coalition: Neo-City Diaries**

In Chapter 114, Charles, alongside Aulick, Foote, Spence and Thatcher, are seen having a conversation at the courtyard of the Training Camp and unbeknownst to them, Ark Royal is observing them from a far.

### **XP4 Heroes Coalition - Azur Lane**

In Chapter 12, Charles Ausburne, alongside Thatcher, Aulick, Foote and Spence, greeted Javelin, Laffey and Ayanami at the courtyard of the main base in Azur Lane where they complimented Ayanami for saving her friends and offered her assistance.

### **XP4 Heroes Coalition - AKB0048**

In Chapter 25, Charles Ausburne is present in confronting the DES Soldiers in Neo-City.

In Chapter 29, Charles Ausburne is amongst the thousands of AKB-fans gathered around the concert hall in a city somewhere Kasumigastar and later witnessed the return of Atsuko Katagiri and the rest of the missing idols, and had a great time watching the performances afterwards.

In Chapter 32, Charles Ausburne took part of paying respects for Mace Wyndu's death by attending his funeral via burial at sea in Atamistar before witnessing the arrival of a fleet of Dimensional Defense Union ships whom paid their respects for Mace by gifting him with a Heroes' Tribute.

## **Abilities**

Her 31-Knot Burke skill increases the speed of the entire fleet within a short duration, allowing slower fleets, such as one with two heavy, cruisers to move faster. A nod to Admiral Arleigh "31-Knot" Burke, who used Charles Ausburne as DESRON 23's flagship, and was known to keep all destroyers running at boiler-bursting speeds. Ironically, the nickname was originally an insult, the result of him not having them move at their maximum speed, which was over 34 knots, due to the USS Spence having lost a boiler due to a maintenance mishap, resulting in the squadron being limited to only 31-knots.

## **Trivia**

* Her talks about fighting people who prey on the weak. This is most likely a reference to the fact that the Little Beavers did a lot of patrol and escort work, as well as going in range of Japanese shore defences during the Solomon Islands Campaign to provide fire support and suppress enemy defences for the troops on-shore.