Charles Zi Britannia

Charles Zi Britannia, known as **Charles Di Britannia**, born on August 4, 1955 a.t.b. (63 years old) was the 98th emperor of the Holy Britannian Empire, the father of Lelouch vi Britannia (and many others) and V.V.'s younger twin brother.

He had a Geass power that allowed him to suppress and alter the memories of those he achieved eye contact with, but lost this power in exchange for V.V.'s code which granted him immortality.

He served as the main antagonist in Code Geass before he "died".

He was reborn some years later and became one of the founders of The Light and is the father of Cameron.

## Appearance

Charles is a very large man, towering over nearly all other characters in the series, and appears to be muscular and well-built.

He has long white hair (though it was originally a light brown in his younger days) styled into Renaissance-style curls.

He has violet eyes and angular features.

## Personality

Charles is a cold and intelligent man who strongly holds views of social Darwinism, believing that only the strongest were worthy to rise in society.

His philosophy is not reserved solely for his adversaries, however, as he treated Lelouch harshly after the death of Marianne, offering no sympathy to his then-adolescent son.

He is also deeply cynical, having no confidence in the good of people and believing that humanity's natural course is struggle and conflict.

He has no moral compunctions in how he deals with his enemies.

His rise to power saw numerous political rivals and their allies killed, and even as Emperor, Britannia continued to engage in global conflict with its adversaries.

Ultimately, he cares little for the casualties caused by Britannia's military conflicts, regardless if they are enemy combatants, innocent civilians, or even Britannian soldiers.

Interestingly, his views and ideology seem to have stemmed from his traumatic upbringing.

As a child, he often witnessed his family kill each other in pursuit of the throne, thus he naturally came to understand that without power, one cannot survive.

He wishes for the world to be gentler; he even tells Lelouch, during their final confrontation, that the Ragnarok Connection will ensure the gentle world that Nunnally wants.

## Skills & Abilities

### Code of Immortality

Charles had gained a Code of immortality after taking it from his brother V.V., causing him to lose his Geass.

After attaining immortality, his Code mark was placed on his right hand.

Like C.C., Charles is absolutely immortal, unable to die, age, get sick, or be permanently wounded, is absolutely self-sustained, and his mind and soul were as immortal as his biological body.

Any injuries he suffers immediately heal, even if he is incinerated, blown up, decapitated, completely deleted, or even if he is completely destroyed to the sub-atomic level, he will still return to life.

Absolutely immune to all harm, nor can he die of any natural causes.

His existence and soul were completely independent of even the concept of reality, making him not bound to the subjects of life, death and manipulations.

As shown with his immunity to Geass.

### Geass

Charles' Geass allowed him to freely alter an individual's memories at will, and also seal the Geass of others, as well as physical senses such as sight, though there are ways to break or weaken these seals, such as contact with an Immortal or sheer willpower, though the latter may have only been possible thanks to his death.

He can use his power more than once on a person.

Interestingly, Charles' Geass Sigils appear in both eyes, a display of his experience with Geass.

As shown in Akito the exiled, one can fight the geass if reminded of something that was sealed away by the geass, for Lelouch it was his desire to protect Nunnally.

Another reason that Lelouch was able to fight the geass may have been because an alternate personality was implanted into him by Charles in Akito the exiled, unlike R2 where Charles simply altered Lelouch's memories instead of completely changing them.

## Family

* Charles' Father (Father)
* V.V. (Older Twin Brother)
* Gabrielle la Britannia (Consort)
* Marianne vi Britannia (Consort)
* Flora mel Britannia (Consort)
* Leda rui Britannia (Consort)
* Odysseus eu Britannia (Son)
* Guinevere de Britannia (Daughter)
* Schneizel el Britannia (Son)
* Cornelia li Britannia (Daughter)
* Clovis la Britannia (Son)
* Euphemia li Britannia (Daughter)
* Lelouch vi Britannia (Son)
* Rolo Vi Britannia (Son)
* Nunnally vi Britannia (Daughter)
* Marrybell mel Britannia (Daughter)
* Carine ne Britannia (Daughter)
* Julia mel Britannia (Daughter)
* Lila la Britannia (Daughter)
* Castor rui Britannia (Son)
* Pollux rui Britannia (Son)
* Hannes gua Britannia (Son)
* Monica Krushevsky (Illegitimate Daughter)
* Cameron Vi Britannia (Illegitimate Son)