He built the from the ashes of shattered resistance cells. Kallen became his ace pilot, the "Red Lotus." The brilliant but timid engineer, Rakshata, built them custom Knightmares. The cowardly aristocrat, Diethard, became their propaganda master. Each pawn was chosen for a single purpose: to die usefully if necessary.
The rebellion had a name. Zero wasn't a hero. He was a chess grandmaster, and the world was his board. Code Geass R1
A girl emerged from a glowing green capsule. She was ageless, beautiful, and dressed like a Byzantine princess. She called herself C.C. He built the from the ashes of shattered resistance cells
Lelouch smiled, blood trickling from his lips. "The only ones who should kill… are those prepared to be killed." Each pawn was chosen for a single purpose:
He proved it in the battle of Shinjuku. Against the psychotic Britannian ace, Colonel Cornelia li Britannia's personal guard—the Glaston Knights—Zero didn't fight fair. He used Geass to turn their own commanders against them, collapsed buildings with calculated demolition, and revealed the Empire's secret weapon: the poison gas they'd blamed on the resistance.