On The Gallian Front: The Gallian Campaign

by Heinkelboy05

March 15, 1935 The Imperial Germanian Reich invades Gallia. What follows shows that a tiny nation could best a military giant. These events will tell a story hidden in the mists of time. A story of friendship and trust, of persecution and hate, and of love blooming even in the flames of war. What follows is a record of this conflict and of those who fought, lived and died. -Jack L.

1. Story Info: Must Read Before Story

Authors Note

(Note: I do not own anything. This is purely for entertainment purposes.)

This is my retelling of Valkyria Chronicles but with a few added twists. I'll have it in a different setting, add a few events, and maybe a few new characters. I also might add a few things from other franchises and series, but no promises. Other than that I'll be writing it following the story line of both the game and the anime combined. The following information below you'll need to read in order to fully understand the story that I'm writing. Use this if you need help understanding what I'll be writing. (Note: This is my first fanfic so do mind that.) I don't own any of the characters, games, and such. This is purely for entertainment purposes.) Please Review. I'd like to know your opinions as to the story.

History of the World Summary

Five thousand years before the date of this story, the Darcsen Calamity supposedly happened where the native Darcsen tribes of Europa ravaged the continent as well as much of the known world. Only by the arrival of the Valkyrur, a mysterious race of warriors bathed in cobalt blue flames and wielding a spiral lance and shields, waged "The War of the Valkyrur". By the end of the conflict the Darcsens were finally defeated and the Valkyrur were hailed as heroes throughout the continent.

However the Valkyrur would not last. Not long after the events of the war, a man named Anri gathered a large force and began a crusade against the Valkyrur, with the end result being that the Valkyrur being all but wiped out. His grandson, Marth soon united the peoples of Europa and formed the Kingdom of Archanea, a continent wide union of nation which lasted for about two thousand years. Under the rule of Marth and his descendants, they brought peace, prosperity, and union to the continent.

A little over three thousand years before the year 1935, a radical group who would be later known throughout the world and the years as the Nazis, rose up against the Kingdom of Archanea and overthrew them, killing most of the Royal Family in the process and taking control over most of Central Europa. The Nazis soon established a new nation known as the Imperial Germanian Reich. The Nazi Reich soon spread out and expanded to the East, North, and South, conquering many smaller nations and kingdoms throughout the next three millenniums of it's existence. The Nazis maintained a strained yet somewhat calm relationship with the Roman Empire until the ill fated empire dissolved in the 5th century A.D. Out of the Roman empire came the Principality of Gallia, which was formed in the 40 B.C. The nation remained free until an invasion by the Reich in the early 17th century began a two hundred year reign of the country when Gallia's Princess at the time was wedded in a political marriage with the ruling Archduke.

Things in Europa remained relatively unchanged throughout the centuries after the fall of the Roman Empire. Nations like France, England, and Spain started heading out throughout the world and started establishing colonies throughout the new world. One of those colonies, the United States of America, managed to gain it's independence from Great Britain and established a government based on the principles of freedom and equality. It made it's first mark on the world where they and nations of Great Britian, France, and Russia helped Gallia achieve their independence from the Imperial Germanian Reich in the early 19th century. This event, as well as America's values which were the polar opposite of the Nazis, earned the United States the ire and hatred of the Nazi Empire and ever since then the two nations have been natural enemies.

When the Napoleonic Wars ended, Germania used the opportunity to strengthen their holdings and expand their forces and territories eastward, which did not go unnoticed by the rest of the world. The nations of Europa soon fully realized the threat that the Imperial Germanian Reich posed to the world. A series of alliances were formed in an attempt to halt the expansion and aggression of the Germans. The nations of Western Europa formed the Atlantic Federation while those of the Balkan Peninsula formed the Balkan Confederacy.

Soon in the 1880's, nations of the Atlantic Federation soon began expanding their control over Africa, the Middle East, and in Asia to replace the colonies they had lost in the Americas. Though thankfully most of the territories established belonged to those of the Federation, though the Reich managed to take a few territories in Africa and a few in Asia and the Pacific as well.

Tensions in Europa soon reached into a violent era when in the summer of 1914, a prominent German official named Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in the city of Sarajevo, the capital of the Germanian province of Bosnia, by a Serbian anarchist and extremist named Gavrillo Princip. This started a long and devastating conflict known throughout the world as the Great War which pitted the Imperial Germanian Reich against all of Europa. The four long years of trench warfare created a stalemate that was only ended when on November 11, 1918, the Reich called for an armistice with the Treaty of Versailles officially signed a year later.

The results of the war would have a significant factor upon Europa. Germania managed to conquer the nation of Finland in the war, annexing it into the Reich when the war had ended. The Russian Empire officially dissolved and was turned into the Soviet Union, a communist country under the leadership of Vladimir Lenin. And finally, Gallia with it's armies under the command of General Belgen Gunther, managed to keep the German forces at bay thereby helping to preserve Gallia's independence.

Throughout the years from 1919 to 1935 there was a relative peace within Europa with the only fighting being Border Skirmishes held along the borders of Germania where the nations of Europa where probing the border for any weaknesses in the German defenses, though each probing attack was eventually repulsed by the German military.

The only real major conflict that occurred since the Great War wasn't in Europa but in America. In January of 1932, the Soviet Union launched an invasion of the United States by coming through Alaska. The Soviets managed to gain ground in the first months of the conflict but soon America revved into gear, turning the tides of the war with the U.S. victory at the Siege of Anchorage. The American managed to push the Russians out of Alaska and invaded Eastern Russia, seizing the key port of Vladivostok. The war ended in July of 1934 with the Soviet Union surrendering to the United States. The borders remained unchanged when the peace treaty was signed between the two nations.

Another event that occurred in Europa happened in 1928. On one fateful night in the Imperial Palace in the Germanian capital of New Berlin, terrorists breached the security perimeter and fired into the palace. Germania's 98th Kaiser Charles and 98th Kaiserina Marianne were killed in the resulting hail of bullets with another member of the Royal Family being blinded and crippled by the resulting attack.

The oldest child of Kaiser Charles, Byzantium zi Britannia, soon took the throne as Germania's 99th Kaiser with his wife Hrist zi Britannia taking the position as the 99th Kaiserina alongside him. Under their rule, the Imperial Germanian Reich soon becomes much more powerful than it had previously been. And on March 15, 1935...the opening shots of the Gallian Campaign had occurred. And this is where their story begins.

Basic Information

Basic knowledge about Valkyria Chronicles and this story that you'll need to know.

Setting: Valkyria Chronicles is originally set in a location reminiscent of 1930's Europe. This story will actually be set in 1930's Europe, 1935 Europe to be exact. However I'm keeping the 'Europa' title for it because many nations call Europe, 'Europa' in their native language. The nations will be that of historical terms like England, France, and the Soviet Union etc. There will be some other things like fictional alliances and such.

Military: The armies set in the story will have their military weapons, vehicles, and technology set as they would be in 1945, by the end of the Second World War along with a few weapons that they developed but never produced and probably some from the post-war period from 1946-1950. Their uniforms are also those that they wore in the Second World War. Gallia will have the weapons they have in the series along with a few added weapons given to them from other countries. One big difference is that in the Valkyria Chronicles universe both men and women can enlist and fight in the military compared to only men in actual 1930's Europe. So expect to see some women fighting in the German forces. Also, in the Gallian military, infantry units have metal plates for added protection covering their shoulders, forearms, hands, chest, and knees depending on what kind of class they're in.

Ragnite: A precious blue colored mineral mined throughout the world. It's used in everything from medicine, to military ammunition. Many nations desire its value and start wars in order to obtain as much as they can. Gallia has the highest concentration of Ragnite ore in Europe currently, which makes it a prime target for many larger and more powerful European nations.

Ducats: The official currency of Gallia.

Reichsmarks: The official currency of the Imperial Germanian Reich

U.S. Dollars: The official currency of the United States.

Darcsens: A race of people that are Europa's oldest indigenous inhabitants. They are characterized by their dark-blue hair along with their shawls or other various accessories that bear the distinctive Darcsen pattern. Allegedly, they terrorized the continent thousands of years ago which was known as the Darcsen Calamity. They were defeated by the Valkyrur, a mysterious race of warriors that became to be seen as the saviors of Europa in an event called "The War of the Valkyrur". As punishment, they were stripped of their last names and have been persecuted and segregated to this day. They have spread over much of the globe and they can be found on pretty much every other continent in the world.

Valkyrur: Otherwise known as Valkyria, they are a mysterious race of warriors known for defeating the Darcsens and saving Europa. Their race has long since died out with only a few descendants surviving to this day. They reportedly came into battle armed with lance and shield, bathed in a blue flame, their eyes a deep red and hair of silver. Most of their designs such as their weapons follow a type of spiral motif that is seen in many aspects about them.

Yggdism: One of the dominant religions in Europa, second only to Christianity. It follows the belief that the Valkyrur were the children of God and would bring salvation to all of humanity. Their symbol is a blue Valkyrian spiral. They are considered unfavorably by the Christian faith.

The Great War: A long bloody war between the Germanian Reich against Gallia, the Atlantic Federation, the Balkan Confederacy, and the Soviet Union. It lasted from 1914-1918. The Germanians managed to conquer most of southern Gallia, northeastern France, all of Finland, and parts of the Soviet Union and the Balkans. After 4 years of a long and bloody stalemate, the nations of Europa signed the Treaty of Versailles, ending the conflict. The war left millions dead on both sides and utterly humiliated Germania as they had failed to gain anything from the war.

Gallian military structure: Gallia has a policy of universal conscription. Each school gives military education such as firearms training and military tactics. This gives them a large pool of people to call upon in case of a war. The Gallian Military has three main branches: the Army, Navy, and Air Force.

Its navy is made up of fast ships with modest firepower though they have some bigger ships with bigger guns. They're designed to patrol and protect Gallia's coast. The navy has a force of 50,000 men.

The air force has a force of 10,000 men. They're planes are hand-me-downs that's given to them by the United States. This makes they're planes less technologically advanced compared to Germania's.

The army is split into two groups: the Regular Army and the Militia. The Regular Army is Gallia's main military force, while the Militia are civilians called up to defend their country in the case of an invasion. But during times of peace, the Militia also acts as a sort of National Guard, assisting in the civilian population and helping keep the peace. The soldiers in the Militia have little experience and training compared to the Regular Army. This causes soldiers in the Regular Army to view the Militia as nothing more than cannon fodder. In peacetime it has a military force of 50,000 men. But in times of war it can call in its reserves to bring the total number to 350,000 men in the Regular Army and 250,000 men in the Militia or 500,000 total men and women.

Infantry in the Gallian military are divided up into five different classes: Scout, Shocktrooper, Engineer, Lancer, and Sniper. The characteristics about them are labeled below.

Scout: Scouts are the primary reconnaissance units of the military. Armed with medium-long ranged semi-automatic rifles, hand grenades, Ragnaid (Ragnite infused medicine) canisters, and under-barrel mounted grenade launcher. Scouts wear only light armor to increase their mobility but have low defense. In combat scouts are relatively weak in comparison to other infantry units and are ineffective against armor, however they make up for their shortcomings with their long range primary weapon and devastating grenade launcher. The scout unit also has excellent peripheral vision and can intercept enemies at long range, evade enemy fire, counter attack and launch cooperative assaults with adjacent allied units.

Shocktrooper: The Shocktrooper class is the core infantry unit in the Gallian military. Armed with close-medium range sub-machine guns or light machine guns, hand grenades, and under-barrel mounted flamethrowers. They are heavily armed soldiers who excel at close ranged anti-infantry combat, especially urban and trench warfare and have been shown throughout to make up the bulk of infantry in large scale assaults and defensive actions. Shocktroopers have high defensive and offensive abilities particularly against entrenched troops and fortifications. While they lack the range and peripheral vision of a Scout, they make up for these shortcomings with greater survivability and vastly superior intercept damage potentials. Shocktroopers have average mobility, can evade enemy fire, intercept enemy combatants, counter attack and launch cooperative assaults with adjacent allied units.

Engineer: Armed with the same medium-long ranged semi-automatic rifle as that of a Scout, along with a pistol, and a variety of Ragnaid canisters and tools, an engineer's primary role is to support allied soldiers and armor by rearming spent munitions, repairing damage to tanks, healing wounded infantry units, disarming both anti-tank and anti-infantry mines and rebuilding collapsed or damaged barricades. Though Engineers have fairly poor accuracy, low offensive and even lower defensive abilities, are ineffective against armor and lack the peripheral vision of scouts they are able to intercept enemies at long range, evade enemy fire, counter attack and launch cooperative assaults with adjacent allied units.

Lancer: Lancers are the Gallian armies anti-armor specialists. Armed with high-power launchers carrying a variety of warheads, Ragnaid canisters, and equipped with heavily armored blast shields which help protect them from mines, cannon fire and mortar blasts, Lancers excel at attacks against armored vehicles. Lancers have relatively low mobility due to their heavy armor and weapons.

Snipers: Snipers are armed with long range bolt-action rifles fitted with telescopic sights and small Ragnaid canisters. Their primary role on the battlefield is to eliminate enemy officers and provide support for friendly units. Lacking explosive weapons, they are also relatively ill-equipped to take on enemies in cover. Protected with only light armor, they have low defensive capabilities. Snipers have high mobility due to being lightly armored though.

Major Powers

Imperial Germanian Reich: Formed three thousand years before the year 1935. They are one of the most powerful, hated, and feared nations in Europe and the world. They are a Totalitarian Fascist Absolute Monarchy where the Royal Family has all the power. The first Kaiser, Otto von Britannia founded the empire and created the foundation for the Reich which still exists today. The Nazi Regime has ruled the Reich since it's founding and they are known to be very fierce expansionists and imperialists. They believe that the Royal Family are the descendants of God himself and preach that their will is that of God and mankind, meaning that their orders are to be followed without question. They persecute the Darcsens the harshest out of all of Europa. They segregate them into ghettos or put them into concentration camps where they are forced into slave labor and work in the Ragnite mines and the weapons factories in order to fuel the Nazi Reich and it's juggernaut war machine. Their military is the strongest in Europa but not invincible as it has been defeated before by other major powers. It is also multinational since their troops comes from all of their provinces and territories. Every soldier wears a patch on one of their shoulders with the flag of the province where they originate from. Their national flag is that of the Kriegsmarine's (WW2 German navy) war ensign that they used from 1935-1938.

Currently the Nazi Reich is having internal troubles with a large resistance group called the Archanean Liberation Front or ALF for short. They are citizens within the Reich who wish to see Germania destroyed and seek to restore the Kingdom of Archanea. They are led By Lucina, the young Princess who is the last living descendant of Anri and the heir to the Archanean throne.

The Imperial Germanian Reich rules over a vast amount of territory within Europa, along with parts of Asia and Africa. It has separated their territory into provinces with a Viceroy, to govern the territory while answering only to the Nazi Kaiser and Kaiserina. The full list of provinces and overseas territories are listed below. Many are German colonies from real life Imperial Germany.

Europa

- Prussia (Birthplace of the Imperial Germanian Reich) (Essentially Germany with Post-WW1 borders)
- Switzerland
- Poland (pre-WW2 borders)
- Austria
- Hungary
- Czechoslovakia
- Slovenia
- Croatia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Ukraine
- Moldova
- Belarus
- Baltic States (Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia
- East Prussia
- Norway
- Sweden
- Finland
- Alsace-Lorraine (Area along the French Border that was won by Germania in the Franco-German War of 1870-1871)

Africa

- Cameroon
- Togo
- German East Africa (Tanzania)
- German Southwest Africa (Namibia)
- Congo (in real life was Belgian colony but in this universe it belongs to Germania)

Asia

- German East Indies (Indonesia and East Timor)
- Tsingtau (German Port in China)

South America

- German Guyana (Dutch Guyana/Suriname)

Principality Of Gallia: The small nation between France and Germania. It is one of the oldest nations in Europa with it's founding being in the 1st century A.D. They are a democratic monarchy with a Parliament along with the Royal house of Randgriz which has ruled Gallia since it's founding. The ruler of Gallia is called either the Archduke or Achduchess depending on the gender of the ruler. The current heir to the throne is Cordelia gi Randgriz. The nation was for a time under the rule of the Imperial Germanian Reich from the early 17th century until when the United States, Great Britain, and Imperial Russia supported their drive for independence which they achieved in the early 1800's. During the occupation the German Royal Family had a political marriage between one of their princesses to the current Archduke. This means that Cordelia is related by blood to the Nazi Royals, making her their distant cousin. The nation is considered to be the only truly free nation left in Europa since they do not belong to the Nazi Empire or the two alliances that dominate Europa. The nation has a policy of neutrality, saying that they will not take sides in any war though they have had to take a side when the Germans invaded their country in the Great War. Their only true ally is the United States who continually supports them with whatever supplies they can send. And although Gallia is a democratic monarchy, they are still somewhat stuck in the old ways with the noble houses holding power over the common people. Out of all the nations in the world they posses the largest supply of Ragnite which tends to make them seem like a large target. The nations that make up Gallia are Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg. (NOTE: Gallia has no overseas territories so they are now either controlled by Germania, France, or Great Britain and Ireland.)

Atlantic Federation: A group of allied nations, including several world powers, established to try and rein in the actions of Germania. Their military along those of the Balkan Confederacy and the Soviet Union isn't as strong as Germania's so they focus more on defensive wars. They occasionally receive military aid from the United States. They also try to establish military alliances with the Soviet Union and Balkan Confederacy in times of war with Germania. However, things in the Federation are beginning to change. Italy and Spain are growing rather close to the Germans and French is resorting to more desperate means to try and keep the Nazis at bay. Great Britain has distanced itself from Federation politics, seeing the alliance become more and more corrupt, forming a close relationship with the United States and Gallia. The nations that make up this alliance are as follows: Great Britain and Ireland, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy and their colonial Empires. Their official flag is that of the Atlantic Federations in the game though they are more inclined to use their national flags.

Balkan Confederacy: An alliance of nations similar to the Atlantic Federation. They seek to preserve the people of the Balkans independence from the Nazi Empire. The nations that make up this alliance are as follows: Serbia (controls both Montenegro and Kosovo), Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Macedonia, Greece, Turkey, and Cyprus. Their flag is that of the Empire from the game though like the Atlantic Federation, prefer to use their own national flags.

U.S.S.R. (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics): Another world power, more commonly known as the Soviet Union, this country is Russia and it's ten other republics (Ukraine, Finland, Belarus, and the Baltic states don't count as they are part of the Nazi Empire). They are the only Communist country in the world and one of the nations that gets into conflict with the Nazi Empire the most. They are naturally distrustful of other nations but they won't object to an alliance against the Nazis if they have to. In 1932 they invaded America in an attempt to take back Alaska though their invasion was quickly turned around and they were eventually defeated in 1934. Their flag is...well you all know what their flag looks like.

U.S.A. (United States of America): Formerly a British colony, and now a major world power, it fought for its independence and succeeded. Throughout their history they have annexed new territories and grew more powerful over the decades. This leaded to many worrying about their sudden rise to power. The United States are allies with most nations in the world excluding the Nazi Empire. They are the only ally that Gallia has and they continue to provide support for them in forms such as weapons and vehicles along with political and economic support. What makes them different from nations in Europa is that the people there consider the Darcsen people as equals in society. This causes some people in Europa to treat Americans with disdain. That in addition to not being involved in the Great War when they were needed most. The U.S. history remains the same through most of it's history from the American revolution till up through the Civil War. Their national flag is that of the original thirteen stars in a circle along with the thirteen red and white stripes.

List of U.S. States in this Story (Areas they control) (Each region of the United States are fully part of the United States. They have their own government and state government and are fully supportive of their country.)

- Fifty United States
- Canada (and St. Pierre and Miquelon)
- Greenland
- Iceland
- Australia
- New Zealand
- Cuba
- Puerto Rico
- Haiti
- Dominican (Dominican Republic)
- Philippines
- All Caribbean Islands
- All Pacific islands except those owned by modern day Japan such as Okinawa and Iwo Jima

Other facts about nations

Imperial Germanian Reich

Population = 650,000,000

Capital = New Berlin

United States of America

Population = 530,000,000

Capital = Washington D.C.

Principality of Gallia

Population = 30,000,000

Capital = Randgriz

Note: For the population everything is based on modern day estimates of today's countries.

Non-Canonical People

These people aren't part of the Valkyria Chronicles series. Some are historical, some are made up, and some are brought in from other franchises and series.

Atlantic Federation

Winston Churchill: Prime Minister of Great Britain and Ireland

King George VI: King of Great Britain and Ireland along with their colonial possessions.

Albert Lebrun: President of France and along with its colonial possessions.

Henri Phillipe Petain: A French General who has developed ties to the Nazi Empire.

Charles De Gaul: French General who is a strong supporter of the Federation and a patriot of France.

Benito Mussolini: Leader of Italy and its colonial possessions.

Alfonso XIII: King of Spain and its colonial possessions.

Balkan Confederacy

Joseph Tito: President of Serbia and Chairman of the Balkan Confederacy.

Soviet Union

Joseph Stalin: Premier of the Soviet Union during Soviet-American war.

Dimitri Novogod: Current Premier of the Soviet Union.

United States

Franklin Delano Roosevelt: 32nd President of the United States.

Jack Lawrence: (The main OC of the story)An American volunteer with the Gallian Militia. Jack is the son of an American ambassador who is now currently the Secretary of State. He spent part of his childhood traveling abroad in Europe. This in return gave him valuable experience to European society and politics. He is also fluent in most languages in Europa due to his travels. Fascinated by life in the military, he always wanted to be a soldier ever since he was only five. At the onset of the Soviet-American war which lasted from 1932–1934, where the Soviet Union tried to reclaim Alaska, he used forged papers to enlist in the military at the age of 15. There he served with distinction, earning several medals including the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Siege of Anchorage along with the title "Hero of Anchorage". He quickly became a public figure, celebrity, war hero, and poster boy as the war dragged on. He was widely known and accepted by the public with many seeing him as a hero. When the war ended with the Soviet surrender, he was discharged from the U.S. Army having achieved the rank of Captain. Despite his protests that he had wanted to stay, there was nothing he could do. His father decided that he should try and study abroad. So in mid-1934, at the age of 17, he traveled to Gallia and enrolled at Randgriz University. While there he met and befriended Welkin Gunther, another university student. He would end up getting his next taste of combat as he joins Welkin and the rest of Squad 7 to repel the Nazi invasion of Gallia. Due to his military experience in the United States Army, he is considered proficient in all classes in the Gallian armed forces, though he tends to prefer the Shocktrooper class. Due to him being a foreigner, they only give him the rank of Corporal. He is also the Quartermaster, which means he reports to Welkin about new recruits, the state of the squad and their equipment etc.

Family wise, Jack has a mother who is a writer from Europa, hailing from the Principality of Gallia, before meeting his father the Secretary of State. He has two older brothers and older sister who are also in the service. His oldest brother John, is serving in the U.S. Marine Corps as a Master Chief and assigned to the Navy as well and his second oldest, Michael, is in the Army Air Force as a pilot. His older sister, Nephenee is a member of a Special Forces Unit with his twin sister Catherine working at the OSS. (Born on July 4, 1916. He's 18 by the beginning of the Gallian-Germanian War)

Alistair Koller: An American war reporter for the New York Times. He made a name for himself covering the Border Skirmishes in Europa, the Second Sino-Japanese War, and became known during his coverage of the Soviet-American War. He was sent to Gallia to cover the Gallian-Germanian War where he meets Irene Ellet, another reporter who is a major fan of his work. He met Jack Lawrence during the Soviet-American War and ended up reporting about his exploits, with the two becoming mutual acquaintances. (27 years old)

Imperial Germanian Reich

(Royal Family)

For the Nazi Royal Family I decided to use the royal family from the Code Geass series. They are pretty much the same in terms of personality as in the Code Geass series except for a few changes. I didn't change their last names because it would have sounded weird without them. As time goes by I might add more characters from this series such as their knights and Lelouch's friends. I'll also include Lightning from the Final Fantasy series as Lelouch's knight. Just a note, even though there are Code Geass characters, this is not intended to be a crossover. This is strictly a Valkyria Chronicles story.

Just a little note, the previous emperor had a lot of consorts. So this means that all the emperors children listed below are only half-brothers and sisters.

Byzantium zi Britannia aka 'Hell Incarnate': The 99th Kaiser (German for 'Emperor') the Imperial Germanian Reich. He ascended to the throne when his father Kaiser Charles and Kaiserina Marianne were assassinated by terrorists seven years ago. He rules his empire with an iron fist, and silences all those who oppose his rule. He appears to not care if his plans cause peoples suffering. In short he is a cold and heartless bastard. Under his rule, the military has expanded and the Empire's power grew stronger at the expense of the living conditions of the people. His ultimate dream is a Europa united under Nazi rule, and eventually the world. And he'll stop at nothing and kill anyone who gets in his way. (35 years old)(Note: His appearance is that of the Inquisitor from the Dragon Age Inquisition trailers)

Hrist zi Britannia aka 'The Angel of Death': Byzantium's wife and the co-leader of the Nazi Empire alongside him. Not much of her history is known, for it is a complete history. She simply appeared on the scene when Byzantium at the age of eighteen years old announced the Hrist was to be his wife. She is rumored to come from a prominent line of Valkyria and has the powers of one as well. She is exactly like her husband and has a bit of a sadistic side for those who fail her. And she has gained quite a reputation within the Reich, earning her the nickname 'Angel of Death' for both her beauty and the trail of bodies she leaves behind in her wake. (35 years old though through her good genes she appears to be ten years younger at the age of 25)

Odysseus eu Britannia aka 'The Mediocre Prince': Byzantium's half-brother and First Prince of Germania. He is somewhat indecisive compared to Byzantium. He serves as his brother's adviser though Byzantium rarely listens to his advice. (34 years old)

Guinevere su Britannia aka 'Germania's Marie Antoinette': Byzantium's half-sister and First Princess of Germania. She is one of Byzantium's staunchest supporters. She is a warmonger and firm believer in the Reich's superiority. She often spends her wealth on extravagant clothes and parties. (28 years old)

Schneizel el Britannia: Byzantium's half-brother, Second Prince of Germania, and its Prime Minister. He is a strategist on par with his younger brother Lelouch. Though he appears to support his brother, he is in fact against his rule, though he can't do anything about it. He is a carbon-copy of his father, the previous Emperor, he seeks to use political intrigue to remove his brother from the throne so that he can take control of the Reich for his purposes. Byzantium knows this, and has his spies watch his every move. (27 years old)

Cornelia li Britannia aka 'The Witch of Germania': Byzantium's half-sister and Second Princess of Germania. She holds the rank of Field Marshal, an elite rank in the Germanian military being that above a general, and is the head of its ground forces. She has a strong distrust of foreigners, and is very protective of her younger sister Euphemia. Though she is decisive and straightforward, she values her sister's safety above anything else. Byzantium considers her a valuable asset to his plans as she is an excellent strategist. (27 years old)

Clovis la Britannia: Byzantium's half-brother and Third Prince of Germania. He is somewhat timid and narcissistic. He is the Viceroy of the Province of Poland, though he shows little interest in politics. He is more interested in parties and fashion than the politics of governing a territory. (24 years old)

Euphemia li Britannia aka 'Euphie': Byzantium's half-sister, Third Princess of Germania and Cornelia's younger sister. Her personality is in stark contrast to what one would expect from Germanian royalty. She has a kind heart, open minded, and despises conflict in any form. She is more of a pacifist and a reformist and clashes with Byzantium as to his policies. She and Lelouch's best friend Suzaku are in a romantic relationship that is kept secret from the rest of the royal family except for Lelouch. (16 years old)

Carine ne Britannia: Byzantium's half-sister and Fifth Princess of Germania. She is one of Byzantium's staunchest supporters. She loves violence and supports her brother's military efforts. (15 years old)

Lelouch vi Britannia aka 'The Black Prince' or 'The Demon of Germania': Byzantium's half-brother and Eleventh Prince of Germania. Lelouch is the eldest son of Kaiser Charles and his last wife the Kaiserina Marianne. Seven years ago, his parents were assassinated with his little sister becoming blind and crippled in the attack. He has long suspected that Byzantium was responsible for their deaths, and for seven years has been searching for evidence. And unlike Schneizel, he makes his distrust and opposition to his brother's rule known. He is a Field Marshal within the German army and is widely loved and respected by his troops as well as the people who view him as being worthy of succeeding his brother. In secret, he is quietly organizing a rebellion with his colleagues set to overthrow his brother and build Germania anew. (17 years old)

Nunnally vi Britannia: Byzantium's half-sister, Fourth Princess of Germania, and Lelouch's younger sister. During their parent's assassination, Nunnally was rendered blind and crippled, having to rely on others for help. She is one of the reasons Lelouch opposes Byzantium. Lelouch is using this rebellion to help create a more peaceful world for his sister to live in. (14 years old)

Rolo vi Britannia: Byzantium's half-brother, Twelfth Prince of Germania, and Lelouch's younger brother. He helps serve his sister as her primary caretaker. (16 years old)

(German Wehrmacht)

The age of these men are what they would have been in 1935.

Suzaku Kururugi: A Japanese man serving in the Germanian army and best friend of Lelouch. Being a foreigner, other members of the military look down on him. But they can't do anything about it. Mainly because he serves as Princess Euphemia's knight. He is one of the people involved in Lelouch's conspiracy to overthrow his brother. (17 years old)

Colonel Alexander Isaac: A member of Lelouch's staff and close friend. He serves Lelouch as his second-in-command and sometimes moral compass. He and Lightning are part of Lelouch's conspiracy to overthrow his brother. What Lelouch doesn't know, is that the two of them plan to put Lelouch on the throne because they believe that he's the only one who can change Germania. He and Lightning are in a romantic relationship that is kept secret. (19 years old)

Lightning (Claire Farron): Lelouch's knight, a member of his staff, and close friend. She serves as Lelouch's personal bodyguard. She is a member of his conspiracy to overthrow his brother. She and Alexander are in a secret romantic relationship. (19 years old)

Erwin Rommel aka 'The Desert Fox': Holds the rank of Reichsmarschall or "Marshal of the Empire", and is the Commander-In-Chief of the Germanian military. A renowned strategist and tactician, he taught both Cornelia and Lelouch how to be commanders. He is an honorable man when it comes to war. He treats prisoners of war fairly, doesn't persecute or massacre Darcsen civilians, or treat his men like expendable pawns. He claims that he is loyal to Germania, regardless of who rules it. This makes both enemy and ally alike to respect him. (43 years old)

Baron Manfred von Richthofen aka 'The Red Baron': Another veteran of the Great War, he helped form Germania's air forces. As such he was made head of the Luftwaffe, their air force, and given the rank of Field Marshal. He has a daughter, Emilia von Richthofen, who's a pilot in the Luftwaffe and her father's pride and joy. (42 years old)

Herman Goring: A veteran pilot of the Luftwaffe during the Great War. He and Manfred von Richthofen were in the same squadron during the war and became rather close friends during their time as pilots. Now he serves alongside his friend Richthofen as a General and Second-in-Command of the Luftwaffe. He is known as a fervent supporter of Byzantium. (43 years old)

Grand Admiral Karl Donitz: Head of the Kriegsmarine's, Germania's naval forces. (44 years old)

Heinrich Himmler: Head of the SS, Chief of Public Security, and loyal supporter of Byzantium. These guys are the Nazi elite and have a terrifying reputation. They are a black uniformed group that serve not only as the Nazi royal family's guards but also as elite divisions in their army. They are an utterly ruthless group that take no prisoners. They are also put in charge of running the Darcsen concentration camps and take part in massacres. (34 years old)

Joseph Goebbels: Head of the Gestapo, Minister of Propaganda, and loyal supporter of Byzantium. Goebbels is in charge of running the Gestapo, the Nazi Empire's secret police force. Byzantium gives them unlimited authority as he uses them to root out his opponents, silence opposition, and spy on supposed dissidents. (37 years old)

Other Major Characters

These are characters from the Valkyria Chronicles universe that are major characters in the series and will be a part of this story. Other characters may be added to the squad as the story progresses.

(Main Squad 7 Members)

Welkin Gunther: Lieutenant. Commander of Squad 7. Commands through personal tank Edelweiss. Class: Scout. (22 years old)

Alicia Melchiott: Sergeant. Welkins second-in-command. Class: Scout. (19 years old)

Isara Gunther: Corporal. Welkins adopted Darcsen sister. Drives and maintains the Edelweiss. (16 years old)

Brigitte "Rosie" Stark: Corporal. Class: Shocktrooper. (27 years old)

Largo Potter: Sergeant. Class: Lancer. (36 years old)

Zaka: Darcsen. Sergeant. Commander of tank Shamrock. (33 years old)

(Other Squad 7 members)

Eleanor Varrot: Captain. Commander of the Third Militia Regiment of which Squad 7 is a part of. (35 years old)

Scout: Aika Thompson, Cherry Stijnen, Freesia York, Hermes Kissinger, Juno Coren, Melville Young, Montley Leonard, Musaad Mayfield, Nancy Dufour, Noce Wordsworth, Ramona Linton, Susie Evans, Ted Ustinov, Wavy.

Shocktrooper: Aisha Neumann, Alex Raymond, Coby Caird, Dorothy Howard, Edy Nelson, Hannes Salinger, Jane Turner, Kevin Abbott, Mica Hawkins, Nina Streiss, Lynn, Salinas Milton, Vyse Inglebard, Wendy Cheslock.

Lancer: Audrey Heitinga, Hector Calvey, Jann Walker, Nils Daerdan, Rosina Selden, Theold Bohr, Walter Nash, Yoko Martens, Elysee Moore.

Engineer: Claudia Mann, Dallas Wyatt, Herbert Nielson, Homer Peron, Karl Landzaat, Knute Jung, Nadine, Ramsey Clement.

Sniper: Catherine O'Hara, Cezary Regard, Marina Wulfstan, Emile Bielert, Oscar Bielert.

Others: Fina Sellers (Medic), Leon Schmidt and Kries Czherny (Mechanics and Engineers), Father Adam Hendricks (Chaplain), Alistair Koller (American) and Irene Ellet (War reporters)

(Squad 1)

Faldio Landzaat: Lieutenant. Commander of Squad 1. University friend of Jack and Welkin. Begins to develop feelings for Alicia. (23 years old)

Ramal Valt: Sergeant. Faldio's second-in-command. Develops a crush on Isara. (16 years old)

(Nobility)

Former Kaiser Wilhelm zi Britannia II: Wilhelm was born as a German Prince, soon ascending to the throne of Germania in 1888 as the 97th Kaiser. He was the typical German ruler and led his nation through the Great War. But as the conflict grew worse and the stalemate continued on, support for his rule began to collapse. When he called for an armistice, that was the final nail in the coffin for him. He was forced to abdicate in favor of his younger brother Charles who became Kaiser in 1919. He was exiled from Germania and was disowned by his family. He wandered Europa for several months until he arrived in the Principality of Gallia. He was found by his blood relatives the Archduke and Archduchess of Gallia, who took pity on him and took him in. As he lived with them, he became part of their family, and an Uncle to Cordelia when she was born. After Cordelia's parents died in a tragic accident in 1925, their last will made Wilhelm the Regent for Cordelia. Much to the anger and chagrin of Gallia's aristocracy and government. He now serves as the figurehead and face of Gallia and helps teach Cordelia what she'll need to do when she is old enough and ready enough to take the throne of Archduchess. He seeks to redeem himself for the decisions he made in the past and feels that he needs to atone for what he's done. And he feels that by helping Cordelia become a better ruler than he ever was is a good way to start. Despite him now fighting against the Nazis, he's determined to keep his new found home of Gallia safe and sound. Despite his origins, he is well liked by the Gallian people for his attitude to helping the commoners and visiting various towns to help improve anything they need. (75 years old.)

Cordelia gi Randgriz: The sixteen year old Princess of Gallia, scion of the Randgriz royal family which has traces of the Valkyrur within them. And also through a political marriage centuries ago, she is related, though somewhat distantly, by blood to the Germanian royal family. After her parents died, she ascended to the throne, though due to her young age she was not yet crowned as Archduchess. Very reserved in nature, she entrusts most of the affairs of state to her regent, her uncle the former Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germania. She is very close to her Uncle, who is about the only family that she has left in the world. (16 years old)

Maurits von Borg: Borg is the Prime Minister of Gallia. He is the true ruler of Gallia, manipulating events behind the scenes while Cordelia's role has been reduced to that of a figurehead. He despises Wilhelm II, seeing him as nothing more than a Nazi through and through and feels he's not worthy to be Cordelia's regent. (68 years old)

Georg von Damon: Damon is the General of the Gallian Regular Army. An aristocrat who gained his position using family connections, he is a venal coward who looks down at the Gallian Militia and sees them as worthless scum compared to his Regular Army. He is generally incompetent in battle and becomes incensed when things don't go his way and when others steal his glory. One major thing he dislikes about his job is that his immediate superior is the regent former Kaiser Wilhelm II who is Supreme Commander of the Gallian Armed Forces. (54 years old)

Baldren Gassenarl: Count Gilbert Gassenarl's oldest son. Serves as a Colonel in the Gallian army. He is extremely patriotic and protective of Gallia and seeks to drive the Nazis from Gallian soil. He also has a strong dislike of Darcsens and foreigners alike. One of the thing he and his sister dislike just as much is the Former Kaiser Wilhelm II who's serving as the regent for the current heir to the throne. (24 years old)

Audrey Gassenarl: Baldren's younger sister. She serves alongside her brother as a Major and commander of their armored forces and her expertise in armored warfare has made an impression on the German forces who fight her. She is a devout follower of Yggdism and shares her brother's dislike of Darcsens and foreigners. One of the thing she and her brother dislike just as much is the former Kaiser Wilhelm II who's serving as the regent for the current heir to the throne. (23 years old)

(Civilians)

Irene Ellet: A reporter and correspondent for GBS (Gallian Broadcasting Station) radio. She is attached to Squad 7 as a war correspondent for the Militia, wanting to bring the uncensored truth to the people. She was inspired to become a reporter by reading the stories written by Alistair Koller, whom she one day hopes to meet. (25 years old)

(Germanian Invasion Force)

Maximillian Gaius von Reginave: The Germanian Prince in charge of the invasion of Gallia. He is the leader of the Triumvirate, a group of military Generals consisting of Selvaria Bles, Berthold Gregor, and Radi Jaeger. Each of these Generals was selected to be a part of the invasion. These Generals are among the best the Reich has to offer. Maximillian is the adopted son of the late Kaiser Charles, and since he is not originally of royal blood, he is treated with disdain by some members of the royal family and nobility. Maximillian plans to use massive force and the technologically advanced prototype weapons of the Reich to crush the Gallian military. Byzantium know that Maximillian has other plans for this invasion, but somehow he doesn't know what they are. (29 years old)

Selvaria Bles: A proud, noble, yet distant woman who serves Maximillian with absolute loyalty through her devotion to him. She serves him as his loyal commander and his knight. The blood of the legendary Valkyria flows through her veins, granting her superhuman powers in battle when she wields her Valkyrian lance and shield. At a young age she was held as a test subject in a Germanian research facility until Maximillian rescued her. (22 years old)

Berthold Gregor: Berthold is level-headed and merciless, feared even among Germanians for his brutality and lack of compassion for even his own troops. He views the Gallian Militia as being nothing more than filthy peasants. He suffers from a leg injury given to him by Jaeger during the Great War when they fought on opposing sides. He is known as one of the most fanatical supporters of the Nazi Reich and the ideals it stands for. He believes that any nation or people that don't bend their will to that of the Kaiser and Kaiserina don't have the right to exist in this world. (51 years old)

Radi Jaeger: Jaeger fought against the Empire when his country, Finland, was invaded during the Great War, but was defeated by Gregor and then released by Maximilian to join the ranks of the Triumvirate. Jaeger does not fight for Germania out of loyalty, but rather to help his own country gain independence through Maximilian's victory. He is a bit of a rake who puts an emphasis on chivalry in battle and respects those who do the same. (36 years old)

Johann Oswald Eisen: A loyal yet fainthearted soldier afraid of fighting on the front lines, he later gets strength and confidence after becoming Selvaria's personal engineer. Selvaria inspires Johann to believe in himself and he sees the kinder side of the General. He now serves as her second-in-command. (23 years old)

Emilia von Richthofen 'The Grey Siren': The only daughter of the famed 'Red Baron', Manfred von Richthofen. She has always admired her father's ability as a pilot and she wanted to become just like him. Growing up at her families estate in near the city of Warsaw in the Germanian Province of Poland, she took her father's old plane up in the air for practice and soon demonstrated her skills as a pilot to her father. She adopted her father's code of honor he used during the Great War along with some of the tactics he used in that conflict but added a few of her own as well. When she was old enough she entered the New Berlin Imperial Military Academy, Germania's most prestigious military academy, and quickly rose through the ranks. Upon her graduation she was given the commission of Captain and given command of a full squadron of the Reich's finest pilots. Honing her skills in combat during the Border Skirmishes, she became the Ace of Aces in the Luftwaffe earning a kill count of over 300 enemy planes. Now she serves in the Gallian Invasion Force, piloting the latest prototype in the German Air Fleet: the Me 262 jet fighter. (20 years old.)

Iohan 'Blunt' Comescu: An SS Lieutenant in charge of the Nazi's Counter-Insurgency Forces. These are the men and women in the SS charged with hunting down rebels and insurgents inside Germania, and recently their main focus has been upon the Archanean Liberation Front. Comescu is an oddity among their forces...for he is in fact a Darcsen. Much about him is a mystery and what is known about him is not much indeed. He was born in a Darcsen slum town outside of the Romanian capital of Bucharest. When he was 17, he smuggled himself and a rifle inside of Germania and began hunting German soldiers in the Black Forest. He was soon captured and brought before Byzantium who offered him a choice: either use his skills with a sniper rifle for a better use...or die horribly and painfully. He chose the former. For the next five years, he and his soldiers, dubbed 'The Headhunters', they travel in Germania as they wipe out every rebel cell that they come across down to the last man. As his brutal and sadistic reputation grew larger, he acquired the nickname "The Darcsen Demon of the SS". He is well known for his signature phrase "Better to fight for them, than against them" when he describes why he fights for the Nazis. That phrase in tern has come to be used by many people as their explanation for fighting for the Reich. He is always accompanied by his loyal subordinate Dredger. (25 years old)

Dredger: A Corporal among the Headhunters and Iohan's faithful second-in-command and quite possibly his Lieutenant's first and only real friend. He is a hulking giant, standing at over seven feet tall and having muscles that would make a body builder jealous. His body is covered with heavy armored plating of his own design and his helmet has a face mask welded onto his Stalhelm helmet, making it cover his whole face. The man's a juggernaut in his own right, able to take on an entire platoon of men on his own since his armor is very resilient and durable, able to take up loads of damage and keeping Dredger alive. He rarely speaks, only willing to hold an actual conversation with Iohan. (30 years old.)

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