Profiles: (Be warn: the list below is for established entries without too many spoilers, not every single character in the story)
-Axion Foundation used to partner with Ashford Foundation until Britannia forced Axion to dissolve due to their using nuclear energy to power the Axio line of Knightmare, a long forgotten and forbidden energy. They managed to scatter their resources and facilities across the globe after destroying the blueprints for newer Axio models and the prototype machines.
-Carlos Axion Jr. is the current (unofficial) President of Axion Foundation. A close friend of Lelouch. He likes Milly Ashford, a lot.
-Stigma is a mark of C's World that bestows unique powers to very few individuals born with it. Highly sought after by Britannia and its Geass Directorate. The first sight of Stigma appeared during the Emblem of Blood. Charles zi Britannia used to possess a Stigma until he received his Geass from V.V and now determines to regain it, alongside his grand plan.
-Aim Liard is a high-ranking OSI agent assigned to oversee Code-R. Founder of Ark Saber, a Stigma-hunting organization disguised as a special Knight squad. Owner of Stigma: Untrue Crystal.
-Everlasting Dark is a PMC group founded by Lelouch vi Britannia with the sole purpose of destroying Britannia and its Social Darwinism.
-Crowe Bruust is the heir of Bruust family, a major noble family that funds the Axion Foundation, and childhood friend of Milly Ashford and Lelouch vi Britannia. Debt, the literal debt, is his self-proclaimed wife. Captain of Firefly Squad, main force of Everlasting Dark. Owner of Stigma: Swaying Scales.
-Marguerite Pistail is Leader of Ark Saber's Area 11 branch. A strict and levelheaded woman, she is hostile to Crowe for some reasons and the man doesn't know why either. Owner of Stigma: Eternal Devotion.
-Esther Eldhaas is a victim of Luciano Bradley before his ascension to Knight of Round. Her being rescued and treated by Crowe is the reason why she follows him to Area 11. Newest member of Everlasting Dark's Firefly Squad. Owner of Stigma: Determined Heart.
-Robark Stad Jr., codename Fon Spaak, is a disgraced noble son and a mercenary with the ability to atomize and summon his personal Knightmare, the Astraea, known as Quantum Shift. He deserted after being induced to an experiment that drove him insane by Geass Directorate and harbors a deep hatred to V.V. Member of Firefly Squad. Owner of Stigma: Unbound Destruction.
-Lelouch vi Britannia, current surname is Lamperouge, is the exiled 11th Prince of Britannia and the founder of Firefly Squad. He despites the current Emperor of Britannia and will do anything to kill him. His desire is to create an ideal for his sister, Nunnally vi Britannia and creates the alter ego, Zero the Revolutionary, for that reason alone. Owner of the Geass of Absolute Obedience and Stigma: Black Stranger.
-Asakim Zawindo/Dowen is the soul residing in the Stigma: Black Stranger and has the power to erase souls from existence. A close friend to C.C and the Dimensional Supervisor, he is an enigmatic, manipulative man with a tragic past. Asakim has been with Lelouch since his birth but only woke up when the prince witnessed his mother's death. Owner of Stigma: Cursed Wanderer and the ability to Quantum Shift his personal machine, the Dimension Reaper Shurouga.
-Rolo vi Britannia is Lelouch's long-lost twin brother, taken from his mother due to an omen. Raised by V.V. to hate the vi Britannia family and become his personal enforcer, Rolo still longed for a family until the unexpected encounter with Lelouch in the Aries Palace. Lelouch's kindness and brotherly love towards Rolo caused him to question about his benefactor and develope a returning bond to Lelouch. He begged V.V. not to kill his brother and agreed to have a Geass agent remove Lelouch's memories of Rolo. Rolo began to monitor and follow Lelouch's every step to prove he is the better sibling than Nunnally. Owner of the Geass of Absolute Territory, a far superior version of his own Geass in the original work, and can Quantum Shift his Vincent Knightmare. (Voice Actor: Yuichi Nakamura)
-Kallen Kouzuki/Stadtfeld is a half Britannian half Japanese that Lelouch met during his time in Japan before the Invasion. Asakim unlocked her Stigma and unknowingly, her alter ego residing in it. A hot-blooded Resistance fighter with excellent Knightmare pilot skills, she and her teammates are the co-founders of the Order of Black Knights and is secretly recruited into the Firefly Squad by Lelouch. Owner of Stigma: Fiery Soul.
-Xine Espio is Kallen's alter ego with her name given by Asakim as her appearance reminds him of an associate in the past. She carries Kallen's steady crush toward Lelouch since their first meeting. A sultry woman with the same determination and devotion as her other self, she is in debt to Asakim for 'showing her this wonderful world'. Owner of Stigma: Icy Heart.
-C.C, real name unknown, is an immortal bestowing Geass to Lelouch in exchange of a contract.
-Suzaku Kururugi is the son of late Japan Prime Minister, Genbu Kururugi. He joins the Britannia Army in hope of changing the country from inside. His stigma disappeared due to his inner conflict.
-Graham A. Weinberg is Gino Weinberg's half Europian elder cousin that inspires him to become a KMF devicer. A close friend of Crowe Bruust and Wayne Ribtail, Graham is responsible for the decrease of racism in Britannia Military. Due to an incident, Graham deserted the army and went to join prince Lelouch's PMC, Everlasting Dark. A rare example of a normal person that can win against a superior opponent in a much weaker machine and in one occasion, defeat a Geass-powered KMF. His personal Knightmare is the Flag Axion, a heavily modified mobility-focused Transformable Glasgow that uses jetboosters to 'fly'. Can switch between fighter and humanoid forms.
-Edel Bernal is the first discoverer of Stigma. An immortal with many masks, his goal is unknown yet he is more than willing to lend a hand to Lelouch more than Britannia. Owner of Stigma: Chimera.
-Wayne Ribtail is an Ark Saber member. His relationship with Crowe is identical to that of Suzaku Kururugi and Lelouch Lamperouge. Owner of Stigma: Double Horn.
-Geralt Grace Bantail is Crowe and Wayne's mentor and is widely respected all over the world. He protested against the Invasion of Japan and was demoted to an instructor until Aim recruited him into Ark Saber. Known as Ark Saber No.1, his skills in Knightmare and Ark Saber machine are unrivaled. Owner of Stigma: Untainted Diamond.
Timelines:
-1955 a.t.b.: The Emblem of Blood era. Members of Imperial Family kill each other for the throne and Charles zi Britannia emerges victorious. Edel Bernal discovered the existence of Stigma after a failed contract.
-1957 a.t.b: Geass Directorate is founded by V.V.
-1960 a.t.b: Code Bearers across the world feel a very dark, overwhelming presence descending from C's World.
-1999 a.t.b: Lelouch vi Britannia is born and Asakim Dowin awakes from his slumber.
-2006 a.t.b: Ark Saber is founded by Aim Liard.
-2008 a.t.b: Lelouch vi Britannia's first encounter with Rolo vi Britannia and is wiped out memories of his brother by V.V.
-2009 a.t.b: Empress Marianne vi Britannia is assassinated and Princess Nunnally vi Britannia is crippled as well as Asakim Dowin's first interaction with Lelouch vi Britannia. Axion Foundarion is dissolved. Both vi Britannia siblings are sent to Japan as political hostages in guise of studying abroad.
-2010 a.t.b: Lelouch Lamperouge meets and befriends Kallen Kouzuki when the latter is separated from her parents and brother. Asakim Zawindo unlocks Kallen's Stigma alongside Xine Espio. Not long later, Britannia invades Japan. C.C is captured and experimented on.
-2011 a.t.b: Crowe Bruust deserts from military with the help from Carlos Axion Jr.
-2013 a.t.b: Lelouch reunites with Crowe and Carlos. The prince forms Firefly Squad with the facilities and technology provided by both Axion and Ashford Foundations.
-2014 a.t.b: Robark Stad Jr. seeks asylum in Area 11 and is accepted by Ruben K. Ashford before getting recruited in Firefly. This year also marks the 43rd time Milly Ashford rejects Carlos Axion Jr.
-2015 a.t.b: Aim Liard sets his Ark Saber base in Area 11 and appoints Marguerite Pistail as its leader.
I am conflicted between adding a Harem tag to this story or not. Lelouch has the affection of C.C, Kallen, Shirley and Euphemia (formerly) yet the original Code Geass doesn't invoke the Harem genre at all. Also, I will try to make the flight technologies in the Brasta, Astraea and Flag Axion more believable and suitable for Code Geass world.
Japan, once a proud Far East country, was brought down swiftly by the Holy Britannia Empire. Even the country had prepared beforehand, they fell before the might of Knightmares. Humanoid, mechanical machines toppled over the likes of tanks and jetfighters. Worse, the Japanese Government had received an invitation from Axion Foundation, the leading Knightmare manufacturer back then, for a long-term contract. Their Axio surpassed the current Britannia Knightmare, Glasgow, in every aspect save for the landspinner Propulsion System. However, Prime Minister received a tipoff from an unknown source that Axion was running out of resources and they needed Japan for that reason so he declined. He regretted it immediately.
Japan was renamed to Area 11 and its people were stripped of their identity, culture and human rights. The once mighty Japan Military now divided into resistance cells with JLF, Japan Liberation Front, as the biggest and strongest. They did little to nothing against the Britannia occupying force, however. They were infamous for raiding on patrol stations and weak propaganda messages. Japanese people, Elevens as Britannian called them, had lost all hopes at this point.
Lelouch Lamperouge narrowed his eyes as the earpiece on his right ear played the latest news. There was a hijack of military property and the terrorists were being pursued throughout the Settlement. He tapped on the device twice and spoke to it.
"EAGLE, there is a commotion. Can you provide me more information?"
"Not much, except the container is very dangerous. IC said it is some kind of experimental poison gas."
"So, Clovis is finally competent at something." He smirked. "Tell IC to dig more. We need to know what exactly the gas is and how to neutralize it."
"Got it boss. Should I deploy Fon to watch over?"
"He will probably massacre the entire ghetto but yes, inform him to be on standby when I call for him. Give him two or three doses."
"Roger."
At the same moment, Rivalz Cardemonde entered the hall. Apparently there was a problem with the guardsman regarding their status as students, which was weird since the two had been here several times in the past. Still, it was nothing worth of his attention and his companion handled it just fine.
"Hey Lelouch, how many minutes will this be?"
"Hmm, about 9 max."
"You sure? Your record is 10m13s."
Lelouch flashed him a confident smile and exited the elevator.
"Lulu disappears, again."
"Come now, Shirley. It's not that bad." Milly Ashford said, enjoying her sandwich. She, Shirley Fenette and Nina Einstein were the Student Council member along with Lelouch and Rivalz. They tended to sneak out for gambling, which irritated Shirley as to her, Rivalz was the culprit for her crush's bad habit. Many times did the Vice President tell her that he needed money to support his sister's medical fee and their living conditions but Shirley couldn't help worrying about him.
"They are gambling! Lulu may be smart but he clearly uses his brain in wrong ways. It would be much better if he studied harder. Rivalz keeps hogging him all the time…"
"Oh my, is it jealousy I'm hearing?" Milly giggled, causing Shirley to fluster and hastily deny it. "One thing I'm very sure about dear Lulu is that, he is 100% straight. You can rest assure."
"President!"
Inside the Firefly base, the mechanics were making final adjustment to the GNY-001a Astraea, Fon Spaak's personal machine. The Astraea used to be a prototype Sutherland Knightmare with heavy modifications like replacing the normal cockpit design yet retaining the Ejection System so that it could function as a small aircraft when detached and its overall appearance was more good-looking than the Sutherland. When Fon arrived at Area 11, the machine was badly damaged so the Axion-Ashford engineers opted to use spare parts of a Gloucester that should have been Sixth Generation for the Astraea. Due to its unique facial design, Carlos Axion installed a Sensor Mask to both make up for the broken Factsphere Sensor and to hide its identity.
Thus, the Knightmare Frame Astraea type Axion was born, although Ruben was still upset about not using Ashford in its name.
"Fon, new assignment from boss." Crowe Bruust, a man in his twenties with dark blue fuzzy hair, said to a younger male with blond spiky hair. The latter stopped his current activity and turned to his superior.
"Am I going to kill Brits? Otherwise, don't bother me."
"Well, you may kill but only if things go south. Just don't shoot the package, it's poison gas."
Fon raised an eyebrow.
"What the fuck are the Brits plotting now? Thought the bastards are scared of chemical attacks?"
"Ask Clovis."
"Heh, right. Didn't expect that spineless idiot had the gall to use it. Alright, send the details to my Astraea." Fon picked up his coat and left the room. Crowe sighed at his colleague and tapped on his tablet. The preparation for his Brasta was going smoothly though it would be great if they managed to snatch the FLOAT blueprint from that nutcase Lloyd Asplund. He really missed roaming the sky.
"Oh well, guess I will stick with the Axio. IC, fetch Graham for me. His Majesty will need air support."
"To my imperial objects and of course, to the many Elevens who cooperate with us!"
"It's Japanese, jackass." Kallen cursed while listening to the broadcast.
"Do you not see? Right now, my heart aches so much that it is torn into a heart filled with sadness and a heart filled with rage! However, as the Viceroy of Area 11, I will not tolerate and allow terrorism of any kind!"
"Right, keep fooling yourself until we unleash your gas into your own people!" Nagata swore, his eyes focus on the traffic. Of all sudden, a bike appeared right on front of him!
…
"Hey, Lelouch. Why did you move the King first? Isn't it too risky?"
"If the king doesn't lead, how can he expect his subordinates to follow? I adopted this playstyle long time ago and it never fails me except that one time."
"Riiiight." Rivalz laughed. "Say, with that mindset, are you going to take over a corporation or something? I heard from Carlos that you may get his seat in the future."
"Don't believe him. The Axion Foundation is trying their best to survive and Carlos is intentionally runs his mouth off to attract investors." Lelouch said with a sad undertone. Carlos Axion Sr. was assassinated just after his company dissolved and OSI was adamant that he had a stroke. Needless to say, Carlos Jr. hated his country to the core and was amassing the Board to restore the Foundation and prepare for the war against Britannia. It's very sad for a young man like him to do that but.
'Heh, what can I say? I was the one to inspire him.'
'Of course, your Majesty. Please enlighten us with your infinite wisdom.'
'Shush, Asakim. You're ruining my moment.'
Unseen by other people, inside the wing mirror's reflection, there was another passenger although he appeared to be floating midair rather riding the bike. His face was almost identical to Lelouch's except for the longer black hair with purple hue, red eyes and ear accessories that made them look elf-like. He was reading a book like his real world counterpart.
'I sense her nearby.'
'Who?'
"Oh shit!"
Rivalz freaked out at the horn behind him and stomped the accelerator. Lelouch regained his composure and turned back to see the same truck shown on the news. Before he could say anything, Rivalz made another maneuver that almost caused him to fall off. The truck abruptly turned left and slammed into a construction below.
"What was that?!"
"Hmm…"
Lelouch removed his helmet and went to see the scene. He was close to exclaim when a clear silhouette of Asakim appeared next to the truck and entered it. The student narrowed his eyes at the crowd around him. Ignorant fools, he called them.
'Asakim, where are you going? Asakim? Asakim?!'
Lelouch called out for his other self but received no response. Having a bad feeling, he went down and ran to the truck. It was indeed a bad idea when right at the moment he climbed on the container, a jolt of electricity ran through his brain that caught him off-guard and then, the truck came to life again and drove away.
I finally found you. Both of you…
'Oho, so you are here of all places.'
Lelouch saw Asakim place his hand on a weird-looking capsule inside the container.
'Asakim, what is that? Is there someone inside?'
'You can say that she is…a close confidant of mine.'
'She? Isn't that the poison gas –'
A strong shake knocked Lelouch back, his head hitting a metal rail hard enough for him to yelp in pain.
"Who's there?!" A female voice called out and the sound of gun cocking greeted him. snarling, Lelouch drew his own pistol, an antique Luger. They glared at each other for a second before the girl before him spoke up with her eyes widening.
"Ru…Rushu…"
"Who are you?" Lelouch has an idea about who she might be but dismissed it as the girl with almost identical face in his memories had long disappeared during the War, presumably dead. That and the fact that she knew his pseudo Japanese alias during his stay in Kururugi's House. "Why does a terrorist know that name?!"
"I…I have no time for this!" She rushed to the offline KMF behind Lelouch and climbed on it. "Stay here and wait for me, Rurushu. I will explain later."
"Wait!" And she hopped into the red Glasgow and exited the container. Lelouch noticed that the girl left behind her comm. and a tag name: Kallen Stadtfeld. He allowed a small smile creeping on his face.
'Oh dear, it seems that my sickly classmate is a terrorist.'
He equipped his earpiece and tapped to call. The receiver answered immediately.
"IC, are you free? Find me everything, everything, about Kallen Stadtfeld and compile into a file. Send it to my computer when finished."
"Roger that. By the way, Fon is in position now. Should I tell him to do it?"
"Negative. There are civilians nearby. We can't risk it unless the Britannians open fire first. Instruct him to hide from plain sight and deploy the camouflage."
"Understood. IC out."
"Now, what to do with this thing…"
Lelouch approached the capsule and examined its exterior. Nothing indicated a release button for the object. The phantom of Asakim pressed his hand through the capsule but couldn't find anything.
'Curious. Her heart pulse is definitely there yet the capsule is at least 70% empty.'
'Then we have to wait until this truck stops and that girl returns to open it then.' Lelouch concluded. 'But why would Clovis cover this as poison gas?'
'Too many questions unanswered. Let's wait until we can bring this to our base and find out ourselves.'
'Agree.'
Kallen cursed her luck as she destroyed more choppers with the Slash Harkens. Not only her group's operation was botched, Rurushu or Lelouch Lamperouge as he was known in Ashford had to be here. She had long wanted to confront him since their meeting after those years in the academy but couldn't find an opportunity and now was a really bad time to 'Hey Rurushu, how's it going? By the way, I'm a terrorist now. Surprised?'
A very haughty voice spoke in the open channel, taunting her as his Sutherland was dropped from the carrier. She was trying to fend him off when another Sutherland appeared and intercepted the truck.
'Nagata! Rurushu!'
Half an hour later, Clovis decided to purge the entirety of Shinjuku Ghetto under the guise of 'urban renewal'. Lelouch vowed to kill his disgusting brother once he made his way to the G-1 base. For now, he had to find a way to evade the Britannia personnel.
He didn't expect to receive a freaking spinkick in the face though.
"No more killing, Mr. Terrorist."
"Well well well, isn't it my best friend." Lelouch stood up, dusting his pants. "Suzaku."
"Lelouch?! But why are you here?"
"Wrong place in the wrong time." He eyed at the opened capsule and the woman lying next to him, staring at him with her golden eyes.
'She looks familiar…'
'Heads up.'
A group of Britannian soldiers raised their guns at the trio, the leader stepping up. Suzaku went to exchange words with him while Lelouch sent coded messages to the base.
[IN DANGER. SEND FON IN IMMEDIATELY]
"He is a civilian!"
"Anyone saw the capsule will die, that's his Highness' order."
"I see. So this woman is indeed a poison gas." Lelouch muttered. "Poisonous to Clovis, that is."
Suzaku protested against killing Lelouch but got shot by his superior instead. The prince glared at the Royal Guards in disgust and anger. How dare them!
"Goddamned Britannians…" A voice spoke from Kallen's radio comm. "I won't…let you pieces of shit…have your way…NIPPON BANZAI!"
The truck exploded and blasted both Lelouch and the woman away.
Kallen tried to dial Nagata after finding that her comm. was missing but in vain. And then, an explosion shook the platform she was hiding in. Fearing that something had gone wrong, she called Ohgi and asked him to check on Nagata but he couldn't call him either.
"Rurushu, please stay safe."
Slowly peeking out of the wall, Kallen waited until the Sutherlands passed and went to the basement that the smoke came from.
"Grr…" Lelouch clutched his side, feeling one or two bones broken. Above him, screams of Japanese people being massacred and the gunfire attempted to break his spirit but it only strengthened his resolve to kill Clovis and end this slaughter
"You are not human, are you." He asked the woman in prisoner outfit next to him. She shook her head instead of answering him. "Figures. No wonder Clovis wants to experiment on you. Come on, let's go before they spot us –"
"Kyaaaaaah!"
A distraught scream of a child snapped him out and then the sound of gun firing silenced it. Lelouch crawled from the hole and gritted his teeth at the bodies, a young girl with hazy smoke coming out from her body told him that she was the latest victim. Unluckier for him, his phone rang.
"Who's there!"
"Shit…" Lelouch stopped his phone and stepped out, hands raising. "Don't shoot. I'm just a student – You!"
"Oh, so you have been hiding here." It was the Royal Guard earlier.
The next thing he saw was swift. The Guards went to apprehend him and the woman before leveling their guns at Lelouch. He stared at the barrels fearfully yet refused to surrender.
"Well then, farewell mister student terrorist."
"He mustn't die!"
Before Lelouch could react, the woman threw herself and took the bullet for him in the head. He drew his Luger and fired at the nearest guard but the leader disarmed him with a well-placed shot.
"Hmm, we were to bring her back alive if possible but a little lie is fine, right." The leader smirked. "The terrorist shot the hostage first so we had to retaliate. Sounds convincing right, men?"
His subordinates laughed and readied their weapons, preparing to fire. Lelouch was shaking not fearing for his life but for Nunnally and his quest of destroying Britannia. He couldn't even avenge his mother, let alone…
'…You don't want it to end here, do you?'
"Fancy to meet you here, C.C."
"Asakim."
Asakim Dowen stood before C.C in a ruined city. Humongous war machines battled each other around them.
"If you are here, I take that Lelouch has accepted the deal."
"What about you? Want a Geass too?"
"No need." The red-eyed man grinned viciously. "This is more than enough." His lips met hers.
"Kukuku…" The teen brought his hand to his face and trembled. "Kuhahahaha! Finally…Finally I am free! The seal has been broken, the contract has been made!" Lelouch lowered his hand and let out the most disturbing laughter yet, the pupil in his right eye replaced by a purple ritual circle-like crest. The guards opened fire at him but an invisible barrier stopped the bullets midair and dropped them to the ground.
"What in the world?!"
"Tragic Genocider…" A motion from Lelouch's index finger and several ethereal dragon-like creatures appeared from thin air, circling around him. He pointed to the guards and they screamed.
The leader of Royal Guards was so terrified at the bloody scene before him that he couldn't move his limbs to run. When the dragons finished their meal, they disappeared just as swift as they appeared.
"Enough, Asakim. I will take this turn."
"Hmm, killjoy. Lucky for you, my thirst is satisfied."
The guard saw the teen speak to himself but there were two completely different voices.
"Now, mister Royal Guard, tell me." Lelouch walked to him slowly. "How should a Britannian who hates Britannia live?"
"W-What the hell is that question? Are you insane?"
"Of course. People who should kill are those prepared to die themselves! I, Lelouch vi Britannia, order you to DIE!"
Lelouch ordered as his left pupil morphed into a red, bird-shaped symbol. The guard was speechless for a moment for the command to imprint into his brain and then he happily saluted before shooting himself. The exiled prince stood still before cackling manically.
"It seems that fate has yet to abandon me. With this power, I can obliterate Britannia! That's right, I can kill Charles zi Britannia now!"
Reuploaded the full chapter in proper category.