, at first only referred to as , is Lelouch's father, the 98th Emperor of the Holy Britannian Empire, and the principal antagonist of the series. He has 108 different consorts. A strong proponent of Social Darwinism, he views equality as an evil that must be dispelled, and to this end he encourages class conflict and military expansionism so as to maintain social evolution and progress. He also suffered a horrific childhood of his family murdering each other for succession, so he forged a pact with his brother V.V. to create a world without lies. Acquiring allies in Marianne and C.C., Charles created the "Sword of Akasha", a weapon designed to facilitate the "Ragnarök Connection", remaking the world into a place without lies by killing "God", which is the collective individual unconsciousness of all humankind.