Appearance:
Name: Suzaku Kururugi
Sex: Male
Franchise: Code Geass
Special Abilities/Powers: Exceptional swordsman and martial artist; his signature "spinzaku kick" is a brutal attack that is nearly impossible to block or dodge; his Geass to "live" allows him to push himself to the extreme in fights to the death or react with nearly impossible reflexes.
Equipment: A sword, a pistol, and the Zero outfit, as well as possibly the Lancelot Knightmare Frame if that's not too overpowered(which I suspect it is, given the intro OOC post, so if you don't mention it I'll just assume he can't have it.)
History: Suzaku was a Japanese Honorary Britannian who was selected to test the Lancelot, a revolutionary Knightmare Frame, during the first attack on Britannian-occupied Japan by the Black Knights, a revolutionary/terrorist group attempting to free Japan. Despite fighting and defeating a large portion of their forces, he was used as a scapegoat for the death of the governor, Clovis La Britannia, and would have been executed if not for the intervention of Zero, leader of the Black Knights. He refused to join Zero, insisting that he would try to work within the system to end discrimination against the Japanese by Britannia. He later captured Zero while engaging the Black Knights, but was about to be killed by a Britannian superweapon when Zero used Geass to force him to "live," making him escape in his Knightmare despite his conviction to defeat Zero no matter the cost, and Zero used this to escape him.
Later, while facing off against many Black Knight mechs at once, he was revealed as the pilot of the Lancelot on prime television, and was selected to be the Knight of Euphemia Li Britannia for his fighting prowess. When Euphemia was later killed in a meeting with Zero, Suzaku swore revenge upon the revolutionary leader. Later, when Zero sprung his master plan to overthrow the entire Britannian occupation, Suzaku pursued him to an island cave, where he shot Zero's mask off, revealing him to be Lelouch vi Britannia, a prince of Britannia and Suzaku's childhood friend. Suzaku arrested Lelouch, bringing him before Emperor Charles zi Britannia to have his memories wiped and make him into a pawn of Britannia. Suzaku escorted Lelouch's new identity, Julius Kingsley, to a Britannian attack on the European Union, clashing with the rogue military commander Shin when he deduced that Kingsley was none other than Zero. He brought Lelouch back to the Emperor to have his memory wiped again, this time to remove any hint of the mastermind that might be discovered. In return for his loyalty to Britannia, he was granted full citizenship and made a Knight of the Round.
When Zero returned some time after Lelouch was pacified, Suzaku and two other Knights came to investigate. He mistakenly confirmed that Lelouch, who had regained his memories and seized control of local Britannian forces, was still an amnesiac. Then, when Lelouch again attempted to overthrow the occupation, Suzaku arranged a meeting, deducing that Lelouch was Zero once again. However, he was betrayed and Lelouch arrested by Cornelia li Britannia's Knight, who Lelouch used the Geass on to escape. Suzaku went back to the battle, and his Geass to live forced him to fire a F.L.E.I.J.A. warhead, destroying a massive swath of city and forcing him to confront the reality of his loyalty to Britannia. Because of this, he agreed to aid Schneizel El Britannia is a coup against the Emperor, who Suzaku went to assassinate. He was fended off by Bismarck, the head of the Knights of the Round, because his Geass would not allow him to fight him. However, he was able to follow Lelouch into the cave when he entered using geassed soldiers, and the two entered the Sword of Akasha to confront the Emperor.
Within the Sword, Charles revealed his plan to unite all of humanity into one mind, as well as the fact that Marianne vi Britannia, whom Lelouch had turned against Britannia partially to avenge, was alive and working with the Emperor. Suzaku watched Lelouch defy Charles's plan and kill the Emperor, and the two made an alliance.
Some months later, Lelouch resurfaced, claiming the title of Emperor for himself due to having killed Charles. Suzaku, now the "Knight of Zero," a mockery of Bismarck's title "Knight of One" and the rankings of the other Knights of the Round, defended Lelouch from those who attacked him physically, and Lelouch used his Geass to force the nobility to acknowledge him. Lelouch and Suzaku then went to war against the Black Knights, who had abandoned Lelouch when his identity was revealed, as well as Schneizel and the rest of the Knights. In the final battle where Lelouch seized the power of the F.L.E.I.J.A. warheads from Schneizel to force the world to bow to him, Suzaku faked his death fighting Kallen Kouzki, the ace of the Black Knights.
Lelouch claimed the entire world as his domain, but his agreement with Suzaku was that he would gather the hatred of the world upon himself so that Suzaku would kill him and dissipate that hatred. Suzaku took up the mantle of Zero and stabbed Lelouch in front of the entire world, becoming a hero without his face being known and taking up the leadership of Japan, freeing it permanently from tyranny.
Personality: Suzaku is generally friendly and kind in any situation where his life is not on the line, but when the Geass takes over, he acts with no thought to right or wrong in order to preserve himself. He is generally altruistic and well-meaning, but is also inflexible and has a hard time realizing when he is wrong. He possesses strong linear intelligence, quickly finding the best course of action in a complicated situation, but has difficulty rethinking or changing the motivations and reasons for acting in the first place. However, when he does realize his flaws, he makes a wholehearted effort to make it up to those he has wronged, and always does the right thing to the best of his knowledge and ability. Fears cats.
