Years later, Lelouch is in high school, but regularly skips out of school to go play chess and gamble on himself. A Britannian who was living in Japan at the time, Lelouch, vowed to his Japanese friend Suzaku that he'd destroy Britannia. Japan is now referred to as Area 11, and its people the 11's. The Empire of Britannia has invaded Japan using giant robot weapons called Knightmare Frames. After being given a mysterious power to control others, an outcast prince becomes the masked leader of the rebellion against an all powerful empire