[center]The date was August 10, 2010 of the imperial calendar. 

	Rights to Japan's underground resources had become a hotly disputed issue straining the already deep rooted diplomatic tensions between Japan and the Holy Empire of Britannia. Sakuradite, a vital natural resource, was located in tremendous quantities in Japan. Though the far east island nation held fast to its neutrality, it also controlled nearly 70% of the worlds supply of Sakuradite. Slowly they began to abuse their position to leverage power and gain economic prosperity.

	And for their efforts the Holy Britannian Empire declared war. 

	In the deciding battle for the mainland, Britannian forces introduced into combat their latest weapon. 

	The humanoid autonomous armored knight known as the "Knightmare Frame".

	Britannia's forces were far stronger then anticipated and the Knightmares obliterated the Japanese line of defense on the mainland with little effort. In less than a month Japan had been completely conquered and with its fall Britannian loomed as one of the only three superpowers. 

	Japan became a dominion of the Empire. 

	The country was stripped of its freedom, its rights, and its name.

	Area 11.

	The defeated and once proud nation of Japan was rechristened with a mere number. 

	Yet no sooner was it conquered did Britannia turn its eyes elsewhere seeking to further its reach and continue its campaign of conquest in other lands. As Britannia began to rebuild and develop their new dominion to fuel their military machine, they became blind to the danger lurking in the small nation. Completely unaware that one day someone would rise up to fight them, to challenge them, to [i]destroy them.[/i]

	But that was merely was was [i]supposed[/i] to happen.[/center]
[hr][center] Several months earlier something happened that changed everything.

	The most beloved wife of the Holy Britannian Emperor, Marianne vi Britannia, had been targeted for assassination. 

	Marianne was meant to be killed. Gunned down in the quiet of her own home while carrying her own daughter. Her gruesome death would lead to the exile of her children and the creation of a man who would stop at nothing to see the complete and total annihilation of Britannia...

	But she did not die.

	Security that was supposed to have been decreased had actually been tightened against Marianne's wishes. The assassins were found before they could carry out their plan. Though the assassins were either killed or took their own lives, their very presence left evidence for the Emperor to deduce who was the culprit behind the incident.

	His own brother, V.V.

	As children the Emperor had made a contract with his brother, who had come into a possession of a strange power. They swore to create a world devoid of lies. 

	Yet V.V was a hypocrite. 

	V.V had lied to his own flesh and blood. He denied trying to kill Marianne when in reality he had plotted her death out of nothing more then petty jealousy. 

	So the Emperor cast down his brother and sought to destroy him. 

	The organization V.V controlled, the Geass Order, became split. One half remained loyal to him and the other to the Emperor in the hopes the leader prior to V.V would one day make her return. 

	V.V fled and disappeared with his half of the Geass Order.

	And thus Marianne survived. 

	The boy who was meant to be exiled instead grew up to be a cunning and ruthless Britannian prince.

	And Japan's savior, the destroy of Britannia, would never come to be.[/center]
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	But with one change always comes more. 

	On September 7th, 2010 information no one was meant to know was exposed to seemingly random lower-class civilians within the Britannian populace. 

	The spread of the information would prove disastrous to the Emperor's plans and thus he rushed to contain the information through whatever means possible. 

	Countless innocents were killed to bury the secret as it was impossible to know just who the information had been shared with. Yet with enough killing the leak was plugged and the secret that had been revealed was once again buried.

	Following the massacre the event was covered up. Disguised as a viscious terrorist attack aimed at the heart of Britannia itself. 

	Later known as the "Bloody 7th" the massacre could only be refuted by those that were there and bore witness to what happened.

	Those who came forth with evidence or accounts to the contrary ended up ‘disappearing’ until only the silent witnesses remained.

	Though they did not speak or even fully understood why the massacre took place, they knew who was responsible. Over time they came to question and eventually to [i]hate[/i] Britannia.