Bartley Asprius

Bartley Asprius is a character in ''Code Geass. ''He is a large and balding Britannian General who commanded the Code R Research Team.

First Season
Bartley Asprius first appears to inform Prince Clovis la Britannia that the Code-R project has been captured by Japanese terrorists. He is then put in charge of eliminating the Japanese Resistance in the Shinjuku Ghetto as well as retrieving C.C.. However, after Lelouch vi Britannia receives his Geass and commands Kaname Ohgi's group, Bartley is shocked to see that many of their forces are being lost. He then orders his men to change channels again thinking that the Japanese are intercepting their orders.

After the assassination of Clovis, he quickly heads to his Code-R Research Team and tells them to prepare to relocate to the Narita Mountains. During his way to relocate, he is caught by Jeremiah Gottwald and was stripped of his rank. Afterwards, Bartley is sent back to Britannia as a prisoner. He subsequently returns to the military under the command of Prince Schneizel el Britannia, grateful that he saved him. He is later seen at Kamine Island along with Schneizel and Earl Lloyd Asplund. He reports to Schneizel, that he discovered a Thought Elevator that Emperor Charles zi Britannia was so fascinated with. In order to find out why, Schneizel brought Lloyd in order to use the Gawain's Druid System to decipher it. However, Zero, Suzaku Kururugi, Princess Euphemia li Britannia and Kallen Kozuki appear as the ceiling has collapsed. Recognizing that Euphemia is with them, Bartley orders the soldiers to capture Zero and Kallen in order to avoid harm to her. Their efforts are unable to stop Zero and Kallen from escaping with the Gawain, and Bartley laments that he couldn't stop them from taking it. However, he is reassured by Schneizel that it was only a prototype. He oversees Jeremiah's transformation into a cyborg and tries in vain to stop Jeremiah when he wakes up prematurely.

Second Season
He reappears after V.V. recruits Jeremiah, and is ordered by Charles to help finish Jeremiah's modifications, which he does not seem happy about. After completing his task, he expresses the desire to leave, knowing that the Emperor's plans could mean the end of the world. During the Black Knights' assault on the Geass Directorate stronghold, Bartley is killed in the attack. Before his demise, he sees C.C. and laments to the late Clovis that they should have never captured her.