Pre-series timeline question

[otakukeith.livejournal.com]

I'm starting an AU fanfic in which Lelouch dies before the start of the series, and I'm trying to figure out the sequence of events with respect to Lelouch, Suzaku and Nunnally between the beginning of the Britannian invasion and their parting.

It seems from some of the dialogue that Suzaku killed his father before parting with the other two, because he says something like "I wanted to tell Lelouch..." over an image of the two sitting together before they parted. What isn't clear is how this fits with the timeline: did they make it to a Japanese military base where Suzaku killed Genbu, then they went their separate ways? If anyone knows of supplementary information, e.g. from the tie-in novels, that can shed any light on this, it'd be much appreciated.

(For the curious, the fanfic will be titled Code Geass: Nunnally of the Liberation and feature Nunnally getting a Geass after living with the Sumeragi family for 7 years, Nunnally/Suzaku, and Nina falling for a different person after the hoteljacking.)

Comments

[otakukeith.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'd noticed that there seemed to be a different version of events for Genbu's death in every different version of the story. In the series, it seems to be pretty well established that Suzaku killed him during the invasion, not before, so that's the version I'll use, and it sounds like I can be flexible in my assumptions of when that actually happened.

[sabonasi.livejournal.com]

Yeah, you definitely have flexibility. Stage 0: Entrance and Stage 0.543 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7thxap6Q2o) pretty much directly contradict each other. If you want to go with Suzaku killing Genbu during the invasion, then I'd recommend ignoring the light novels and going with the picture dramas/sound episodes. The PDs & SEs for the first season are all consistent with the series proper (and each other), from what I can tell.

Anyway, in both versions, Suzaku killed Genbu before parting ways with Lelouch & Nunnally. The difference is how far before.