Knightmare Profile

Late in the war between Japan and the Holy Britannia Empire, Emperor Charles di Britannia is killed and his throne usurped by his wayward son Lelouch, formerly the terrorist known as Zero. This leads to a split between the Britannian forces who supported Lelouch and those who followed the late Charles. In the initial battle, Knight of Three Gino Weinberg sides against Lelouch, and is defeated in battle by his former friend, Lelouch's Knight of Zero, Suzaku Kururugi. His personal Knightmare, the RZA-3F9 Tristan, is badly damaged, leaving Gino with time to soul-search. When he decides to join the Black Knights and continue fighting Lelouch, Black Knights engineer Rakshata Chawla repairs the Tristan for him. Since most of the original machine is still intact, the biggest changes to the redubbed Tristan Divider are the modified head, the substitution of an Air Glide Wing System for the original Float System, and a new pair of weapons. These swords, made from the RZA-1A Galahad's bifurcated Excalibur, still retain the original's great power, at one point breaking through the Type-0/0A Shinkirou's battleship-class defense. Gino uses his new Tristan Divider to fight Suzaku once more in the decisive battle over Mount Fuji; though hopelessly outclassed, Gino is still able to disable Damocles' Blaze Luminous shields, allowing Kallen Kouzuki's Type-02/F1Z Guren SEITEN to enter the battle.