Now looking at things I think that some elements of The Life and Death(s) of Charlie Nash will be placed into the canon, while some will not be. The book is made to pick up from after the UDON Charlie vs Bison fight, BUUUUUUT, that doesn't mean some elements (the Gill, Kolin, Urien and Illuminati connection, his history) wont make it inside. Now that they quietly confirmed storymode of sorts, and a while back they said Charlie would be playing a huge role plotwise, I think some of the elements will make it in. If one thing is true, we've all see his 3rd eye Opal, and the statue in his character art, I can't see them not including the Illuminati over the course of this game.