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Δ CHARACTER Δ

In the year A.C 180, a boy was born on colony L2 V08-774.

What happened after that was a mystery.

Duo's earliest memories were not of a loving family, but of living as an orphan on the streets of the L2 colony, namely with a gang of other orphaned children and their leader, a boy simply known as Solo. It was Solo who gave him the name, and Solo that kept him protected.

But being an orphan meant he would be no stranger to tragedy, and before long a plague struck the colony. Rich and well off residents of the colony were able to quickly and easily acquire a vaccine to save themselves, but the poor, destitute and homeless were left to die.

Duo tried to steal some of the vaccine, but failed, and Solo died in his arms. Duo moved on after that and rallied his own group of orphans, often leading them on raids of the various food stores and grocer carts in order to get what they needed to survive.

Unfortunately Duo got too bold for his own good. Tired of the military occupation on the colony and how they treated the less than fortunate, he decided to stage a raid on a military installation in order to get in to their food and supply stores. It went poorly, and they wound up having to run while the military, uncaring of the fact that they were children, began to shoot at them. When the returned to their hide out, it was promptly raided by the very same military personnel that had spotted them. The kids were round up and put in to the orphanage owned by the Maxwell Church, run by Father Maxwell and Sister Helen.

Eventually all the orphaned children were placed in foster homes, except for Duo who kept getting sent back. Father Maxwell commented that little Duo reminded him of himself at that age, and understood just how hard it was for him to adjust to his new life. From then on the church and orphanage was Duo's permanent home.

It was said that there was always laughter in the church after that, but the happiness was not to last. Fighting on the colony broke out, and a terrorist group held the orphanage hostage, demanding a mobile suit, a large piece of mobile fighting equipment used primarily in war, in payment. Duo, dismayed and angered at their behavior and the fighting they'd brought to a place that was supposed to be a peaceful sanctuary, promised to retrieve a mobile suit for them under the terms that they would leave the church and take their fighting elsewhere.

Duo succeeded in this dangerous task, but it was in vain. The Alliance came down on the terrorist faction and indiscriminately destroyed the church. Everyone inside, including Father Maxwell and Sister Helen perished, leaving Duo the only survivor of the tragedy.

Heart broken, crushed at his loss, he moved on, taking with him three things that became the most important objects in his destitute life: his long, braided hair that Sister Helen had taught him how to do, a small silver cross on a chain that was also a gift from Helen, and his priest's outfit that was a gift from Father Maxwell. With that, he also finally claimed a last name in memory of that place, and a nickname for all the death he'd seen in his life. He was no longer an orphan named Duo, but Duo Maxwell, the Shinigami, or 'God of Death'.

He fell back quickly on old habits, stealing to survive and living on the streets, but from time to time still got himself caught. It seemed no prison could truly hold one as crafty as Duo, though, and he rarely stayed in one place for very long.

Eventually he stowed away on a ship run by Professor G. The ship was part of a sweeper salvage group and had some of the highest security of any vessel in space. That in mind, Professor G was impressed by Duo's tenacity and ability to get past his security systems with such ease. Declaring that he 'may run and hide but never tell a lie' to the professor, Duo was hired on the spot to become another one of the Sweepers he employed.

Duo was placed on the original Operation Meteor, a plan to send five special mobile suits known as Gundams with pilots to cause a colony to crash to Earth and descend with the plan to take over in the ensuing chaos. Having grown attached to the Gundam they had built, and knowing the plan of a mass genocide was just wrong, he decided Deathscythe shouldn't be used for such a thing and tried to sabotage the mission.

Professor G found him before he was able to detonate the explosives he'd planted, and instead gave him a new ultimatum: steal Gundam Deathscythe and exact revenge on OZ on his own terms as the true God of Death. He agreed, unaware that he was one of five pilots that had been trained and given the exact same instructions from their respective professors and doctors involved in the Operation Meteor project.

He descended to Earth discretely around the same time as the other pilots and went in to hiding, waiting patiently for a sign when he could make his first move. Staying with a friend of Professor G only known as Howard, he hung out on Howard's salvaging ship on the ocean, biding his time.

Eventually he did meet up with the other pilots, their interactions often awkward and uncertain as it was difficult to tell who was on which side, and who was really wanting to take their revenge on OZ. Several times loyalties were tested amongst them, but Duo always did his best to stay true to his word, keeping with his 'I never tell a lie' motto. Many battles were fought, some against OZ and Rommafeller, some against each other, but with these battles further understanding amongst the five of them was found.

In the end they were able to come together, a common goal finally decided in the need to defeat the forces oppressing both the Earth and the space colonies, and with their Gundams and their piloting skills, they put an end to the long and deadly war that had been raging for so long. Peace was found, but with it, there was no longer a need for soldiers like Duo and his friends. Despite the friendships that had been built during that long year, Duo found himself alone and wandering once more.

He returned to salvaging work, as well other odd jobs like making deliveries and helping out Howard and the remaining Sweepers (since Professor G had sacrificed himself along with the other doctors and professors in the final battle board Libra) when he could. Several times he wound up dodging attempts on his life, and found through various channels that the other pilots were having similar problems, especially Quatre Winner. Quatre had taken over his father's company, Winner Enterprises, and put himself front and center in the world of industry, making him a publicly known figure even after being a Gundam pilot.

It was Quatre's idea to send the Gundams in to the sun to destroy them completely in hopes of stopping the assassination attempts. Only four of the five agreed, Chang Wufei being oddly reluctant to give up his Gundam Altron. Putting their Gundams on an auto-piloted ship with a course set for the sun, they thought they would be saying goodbye to fighting forever.

However any hopes for that were dashed when a young girl claiming to be the daughter of late military activist Treize Khushrenada appeared and declared war on the entire Earth Sphere Alliance, claiming that they did not yet 'deserve peace'. Her grandfather, Dekim Barton, had been on the original Operation Meteor, and still had the power to drop a colony on to Earth and restart the war that had been ended nearly a year previous. With Heero Yuy and Trowa Barton (no actual relation to Dekim) they were able to infiltrate and stop the colony from dropping. Meaning, Wufei, having felt even more lost during the time of peace, actually joined with Marimeia Khushrenada's army and eventually engaged Heero in battle with their Gundams in an attempt to find his true purpose.

Once the battle was over, Duo assisted in driving back Marimeia's forces on Earth while Heero went to confront the girl herself. He was able to break through her bunker using the power of Gundam Wing Zero and destroy most of it in the process, and with additional assitance from Relena Darlan and Lady Une, convince Marimeia that she didn't need to continue the war. Unfortunately Dekim, who was driven to do just that, snapped mentally and shot the girl, only to be shot in turn by a Preventer agent under the guise of one of Marimeia's soldiers. The would-be war was averted.

Duo, Quatre, and Trowa took their Gundams, using self district to destroy them completely, once and for all. Heero and Wufei did the same, only in separate places, sticking to their loner attitudes even after all they had been through. Despite this, none of them denied that true friendships had finally been forged through the fires that brought along peace.

Feeling released from his burden as a pilot and a soldier, Duo returned to his life as a salvage mechanic, opening his own shop. At least until a whole new world beckoned him away from home...

Δ PERSONALITY Δ

For one who has seen so much death in his nearly 17 years of life, Duo hides it, and the pain he carries, very well. Like night and day, there truly seems to be a duality to Duo's personality.

One side takes on that of the often hyper, usually loud, very open friend and companion. A pat on the back, a touch on the shoulder, he likes to be there for his friends and let them know that he is, even if they themselves don't particularly care for such affections. He's a connoisseur of bad jokes, likes to make people laugh even if it's just at his own hyper stupidity, and does what he can to make people around him feel better if they are down. As taxing as his near-constant exuberance can be on others who are naturally calmer than him, his natural charisma makes him fairly popular wherever he goes.

The other side is that of darkness, of the "God of Death" he allowed himself to become in order to avenge the deaths of those near an dear to him, and to stop the war that was continuing to kill so many. To this end, he is a soldier, able to move in swift and silent, complete his work, and fade out as a shadow.

Though willing to make friends, he keeps his relationships at arms length to a certain extent, unwilling to let them in to his heart too much. He knows from experience that anyone can be taken, regardless of who they are, what they do, or how many years they've lived. He also does not trust easily, as betrayal was a common thing living out on the streets. This in mind, he views his own life as a fluke, and once upon a time it was that fluke that allowed him to do the dirty work needed to bring about peace.

For all this, he has decided that if he can still laugh, and in turn make others laugh, his fluke of a life is not without meaning.

Δ PARTNER Δ

Duo's PicoDevimon sounds like he very well may be a transplant straight out of sunny California. Having spent most of his time on the beaches of Aroxyi, he appears to have picked up quite a bit of surfer lingo and speech patterns, which is odd enough for a digimon that's little more than a ball with wings and feet.

Yet some how he pulls it off with such words as 'brah' and 'babe' in his vocabulary as well as an extensive collection of phrases (like 'he totally biffed it!'). PicoDevimon might not actually be able to surf himself, but he manages to know the culture and the sport almost as well as some humans.

However shallow this may make his personality seem, he's actually a very reliable, decent digimon, capable of having intelligent and well thought out conversations with people when the moment strikes him. Being as laid back as he is, he tends to also be very reasonable. While he may not sound like it, his advice is usually very solid, and if a person or digimon is willing to listen, he can often talk them out of doing something incredibly stupid.

Unfortunately high stress people bother him. He simply can't deal with them, and when he's stressed it shows. He goes quiet and will often refuse to talk to anyone in the area until the one responsible for such negative feelings leaves. If it persists long enough, he'll be the one to walk out. This, thankfully, makes it that Duo and him get along quite well, their laid back and outgoing personalities meshing quite well, but where as Duo will want to play peacemaker, PicoDevimon would rather stay out. This also means that he's not exact a great fighter, either, but he will jump in and do what he can if its to protect his tamer.

Δ RELATIONSHIPS Δ

Dani Fenton • Jinx • Maddie Fenton

Δ LINKS Δ

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Digital Dive

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