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"Don't go getting me angry....not if you value your life!"
Name: Duo Maxwell
Age: 15
Gender: Male
Weight: 42kg
Hight: 156cm
Nationality: American
Home: L2 colony
Family: none, orphan
Occupation: mechanic and salvage operations, also worked in field crops
Mobile Suit: Deathscythe, Deathscythe HELL
Cool Quotes: "After all these killings today, I think I should hold a party!"
"Who ever sees me has a date with their maker!"
Info:
Duo was not a native of Colony V08744 (one of the L-2 colonies), but "wandered" there by himself, presumably as a stowaway, when he was seven. There he met up with a group of street kids orphaned by the war. The oldest boy, Solo, was their leader. A virus swept the colony, and the Federation quickly came up with a cure for themselves and the colonists who could afford to buy it. But no medicine was provided to the homeless children, and Solo was dying. So Duo, an enterprising seven year old, stole some from a hospital. Unfortunately, it was too late for Solo. He told Duo that he wished they could have spent more time together. Duo was touched, since no one had cared about him before. He said they would be together always, and decided his own name would be Duo. He intended to die with Solo, having no particular reason to live, and having stolen enough medicine for everyone but himself. But he didn't catch the virus, which he attributed to Solo's spirit watching over him, and he was accepted as leader of the children.
As for his last name, when he was taken in by the priest and Sister Helen, he became known as "Maxwell Church's Duo." On this poor colony, many people didn't have last names, and there was nothing unusual about Duo's case. After the massacre, he took the name "Duo Maxwell." So he himself chose both his first and last names, in memory of and tribute to those who had cared about him, as well as choosing the name "Shinigami" which he called himself when he first met Professor G, before his Gundam had even been built.
Colony V08744 was very poor. Unlike on other colonies, many nationalities lived there together. So there were communication problems and cultural differences that caused conflict. Discontent led to periodic rebellion against the Federation army. Of course the Federation cracked down hard on them, making it a colony of poverty, hardship, and despair. Even water was rationed, and poor people such as the priest and Sister Helen could only obtain enough to drink. For washing and other purposes, they collected rain and snow. Remember that Sister Helen wanted to cut off Duo's long hair because it was unsanitary. And they could only wash their clothes about once a month. That's why the children taunted Duo, saying he smelled dirty. When Sister Helen said he didn't, she must have been lying.
Duo went to a school run by the Federation army. The children of soldiers and Federation officials wore uniforms, and the colonist children didn't. The school was open to colonist children in order to brainwash them with Federation propaganda. Duo was the top student in his class, but he was always getting into trouble because he wouldn't look up to the Federation children or let them push him around, and the teachers invariably sided with the children whose parents ran the school. The priest was always being called in. But he told Duo, "I don't care how many times I have to go there and apologize. Don't worry about it, just go to school tomorrow and do your best."
By the way, the spaceship that Howard and Professor G had just salvaged and were talking about near the end of Duo's Episode Zero would later be named the Peacemillion.
Little-Little Washu's comments!
Duo's life seems pretty messed up, eh? Well, I can certanly say that not only does the past make perfect, it also makes this kid the greatest pilot in Gundam Wing!! His social skills are great, (just like mine) and his choice in clothing rocks as well. I would gladly help this little cutie save the universe, but I think Hilde and Mina-sama would get horribly jealous!