Duo Maxwell

'"Anyone who sees me has got a date with his maker."

Duo Maxwell is a strange sort of man for a terrorist. He is fun-loving and happy-go-lucky, despite being an orphaned at a very early age on L2-V08744. As a street kid, he had one close friend Solo, who died due to an epidemic disease and being shot. He named himself Duo in memory of his friend, meaning they would always be together as a duo. Later, the Maxwell Church lead by Father Maxwell and Sister Helen, took in Duo. Soon, they died in an event that would be called as the Maxwell Church Tragedy. To show his respect for the two people and to remember the most stable time of his life, he named himself Duo Maxwell. He is very cheerful, jolly and optimistic person. He's always smiling and joking around to make people laugh, to hide the. A rather serious pilot, he is the one who is always wearing a very disarming grin on his face. He also is very talkative, which not everyone seems to appreciate. Currently the pilot of the Gundam Deathscythe, Gundam-02 during Operation Meteor, which is a vicious close-ranged stealth unit. Duo styles himself after the reaper look that Deathscythe sports, calling himself the God of Death, additionally, he is a member of the Sweepers, a group of salvagers.

=Background Information= Born February 2nd, NCA-103 on Colony L2-V08744, one of the worst colonies ever built. However, his earliest memories are of him living on the streets and being a war orphan. A boy called Solo took him into his group of homeless orphans. Duo and Solo became good friends, and as Solo and some other orphans got sick or sicker from an epidemic disease, Duo went to search for medicine to help them. However, when Duo found the medicine, and by the time he got back to Solo and the others, he was too late. Solo had died, including others that were in Solo’s group, and Duo blames himself for their deaths.

After Solo died, Duo took his first name, to remember his best friend. For the next few years, Duo and the other war orphans ran the streets of L2-V08744, stealing to survive. However, in NCA-110, they were caught and taken to different orphanages, while Duo and a few went to the Maxwell Church Orphanage. There, they meet Father Maxwell and Sister Helen. Over the next year, those who Duo grew up with were adopted while Duo was not. Soon, Duo and 242 other children were left at the orphanage. Duo was also a trouble maker, getting into fights at school be cause he smelt funny, and he was called a girl cause it was long.

Sister Helen held Duo, informed him that he did not smell, and also braided his hair, to which he has kept braided. Duo was also asked if he believed in God, and he responded that “the only god I believe in is the God of Death, because he has seen a lot of death.” Duo was happy for the first time in a long time. Sister Helen and Father Maxwell played a large role in the childhood of Duo, acting in parental roles they cared for him, even though they were not his real parents. However, all of this happiness came to a crashing halt the following year, NCA-111.

During the One Year War, in NCA-111, a pro-Zeon Terrorist group assaulted the Maxwell Church and held those inside hostage. They demanded a mobile suit to be delivered to them, or they would kill the hostages. Duo who was there when this happened said that he would get them a suit, if they promised to let the hostages go. The terrorist agreed, and Duo ran to the EFA base, snuck into it and grabbed a GM Mobile Suit and stole it while being fired at by the guards. Upon Duo's arrival back at the church, he saw the place in ruins, and found Sister Helen dying. When he approached her, she informed him of how they were worried about Duo and that Father Maxwell stood there and begged for them not to fight and he died trying to stop them. Duo looked on as she died in his arms, right after she gave him the cross that she wore. The incident would later be known as the Maxwell Church Tragedy, which resulted in the death of 245 people, with Duo being the sole survivor, and only 8 years old.

The EFA arrived as well and imprisoned Duo for an unspecified amount of time, since he stole a mobile suit form their base on L2-V08744. They took the bodies and buried them, after informing the public that the terrorist were promoting the ways of Zeon. Meanwhile, Duo spent an unknown amount of time locked up and blamed himself for not being there when his home was destroyed. He was later released and he simply disappeared into the various colonies, stealing to survive, and doing odd jobs. That was until he snuck onto a ship and was found.

In NCA-115, when Duo was 12, he snuck into the ship of Professor G, the creator of the Gundam Deathscythe, and the Sweeper Group. When he was discovered by the crew, Professor G, who is impressed the boy managed to sneak past his "perfect" security system, to which Duo answered by saying that he can get past any security system. When asked what his name was, Duo responded with "Duo Maxwell," and Professor G responded with "Maxwell as in Maxwell's Demon?" and Duo's response was, “I'm no demon, I'm the God of Death." After this exchange, Duo told his story to Professor G, who offered to train him to be Death, with the Gundam Deathscythe.  Duo accepted and for the next three years, till NCA-118, when Operation Meteor was to occur.

When Duo fully learned what Operation Meteor was, he originally wanted to sabotage Operation: Meteor and destroy Deathscythe... However, Professor G, the creator of Deathscythe, made a nice counterproposal: rather than destroy it, steal it, become the God of Death, and inflict revenge on Earth Federation on his terms. Just before he left Duo admitted that if he was the God of Death then Professor G would be Pestilence. It turned out Professor G let him take it because he also objected to the true Operation Meteor.

Duo is a member of the scavenger organization known as the Sweeper Group, which sent him to Earth to battle Oz. Despite the hardships he's suffered in his young life, and the seriousness of his mission, Duo is always cheerful and good-natured. But when he goes into battle as pilot of the Gundam Deathscythe, striking from the shadows with its lethal beam scythe, he truly earns his nickname "God of Death."

On the outside, Duo Maxwell seems laid back, casual, talkative, a bit boisterous, and almost easygoing with quite the sense of humor. He uses this to hide the pain that he has grown up with and the fact that he blames himself for the deaths of those who get too close to him.

Currently, he is on Earth, trying to stop the Orb Union, since they dropped a colony on New York City, and is enrolled at Jindai High School, although rather this is a temporary or not remains yet to be seen.

=Personality Traits= There are three adjectives that help describe Duo Maxwell. These would be Cheerful, Jolly and Optimistic. Duo is a cheerful person, and he is always smiling. He is always looking at the worst of things, and puts some light to it to help cheer people up. For jolly, he is always joking about something and trying to make people laugh, and tries to keep them cheerful in a time when War and Death are strong. Lastly for being optimistic, Duo always has a very good outcome on things and he keeps this, even when things are at there worst. He is one of the least serious pilots and is always wearing a very disarming grin.

A quote that would help in showing this is when he is talking to Noin and Sally Po in Endless Waltz as he and Heero are making a run into the Colony to save Relena. "I'll think about it when the time comes. We don’t want to be late for the party.  See ya.  PS, Don't be upset if we don't leave any food for you."  This is his way of looking at the worst of things and putting some light and humor into it, and not making the dark look to dark, but more gray. He loves to joke and he's always smiling and joking around to make people laugh, this way, he can keep people happy in this time when War and Death is strong. Among the other, rather serious pilots, he is the one who is always wearing a very disarming grin on his face. He also is very talkative, which not everyone seems to appreciate, and he is very easy to make friends with.

His general outlook on life is that of being happy and cheerful, even in the dark times. He feels, like the other Gundam Pilots or Gundam Boys that the Colonies and humanity need to be kept safe during the time of war, and that is why he is a Gundam Pilot and the pilot of the Deathscythe. The line "For the peace of the colonies, I'd gladly become Shinigami." He is saying that he will become Shinigami (can also be translated into Death, The Devil or The God of Death) if it means that the people of the Colonies, and later those on Earth will be safe. He does not want to take the lives of people unless he has to.

Duo feels that the War is not worth it and the lose that has happened since the war has started. This quote is probably the best, in my mind, that explains how he feels towards wars. "Wars take many lives away. People never forget the grief, but they also never stop the fighting.  Streams of blood and tears are only an ornament for their destructive ritual."  With this quote, he explains that wars are never going to end and that no matter what happens, or what he does, wars will continue. This is very close to him, as he relates this to the Maxwell Church Tragedy. The lost of his only home and family that he could remember and how they loved him, no matter what trouble he got into. He also does this, to remember them and to make sure others do not have to go through what he did. This is why he also wears the priest's collar around his neck, to show respect for Father Maxwell. I would say that he feels that everyone deserves a chance at redeeming, and he is going to do just that, by helping people.

=Talents & Abilities= Duo Maxwell is an expert pilot when it comes to the piloting of his best friend, the Gundam Deathscythe. He is not really aggressive, although when he is fighting an enemy, he can be extreme in his fighting style, wanting to get the job done quickly. He is not really a defensive fighter, unless he has to be, since he is more offensive, and is able to get into places others are not able to. He has a lot of spirit, often talking to his Gundam and treating him like a best friend and companion. Duo likes to be up close and personal a majority of the time; however, he will fight form range if he absolutely has to. Duo specializes in just one mobile suit, that is the XXXG-01D Gundam Deathscythe, and he can pilot his buddy with his eyes close. Especially since he has been training and piloting with Deathscythe, since NCA-115 when he found Professor G, the Sweeper Group and Deathscythe.

Some resources that Duo has access to, would be the Sweepers, a neutral organization is dedicated to salvage the remains of battles or the debris from space. They are affiliated with none of the major powers in the Earth sphere and thus don’t take part in battles. Known members of this group are Gundam pilot Duo Maxwell and Howard, who operates in space from his giant ship Peacemillion.

Due to being an orphan and a member of the Sweepers, Duo is an expert salvager and a extremely good thief. The salvaging skills come from his thieving abilities, which he learn while growing up on Colony L2-V08744 as an orphan. Additionally, he is able to hack into computer systems and sneak into bases, since he was able to sneak into Professor G’s ship without setting off any of the security systems, which is how he became the pilot of Deathscythe