Duo Maxwell

Age: 15
Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Birthplace: L2 Colony Cluster
Height: 156 cm
Weight: 43 kg
Eye color: Cobalt Blue
Hair Color: Brown
Alias: God of Death (dubbed in the daytime showings: The Great Destroyer)
Mobile Suits most used: Gundam Deathscythe/Deathscythe Hell
Mobile Suits used: Space type Leo, Wing Zero

Duo Maxwell. Ah, Duo Maxwell. Where would the show be without the "Shiny little Shinigami" (give credit to Tracy Ellen)? He's the Gundam pilot always with a smile on his face, and being happy-go-lucky. He ALWAYS manages to get a joke out of any situation. Always wearing a waist-long braid and a black priest uniform that he recieved as a kid, he is the God of Death.

Sure, he may be the joker of the group, but that certainly doesn't mean that he's a complete idiot. He's just as devoted as the other pilots, just that he isn't so cold or emotionless as the other pilots (except for Quatre). But he's sort of a rushing person. He doesn't think too often when he goes into battle, which can make him get into some bad situations, but he usually gets out of them with little or no damage (except for the time when he attacked those mobile dolls when he got into space. Talk about irony). But whenever he needs ammo or repairs, he turns back to his friends at the Sweeper group, which he's been with ever since he got his faithful Deathscythe (actually they MADE the Deathscythe).

In Episode Zero, Duo was a little kid living in the streets of the L2 colony Cluster. He was an orphan (unlike the other pilots) and could only steal to eat. He and his group was caught one day while stealing some food from a Federation camp. But fortunately, a priest saw the whole thing and took them in to a church with a familiar name - The Maxwell Church. There the group lived for some time and eventually had permanent homes, but little Duo didn't. He was sent back constantly and often because he started fights and such. But it seems as if he was much better there. The church was full of laughter all the time he was there. The priest, with no specific name except for just Father, took very good care of him, much like Duo's own father. Sister Helen braided Duo's hair since he didn't want his long hair cut, since it was the only thing that reminded Duo of his life on the streets. In the church they always had long discusstions about God, but Duo never believed in him since if he did so many good things then why didn't he end the war Duo was in? Rather he believed in the god of Death, Shinigami, from seeing the horrible images of the war and the corpses.

But one day the church was in a battle between the rebels and the federation. The rebels took refuge in the church and without permission. The church tried to calm them down, but to no avail. The leader of the rebels, fortunately, told them if they could get just one mobile suit they would promise to get the battle out of the area and ensure their freedom. Just one mobile suit... And with Duo's great theivery skills he accepted the job.

With great stealth and agility, Duo snuck into the federation base and snatched the suit. He jumped in the truck and drove away, ignoring the bullets being shot at him. But when he made it to the church... A pile of rubble was all that was left. He saw a dying body of Sister Helen and ran up to it. slowly dying before him she said that Father was only thinking of Duo until the very end. Duo, with tears running down his cheeks, listened to more of the tragic story. With her last breath, she prayed to god to protect Duo, and then passed away. Duo, sobbing and enraged with anger, screamed amist the rubble and dead corpes around him.

The total Death toll was 245. The tragic incident was called "The Maxwell Church Tragedy". Duo still wears his priest uniform and keeping his hair braided, now becoming the God of Death. But still keeping his charming smile, his mask of cheerfulness hiding the war-torn tragedy-strucken little child inside of him.