Name: Duo Maxwell

Gundams: Gundam Deathscythe, Gundam Deatscythe Hell

Mobile Suits Piloted: Gundam Deathscythe, Gundam Deathscythe Hell, Space-Type Leo, Gundam Wing Zero

Age: 15

Sex: Male

Ethnicity: American

Origin: L2 Colony

Relatives: None, all family deceased

Height: 156 cm (that makes him about 5'2"!)

Weight: 43 kg (that's about 94.5 lbs!)

Eye color: Cobalt Blue

Hair: Chestnut brown

Alias: Shinigami (God of Death, the Devil, Death)

Skills: Salvage operations, knives, thievery and espionage, talking, terrorism, mass destruction.

Personality: Outgoing, empathic, a bit stubborn, and cheerful. Maniacally so, at times. Duo also possesses a surprisingly dry sense of humor, as well as a great deal of intelligence.

History For Duo Maxwell: Energetic, boisterous, and gregarious, and always wearing a provocative grin, Duo Maxwell is by far the most happy-go-lucky of the five Gundam Pilots. Being of American descent and distinguished by his waist-long hair and his black suit complete with a ministers collar, nothing ever seems to be wrong with Duo. He always manages to crack a joke out of the toughest of situations.

That, of course, doesn't mean he's some stupid clown or anything. Quite the contrary - Duo can be very serious and very emotional. He's just not as depressive or introverted and reclusive as, oh, say Hiiro and Trowa. He likes to talk. He likes to smile. He likes to laugh, and he likes to make others laugh. He fights to make others happy. He loves to be the author of any smile.

Duo, however, can be a very irrational person. A lot of times he will rush into a situation before looking or thinking twice...maybe even before looking and thinking at all. This, of course, has the tendency to land him in some pretty sticky situations. It does, however, bring further testification to the point that Duo is capable of feeling emotions.

When Duo was a young boy, the war made him an orphan. Along with other orphaned friends, to which he was sort of the leader, he used to steal food in the Colony that he lived in...it was the only way for them to eat. One day, however, they attempted to steal from a Federation camp's food supply and were caught. Fortunately, before the kids could be punished or maybe even killed, a priest that watched the whole ordeal took them into his home - the Maxwell Church. It was there that Duo received his priest's outfit and got his hair, which was always long and he refused to have it cut, braided. Duo, the priest (known only as Father) and the nun that braided his hair, Sister Helen, always used to have discussions about the presence of God. Duo didn't believe in God because He should stop the war...but he believed in Shinigami, the God of Death, since he had seen so many corpses in his lifetime. While all the other kids were eventually adopted, Duo kept being sent back because he kept starting fights and such. However, Father and Sister Helen loved Duo immensely, and whenever the kid was there, laughter could be heard ringing throughout the church's halls.

One day, however, a rebellion sprung up right next to the Maxwell Church, which of course resulted in a battle between the Federation and the rebels. The rebels, of course without permission, took refuge in the church. Father and Sister Helen attempted to calm down the rebellion and were beaten up. Duo had grown to love Father and Sister Helen, and especially the time of peace the three of them had been enjoying together. The rebellion's leader informed them that all they needed to ensure their freedom was one mobile suit....just one. So, being the masterful thief that he had learned to be, Duo agreed to sneak in and get them their mobile suit if they would leave the Maxwell Church alone and take their fighting somewhere else.

He snuck in to the Federation's base and stole a truck with a mobile suit, the whole time ignoring the gunfire aimed at him, angered and asking himself why the war had to start again, when everyone had been so happy with peace. However, when he drove up to the Maxwell Church, all he found in its place was a mountain of rubble and the dying form of Sister Helen, who told him that Father had thought only of Duo until the bitter end. She informed Duo that the Federation had arrived and destroyed the church. She talked a little more about Father, who had preached peace until it had gotten him killed. Duo, tears running down his cheeks and angered, cursed Father's stupidity. Her hand on his cheek, Sister Helen wished God to protect Duo, and then passed away. Duo threw his head back and screamed into the smoldering rubble and the army of corpses that surrounded him.

The Death toll of that rebellion was 245. In the end, it took the cooperation of the Federation and Oz forces to calm the rebellion down. The event became known as "The Maxwell Church Tragedy." Duo, once again orphaned, donned the last name Maxwell and kept his priests' outfit and always kept his hair braided.

Eventually Duo attempted to sneak onto a spacecraft, apparently hitching a ride to somewhere. He was caught and brought to the leader of the craft, Professor G. Duo struggled against the arms holding him back and demanded he be let go, and, to the surprise of everyone, Professor G. ordered his release. Professor G. was interested in Duo - after all, he was only a kid and had broken through the defenses on his ship that he had thought were flawless. And that's how Professor G., the creator of the Deathscythe, and Duo Maxwell, the God of Death, met.

Duo's phsyical brute strength is never really shown all that much in the series, so there's no way to judge how massively strong he is, like with Hiiro. He is not by any means, however, limited to power only in mobile suits. He's got as much control over his own phsyical body as any other Gundam pilot (well, maybe not as much as Hiiro or Wu Fei...)...we're just not sure if he's able to snap a metal bar in two with his pinky finger. However, using stealthy tactics and evasive techniques, he can easily complete any mission on foot.

Duo is the proud pilot of the Gundam Deathscythe. Holding a sickle and cloaked in black and gray, Deathscythe is almost exactly the chilling embodiment of all the characteristics that make the Angel of Death so intimidating....and maybe that's the reason that Duo's given himself the nickname "God of Death" (Note: "God of Death" is masked by the term "Great Destroyer" in the daytime showings of Gundam Wing on Cartoon Network. In the nighttime airings, it is again the correct "God of Death"). While Duo's the only Gundam pilot that's given himself a nickname, I must say he picked a damn good one.

Fueled dominantly by his quest to liberate the Colonies he loves so much and the prospect of being able to go home after his mission is completed, Duo continues to fight, rarely developing serious rivals with anyone. Sneaking into facilities and distracting his enemies with his patented blinding light explosives, Duo destroys everything and everyone in his way. Grudges, chivalry, integrity, revenge, pride...such things are virtually meaningless to Duo. Don't get me wrong....he's not a jerk or anything like that. He just doesn't take that kind of stuff as seriously as Hiiro Yuy, Zechs Merquise, Treize Khushrenada or Wu Fei Chang.

Duo also seems to have some sort of subconscious fascination with Hiiro Yuy. He first met Hiiro at the receiving end of the barrel of his gun...realizing that Hiiro was the pilot of the Wing Gundam, Duo then rescued Hiiro from the hospital he was currently being contained at. Ever since then, the two have bickered, rivaled, and fought...both against and with each other. It's manifest from his reactions (especially the way that Duo worries about Hiiro) that Duo considers Hiiro one of the best friends he's got. And I'm sure Hiiro feels the same way....he just doesn't want to admit it.

"THE GOD OF DEATH HAS RETURNED FROM HELL!" ~Duo Maxwell