RESERVE { Gino Weinberg - II of VIIexcelsOctober 2 2009, 20:39:01 UTC
HISTORY: Gino was raised on the grand, enormous Weinberg estate, located northeast of Britannia's capital of Pendragon. The estate was composed of three larger villas and one smaller building for servants; the building Gino stayed in was seperate from even his own parents. Most of the time, the only people he was ever in contact with were his servants, instructors and caretakers. Day in and day out, he was schooled, drilled and taught - academics, music, fencing, speech, ettiquette - with very little time for play. He was not permitted to leave the estate at any time, and romping was discouraged, so his free time was often spent looking out his third story bedroom window and drawing the things he saw out in the garden. Lacking friends and much purpose in life outside his parents' wish for him to marry into royalty, he was a vague and detached child, viewing his world as dull. "A bird in a cage."
At nine years old, a new servant was brought to his household: a young, Japanese woman (who, for consistency's sake, I refer to as Masuyo since Sunrise sucks and hasn't given us a name) that became a personal caretaker of his. She often shared things from the outside world with him, and gave him glimpses into the world beyond his home that he'd only ever read about. Where his world had been serious, dim, she colored it with fantasy and new ideals. In time he found her to be his first and only friend.
At fourteen, Gino fell in love with Masuyo. The two of them made plans to leave the Weinberg estate and be together elsewhere, safe from the scrutiny of nobility as well as the wages of war between Britannia and Japan. Gino's parents, however, were quick to discover the affair and had it prevented. His father beat the maid and threw her out into the streets, and both parents admonished Gino, telling him to act in a way befitting his noble status. For the next two years, Gino did nothing more than study. He completed his academics at fifteen and a half and spent the time between then and age sixteen researching Knightmare Frames, military conduct, the war.
And at sixteen he up and left his home, headed straight to the Britannian military, and signed right up. He was a grunt for six months and was so prodidgous in his training that he was promoted to the third chair in the Knights of the Round. This was, of course, just as planned, as his intent was to have a hand in changing Britannia for the better. In making it a place where there was a semblance of freedom for everyone (unfortunately he ended up being completely counter-productive to this goal until later, but Gino's not the best at planning ahead).
He was later the one assigned by the Emperor to duel Suzaku Kururugi when he was under consideration for becoming a Knight of the Round as well, and promptly got his smug ass kicked by said Suzaku. This somehow instilled him in a distinct attraction to the Eleven and from that day forward he, Suzaku and Anya became BFFS4LYF - except for the part where Suzaku kind of didn't want much to do with them at all, but we can ignore that for now.
One year later, Zero, the leader of the terrorist resistance group, The Order of the Black Knights, returned from presumably being dead. Gino and the other Knights of the Round were deployed to engage the OotBK, which never really seemed to go very well, though Gino did eventually get to meet Kallen Kouzuki, the Ace of the Black Knights. He commented upon her kicking his and Anya's ass in her Guren that she was on par with the Knights of the Round and looked forward to a rematch (he also remarked that she was his kinda lady, is anyone else getting the feeling that Gino's a bit of a masochist?). Unfortunately Kallen was captured by Li Xingke later on and much angst was had on Gino's part until he realized he could go visit her in her cell and yammer on about this and that at his leisure. Score!
At nine years old, a new servant was brought to his household: a young, Japanese woman (who, for consistency's sake, I refer to as Masuyo since Sunrise sucks and hasn't given us a name) that became a personal caretaker of his. She often shared things from the outside world with him, and gave him glimpses into the world beyond his home that he'd only ever read about. Where his world had been serious, dim, she colored it with fantasy and new ideals. In time he found her to be his first and only friend.
At fourteen, Gino fell in love with Masuyo. The two of them made plans to leave the Weinberg estate and be together elsewhere, safe from the scrutiny of nobility as well as the wages of war between Britannia and Japan. Gino's parents, however, were quick to discover the affair and had it prevented. His father beat the maid and threw her out into the streets, and both parents admonished Gino, telling him to act in a way befitting his noble status. For the next two years, Gino did nothing more than study. He completed his academics at fifteen and a half and spent the time between then and age sixteen researching Knightmare Frames, military conduct, the war.
And at sixteen he up and left his home, headed straight to the Britannian military, and signed right up. He was a grunt for six months and was so prodidgous in his training that he was promoted to the third chair in the Knights of the Round. This was, of course, just as planned, as his intent was to have a hand in changing Britannia for the better. In making it a place where there was a semblance of freedom for everyone (unfortunately he ended up being completely counter-productive to this goal until later, but Gino's not the best at planning ahead).
He was later the one assigned by the Emperor to duel Suzaku Kururugi when he was under consideration for becoming a Knight of the Round as well, and promptly got his smug ass kicked by said Suzaku. This somehow instilled him in a distinct attraction to the Eleven and from that day forward he, Suzaku and Anya became BFFS4LYF - except for the part where Suzaku kind of didn't want much to do with them at all, but we can ignore that for now.
One year later, Zero, the leader of the terrorist resistance group, The Order of the Black Knights, returned from presumably being dead. Gino and the other Knights of the Round were deployed to engage the OotBK, which never really seemed to go very well, though Gino did eventually get to meet Kallen Kouzuki, the Ace of the Black Knights. He commented upon her kicking his and Anya's ass in her Guren that she was on par with the Knights of the Round and looked forward to a rematch (he also remarked that she was his kinda lady, is anyone else getting the feeling that Gino's a bit of a masochist?). Unfortunately Kallen was captured by Li Xingke later on and much angst was had on Gino's part until he realized he could go visit her in her cell and yammer on about this and that at his leisure. Score!
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