Quatre Raberba Winner

Military Affiliation: Gundam Pilot
Age:  15
Ethnic origin:  Arabic
Place of origin: L4 colony cluster
Height: 156 cm
Weight: 41 kg
Eye color:  Blue
Hair color: Platinum gold
Mobile Suit:  Sandrock; for a while Wing Zero

As the only pacifist of the  Gundam pilots, Quatre is unusually kind for a Gundam pilot. He is the only son of the wealthy Winner family, with 29 older sisters and a stern, yet pacifist father who disapproves of his piloting Sandrock in battle. Though Quatre himself abhors violence, he has a strong conviction to fight to protect those around him. While Quatre ruthlessness of his fellow Gundam pilots, he is much more strategically minded out of the group, has almost unlimited cash, and a troop of loyal followers called the Maguanauts at his disposal. His gentle personality and abilities quickly wins over his fellow Gundam pilots, and soon be comes the unspoken leader of the pilots.  His Sandrock mobile suit, loyal army, and his fighting and strategic abilities quickly become an undeniable asset to the Gundams objectives.

To be honest, I wasn't totally into Quatre's character at first, it seemed a little hypocritical to be blowing up mobile suits while talking about pacifism.  When we first meet Quatre, he is in a battle trying to sell surrender to an army that just wasn't buying.  But it didn't take long for him to become one of our favorite pilots.  Growing up in a highly sheltered environment with 29 sisters (most of which he either doesn't remember or hadn't met) with a staunch pacifist father could explain his kind and even lonely demeanor.  However, all that changed a little when his father lost a disagreement with the military and one of his sister's gave her life to save Quatre in the incident.  This enraged Quatre to the breaking point, which led to the creation of Wing Zero, the first Gundam with the Zero system.

Partially due to his anger, and falling under the control of the Zero system, Quatre started down the road to non-pacifism by systematically destroying several colonies and nearly destroying Heero and Trowa.  After coming to his senses, the Zero system was something he wanted to avoid completely.  Still professing pacifism, Heero and Quatre aided the defense of the Sanq Kingdom to save lives, much to the disagreement of Relena Peacecraft.  With Heero's help he returned to space and the Zero system to understand his true battle potential.  In the process, he was introduced in a rather aggressive fashion to Dorothy (the niece to the head of the Romefeller foundation) and her true intentions.

For some, it may take a while for Quatre to grow on some people, but when he does you'll find he is one of the coolest characters on the Gundam Wing series.  He may not be an aggressive psychopath like some of the pilots, but that is part of his charm.  He's what we call a realistic pacifist.  Someone who despises war but understands when it is time to stand and fight for what you believe in and to protect those around you.  And beyond that, he has one of the best personalities of the group.

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