Donquixote Homing

Donquixote Homing is the deceased father of Doflamingo and Rosinante. A former World Noble of the Donquixote Family, he withdrew from his position and left Mariejois, in order to live a normal life with his family. He was killed by his ten year old son Doflamingo.

Appearance
He was a tall man, with light colored curly hair styled in the traditional way of the Celestial Dragons. He sported an impressive mustache, and, unlike his amoral brethren, possessed remarkably kind facial features. He wore the garb typical of a World Noble during his tenure at Mariejois, but switched to ordinary clothing upon renouncing his status, and also lowered his hair from the World Noble's style. His garments became increasingly tattered and dirty whilst living on the run in the North Blue.

Personality
Unlike the typical World Nobles, Homing did not show any sign of arrogance and viewed himself as a human being, like all normal people. He was humble and wished to live an ordinary life among commoners. He was very protective of his family and loved them very much. He showed signs of courage as he put himself in harm's way in order to protect his children, and pleaded the angry mob to spare them. Because of his benevolence, he was seen as peculiar for a Celestial Dragon, and his compatriots even condemn him for being blasphemous for equaling himself with the rest of humanity.

However, after experiencing discrimination by angry victims of the World Nobles, he realized that he was naïve as he had no prior knowledge of the hatred and resentment commoners had towards World Nobles. With his last breath, he apologized to his children for failing them as a father.

Family
Homing was shown as a caring and good fatherly figure. His love for his family was genuine, worried of their well-being over his own, as opposed to how Saint Roswald was more concerned of his clan's ancestral pride when his son was assaulted by Monkey D. Luffy.

Wife
Homing's wife loved him enough that she followed him into a life among commoners. As Rosinante pointed out, both of them were very kind. When the family was being hounded by angry commoners, Homing pleaded the Celestial Dragons to rescue his wife and sons at the very least, and was very heartbroken when she died of malnutrition.

Donquixote Doflamingo
The prestige and stature that rightfully belonged to me...!! One day, my father abandoned all of it, and our family of four was brought down into this garbage dump of a world!! Spouting crap like we need to "live like real humans"...?! He was such a stupid, foolish father...!! Donquixote Doflamingo is Homing's first son. Homing cared for him deeply and intended to reeducate him since he was still accustomed to the World Nobles' lifestyle. However, this was a negative turning point for the father-son relationship, as Homing's choice dragged his entire family into a life of persecution and pain, which Doflamingo blamed and cursed his father to this day for. This anger and resentment toward his father would ultimately lead to Doflamingo taking Homing's life. Despite Homing's final apology for ruining his children's lives, it did not stir Doflamingo's sympathies at the very least. Doflamingo's loss of respect for his father would lead him to badmouthing the man in front of others, ridiculing Homing's personality and ideals, and even relishing on the memory of patricide. By Doflamingo's claim, he forgave his father and brother when he killed them.

Donquixote Rosinante
Donquixote Rosinante was Homing's second son. Like with Doflamingo, Homing cared deeply for Rosinante as well. Unlike with Doflamingo, Rosinante cared deeply for his father in return and considered him a kind man, never blaming him for their mother's death. Indeed, when Doflamingo was preparing to shoot Homing, Rosinante cried in his father's arms while pleading for his brother not to kill him but to no avail. Rosinante became traumatized when he witnessed Doflamingo shot Homing in the back of the head, crying nonstop and wandered off. He was shocked that his father raised such a monster as his brother.

World Nobles
This is the life you have chosen. The discarded cannot be regained. Do not dare to call upon us again, you filthy human. The other World Nobles once treated him with respect, though they were always concerned regarding his differing attitude towards commoners. However, they later grew to despise him when Homing's ideals manifested into a request to have his World Noble status rescinded with the accompanying declaration that he is the same as all human beings. The other Celestial Dragons took this claim as blasphemy and an indirect insult, accusing him of comparing all of them to humanity as well. When Homing later turned to them for help from persecution, even willing to have just his wife and sons taken back as he did not see why they should suffer for his decision after his resignation, they coldly turned down the man whom they see as nothing more than a "filthy human", warning him to never call them again.

Abilities and Powers
As a World Noble, he could do as he pleased, without facing any consequences. He had tremendous political power and possessed the right to summon a Marine Admiral should he be attacked or think of someone as a threat. He was extremely wealthy and exerted huge political influence over the entire world.

When he resigned from his position as a World Noble, he lost all of the above privileges, bringing only a comparatively moderate amount of wealth with him. Coupled with his pampered past and lack of knowledge of prejudice that commoners have towards his heritage, and the loss of the World Government's protection, Homing had a difficult time surviving in North Blue, barely able to gather food to keep himself and sons alive, while left defenseless towards civilians.

Past
33 years before the current storyline, Homing asked to be dismissed from his position as a World Noble. His wish was granted and he was relieved of his status, though the other World Nobles deemed him a traitor for viewing himself the same as all human beings. He moved to an unknown northern country outside of World Government's influence and control with his wife and two sons. Although he was hoping to live a normal and happy life, he was unaware of the hatred the locals had against the World Nobles. Subsequently, he and his family were persecuted by the citizens. His home was burned down and he was forced to flee with his family. As they lived in poverty, they were chased and tortured. Homing called the World Nobles and begged them to help at least his wife and sons, stating that they do not deserve to suffer the consequences for his personal choice. Unfortunately, the World Nobles coldly rejected him, warning him to never call them again; Doflamingo overhead this with silent shock. His wife eventually died and he and his sons continued to receive torturous abuse. However, while Homing begged the citizens to spare his children, and Rosinante begged for death from the pain, the two were shocked when Doflamingo grudgingly cursed their torturers, swearing that he will survive and kill them all in revenge.

Doflamingo, Rosinante, I'm sorry you had to have a father like me. Two years after the family left the Holy Land, Doflamingo was given a pistol by Trebol as a gift for awakening the Haoshoku Haki. Armed with a viable weapon, Doflamingo used it to murder his father to regain his former status as a World Noble. As Doflamingo angrily blamed his father for everything that happened to them for the past two years, Homing's last words were a smiling apology to his sons for failing them as a father. Doflamingo then shot him in the back of his head, ignoring Rosinante's pleading cries for his brother not to kill him. Doflamingo then took his father's head back to Mariejois to appeal for his lost status as a World Noble, which failed as the family has been labelled as traitors.

Legacy
Although a good man and a good father, the act of withdrawing from his position as a World Noble made his older son hate and resent him for all the extreme hardships that they endured. Doflamingo still holds this resentment to this very day; even offering the man's head did not help Doflamingo reacquire his position, as Homing's actions irreversibly dropped the family's status to commoners. His younger son, however, inherited his kindness and considered him a good man, having his heart broken when Homing died.

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