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Canon-compliant PoC!Arcobaleno and where they could be from

So I really want to add diversity in my stories, but if like me whenever you have too much to choose from you just can't choose anything at all, this is the post for you!

Because we got so little on the Arco, we could make them be from anywhere, you know? So I thought I'd look into the little we got on them to give me some ideas.

Note: Inspired by this post.

Note 2: Of course some countries I end up with, like, let's say France, maybe don't instantly make you think of PoC, but friendly reminder PoC exist everywhere.

A good starter in that case is to look into the country's diaspora and/or its immigration, which I didn't add in this post because it's already too long as it is lol, and it's easy to do by yourself.

Note 3: Yes we're going full fake deep, like pretending the Arco's names aren't most likely nicknames/pseudonyms, whatever.

FON |

What we know:

He’s Chinese, and the Mandarin romanization of his name is Fēng.

He’s a master of Kenpō, and knows 107 martial arts.

He has a Chinese dragon tattoo.

He’s related to Hibari, who’s Japanese.

He has a red-faced white monkey as a pet.

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What I found:

Fēng is actually a surname?? I did not know that lmao.

It’s found the most in China, Taiwan, Thailand, Malaysia, Australia, the US, and Canada.

It’s a Chinese surname of Fuxi, a cultural hero in Chinese legend and mythology.

Fuxi (and his twin sister turned wife Nüwa) lived on the mythological Kunlun Mountain (today’s Huashan, a mountain located near the city of Huayin in Shaanxi Province.)

Fuxi died at a place called Chen (modern Huaiyang—a district in the prefecture-level city of Zhoukou in the east of Henan province—a landlocked province of China, in the central part of the country).

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Chinese martial arts refer to several hundreds fighting styles. These fighting styles are classified according to different common trait, among which their geographical association (Northern and Southern).

Northern styles “feature deeply extended postures—such as the horse, bow, drop, and dragon stances—connected by quick fluid transitions, able to quickly change the direction in which force is issued.”

“In general, the training characteristics of northern styles put more focus on legwork, kicking and acrobatics.”

Southern styles “feature low stable stances and short powerful movements that combine both attack and defense. In practice, Nanquan focus more on the use of the arm and full body techniques than high kicks or acrobatics moves.”

(That said Fon knows 107 martial arts, so it doesn’t matter much lol.)

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[ID: A map of China, with a highlighted blue line that separates Northern China from Southern China. /END ID]

The divide between Northern and Southern China.

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[ID: A colored map of China, with each color indicating which languages are spoken across China. /END ID]

Languages spoken across China.

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[ID: A colored map of China, with the colors indicating the different regions of the country. END ID]

China’s regions.

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Though tattoos in mainstream Chinese don’t come with a strong sense of tradition as of today, it still is the case for some Chinese Ethnic Group.

Among them the Dai people, who see (men) tattoos as a sign of strength and virility. They tattoo their men as a rite of passage into adulthood around the age of 14 or 15 years old, most commonly with a ferocious beast such as a dragon or a tiger, in a way to accentuate/draw attention to their muscles.

Though of course, Chinese dragon tattoos in general and in all its variant are very common and worn both by men and women.

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The red-faced white monkey (known as the bald uakari), is part of the New World monkey, which are “the five families of primates that are found in the tropical regions of Mexico, Central and South America”.

The bald uakari specifically “is restricted to wooded habitats near water in the western Amazon of Brazil and Peru”.

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What we end up with:

Chinese!Fon, no surprise here.

Half Chinese!Half Japanese!Fon, who more likely would have been born in China than in Japan.

Half Chinese!Half Mexican!Fon.

Half Chinese!Half Central or South American!Fon.

LUCE | ARIA | UNI/YUNI |

What we know:

They’re part alien so from there all bets are off lmao.

Their ancestor is named Sepira, who founded the Giglio Nero famiglia, an Italian mafia.

They’re Donne of the Giglio Nero famiglia.

Giglio Nero means “black lily” in italian.

They’re shaman/miko/seeress (all three of these words are used to describe Luce/them).

Luce has a pet squirrel.

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What I found:

If you want some consistency with the name Sepira:

Sepira is a name found in Indonesia, India, and Turkey.

The names Luce, Aria, and Uni can also be found in these countries, though Yuni appears only in Indonesia and India.

If they were Indonesian names, Sepi would mean something along the terms of quiet/dull, or lonely, or deserted. I didn’t find anything for Sepira.

Yuni could mean June, a girls’ name given to girls born in June.

Alya (yes written like that) would mean "sky, heaven, loftiness" in Arabic.

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If they were Indian names, Arya (yes written like that) means ��Aryan, noble” from an old Indo-Iranian root.

Yuni could mean "Young, youthful, healthy, excellent".

Yuni could also mean "connection, union" or "young woman" in Sanskrit.

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Otherwise:

The name Luce is found of course in Italy, but also France, Canada, the United States, Brazil and various countries of Africa the most.

It’s a pet-form of Lucy and its variants, like Lucia and Lucy. It means “light” in Italian.

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The name Aria is found in the United States, Brazil, Spain, Iran, and Russia the most.

It’s a Latin name that means “a solo melody”. It literally means “air” in Italian, but otherwise also means “song, melody”. It’s not actually a common name in Italy either.

It also means 'treasure' or 'gold', 'of high value' in Albanian and "Lioness" in Hebrew.

Aria is also considered a diminutive form of the Greek name Ariana/Arianna, which has the meaning “very holy”.

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The name Uni is found in the United States, Egypt, Nepal, and Papua New Guinea the most.

“People having the name Uni are in general originating from Norway.” It means in this case “a Dane”.

The origin of Uni is English and Latin. It’s a contracted form of the name Uniqua. It’s also a variant form of the English Unity.

It could mean “dream”, or be of Korean origin and mean “sea urchin”, or mean "Short for Universe, meaning area of stars".

Uni could also refer to the ancient goddess of marriage, fertility, family, and women in Etruscan (civilization of ancient Italy) religion and myth, and the patron goddess of Perugia (an Italian capital city).

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Yuni is found in the United States, Venezuela, DR Congo, Saudi Arabia, and Japan the most.

It’s a girl’s Japanese name.

And that’s all I found about the name lol.

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Giglio Nero together isn’t an actual Italian family name (I didn’t find anything on it anyway).

Giglio is of course an Italian surname, but can also be found in the US, Brazil, Argentina, Canada, France, and Australia the most. It means “dweller where lilies grew; dweller on the peak”, or simply “lily”.

Nero is found in Italy too, and in the US, Canada, Egypt, Ghana, South Africa, and Sweden the most. It’s from the descendant of Neri, and refers to the dark-complexioned or black haired man.

Neri “was supposedly a noble family from Tuscany who were believed to be descendants of Roman Emperor Nero.”

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The range of lilies in the Old World extends across much of Europe, across most of Asia to Japan, south to India, and east to Indochina and the Philippines.

In the New World they extend from southern Canada through much of the United States.

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Lilies portray love, ardor, and affection for your loved ones.

They’re also the flowers most commonly used at funerals, where they symbolically signify that the soul of the deceased has been restored to the state of innocence.

They also have been associated with the Virgin Mary since at least the Medieval Era.

In heraldry, it’s associated primarily with French royalty.

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Orange lilies are widely distributed in much of Europe from Spain to Finland and Ukraine, and grow in mountain meadows and on hillsides.

They stand for happiness, love, and warmth.

In culture, the orange lily has long been recognized as a symbol of the Orange Order (an international Protestant fraternal order) in Northern Ireland.

It also has lodges in England, Scotland and the Republic of Ireland, as well as throughout the British Commonwealth (a political association of 54 member states, almost all of which are former territories of the British Empire.) and the United States.

(I always thought their tattoo was an orange lily for some reason lol, so I looked into it.)

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Black calla are native to the Levant and other parts of the Mediterranean Basin, but have pretty much been naturalized everywhere else lol.

They’re perhaps best known for itheir long history in the Middle East as food and for it use in traditional Middle Eastern medicine, for example among Arabs in Palestine.

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Shamanism is a religious practice where the shaman interacts with spirits through various state of consciousness.

Etymologically speaking, it originated from indigenous people in Eastern Siberia.

It’s a system of religious practice often associated with indigenous and tribal societies.

The term quickly devolved to be used as an umbrella term, that refers to unrelated magico-religious practices found in various ethnic religions across the world. (Which might be why we also got the term “Miko” and "Seeress”.)

Note also that the term is subject to critics, namely involving the notion of cultural appropriation.

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[ID: A map of the world, with the different indigenous people/cultures practicing shamanism written on it. END ID]

Shamanism across the world.

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In Shinto (a religion originated in Japan), a Miko is a shrine maiden or supplementary priestess once likely seen as a shaman.

They once performed spirits possession, whereby they were the medium through which a god or spirit communicated their message. That communication could also happen during their dreams.

Though working in shrines originally, they started working independently in secular societies.

Besides communicating with the divine, they “performed a variety of religious and political functions".

“The position of a shaman passed from generation to generation, but sometimes someone not directly descended from a shaman went voluntary into training or was appointed by the village chieftains.”

Today Miko “are understood in modern Japanese culture to be an institutionalized role in daily shrine life, trained to perform tasks, ranging from sacred cleansing to performing the sacred Kagura dance.”

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Seeress in German religion and mythology is a woman said to have the ability to foretell future occurrences.

The term is also tied to divination, a practice widespread across the world and religions, and namely to oracles, who practice a form of divination.

Amano could also have used seeress in place of prophetess, “an individual who is regarded as being in contact with a divine being and is said to speak on behalf of that being”.

“Claims of prophethood have [also] existed in many cultures throughout history.”

I didn’t look further into the terms because of how many things it can mean lol, but you can click on my sources if you want to read more on the subject.

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So, I have of course no way to know what species Luce’s squirrel is, but if you look at her colored art works, it could be a red squirrel. So I looked into them.

The Eurasian red squirrel is common throughout Eurasia. “Their range extends from the UK, Ireland, and Western Europe to Russia, Mongolia, and northwest China.”

As of today their numbers decreased in Great Britain, Ireland and Italy because of the introduction of the eastern grey squirrel, but stabilized in Scotland due to conservation efforts.

The American red squirrel is widely distributed across North America, except on the Pacific coast.

It’s also “not found on most of the Great Plains or in the southeastern United States, as conifer trees are not common in those areas."

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What we end up with:

I threw a lot of countries around, so have fun with that if you want lol.

If you want to include Sepira, it looks like the Donne would have Indonesian/Indian(/Turkish) roots.

Otherwise Italian! or Japanese! (or both) Donne could pretty much be canon.

Personally I really like the idea of French!Sky Arco or from Western Asia/Mediterranean Basin!Sky Arco.

Indigenous!Sky Arco is also a possibility.

REBORN |

What we know:

He goes by the name Reborn.

He wears a fedora (I know this is utterly random zdsfgh, but it feels to me like a particular enough piece of fashion to try to look into it).

His usual gun is the CZ75 1ST.

He has a pet chameleon.

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What I found:

Reborn (English) is found in Russia, South Africa, China, Philippines, Nigeria, and Zambia the most.

Renato (Italian) is found in Italy, Portugal, the US, Mexico, Brazil, Angola, Mozambique, and Philippines the most.

René (French) is found in France, Belgium, Switzerland, Danemark, Germany, Czech Republic, Canada, Mexico, South Africa, and Madagascar the most.

Renatus (Latin) is found in Indonesia, Tanzania, India, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, DR Congo, and Namibia the most.

They’re all derived from the Latin name “Renatus”, which means “born again”.

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As a surname, Reborn is only found in Papua New Guinea, and in Uganda.

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Fedora hats first appeared in France in 1882 as a female hat, and only became a male hat after 1924 thanks to Prince Edward of Britain wearing it.

They were adopted by Orthodox Jews beginning 20th century, who still wear them today as part of their daily wear.

Fedora hats are also often associated with Prohibition and gangsters because of the height of their popularity and many classics noir films who popularized them.

(I equally both love Jewish!Reborn, and Reborn just being one huge fanboy and trying to look more like his mafia idols aefhjku.)

Also fun fact, fedora hats are apparently a very iconic piece of fashion that refuse to go out of style. I’m saying this because there’s sometimes this running gag in fics of mocking Reborn’s fedora, when he’s in fact just being very stylish lol.

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The CZ 75 is a Czech semi-automatic pistol first introduced in 1975.

It’s used by the Czech Armed Forces and the Czech police forces (and various other countries of course).

It doesn’t appear to be used in Italy.

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Chameleons live in warm habitats that range from rain forest to desert conditions, with various species occurring in Africa, Madagascar, southern Europe, and across southern Asia as far as Sri Lanka.

They also have been introduced to Hawaii, California, and Florida, and often are kept as household pets.

Although nearly half of all chameleon species today live in Madagascar, it has recently been shown that chameleons most likely originated in mainland Africa.

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Also fun fact and totally unrelated, but you know how the KHR Wiki says Reborn’s a member of the Italian bird society? Well, bird societies are an actual thing people can be part of.

What we end up with:

Italian!Reborn, though it’s actually never said in canon lol, but I think we can all agree on this one.

Otherwise French! or British! or Czech! (and in general European!) Reborn sounds really fun.

But personally I love most African!Reborn, like omg, I need to write about him.

VERDE |

What we know:

He goes by the name Verde.

He’s said to be Da Vinci’s reincarnation.

He was/is a member of Geppetto Lorenzini’s secret scientist society.

He has a pet alligator called Cayman.

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What I found:

The name Verde is most found in Italy, Turkey, the US, Congo, Nigeria, Brazil, and Cameroon.

Verde is also most commonly a girl’s name, that could refer to Vindis (or Verde) Visconti, an Italian noblewoman, Duchess and Countess consort.

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In Italian etymology, it means green, or pale, or unripe. It can also mean verdure, greenery, or (heraldry) vert (green in french).

In Spanish etymology, it means green, the color, when used with the verb ser, while the verb estar is used with figurative meanings, like inexperienced, naive; or risqué, naughty; or dirty, coarse; or unwell, sick; or green, as in eco-friendly.

In Galician (Spain) and Portuguese etymology, it means green, the color, or green, as in unripe. It’s derived from Cabo Verde, an archipelago and country in Africa, or a municipality of Minas Gerais, Brazil.

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In English etymology, it’s based on the geography of Cape Verde. And according to the 2010 United States Census, Verde is most commonly a surname, most common among Hispanic/Latino and White individuals.

In Esperento (the world's most widely spoken constructed international auxiliary language) etymology, it means green, greenly.

In Romanian etymology, it means green, or (slang) marijuana.

In Dutch etymology, it’s an obsolete form of verre (glass in french).

In Corsican (a french island) etymology, it means green, the color, or refers to the mineral smaragdite.

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As a surname, Verde is most found in Italy, Spain, Philippines, Mexico, Venezuela, Peru, the US, Brazil, and Argentina.

It could also be short for Valverde, a Spanish surname.

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(I know we all know who Leonardo Da Vinci is lol, but for the sake of this post I’m gonna spell it out anyway.)

Leonardo Da Vinci was an Italian polymath (an individual whose knowledge spans a substantial number of subjects), born in the Tuscan hill town of Vinci, in Florence.

He’s considered one of the greatest painters of all time, and revered for his technological ingenuity,

He also became known for his knowledge on various subjects, including anatomy, astronomy, botany, cartography, painting, and paleontology (the scientific study of life that existed prior to, and sometimes including, the start of the Holocene Epoch).

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Geppetto Lorenzini is a purely fictional character, whose name is inspired from the famous fairy tale The Adventures of Pinocchio‘s character, Mister Geppetto, and Carlo Lorenzini, the Italian author of the novel.

I didn’t found anything on any secret scientist society that could fit, but fun fact, secret societies are banned in Italy and are anti-constitutional.

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Cayman's name references caiman, one of the two primary crocodilian alligatorid subfamilies.

Caimans inhabit Mexico, Central and northern South America from marshes and swamps to mangrove rivers and lakes.

They are relatively small-sized crocodilians, with the smallest species being the Cuvier's dwarf caiman.

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Cuvier's dwarf caiman is a small crocodilian in the alligator family native to northern and central South America.

It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French, Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad, and Venezuela.

It lives in riverine forests, flooded forests near lakes, and near fast-flowing rivers and streams, and is present in the drainages of the Orinoco River, the São Francisco River, and the Amazon River, and the upper reaches of the Paraná River and the Paraguay River.

The range of this species is rather larger than that of the sympatric smooth-fronted caiman, as it extends into Paraguay and includes a larger area of Brazil.

It is sometimes kept in captivity as a pet and may be referred to as the wedge-head caiman by the pet trade.

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What we end up wih:

Italian!Verde, which is funny because for all Reborn is fanonically made to be Mister Italian Man, Amano seems to have had Verde in mind for that purpose lol.

Spanish!, Portuguese!, or otherwise European!Verde.

Mexcian! or South American!Verde.

African!Verde could also be a possibility.

LAL MIRCH |

What we know:

She goes by the name Lal Mirch (लाल मिर्च), which is the Hindi name for chili pepper, or Capsicum annuum.

She’s a former member of COMSUBIN.

(And I think that’s it?? Damn.)

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What I found:

Lal Mirch is the Hindi name for red chilli pepper, used to spice meals and give them a red color; and very common in Indian cuisine. It’s possibly also written as Laal Mirch.

Chilli peppers originated in Mexico. They were one of the first self-pollinating crops cultivated in Mexico, Central America, and parts of South America.

After the Columbian Exchange they spread across the world, and are used for both food and traditional medicine. This resulted into variety of varieties and cultivars, and those grown in North America and Europe are believed to all derive from Capsicum annuum, and have white, yellow, red or purple to black fruits.

Capsicum annuum is a species of the plant genus Capsicum native to southern North America and northern South America.

Hot peppers are used in traditional medicine as well as food in Africa.

They’re also used in Ayurveda, an alternative medicine system with historical roots in the Indian subcontinent.

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The name Lal is most commonly a boys’ name, and found the most in Myanmar, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran; as well as in Oman, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, England, Canada, and the US.

It’s an Indo-Iranian surname and given name, which means 'darling', 'precious', or 'beloved', from the Sanskrit lala ('cajoling').

It also means 'garnet' or 'ruby' in Persian, 'ruby' in Pashto, and 'red' in Hindustani and Bengali.

Lal can also mean "boy" in Hindi, derived from Sanskrit लल (lala) meaning "playing, caressing".

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As a surname it’s related to the honorific title Lal, and is found among various social groups and castes. The surname is also common in the Indian diaspora.

Also as a surname, Lal is a term of endearment for a child in several modern Indian languages, and is also an epithet of the god Krishna.

It occurs more commonly as the final element of a compound personal name, as in Brajlal (Braj being the name of the place where the god Krishna is supposed to have lived as a child) and Motilal (Hindi moti ‘pearl’).

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Mirch is a surname most found in the US, in Pakistan, in Ireland, in Russia, in Iran, in Argentina, and in India.

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COMSUBIN is the Italian Navy’s Special Forces.

To enroll in the Italian Armed Forces, you must be at least 18, and be an Italian citizen.

Though fun fact, female volunteers was only made possible by a 1999 law, and the Italian Navy’s site says that “ in the Italian Navy, due to logistic conditions, female personnel are not employed on board submarines and in Special Forces. The existing ships and shore facilities have undergone major refits to accommodate women.”

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What we end up with:

Italian!Lal, at least nationality-wise.

Middle Eastern! or South Asian!Lal, namely Indian!Lal.

American! or African! Lal is also a possibility.

Russian!Lal sounds fun too.

COLONNELLO |

What we know:

He goes by the name Colonnello, which is italian for “colonel”.

He was part of COMSUBIN.

He has a pet hawk.

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What I found:

The name Colonnello is found only in Italy and the US.

It might come from the American forename Colonel, given to children as an attempt by parents to give their child a higher status.

Colonel is also an American surname (from occupation), from a French word for a military rank of an officer who led a column of regimental soldiers.

It could also be a nickname for someone with a military bearing or demeanor.

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As a surname Colonnello is found the most in Italy, the US, Argentina, France, South Africa, Canada, and in Venezuela.

Colonel is a senior military officer rank used in many countries. Modern usage varies greatly, and in some cases, the term is used as an honorific title that may have no direct relationship to military service.

Though it was presumably first used by Italian city states, the first use of colonel as a rank in a national army was in the French National Legions (Légions nationales).

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COMSUBIN is the Italian Navy’s Special Forces.

To enroll in the Italian Armed Forces, you must be at least 18, and be an Italian citizen.

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Hawks are a group of medium-sized diurnal birds of prey. They’re widely distributed and vary greatly in size.

Hawks usually like to live in places like deserts and fields, likely as it is easier to find prey. As they are able to live anywhere, they can be found in mountainous plains and tropical, moist areas.

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Symbolically speaking, hawks represents knowledge and wisdom thanks to the preservation skills they’ve developed.

In Europe and thanks to Germanic traditions and symbolism, hawks are associated with war. It surrounds the image of the hawk, as a sign of strength and courage.

Thanks to their acute vision and how fast they move, a hawk is also a metaphor of being a visionary, and of seeing things that other people can’t see.

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As I understand it, depending on the species and countries, birds of prey, including hawks, aren’t always legal to have as a pet. (But I unfortunately couldn’t find a convenient list of this.)

In the US for example, you can’t have any native North American bird (including hawk) as a pet, or even have a single feather unless you are a Native American, as they’re covered by federal law, with the only exceptions being licensed falconers.

Also apparently hawks are one hell of a pet to have, that are extremely demanding and inconvenient lol.

(Source), (Source), (Source) (The answer by Mercedes R. Lackey, who explains how hard it is to have a pet hawk if you’re interested.)

Not listed in the “What we know” section, but according to TV Tropes Colonnello’s appearance might be a case of the Phenotype Stereotype trope.

It’s when an individual is made to display all the stereotypical features of their ethnicity as a shortcut to show where they’re from.

“In Japan, the stereotype of someone from the U.S. is usually a blond and blue-eyed person. Because of this, if foreign characters in anime are white, in most cases they will be blond, blue-eyed and tall Americans unless there's a plot reason for them to be from another country or have another look.”

(The trope’s page explains it in more details if you’re curious about it.)

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What we end up with:

Italian!Colonnello, at least nationality-wise.

(Native?) American!Colonnello seems very likely too.

And for some reason French!Colonnello sounds very fun to me too lol.

SKULL |

What we know:

He goes by the name Skull.

(Whelp, that’s it azsdfgh.)

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What I found:

The name Skull is found the most in Russia, the US, Mexico, Brazil, Portugal, Egypt, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Papua New Guinea, and in Australia.

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As a surname Skull is found the most in England, the US, Canada, Australia, India, Italy, Cambodia, South Africa, and in Brazil.

It’s derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Scowle'. It can also fetch its name from Old Norse skule, signifying a protector.

Skull can also derive from the Middle English "sc(h)ulle", skull, a term thought to be of Scandinavian origin, and used here as a nickname for someone who was thought to have a cadaverous appearance, or for a bald-headed man.

It can also be spelled Scull, Scule, Skule, etc.

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Not listed in the “What we know’” section, but just for the fun of it I thought I might as well look into skull symbolism.

The most common symbolic use of the skull is as a representation of death, mortality and the unachievable nature of immortality.

As in most depiction of Death a skeleton is used, skulls also symbolize divine wisdom and general intelligence.

This comes from the fact a lot of cultures across the world consider Death as a deity with the ability to know one’s death, and imply that they are knowledgeable about one’s passing from life to death and what that is like.

Skulls also have the dual symbolism of warning and protection, for example when they decorate the palisade of a city and such.

In the spiritual realm, a skull can help you keep away from things that can cause you peril.

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Skulls’ symbolism as a celebration of life is known mostly as part of Mexican culture, where the living celebrates those who lived before them on the Day of the Dead or Día de Los Muertos.

In India, skulls played a particularly important role in religious depictions, and often adorn ancient gods and goddess. To the Hindu, this is a natural progression of life; life and death are to be embraced – not resisted.

In Buddhism, skulls are generally depicted as a necklace around a deity. They represent emptiness, the concept that what we experience has no inherent nature by itself, and instead we give meaning to them ourselves.

In Celtic traditions, they viewed the head or skull to be the seat of power. Some texts point to the skull as the house of the soul.

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When tattooed on the forearm its apotropaic (a type of magic intended to turn away harm or evil influences, as in deflecting misfortune or averting the evil eye) power can for example help an outlaw biker cheat death.

On a pirate’s ship’s flag, it symbolizes the pirates' ruthlessness and despair. Their usage of death imagery might also be paralleled with their occupation challenging the natural order of things.

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What we end up with:

Russian!Skull, which I know is popular in fanon.

Otherwise English! or Scandinavian!Skull.

Though American! or African!Skull seem to also be a possibility.

VIPER/MAMMON |

What we know:

They go by the name Viper, then Mammon.

They have a pet frog/snake, who takes the form of an ouroboros.

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What I found:

The name Viper is most found in Russia, DR Congo, the US, Kazakhstan, India, and in Philippines.

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As a surname Viper is most found in Egypt, Russia, India, the US, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Sweden, and in Belarus.

It may be a corruption of Vibert, the Wibert of the Yorkshire Domesday, and the Anglo-Saxon name Uibert.

Its usage is Arabic (Egyptian).

It could be of English origin, and means "Gift of god".

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Vipers are a subfamily of vipers endemic to Europe, Asia and Africa, but not in Madagascar. Like all vipers, they are venomous.

In French language, it can also mean “a dangerous, treacherous, or malignant person”.

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The name Mammon is found the most in Saudi Arabia, India, Sudan, Nigeria, Pakistan, and in Russia.

It means riches, and could be the name of a Syrian god, or wealth (as trusted in).

In its Biblical, Judeo-Christian Legend, it also means "wealth, riches". In the New Testament, this was material wealth or greed, which was often personified as a deity.

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As a surname Mammon is found the most in the US, Canada, Nigeria, South Africa, England, Belgium, Estonia, and in Pakistan the most.

In the New Testament of the Bible, it’s commonly thought to mean money, material wealth, or any entity that promises wealth, and is associated with the greedy pursuit of gain.

During the Middle Ages, Mammon was commonly personified as the demon of wealth and greed.

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Mammon in Hebrew (ממון) means "money". The word was adopted to modern Hebrew to mean wealth.

"Mamona" (sometimes "Mamuna") is a synonym for mammon among Slavs.

The word "mammona" is quite often used in the Finnish and Estonian languages as a synonym of material wealth.

In German, the word "Mammon" is a colloquial and contemptuous term for "money".

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The ouroboros is an ancient symbol depicting a serpent or dragon eating its own tail.

It was adopted as a symbol in Gnosticism (collection of religious ideas and systems among Jewish and early Christian sects), Hermeticism (a philosophical system that is primarily based on the purported teachings of Hermes Trismegistus), and most notably in alchemy (an ancient branch of natural philosophy, a philosophical and protoscientific tradition).

It’s often interpreted as a symbol for eternal cyclic renewal or a cycle of life, death, and rebirth.

In ancient Egypt, it represents the beginning and the end of time, and the cyclical nature of the year.

In Gnosticism, a serpent biting its tail symbolized eternity and the soul of the world, and it may perhaps represent a Gnostic duality of existence.

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So obviously there isn’t a real life animal that is both frog and snake lol, but the fact the snake takes the form of an ouroboros might refer to the armadillo lizard otherwise known as an Ouroborus cataphractus.

It takes this other name from its defensive posture: curling into a ball and holding its own tail in its mouth.

It’s a species of lizard, endemic to desert areas along the western coast of South Africa, namely to the Succulent Karoo biome in the Northern and the Western Cape provinces, where it occurs from the southern Richtersveld to the Piketberg Mountains and the southern Tankwa Karoo.

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What we end up with:

African!, namely Egyptian! or South African!Viper seem likely.

Otherwise Middle Eastern! or Asian!Viper.

I really like French!Viper too, for that french meaning of viper even if it’s not really their personality lol.

BONUS: THE VINDICE

BERMUDA VON VECKENSCHTEIN |

What we know:

His name’s Bermuda von Veckenschtein.

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What I found:

The name Bermuda is found in the US, Philippines, and in England the most.

In its English usage, it might come from the surname Bermudez, from the name of Juan de Bermudez, the Spanish explorer who discovered the islands in 1515.

Bermudez is a Spanish surname (from a given name), and means son of Bermudo.

It’s also a German and Latin name.

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Bermuda’s surname seems entirely made up as I found nothing on it, but it led me to the surname Beckenstein.

It’s found only in the US, Canada, Egypt, and South Africa.

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What we end up with:

German!Bermuda, which is the most popular in fanon I think.

But Spanish!Bermuda seems to also be a possibility.

American! or African!Bermuda could also work.

JAEGER |

What we know:

His name’s Jaeger.

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What I found:

The name Jaeger is found the most in the US, Iraq, Philippines, England, Belgium, Australia, and Brazil.

In its English usage, it’s an anglicized spelling of the German surname Jäger, itself from the Middle High German jeger(e) meaning "hunter".

As a surname Jaeger is found the most in the US, Canada, Brazil, France, Germany, and in Australia.

It means hunter in German, one who hunted for game, a huntsman.

As a Jewish surname, it is mainly ornamental, derived from German Jäger.

The surname is also established in Scandinavia (Swedish Jäger; Danish and Norwegian Jæger) and has been Latinized as Venator.

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What we end up with:

German!Jaeger.

American! French! or British!Jaeger could work too.

Brazilian!Jaeger too maybe?

JACK |

What we know:

His name’s Jack.

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What I found:

The name Jack is found the most in the US, Canada, England, Central African Republic, Kenya, Zambia, South Africa, Netherlands, China, Papua New Guinea, and in Australia.

It’s a male name, and the commonest pet-name for John, though it is sometimes bestowed independently.

In its English usage, it’s a medieval diminutive of John, and could have some early influence from the unrelated French name Jacques. During the Middle Ages it became a slang word meaning "man", and It was frequently used in fairy tales and nursery rhymes.

It can also be used as a diminutive for: Jacob, Jason, Jonathan, Jan, Johann, Johannes, Joachim, from its French form Jacques, from the Latin Jacobus.

There is also a theory that it is Celtic in origin, meaning "healthy, strong, full of vital energy" (compare the Welsh word iach, "health"), from a putative Ancient British Yakkios.

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As a surname Jack is found the most in the US, Canada, England, Scotland, Nigeria, South Sudan, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Papua New Guinea, and in Australia.

It’s derived from the name of an ancestor, 'the son of John'.

Now considered a variant of John, but more correctly of James, from French Jacques, pronounced 'zhak’.

In Scottish, it means descendant of Jack, a pet form of John (gracious gift of Jehovah).

Also in Scottish, it means a corruption of John, which signifies God's grace.

In its English and Scottish usage, it’s from the given name Jack.

In French, it’s from the ancient and noble French family names, "Jacq", "Jacques", or "James", which are believed to originate from the Middle Ages.

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What we end up with:

British!Jack, namely Scottish!Jash.

Otherwise French! or African!Jack.

ALEJANDRO |

What we know:

His name’s Alejandro.

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What I found:

The name Alejandro is found the most in the US, Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Argentina, Chile, Spain, and in Philippines.

It means “defending men”.

In its Spanish usage, it’s the Spanish form of Alexander.

In Australian, it could mean "love ,trust, faithfulness and goodlooking".

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As a surname Alejandro is found the most in the US, Mexico, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, Spain, Saudi Arabia, and in Philippines.

It means defender of men in Greek, and is of Italian origin before coming to Spain.

In its Spanish usage, it’s from the personal name Alejandro, the Spanish form of Alexander.

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What we end up with:

American! or South American!Alejandro.

Spanish!Alejandro.

(SMALL) GIA |

What we know:

He goes by the name (Small) Gia.

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What I found:

The name Gia is found the most in the US, Ecuador, Georgia, China, Vietnam, Philippines, and in Indonesia.

It can be an Italian feminine name, and be the diminutive of Gianna.

It’s a most likely English female name, used as short for the Italian name Gianna (English Jane), Giada (English Jade) or Georgia.

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As a surname Gia is found the most in the US, Ecuador, Nigeria, DR Congo, Italy, Iran, India, Philippines, Indonesia and in Papua New Guinea.

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In Italian and American, Gia means “God is gracious”.

In Hebrew, it means “God is merciful”.

In Hindu, it means “heart, love”.

In Vietnamese, it means “family”.

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What we end up with:

Italian!Gia, even if it’s meant to be a feminine name.

South Asian!Gia.

(BIG) PINO |

What we know:

He goes by the name (Big) Pino.

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What I found:

The name Pino is found the most in Mexico, the US, Canada, Spain, Italy, Indonesia, Belgium, India, and in Australia.

It’s a masculine Italian name, and is the short form of names ending in pino.

As an Italian name, Pino is also a nickname for Giuseppe, itself the Italian form of the given name Joseph.

It’s a feminine Spanish name that means “pine”, is taken from the Spanish title of the Virgin Mary Nuestra Virgen del Pino, who appeared among some pine trees.

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As a surname Pino is found the most in the US, Mexico, Cuba, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Spain, Italy, and in Philippines.

It means “dweller near a pine tree”.

It’s an ancient surname found in Santander and in Catalonia, and also a name of several villages near Mondonedo, Oviedo, Coria, Lugo, Burgos, Zamora, Palencia, and Salamanca.

It’s a Riojano name.

It derived from latin "pineta" - the common pine tree/comes from the latin "pinus" meaning pine tree.

Pino comes from the Spanish word for 'pine'.

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In Galician and Spanish, it’s a habitational name from any of the places in Galicia named Pino, from pino ‘pine’, or topographic name for somebody who lived by a remarkable pine tree.

In Italian, it’s a habitational name from Pino d’Asti in Asti province, Pino Torinese in Torino, or Pino Solitario in Taranto, all named with pino ‘pine’

Also in Italian, it’s from the personal name Pino, a short form Giuseppino (from Giuseppe), Filippino (from Filippo), Jacopino (from Jacopo), or some other pet name formed with this suffix.

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What we end up with:

Italian! or Spanish!Pino.

South American!Pino

Mabe South Asian!Pino too.

Bonus:

Unrelated, but you know how the Vindice wear top hats? Well, it of course didn’t help at all here lol, but in terms of narrowing down the timeline, apparently the top hat emerged in Western fashion by the end of 18th century,

And although it declined by the time of the counterculture of the 1960s, it remains a formal fashion accessory.

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Holy shit I finished it. I love you so much if you made it until here omg azsfdghj, thank you so much for reading!!

I had this in my drafts since 5 months ago, but also I procrastinated over it a lot lmao, so it’s not really surprising.

Anyway if you guys have names but no countries (or cities, because you can narrow it down to cities too), I really can’t recommend the site forebears enough.

It’s literally so useful, and comes in other languages than English, and gives you the meaning of the names if they have it!

Also you’re more than welcome to add to this post, and if I spread misinformation and/or was insensitive/offensive at any point, please let me know about it.

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