Gaius Chau

Gaius Chau is a major protagonist in the AMC series .
He is the brother of Juliet Chau, one of the cruelest tyrants in the Badlands and the operator of the Cog slave trade. At a young age, he fell in love with a girl named Minerva, who went on to become another Baron known as the Widow, who wishes to end the oppressive systems of the Badlands. Despite his privileged position, Gaius abandons his family to aid the Widow in taking down his sister in order to put an end to the slave trade for good.
He was portrayed by , who also played Cole Young in Mortal Kombat and Shatterstar in Deadpool 2.
==Personality==
Born into the Chau family, Gaius inherently had a very privileged status in life. Despite this, he was uncomfortable at the level of cruelty his family engaged in, such as when they beat a young Minerva for simply dropping a tray during Gaius' birthday party. When his sister Juliet began beating Minerva instead, Gaius was extremely upset as he and Minerva had a level of romantic chemistry despite the fact that his family disallowed relationships between the Chau family and Cogs. After Minerva is locked in the pig pen by his father, Gaius frees her, and the sight of her crawling out of the pen disgusted him so much that he decided he had to begin working against his family. He went on to amass a small group of loyal Clippers that also hated his family, and worked against them from within his families territory. After being caught and told he must renounce his opposition to his families rule or live in a cage for the rest of his life, Gaius refused, freely admitting that he would rather die or rot in prison than be a part of his family once again.
After escaping and joining the Widow in her quest to take down his sister and end the slave trade, Gaius makes it clear that he does not care about the Widow's title as Baron, but rather he is working with her because their goals align and because he still feel loves for her, leading to them rekindling their romance from long ago. Although he claims he is willing to kill his sister, when confronting his mother about where his sister is hiding, he isn't willing to go through with killing her, showing a part of him still does not want to kill his family even after everything. On multiple occasions Gaius' is questioned why he decided to leave his position of privilege when nobody forced him to do so, he makes it clear that being born lucky does not give you an excuse to be cruel. He was even more righteous than the Widow herself, being unwilling to kill prisoners of war taken from his sisters army after he defeat. After the Widow becomes pregnant by him, Gaius makes it clear he is willing to be a father to their child, and he ends the series taking over his sisters territory as Baron so that he may ensure that the slave trade never returns.
==Powers & Abilities==
*Martial Arts/Swordsmanship: Gaius is one of the most capable warriors in the Badlands, being proficient enough in combat to take down multiple Clippers at once, and defeat Otto, the Regent to his sister Juliet Chau. He is also able to hold his own against Dark Ones such as M.K. for a brief time without being completely overpowered.
*Leadership: Gaius successfully led a group of Clippers in helping Cogs escape the Fox Territory, and later takes over his sisters position as Baron of said territory in order to aid the Widow in ruling the Badlands.
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==Trivia==
*He is the only member of the Chau family to be heroic, and due to Nathaniel Moon's status as both a hero and a villain, Gaius is by extension the only purely heroic character in the series to have a last name.
*Gaius is the only character to never actually call the Widow by her title, instead using her real name Minerva. He is also the only character to call her Minerva out of affection rather than to be disrespectful.
*Despite being referred to as an assassin by his sister, he doesn't actually belong in the assassin category as he is only ever displayed as trying to take down his family or freeing innocent Cogs, meaning he is actually a vigilante.
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