Baldwin

**Baldwin T. Wallace** is a potential character in *Universal Rides* and *Adventure Squad*. He is Janice and Jessica's fraternal triplet, and later succeeds Trent and Henry as the third user of **Jungle Rusher 3**.

## Biography

Unlike Carmen, Seymour and Charlotte, Baldwin and his siblings were born on a deliberate effort by Lysander as part of his attempts to further his mechanical abilities, his DNA samples coming from his family members. Because of this, the triplets were given much more immediate acceptation into the community and team. Despite technically being of the Wallace family bloodline, the triplets were placed under the legal guardianship of the Leonold family, becoming official cousins in this arrangement. Much like with Carmen, Seymour and Charlotte, Tom and Lysander elected to hold off on giving them identifying features until they properly developed as individuals. As such, they were only referred to by their wheel configurations. Baldwin was later named after Buzz, and was later given his current labels. After Henry chose to retire from active service, Baldwin, with Trent's blessing, replaced him as the user of Jungle Rusher 3, and as the lieutenant of the Jungle Rushers.

## Personality

Unlike his excitable sisters, Baldwin is very laid back and quiet, though despite this he lacks the shyness that initially defined Diana and Seymour. Being much more comparable to Tori and Charlotte, Baldwin has all of the same qualities that lead to him being named after Buzz, being that he is very patient and tolerant, and not above joining his siblings and cousins. This results in him being very mature for his age, and lets him have a very close bond with his namesake.

While Baldwin is generally easy-going, he is very much dedicated in his work, and always does his best to do his fair share and more in needed. That being said, he shares the exact same set of morals as his cousins and siblings, as he will not hesitate to kill if prompted sufficiently.

## Appearance

Baldwin is based on Hawaii Railway Co. Locomotive #5, a 2-4-2 built by the now-defunct Baldwin Locomotive Works. Purchased in 1925, the locomotive served on the Hawaii Railway until the end of World War II when the line went fully out of service, and was left abandoned until it was sent to San Francisco in 1991. The locomotive was fully restored by the year 2000, and as of 2010 is under the ownership of the Connecticut Antique Machinery Association.

Baldwin has numerous modifications in comparison to the real design, in that he has a different set of coupling rods and cylinders, he has a different boiler design and dome setup, his cab, tender and frames are different, he has additional toolboxes and he has buffers and chain couplings instead of the permanent knuckle couplers on the real locomotive, though he retains the cowcatcher, albeit downsized.

Much like his cousins, Diana and Seymour, Baldwin has both the split and complete forms of heterochromia; both of his eyes are an even split with different colors, but none of the colors on one eye is shared with the other. This results in him having 4 eye colors; his right eye is green and yellow, while his left eye features both of his sisters' signature eye colors.

When he was born, Baldwin was painted a plain grey with a red bufferbeam and footplate and silver coupling rods. After receiving his name, he was painted charcoal black with orange lining surrounding colored panels, painted in a dark green. His footplate and wheels are also painted black, while his coupling rods are now red. His lamp is painted gold, while the NWR lettering on the side of her tender is painted silver over an orange drop shadow. He has silver nameplates on his boiler sides, while his number is painted on the side of his cab in silver with orange trim.

## Mech

Baldwin's Guardian of Nature mech is the exact same one used by Trent and Henry, though it was overhauled as part of the transfer.

## Notes

* Much like his siblings, Baldwin's colors and number are references to *Kamen Rider Hibiki*, the former representing the main three Riders and the latter representing the series' numerical statistic within the franchise. In Baldwin's case, his green, silver and orange colors evoke Kamen Rider Todoroki, while his number represents the series' total episode count.
* Baldwin shares his name with the company that built his basis, the Baldwin Locomotive Works.