Joshua Steward

**Joshua Steward** was a young musician, songwriter, and cellist who resided in the region of Memoria in the town of Greentown. He grew up with two older brothers, Asher and Jack Steward. Joshua was the opposite of his older siblings; Asher and Jack were very athletic, specializing in soccer and basketball, respectively, while Joshua was unathletic, dedicating more of his talents to the fine arts. Though he was a talented musician, Joshua was an unpopular boy who was rather shy and kept to himself most of the time. Quiet, nerdy, polite, and rather introverted, Joshua attended Blue Sky Elementary, Middle, and High School, and was one year younger than Keely Poss, Ronald Stosan, Bonnie Rockefeller, and Tara Necteract. Joshua was frequently a subject of bullying in school. During his time in school, Keely developed a huge crush on Joshua, which was quite unusual given how unpopular he was at school. Keely mainly liked Joshua for his talent as a songwriter and musician and because of his genuine down-to-earth nature. Keely's friends were initially baffled at why she developed feelings for Joshua, but later came to understand exactly what made Joshua so likeable to Keely. However, Joshua was completely oblivious to Keely's noticeable feelings for him.

Joshua did not do much in his life apart from musical performance, but around the age of 15, his talents were noticed by the brother-pair Jackson and Jason Yun, both of whom were secretly recruiting members and supporters to the cause of the Memoria Resistance, whose ultimate goal was to overthrow the oppressive Citadel with the intentions of creating a fair and just government that did not discriminate on birthright or origin and worked to improve the welfare of the commonfolk, not just the central citizen body. As Joshua's talents became fairly well-known, Jackson and Jason tracked him down and attempted to recruit him to their cause, realizing that he was a boy of good virtue whose efforts could be useful to their cause, and most notably, some of his songs and musical talent could be useful for propaganda. Though initially hesitant, Joshua eventually agreed. He later found out that his classmates Keely Poss and Ronald Stosan later joined the Resistance as well, but he was not close with them at the time and did not interact with them, though Keely would occasionally try to flirt with him when off-duty.

Joshua's efforts to the war effort greatly turned the tides in the Resistance's favor, as he coached Jackson and Jason in particular arts of music-making, specifically drumming and singing. Jackson and Jason came to greatly respect Joshua's talent as a musician, and his songs were used for propaganda and to incite others to the revolution.

In 301 AFT, Jackson and Jason were off to one of their last propaganda concerts to perform another one of Joshua's songs. Shortly before Jackson and Jason were to leave for the concert outdoor rock stage, however, a group of Enforcers ambushed Jason and Joshua after having successfully tracked them down. Though they could not reach Jason in time, they grabbed Joshua and began to violently beat him, throwing punches at him, knocking him to the floor, and striking him with thunder attacks, all of which was witnessed by Jason to his horror as he was forced to depart. Joshua was captured and taken to the Citadel, where he was tortured for information, and ultimately killed when he refused to say anything.

Before he died, Joshua had left one last note to the Yun brothers, saying that he was "betting on them to make a difference". His death greatly shook Jason and Jackson, and it also left Keely heartbroken, as the love of her life was dead. Not long after Joshua was killed, his two brothers Asher and Jack were killed during the bombing of Greentown.