Olio Nero

> My fate was sealed the day I chose vengeance over forgiveness. Retribution over mercy. Death over life.
>
> Olio Nero, explaining how his Dante di Nero's death led him to join Passione.

###### Character Summary:

*The newest leader of Hitman Team #47, the death of his cousin Dante led him on the path of vengeance. After killing his mother, father and the drunk driver for planning Dante's death, he became a mafioso before being recruited by Sorbetto and ultimately took his place as leader. Observant and eloquent, his sense of judgement led him to recruit members who share similar sentiments and motivate them to overcome and grow from trials and tribulations. His Stand Black and White allowed him to "pass judgement" with a flip of a coin and contort his body to resemble mechanical parts. His desire for justice inspires others, and ultimately led him to sacrifice himself for the greater cause of saving lives and helping Giorno achieve his dream of changing Passione for the better.** Introduction
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* Trivia

## Olio Nero

### Namesake

Olio: Italian for "garlic". Alberto: Romance variation of "Albert", meaning "noble, bright, famous". Nero: Italian for "black", in reference to Risotto Nero.

### Family

Risotto Nero (cousin, deceased), Unnamed Father and Mother (deceased)

### Occupation

The Hitman Team leader (former), Passione Capo

### Status

Dead

Olio Nero is the leader of The Hitman Team and deuteragonist in Fate of Zephyr. In Vento Aureo, he is the younger cousin of Risotto Nero who was killed by the drunk driver.

Olio's journey into Passione began with him witnessing his cousin Dante di Nero get killed by a drunk driver when he was 9 years-old. This led to him discovering his parents' involvement in the murder, killing them in revenge and becoming a mercenary soon after, and gaining a reputation as a killer that led to his membership into the crime syndicate. Originally sent to investigate and find the culprit to Leaky Eye Luca's death, Olio's interaction with Giorno Giovanna led to the latter's induction to Passione and his team. Both Olio and Giorno eventually work together to reveal Father Diavolo's identity after escorting Gigi Una to Venice and discovering the truth of their mission.

Olio received his Stand Black and White, a black and white coin he used to judge people's innocence with a flip and alter any body when inserted, after taking Ogio Engio's test.

## Appearance

Olio Nero is a young man of above average height and possess a muscular build. Like his cousin, he sports a short, white messy haircut with bangs and black sclera with lighter eyes. Olio sports a full-face mask that is split black and white and is rarely seen without it. It only shows his eyes, no additional facial features, and is held together by a band around his head. When removed, Olio resembles Risotto, albeit younger and has slightly softer facial features due to his youth.

A black and white striped turtle neck goes over his chin and hidden underneath the mask and a zipper goes from the top of it to his chest. Olio wears a pair of long earrings that have a gold metallic bauble at the end with the letter "N" etched into it, in reference to Risotto's unique hood. He wears a black denim lapel-less coat over his turtle neck and sports matching pants and red and black loafers with gold accents; both coat and pants have gold metallic rings and belts. Olio appeared to also wear leather, fingerless gloves, with the left hand having a small pocket in the palm to hold his Stand when not in use.

As a child, Olio's appearance remains unchanged- save for the eyes and use of a mask- as he later gained his eyes after receiving his Stand and his mask when he began mercenary work. As someone who looked up to his cousin, Olio grew up attempting to match his hair and clothing to Risotto before the latter's untimely death. However, memories revealing both pasts hide both their faces.

## Personality

Olio, like his cousin, is a serious and eloquent, albeit sly, individual who holds himself and his reputation as the leader of The Hitman Team. However, it is revealed that he is also righteous, extremely determined, and kind towards both his subordinates and civilians, the latter if he knows them to be just and fair. Olio is dedicated to achieving justice and fairness by any means, even if that compromises his life or the success of a task he is given. This is seen when Olio willingly killed his parents for planning his cousin's murder or turned against Father Diavolo for attacking his daughter despite the boss swearing to not do otherwise or claiming to not cause her mother's death. Olio's sense of justice is based on his own personal code of conduct that can be interpreted as binary. Although he claims to be unbiased, there is an obvious skew in judgement that he denies to have or even address. He as a distain for corruption, refusing bribes or deals if that means contributing to injustice, as first seen when Giorno tried to bribe him into letting him get away with Luca's death and later on when Giorno noticed how he hesitated during a fight after using a drug user's arm in their scuffle.

Olio's relationship with the public eye is mixed, as some praise him for his sense of justice while other criticize him for how blindly he follows it; as a result, the community The Hitman Team resides in also see Olio as an unofficial judge to dispute arguments or claims that the law could not do without corruption. This sense of justice allow causes Olio to take up on missions requested by the public, such as his investigation on Marsala prior to investigating Luca's death, if the situation calls for it. Olio's strong memory, observation, and deduction skills allow him to quickly determine who he believes to be telling the truth and identify any conflicts in retellings or statements that appear. This was especially evident when interacting with Giorno, correctly theorizing who took Trish after the train fight, and deducing Father Diavolo's identity right before Silver Chariot Requiem came into effect. Olio is observant enough to recognize his team members' strengths and weaknesses, using his knowledge to plan attacks and missions that minimize damage and resources, as seen when he sent Anita alone to handle Fedel Agnello and paired Giorno with Zura to pursue Salata Mista despite Andreas' doubts on Giorno's abilities.

Olio is also as violent and ruthless as he is kind. He is shown to show a rather sadistic side when taunting Giorno during his interrogation and Secco when his eardrums ruptured and caused him to run into traffic. As a former mercenary prior to joining Passione and leader of The Hitman Team, Olio is an experienced fighter and uses his ability to strategize to optimize a fight in his favor. Unless pushed over the edge, Olio is cautious enough to tactics and alternatives to direct confrontation. This is mainly due to his Stand's limitations, but also to optimize Olio's energy for fighting. Clara pointed this out when Giorno explained how he met Olio, with her stating that Giorno would have died from pure exhaustion before Olio would reach his physical limit if their fight were to continued. She clarified that fighting Olio can go on for hours or days with frequent sporadic attacks that can keep even the most seasoned killer on their toes.

As a leader, Olio has a strong relationship with his team, being critical but fair when speaking to his members but giving them praise and encouragement whenever he thinks it is earned or needed. He also shows a paternal side to younger members and Trish, and views those who are close to his age, despite their ranking, as his equals. He also gives some degree of respect to those older than him, but maintains his role as leader regardless of age and experience. His habit for pursuing justice led him to find members that either had sought revenge, avenged for someone, or are in the process of doing so. Each member of the team ends up looking to his abilities and see him as a natural leader who had helped them in some way; Zura was released from jail, Andreas found his mother, Taehyung found a family that accepted him, and so forth.

## Skills and Talents

### Stand

Black and White is short-ranged Stand that allows Olio to determine whether a person is innocent or guilty and implode a random body part of the person if otherwise. Representing a 1000-lira coin with one side being white and the other being black, Olio uses it to "pass judgement" on whoever he touches. Landing on white represents innocence while landing on black represents guilt. Depending on the severity of the result of landing on guilty, Olio will use his Stand to press on, using it as an interrogation tool.

When inserted into his body or another victims, appendages will develop into mechanical structures, often causing pain and discomfort as a result. On Olio, it helps him alter his body to be enhanced with mechanical weapons like saws and hammers, allowing him to be on both offense and defense when attacked directly. Olio often uses this ability on others as a form of torture.

### Memory, Deduction, and Observation Skills

Olio has a knack for memorizing and deducing information, easily finding anomalies and confirming inferences, as well as observation skills that make him a brilliant tactician and leader. A skill that he picked up while investigating his cousin's death and improved over time as a mercenary, Olio is able to use these skills to plan missions that minimize casualties and resources. This was first seen when he quickly figured out how Giorno killed Luca and his Stand's abilities after being hit once, although he still assumed that Giorno instigated the attack first instead of doing so in self-defense until his assumptions were disproven. Olio's abilities are often very accurate, where most of his team members will trust it without question.

That doesn't mean that his plans always go accordingly, as seen when leaving Cassio to identify Father Diavolo in Sardinia, which lead to Cassio's death and nearly being defeated by Secco due to a misconception of Secco's abilities. Olio is still capable of adapting his plans based on new information and changes that result in new or lost opportunities.

## References

* Detroit: Become Human character Connor's coin trick: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmtVSTrbZ7c

Kim Namjoon's outfit used as inspiration for Olio's appearance.Concept drawing of OlioDC villain Harvey Dent, inspiring Olio's characterization, abilities, and appearance.Resident Evil 8 Karl Heisenburg, used as inspiration for Olio's abilities.
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 Olio Nero was born Alberto di Nero. The name was specifically chosen by Risotto, who was 5 years-old at the time.

## Life Before Passione

Olio was the only biological child of his parents but grew up with his older cousin Risotto, who was adopted into the family prior to Olio's birth.

Olio soon discovered that Risotto had a trust fund worth several million liras, which would be granted to Olio's parents if Risotto were to be killed before his 15th birthday. With evidence supporting the truth of his cousin's untimely murder but no way to bring proper legal justice, Olio took it into his own hands by not only killing the drunk driver but his own biological parents as well, using his position as a police officer to bribe and use legal resources to do so.

## Becoming The Hitman Team Leader and Sorbetto's Death

After Sorbetto granted him a leadership role, Olio began establishing his own Hitman Team with the former's guidance.

The death of Sorbetto greatly affeted Olio, who commanded his team to forget Sorbetto's existence after his funeral. However, while alone with Cassio and Zura, he was in deep mourning and berated himself for not being able to follow his own orders. In confidance, he expressed his fear of leading the team without Sorbetto's guidance and how Sorbetto and Stracciatello's actions led to the end of the friendship between his team and Team Bucciarati. Cassio and Zura console him as best as they can before Olio kept his composure and the three made their way back to the team's headquarters.

## Death

The healing effects of Golden Experience worked similarly on Olio as it did to the original Bruno. Olio was able to live despite sustaining fatal damage from Father Diavolo but began showing signs of deterioration as the team approached Rome; the deterioration was caused by the Stand's ability to forcibly hold Olio's soul in his body. This greatly affected his ability to feel pain and eventually lose his sense of hearing and sight before he encountered Solido Doppio and ultimately switched bodies with Father Diavolo.

He ultimately died when sacrificing his life to revert the body switches and hand Giorno the arrow. As Giorno looked up to the sky, he sees Olio ascend to the heavens and reveal his face to the former for the first time. Like the original Bruno, he thanked Giorno for bringing him back to life and restoring his faith in justice. He asks what life would have been like if he never met Giorno or the people he grew to love and hate in his life. He then states that he will go see his subbordinates again before asking himself whether he will say hello to his cousin too.

In the afterlife, Olio walked around aimlessly in a empty space before noticing a tall figure in the distance standing with his back towards him. Olio began making his way to the figure, who turns his face around off camera. It is highly implied that the figure is Dante himself, as Olio called out his name without hesitation and smiled soon after.

## Comparison to the Original Cousin

Not much is actually known about Risotto's original cousin. It is speculated that the cousin would be within the same age as Risotto by a few years, although often believed to be around the same age or slightly older. Like the original Risotto and cousin, Olio and Dante were very close to each other and Olio would witness his cousin die in the same manner as the original Risotto did. Unlike the original two, Olio was able to find out that his parents were involved in Dante's deaths, while the original Risotto only punished the drunk driver and there was no evidence that implies his aunt and uncle's involvement, if any.

* The name Alberto was heavily inspired by the 2021 film *Luca*, which tells a story of the titular main character and his friend Alberto Scorfano. Although the name Luca was eventually given to Luca Lee, neither Olio or Luca had any relationship beyond the former being the superior of Luca's brother Taehyung Pescatore.
	+ Although there is no connection between The Neighbourhood and BTS, Olio's appearance is also inspired by Kim Namjoon, the current leader of BTS- notably his outfit wearing a striped turtleneck.
	+ BTS's multiverse timeline heavily implies the closeness between RM and V, which can be seen with Olio and Taehyung's own closeness and mentor-like relationship.
* Olio's character design and Stand is heavily based on DC villain Two-Face, a former district attorney turned criminal that uses a coin flip to determine whether his victims deserved to die or not, and Resident Evil: Village villain Karl Heisenburg, a mutant Lord who has the ability to control magnetic fields, move metallic objects, and turn humans into cybernetic soldiers.
	+ The use of Olio wearing a mask was meant to emphasize his binary view on justice and references Two-Face's face.
	+ The references to body horror references Risotto Nero's Stand Metallica, and its ability to create sharp metallic objects from a person's blood.
* Olio's coin trick ability is heavily inspired by Detroit: Become Human protagonist Connor, an android that is also known to do impressive coin tricks.
	+ Coincidentally, the actor who played Karl Heisenburg also played the character Elijah Kamski from the same game.
* Although Risotto's cousin was killed by the drunk driver when he was 14 years old, it is unknown how old the cousin was when the incident occurred or the exact details of the crime in canon. There is also no evidence that Risotto's aunt and uncle were involved in the drunk driving plan or whether an aunt and uncle existed.

## Notes from the Author

Where do I begin with the character that started this rabbit hole? This all began because I wondered what would Risotto's cousin actually look like while writing what I think Risotto's backstory was.

I thought of a funny situation where Risotto and Olio would exist and wondered why hasn't anyone thought of it yet. Just like many of the redesigned canon characters, there was a lot to work with. I decided to make Olio his own person as possible while still retaining some references and influences of Risotto. At the time, I had no idea what Olio should even look like, debating with myself on whether he should look exactly like Risotto or look entirely different. That's why I had Olio wear a mask; simply so I would stop myself from having this conversation. But, also, I realized that it would still allow others to interpret what they think Olio actually looks like. I personally think he looks rather similar to his older cousin despite not being completely related and he used to love looking like him; he now wears a full-face mask because he hates seeing how he looks like Dante in the mirror. Unfortunately, Olio isn't going to be the buff clown goth that we all love.