Pablo

Pablo renowned as **"Pablo of Both Scales"** is the first Backyardigan king. He is a very proud, headstrong, and boastful individual. He refuses to retire and choose a successor despite being up in age, insisting that he was still strong enough to continue to rule the village. At the same time, he was slightly hypocritical as he encouraged Uniqua to step down after awakening from her coma noting that she may be too old. Kodama described him as a "stubborn old man". His pride has caused him to have very little respect for those younger than him, as he verbally attacked Chyna (the current Tactics leader who is many years his junior) on numerous occasions, dismissing his presumed naivety on dealing with politics. Pablo attributed his behaviour as a result of his encounter(s) with Oba in his youth, stating that he had lost sight of who he was because of him. Despite this, he remained an open-minded individual and even regained a sense of himself after seeing Chyna's attitude, gaining great respect for chyna's skill and power as a leader, as well as her wisdom even in spite of her young age. He had also come to view Kodama in a similar light. In the end, he credited the friendship between the two men for making him see the errors of his ways. This was also seen during the time he told Kodama that he remembered what he really used to be before he became a stubborn old man, likely meaning he had a kinder and friendlier heart in his youth. Pablo also held his master in high regard, addressing him with the "-sama" suffix even after becoming Backyardigan king like his predecessor.

Mark also noted that Pablo hated art, possibly because he ridiculed his Explosive Clay artwork. During the chaos Sarah had started at the summit, Pablo didn't seem to be alarmed once the battle in the Summit Room began. He appeared to be calm enough to let tasha deal with the current situation. Upon observing the fight between the two, he seemed quite entertained, which led him to join the fight.

Pablo seemed to be quite ruthless, taking down a heavily-injured Xzavier who had just been saved yet again after facing the wrath of three other Yardigans before him, on the claim that the world wanted Xzavier dead, even though Pablo himself had no grudge against Xzavier personally. He then immediately turned his attention to a devastated Zendaya, claiming that she was next to die with his Dust Release technique. He did however, seem to be considerate enough to let Sarah speak for her actions, reasoning with Austin to listen to his reasons before making their own.

During the Fourth World War, Pablo revealed himself as a very determined, charismatic and inspirational leader, as he was the one who pushed the Fourth Division and later the other Yardigans to face Obama without fear, despite his displays of overwhelming power and incited his comrades to doing the same. He even went as far as to attempt to stop Obama from chasing after Kodama and Edgy despite being nearly out of chakra.

In his days of retirement, Pablo showed a very laidback attitude, wanting to enjoy the world around him whenever possible. At the same time, this hid a more sinister side to him; after losing many young citizens of his village, including his grandson, he grew disillusioned of the world, he had begun taking unethical methods to preserve peace, even willing to abduct his family to ensure his continued experiments. At the same time, adapting a lesser-of-two-evils mentality, he truly believed in his actions, seeing they were for a greater good, all coming from treasuring the lives of the young and worried that such peaceful times have dulled their growth. He wished to avoid as much bloodshed of innocent as possible and truly regretted the losses that came from his indirect actions.

Ultimately however, watching as his efforts only brought about corruption and a shameless path towards order made Pablo fully regret his actions, accepting that he overreached and made a mistake. From this and watched power of the human will in action made him return to his previous views, determined to make amends for his laps of judgement.

## Pablo

### Relatives

Kodama (grandson)Dr. Bazinga (Grandson)

Xzavier (grandson)