Don Quixote Homing

**Don Quixote Homing** (ドン・キホーテ・ホーミング, *Don Kihōte Hōmingu*), is a fictional and supporting character from the *One Piece* series. He was the father of Doflamingo and Rocinante. A former World Noble of the Don Quixote Family, he withdrew from his position and left Marie Jois in order to live a normal life with his family. After suffering two years of abuse from prejudiced civilians, Homing was killed by his then ten-year old son, Doflamingo.

"*.*"

—Don Quixote Homing.

## Appearance

*Voice Actor*: Not Known (English), Manabu Muraji (Japanese), Not Known (Italian), Not Known (Spanish), Not Known (German), Not Known (Finnish), Not Known (Korean), Not Known (French), Not Known (Latin American Spanish)

### Appearance

Homing was a tall man, with dark blonde curly hair which reached to his shoulders, styled in the traditional way of the Celestial Dragons. He sported an impressive mustache, and, unlike his amoral brethren, possessed remarkably kind facial features and a rather thin face. He wore the typical garb of a World Noble during his tenure at Marie Jois: a thick white suit with medal-like knobs on it, and a blue collar.

After renouncing his status, Homing lowered his hair from the World Noble style, and switched to ordinary fine clothes, consisting a simple cyan dress shirt, dark pants with a light green cravat. His garments became increasingly tattered and dirty whilst living on the run in the North Blue.

* Hair Color: Dark Blonde
* Skin Color: Pale
* Eye Color: Dark Blue
* Age: Not Known
* Birthday: July 9th
* Height: Not Known
* Weight: Not Known

## Personality

Unlike the typical World Nobles, Homing did not show any sign of arrogance or cruelty and viewed himself as a human being, like all normal people. He was humble as well as extremely kind and wished to live an ordinary life among commoners. Because of his great benevolence, he was seen as peculiar for a Celestial Dragon, and his compatriots even condemn him for being blasphemous for equaling himself with the rest of humanity. However, after experiencing discrimination by angry victims of the World Nobles, he realized that he was naïve as he had no prior knowledge of the hatred and resentment commoners had towards World Nobles. Despite his pampered past, he was at least appreciative of even the most minor opportunities for his family's safety, as when they found a relatively safe hideout in the junkyard, he felt relieved despite the insect infestations that Doflamingo alone complained about.

He was extremely protective of his family and loved them very much. He showed signs of courage as he put himself in harm's way in order to protect his children, and pleaded the angry mob to spare them. Before Doflamingo killed him, he apologized to his children for failing them as a father.

## Relationships

### Family

* unnamed Wife (deceased)
* Don Quixote Doflamingo (oldest son)
* Don Quixote Rocinante (youngest son; deceased)

## Abilities and Powers

As a World Noble, he could do as he pleased, without facing any legal consequences. He had tremendous political power and possessed the right to summon a Navy Admiral should he be attacked or think of someone as a threat. He was extremely wealthy and exerted huge political influence over the entire world, surpassing any royal members from the Reverie.

When he resigned from his position as a World Noble, he lost all of the above privileges and resources. Although Homing was given a manor and funds to start his new life, he lost it all overnight when a violent mob burned down his house and pursued his family in a bid for revenge against the Celestial Dragons' past actions. Coupled with his pampered past and lack of knowledge of prejudice that commoners have towards his heritage and the loss of the World Government's protection, Homing had a difficult time surviving in the North Blue, barely able to gather food to keep himself and sons alive, and watching helplessly as his wife died. Evidently, Homing did not bring any weapons with him, as the family was utterly defenseless towards the vicious torturers.

## History

### Past

#### Relinquished Power

Homing was born into the Donquixote clan, one of the twenty families which founded the World Government, and was privileged to do whatever he pleased. Unlike the rest of his fellow Celestial Dragons, Homing never once saw himself above humanity and instead saw himself just as human as the rest. This differing attitude heavily concerned the rest of the World Nobles. Eventually, Homing married a woman, and 41 years before the current storyline, they had their first son, Doflamingo. Two years later, the second son, Rocinante was born. While Rocinante was as humble as his parents, Doflamingo was more in line with the rest of the World Nobles, being spoiled and cruel.

When Doflamingo reached 8 years old, Homing asked to be dismissed from his position as a World Noble. His wish was granted and he and his family were relieved of their statuses, though the other World Nobles deemed him a traitor for viewing himself the same as all human beings. Ignoring his former compatriots' protests and outcries of fury, he took his wife and two sons away from Marie Jois and moved to an unknown northern country outside of World Government's influence and control, and the Government gave him a sufficient amount of wealth and an adequate mansion as a last favor. Homing made it clear he intended to reform Doflamingo's attitude with their new lives.

Although he was hoping to live a normal and happy life, he was unaware of the hatred the locals had against the World Nobles. Subsequently, he and his family were persecuted by the citizens. His home was burned down and he was forced to flee with his family. Constantly on the run and hiding, they suffered poverty overnight as people hunted them down for torture, leaving them to learn pain and hunger for the first time in their lives. Concealing themselves in a derelict shack, Homing called the World Nobles and begged them to rescue at least his wife and sons, stating that they do not deserve to suffer the consequences for his personal choice. Unfortunately, the World Nobles coldly rejected him, warning him to never call them again; Doflamingo overheard this with silent shock. His wife eventually died from illness brought about by their unsanitary household and lack of food. Shortly after this, the mob found the rotting shack the family was hiding in and tortured Homing and his two sons.However, while Homing begged the citizens to spare his children, and Rocinante begged for death from the pain, the two were shocked when Doflamingo grudgingly cursed their torturers, swearing that he will survive and kill them all in revenge.

#### Death

"*Doflamingo, Rocinante, I'm sorry you had to have a father like me.*"

—Homing's last words.
Two years after the family left the Holy Land, Doflamingo was given a pistol by Trebol as a gift for awakening the Conqueror's Haki, which knocked out the citizens when they tried to continue the abuse towards the Don Quixote Family. Armed with a viable weapon, Doflamingo used it to murder his father with the intention to use his head to appease the World Nobles. As Doflamingo angrily blamed his father for everything that happened to them for the past two years, Homing's last words were a smiling apology to his sons for failing them as a father. Rocinante cried in his father's arms, pleading for his older brother not to commit patricide, but to no avail as Doflamingo shot him in the back of his head.

Doflamingo took his father's head back to Marie Jois to appeal for his lost status as a World Noble, but because they refused to associate with a "family of traitors" ever again, his attempt failed, and was forced to flee the Holy Land.

## Legacy

Homing's act of withdrawing from his position as a World Noble made his older son hate and resent him for all the extreme hardships that they endured. Because Homing's choice could not be reversed even with his head as an offering, Doflamingo holds onto the grudge to this very day, only sarcastically forgiving his father with the embrace of death. His younger son, however, considered him a good man, being heartbroken when Doflamingo killed Homing.

## Anime and Manga Differences

The anime has Homing introduce himself as a former World Noble to the first townspeople he spoke to. This scene was not in the manga.

## External links

* Don Quixote Homing *One Piece Encyclopedia*