Character Lore 3: Yoshi

The Yoshi Amariocans tend to mention nowadays was a former resident in Grassland that hailed from a continent named Safarica. He was the adoptive father of the Mario brothers.

Birth and Childhood

A few centuries after year one, an unnamed dragon spotted a small island surrounded by smaller islands in the middle of the ocean. He used his scales to create life and a civilization was built by his specie, the yoshis. Those dinosaurs had human capabilities and could carry heavy objects with their sturdy back.

Fast forward in the twentieth century, around the sixties, a Yoshi was born. His father was the chieftain of their civilization and wanted his son to succeed him as the next chieftain. The young Yoshi, however, did not want to hear anything about being a chieftain. He was an adventurer. He wanted to explore the little island they were on as well as the others around. Every day, he would sneak outside a few hours before his parents would wake up to live his own adventures on these isolated islands.

Young Father

One day, while going on one of his daily adventures, he decided to lie down on the beach. He heard some cries. They did not come from a fellow Yoshi. Our Yoshi would have recognized them. He looked around and saw two baby humans, lonely and crying. He picked them up, put them on his back and headed back to the village where he presented them to his father. The father was surprised to see new forms of life let alone some that shared some similarities with his specie. The Yoshi, twenty-one years old, made a deal with his father: He would not become the next chieftain if he chose to raise those human children. The father agreed but not because of the deal. It was because he knew he could never keep his son at one place and that the latter wanted to quench his curiosity. The Yoshi named the children Mario and Luigi.

Babysitting Struggles

The Yoshi had been raising the humans for a year but what lied on the islands was far from ideal for the babies. He had no choice but to build a raft and pack some supplies. He bid farewell to his people and his father as he sailed away from the island, toward a place where the humans would be comfortable. Many days passed but the Yoshi eventually found some new land with a more civilized look judging by the building and the presence of a dock. He accosted on one of the docks but it did not take too long to be brought to a castle by a group of small adorable mushroom humanoids. There, he had to present the humans babies and explain to the Mushroom king that he found them lonely in the nature. The king was hesitant at first but proposed the Yoshi to stay here and take care of Mario and Luigi as well as the king's daughter, Peach. Afterward, the Yoshi now had a legal name: Gonzales. As years passed, he worked as a nanny for the children and explored the new continent named that had yet to be named. One day, he met a very young Daisy brought by her father during a visit. Another day, he met a very young Bowser being raised by a magikoopa in the mountainous region of the Mushroom Kingdom. He shared some words of wisdom as he saw the despair in the magikoopa's heart. This however also reminded Gonzales of how much he missed his family and home. He had regrets but it was for the good of his children and he got to meet many new people and live many new adventures.

The Smith War

The two brothers grew up to be adults and Gonzales wanted to make them a present. Through his adventures, he found a nice hill in Grassland where he could build a house. With all the coins he made in Amarioca, from working mercenarie jobs to selling valuable artefacts and babysitting the king's daughter, he could afford a house there. Once done, Gonzales offered it to his children and returned to the Mushroom Castle where he was promoted as a captain of the royal guard. He once fought in a small conflict that an older Bowser started. Though, this small conflict was the start of a full-scale war where Amarioca would be turned into a giant factory to manufacture an army by a machine known as Smithy. He ventured through the Amariocan wasteland in search of his children. They were in danger and fighting against the machine. Gonzales had no choice but to sacrifice himself to protect the ones he held dear. The dire new was announced to his people after the Smith War.

Today, a statue was inaugurated in the center plaza of the Mushroom City to commemorate his good deeds and his sacrifice. The heroes of Amarioca, along with Luigi and Daisy, built a magic toybox to keep and share their memories of the Yoshi. This toybox can be found in a toy shop. Some yoshies from his home island moved to Amarioca and they can be found in many places on the Mainland to this day.

Appearance

Compared to other yoshis, Gonzales had a few red hairs growing on his head. Besides this trait, he did not differ much from the others.

Personnality

Gonzales was curious. He could never bring himself to stay put in one placed. He was always hungry with adventures and had an urgent need to satisfy his curiosity. He also tended to be reckless and carefree. Sailing away from his home island is just one of the many examples where he would put his own life in danger due to his lack of knowledge of the world. Through the years, and with the help of the children he raised, he became more and more responsible and wiser. He was also caring and would do anything in his capabilities to help anyone in need.