Julio was raised in a small West Blue town called Ran Chella, a farming island that cultivated many of the foods used around the world. The Villas family was well known for being the protectors of this sacred farmland, each generation using a new way to defend the land involving coins, as they saw the payment they were making should be used on what they were using it for. A silly tradition, but effective. One used a coin fastened to the end of a whip, another could fling them through stone. But one generation had a girl who's mind was brilliant.
"Awright! I think this one here's gon' be the winner!" In the hands of a middle-aged farm girl was a clunky gun with a coin slot on the back. When she loaded it, she aimed at a small vase and fired it, a coin flying forward and shattering it. "Wooooo! Veronica you done it!" a man with a feather cap said excitedly, his eyes shining as he continued, "Oh my, this will be our family's greatest weapon yet!~" She chuckled, "Once Victoria's all finished, we'll be set forever Louise!~"
"Mom? Why we screaming?" A very young Julio holding his big sister's hand was looking up at Veronica, and Alejandrea turned down to him with a smile on her face, "They made a new weapon." He bounced in place, "I wanna see! Lemme use it!" Veronica chuckled, holding Victoria out of his tiny reach. "Maybe when you're older hun~" she assured, rubbing his head. "Yea! When I'm big and strong like daddy, I'll use it to protect everyone!"
A few years had passed, and Julio was getting close to being ready, he could feel it. Suddenly, Louise came running outside, startling Julio. He ran to the window as Louise pulled his sharpened coin-sword and rushed for some pirates after the island. He fought them hard, but one of the pirates had a Devil Fruit that made his sword useless. Julio watched in horror as the man who could get cut but just pull back together slayed his father in cold blood with the very sword ment to protect them and proceed to pirate an entire acre of crops and the sword of Louise.
After Louise passed, Veronica was always sick. Both Julio and Alejandra were both affected differently by this. Julio took this moment, growing and dedicating himself to protecting the ones close to him, and he started training with Victoria when Veronica was asleep. But Alejandrea just lost all emotion. Growing up, she was close to her dad, and she didn't take his death well. She shut herself off, and Julio took it upon himself to defend the farm. He started using Victoria, and learned he was rather gifted with it. But not gifted enough, as one raid with just too many opponents overwhelmed him, taking a huge portion, and even the life of Veronica, as the stress caused her heart to stop.
Alejandra just left after that, the last words he ever heard her say being, "Once I rule the world... I'll avenge them!" He never understood what that ment, and the loss of crop was too great to come back from. The Ran Chella farm was lost, and Julio made a living as a gun for hire. He was resting in a forest in the East Blue after making a quick buck saving some kids cat from a tree, a huge man suddenly grabbed him. "Hiya! I'm taking your gun thing, and now you're gonna work for me~" Blackmail said smiling innocently. He worked under this fool, trying to plan a way to get Victoria back. He found himself a friend with Minx; a rabbit who had his sister kidnapped, and they both stuck together under Blackmail, as no one else cared enough to even protect themselves, so they made sure to have each others backs at least.