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Delaney's an interesting little freak.. They're well known as a traveling merchant/adventurer-for-hire, people seek them out at their shop and pay for him to gather materials and items for them. His main expertise is in the Nether.

However, their shop used to be located in this no-where fishing town, and while his business was still thriving; many people who lived in this town were unhappy with such an unusual individual living there and the bad company (his customers) that would come into town for Del.

Two years after the events of Season 2, Jesse is working on a large expansion project for BeaconTown, the walls are expanding so more people can move into the town. However, with such a large project, he needs a large influx in building materials. He explains this to Petra in a letter, and she responds about rumors she's heard of Delaney's business being super helpful. Jesse goes and seeks Delaney out, says that he would hire and pay Del to help provide with building blocks and also offers for Del to move into BeaconTown. Delaney HAPPILY ACCEPTS this offer, desperate to get out of this no-where fishing town.

After Del builds his shop, Nether's Treasures, is when he meets Romeo for the first time! For the past two years, Romeo has been flipping between the Underneath and BT, assisting both Xara and Jesse in rebuilding projects as his community service. Jesse assigns Romeo to help Delaney out with deliveries, where the two would fill up shulker boxes with blocks and fill out orders for builders around the expanded part of the city.

Romeo is.. offput by Delaney. Upon their first meeting, Del hands him a shulker and the two set off for their deliveries, but the whole time hounds him with different questions about Romeo's life. For many reasons, Romeo does not want to answer questions about his past. Del, in desperate need for a friend however, wants to see what makes this redhead tick.

as for Delaney's scars.. I may throw together a comic sometime soon of how he got those, but for now I can share that they're related to the Witherstorm!

(here's a doodle from two months ago that's based on that one trend from a movie i did not watch.. but i thought the line really fit their first meetings :o] )