Passione

""You aren't facing the facts. Nobody can survive in this world on ideals alone. We can't live without the gang.""

- Pannacotta Fugo, Vento Aureo Passione, or known now as  The Schwarz Foundation is an Italian Mafia serving as the antagonistic force of both The Reborn AU and Vento Aureo. Originally founded by Diavolo in 1986, it was taken over by Giogio in 2001 and Sterlyn Schwarz in 2020.

After Sterlyn came into power, Passione was renamed The Schwarz Foundation and transitioned into a research organization that eventually collaborates with The Speedwagon Foundation to create The Stand Investigation and Research Squad.

Description
Margo is a woman standing at average height with an average figure. Her hair reaches to the small of her back and curled into ringlets. Occasionally, she would tie it up into a ponytail, leaving part of her hair loose to hide the right side of her face. Margo has brown eyes and tan skin.

During her time as a nun, Margo wore a simple black and white habit with a black veil that covered her hair. Underneath the veil, her hair is loosely tied into a bun. A lavender rosary is worn around her neck, looping around to resemble a choker. After leaving the nunnery, she sports a black jumpsuit that opens in the front to expose a lilac brassiere. The jumpsuit is decorated with minimal drawings of ambiguous faces and a silver chain hangs by the belt loops on the outfit. The lavender rosary is now worn on her right wrist and a pair of purple cat-eye glasses is either worn on top of her head or on her face. Her casual wear consists of a purple sweater and black jeans. Her rosary is worn around her neck but not looped. When she left the nunnery, she also had her ears pieced and wears a purple stud on each ear.

When using BabyFace on herself, lines of squares will appear on Margo's face and body and cause cube-like openings to form. Often, blood will ooze out from the openings or from her mouth and nose.

History
Margo is described to be religious, serious, and level-headed. Due to her sheltered childhood, she is often slow to pick up on innuendos and jokes related to pop culture. Capable of thinking on the fly, she is also perceptive, a quick learner, and a brilliant strategist. Growing up Catholic, Margo holds onto her beliefs even after leaving the convent but acknowledges the religion's flaws and adhere's to a more liberal view when she left.

When given a goal to accomplish, Margo will stop at nothing to complete it. Often, she would cause her emotions to get the best of her; an example is her continuing to torture Guillermo because she believed he could be a spy and therefore had a connection to Giogio. However, she would try to find non-violent approaches if it's deemed more effective, as seen in her fight with Tina and Guillermo against Smoke and Mirrors. In contrast to her past life, Margo will hold her ground even when the situation becomes too dangerous to stay and is very direct in terms of fighting. She also often holds on to grudges, which would lead to her being blinded by rage.

Margo is also passionate when expressing her opinions and willing to speak her mind when she finds faults or disagreements. Her stubborn personality causes her to clash with characters; oftentimes she would unintentionally cross the line with her opinions and quickly apologize when it happens. Despite occasional arguments, she cares deeply about her comrades and would do anything to help them.

Abilities
Margo wields the Stand Baby Face, which is a computer-like humanoid Stand she uses to create autonomous long-range Stands nicknamed 'Juniors' that she can direct to kill her targets. She needs to find a blood sample of his target and a woman to breed said Stand before she can act. Alternatively, Margo can use the Stand on herself in order to obtain similar abilities.

Strategy: Margo is quick to create and alter strategies on the fly, allowing her to program Baby Face during battle and plan strategic moves in advance.

Background
Margo was born to Italian-American parents and spent much of her life in New York. As an only child and plagued with flashbacks of her past as Melone, she lived a very sheltered life with no knowledge of the world beyond her Italian Catholic community. When Margo turned 16, she graduated from high-school and decided to pursue a career as a Catholic nun. She traveled to Italy to be a part of St. Jermone Emiliani Orphanage and Convent. There, she took her vows and dedicated her time in caring for the children. During her time as a nun, she runs into Glace, who she initially denies recognizing. Her popularity with the residence of the orphanage and youthfulness caused jealousy that Margo was oblivious towards. Eventually, Margo was kicked out "for breaking her vows of chastity", and caused her to leave the convent. The event is later revealed to be a cover-up of a cardinal priest who died while attempting to assault Margo; the death was caused by her using BabyFace for the first time. Throughout her life, she struggled to forget her past as Melone, interpreting her flashbacks as dizzy spells and her Stand abilities as hallucinations. It wasn't until she left the convent that she began acknowledging her past life and began trying to piece it together. Between the time she was accused of breaking her vows and being kicked out, she encountered Guillermo.

Margo eventually meets Penny and resides in her apartment. Penny introduces her to Prosci and eventually Illuso, who gives her a makeover. Between those times, she encounters Bastien and Rissy.

The Reborn AU
Drawn by her past, Margo finds herself walking towards the Execution Team's former base and encounters Sterlyn.

Epilogue
Not much is known about Margo after the events of the Reborn AU. According to Sterlyn's memoirs, Margo went on to have four children with Glace and served as Sterlyn's advisor until her retirement. It was Margo that helped facilitate talks in creating a collaboration between the Schwarz Foundation and the Speedwagon Foundation. Sterlyn implies that Margo and Glace eventually died of natural causes after the death of Penny and Prosci.

Two of Margo's children went on to be members of The Stand Investigation and Research Squad after Sterlyn's death.

Vento Aureo (PS2)
Melone does not appear as an enemy character that can be faced, however, Baby Face's battle against Giorno appears as one of the Story Drama that can be seen in the Gallery Mode.

All Star Battle (PS3)
Melone appears in the PS3 title as an explanatory character in one of the game menus, being the player's eager guide within the Option Mode.

Trivia

 * Margo's family goes as far back as 1885 when both mother and father's side immigrated to America, but where the sides came from has been lost to history. Both sides kept their Italian language and culture. Much of Margo being fluent in Italian, however, comes from Melone's past.
 * According to Carri, Margo was initially suppose to be a college student studying alongside Ghiaccio with no significant backstory. However, the idea of Melone being reincarnated as a nun came sporadically.
 * Margo is a bit wary of snakes but not terrified of them; part of her fear came from Melone's death. She, however, loves other types of reptiles.