Bao

バオ

Bao was originally an officer in the ARVN (the army of South Vietnam). He now owns and works as the bartender at the Yellow Flag Bar. The name references the old flag of South Vietnam, which was yellow with three narrow yellow stripes running through it. The bar is the favorite watering hole for the Lagoon Company. Bao founded the bar after he fled the country following the fall of Saigon (now known as Ho Chi Minh City), just like other ARVN soldiers.
During his first visit to the Yellow Flag Bar as a hostage of the Lagoon Company, Rock referred to it as the archetypal 'Bar at the end of the world'. The clientele often consists of the worst of Roanapur's residents: pirates, smugglers, prostitutes, and people who have lost all hope for the island. Weapons are usually displayed openly on the bar's tables, possibly as an unwritten rule.
Although Bao has retrofitted his bar with a bulletproof-steel plate in front of it (since the Yellow Flag Bar is often the scene of many gun battles), it does not save the rest of the bar from being shot up when a gun battle occurs. Whenever Revy or the Lagoon Company is involved, he demands payment from the Lagoon Company for fixing the bar afterward, which Revy or Dutch usually never pays.