Headcanon: Many of the Pink Skull’s Members were Not From Zarya’s Village
I have a theory/headcanon that not all of the Pink Skulls come from the same village. I believe that, other than Kitty, Kasey, and Zarya, the other Pink Skulls members came from other places.
The first evidence that suggests this is how Kitty talks about becoming a Sky Pirate. When talking about being captured, she only mentions herself, Kasey, and Zarya. This suggests that the other members of the Pink Skulls weren’t captured at the same time as they were, or else Kitty would have mentioned them. This could mean that the other members were captured either before or after Zarya, Kasey, and Kitty.
The second piece of evidence that suggests this is how Zarya seemed closer to Kitty and Kasey then the other Pink Skulls. Her close bond with Kitty is explained by them liking each other (though I don’t know if she had those feelings from the start of the series, or if they grew later on), and she did seem surprised at how much Kasey grew up. However, she did not seem to be in a large hurry to greet the unnamed members of the Pink Skulls. This leads me to think that she’s closer to Kitty and Kasey than the other Pink Skulls, which could likely be due to them being from the same village.
The third thing that leads me to believe that they are not all from the same village is simply Captain Kaos’s actions. If they were all from the same village, he would have to decide to grab any children that he could from one specific village. Unless he has a strong dislike for Zarya’s village, I see no reason why he would want to get all the children from there. It seems to make more sense that the crew comes from different villages.
I admit my theory does have one potential flaw. If all of the villages that Captain Kaos took children from were destroyed, just like Zarya’s was, I have a feeling it would be a big deal for the realm, involving the Royal Family. And as Arkayna would roughly be twelve by the time it ended (that’s how old I’m guessing Zarya was when she escaped) she would definitely remember it. Unless the Royal Family didn’t think the destruction of multiple villages was important enough to investigate, or outside of the family’s jurisdiction (I doubt the Royal Family controls the entire world), it would have been mentioned earlier, as even if Captain Kaos wasn’t stopped sooner, Arkayna would have heard something about it. The only way this could work is if Captain Kaos usually just captures children, but for some reason, wanted to destroy Zarya’s village. However, if that were the case, then it makes no sense that the other Pink Skull members don’t want to go home.
