Dominic Santiago
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Dominic "Dom" Santiago is a fictional soldier and prominent ally in the Xbox 360 title, Gears of War. He is voiced by Carlos Ferro. In the games co-op and 2 player modes, the player can take control of Dom.
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| Nickname | Dom |
| Affiliations | Coalition of Ordered Governments, C.O.G. Army |
| Rank | Private |
| Unit | Delta Squad |
| Gender | Male |
| Eyes | Brown |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in. (183 cm) |
| Weight | Unknown |
| Voice Actor | Carlos Ferro |
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[edit] Background
Private Dominic "Dom" Santiago is a loyal friend and ally to the main protagonist, Marcus Fenix. Throughout the first decade after Emergence Day, Dom served alongside of Marcus. Would the war end, he would think of teaching philosophy at Jacinto University. Santiago testified in Fenix's ramrod trial at the House of Soverigns, where he was accused of insubordination and extreme cowardice when he left his post to save his father from an attack by the Locust Horde. Dom's testimony at Marcus' trial prevented his friend from facing execution. However, he had to accept the harsh judgement of Marcus, and, due to his choice to testify, his reputation suffered some damage. In the chaos of Emergence Day, Private Santiago lost his wife, Maria, whom he has a large tattoo of written within a heart on his right arm. Thus, the war with the Locust Horde is a personal one for him.
[edit] Present
Dom rescued Fenix from the remains of the Jacinto Maximum Security Prison, which had been overrun by the Locust. Fenix had been left behind when Col. Hoffman pardoned everyone from the prison, except him. Dom, refusing to allow Hoffman's stubborn vendetta against Marcus to put his best friend's life at risk, freed him from the prison, and convinced him to join Delta Squad. Besides his connections to his COG comrades, Santiago also has ties with some of the Stranded, through whom he continues to search for a female "someone" (presumably his missing wife, Maria). Dom managed to help Fenix recover the sonic resonator, which was supposed to map the Locust tunnel network, but it failed. When Delta Squad resorted to a last ditch attempt to recover data on the tunnels from the home of Fenix's deceased father, Dom assisted him in entering the mansion, and recovering the data. He also helped Marcus input the data on the tunnels into the COG's Lightmass Bomb, assisted him in killing the Locust's most powerful general, General RAAM, and helped Marcus escape the train carrying the bomb, before it fell into a Locust tunnel hundreds of feet deep.
[edit] Quotes
- "'Sup, bitches?" (Said when a headshot is achieved)
