Dominic Santiago

Corporal Dominic "Dom" Santiago ES was a Gear in the COG Army during the Pendulum Wars, Locust War, Stranded Insurgency, and Lambent Pandemic. He was the younger brother of Carlos Santiago and childhood friend of Marcus Fenix, both war heroes of the Pendulum Wars. Santiago joined the army as a Commando and took part in Operation Leveler to obtain schematics for the Hammer of Dawn, which would later guarantee victory for the COG but resulted in the death of his brother Carlos. On Emergence Day, Santiago lost both his children. His wife, Maria Santiago, developed PTSD and went missing. Fourteen years after E-Day, Santiago pardoned Marcus Fenix from Jacinto Maximum Security Prison and recruited him into Delta-One. After finally finding his wife, he was forced to euthanize Maria as she had become a victim of torture by the Locust Horde. Santiago developed depression, but continued to fight during the Stranded Insurgency and Lambent Pandemic. When the COG collapsed following the abandonment of Chairman Richard Prescott, Santiago joined the rest of Delta aboard the CNV Sovereign, serving as a member of a rapid response force that defended former COG communities against the Lambent.