
When the COG collapsed, Dom joined the rest of Delta aboard the CNV Sovereign, serving as a member of a rapid response force that defended former COG communities. After being forced to euthanize his wife during Operation: Hollow Storm, Dom became more withdrawn from his squadmates, but continued to fight hard alongside them during the Stranded Insurgency and Lambent Pandemic.

He's always quick with a joke, but Dom's amiability masks an inner conflict that makes the war against the Locust far more personal. Dom's friendly and outgoing nature lets him form relationships with factions throughout Sera, including the Stranded. His battlefield intensity is rivaled only by his loyalty to Marcus. Years later Dom freed his friend Marcus from Jacinto Maximum Security Prison and recruited him into Delta Squad. On Emergence Day, Dom lost both his children, and his wife Maria went into a deep depression and she later disappeared. Dom later joined the army as a commando and took part in Operation Leveler. Born in a Pre E-Day Sera, he grew up listening to his father's war stories and going to school with Carlos and best friend Marcus Fenix. He was voiced by Carlos Ferro, who also voiced Miran Trescu in the same series.ĭom was the younger brother of Carlos Santiago and son of Eduardo Santiago and Eva Santiago. After the war, Marcus and Anya named their son James Dominic, to honor Dom for being one of his closest friends and for his sacrifice. During the Lambent pandemic, Dom sacrificed himself to have his allies stop Queen Myrrah and the Locust Horde. He was a Gear soldier in the Coalition of Ordered Governments' army and a commando during Pendulum Wars and the Locust War.ĭom is the Hero of Timgad, and a veteran of the Pendulum Wars, and later fought in the Locust War alongside his friends. Never thought it would end like this, huh!? Huh, Maria!?Ĭorporal Dominic "Dom" Santiago is the deuteragonist of the Gears of War franchise, and appears as a flashback character in Gears of War 4. ~ Dom confessing his inner thoughts to Anya. I could have asked why the hell the grubs hate us so much, what they want, why they did that to Maria, and I didn't.

You know we came face-to-face with the Locust queen? I was thinking about it last night, and.
