Diego Wallace (Outlaw’s Saga)

Diego Wallace (b. 2010 - d. 2012) was a fictional infant, who was conceived by Joel Wallace. Joel found out about his existence before his departure to San Andreas, and offered to be a part of his life whenever he possibly can. However, after a failed robbery, an attempt on his father’s life was made. Although his father survived, Diego himself did not and he and his mother perished. He is a supporting character in The Outlaw’s Saga, being a minor character in Grand Theft Auto: Renegade.
== Biography ==
=== History ===
Diego was conceived by Liberty City native Joel Wallace, descendant to Jonathan and Samuel Wallace, the outlaws of the American Southwest, and an unnamed 24 year-old Hispanic woman in Reno, Nevada, where he was born around 2010, when Joel was 18. Joel cared for Diego while his mother died of childbirth.
However, in 2012, when Diego was only two years old, Joel was part of a failed robbery in Las Vegas that forced Joel to leave Nevada. Joel wanted to move his son someplace safer in the south: possibly where some of his relatives are in Ambarino. However, on that fateful day, while Joel drove the two of them towards Ambarino, the mobsters that Joel attempted to rob finally attempted to assassinate Joel. As Joel pulled off to the a small resting area near the beach of Washoe Lake, a hidden assassin planted an explosive on the car, but it prematurely exploded, killing Diego, but leaving his father alive. Joel buried his body nearby with unmarked graves and identified the mafia assassin.
=== Legacy ===
A day later, Joel stormed the mobster hideout and brutally slaughtered everyone inside. He eventually caught up to the leader and proceeded to drag him to the place where he crashed, stabbed him multiple times, and buried most of his body in the desert, leaving only his head to be scorched and eaten by vultures. Although Diego was avenged, Joel never recovered from the depression and loss.
Diego’s death haunted Joel for many years to come. In time, Joel went mostly mute, hardly ever speaking and became a cold-blooded killer with a death wish. Joel consistently had nightmares of his son for over a decade. By 2023, Joel still grieved Diego’s death, but has accepted that it had happened and he needed to move on somehow. Joel paid one last visit to Diego's grave and left behind his favorite handgun.
== Personality ==
== Relationships ==
=== Joel Wallace ===
Joel is Diego’s father. Joel loved him dearly, despite having him at a young age. When he was killed, Joel went into a blind rage and brutally murdered Diego’s killers. He never got over his death for over a decade, but eventually finally understood that he was gone and accepted this fact.
== Trivia ==
* Diego is similar to Rose Payne from the Max Payne series.
** Both were victims of a homicide that was targeted towards one of their parents. In Diego’s case, it was his father, Joel, while in Rose’s case, it was her mother, Michelle.
** Both had their fathers avenge their deaths, with Joel brutally murdering the mobsters that killed him, and Rose’s father, Max Payne assassinating her actual murderers and Nicole Horne, her indirect killer.
** Both were mourned for over a decade.
** Both of them lost their mothers in the same respective incidents. In Diego’s case, his mother perished in the accident with him, while in Rose’s case, Michelle perished soon after her murder.
* Diego’s death is similar to Lena Pearce’s death in Watch Dogs: both were caught and killed in a car accident that was caused by an assassin in an attempt to take the life of one of their relatives. In Diego’s case, it was Joel, his father, while in Lena’s case, it was her uncle, Aiden Pearce.
** To add in, both of their relatives survived and avenged their deaths.
** Both became vigilantes of some sort and delivered swift and unusual punishment and justice to many.
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